December 2007
39 posts
“After a day spent at Disneyland (don’t ask) waiting in mind-numbingly long lines to ride their latest cross-promotional brand experience, I was not to be easily aroused by marketing clutter. But, as we walked through the chilly streets of Downtown Disney I saw the Geddes store in the distance and I became transfixed by the sheer totality and audacity of her vision. Inside the store...
Holy moly.
We just discovered (at work) that an 18-year-old girl received over 5,000$ in scholarship money for submitting an entire portfolio of writing she stole from various people on LIVEJOURNAL. It’s so pathetic. I can’t believe someone would do something so dumb. Then again, someone once started copy and pasting the diary-entry style poems from my own online journal. Where was she pasting...
“The inspection process may require that the handler take off the monkey’s diaper...”
– (TSA)
“Nicolas Cage and his rapidly receding hairline return in the form of the world’s oldest, most enthusiastic Eagle Scout in the enjoyably preposterous adventure sequel National Treasure: Book Of Secrets, a film that plays like The Da Vinci Code as re-imagined by well-meaning but clueless high-school history teachers. Like its predecessor, it’s patriotic pornography, with earnest...
Reading Inland Empire: A Mental Toolbox for... →
A really great run-through of Lynch’s reference points and frequently used symbols. The essay offers more insight into Inland Empire than I have read anywhere else and makes me want to revisit the idea of writing down my own thoughts on Lynch’s representation of sex and gender. Do I even have to mention I got the Twin Peaks Definitive Gold Box for Christmas?
“He shook my hand. Then I hugged him and said ‘Thank you for bringing us...”
– Matt on meeting Michael Bloomberg at the soup kitchen where he was volunteering this morning.
The Ongoing Battle Over Deli Cats →
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“When I asked Coke’s rep why I shouldn’t refill my bottle, she told...”
– (link) About the mysterious “NO REFILL” message which I just noticed on my Coke bottle.
Actual searches that have led people to my flickr...
natural enemies of the flamingo fuckyou how to make out (also “makeout family” was a search and apparently results in the same image) homeless girl funny sunburn piggyback shirtless ukraine (my collection of shirtless Ukrainian men can’t be beat); similar searches included “shirtless construction” and “shirtless dad” ...
Sorry guyz.
I’m working on a secret project right now and visiting my parents in Maryland on Saturday through Thursday. The posts will pick up again later next week.
“Mistakenly kills kitten. Fears anything delicate.”
– —Liz Futrell From The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007’s selection of the Best American Six-Word Memoirs, originally published by smithmag.com. Other favorites include: “Scarred by 911; helped by penguins.” —Audrey Blackburn “Savior complex makes for many...
Hey guy,
Thanks for not saying anything or motioning to me when you saw me stick my head out in the wrong direction while waiting for the subway today. That really taught me a lesson. The whoosh of the train coming up behind me, a foot away from my ear, really made me realize how oblivious I am sometimes and how I should really let friends and family know that the likelihood of my dying from an accident...
When readers apply for a subscription, 100% of the...
(link) How does GOOD Magazine make money for publishing? Are non-subscription sales really enough to keep it running? Do the non-profits that advertise in the magazine pay them for the ads, even though they’re receiving money from GOOD as well? I don’t entirely understand it. I guess we should have asked when Matt and I stopped by this SoHo thing on Saturday.
“And she ask me ‘what’s the difference between me and a fish?’...”
– At least I’m pretty sure that’s what I heard. This guy was selling his poetry on the R train this morning and punctuating his ‘that’s me on the cover’ with some hilarious tidbits from his work. I bought the book. Couldn’t resist. He signed it ‘Thanks 4 not...
The unhappier you are, the more ice cream you get →
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Magazines you _should_ consider subscribing to:
Maisonneuve: An often overlooked and hard to find Canadian magazine, it features fiction and non-fiction essays on a different theme each issue. It has a very nice, clean look, uncluttered by ads, which I also enjoy. Topic Magazine: Another hard to find publication. I’ve only seen two issues out in the past year, so I hope they’re still in order.. If you can still get it it’s...
The Thing Quarterly →
I would be really into this and buy subscriptions for all my friends if it wasn’t 120$. I mean, come ON. It’s a superb idea and I don’t understand how it could possibly end up being so pricey.
