I had no idea that England was so weirdly dangerous.



London - Two people were injured by centipedes, and no fewer than 22 suffered mishaps involving nightwear. Britain is a perilous place in all sorts of unusual ways, according to new statistics on hospital admissions.



IOL :: Odd accidents take their toll on Britons:

Good lord.

This is truly hideous. Does PETA know about this?

Vivid Color

My second WTF today.

WTF?

Pinatas.com :: Real Fun Sounds Army Tank Pinata

It's Mustache March Chili Cook-off Day. And it's getting squirrelly around here.

Today's the day we separate the hair farms from the dirt lips. The day that the boys will be able to shave off their 'staches, stop itching and start gettin' some again from their girlfriends. (There's been some serious whining going on this past week. Trust me.)

Then we're gonna have some chili.

There are about 20 crock pots of chili stewing in the front of the studio. Jack's walking around in leather pants with his hair slicked back. Ivan's got a mullet - I didn't even recognize him. There's a big poster of Doug Henning in our kitchen. And the boys have raised about $4000 in donations for The MACC Fund so far.

I'll post pix later. In the meantime, check out the before & after shots in the MM Gallery.

Mustache March | gallery

The weirdest, most surreal web site I've ever seen.



I can't stop reading it.



LOOK AT THE FRIED EGGS!



THIS IS FUN TO MAKE A BLOG ON THE COMPUTER WEBSITE

No Sally Field "You like me!" jokes.

CzelticGirl just sent me a note saying I've been nominated for blog of the week by MKE online magazine. Damn, I always thought only my co-workers and friends read my blog... thanks, kids! That's ace. If I win (highly unlikely) I promise to use my power only for good.

mkeonline.com: blog of the week

WTF?



What a deal - £57 for "spanking therapy."

Eww.



(I love how the related story is "Great deals on spas and health & beauty days." I'm guessing that's quite a different audience. Know your market, people.)



thisislondon.co.uk :: A spanking way to be happy

This is intriguing. 10/10?



As you can tell from this and previous blogs, getting up in the morning is not my strong suit.



The SLEEPTRACKER watch is unique in that while it tells you the time and has a built-in alarm like every other digital watch, this one actually monitors your sleep and wakes you at the moment that your body would best adjust from moving from a sleeping state to being awake. Does it live up to the hype?



Gear Live | SLEEPTRACKER Watch Review

This is cool and will probably come in handy at some point.

Dropload is a place for you to drop your files off and have them picked up by someone else at a later time. Recipients you specify are sent an email with instructions on how to download the file. Files are removed from the system after 7 days, regardless if they have been picked up or not.

dropload

Call me naive



... but I had no idea there was even a need for this anymore.



sify.com :: ‘E’ for eunuchs in Indian passport

Beautiful.



Angry -- very, very angry -- but beautiful.

(thanks for the tip, T.)



craigslist.org :: Ten New Rules For House Guests

This may seem like a strange thing to blog.

But watch the videos (links within the text), and you'll understand. So strange...

New Scientist Breaking News - Camouflaged octopuses 'walk' on two tentacles

For your next camping trip.

Campmor: GSI Outdoors Vortex Hand Blender™

Down with Big Mac.



These kinds of marketing stories depress me. I mean, I grudgingly admire the ingenuity of it, but the ramifications are just too dismal to think about.



Yeah. S'all 'bout keepin' it real.



For the deal involving the Big Mac, McDonald’s receives final approval of the lyrics, but it will ultimately allow artists to decide how the sandwich is integrated into the songs.



“The main thing is to allow the artists to do what they do best,” Mr. Rome said. “We’re letting them creatively bring to life the product in their song.”



adage.com :: McDonald's buying way into hip-hop song lyrics:

I love this kind of thing.

I figured if one girl in one window had been so fascinating to look at, it would be incredible to see someone dancing in every single window in the building. I began to do some reconnaissance. Before the Whole Foods opened, I calculated 68 accessible windows that shoppers could very easily position themselves in front of. There were a few more that would require jumping barriers to access, but I decided it was best to leave those alone. The windows provided a perfect stage for a mission. Not only are there so many of them, but they are perfectly situated across the street from one of Manhattan’s largest parks. At any given moment, there are hundreds of people walking through the park and out of its subway station. It should be no problem attracting an audience.

Improv Everywhere Mission: Look Up More

Again I wish I was a t-shirt buyin' kinda girl.



I'd consider this one, if I was.



toothpastefordinner.com :: bad poetry t-shirt

Also very cool.



