Entries Tagged as ‘Thoughts’

January 9, 2008

Disgustingly Ironic: Pink Vomits on Pop-Culture and Media

 Note in this fairly recent magazine issue an anorexic Tara Reid, right next to a ditty about “The Biggest Loser.”

I’m almost too outraged to respond, but that would be furthering the issue, and ignorance is not the key.  There is no question that returning to a healthy body image is of  utmost concern, just as [...]

January 8, 2008

Pie Charts and Missed Connections

I ran across an interesting post in the underbelly of the gawker archives today about New Yorkers and their missed connections:
http://gawker.com/news/craigslist/craigslists-missed-connections-the-breakdown-205154.php
Here is a sample of one of these tantilizing pie charts:

Enjoy, fellow New Yorkers and Craigslist perusers.

January 6, 2008

Giving Pop-Zen A Chance

After trying to find mental, physical, and spiritual peace from many traditional literary sources, and failing in the way road-kill failed to adequately cross the highway, I desperately searched in [insert name of large, seemingly-soulless bookstore chain]. I came across a book that I had previously overlooked for its seemingly pop-culture version [...]

January 1, 2008

CiNAMiN

Take a look at a new sketch/drawing blog of mine: http://cinamin.wordpress.com/
Here’s a sample:

November 19, 2007

Obligatory Beautiful Sunset

August 6, 2007

Betcha $1.08 You Can’t Pick Up These

About 14 months ago, this appeared on 13th Street, except at the time, it was filled with pennies. Some individual thought that in a city where there are thousands of people begging in the streets, it would be funny to super-glue money to the pavement. They remained there until the solvent was worn [...]

August 5, 2007

Bombs or Cocaine… To Drink?

While minding my own business on a casual Sunday walk, I was viscerally confronted by this:

Of course, being armed with a camera at all times, my alarm led to immediate documentation. Is this really what we’re marketing as a “hip” drink? “Excite your mind” seems a little ironic for the slogan. If [...]

August 5, 2007

Opiate of the Masses or Just Gorgeous?

Even Jews can appreciate this beauty.

August 4, 2007

Classy, Trashy, or Just Plain Snort-Worthy?

What do you name your ritzy, downtown steak restaurant to get the maximum number of people to abandon any notion of former plans and come in? Answer: Striphouse.

This upscale dining venue grabs the “sex sells” slogan by the balls and runs off with the goods. To belabor the point, I am a staunch [...]

August 4, 2007

The Morgan Spurlock of Starbucks

In response to Lemon Life’s post on Mark Malkoff, a man who made an intriguing documentary about his epic quest to visit all 171 Starbucks stores in a day and consume part of something from every one of them. (Really? Really really? Yeah, I know.) Watch it on YouTube. (Note: This link will [...]