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Entries from July 2008

“People of Berlin!”

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

The collision of President John F. Kennedy, James Mason, Sean Connery…and Barack Obama. By way of the twisted mind of Eddie Izzard.

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Tags: history · politics

Frozen in Grand Central Station

July 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Temporary impact? Possibly. But you can bet that the non-freezers in the station that day thought about the experience for days or, at least, hours afterward.

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Tags: ideas

The Dawn of a New Bathroom: Day 2

July 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

When the jagged, moldy, fractured tub surround was completely removed, the wall was the wholly unappetizing color of alien baby vomit flavored with chocolate squiggles.

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Tags: house · self

The aftermath of lunch

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Thirty minutes before this picture was taken, it was all “rabbit food,” as my oldest sister used to call it.

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Tags: food

People-who-aren’t-Lily Tomlin-isms

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Do pigeons aim?

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Tags: ideas

Lily Tomlin-isms

July 20th, 2008 · No Comments

If the nickname for Lawrence is Larry, why isn’t the nickname for Florence Flarry?

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Tags: ideas · TV

The Wilhelm Scream

July 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Wilhelm Scream is a near famous stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums. Actor-singer Sheb Wooley is considered to be the most likely voice actor for the scream, having appeared on a memo as a voice extra for the film.

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Tags: film

My Last.fm Radio Station

July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

At last!!  Last.fm, that is. Last.fm is a UK-based website that compiles information on music-listening habits, massages that data, and shares the information with an active user base of over 20 million people, making recommendations in a manner similar to Amazon’s system.  Wikipedia has a very extensive description of the history and development of the Last.fm […]

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Tags: music

Sol LeWitt’s Sentences on Conceptual Art (part two)

July 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

11. Ideas do not necessarily proceed in logical order. They may set one off in unexpected directions, but an idea must necessarily be completed in the mind before the next one is formed.

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Tags: ideas

Sol LeWitt’s Sentences on Conceptual Art (part one)

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

“When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art. This kind of art is not theoretical or illustrative of theories; it is intuitive, it is involved with all types of mental processes and it is purposeless.” – Sol LeWitt

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Tags: ideas