I heart Jack.



Jack's our illustrator here at the studio. And here's what he posted on our intranet today.



My long lost scissors..



Sometime last week my scissors went missing from my desk. Would whomever took it, return it or I'll stab you with my knife.



5/31/2005 4:43pm

Oh, Viggo.

Dude.

Go Fug Yourself :: Lord of the Fug

(p.s. Months after hearing it, I'm still reeling from the fact that this man was married to Exene from X. Dunno why. It's just weird. Worlds colliding or something.)

Bad design alert.



Oy.



Defamer :: War Of The Worlds Vs. L.Ron's Bad Fiction

Great McDonald's billboard.



Billboard Liberation Front Creative Group

YES!



MSNBC.com :: Ikea likes Milwaukee

Check out the pic.



A perfect example of the difference between Brits and Americans. Sure, an American would chase it like a dumbass. But an American would never consider this a "giant" cheese.



BBC NEWS | Three hurt in cheese rolling race

Seat cushions are next.



Detroit Free Press :: Northwest Airlines pulls pretzels from domestic flights

Good choice.



I like the winner.



PSFK: Absinthe ad competition

For those that might need a worksheet.



So You've Decided to be Evil

Surreal and lovely photography.



Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison

I won't do them



...but maybe someone will find this useful. Worth a look just for the illustrations. (via b3ta.com)



How to Perform Strong Man Stunts by Ottley R. Coulter

iLike.



SpeckProducts :: iGuy

The world is starting to look very "Blade Runner."



A great, but unsettling, idea.



Wooster Collective :: Police in Glasgow Project Giant Image to Catch a Killer

Fun ad.



A bit of a slow load, but impressive.



Our Mediated World :: Renoxa ad

Getty Images :: A is for Atom, 1953

Unadulterated loveliness.



www.orangejeep.org

There are some great ones in here.



The very first quote caught my eye...



: : Speak Up :: Quotes

Okay. I'm game.



I normally don't have the attention span for this sort of thing, but I'm intrigued. I'm signing up.



Evidence Locker :: Story

L-Dawg, this one's for you.

And for Bogey. Make sure you hold him up to the monitor.

Tiny Showcase :: "Mr. Doggie gets a job"

Fugliness abounds today.



gofugyourself :: Phil Spector



A Socialite's Life :: Renee ("Marriage is not agreeing with me") Zellweger

That's my girl!



Swissmiss (far right) @ the AIGA Conference last Friday.

(T - you've been flickr'd like crazy, girl. I love it! Wish I could've been there...)



Flickr :: AIGA "Currents 9 Influence" Conference

And now for something completely different.



Toto toilets

Do not adjust your browser.



Such a homely little thing, but kind of amazing. A car that's 8'5" long, 39" wide and will fit anywhere a large motorcycle will. You can even park it perpendicular to the curb.



Commuter Cars :: Tango

If roughing it doesn't kill you, reality TV will.



deathbeeper.com :: Woman on British Reality Show Found Dead

How odd.



Reuters.com :: Russian lake disappears, baffling villagers

Planning to travel?



Midwest has another kickass fare sale going on right now.



Midwest Airlines :: Fare sale

Strange, fun little drawings.



the INTERESTING thoughts of EDWARD MONKTON

There are camels in West Virginia?



Woman has to call for help after camel sits on her

I like.



Particularly "Riffa" and all three "Objects."



NEASDEN CONTROL CENTRE

Excellent culture-jammer sticker art.

The site of the World Trade Center will be paved and an 80 story crane will be built. Every two years thereafter a giant robot, or "PeaceMech" wll be constructed at the site. Upon its completion, the PeaceMech will walk to a politically troubled part of the world and by its presence create a lasting peace.

Wooster Collective : LMDC PeaceMech

Huh???

Check out this blurb from onmilwaukee.com about a local production of Sartre's "No Exit" :

NO EXIT
Nevermore Theatre, Milwaukee's new minimalist company, is proud to present No Exit, a gripping, high-energy drama.

Think they added some car chases?

Woot.



I heard this was out there, but I hadn't seen it. It's fab. (Thanks, T!)



Merriam-Webster Online :: Top 10 favorite words (not in the dictionary)

Wow.



New Scientist :: Breaking News - 'Living condom' could block HIV

No, I don't care about Mario Lopez.



I just think the last line of this Defamer entry is one of the most brilliant sentences I've ever read.



Defamer :: Mario Lopez Needs To Eat, Too

More found pictures.



I love this stuff.



The Cartoonist :: Found in a Box

Loveliness.



Both the Recent and Past Works are delightful.



Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz

Fantastically weird.

Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermy [MART]

Cool.



banksy.co.uk :: Treasure Hunt

Why?



Why would you buy a high school on eBay? Especially from someone named Da FONZ who obviously flunked high school English? No matter. Someone did. For ~$21,000.



This High School Rocks.Lots of space to do whatever you can think of. This can be turned into private residence. I do not know what you need to use this high school for but all i know is i must sell it. I will miss telling everyone here in San Francisco that i own a High School. Not everyone at my High School reunion could say that. The auditorium has very unique thearter seats.



eBay item 4373371124 (Ends May-14-05 09:00:00 PDT) - High School in Roosevelt, Oklahoma:

Yet another reason for obese Americans.



