Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
It's official. I don't "get" teenagers.
American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the Nielsen Company — almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier.
Not only is my mind blown, but I think my reaction to this news means i'm officially old. I have gotta believe that teenage girls skew this number higher, so what are they sending? 3500 a month?
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Scripps Spelling Bee Champion Probably Able to Spell "Uncomfortable" Too
Scombridae? Scombridae? Scombridae??
2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee - Thursday 10:00am on ESPN2. Set your DVR.
Friday, May 22, 2009
80s Video Friday: Goodnight Saigon
Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel
With Memorial Day on Monday, this song just felt right. Thanks to all the troops.
(I also feel like I'd be doing an incredible disservice if I didn't post this in conjunction with Will Ferrell's stirring rendition last week on SNL. Great episode across the board, by the way.)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Imagine sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your computer and enjoying the morning newspaper...
When it all started to go downhill for the newspaper industry. The first online news... nearly 30 years ago.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Hippo Makes Run at Cute Baby Animal Crown
Watch out Koalas - this Hippo means business.
Also, watch out baby hippo. You're destined to have a huge ass.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Archdiocese Youth Commission Logo FAIL
On some occasions, logos are more than marks of failure or malfeasance; sometimes they unintentionally illustrate the foibles or folly of a company or institution all too vividly. Take the Archdiocesan Youth Commission logo, designed three decades before the sex abuse scandal broke out in the Catholic Church. The unfortunate pictorial relationship between the priest and the child, given our collective awareness in 2009, suggests a much too ironic interpretation. It’s a challenge to see what this positive/negative image once suggested, a guardian protecting the innocent, since the benevolence of its subject matter is no longer black and white. When a good design signifies bad deeds, the result is, well, a really unfortunate logo.
Jesus.
[AIGA]
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Moments Later, This Man Went Completely Blind
/slow clap
(Click the image for a larger view)
[Holy Taco]
Friday, May 1, 2009
80s Video Friday: No Easy Way Out
Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out -
The parallels between Rocky and the Celtics are pretty hard to ignore.
The champion with one last thing to prove against a young upstart. Having already suffered two crippling losses (Mick = KG, Appolo = Powe), the champion is looking deep inside to pull off one last big win (which actually won't be the last big win since there are still 2 more sequels and 3 more playoff rounds, but whatever). It's reached a critical mass and all that's left is the main event (just as soon as he comes back from a deeply reflective drive in a 1980's Lamborghini and shifting though the gears 17 times).
Side note: Can you believe that there isn't an official music video for Paul Engemann's Push It To the Limit from Scarface or Joe Espisito's You're The Best Around from Karate Kid?? Bullshit.
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