A nice switch-up in the graffiti art trend.



Dan Witz

A sweet little site.

YouAreBeautiful

Your own DNA kit.



"Remember this during the Clone Wars of 2045."



ThinkGeek :: DNA Immortality Kit

Clocky.

Here's a picture of the alarm clock I blogged last week. And, they're right -- it does look like Domo Kun. Now I really want one.

Josh Spear :: Clocky

Whoa.

MeFi picked up Mustache March as well. Traffic is gonna go through the roof. (And we're expecting a "cease & desist" order on the logo any day now.)

Metafilter :: Mustache!

I must get myself to England post-haste.

My friend, Richie, has gone all sporty on me. Severely sporty. WILDLY sporty. I need to get over there, ply him with smokes and alcohol and begin the deprogamming immediately.

(I'm just kidding, Rich. I'm simply amazed. Kudos, man.)

toughguy.co.uk :: Richie

Bonus post: Below is the village website for Dymock, the idyllic village where Richie and his wife, Jules, live. It's SO sweet -- thatched roofs, duck crossing signs..and now broadband internet. Damn. All this AND daffodil teas every day from 11 - 4?? Now, THAT is civilized. (Or 'civilised,' depending upon which side of the pond you're on.)

Dymock Community Web Site :: News - Daily Daffodil Teas

Behold. Sparky II.

He may be basic, but NOT having to drive around with no heat, waiting for my clutch to give out at any second? Well, to say I'm psyched is an understatement. (He looks just like the Sentra in the upper left corner of the cars.com site below.)

(Best thing? 13-year old Sparky was claimed before I'd even finished signing the paperwork for Sparky II. The mechanic at the dealer is taking him home. Yay -- he's got a new home with his very own mechanic!)

Happy trails, Spark.

cars.com: 2002 Nissan Sentra - Photos and Colors

Big, big yay!



Josh Rubin is featuring our "Mustache March" site/fundraiser today! (Josh rocks. Big.)



Josh Rubin : Cool Hunting :: Mustache March

Truly hideous.



StreetTagZ :: LED Belt Buckle

"Worst. Logo. Ever."



A tip from VonHerwig. It made me laugh out loud, then want to wash my eyes.



Williamsburg Civic Association :: Arlington Pediatric Center

The cutest chocolate bunnies ever.

Vosges :: Exotic bunnies

Culture jamming at its finest



I've considered this Banksy guy pretty hip for awhile, ever since I heard about him on NPR last year. And I've gotten tips on this a few times in the last few days, so I checked it out. Oh. My. God. I love it.



"The images above - exclusive to the Wooster site and provided by Banksy - are of Banksy installing four pieces in New York's most prestigious museums - The Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Natural History.



Dressed as a British pensioner, over the last few days Banksy entered each of the galleries and attached one of his own works, complete with authorative name plaque and explanation.



He says - 'This historic occasion has less to do with finally being embraced by the fine art establishment and is more about the judicious use of a fake beard and some high strength glue.' Banksy continues -'They're good enough to be in there, so I don't see why I should wait'



Staff at the New York Met discovered and removed their new aquisition early Sunday morning while Banksy's discount soup can print took pride of place in the MoMA for over three days before being torn down.



As of now, the other two pieces currently remain firmly in place...



To learn more about Banksy, go to... www.banksy.co.uk





A Wooster Exclusive: Banksy Hits New York's Most Famous Museums (All of them)

How long do you think it will take until someone punches him?



from an AdRants forums: Halls Fruit Breezers Throat Drops have hired Floyd Hayes from Brooklyn, NY to shout their brand name every 15 minutes for a one week period no matter where he is... And you thought cell phones in public were annoying. Let's hope this form of marketing (village crier) doesn't catch on again.



MultiVu - Halls Fruit Breezers® Purchases Man's Voice on eBay for "Voicevertising."

That's my swissmiss!



My lovely, talented bud, Tina, is a speaker at the AIGA Seattle Experience Design Conference. Yay, T!



be inspired

We've lined up six brilliant leaders from several disciplines to inspire us for the day. Sit at their feet. Listen to the stories. Experience their work and their influences.



AIGA/Seattle :: currents9inspired : an Experience Design Conference

I think I need one.



Alarm clock set to arouse doziest of sleepers

Why koalas aren't important.



A tip from Von Herwig. Probably apocryphal, but pretty damn funny anyway.



Koalas.

For a really depressing game of Go Fish



Buy these.



