Secret Stash
Secret stashes tend to fall along the lines of either those crappy fake hollow books you buy at Bed Bath & Beyond […]
Author: Lee Wallender
Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.
Shit I’m Always Trying To Solve
Q: Why do some people pronounce strength as strenth? Q: Why do self-styled badass, bro-type guys like to shake hands sideways, palms […]
Retro Words I Love
I love antiquated words. Some of the best stories about the origins of words come from a book called I Love It […]
“Big Lummox”: Language in the Al Gore Crazed Sex Poodle Case
So, a Portland, OR masseuse claims that in 2006, Vice-President Al Gore, groped and man-handled her in a hotel room. Yeah, whatever; […]
Somebody Made a Movie About the Almighty Helvetica–Really
Holy cow. Previously, I have written about the Almighty Helvetica and how it was used to convey a sense of faux humility […]
Concrete Meditation Labrynith?
Holy shit, Sally Quinn! I’m reading this profile in Vanity Fair of the ever-sweet -and-easygoing Georgetown (DC) powermeister, Sally Quinn, when this […]
In My Mind, I Will Make Them Dead Already To Soften The Inevitable
In March 2010, while listening to PBS, I heard an obituary of radio writer and producer Norman Corwin. For years, Corwin has […]
Disney’s RiverCountry Rotting in Fittingly Ballardian Way
In 1976, RiverCountry opened up at Walt Disney World in Florida. By 2001, it had closed. Now, it stands–rotting and decrepit in […]
Spite House: Is This For Real?
I have heard of spite fences. I have heard of architectural holdouts. But spite houses are a new thing to me. Spite […]
The Almighty Helvetica
We see this everywhere at some point towards the latter half of the 1960s. Helvetica font runs rampant. It’s everywhere: in the […]