:: November 26, 2002
Our wedding photos are up here. The username is mellen, password catboy.
Bill McCullough is a genius. ::
:: November 22, 2002
Lots of good stuff lately from Metafilter: Hugh MacLeod's cartoons on the back of business cards; Brad Christensen's very entertaining responses to Nigerian scam spam; Twexus, a database of images that increases in functionality the more you look through it; Distributed Proofreaders, a way to use your proofreading skills for good instead of evil; and exhastive lists of movies featuring jugglers, bagpipes, accordions, librarians, math, socks, hypnosis, smoking, whipping, soup, bare feet, dogs, deuces of clubs, peeing, quicksand, and plumbing. ::
:: November 19, 2002
"Could it be? A real flea circus? Just as seen at the turn of the century? You Bet it could!" (via Magnificent Obsessions) ::
:: November 17, 2002
Help me, fashion conscious young adult! Does anyone have back issues of Jane magazine? From the ol' referrer logs I found this thread, in which someone suggests a recent fashion spread ("100 under 100") may have been inspired by the JC Penney 1980 catalog site (or old Sears/JC catalogs in general). The original message was posted in mid-October, so I guess it would be the October or November issue? Anyway, I'd love to see scans of the pages. ::
:: November 16, 2002
Today is my dirty 30. It's my birthday, have a party, it's my birthday, have a party
Also celebrating today is Maggie Gyllenhaal, Miss Oksana Baiul, Lisa Bonet, Sarah's friend Julie, and Donn from Donn's Depot.
Not celebrating today is Burgess Meredith, who is dead. ::
:: November 15, 2002
Where do chain restaurants like the Cracker Barrel get all their antiques and flair? Find out in this week's Straight Dope. ::
:: November 14, 2002
I just discovered the very intense Incoming Signals weblog. Check out the 11/11 entry, with a surprising wealth of links about elephants and death: people killing (nay, executing) elephants, elephants killing people back.
Peripherally from the elephant electrocution link, heeeeeeere's theElectricChair.com, which was borne from a short documentary film called Sing Sing Unplugged. The site attempts to answer such questions as "Why an electric chair and not a bed?", and expands its horizons into just about anything electrical and deadly, be it funny or sick and serious. ::
:: November 11, 2002
Yahoo's Picks of the Week recently spotlighted the long-running site NewsRadio and the Comedic Art, dedicated to one of the few sitcoms in television history that really deserved the "comic genius" designation. The essays there (cf. How It Came to Pass That True Greatness Was Not Recognized in Its Own Time, Physical Comedy and the Visual Gag, Morally Expressive Art) elevate this site above your everyday fan forum/episode guide thingy. It seems almost all the cast members have gone downhill since the show ended, but what do you expect. Well, except Stephen Root, whose King of the Hill character Bill Dauterive at least approaches the genius of Jimmy James, and maybe makes up for The Country Bears.
Hopefully the shows (NewsRadio and King of the Hill) will be available on DVD someday. ::
Hot diggety! A weblog dedicated to weirdos with unique skills, collections, occupations, etc. Magnificent Obsessions is subtitled "the passion, the heroism, and the glory of people with too much time on their hands." ::
:: November 8, 2002
As the season turns to Autumn, a girl's mind turns to demolition derbys. (Derbies?) Travelers Diagram links to two kinds of xtreme derbys (or "demos," as they're called in the biz): school bus and limousine. There's also the motorcycle demolition derby", but there's not much in that link unless you like exclamation points. A quote!:
"Motorcycle demolition derbies are great. They are not as spectacular as school bus demolition derbies but they are funny!!! This is the type of demolition derby that shows off the drivers personality the most!!!So if you have a great personality this is the demo derby for you!" ::
The World of Wassco's new arcade is more fun than you deserve right now, frankly. ::
:: November 3, 2002
Freakshow in My Pocket is matchbox dioramas animated for the web. (Via Reenhead) It seems like the band Lincoln, on whose site the pocket freakshows are hosted, might be good. ::
:: November 1, 2002
From AZcentral.com's Dia De Los Muertos website: Artist Teresa Villegas discusses her altar dedicated to El Santo, a 1960s Lucha Libre wrestler. (Real Video)
Now's the time to try the Mexican version of hot chocolate. Cornstarch makes it thick and delicious. ::
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