September 2009
108 posts
WatchReflection on Lake Street
Let’s just say that over-saturated yellows is a thing I like.
August 2009
29 posts
Inspiration
As with so many things in my life, I often return to the darkly absurd as a source of tremendous delight and inspiration. So it’s really no wonder that my current place of employment — vexxing though it may be to the soul seeking nourishment and the mind craving logic — has been the backdrop to such an astonishing expansion of my own creative portfolio.
Seriously, I may be...
WatchElevator Aurora Borealis
This is why, despite the fear of rotting rails and the general disrepair, I still ride the Blue Line from Washington.
What, No Liveblog? →
Avatoddlers
If I were a struggling sci-fi move-maker trying to make a movie about a strange, alien world I’d totally just film a toddler beauty pagent and maybe up the color hue/saturation in post.
Eff a CGI artist or effects house; this shit is the real home of mind-blowing.
Serious Person Syndrome | Schott's Vocab →
'Be My Baby' songwriter dies at 68 | Variety →
Proof that real skill went into transforming sounds of parts-of-speech into the chorus of a generation.
Cockney cash machines: are you having a giraffe? |... →
Is this development bringing us any closer to my dream of the ATM that conducts all transactions in the singing voice of Elvis Costello circa “I Want You”? No. Therefore, I call it a fail.
IKEA goes with Verdana | Typophile →
I’m not sure that Verdana is the evil empire it sometimes gets cast as and unified presentation across print and web is an admirable goal. Beats Flash Character Replacement duntit?
WatchEvery image that appeared on “My brain is made of things made of gold” and “He Gu;” presented in 90 seconds.
‘Hopscotch’ Pops Up Everywhere This Week →
I completely support this development.
For the body conscious, 'cankles' offer another... →
Aside from articles detailing ultra-deviant sexual proclivities or perhaps traumatic obesity, this has to be one of the worst kind of stock images to be a model in.
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In Memoriam: My Manual Typewriter: Observatory:... →
I think a number of issues related to the romance of the typewriter are best served by considering the typewriter in “Wonder Boys.”
Blog: 8 fictional Tracy Jordan movies that need to... →
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They should have sent a poet
If CNN Quick Vote is the mouth-breathing grumble of the people, CNN Story Highlights are the jotted notes of the newsroom’s Camus. Consider this selection from the spectacularly-headlined article In an instant, majestic waves turn deadly:
People flock to Maine seashore to watch waves stirred up by Hurricane Bill Enormous wave takes spectators by surprise, sweeps three out to sea Two are rescued...
Chasing After The Elusive Narwhal : NPR →
I think NPR is right-thinking in its naked appeal to the hipster science community.
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The Tyler Perry Cosmology
If ever I want to recreate the feeling of reading Borges, without reading Borges, I try to talk through the Tyler Perry cosmology in my head. And while it would be easy, and probably correct, to attribute this cognitive remoteness to me being white, there’s a part of me that wonders if “Meet the Browns” makes sense to anyone.
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“If you don’t think reality TV can contribute to cultural betterment,...”
– via Twitter
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Obama, The Old One
So, according to Sarah Palin, Obama wants to enshrine “The Necronomicon” as the guiding document in his new, secretly-Muslim, socialized healthcare scheme. That bastard, this wasn’t on any of those Shepard Fairey posters.
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What I do?
Is there a word for a phrase or argument that sounds intelligent and axiomatic but, when upacked and analyzed, could also be appraised as verbal, hamster-paws-on-glass scrambling? If so, there is a good chance that most of what I do in meetings is, in some way or another, exactly this.
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