culture
relish the time in the spotlight
here’s another story illustrating the thrill of the competition and the agony of defeat. there was a kerfuffle on coney island yesterday when competitive eating phenom takeru kobayashi was arrested after rushing the stage after the competition he was banned from was completed. kobayashi, or, ‘the tsunami’ as he’s known on competitive eating circles was [...]
mine was yellow scratch and sniff
the loss of the spaghetios guy and the loss of the gloved one just a year ago may have given some of us the feeling that bit by bit, our childhood was fading away. here’s a little more sand through the hourglass–the founder of swatch watches nicolas hayek died of heart failure at the age [...]
memories can be expensive
while record number of people are showing at food banks, the better half are busying shopping at auctions for memorabilia. here’s some of what they’re buying
three x-rays of marilyn monroe’s chest from a 1954 hospital stay netted $45,000
earrings worn by kate winslet in the blockbuster titanic movie sold for $25,000
one of michael jackson’s infamous crystal-studded [...]
qwerty
142 years ago this week pennsylvania native christopher sholes had his patent approved for the first typewriter. his wasn’t the first, others can be traced back another 100 years, but it was the first commercially successful one adopted by many. to create the tool, sholes followed some key design principles to improve his product. he [...]
/’fat/
well filled out : thick, big <a fat book> b : full in tone and quality : rich <a gorgeous fat bass voice — Irish Digest> c :d : prosperous, wealthy <grew fat on the war — Time> e : being substantial and impressive <a fat bank account> well [...]
what is it about the french and their mothers?
the french world cup team is knee deep in le merde after the group of whining babies decided to strike–that’s right, the french went on strike. seems the monsieurs of french football don’t like their coach raymond domenech. their star striker star nicolas anelka was so mad at him that he called him a “dirty son [...]
jesus struck by lightning, can’t be good
the 6 story tall “king of kings” sculpture of jesus that sat in front of the solid rock church outside of cincinnati, ohio was quite a sight when you drove. i mean, you can’t help but look at jesus rising up from the ground/water with his arms raised to the sky. i imagine it was [...]
