Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - Soon Van

Black Canary mini bust - Women of the DC Universe - designed by Adam Hughes - sculpted by Jack Mathews - DC Direct
Pitch up them vocal chords, squeeze the cheeks and belt one out. Scream, yell and holla back at the top of your lungs. Or cheat and make it sound like you are.
Sculpted by Jack Mathews from designs by Adam Hughes, this Black Canary
mini bust is part of the "Women of he DC Universe 2" line-up from DC Direct. Comes with bustesque silence as the heroine is poised in a pose of a screaming power punch.
Black Canary can bleed your ears. And there are 3 simple tricks in doing the same.
- Grab an ear - No doubt, the closer you are to the person, the louder you will sound to them. Grabbing one of their ears and talking directly down the hole of wax leaves you sounding a whole lot louder and brings them that little closer to deafness.
- Be an arrogant tourist - Simple rules when visiting a foreign country. If locals can't understand you at first, talk a little slower and a little louder. Makes having to know what the local language is completely moot. Have people think you're an arrogant oil warfaring tourist and you'll come off as loud and abrasive with no trouble at all.
- Talk in the shower - With or without clothes on, all those tiles will echo and reverberate your voice to the point where it picks up at least a level. Leaving the taps off and not flushing helps tremendously too.
Got any tips on making a big sound?
Friday, November 17, 2006 - Soon Van

Supergirl bust - Women of the DC Universe - sculpted by John G. Mathews
Talk to people long enough and you'll get to know them some. Know those people long enough and they may inadvertently spill some secrets into your open mouth like a malteser getting stuck in your left ear.
Keep the mind fresh and stay away from them if you can. If you can't, there are a couple of ways to keep from spilling another person's juice for the world to lap.
As for the malteser, make sure your hands aren't warm. Melted chocolate in the ear was never a good idea. And don't go through the right for it.
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