Too lazy to make their own coffee or go to a coffee shop.



Treehugger :: Wolfgang Puck Disposable Instant-hot Latte

Eek.



That unnerving feeling of biting into a Skittles when you're expecting M&Ms? This would be a thousand times worse...



If You Knew Sushi

Good god.



local6.com :: Class Dissection Of Live Dog Outrages Parents, Students

Interesting quiz.



philosophersmag.com :: Butterflies and Wheels

Weird vid for Friday.



May be OFN, but it's the first I've seen of it.



Bore Me :: snort

Nice little PSA site.

I'm skeptical of anything this one-sided, but I do believe in Social Security. And I'm very skeptical of privatizing it. (Look how well it worked for the British rail system...) So I found this interesting, both in content and design.

bushin30years.org :: if it ain't broke...

Thanks, T. (You should start your own blog, you know...)

Enigmatic signs.



A fun little time-waster via the boys at b3ta.com.



swanksigns :: dedicated to the art of mocking public works

Worth a read, even if you know the ending.



Claim: Airlines will not pair Christian pilots and co-pilots out of fear that the Rapture will snatch away both crewmembers capable of landing the flight.



Status: False.



Urban Legends Reference Pages: Religion

More fun Chicago stuff.



I don't know that I'm up for a Wednesday trip to Chicago, but, if I was, I'd go see David Rakoff @ The Abbey Pub. (He's hilarious.) And I might still consider the Susan Stamberg reading at the end of the month. If you're in Chicago, you have a civic duty to take advantage of this stuff...



Nextbook - Local Programs:: Chicagoland Readings & Performances

On popcorn. And linkbunnies.

Gosh, I love these guys.

linkbunnies.org

Another news story I like just for the title.

IOL: Teenager rescued from avalanche of peas

My blog ode to the oft-misunderstood comma.



Questions & Answers: Oxford comma

Should've seen this one coming.



Support Our Ribbons

Oh, my.

The Pearl Children dolls are so creepy, I can't stop looking at them.

Cipango ::: Japanese dolls

Much the same with the weird egg dolls:
Egg Series

So true.

Flickr :: Even potatoes need dates

Thanks, T. :)

The Freedom Tower. Complete lunacy.



For those not aware of it, there's a HUGE brouhaha over the Freedom Tower, the new structure at former World Trade Center site.



The architect of the site, Daniel Libeskind, has been part of an ongoing soap opera with another architect, David Childs, who was brought in as the lead on the project -- after the project was awarded to Libeskind. The whole thing is absolutely ludicrous and fascinating -- and slightly depressing because it's so jacked. Anyway, this recent piece about Libeskind made me laugh.



The Gutter: Daniel Libeskind

This is so pathetic.



People will actually pay 50 DOLLARS (+ S&H) to put a little timer on their table that flashes a green light every 30 seconds to tell them when to take a bite. Or every 5 minutes "as a reminder to evaluate your level of hunger or food satisfaction. When you detect the first twinge of satisfaction, you simply quit eating."



If I ever see one of these in a restaurant, I swear I'll smack its owner upside the head.



Powerseed: The Non-Diet Portion Control Coach for Natural Weight Loss

More old school.



Though I didn't have any of THESE, growing up. Heavens.



Lovelorn. July 1953. Number 39.

Old school.



FYI - I had no idea his name was "Cavity Sam."

Thanks for the tip, T!



Operation!

Poor Walker Art Museum.



Already being mocked and derided.



Architectural Record News | Cartoon Contest Makes Fun of New Walker Art Museum Addition

Cheese. Sausage. Mountains.



I'm getting seriously wound up about my trip to Swissyland in August. Cholesterol be damned. I can't wait.



Appenzellerland Tourismus | What Appenzell has to offer

Another one for Bradley.



Yo, B - If you can scrape up 4.5 mill on short notice, Cindy Sherman's apartment can be yours.



corcoran.com | 84 MERCER

Comics.

robot the robot
bunny suicides

(via web zen)

Fantastically weird Japanese commercials.

Ad #1
Ad #2

Check 'em all out here:
Kewpie - all commercials

(via www.we-make-money-not-art.com)

Good ads.



It seems like most of the cool stuff I'm seeing today is vid format. So, I apologize if you don't have broadband... Just thought I'd share these rather nicely done commercials for 501s.



Levi's 501 :: Uncomplicate campaign

Friday AND b3ta.com newsletter day.



Two things that put a smile on my face.



Click on these and have a Friday chuckle.



Bonfire Blows Up



NeCoro (Japanese robot cat)

Okay. This is just weird.



In 'penguin bingo,' numbers depend on where birds poop

Wonder if this is actually airing somewhere?



Those crazy Germans.



Blaupunkt :: Stuffed animals commercial

Playing By Heart

I just watched "Playing By Heart". This movie is awesome!
It showed six couple's "problems with love".