Hazard Cards - Cards

If anyone happens to have an extra 3 C-notes laying around



...feel free to buy me this little Stevie Wonder.



Actually, on second thought, feel free to buy me a plane ticket to fly me the hell out of here. I need a break.



Michael Leavitt :: artarmy - stevie wonder

Mayhaps it's cuz I'm ever so fatigued...



It's Monday, 10:20PM, and I'm still at work. Having just sent off the last thing I can possibly write today (well, except this blog entry), I finally started reading my email from this morning. This poem was in it. I'm too tired to begin to understand what it means -- all I know is that it's incredibly surreal and beautiful. Delicious words all strung together in a really amazing way. I enjoyed running my eyes over it. Maybe you will, too. Or not. Whatevah. G'night.



poetryinternational.org :: I passed the tattooed night wide awake

Public service announcement.



Hmm.



azcentral :: Sex, not money, buys happiness, study says

Trashy reading is the best.



Using an 'empirical' mathematical method of tabulating each person's ability to survive the break-up, verily has Fametracker rocked my lunch hour.



(My fave part is that Brad Pitt got "17 out of 10.")



Fametracker :: When Stars Split :: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt



Fametracker :: When Stars Split :: Chris Klein and Katie Holmes

I like it.



The new commercial for Dasani bottled water.



AdAge.com :: Dog Water

The future of advertising?



Split screen - broadcasts on one side, commercials on the other. Seems like a logical idea for sports, but I can't say I'd be crazy about it for movies.



ABC Sports, ESPN to debut split screen for continuous IndyCar coverage

From Martina's blog...



Fab pix. And a cartoon that had a very circuitous route – Martina told me about it in NY, I told my friend Lorraine, Lorraine saw it on the web, sent it to me, I sent it to Martina, and now it's on her blog! New York to Wisconsin to Florida to Munich. Gotta love the interweb, man.



wenn das so ist: *shot

I like Neil Gaiman, so these look pretty ace.



In Marvel 1602, award-winning writer Neil Gaiman presents a unique vision of the Marvel Universe set four hundred years in the past. Classic Marvel icons such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Daredevil appear in this intriguing world of 17th- century science and sorcery, instantly familiar to readers, yet subtly different in this new time. Marvel 1602 combines classic Marvel action and adventure with the historically accurate setting of Queen Elizabeth's reign to create a unique series unlike any other published by Marvel Comics.



Amazon.com :: Neil Gaiman - Marvel 1602

Again with the lamps...

Yes, this lamp fetish I have is getting out of hand.
Two more fun lamps to add to my wish list.

regenerate:: glowbrick
designobject :: happy blackout
(Use the pulldown to select "happy blackout)

I can't get it out of my head.



'Specially the little headbanger with the hair. This one's for you, Bradley. (Thousands.)



Lemon Jelly: The Shouty Track Video

P.S.A.: Disposable chopsticks don't give you cancer.



Just a reminder of how gullible people can be.



I'm waiting to see how long it is before I get the email warning me about it...



snopes.com | Urban Legends :: Chopsticks

I dare you.



After reading the headline below, just try to NOT click on the link. You can't, can you? I thought so.



NBC10 :: Couple Sells Candles That Smell Like Jesus

File under "There are way too many freaks in the world."

Man turns in pacemaker cut from mother's chest

FYI



My lack of postings recently is a combo of an INSANE workload and Blogger being absolute crap recently. Just thought you should know.

The link bunnies sound off



...on St. Paddy's Day foolishness.



linkbunnies.org

Awwww.

I showed this to Von Herwig, and he made it his desktop.

Sloths in a box (via b3ta.com)

Or is it just my De La Soul...in space?

I love these.

PNB NATION :: De La Soul Set

Gorgeous silkscreened posters.



A lot like Aesthetic Apparatus' work. Just as lovely.



The Heads of State :: Posters

My word!



There are still ax murderers? And in Regent's Park, no less? Blimey. What is London coming to?



Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Man killed in ax attack on London street

They will know us by our trail of dead goats.



Weathersbee told officials he does not bury dead animals right away to allow the "spirit to pass," Landon said on Tuesday.



That's why I don't wash my dishes right away either. Yeah, that's it...



Man on the lam loses custody of goats

Fun!



Yes, I'm easily amused.



Spell with flickr

Good heavens.



From his hospital bed he said: "I've got two penises but no wife, but I am hoping when I get rid of one of the penises I will get her back."



