This makes me long for the days when things were simpler and people actually said what they thought: Epic 1974 Letter From Cleveland Browns to a Fan. Read and be entertained.
I love most every beer Anchor Brewing produces. Enough so that I’d be willing to wear a T-shirt with their logo on it. However, even though their merchandise is priced affordably, none of it is worth buying. All I want is a navy blue shirt with the main Anchor brewing logo, perhaps distressed. Is that so hard?
Lis hipped me to this via Facebook: Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story. I will be waiting happily to see this when it comes out.
Here’s a link to an interview with Lynda Barry on the Onion AV Club. I was just recently leafing through the downsized Baltimore City Paper wondering what happened to her–she ended her 30-year-old weekly strip due to the decline of the free weekly newspaper market. She’s doing a lot of teaching now, and writing books.
I started to think about the role of play, and its role in mental health. If I ask a 40-year-old woman “I have paper and a paintbrush, you wanna paint?” and she says “no,” we understand that. If there’s a 4-year-old and you say “You wanna paint?” and she says “no,” we worry about her emotionally.
File this under Awesome: Beastie Boys Annotated. Want to know where the samples from “Shake Your Rump” came from? Want to know where the “grafitti guys” sample in Professor Booty came from? It’s all there. (WARNING: Site last updated in 2004.) (via)
Walter Soplata passed away quietly on November 8, but he was a legend in the warbird community. A carpenter by trade, he bought and traded decomissioned military aircraft of all types and parked them at his rural Ohio farm. Ranging from a rare Twin Mustang to an entire B-36 fuselage, his collection was unique and eclectic. I hope the airframes in his collection go to good homes.
Jen just sent me this link: Man Arrested In Alleged Bomb Plot In Maryland.
A 21-year-old Muslim convert named Antonio Martinez, of Baltimore, was taken into custody this morning shortly after he allegedly tried to detonate the phony bomb at an armed forces recruiting station in Catonsville, Md., west of Baltimore. Officials close to the case say Martinez was caught in a sting operation.
Why the Taliban be hatin’ on my ‘Ville?
File this under “Duh”: AT&T is now the worst carrier, according to Consumer Reports. Seriously, Verizon, I hope you get the iPhone early next year like I’ve heard.
Again, this is pure Win: Baja Racing With a BMW, a Dream and Not Much Else. My hat is off to you, sir. You are crazy, but you are living the dream. Godspeed.