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ideas: I know we’ve all done it before, but let’s try to stop...

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:21:00 -0700

I know we’ve all done it before, but let’s try to stop using dumb quotes.

Smart quotes FTW! Mostly, I reblogged this because I wanted to take this opportunity to say that I love how Tumblr automatically converts hash marks to smart quotes.

I’m such a sucker for Pantone, Legos, and warm...

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:06:36 -0700

I’m such a sucker for Pantone, Legos, and warm colors… and OMG, here they are together!

(via ffffound)

Typographunnies

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:43:02 -0700

Typographunnies: Type nerd jokes. “Headline Gothic walks into a bar. The barman asks, ‘Why the long face?’”

TheDieline.com: The Leading Package Design Website: J A P A...

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:09:44 -0700

TheDieline.com: The Leading Package Design Website: J A P A N !

Cutest matches ever. This would discourage me from lighting stuff on fire.

MeatWater High Efficiency Survival Beverage | High Efficiency...

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:06:00 -0700

MeatWater High Efficiency Survival Beverage | High Efficiency Survival Beverage

An obvious but brilliant VitaminWater parody.

lonelysandwich: glass: The most exhilarting 2 minutes I’ve...

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:58:58 -0700

lonelysandwich:

glass:

The most exhilarting 2 minutes I’ve experienced online in a while. (thx jpeace)

Agreed. Like the carousel in Something Wicked This Way Comes, this video made me into a kid for a second.

at first, I was like, “huh.” but as the video progressed, I found my heart jumping in my chest, like I was riding the swing myself, and finally, I giggled out loud in appreciation.

ffffound: Frank Chimero — Shop! Consume! Buy Stuff! Sigh, yes,...

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:46:57 -0700

ffffound:

Frank Chimero — Shop! Consume! Buy Stuff!

Sigh, yes, unfortunately.

"If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have $49.00..."

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:21:00 -0700

“

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have $49.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you will have $33.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you will have $0.00 today.

But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund, you will have received a $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the 401-Keg.

A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.

That means that, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon!

Makes you proud to be an American!

”

- OH Group: From my Dad

KOR ONE Hydration Vessel by KOR Water

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:55:27 -0700

KOR ONE Hydration Vessel by KOR Water: Well-designed, sustainable water bottle.

SpongeBob Squarepants Sexy SpongeBob Adult Costume Ah,...

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:22:00 -0700

SpongeBob Squarepants Sexy SpongeBob Adult Costume

Ah, Halloween. It brings us costumes that are “sexy” “naughty” or “trashy” versions of everyday professions, icons and TV characters.

Other favorites of mine on this site include “Sexy Cowardly Lion” and “Sexy Tin Man”.

Adobe Illustrator 88 (via slomacuser) The funny thing is, it...

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:59:33 -0700

Adobe Illustrator 88 (via slomacuser)

The funny thing is, it still requires that you have to have the skill, patience and the time to master the use of Illustrator. :P

as davy crockett once said… (via...

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:33:07 -0700

as davy crockett once said… (via passiveaggressivenotes)

If I break the bullshit bag and hafta buy it, does it mean I don’t take BS?

Family Feud Dress Code

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:46:00 -0700

I tried to find a good quotable section from this, but the whole thing is so insane I had to paste it all in. What an amazing amount of hoops they make contenstants jump through to appear on the show!

WARDROBE

ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND THE WARDROBE INFORMATION

REMEMBER YOU NEED TO DRESS TO IMPRESS. You are coming to appear on television, and you need to dress accordingly. You must have a total of three outfits (bring two, wear one). Your clothing has to be clean
and pressed and have no slogans or logos (i.e. POLO, TOMMY, DKNY).

PLEASE DO NOT BRING DARK CLOTHING!! You cannot wear ALL dark
clothing, dark bottoms (slacks & skirts) are fine but you have to wear
brightly colored tops. BRIGHT, BOLD colors look best on camera and
with our set. If you wear all black or dark clothing you will not
appear on the show. NO BLUE TOPS’. Due to the color of our
background blue tops don’t look good on the show. PLEASE AVOID
FLORESCENT & PALE COLORS (such as light yellow and pink), as they are too bright for television. Also, avoid MIRRORS, SPARKLES OR
RHINESTONES on all clothing. If you have an item of clothing you
love, but doesn’t quite meet our standards, bring it with you and we
will review it during your wardrobe check. Your entire body will be
seen on camera. You must wear nice pants or skirts and nice shoes.

We understand you want to express your own personal style but IF YOU
DO NOT FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES SET, YOU WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE SHOW.
Please call us if you have any questions.

