There is
no tomorrow
until we
get through
the day
after yesterday
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Poem: Tendrils
By Jack Brummet
When
a tree is chopped down
Volunteer shoots sprout
From the roots,
Sending tendrils of life into the world
In an urgent last gasp—
A genetic S.O.S.—
Like what they say
Happens
When you hang a man.
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From the roots,
Sending tendrils of life into the world
In an urgent last gasp—
A genetic S.O.S.—
Like what they say
Happens
When you hang a man.
Strange toilets, kaybos, latrines, loos, WCs, restrooms, and bathrooms from around the world
By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.
[some of these are reader submissions; some collected from vartious sites and G.I.S.]
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[some of these are reader submissions; some collected from vartious sites and G.I.S.]
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Elena Shumilova's amazing photographs of her kids, farm, and animals
By Jack Brummet, Photography Ed.
Sweet photographs by Elena Shumilova of her kids and farm/domestic animals. Amazing colors, environments, kids, critters, and weather. Good stuff. Check them out here, on Bored Panda.
Sweet photographs by Elena Shumilova of her kids and farm/domestic animals. Amazing colors, environments, kids, critters, and weather. Good stuff. Check them out here, on Bored Panda.
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Books by and about giants, rebels, blowhards, madmen, screwups and troublemakers
By Jack Brummet, Lit. Ed.
A lot of my favorite books are about rebels, eff-ups, blowhards, troublemakers, and giants (or some hybrid of these). It's no coincidence that most of the books on the list are hilariously funny. Some of these books are often referred to as picaresque novels. A partial list, off the top of my head:
A lot of my favorite books are about rebels, eff-ups, blowhards, troublemakers, and giants (or some hybrid of these). It's no coincidence that most of the books on the list are hilariously funny. Some of these books are often referred to as picaresque novels. A partial list, off the top of my head:
- almost any book - Jim Thompson
- Rivethead - Ben Hamper
- The Natural Man - Ed McLanahan
- Catch 22 - Jospeh Heller
- Moby Dick - Herman Melville
- In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash - Jean Shepherd
- The Paul Bunyan Tales - the one true American myth that grew from folk tales in Canada and the midwest, and were collected and expanded upon by later writers. These are great stories that I have reread my entire life. When I was about ten years old, I had read every PB book in the King County and Seattle library system.
- Gargantua and Pantagruel - Francois Rabelais
- Bound For Glory - Woody Guthrie
- Amerika - Franz Kafka
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
- A Cool Million - Nathaniel West
- Henry IV, Part I - William Shakespeare
- A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
- The Good Soldier Schweik - Jaroslav Hasek
- Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
- The Magic Christian - Terry Southern
- Blue Movie - Terry Southern
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
- Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail - Hunter S. Thompson
- The First Third - Neal Cassady
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
- The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey
- Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
- The Bad Popes - E. R. Chamberlin
- On The Road - Jack Kerouac
- Guerrilla Warfare - Che Guevara
- Revolution for the Hell of it - Abby Hoffman
- Steal This Book - Abby Hoffman
- almost any book - Carl Hiaasen
- almost any book - Elmore Leonard
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
A most disturbing (and hilarious) prank
By Mona Goldwater, Film Ed.
A hilarious, and disturbing remote-control Devil Baby recently took to the streets of New York as part of a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming horror movie Devil's Due. The movie releases Friday, January 17th.
A hilarious, and disturbing remote-control Devil Baby recently took to the streets of New York as part of a viral marketing campaign for the upcoming horror movie Devil's Due. The movie releases Friday, January 17th.
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New York Times Dec. 20, 1924: Hitler "no longer to be feared":
Found by Jack Brummet
Police identikit sketch by Jack Brummet
Photograph by Heinrich Hoffman
Police identikit sketch by Jack Brummet
Photograph by Heinrich Hoffman
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Governor Chris Christie offers to resign?
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
illustration by Jack Brummet
Governor Chris Christie offers to resign? That's how I read the statement he made last Thursday:
You have to guess that over the last week the shredders were grinding, magnets and hard disk tools were doing their thing, and that anyone even remotely related to the Governor's office has scrubbed, hidden, erased, and burned any even remotely troubling memo, voicemail, email, tweet, text message, and Facebook post. But as we've all learned over the years, you can never find everything. . .and all it takes is one.
illustration by Jack Brummet
Governor Chris Christie offers to resign? That's how I read the statement he made last Thursday:
"My promise to the people of the state is that if there’s any other evidence that comes forward that requires action to be taken, I will take it, no matter how much it hurts me personally or dismays me because this is the job I asked for and I’ve got to do it."The Governor seems to be saying that if that "smoking traffic cone" does turn up that he will punish himself by resigning, since he instantly terminated two top aides when evidence of their complicity was released.
You have to guess that over the last week the shredders were grinding, magnets and hard disk tools were doing their thing, and that anyone even remotely related to the Governor's office has scrubbed, hidden, erased, and burned any even remotely troubling memo, voicemail, email, tweet, text message, and Facebook post. But as we've all learned over the years, you can never find everything. . .and all it takes is one.
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
three Sasquatch collages: on the moon, on a dune, in a toon
By Jack Brummet
[digital-analog hybrid]
[digital-analog hybrid]
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Chris Christie praises himself in apology
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
illustration by Jack Brummet
In his 108 minute "apology" Thursday, Governor Chris Christie never really apologized. He did, actually, but not for anything he did. “I’m telling you: I had nothing to do with this.” As David Letterman said, he "boldly took responsibility by blaming everyone but himself." And then he told us about himself:
illustration by Jack Brummet
In his 108 minute "apology" Thursday, Governor Chris Christie never really apologized. He did, actually, but not for anything he did. “I’m telling you: I had nothing to do with this.” As David Letterman said, he "boldly took responsibility by blaming everyone but himself." And then he told us about himself:
- “I’m a very loyal guy.”
- “I am not a focus-group-tested, blow-dried candidate.”
- “I’ve worked for the last 12 years in public life developing a reputation for honesty.”
- “I’ve engendered the sense and feeling among the people closest to me that we’re a family.”
- “I’m a person who cares deeply about doing my job well.”
- “I’m incredibly loyal to my people.”
- “I was the class president and athlete.”
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