The “OOH” / “EWW” Dichotomy of Ashkan Honarvar
For me, looking at these retouched photos from Ashkan Honarvar‘s fifth “Faces” series is like choking on a really tasty hot fudge sundae. The pleasure centers and the gag reflex are both firing at...
View ArticleSmarmy & Vivacious
As far as I’m concerned, Tumblr’s purpose on this Earth is to provide us with weird celebrity Photoshop memes. (See Selleck Waterfall Sandwich, or its cousin Bea Arthur Mountains Pizza.) Here now are...
View ArticleHave You Seen This Braid?
I’ve said it before. One of the best things about working at an art school is finding stuff like this on the bulletin boards: Previously: Never Forget (the) Hand-Painted Eyeballs.
View ArticleRickrolled by the Fax Machine
My coworker went to send a fax this morning, and a funny thing happened when it connected to the number that she dialed: She got Rickrolled. I just had to grab the camera and hit redial… (See...
View ArticleThe Sense of Right Alliance
Last night in a “discount store” in Prospect Heights, I came across an amazing little item. See, not only have factories in China been producing unauthorized knockoffs of popular toys (which is nothing...
View ArticleDon’t Let Your Dog To Put the Dirty On the Grass
This cardboard-and-Sharpie sign is nailed up in our friends Alex & Emily’s bathroom: According to Emily: “Alex and I were walking one evening in northwest DC and discovered a bunch of these signs...
View ArticleNot the World We Know, But an Exciting Place to Explore!
I have learned that there is a SUPERVOLCANO (which is a real thing not made up by an 8-year-old kid, apparently,) underneath Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. This supervolcano has erupted in the...
View ArticleThe Underlying Horror of Cartoon Teeth as Demonstrated by Chuck Norris
Nine times out of ten, when I see an anthropomorphic cartoon tooth being used as a mascot for a dentist’s office or oral hygiene campaign, the cartoon tooth is smiling. With it’s teeth showing. In case...
View ArticleI Am Not Hanging Out with Wild Mountain Gorillas, No Matter How Cute They Are!
One of the latest viral videos is of happy gorillas in the jungles of Uganda taking in a tourist as one of their own. Now this is an amazing video, so sweet, so heart-warming, and it got me cruising...
View ArticleE-Trek-tion 2012: Tuvok Obama vs. Gul Dukromney
The ever-increasing election coverage, combined with the Star Trek marathons that have been taking place at home, have made it hard for me not to see these resemblances: References for the less nerdy:...
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