1. The old couple had some kind of "age crisis". The lady founld a
woman's picture in her husband's diary. The old man admit that though
he wanted to have sex with the other lady but he didn't because he
loved her so much. Of course, the old lady was furious on hearing
that. Let's see the quotes, it's so funny:
Hannah: And you really didn't sleep with her?
Paul: No, of course not.
Hannah: And - you didn't want to sleep with her.
Paul: Oh, God, yes.

But as the man continued his "confession" that he never forget why he
loves his wife but he could hardly remember why his wife still loves
him, and that woman remind him that he's worth loving. So though he
loves the woman, he loves his wife more. And if all this go over
again, he would have made the same decision.

2. A man had just killed his own wife and son in a car accident
because of drunkeness. He was a failure in his career too, then he
found out the man who beat him in career was having an affair with his
former wife. And so, another woman comforts him.

3. A wife was having an affair with a priest who loved his own wife
very much. They had great sex together, but after that they just
picked up their own staff and go. Damn cold and realistic.

4. A man lay in his death bed. He's gay. He's had AIDS. He's the last
man that lived in his circle.

5. A successful woman in the high of her life met a "to good to be
true guy". She's kind of having a problem in accepting the
relationship because she thought she was not ready yet. Her ex-husband
was gay.

6. (the best part of the movie!!!!) A party girl broke of her
boyfriend and had a crush on a cool guy the day she was on the
"break-off-negociation-call". But no matter how active she was, how
hard she tried, it seemed having no effect on the boy. He's too cool.
But it turned out the boy's former girlfriend died of AIDS, he loved
the party girl so much that he could not afford to harm her. They had
some very short but interesting but moving quotes, as followed:

Joan: You don't say much, do you?
Keenan: Does anyone when they're with you?

Keenan: This... isn't anything. It's not anything now and it won't be
anything ever.
Joan: WOW. Message received, end of date.

Joan: Talking about love is like dancing about architecture.

Keenan: That's the ugliest cat I've ever seen.
Joan: She's an angel.
Keenan: She only has one eye.
Joan: Yeah, but it's her good one.
Joan: Blanche can look at you with a gaze of unflappable superiority
that springs from total detachment and disinterest... not unlike how
you're looking at me know.

Keenan: You're terrific, sensational really, but I'm not right for you.

Joan: You can't treat people the way you treat them and then say
something adorable like that.

Joan: The lad doesn't say much and when he does, he finds just the
right words to crush my soul.

Keenan: This may sound corny, but... you don't want me. I'm damaged goods.
Joan: So? We're all damaged goods.

Joan: No, no, STOP. I've waited my entire life for somebody that I
cared about to tell me they loved me and if you think you're getting
out of this car now, you're INSANE.

Keenan: I can't stop thinking about you.
Joan: I love conversations that start with the guy saying "I can't
stop thinking about you." Mind you I've never actually been on the
receiving end of any of those conversations...
Keenan: Just looking at you makes me happy.
Joan: I have - I have to sit down.
[almost knocks over the chair sitting down]
Keenan: When we're together, whether or not I show it, I just can't
wait to hear the next words out of your mouth. But right now I need to
ask you to do something for me.
Joan: Anything.
Keenan: Shut up.

Keenan: What did I ever do to deserve you?
Joan: Usually that line is screamed at me by someone running out the
door, not by someone standing in front of me and staying. It makes for
a nice change.

An ace tip from TK.



Stealth Switch :: Demo

616?

[...] They and satanists responded coolly to the new 'Revelation'. Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan, based in New York, said: 'By using 666 we're using something that the Christians fear. Mind you, if they do switch to 616 being the number of the beast then we'll start using that.

The Independent :: Revelation! 666 is not the number of the beast (it's a devilish 616)

p.s. It's also the area code for Grand Rapids, Michigan. They will not be pleased.

No explanation necessary.



Just enjoy.



The Morning News Gallery :: The Bear Goes to Paris, by Witold Riedel

Is Pope Benedict a sign of The End of Days?



It's hard to take a story seriously when it ends like this:



'His reign will only last a few years at most. This signals that we are living in what may be the end of days as we know it,' said one Web Site entry by someone calling himself SmartBob.



Yahoo! News :: Doomsayers Say Benedict Fits World End Prophecy:

The Seven Gummie Sins

The Seven Gummie Sins: Sloth
Originally uploaded by Wiedmaier.

Who knew gummie could be such an evocative medium?

Science and humor.

The boys in lab coats have broken it down.

- Computer analysis of the data also showed that jokes containing 103 words were thought to be especially funny. The winning "hunters" joke was 102 words long.
- Jokes mentioning ducks were seen as funnier than other (animal) jokes.
- People found the jokes funniest at 6.03pm on October 7.

Scotsman.com News :: The world's funniest joke?

Cool.



Hospitality Net :: The World's First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens

These made me smile.



Particularly the spam shuffle and sushi shuffle.



mikeindustries.com :: food-y iPod shuffles

Interesting sculpture installations



Check out the Walkthrough section. There are some really lovely, somewhat haunting installations...



Antony Gormley :: Menu