tetris furniture

i don't know what to say. i like it, but i think i would go insane, probably.
http://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/04/14/tetris-furniture-design/

upside of you going to denmark

among other things, police who appreciate bicyclists, hug them, and then encourage their safety:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/28/police-in-denmark-hu.html

dutch tulip fields

ummm, who knew? who knew a countryside could look like this? i didn't:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29388274@N07/2746649399/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1942657/The-week-in-pictures-May-9-2008.html?image=4

yes

someone in the academy acknowledges the something that is rank and gross in its nature (and calls for change):
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27taylor.html?em

scotch is extra special special cool

scotch for beginners (including many things i didn't know):
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24978

3D graffiti is special cool

http://weburbanist.com/2007/09/21/3-amazing-3d-street-artists-urban-graffiti-from-around-the-world/

graffiti is cool

http://weburbanist.com/2009/04/24/the-history-of-modern-street-art-and-graffiti-continued/

photography

aurora australis:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/phenomenal-images-aurora-australis/9586

a dude walks across china (slightly more awesome than previous link):
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1908414

jews in the south

we do exist, and we've been there for some time. this article is about jewish academics who fled to the U.S. from nazi germany and took up work teaching in all black institutions:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124053723862951143.html#project%3DSLIDESHOW08%26s%3DSB124050067137248293%26articleTabs%3Darticle

alabama makes top story on nytimes.com!!!

i'm so excited that i haven't even read it yet:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/travel/escapes/24alabama.html?hp

the perfect woman

it turns out that the process of becoming a perfect woman is hilarious:
http://current.com/items/89771812_sarah-haskins-in-target-women-super-special.htm

from my architect friend:

a very cool architecture blog:
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/sandstone.html

more inappropriate talking

this baby is giving a sermon. i don't even know how to parse this. i'm freaked out:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/21/baby-delivers-emotio.html

talking inappropriately

daley is nuts and thinks we should talk like shakespeare because he's nuts (thanks sarah):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/20/talk-like-shakespeare-day_n_188891.html


this dog talks and it is nuts (amy):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXo3NFqkaRM&NR=1

kena's webcomic

i've posted this before, and i will again, but my friend kena's webcomic is just so rad. here's her newest:
http://jointherector.wordpress.com/remy-and-althea/

birthday present links from friends

the conversations ppl have with their mothers, documented (ab):
http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/


a really beautiful, fun game (kb):
http://www.scarygirl.com/


and a birthday panda (bf):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pUwIypksfE

pretty pictures

basically, this is a collection of lots of pretty surrealist pictures to look at:

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/04/spring-cleaning-of-mind-surreal-art.html

depressing, disgusting, purifying

a depressing, but very cool statue in nyc:
http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=615

a man with two penises and an actual third leg. this can't be real, can it?
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/man-with-two-penises/9439

plants that can purify the air in your home:
http://webecoist.com/2009/04/08/air-purifying-plants/

time

a fun game:

http://deepleap.org/


extremely pretty pictures (infrared photography):


http://weburbanist.com/2009/04/02/amazing-works-of-infrared-photography/

the way sam cooke died

i feel as though i have been referring frequently to this wikipedia article. the basic facts are that sam cooke, that smooth, politically conscious crooner, wearing nothing but a jacket and shoes, was shot in the abdomen in the office of a hotel. he was chasing a woman whom he allegedly attempted to rape. read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke