tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847317686898377632024-03-05T14:50:41.282-05:00Laser PantsWill trade deer meat for crack.Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-18695500568280330802009-12-16T08:36:00.001-05:002009-12-16T08:38:13.965-05:00O'snap!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shop.acontinuouslean.com/collections/mister-mort"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JCdnxYEUijBosk7tRWp0yBWNUDO3bPxJbqEHv-v2OYPkQx56zA72oHboVqgdcBWdtLQRcN1WLglOOI2ggkptrP7AMWksCuId5D1SRA47JDp9iAPA4y8aVmq2iEGTkfvUzMofoZAGZt_Q/s400/OSNAP_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415827450111718658" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://shop.acontinuouslean.com/collections/mister-mort">Mister Mort</a>, via <a href="http://referencelibrary.blogspot.com/">Reference Library</a>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-78838377722947911552009-12-15T15:44:00.002-05:002009-12-15T15:46:24.416-05:00Play Em Off, Keyboard Cat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/indignico/4177684252/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuBMhXZ3yboeDUIAGXkpDnYlekTD9AAi9pS9g443AIBycR8QOuuj-zJa2FCscDzcsrcrCDZCb7fJP5m8PhccVyw25S3MuBOD5ZnaqeIk6K0EtawPW5YJJ26wUcImmPEuKHxG7lraUqwyQ/s400/velvetkeybdcat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415566817339868882" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/indignico/4177684252/">Custom Hand-Painted Keyboard Cat On Black Velvet </a><br />By Jorge TerronesGoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-66039719302768376482009-12-06T19:23:00.007-05:002009-12-06T19:36:11.317-05:00Profiles In How To Hold A Grudge: Brendan Shanahan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2009/12/brendan_shahanan_recalls_some.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH37AjQ4nawExZ_gbebccVhOl0GVSkr3PFCOuo8qgcASiZevhg-huHaRawpSRWX9aotsd_GApej8OGSrRMA9IEMNNjANRLcL-etoRlZnBN91r4a8JZuW17biRWcfm03bzeDxUMg6KRDA_J/s400/brendanshan" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412284666727034770" border="0" /></a>From the <a href="http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2009/12/brendan_shahanan_recalls_some.html">Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Brendan Shanahan tells a story [...] about growing up as a Maple Leafs fan and meeting former Toronto captain Rick Vaive during the summer of 1983.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />“When I was 14 years old I was skating in the summertime at a rink in Toronto,” Shahanan recalled. “Rick Vaive happened to be skating at an adjoining rink and we were actually in dressing rooms that were right next to each other.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />“I went in when he was sort of settled and asked him for an autograph. I didn’t get the best response from Rick Vaive at that time.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">---</span>---<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />“Fast forward four years later and Rick Vaive is waiting for a meaningless faceoff in Buffalo,” Shanahan said. “He’s now playing for the Sabres. He’s lined up next to some 18-year-old kid from New Jersey. When the puck dropped, I attacked Rick Vaive.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />“It was a quiet, uneventful game. He couldn’t believe the rage I had, not only in attacking him, but it took two (linesmen) to restrain me afterwards and throw me in the penalty box.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br />via <a href="http://deadspin.com/5420102/in-hockey-this-man-is-considered-a-consummate-pro">Deadspin</a></span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-44263472900462106702009-11-23T16:19:00.001-05:002009-11-23T16:22:23.318-05:00Bad Ass Custom Van Pew Pew<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/ultimate-rock-n-roll-on-wheels-the-1970s-van-customization-craze/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_SUnKYvw6xoX6g_Op0dMstjzodPvMs5riSJHtWMP6hJxcV7Cf3NxLlSLa-Y44z_8XHTZAa1_SoijnNxfhtI8jwzWa4RxYZLJ9jprQ3oN-LJvDRa818vayvXETtt3jzO7_MIWVvMihOag/s400/starwarsvan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407411956683189858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/ultimate-rock-n-roll-on-wheels-the-1970s-van-customization-craze/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ULTIMATE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ON WHEELS | THE 1970’s VAN CUSTOMIZATION CRAZE</span></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">(via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/">MetaFilter</a>)</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-48733382006547891532009-11-20T16:55:00.006-05:002009-11-20T17:02:37.785-05:00Play Kniceley!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wvgazette.com/News/200911190874"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmUa7h5ArcUfNNkB9rsniWnyUr__fyplDNBWJ6njMUsucy0cMfhOUD7SeTKyMf6n6zSc5nsE0Vi-xsqwcrFB9O_m4JvHn-4aNt-ubRwu54bgF_M1rjH9f3cpvFen6LuoeHNXcDQIaKfYL/s400/knicely.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406308141132776578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.timeswv.com/">Times West Virginian</a> publisher Andrew Kniceley (left)</span><br /><br /><br />. . . oh all right, there is more.