leave me alone

As the internet becomes more and more ubiquitous, its important that we develop enough ways to politely excuse ourselves from conversation, less we get overloaded.

So I present to you, the following little known, "I can't talk because" emoticons:

There is the aforementioned "I have a cheekful of food":
:-Y

also, "Can't talk right now, at the dentist getting my teeth cleaned":
:-Q

also, "Can't talk right now cuz I'm trying to pick my nose with my tongue":
:-J

also, "Can't talk very well cuz I had a minor stroke and the right side of my face is paralyzed":
:-L

and finally, "I can't talk cuz I'm in that Twighlight Zone episode where the boy with magic powers attaches that metal plate over his sister's mouth":
:-[]

ffffound objects

ok, I'm addicted to my ffffound.com account ... Endless fun. When u get bored of looking at innovative new design pictures, here's a fun game to play:

go to ffffound.com, and try, with a minimum number of clicks possible, to get to a beaver shot.

My record is 3 clicks.

double-chinned man with a cheekful of food: ( :-Y))

ok, I need the consensus on this. You are writing an email. Or an IM. Any digital communication really. Well, text-based. Anyway, you make a parenthetical aside, and you include an emoticon. Its a common occurrence. Which of the following do you do:

a. Hey hi how's it going (good I hope :)
OR
b. Hey, ya, its going awful (just kidding! ;) )

close that opening paren or not? This always leaves me puzzled!

rooftop barfs

omg you guys, "this will be the summer of rooftop bars."

blech

are you feeling lucky?

google page one - adjective

1. used to describe something that is really obvious. Particularly when someone is trying to give you some sort of recommendation

For ex:
"Man, I'm going to NYC next weekend. You know anything fun to do there?"
"oh ya dude, have you heard of 'Central Park'? Its rad."
"dude, that is so google page one. What else you got?"

Which, as you can see by googling "fun stuff in new york city", is verifiably true.

shoptimism

shoptimism - noun
1. buying clothes that are too small for you because you think/hope that you will exercise and diet and soon be able to fit into them.
2. George W Bush's repeated instructions to the US population to "get out and shop" as a way to stimulate the economy and help the nation

free food

ben and jerry's free cone day doesn't seem to be having any impact on traffic congestion in new york or los angeles.

(screenshots as of 3:30pm here and here)

but I highly suggest you all keep a close eye on the situation.

godblessu

i present for your consideration: tissue box

lookin clear

google traffic map of wyoming

the long tail of birdwatching

starlings, tits, and ducks























etc

intellectual banana

"Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana." - Bill Gates

k thx bye

omg, thx for saving the galaxy!

oh also, thx for fixing ma sign.

but most importantly, thx for all the memories.

the crap keeps flowing

Could it be that as the daily crappy swarm of "where to drink lychee martinis in NYC" mailing lists run out of cheap puns to make on the term "sample sale", so too are they running out of over-priced restaurants to cover?

Two leaders of the crap pack today provide double-coverage of the best new place to find clustering douche bags over the next couple days:
Roll the Dados [dailycandy.com]
Who's Your Dados [thrillist.com]

Update: a THIRD daily email weighs in with even more witless banter about this place! amazing.
The Next Mex Thing [raredaily.com]

new panda bear album

Like the stained glass sky of the beautiful dawn of a summer morning, revealed to dry and weary cracked-out eyes, awake all night on cocaine-fueled partying, the new Panda Bear album is upon us. The future is here. The world is beautiful. There is nothing to be afraid of. You can go home again.

track 1, Comfy in Nautica
track 3, Bros

great -- sans irony

These are some really good ideas!http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Top 5 Remainder Ideas from blogger Ironic Sans

His terrorist logo taxonomy is pretty good too. oh! and the list of Economist articles cheapunned by their headlines is also good.

hrm ... maybe i just found a new favorite blog.

if LA is Mars then NYC is Venus

yo this confirms what I've been saying for years! proof at last. I feel so vindicated -- my hypothesis proven.

Single Guys Live in LA, Single Girls in NYC

... from strange maps (via today's VSL)

knock knock, who's there, summer hilarity

Some knock knock jokes for summer:

Wayne who? ... Wayne, Wayne, go away, come again another day

Panther who? ... Panther no panths, I'm going thwimming!

Bugspray who? ... Bugs pray that frogs won't eat them!

Oliver who? ... Oliver you there are bugs!

Lucy who? ... Lucy Lastic lets your pants fall down

Tank who? ... You're welcome!

life returning to chernobyl

This is a really interesting link via slashdot about wildlife returning after Chernobyl

Wildlife Returning To Chernobyl [slashdot]

"One of the elderly residents who refused to evacuate the contaminated area says packs of wolves have eaten two of her dogs, and wild boar trample through her cornfield."

wow, first Chernobyl and now this ... that poor old lady really cannot get a break.

the sun has risen on the summer of positivity

art baran

My homey JB Jessica Baran just got a writeup in the Voice!

Let's Be Frank

"Frame Narrative," a solo show by L.A.-based mixed-media sculptor Jason Meadows, presents a kind of natural-history-museum display of a monstrous batik-loving hunter-gatherer, evidently made extinct by his insatiable bad taste.

nice!