May 19, 2011May 19, 2011. 1:1 Scale VW Camper Van Tent Keeps You Dry and Groovy Want to make all the other kids jealous at the next summer music festival? Ditch your Coleman Elite for something far cooler–a […]
April 2, 2011March 2, 2017. What Is “Intercommunal”? My Vote: “Tribal” Reading the new paywalled New York Times today, I saw an article, pictured above, about violence in the Ivory Coast. That word, […]
July 31, 2010. Candwich’s Even Darker Side: “Product” Don’t read this article. You think it’s going to be about Candwich, the “sandwich in a can” that has been ripping up […]
July 24, 2010. China Miéville: “The Scar” Opened the Top of My Head I first encountered China Miéville via his stunning third novel, The Scar. What I find amazing about this interview with Miéville about […]
July 20, 2010. Hidden Cell Phone Towers? Try To Beat This One. The Los Angeles Times has a photo essay about cell phone towers being cleverly disguised as palm trees. I think the best […]
July 18, 2010July 18, 2010. The Oozing Sublimity of Zuckerberg’s Flop Sweat and Hoodie Removal I cannot get this out of my head. I had heard about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg breaking out in a huge, visible […]
July 16, 2010. Hausu: Watch At Your Own Peril Holy crap. Hausu (1977) is a Japanese film that blog Dangerous Minds calls “a mixtape compiled by a demented Carl Jung–immersive, repellent, […]
July 15, 2010July 18, 2010. Listen & Learn: Radiohead’s Creep by Vega Choir Radiohead’s “Creep,” performed by the Vega Choir of Sweden, has been burning up the Internet like a match on a gasoline-soaked haystack. […]
July 6, 2010March 2, 2017. Realtor or REALTOR®? Either Way, Royal Bullshit I have long been suspicious of the word Realtor, Realtor®, REALTOR®, or whatever it is. It began years ago when I noticed […]
June 30, 2010. Merchant Ivory-Speak My son Lucas, when he was 2 1/2 years old, began speaking like an actor in a Merchant Ivory movie. “Merchant Ivory” […]