Anna Belenki: cats discuss the fate of world
cats discuss the fate of world
Originally uploaded by annabelenki.
One of a series of fantastic tiles from Anna Belenki's MFA thesis show. Many more on her flickr page.
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Friday, September 22, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
60's Space-y Bar Top! | Because We Can
60's Space-y Bar Top! | Because We Can
In honor of getting my bar back next week, and LuRu getting her first ever home studio, here's a beautiful bar top with some details about the making of. There are more details about the cutting process from a link within the article, and more pictures.
Via Hoopty Rides
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Our Vinyl...
hippocampusmusic.com/LPs
" The history of the Jews in America has been spelled out in books and dramatized on the big screen. But it has never been told through LP covers. Until now."
They're seeking submissions and posting them blog style with comments. Here's a few examples:
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
More Bad Album Covers
FilmLoop
Don't miss Zip Zap Rap, ManOWar, The Many Facets of Roger, or any of these great album covers. There's a speed control for the slide show in the bottom right corner.
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Friday, September 15, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
America's Drunkest Cities - Forbes.com
America's Drunkest Cities - Forbes.com
Forbes magazine took the top 35 metro areas in the US and rated them on 5 alcohol related categories:
1. State Laws 9 point rating scale (using a variety of sources) low scores are more loose with their liquor laws.
2. Number of Drinkers (1 drink in last 30 days - self report)
3. Heavy Drinkers (2drinks/day for men and1drink/day for women)
4. Binge Drinking (more than 5 drinks on one occasion - not clear about the time frame)
5. Alcoholism (number of AA meetings as a proportion of population)
The top of the list is mostly cold-weather midwestern cities, with the exception of Boston at 4 and Austin at 5. I seem to be making my way down the list to less drunk cities. Here are the cities I have some connection with:
3. Columbus, OH - #2 in heavy drinkers, 5 in binge, and 6 alcoholism. #17 in drinkers, and relatively strong laws 7 (out of 9) Maybe some OSU influence here.
7. Cleveland, OH - #2 in alcoholism, 7 in drinkers, 10 in heavy, and 19 in binge
16. Cincinnati, OH - middle of the road score for middle of the road city
24. New Orleans - quite a surprize, main surveys were conducted in 2004, so the data should match the former New Orleans, ranked 33rd in number of drinkers, but rated a 4 in liquor laws - would probably be a 1 if they took into account how the laws are actually enforced
33. Miami - maybe a combo of the health nuts and old people at work on this low rating.
Via Neatorama
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
Friday, August 25, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Brain Teaser
riverIQGame
Can you get everyone across the river?
1. Only the adults (Mother, Father, or Police Officer) can operate the raft.
2. The Mother cannot be left with the either boy without the Father.
3. The Father cannot be left alone with either girl without the Mother.
4. The thief (gender irrelevant) cannot be left with anyone other than the Police Officer.
5. Only two people on the boat at a time.
Click the blue circle to start, click the person you want to add to the boat, when you want to make a crossing, click the red knob on the other side of the river.
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Friday, August 18, 2006
Cocktail of the Week: Fog Cutter
jimmy's cocktail hour: Fog Cutter
A classic tiki concotion recipe courtesy of Jimmy's Cocktail Hour
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Good Decorating - Hash Den
Good Decorating - Hash Den
Originally uploaded by MikeLove.
We won't be decorating our new home this way, or any of the ways illustrated in this fantastic photo set of scanned images from a 70s decorating magazine. For anyone who didn't know, right after the blog post saying I was through the busy time at work and would be back to blogging more regularly, we ended up trying to buy a house so, that's sucked up all my free time. I think we're pretty well set now, so maybe there will be more blogging.
Here's some bonus bad decor.
Via BoingBoing
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Friday, August 04, 2006
YouTube - Flying Manta Ray
YouTube - Flying Manta Ray
I may have posted something about this a few months ago, but now there's video:
Looks like a cross between hanggliding and water skiing, two of my favorite things.
Via PingMag
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Friday, July 28, 2006
I'm still here
When you move across country for a job, it should come as no surprise to find it cutting into your blogging time. Just wanted to quickly check in and let you know I'll be back to my usual schedule soon. I've got my first big deadline on Monday and I've really been working hard to make it. A few random things kicking around in my head:
Clerks II was hillarious! The wheels kind of fall off as they resolve the conflicts of the movie, but plot is not what I'm looking for in a Clerks movie. Beware of Pillow Pants!
