Archive for July, 2008
not that there’s anything wrong with that…
this ad was approved and paid for by the state of south carolina to attract overseas tourists, until uh, someone found out about it and the plug was pulled. luckily, it was plastered all over the london tube in celebration of gay pride week before it was cancelled.
there is one brit who definitely won’t be [...]
liberté, égalité, fraternité….kinda
today is bastille day in france, the day the revolutionaries stormed the bastille and flipped the bird to the king. well, the french have turned that bird east and have denied citizenship to a 32 year old woman identified as faiza m. ms. m, the wife of a french citizen and mother to three [...]
i wonder what’d happen if they give out porn?
there is a marine research study underway designed to discern whether there are strategies that can be used to ease the stress levels of octupuses in captivity. twenty-five (25) octopuses were given one rubik’s cube each to determine if they have a preferred arm out of the 8 that they use to navigate the underwater [...]
tasteless and offensive…
that’s how people are describing the artwork on the cover of this week’s new yorker. i think people are just mad that their private thoughts have been illustrated. i have a friend who loves this quote from 30 rock–it goes something like this: “there’s an 80% percent chance that in the next election [...]
sigh, again.
sadly, news came in that tony snow died after a long battle with cancer. the former white house press secretary and the former fox news reporter seemed like a genuinely nice person. i know i was looking forward to see how he would have fared on cnn during the elections. but unfortunately, [...]
they say a picture is worth a thousand words
apparently everyone’s got a copy of photoshop these days. to add to the collection of digitally altered images, here’s two that made the news yesterday:
1. in response to fox news’ design skills, the folks at vanityfair.com decided to do a little photoshopping themselves. here’s a selection, see the full gallery on the vanityfair.com website.
2. iran’s [...]
where’s the fire?
most of the 3000+ word article in this month’s new jersey monthly about brian williams is about his love of springsteen and how his year as a volunteer firefighter has affected his life. seems that year later, he’s still a “fire dog” at heart and may occasionally chase a fire. this afternoon, williams used a [...]