**If you serve in the U.S. Military we would like you to wear your uniform.**

*WOMEN:
NO White clothing (Absolutely None), Polka dots, checks, stripes, busy prints
NO Jeans, Casual Pants (Capris) or Denim
NO Formal evening wear
NO Tennis or athletic shoes, sandals
NO Turtlenecks

*MEN:
NO White clothing (Absolutely None)
NO Polka dots, checks, stripes, plaid, small busy prints, especially on your ties.
NO Jeans or denim, Athletic or tennis shoes

YOU MUST WEAR A BELT

**Your shirt must be a long sleeve dress shirt and it must be pressed**

Bring at least three different colored, long sleeve shirts, several
ties and at least one extra pair of slacks. If you own a suit jacket
please bring it with you. We prefer you wear a lighter colored suit.
You can bring a dark colored suit (black, navy or dark grey) provided
you wear a brightly colored dress shirt and that others on your team
are not wearing dark colors. Again, if you wear all dark colors you
will not appear on the show.

HAIR & MAKE-UP

YOUR HAIR AND MAKE-UP MUST BE DONE AT HOME BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE STUDIO. We know that some women and young girls do not wear make-up. However, when you appear on camera it is necessary for women over 15 years of age to wear make-up base, lipstick and mascara. If you don’t wear some makeup, the bright studio lights will make you look very washed out (i.e. YOU WILL LOOK BAD ON TV). We do not supply make-up for health reasons. Please arrive with your hair & make-up done, there will only be time for you to do touch ups. EVERYTHING IS ON A SCHEDULE AND TIME IS PRECIOUS!

Source: Dennis Crowley, Just in case you were wondering about the dress code for Family Feud…

This could be one of the greatest passive-aggressive notes ever.

Picard Forever (via cheesebikini) Totally better than...

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:26:06 -0700

Picard Forever (via cheesebikini)

Totally better than “Wino Forever”. Because love for Picard is everlasting.

BustedTees - Do You Smell What Barack is Cooking Yes, another...

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:58:00 -0700

BustedTees - Do You Smell What Barack is Cooking

Yes, another one for the “Obama” category on Tumblr.

Elliott Smith on Jon Brion Show - Say Yes blooper (via...

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:46:00 -0700

Elliott Smith on Jon Brion Show - Say Yes blooper (via jbumbati)

This clip makes me happy and sad at the same time… Elliott Smith performing (and fumbling) with Jon Brion on the unaired pilot for Jon’s unreleased TV show in 1999.

pause button

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:35:33 -0700

aynne:

Last night at the Zen center, the monk gave a talk about not getting what you want.

She spoke about how small dissapointments lead us to suffer. We expect things to be a certain way or we create dependencies on things continuing or not happening to make us happy.

She talked about taking a pause before reacting with anger.

Anger is the personalization, the taking on of someone or something. If you live a life of honesty, peacefulness, generorsity and openess then rarely should situations require you having to deal with difficult interpersonal situations.

But, if you do find yourself in a challanging interpersonal situation, try to distance yourself for a moment. Realize that when someone does something unkind or destructive you must know, that they have the problem, it is their cause and condition to deal with, it is theirs to own and deal with.

Take yourself out of the equation and try not to let it effect you personally. Responding to the situation with grace and walk away calmly.

This is something I know I have been learning to do for many years and it is not an easy practice. When people do things that do not compute, I feel angry. I feel slighted, I feel dissapointed and sad. But, I must not respond with that energy. Instead, I hit the pause button and think about something else instead.

And the amazing part is, when you simply don’t allow it to bother you, anger and hurt simply goes away. If you don’t feed it,don’t react to it, it dies. That which you don’t think about, don’t give any energy to and do not care about leaves your mind.

I don’t always suceed in my mission, but it gets easier with mindful practice.

One thing that helps is to everyday find moments, things, people that make us happy.
They should be varied and small things. Such as enjoying our morning coffee, witnessing someone politely give up their seat to somone who needed it, being told you are doing a good job, having a old friend call. These are the small pleasant blessings that happen all day all around us.

It makes for a much happier life to contemplate these things.

It seems such a simple thing to do, but easier said than done. With complete sincerity, I encourage everyone to consider this as well.

The times that I have managed to practice this, I have been generally happier and at peace with myself and the things that surround me. I think I’m getting better at this as each day passes.

/moment of zen

ffffound: sakurasakuras Not sure what’s going on here, but...

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:58:17 -0700

ffffound:

sakurasakuras

Not sure what’s going on here, but it’s pretty rad.

Guinness Beef Stew

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:19:02 -0700

Guinness Beef Stew: A slow cooker recipe that uses Guinness and chocolate!

YouTube - Sarah ‘Miss Teen USA’ Palin Oh my. This is...

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:16:00 -0700

YouTube - Sarah ‘Miss Teen USA’ Palin

Oh my. This is so perfect, it’s scary.