IOL: A Step Beyond

Chocolate enlightenment.

Chocolate Deities: Meditating Buddha

Excellent idea.



Now I just have to carry around a glue stick with my Moleskine notebook.



moleskinerie :: Your Fortune Here

Cool pillows.



I love this one. But, come on... $92 for a pillow??

I think not. (via mocoloco.com)



marisaal :: paper pillows

I'm speechless.



I have a sneaking suspicion this has probably been around for ages, and I missed it. But maybe other people did, too, so I'm posting it anyway. (Be sure to click on the image to move to the next screen.) This is my favorite web thingy in AGES.



ps. i'll find my frog

Grnghrrrrrnkgh!

I think that's the way to describe the noise I make every time I run across Rosie O'Donnell's blog. It's linked here, there and everywhere these days, so I realize I'm not helping matters... However, I have GOT to get this off my chest. I don't hate Rosie O'Donnell. She always seemed like a nice enough person on TV. But... HER BLOG. UGH!!!! It's soooooo terrible...

frempsfrempsfrempsfremps.

formerlyROSIE

New Mike Doughty CD.

I just heard a new track by (ex-Soul Coughing frontman) Mike Doughty on KEXP. I checked his site, and he's got a new CD coming out in May. Yay!

mikedoughty.com :: Super Special Questions Blog

Words I never thought I'd hear at work...

"Hey, the 'stache looks good, man."

Mustache March :: JUST GROW IT.

Is there such a thing as un-buyer's remorse?

I saw these at KidRobot in Santa Monica last week and had no idea what they were. Now I wish I'd bought them... (sigh.)

The world of the Dot Com Refugees is far darker than it first appears. Dr Dance is a seedy man whose catch phrase is 'Just pop them off and lie on the couch' and has fathered most of the children in Dot Com land. Brendan listens to Kraftwerk on a loop and is allergic to rice, Xavier is the French accountant who has learnt to do accounts in english, and Simon is rumoured to have killed a man when he was fourteen.

Airside :: Dot Com Refugees

Cool.

I know diddly about cameras, but this new Lomo is tempting.

THE LOMOGRAPHIC FISHEYE CAMERA :: THE WORLD'S FIRST FISHEYE COMPACT CAMERA

This is just too easy.



(Another excellent promotion of Milwaukee's high culture, courtesy of AP wire services.)



Scented balls the latest rage rolling down bowling lanes

Feel like a superhero.



I'm sure there's a normal, logical use for this phone, but it just strikes me as a crazy vanity thing.



redhotphones.com :: Omnia 5500ND

Oh, come ON, people.

France's National Library has airbrushed Jean-Paul Sartre's trademark cigarette out of a poster of the chain-smoking philosopher to avoid prosecution under an anti-tobacco law.

Telegraph :: Hell is other people removing your cigarette

This one's for you, Eric.

If you and Drew from TFD meet up at a coffee shop, my money's on you, chapel partner...

toothpastefordinner.com :: Coffee Rapper

Ha!



Paul, if you're reading this, check out poster 2. Ring a bell?



Bad Day :: Motivation Posters

What to do with your disposable cash.

"I will never forget, when I went to the beach with the German. My friends had a good time, eating chicken with him under the sun of Ipanema beach. Next time, I will buy him a new swimming trouser."

p.s. Martina, are you in?

Rent a German
(via linkbunnies.org, one of my fave blog finds of late)

If this is true



...there aren't enough "ewwwwwww"s in the world.



azcentral.com :: Minds reel, stomachs turn over Lohan-Willis

If you're reading this, congratulations.



According to a recent survey, you're a pretty ace profile -- educated, successful and well over teeny-bopper age.



- 75% are over 30

- 75% are men (Okay. That's not so cool. Where are the women?)

- 43% have HHI over $90K

- Most, 14%, are employed in education

- 71% have signed a petition

- 66% have contacted a politician

- 50% (highest of any media) rank blogs tops in usefulness for news and opinion



Read the full Blogads study results here

Charming little ditty.



Apparently American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" has been embraced by the indie community. How bizarre. Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing says it's one of his top MP3s. And Ted Leo covers it here. Just...odd.



Ted Leo :: Since U Been Gone

Oh, eww.



No! Noooo!



fredflare.com | Peeps marshmallow maker

Meow. Bang.



Cat shoots owner

Whaaa?

Um ... okay, Russell.
(thanks for the tip, Bradley!)

WFTV.com :: Russell Crowe Says He Was Al-Qaida Target

Type/dance.



