Category — art

I’d love to see it at the Smithsonian.
It runs from May 2–September 16, 2010.

Here’s an article giving more detail on the exhibition: HERE.

Washington DC is a tad bit far, but you locals can check it out at:
4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20565

I like a lot of stuff. I also hate a shit ton of stuff. Let’s stick to the positives. Here we go:

1. Sagmster 08 Film

2. I’m digging the flip cameras.

3. Be careful. Matt might steal your baby.

4. For inspiration, check out this endless collection of genius on behancemag.com.

5. A new favorite blog of mine is thecomicscomic.typepad.com. A comedian’s blog for comedians.

6. Whew. Finally– a logical explanation of the net’s obsession with Twitter.
Mining The Thought Stream by Erick Schonfeld

7. Full torso hair extensions? Old Spice Swagger needs this.

8. An interesting piece called: We’re All Gonna to Die. 100 Meters of Existence.

9. Earlier this week I posted on Facebook an interesting article found in the NY Times: Do We Need a New Internet?

10. Cool visualization tools by Mashable.

11. It’s like a digi version of WK12. Check out DareSchool.

12. An unemployed copywriter makes headlines by writing about life after job death. Read his blog please feed the animals.

13. Finally, you don’t have to be funny to be funny. Check out:Comedy by Numbers.

Buzzword of the week: Gaysted.

14. An interesting thinktank/creative problem solving site. Ecopop.

15. clipped from: www.psychologytoday.com

“Our culture is concerned with matters of self-esteem. Self-respect, on the other hand, may hold the key to achieving the peace of mind we seek. The two concepts seem very similar but the differences between them are crucial.

It is a fact of nature: When a honey bee returns to the hive after finding a good source of nectar, it will perform a unique dance for its hive mates, detailing the distance, quality and quantity of the new food supply.

Sadly, honey bees are mysteriously vanishing in staggering numbers – a crisis known as Colony Collapse disorder – which is alarming considering honey bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of our natural food supply.

To esteem anything is to evaluate it positively and hold it in high regard, but evaluation gets us into trouble because while we sometimes win, we also sometimes lose. To respect something, on the other hand, is to accept it.

The person with self-respect simply likes her- or himself. This self-respect is not contingent on success because there are always failures to contend with. Neither is it a result of comparing ourselves with others because there is always someone better. These are tactics usually employed to increase self-esteem. Self-respect, however, is a given. We simply like ourselves or we don’t. With self-respect, we like ourselves because of who we are and not because of what we can or cannot do.”

16. After all that reading …relax with this: unnecessaryquotes.com.

I love Adult Swim.

Lives in a Dirt Cave
Smells like stale grandma perfume
Never gets a date

Prairie Dog can’t go
Into Wal-Mart without pants
Says the sticker guy

Prairie Dog is Mad
Groundhog is a big showoff
Stupid shadow day

Pops out of dirt house
Sees shitty neighbor Groundhog
Tells him to fuck off

Prairie Dog is a term
Kids use when they need to poop
Just think about it

Here are some random links to make your stomach flip flop.
You’re welcome in advance.

31 fantastic online tools for journalists: Reportr.net

Awesome photos of life in North Korea today: here

A lovely project by Portland local, Andrea, inspired by Keri Smith’s Guerrilla Art Kit. I adore Keri Smith. Check out her blog and books here. It’ll make you smile.

For funky hand-crafted items see: The Curiosity Shoppe

UK article that reveals Bin Laden used to be a much sought after Wedding speaker.

Read about it here.
“POETRY by Osama Bin Laden is to be published next week by an Oxford-educated academic, who has discovered that the world’s most hated terrorist was once in great demand as an after-dinner speaker. ”

John McCain loves him some torture. Former tortured POW now supports POW torture. Very interesting.

For more info on this topic see Junichi’s blog.

And, a fun picture of Kim Jong III lookin’ cooool.