August 2007
105 posts
“If I was young, I’d flee this town…I’d bury my dreams...”
– Beirut
WatchA throwdown on the back porch.
Funny… and Funnier! →
A good solid belly laugh on a tired morning. Kid gets tagged with a skate board and cries like a bitch.
WatchBBQ last Sunday
WatchEntertainment galore.
“Last year someone gave me a charming book by Roger Rosenblatt called...”
– Milton Glaser
“When a Fox executive offered some notes, Apatow replied: “I’m not changing...”
Coffee Drinks Illustrated
Great set of espresso drink illustrations from Lokesh Dhakar
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman →
Fascinating flash piece that details what would happen if humans disappeared from the planet.
“I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day in my fort.”
– Zach Galifianakis (via Gleamd)
Heima Trailer →
Trailer for Heima, the Sigur Ros documentary. Looks breathtakingly gorgeous.
Bill Murray arrested for golf cart DUI →
WatchSpike Jonze interviews M.I.A.
“If I see some dude on the street talking into an iPhone, I’ll straight...”
– One of the funnier things I’ve heard today, in reference to iPhone hate.
Debauchery
Erica: next time i won't drink half a handle of vodka
Joshua: haha, i know, if i wasn't drinking so much myself, i might have tried to warn you
Joshua: i remember thinking at one point, man, erica is killing it
Joshua: but then my next thought was "fuck yeah"
Joshua: so that didn't help
Erica: hahahaha
Erica: i had a ton of fun anyhow
Mini Catamaran
Who needs trailers? You can keep a sail boat in the trunk of your Honda, as long as it’s the MiniCat ($4950). This fully collapsible and extremely portable 2-person catamaran weighs only 80 lbs. but can support 500 lbs. or weight. It features a fiberglass and aluminium frame, inflatable twin floats, and other sailing necessities. The MiniCat can be assembled in around 30-minutes, so...
Japanese Teen Shut-Ins →
Reporting on hikikomori—Japanese teen boys who don’t leave their rooms for six months or longer—the article sounded like a Murakami story come to life.
The Ten →
looks funny.
Threadless Store Opening in Chicago →
WatchA few drinks and this seemed like an awesome idea.
WatchFrom the house party show last night at Adventureland. This guy killed on a gameboy.
WatchTook a walk to the park one day while watching Pebbles and decided to fly the plane Dave got for me as a welcome home present.
WatchRevver » Child Beater
UPDATE: Effed up kids book
So after a bit of research, I discovered the origin of the pictures from the book about the kid with the loving parents and friendly uncle. The book is called “Alfie’s Home” and is by Richard A. Cohen. Cohen apparently believes in a theory called “reparative therapy” and focuses on unwanted homosexual attraction in males. He offers commercial teleconferencing...
Sasquatch captured! Sorta...
From the CBC News: Mounties in eastern Manitoba have nabbed a strange, hairy monster that has been stalking campgrounds in and around the Whiteshell Provincial Park for the past two summers. Police received the call around midnight on July 30 from a woman who had been startled by the beastly creature while camping at Pinawa, about 90 kilometres east of Winnipeg. “This was further to about 10...