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Joan C. Gratz's seven minute animated, um, trip through art—from La Gioconda to Chuck Close. It's 2D claymation from 1992, but it was new to me.
Bookmine book store has posted a list of stupid customer queries that sounds strangely familiar. When I used to work at Tower Classical, I received variations on these, ranging from "Do you have Taco Belle's Canon—with real cannon?" to "Do you have any records Mozart recorded before he died?"
Via Grow A Brain.
It's not all riches and gorgeous readers, you know.
As to whether great writing can only be the result of inspiration, I generally have to edit all that "inspiration" crap out of my final product. Most days I'd just settle for being comprehensible.
Via Blog of a Bookslut.
Associate publisher, Keith Pray leads a parade of Primedia staffers from the office, down the hall, through the revolving doors, onto Madison Avenue, and into Mulligan's Irish Pub. On his way, he sings out:
Kristina can't come. She's too young.
Come on, Kristina. Let's get drunk.
Kristina's in college: She drinks like a fish.
Let's go. Let's get drunk. Let's go. Let's get a beer.
We've closed the issue. That's what all the singing signifies.
As the parade passes Kristina's cube, it's all:
Come on, Kristina. Let's get drunk.Kristina can't come. She's too young.
Come on, Kristina. Let's get drunk.
Kristina's in college: She drinks like a fish.
And,…
While doing some research for our November issue, I found myself clicking around the Bel Canto site, and guess what I discovered:
A blog!
Modern Sound — Audio for the Right Minded Listener — was created by Bel Canto's founder, John Stronczer, to communicate his and Bel Canto's philosophies on music, audio, and life.
I asked John about the significance of the name, "Modern Sound." He explained:
Modern Sound is a reference that encompasses both the old and new. It coincides with my personal return to the 'old' 2 channel values (as opposed to the Home…
"Many young people claim to be regularly taking part in two surveys a day, often with different research organisations."
Apparently Amy Sutherland's essay on using positive reinforcements techniques she learned from animal trainers to "condition" her husband's behavior was the most linked-to article The New York Times published this summer.
Ho-hum thought I, you mean nagging really doesn't work? How newsworthy. But you know, if she could train her husband to pick up his dirty socks, I might just be able to teach Huckleberry to skateboard.
My buddy Jon Iverson is cuckoo for car shows and has regaled me for hours with his photos of awesome rides (it's a California thing). I've always admired the artistry, but it never occurred to me that so much of the incredible pin stripe art was free hand.
"Jets of carbon dioxide gas erupting from the ice cap as it warms in the spring carry dark sand and dust high aloft. " Oh, it's just springtime on Mars.