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Frankenberry was an inspiration to large gay men back in the day. He showed that you can be a big hulking clod and still be a pussy. Frankenberry is pictured here with his favorite photo of Senator Larry Craig.

Yeah right....
Give MEEE your bloood... muahahahaha...... please? ^^

Dracula you gay bastard, first you seduce your victim, make him feel real special, you suck him and make him your slave you sadistic pervert. A pox on you and all the other monsters talk about you behind your back. Frankie can barely speak right and he still got some good words in.

Random rantings based on somewhat backed up information that really isnt backed up...

Lent is the 40 day period just prior to Easter Sunday. It begins on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is a celebration, sometimes called "Carnival", practiced around the world, on the Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday. It was designed as a way to "get it all out" before the sacrifices of Lent began. New Orleans is the focal point of Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S.

ANZAC day.

The ANZACs were the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought in WWI in the battle of Gallipoli - April 25th was the day they landed. The holiday is there to commemorate the New Zealand and Australian soliders who fought, and those who died. I don't know about Australia, but in New Zealand (being the tiny country that it is) just about everyone has a connection to someone who fought (my grandfather and great uncle were both involved).
Every year there are dawn parades all over the country, where veterans gather (there aren't many left these days) and wreaths are laid, and the Last Post is played on the bugel just as the sun rises. They're not big, flashy ceremonies...

Red poppies were the only flowers that ever grew on battle fields, because they thrived in the loose soil disturbed by the bombs. While the flowers bloomed, the field became a sea of red, and not just from the poppies. Poppies are also the traditional flower of rememberance.
So every year on ANZAC day people put red poppies on the graves of their ancestors who died in the war, and the Returned Services Association sells little felt poppy pins on the street for a donation.

Oh, and there is a commemorative biscuit too, the Anzac biscuit, a golden syrupy rolled oaty thing, sort of chewy and crunchy at the same time, and it's delicious.

August 18th- National Homeless Animals Day.
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Every year on August 18th, many animal shelters hold events to help out some of the many animals out there that desperately need homes. These are such as; adopt-a-thons, Pet food drives, educational speeches and so on.
Click here to read about some of the events they held this year.

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Hm, I thought that the grayscale worked pretty well. Em, just so you know, I didn't attempt it to look exactly like the ref. I was trying out a lineart/realism kind of style. I've never done that before, so it was pretty fun! ^^ Enjoy.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/images/sized/ron_mueck/Big-Man_m.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas#Sinterklaas
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Traditionally, in the weeks between his arrival and the 5th of December, before going to bed, children put their shoes next to the chimney of the coal fired stove or fireplace, with a carrot or some hay in it "for Sinterklaas's horse", sing a Sinterklaas song, and will find some candy in their shoes the next day, supposedly thrown down the chimney by a Zwarte Piet or Sinterklaas himself. However, with the advent of central heating children put their shoes near the boiler or even just next to the front door.

Typical Sinterklaas candy is the first letter of the child's name made out of chocolate, chocolate coins, a figurine of Sinterklaas made out of chocolate and wrapped in painted aluminium foil, and coloured marzipan shaped into fruit, an animal or some other object.

Children are told that Black Pete enters the house through the chimney, which also explains his black face and hands, and would leave a bundle of sticks or a small bag with salt in the shoe instead of candy when the child had been bad.

Children are also told that in the worst case they would be put in the gunny sack in which Black Pete carries the presents, and be taken back to Spain, where Sinterklaas is said to spend the rest of the year. This practice however has been condemned by Sinterklaas in his more recent television appearances as something of the past.

(I love wikipedia, saves my fingers from typing it all)