<br /><br />From <a href="http://wvgazette.com/News/200911190874">Poynter</a>:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">used his newspaper to apologize for yelling at a football coach because his son played only three plays in a game. "I regret any embarrassment or discomfort that I have caused FSU [<a href="http://www.fairmontstate.edu/home">Fairmont State University</a>], my newspaper and my family--especially my son Josh," writes the publisher, who is also chairman of the FSU board.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://wvgazette.com/News/200911190874">Also: </a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I said to him I am not going to talk to you about this as long as you are coming at me like this," Lanham wrote. "He then said to me, 'I will talk to you when I want and where I want to talk to you.' . . . He kept coming at my chest to chest bump me and saying repeatedly, 'You will talk to me now.'"</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-90756092956169861032009-11-20T12:23:00.004-05:002009-11-20T12:26:15.488-05:00Thankgiving Dinner<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.imgur.com/v6hCE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukTn-ik_7jxQd9tXJ2xFR7u33mKzUGl-EP3fh9Tj7s6Ljid0jP26JE82FwQalXj8PRlc5ukKFmp1OjOXsd9R2B6imZyLcTHeN1J-rRH4HzN-7UA5TaGNF1lx7OOwE6dnsH-PokmlTc4t9/s400/smoketurkey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406237756085006674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">"Off to a good start--with hot spiced tomato soup. And then--for digestion's sake--smoke a Camel right after the soup." </span><br /><br />(Click to engrossen).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/">MetaFilter</a></span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-33112061688432311632009-11-18T18:56:00.000-05:002009-11-18T18:57:29.024-05:00Tom Waits + Kool Keith<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aiJ2E0xGOv8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aiJ2E0xGOv8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-28581254506496731352009-11-18T18:45:00.002-05:002009-11-18T18:49:50.433-05:0025% More Cats Than Leading Refineries<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.catsforgold.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Ppd-HnFm_Y83SNzIcHmrek3qXqwsoXKXnniRFDsR_24lVOjR0wDuqf1LBcoWF0OxY8Ba0m2J341Pz4yMjRuOWtp_6duYqBNaSWzOcuZluv667l36zNJuUs1ZePeQcZrLr6cSwcfyTvcO/s400/cats4gold.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405594530196868050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Courtesy <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thetriplescorpio">The Joe Grey </a></span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-75083990057064276902009-11-16T10:57:00.007-05:002009-11-16T11:03:51.089-05:00Six Shooters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/10/lovely-cowgirls-in-vintage-westerns.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31XjuzpVZvAjzQoAfYL209NJE4CQYufdOJL113SIc6huc8jhPwal93QJmSeRAlDzH7VbWwRhMRWq71BPEJiq72hEitKeMoTb3NjL4-uNco9sYYvmMFvaEqK9Gz81RfETlco5RCLUzW1AG/s400/cowgirl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404731421031780066" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/10/lovely-cowgirls-in-vintage-westerns.html">Pistol Packing Mammas</a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (via</span><a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Dark Roasted Blend</span></a>).<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/10/lovely-cowgirls-in-vintage-westerns.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgIOgEWKNe7Egtyeman_7VCiFgeVc3wMEm64pUXBlRb4beFy6JDwdVV_ORzZIHEW5noknX0bspunJptsz5_Bk-Mi5HpmHDl1cXTZ9fQUrkddaAS2zG1albXCqzlzFyEARnrRelfbzFy0V/s400/cowgirls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404731735068735522" border="0" /></a>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-19225648958068322912009-11-14T10:58:00.001-05:002009-11-14T10:59:28.201-05:00"What Happened to Yesterday?""Sadly, the great Dock Ellis died last December at 63. A year before, radio producers Donnell Alexander and Neille Ilel, had recorded an interview with Ellis in which the former Pirate right hander gave a moment by moment account of June 12, 1970, the day he no-hit the San Diego Padres. Alexander and Ilels original four minute piece appeared March 29, 2008 on NPRs Weekend America. When we stumbled across that piece this past June, Blagden and Isenberg were inspired to create a short animated film around the original audio."<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_vUhSYLRw14&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_vUhSYLRw14&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-69607923267940465712009-11-12T18:11:00.009-05:002009-11-12T18:16:51.531-05:00Pronounced "Marie-sick"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-two-way-player13-2009nov13,0,6844722,full.story"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QNX5TQVX8sMknresJICPQEK1gK5I2nOk9ZcwoHqESj0wProRgNZpJs_r3i26XIVKt9If2qn4P_WzUCimbIoRINM25OzYxLPpKeUG0lDSE85OnUGxFmBqVpLJa7L3_72lPRroIjYv1aT6/s400/marecic.