Try it. It's kinda mesmerizing.

(via americanstate.org)



hoogerbrugge.com :: type

Finger puppet dj.



Amazing, really. My fingers could never work so independently.

(via webzen)



dj

Next horse to be named "nowhiteafterlaborday."



New Zealand Herald :: Police take punt on horse to deliver drink-drive message

Fantastic.

(via steelbuddha.net - thanks, Buddha!)

Buddha’s Bellyaching :: Monkey Steals the Peach.

Dang.

I missed "Frozen Dead Guy Days" last weekend.

Frozen dead man gives life to winter festival

I like this.



A detergent ad that doesn't feature soccer moms, "sensitive" men (they do laundry!), precocious kids or cute puppies. It's getting crap reviews from PrintCritic subscribers, but I think it's great.



PrintCritic :: "All" print ad

I may have to start going to the library again



... if they start allowing you to borrow iPods with audio books on them. Very cool.



Wired News :: Library Shuffles Its Collection

Oh, boo!

I just heard about Bubba on NPR yesterday. Now he's dead. RIP, Bubba.

PITTSBURGH - He spent decades dodging lobster pots, but in the end, Bubba was done in by a trip to the zoo. [...] The 22-pound lobster died at the Pittsburgh Zoo, about a day after he was moved there from a fish market.

22-pound lobster dies after being moved

Daaaaang. Who knew?

My vegetarian friends are going to feel vindicated today, boy.

...But cows have a secret mental life in which they bear grudges, nurture friendships and become excited over intellectual challenges, scientists have found.

Times Online :: The secret life of moody cows

Fun!



Generate :: OnOff Lampshades (via popgadget.com)

World Jump Day.



Mark your calendars.



Scientific research has proven that this change of planetary positioning would very likely stop global warming, extend daytime hours and create a more homogenous climate...



World Jump Day :: 20 July 2006 (via daypop.com)

Funny product design.

The Key Table gets a sense of people's emotions from the way they dump their stuff onto it. Much as slamming doors are a crude measure of mental state, so the table uses the transient onsets of a new weight to gauge mood. Reactions to emotional entrances are triggered as mechanised frames swing pictures off centre to warn other inhabitants to tread carefully.
(via we-make-money-not-art.com)

Domestic Environments: Weight furniture

Awwwww. Get Kinky!

What a nice surprise! Swissmiss added me and the fabulous Ms. Kink to her flickr account! SUCH a fun weekend...snowed in and hanging out with my international girlposse...
swissmiss :: flickr - favorites

By the way, girls -- this one is definitely going on my fridge gallery:
Martina & Cy Twombly @ MOMA

The Mustache March gallery is up.

Welcome to the squeaky clean faces of our brave un-mustachio'd HD lads. (Well, except for those in the 'pre-existing condition' category.) Timmy's pic (#10) is particularly fab.

As I mentioned, this is a charity event. If you'd like to make a donation (large or small), feel free to contact me. Thanks!

Mustache March :: Gallery

Another web site is born.



This is our latest baby web site.



The coolest thing about it is that the client created and entered all the content themselves, using a Content Management System that we built for them. So, in essence, they built their own web site. No html required.



Park Bank

If this is what's going on in Wisconsin, I'm staying in until spring.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A woman accused of digging up and taking her boyfriend's cremated remains more than a decade ago - and drinking the beer that was buried with them - was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Woman gets 60 days for digging up remains, beer

NEILLSVILLE, Wis. - A 63-year-old man is charged with sexual gratification with an animal for allegedly having sex with calves. [...] He told police he never had sex with animals while maintaining a relationship with his a girlfriend or his wife, the complaint said.
Man accused of having relations with cows

Perfect.

Thanks to the most honorable Steelbuddha, I now have a whole new work vocabulary. (Thanks, man.)

McSweeneys.net: Thirteen Leading Synonyms for "Deliverables" in 2005.

If only I'd known



...that Heather and Jessica from Go Fug Yourself were on the scene, I needn't have even watched the Oscars. It was in entirely capable hands. Everything worth knowing about it is in their fashion review, bless 'em.



MSNBC/Go Fug Yourself :: Academy award fashion



For more Oscar fugliness, go to their own site.

Fantastic.



A publisher taking it back old-school with their book covers. Excellent. These will liven up bookstore windows. (via coudal.com)



Hard Case Crime

Dr. Seuss would have been 100 this month.



Check out the Random House site in his honor. Too fun.



Welcome To Seussville!