Archive for July, 2008

8 most bizarre patron saints

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

see, catholics ARE crazy

Sox News

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Manny to LA (some dudes to Pittsburgh, Jason Bay to Boston), Griffey to Chicago

Eames or Aeron?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Take this nerve.com design quiz.

You got 17 out of 20 correct.

You’re a Style Icon, in the vein of Edie Sedgwick, Jackie Kennedy and Prince — not just well-appointed, but inventive, insidery and ahead of the curve. You own fresh-off-the-runway items from Vivienne Westwood and Salvatore Ferragamo, and accent your sparsely furnished industrial loft with pieces from Noguchi and Saarinen. You’re probably an architect. Your phone has a cord, and your eyeglasses are custom made. If you were born American, you live abroad. If you were born abroad, you live in New York. People secretly try to memorize your apartment and your outfits.

Noguchi and Saarinen?!? How prescient.

(And for the record, I would have gotten them all right if it weren’t for those darned fashion questions…)

The Process

Monday, July 28th, 2008

what if a major corporation designed a stop sign?

the a-11 offense

Monday, July 28th, 2008

a couple of high school coaches have invented an entirely new football offense. will it change football? (more here)

“24″ is torture

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

I knew there was a reason I hate Jack Bauer

Roger’s Park Blog

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Some people watch for birds, some people hunt for mushrooms, and then there are those people who are on the lookout for Cheetos wrappers.

hey, that’s my bike stop

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

These shirts are almost cool, now that I don’t live there anymore. Just remind me not to ever wear it when I visit Chicago. Especially if I’m going to take the L. And remind me to get the Sox/35th one instead of the Noyes one.

(Ed. and yes, it’s “L” not “el”)

i met the walrus

Friday, July 11th, 2008

check out this amazing animated short, if you missed it the first time ’round.

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrator James Braithwaite have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short.

Baseball’s best ’staches

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Which one is your favorite?