I'm down...

...with ribbon fun and if you are going to watch news, the faux news better than the faux news is the Daily Show - hands down - as exhibited by this weeks coverage | | .

ribbon fun

i think that i'm going to start plastering my car with ribbons. hundreds of them. people will develop car-ribbon envy from seeing my car (a purple minivan, for those of you not acquainted with the venerable jellybean).

comic courtesy of lynda barry

Awesome Marketing

Khem's blog has brought this sad, sad marketing by Mickey-Ds to my attention.

I think they are very confused indeed. Almost seems like they are quite desparate - it may be the end of the globalization boom of the golden arches perhaps, I mean what do they got, not much. But I won't count my schadefreunde chickens before they are hatched. Fortunately the C&J thread at dailykos.com cheered me up with this
or maybe it was this .
No, on second thought I don't think either of those did the trick. What's up with that wood one?

I think it was probably this marketing for world peace that cheered me up... .
Lastly (and not totally out of left field because I mentioned chickens earlier but) apparently Khem is getting a chicken. I'm jealous.

For those in A2, don't forget Wiffleball tonight (see 2 posts back).

I think I saw a fairy

Fear not, young Ann Arborites, or perhaps fear lots.
Betcha never seen a fairy like this before. I wonder what kind of fairy hole that crawled out of. It certainly didn't come through the door of that posting at the bottom of the page.



and check out these, too.

Andy and His Darth Tater: Exhibit A

Pot met the kettle... I should say so. I'm sure I'll just be called a sensationalist journalist like the honorable S. Wilson and M. Albom and accused of fabricating facts and using misleading evidence but I feel it my civic duty to come forward. Andy, you claim no ownership of a Darth Tater (repeatedly) but then how do you explain this?

How do you respond, you reporter of "high esteem and ethics"? This evidence is tight. I even asked C. Powell to present it but he was busy.

Napoleon Dynamite! Ice Skating!

Wow, I think I need to see this movie. Apparently the State of Idaho has passed a resolution commending the makers of the movie Napoleon Dynamite. This is government at work. Definitely worth the read - here is just one example of the wording in the resolution:

WHEREAS, tater tots figure prominently in this film thus promoting Idaho's most famous export

So no skateboarding tonight, but if any A2 folks are up for ice skating - 8-10pm at Yost.

Apologies, I cannot resist posting...

... these images. To be sure, I make no insinuation of their value, although one might call these folks creative. I just thought these were worth sharing.
Image 2 | Image 3
God Bless America!

Plus, check out this plea to us consumers from the pharmaceutical companies.

Lastly, cancel that hunting trip to Wisconsin or breathe a big sigh of relief depending on your persuasion, the governor poo-pooed the idea of a hunting season on stray cats.

You think you're sassy?

well check this out

Design Review

OK. Now and then a designer must read this site. (Of course, everyone reading can put her/his design hat on (perhaps a hat you designed), even though some of us surely are sucky designers.) Anyway, how about your vote or some feedback on these products made from pull-back tops (from pop/beer cans etc.). There are hats and clothing and bowls and purses. Frankly, I'm not so sure about the clothing. Would any of you wear pull-back tops next to your skin? I think the purses, bags, and bowls are cool. Much more at the Escama and DaLata Designs sites respectively.

Shannon Routs Competition - Wins NCAA Hockey Tourney Pool Hands Down

Ah, yes, what a fine wonderous weekend it was - great weather, fun curator's ball. Plus - the icing on the cake - the Denver defeat of North Dakota 4-1 in the final game of the NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament. Granted, I had sealed my victory in the Andy/Shannon NCAA Hockey Tourney Pool before they even dropped the puck but now I can be bold. I'm quite sure this makes up for my average NCAA basketball pool performance. Incomplete listing of pool participants and results are here. Andy has the rest of the pool participants but rest assured there is only one winner. So in the eternal words of MC Hammer doo-do-do-do, can't touch this! Congrats Denver.

Daily Dose of Art

I like these artists Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison. I have an article from Orion that explains how they make their art - abridged version of that article is online here. As the article explains:

If you spend any time with a ParkeHarrison photograph, you will see a carefully choreographed construction incorporating sculpture, performance, collage, and painting, as well as the comparatively simple act of exposing film.

Anyway, the images below are of their prints "Guardian", "Sower", and "Turning to Spring" respectively and there are many more on their website.

check for leeches

...and I mean the real ones.

Curator's Ball

Hey, everyone is indirectly invited to the Curator's Ball this saturday night at the UM exhibit museum in lovely A2 Michigan. It's this big annual gig thrown by the Anthro grad students so our contacts are Meghan Howey or Allison Davis. Enter through the back loading dock door 8pm ish. Tell them Meghan Howey "invited" you and if you end up face to face with her tell her that I relayed details. Anyway, there will be some light eats and drinks, an embarassing slide slow for the Anthro grad students and then dancing with the music supplied by none other than Box. There is a theme also... it's Casablanca.
See the movie trailer here.

Cell phones and Darth Taters

A few notes for Andy... congrats on getting a cell phone, just be careful with it. Also, curious if you will be adding to your Star Wars collection the Darth Tater and Jedi M&Ms.

Jon Stewart has more on all of this Star Wars merchandising.
Note to GiddyUp toy designers: please be more creative than the designer who came up with the Darth Tater.

Pesky little buggers

Lest ye think we are not alone, take a look at this image... just the average cafe building and sidewalk interface in our fair city... or is it???
different angle | close up. By the way, who can name the location?

the collective blog experiment

Hey everyone, I made what is called a team blog. So you will get an invite in your email to be a member to this blog the collective. You will have to create a new free account and then you will be able to post to the main page. People don't have to post, they can just comment on other posts, although the more posts the merrier - post all those upcoming events or parties and all those funny and/or interesting tidbits you find out there on the information superhighway and/or actual world. The funnier the better. If you don't get an email invite or know someone we should invite, just let me know. A link to the collective blog has also been made on Brines.net.