Distractions: The one where I try to get back into the habit of working hard instead of hardly working OR how to use cliches
Monday May 19th 2008
by Paul Armstrong
- Being a person with a very hard time remembering things (thankfully, I have the excuse of having a diagnosed condition), but Brad Williams remembers EVERYTHING (one of only 3 people -- known -- to have this ability).
- I'm a HUGE sucker for fact lists ... and this is one of the more phenomenal ones I've seen -- #18: Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot. #69: If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at Approximately 4:30pm the previous day. #66: Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average Man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his Lifetime.
- The Something Store. Interesting concept -- order $10 worth of "something" -- which is randomly select product from a large inventory -- all for $10 (usually the products are worth far more than that)
- Korean Artist Yeondoo Jung series called "Wonderland" which are photographic recreations of children's pictures.
- iiiiiii OR The Ballad of The Horse With A Spot On Its Forehead", not to be confused with lalalalalalal or oooooiiiii
- On The Limits of Memoryis a stellar collection of old photographs that eminate a certain mysterious and ghostly quality (without any manipulation)
- All the Acme Products (used by one Wile E. Coyote) -- fun list (I swear I've linked this before, long ago)
- A commercial by Kenwood Electronics that is decidedly not funny, but just ... just ... sometimes I don't get how these things get past the first round of marketing concepts
- The Church of the Latter-Day Dude (if you don't know who "The Dude" is, then I feel sorry for you) -- and other fairly unusual "churches"
- Pretty amazing shadow portraits/silhouettes using only wrinkled paper
- And last but NOT least, the best animated gif of the week
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i'm a fan of the lists. i'm also a fan of football, smoothies, and various books.
we should eat sushi or chili together sometime soon. maybe tomorrow.
by sh4wn
∞ Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
I like lists as well ... but I also dislike sushi. So, lets meet for crumpets and gummi bears at that one bar that only serves that ... you know where, that place, on the road, with the window and the door and things?
by Paul
∞ Tuesday, May 20th, 2008