Archive for November, 2007

Holiday Gift Cards From Lauren Monchik

November 29th, 2007 by Mike

My friend Lauren is a very talented graphic designer so I was thrilled when she decided to sell her gift cards on Etsy this year.

She is selling three different sets: One for Hannukah (named We Get Eight Nights), one tracking the lyrics to The Twelve Days of Christmas (my favorite) and a holiday collection.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

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Mr. Splashy Pants » That’s simply… awesome.

The Nissan Armada » I’ve got ridiculous car names on the brain after seeing an ad for the Armada (like the Spanish fleet, not to be confused with the third studio album by the Norwegian Black metal band Keep of Kalessin) over the weekend and then stumbling across this article on Slate about the industry’s geo-naming tendencies.

Fascinating Rube Goldberg(esque) E-Commerce Intro » On a side note, I just love that this Dutch site still uses the term “Ghetto Blaster”

Unstoppable as an old testmanet curse » I love when I come across a good saying I have never heard before. This one was used by Film Critic Dana Stevens to describe the bad guy in the Coen Brothers new film No Country for Old Men.

Canidates and Waterboarding: A Modest Proposal » No comment.

Business up front, party in the back

November 8th, 2007 by Mike

Has any one else seen the Lipitor guy (a.k.a. Dr. Robert Jarvik inventor of the Jarvik Artificial Heart) and thought, “inventor of the artificial heart or not, I just don’t trust this guy because he looks like President Bush with a fading mullet.”

Just asking…

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An Open (and Very Short) Letter to Seal

November 7th, 2007 by Mike

Dear Mr. Seal,

Don’t you know that your bald head (ok… and the scars if we are up close) is the only touchstone we have in our collective struggle to visually differentiate you from Tracy Chapman?

Kind regards,

Your concerned fan(s)

Tracy? Or Seal?

Thanks to Bret for pointing out that DeNiro (circa Tax Driver) appears to be backing for Seal in the first photo. Hat tip to Damon with regard to the second one.

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That’s Just The Way It Is. Some Things’ll Never Change.

November 5th, 2007 by Mike


From Jessica Hagy’s blog (and soon to be book) - Indexed.

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The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Lawyers

November 5th, 2007 by Mike

Thousands of lawyers took to the streets in Islamabad to protest General Musharraf’s declaration of emergency rule (which included the suspension of the Constitution, the firing of the judges of the Supreme Court, and the closing of privately owned television news channels and curbing of broadcasts by international broadcasters).


Photo: Mohsin Raza/Reuters

Query: What would it take for lawyers to rise up like this in the United States?

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Introduction: Deciderization 2007 — a Special Report » Leave it to David Foster Wallace to pen an introduction that is likely more thought provoking and entertaining than some of the essays in the book. Comes complete with DFW footnotes.

Candid Trivia » When faced with life-threatening danger, will the world’s fastest race-walker… run?