Kodak’s Make Me Super! superhero video maker. Just add a photo, and voilà you are a superhero complete with your own theme song and everything.
I became “Super Tiffani.” Now I look as pretty as I feel.
Related Note: This can also be done with Kung Fu.
Sunday afternoon is a nice time for a mean political art project. The Shepard Fairey “HOPE” and “CHANGE” Obama posters are everywhere on the internet and I felt like Sarah Palin just hasn’t gotten enough attention these days, so I made her something nice.
OCTOBER - early NOVEMBER
Oct 5 - They Might Be Giants, 3:00PM, free show for kids, Columbia University, NY.
Oct 8 - Season 3 premier of The Sarah Silverman Program, on Comedy Central.
Oct 8 - Columbus Day Parade NYC, NY.
Oct 8-10 - Beck plays United Palace, Washington Bridge, NY.
Oct 8-10 - Premier of the movie Quarantine.
Oct 11 - M. Ward plays the OKOBOS music festival in Green Bay, WI.
Oct 12 - Columbus Day Parade, San Francisco, CA.
Oct 13 - A showing of Michael Moore’s “Slacker Uprising”, The Independent, San Francisco (Slacker Uprising film link).
Oct 14 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is available on DVD.
Oct 14 - The John Cusack film War, Inc. is available on DVD.
Oct 15 - Barack N’ Roll fundraiser, The Independent, San Francisco.
Oct 17 - Premier of the movie “W.”
Oct 25 - The Exotic Erotic Ball, San Francisco, CA.
Oct 25 - They Might Be Giants play le Poisson Rouge, NY.
Oct 26 - The Dia de los Muertos Festival, Oakland, CA.
Oct 31 - Premier of the film The Haunting of Molly Hartley.
Oct 31 - HALLOWEEN
Oct 31 - Nov 2 - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
Nov 1 - She and Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) play the Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA.
Nov 4 - ELECTION DAY (U.S.)
Nov 9-10 - Beck plays Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA.
Nov 11 - Tenacious D plays the House of Blues in Las Vegas, NV.
Nov 17-18 - Tenacious D plays the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, CA.
Nov 20 - Tenacious D plays the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA.
Variants of “haha” play an ever-increasing role in online conversations, but “ha” plays a very different role than “hahahaha.” With this handy-dandy ‘ha-ometer,’ you can finally understand the degree to which your counterpart is actually interested in what you’re saying, or just feigning interest:
(via Girl-on-Gauche)
It is the year 2008.
Some of the best science fictions were written about these times (1984, 2001, etc.).
And I’m a little fed-up: we still don’t have flying cars, moving sidewalks, and video phone watches.
The closest we can get to the awesome Dick Tracy-esque “2-Way Wrist Radio” is this:
the Chinavision Mobile Phone Watch.
(via Random Good Stuff)
I fell in love with Stephen Barnwell’s work over a year ago - when I bought a set of his Antarctica “Dream Dollar” currency, which is now framed and hanging on my livingroom wall.
Barnwell has recently released some new lines of currency (which are rocking my world):
• The United States of Islam currency - complete with Betsy Ross and the Statue of Liberty donning burkhas.
• Conspiracy Nation currency - national conspiracy themed currency (think Freemasons).
• The Empire of America currency - “Washington crossing the Euphrates” is portrayed on the back.
Why John McClane?
“Why Not? John McClane is a Badass. He’s an American. He doesn’t take shit from terrorists. He smokes. He crawls through air conditioning ducts. He’s a lover AND a fighter. So, shouldn’t we, The United States of America, have someone like John McClane in office?”
I’m so getting a t-shirt.
Diaroogle - Finding a decent public toilet in New York, even from your mobile phone.
(via Angie)
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As American presidential elections are coming up, ponder this:
• A vote for president in Maine is worth more than two votes for president in California.
• A vote for president in North Dakota is worth more than three votes for president in California.
I made this lovely graphic to show the value of a presidential vote in each state, compared to California. For example, Louisiana is labeled +39%. That means voting for president in Louisiana has 39% more value than voting for president in California - five votes from Louisiana equals almost seven votes from California. I decided to use California as a basis of comparison because I live here and because we rock.
Why is this happening?
Because the Electoral College sucks.
For those of you who are new to this or who didn’t pay attention in highschool. . . Read the rest of this entry »
And here’s Mr. Tucker’s (Pops Staples) great song in the film “True Stories“:
If you haven’t seen these yet, actor John Roberts and director Clay Weiner have created this hilarious short film series - basically, John Roberts does a brilliant portrayal of “The Mom” stereotype.
Just watch and think of your mom.
Or mine.
The Phone Call:
Mother’s Day:
(via Angie and Kevin: the Redheads of the Apocalypse)
The interweb and its mystical network of tubes brings people together - like people who have a profound love for bacon and who recognize the magic that bacon brings to the world.
I’d like to introduce you to our new comrades in arms:
Lords of Bacon
They dig bacon = they are family.
For those of you under the age of 30, or for those of you who aren’t major geeks, the Wonder Twins (”Zan” and “Jayna” and their annoying space monkey “Gleek”) were the freakishly-tan purple-clad junior members of the Superfriends, in the 1970’s-80’s cartoon series. Zan could turn into anything made of water, and Jayna could turn into any animal. And Gleek was just their as$hole monkey.
And next year, we will be subjected to the Wonder Twins movie starring Jessica Alba and Dane Cook.
Oddly enough, Jessica Alba could star in a movie all by herself called “Wonder Twins.”
And I would go see it.
(via UseSoapFilm)
“Form of an Ice Bucket!” Bonus Round:
The hilarious “Personal Journal of Zan, the Male Half of the Wonder Twins.”
(photo by Noah Friedman-Rudovsky for the New York Times)
An awesome New York Times article on Bolivian wrestling.
(via Susan)
If you have a little time, sit back and enjoy this hilarious two part film by Tom Sachs and the Neistat Brothers: “A Film About the Space Program.”
I love their stuff.
(part 1)
(part 2)
Bacon-themed clothing is nothing new, but BaconShirts.com has upped the ante, with Bacon Underpants! Blogadillettes, choose from two themes so far (also available are t-shirts, aprons, and onesies for the tiniest of bacon fans out there):
(via Bumby & friends)
Papa Legba - Pops Staples / Talking Heads: 