charlie

"The one-on-one interview between Charlie and his guest begins as usual but quickly goes awry, so much so that Charlie is warned that, somewhere, a man named "Steve" is "not happy." Though this seemingly random statement might confuse us, Charlie understands it for what it is -- a threat."

by Samuel Beckett


via Flying Conundrum

represent!

Ok, so this is not new, but it's one of my favorites.



"They're like... what?! east coast, west coast!"

a lesson to be learned

"There is something vertiginously strange about listening as Mr. Roberts, in his sing song voice, as he lectures the members of the US Senate...as if they were restive, not-very-bright, five year olds."

You've made this day a special day by just you being you? This is the song of individualism. And you thought that that was Walt Whitman's job? Nah. Well, it was Walt Whitman's job but then it fell to his perfect opposite: a gentle, caring man in a cardigan, no friend to wilderness, a creature domesticated and domesticating, a surrogate parent to the nation's young."



The subsequent congressional appropriation, for 1971, increased PBS funding from $9 million to $22 million.

via This Blog Sits at the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics

what separates us from apes

"I saw that he [chimpanzee greybeard] was picking little pieces of grass and using them to fish termites from their underground nest. Not only that, he would sometimes pick a leafy twig and strip the leaves - modifying an object to make it suitable for an specific purpose. The beginning of tool making. The reason this was so exciting and a breakthrough is that at that time it was defined that humans, only humans, would make tools. When I was in school, we were defined as "Men, the Tool Maker". So then, Louis Leavy, my mentor, heard this news, he said 'We must now redefine Men, redefine Tool or accept chimpanzees as Humans.' "

Jane Goodall

a truly whole mind

"Not only does Jill Bolte Taylor use the best stage prop I've ever witnessed in a live speech, but she manages to talk about left brain and right brain in a way that helps us understand the power of living with a truly whole mind."




"Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another."

via metacool.

historical photographs - the lego version

Here.

an odd account of the midwest earthquake

Is Matt really the best they could find?

the figure-ground game

Got this tip from my brother. Click on the image to go play. (Use the arrows for left and right, space to jump, and shift to change contrast. Simple as that. Now go waste some of that precious time.)

my latest purchases

I just bought two amazing items at Etsy from Robyn, the vintage shopper behind Sirkus. Try not to be jealous.

1. This beautiful 1970s Japanese AM FM Radio from Panasonic. It still works.




2. This little guy right here, carved in wood (I guess once owned by Gerd, from Canada).

bottled spices; keybag; helium lamp

More of João Sabino's work here.

pra dri e pro flor - MY FIRST FLICKR VIDEO!!

(flickr videos can only be 90secs long. You can watch the original version I uploaded to Youtube here.)

the gay man in me needs this ASAP

available here

they finally did it

the job

girl's night out

Sad, hilarious and with a hint of truth.

fun. period.

More hotel bed jumping here. (via maggie)

tattoos of appliances

I found this poll of tattoos of appliances on Flickr, and I'm loving it. I love the typewriters, specially the one below. I had no idea so many people had it.

Also love the fan.


See slideshow here.

that reminds me of the past 7 years

A study comparing 100 actual products with the advertising imagery on the box. Hey, welcome to both sides of my world (design & TV dinners/junk food).



Here are some more images that are part of the collection of 100:













via ReubenMiller.

I would love to have their children

Matt Lauer - I got the hots for Matt. He's the New York man. Experienced. Refined, with a sense of humor. Sweet enough to interview Britney Spears. Tough enough to crush Tom Cruise and put Ann Coulter in her place. Plus we've all seen what's under that suit.

Chandler Bing - the perfect combination of sweet, awkward and funny. Not too mushy gushy, not too careless. I would love a Chandler Bing in my life.

Adam Duritz (singer, Counting Crows) - S-E-X-Y. Plus you can hop on his choo-choo and he'll be your engine driver in a bunny suit. Who needs more?

Ben Harper - Number One: he can sing. Number Two: he's hot. Number Three: he's hot. Number four: he's hot and one of the most stylish men ever.

Common - he's a poet, a singer, the right mixture of urban and soul. He makes "the pimp in me may have to die with you" sound awesome. Plus the man is beautiful. The definition of "fly".

Mos Def - he's everything Common is with a sexy Brooklyn accent. He has the whole conscious, socially-aware thing down. Not exactly cute, but cute is overrated. I love everything about him. How can you not love someone that says "then she arrived like daybreak inside a railway tunnel/ like the new moon/ like a diamond in the mines/ like high noon to a junker." Most definitely fresh.

"George " - he's the perfect friend. He'll share his food with you, lend you a shoulder to cry on, laugh at your jokes, watch you take a shower without getting a hard-on. He allows himself to be fragile. The ideal man with lower levels of inappropriate testosterone.

Craig Ferguson - I still find it amazing that an Scottish man managed to succeed as the host of a late night talk show without compromising his sense of humor. He knows when to be serious, he's honest. He refused to make fun of Britney Spears when the was she epitome of the butt-of-the-joke. That's the night I found out I loved him. A man with common sense: sexy.

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