Who wants to be a Superhero was a lot better than I ever expected. Didn't turn it on until about half way through and was really dissapppointed to see the cast was chosen and they were moving into their "secret lair." I only wanted to see the audition part, where people dressed as "underwear perverts" as boingboing likes to call them try to convince Stan Lee they should be on the show. They were already into the standard reality show setup of challenge then elimination, but the challenge was great. They tell the superheros the challenge is about changing into their costumes discreetly and getting to a place quickly. The real challenge is to notice a young girl who needs help along the way and to do anything for her. Only three out of thirteen superheros notice the little girl, but the best is that two of the three who notice do so because they run slow (one because she's a big girl, she goes by Fat Momma, and the other because her costume has very high heels). The other one who notices probably only does so because he's embraced the cheese of the comic book superhero and stops and poses every so often. As luck would have it he stops to pose within earshot of the girl. I loved watching the superheros who missed the girl find out what the real challenge was. Stan Lee is pretty amusing too in his over the top interactions with the heros. Don't know if they can keep it up, but I'll be watching again.
The show on after it has a lot of potential too. I'll have to look it up though cause the name is long and ridiculous, but it's some kind of sci-fi horror spoof with a bad 80s Dr. Who hospital twist. It conflicts with It's Always Sunny in Philladelphia though so hopefully I'll catch it another time.
Diggin the new peaches album and a recent release by the Rakes.
I'm finding it a little bizzare to hear about the heat wave, but live about as far south as I can go and thinking the weather's been great, not much different than Baton Rouge except with an ocean breeze.
Speaking of living in Miami, another new thing for me is living in a place with such a large Jewish community. Today in the paper there was a full-page add urging Jewish men to wear a leather box strapped to their arm in support of Israel. I'll be watching to see if that happens much.
Also been on a health/active lifestyle kick lately that shows no signs of slowing. We're both practically addicted to indoor rock climbing, going 2 or 3 times a week for over a month now, and slowly working our way up in difficulty level. Also swimming and we went kayaking once which was really great. I want to eventually buy some kayaks and use them to paddle out to snorkeling locations. This area is the worlds beach dive capital meaning you can find great snorkeling/scuba diving from the beach without a boat.
Well that was more than I intended and I left a lot out. Not sure if there will be a Friday cocktail or not. Probably depends on how my writing goes today. If I don't get to one, I suggest a crisp gin and tonic as a classic that shoudl hit the spot this warm evening.
Cheers!
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Monday, July 24, 2006
Top 25 Rejected Movie Roles -- notstarring.com
Top 25 Rejected Movie Roles -- notstarring.com
The whole site is devoted to actors who were considered for roles in movies but for some reason it didn't work out. Some real jaw droppers here. The link goes to the top 25 as voted by people who check out the site. A few of my favorites:
Mick Jagger wanted to play Dr. Frank N Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Johnny Depp turning down the role of Lestat in Interview with the Vampire
Tom Selleck originally pursued for Indiana Jones, but was too tied up with Magnum P.I.
and O.J. Simpson passed over for The Terminator because producers didn't think he'd be taken seriously.
Search by movie or actor. I bet the Pirate's of the Carribean franchise wouldn't have worked with Jim Carrey or Michael Keaton as Capt. Jack Sparrow.
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Friday, July 21, 2006
Friday Cocktail - Margarita Popsicle Recipe | Liquor Snob
Beat the Heat with a Margarita Popsicle Recipe | Liquor Snob
Something extra cold for those of you sweltering through the heat wave.
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Jiggle The Handle: MixMo 5 Roundup - When Life Hands You Lemons...
Jiggle The Handle: MixMo 5 Roundup - When Life Hands You Lemons...
Lemony Cocktails from around the globe. I've got to participate in one of these soon.
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The Cocktail Chronicles
The Cocktail Chronicles
This regular cocktail blog is currently giving day by day updates of the Tales of the Cocktail event in New Orleans throught this weekend. Wish I was there.
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Threadless T-Shirts - Stat City by Graham Dobson
Threadless T-Shirts - Stat City by Graham Dobson
Threadless releases a statistics based t-shirt and it's sold out of men's large within a day. I'm hoping for a reprint.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
SPACE INVADERS - is people!
SPACE INVADERS - Guillaume Reymond - video / performance
67 people, 4 hours, in an empty theatre, 390 images later, = a 3 minute video of space invaders. Much more interesting that I thought it would be.
Via Neatorama
Edit: When I went to play the video again, I couldn't find it at the link above. Here is a workings as of this minute video link.
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