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Tom Hendricks's Blog – August 2010 Archive (9)

WMZ weekly art contest for fun

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

Legend says that the first Rin Tin Tin, died in the arms of one of the world's most celebrated Movie Stars, who lived across the street. Name that star.

Jean Harlow, who lived across the street on Club View Drive. The Dog Super Star was owned by Lee Duncan. By 1926 Rin Tin Tin was the world's biggest box office draw!

I had…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 31, 2010 at 10:19am — No Comments

Brand New Online Single: What'd I Say / Heartbreak Hotel

Hunkasaurus ONLINE Single release.

WHAT'D I SAY / HEARTBREAK HOTEL.

by Hunkasaurus and His Pet Dog Guitar…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 26, 2010 at 8:50pm — No Comments

WMZ weekly art contest for fun

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

James Joyce was nearly blind during his final years. So he had to dictate part of his last novel, "Finnegan's Wake" to a friend. The friend turned out to be one of the most celebrated writers of the century. Name the writer that helped Joyce with his final novel.

Samuel Beckett, Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist, poet, and one of the key writers in…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 24, 2010 at 10:51am — No Comments

Set of New Poems from this Week

Poems for this week 8/14/10

POEMS…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 20, 2010 at 11:20am — No Comments

Three New Entries to the BIG LIST of best music of the world

These three songs, have been added to the Big List, world's best new…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 18, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

WMZ weekly art contest for fun

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

This major American writer bragged that he could write a complete short story with beginning, middle, and end in only 6 words. The other writers around the table bet him $10 he couldn't. He could and he won. Who was the writer and reprint his short story.

Ernest Hemingway. His 6 word story was, "For sale. Baby shoes. Never…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 16, 2010 at 10:55am — No Comments

Musea Art Contest 8/10/10

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

"Defenestrate', is one weird word. It means to throw someone out of a window. The term likely comes from an incident in 1618, in Prague, when

two imperial commissioners were thrown from a window in the Palace of Prague. My question is this, what happened to the men.

Though the drop was some 30 feet or so, they landed in a…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 10, 2010 at 10:31am — No Comments

Hunkasaurus Online Single: Juggernaut / Next Level

Hunkasaurus and Pet Dog Guitar ONLINE Single Release. Two original instrumentals. Please turn them up loud for best results.

Juggernaut

http://music.hunkasaurus.com/juggernaut.mp3

Next Level

http://music.hunkasaurus.com/nextlevel.mp3

Both are extended instrumentals. They…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 5, 2010 at 6:51pm — No Comments

WMZ art quiz - test your art smarts and good luck

The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:

Here's a fashion question. How much water will a 10-gallon hat hold? (Oh and don't even THINK of answering with the obvious!)

The average Stetson holds about 3 quarts according to Mental Floss magazine. The earliest version of the hat was from the Mexican cowboys, who liked to decorate their hats with colorful braids called 'galons'. That's where the…

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Added by Tom Hendricks on August 2, 2010 at 9:46am — No Comments