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403359091531831650" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-two-way-player13-2009nov13,0,6844722,full.story">The Stanford Cardinal's Owen Marecic plays both fullback and middle linebacker.</a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Stanford Coach Jim Harbaugh, a former NFL quarterback who played with such legendary tough guys as Mike Singletary and Ray Lewis, goes a step further.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> "When I was a young football player, that was what I always dreamed of, being a player like him," Harbaugh says. "In 30 years of being around football and football teams, I've never seen a guy like this."</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-55464550701742677902009-11-12T07:22:00.020-05:002009-11-12T18:17:28.179-05:00Hot Gun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-11/11/content_8946819.htm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJB81gUT8qGyZDNkneApRVK-xVuLIOLVHJJWK6hCk_iOs52JybAZkgU0S5AatLYcS7Mc00MHoYcitxnBYPske4OhL-kHNI4Bx2IpHLwz8_7waYTC6Em4Oo3wDqQVQZo-03D1z-SzDSF3g/s400/beautypilot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403191639775333186" border="0" /></a>And on a lighter note: <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-11/11/content_8946819.htm">Meet People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) pilot Zhou Shuai</a>. <span style="font-style: italic;">(From </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/">China Daily</a><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">"In many ways, Zhou is just like many ordinary young people. She is a fan of classical composers and modern pop singers, such as Stefanie Sun, Jay Chou and Fish Leong, and enjoys crime fiction novels and watching <a href="http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/">Detective Conan</a>, a popular Japanese cartoon.<br /> She also spends the majority of her salary--5,000 yuan ($732) a month--on skincare products, fashion magazines and clothes, which she said she hardly wears as she is usually in uniform on the base."</blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo: courtesy of PLA Air Force<strong style="font-weight: normal;"></strong></span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-79035991792704367482009-11-12T06:42:00.010-05:002009-11-12T18:18:08.447-05:00An Army of Lies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.army.mil/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPta7Rsfn8d1w80mPUK0ug_83gLvrc-HbNQ2USLDpR3NNXSMso_06l58c53P1Va0LUCac3NKh8J7oSUHlY8wV1imw21YzsWfpZREBGXkwwdMorcZx1Em0UyH_g0qyFaQHELkYamRWFZMA/s400/armypinky.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403189377216232306" border="0" /></a>Back to the Laser Pants but it's to level some grief at the US Army.<br /><br />Once again, the Army's proven it's absolutely pathetic at gathering and providing correct information. Things started poorly at the Ft. Hood shootings when they reported that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was dead on the scene; he's not. Now, it seems that the story of how his killing spree was stopped may not be true either: the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/us/12hood.html?hp=&pagewanted=all">New York Times is reporting that a witness is saying that it was Senior Sgt. Mark Todd, a civilian police officer, who shot him</a>, not Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley, who was shot by Maj. Hasan when she arrived on the scene.<br /><br />This might be just the latest in what seems to be an ongoing pattern of completely fucking up reality for the Army. First was the 2003 tale of super soldier <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch">Pfc. Jessica Lynch</a>, about whom the Army got pretty much every fact aside from her name wrong. From today's NY Times:<br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">The confusion over what happened and the quickness of the military to label someone a hero seemed reminiscent of the case of Pfc. Jessica Lynch in 2003, when the Army initially reported Private Lynch had been captured in Iraq after a Rambo-like performance in which she emptied her weapon and was wounded in battle. It was later learned she had been badly hurt in a vehicle accident during an ambush and was being well cared for by the Iraqis.</span><br /></blockquote>Even her rescue drew later criticism for being overly dramatic and overblown as a daring commando raid--on a hospital at which there were no Iraqi troops.<br /><br />Then's there's the really putrid way the Army lied and covered up the 2004 death by friendly fire of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman">Cpl. Pat Tillman</a>. A really disgraceful and disgraceful long-term campaign of lies, cover-ups, and indignities followed which did little to honor a pretty fascinating guy. <a href="http://knopfdoubleday.com/krakauer/">Jon Krakauer has a new book about Tillman, "Where Men Win Glory." </a><br /><br />So what's the deal with the Army? Why can't it get a story straight? Why is getting things wrong still so acceptable? And is the whole Army like this, or just the public relations branch?Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-86175908994815171212009-08-27T07:12:00.002-04:002009-08-27T07:16:50.823-04:00Semi-Eternal Bacon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://gizmodo.com/5346206/tactical-canned-bacon-will-be-edible-for-10-years"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHChCef4R0kTyoEFJEFnN7ek3KhL1V-xE1-yHsU6PtQo8kHLoC1GhyxCkRFzj_f6R4xGrbxqJUPvN8u9KO59cTA-uTFq9tTwYIYIAv4jZ7Nsy-BnHiPzmU2IOlnPRnr5ASnZXoCLcPwSif/s400/tactical_canned_bacon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374599981004646898" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5346206/tactical-canned-bacon-will-be-edible-for-10-years">Gizmodo</a> brings news of <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-candy/c399/">Tactical Canned Bacon,</a> with a price of $16, a content of about 54 slices of bacon, and a shelf-life of 10 years. Which is more strategic than tactical, isn't it? Who cares, it's a can of bacon with a kick-ass M-4 assault rifle on it.Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-8549519531911464772009-08-21T07:12:00.001-04:002009-08-21T07:17:08.904-04:00Venture Brothers Season Four Go<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/9gyx9c9cUng&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/9gyx9c9cUng&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-91594834982546471112009-08-06T15:59:00.005-04:002009-08-06T16:03:17.896-04:00BREAKING NEWS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcba6nDwcv6qaTvwRg6-0a7YHA9b4I08BW3_64j7RxHPkIkJOKPOz_MzMJ2xQRKtqRq-vhVpDJONQC7fRIEuP-WpqkJubQdAJUjRnXCgOk0sHyHfceVuXzeInJH8oyhjkeg_27gNB9b8v/s1600-h/sunravenssonya.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcba6nDwcv6qaTvwRg6-0a7YHA9b4I08BW3_64j7RxHPkIkJOKPOz_MzMJ2xQRKtqRq-vhVpDJONQC7fRIEuP-WpqkJubQdAJUjRnXCgOk0sHyHfceVuXzeInJH8oyhjkeg_27gNB9b8v/s400/sunravenssonya.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366943050077899298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT!!!!1!! DID YOU SEE THAT SNOOP DOGG WAS AT RAVENS TRAINING CAMP?!?!?!?! HE THREW A BALL OR SOMETHING!!!!1!!</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Oh and there's some boring shit about some Mayor getting on a court or something. </span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-34335049693167207222009-08-05T11:12:00.005-04:002009-08-05T11:18:54.573-04:00Wire Ink<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Wire-Illustrations/252777"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4TTPf78RYdaZKHTKOhchFU5hdsxh_Dyx6dOuO_WgM1bFcQH511OBClJNNFcFGjHGYQMBzN2nim0agyQL-suLuDkRiyC7zDLsaMsN47GCqM48XckU6PZDhFJnzv98WdUvcQvm5RHTqxrY/s400/freamon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366498364801325890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Wire-Illustrations/252777"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbqb3ulxIQjEoLDreq8PQHDJ2ugChKnD-XLBnywcNkihgaKsaoRpkOx_xO3h0eO8ToKutfbbgM1kP2tY6oDxN3ODhyphenhyphenyzCeZhVvoQxD7jPe5ZVYMAhdmmoIuXaUF9v5Fcqg2-8v5-yLvDM_/s400/mouzone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366497943360260722" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Wire-Illustrations/252777">E. Blake Hicks has done some <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">work</span></a>!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(thanks <a href="http://www.atomicbooks.com/">Atomic Books Rachel</a>)</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-56890149106165868582009-07-28T13:06:00.010-04:002009-07-28T13:24:54.824-04:00Kindlenfreude * **<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUplCgwII8nGhyphenhyphen36FcmGBaU38EL62xbdyLFkAId-uJ4Hl2JhI6oMflL9L9ihWAdG_vBdpGIo__6Y6JDRK6Am0wq3v_HOSKBXOxGZcMcEZRe2nhV9QuQ_4DkrAbZp4-Z1vn9nJmV77EJlLm/s1600-h/kindle-2-engadget.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUplCgwII8nGhyphenhyphen36FcmGBaU38EL62xbdyLFkAId-uJ4Hl2JhI6oMflL9L9ihWAdG_vBdpGIo__6Y6JDRK6Am0wq3v_HOSKBXOxGZcMcEZRe2nhV9QuQ_4DkrAbZp4-Z1vn9nJmV77EJlLm/s400/kindle-2-engadget.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363562325296893074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kin'-dlen-froy-duh</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">n.</span><br /><br />The shameful joy one feels when one reads <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/03/090803fa_fact_baker?currentPage=all">another article</a> about <a href="http://laserpantsftw.blogspot.com/search?q=kindle">how unawesome the Kindle and Kindle Zwei are</a>.<br /><br />*Term developed with the assistance of Atomic Books. Check out their selection of <a href="http://www.atomicbooks.com/43/public_html/blog/2009/07/kindlenfreude.html#comments">national media Kindle-hatin' writing here</a>. Or read it on your Kindle! Oh wait you can't. Because it's crap.<br /><br />**And no complaints on the shitty German from the Teutonic section! I KNOW IT'S WRONG. IT'S HUMOR. Jeez. Here's <span dir="ltr">Jürgen</span>'s suggestion: Elektrokindlebuchmaschinenschnitzelfreude. Funny, yes. Short, no.Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-88926761761357468432009-07-14T16:27:00.025-04:002009-07-14T16:42:03.728-04:00Best of Times<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe0LiHz1IAVHleSSWwtk-T5L-DLTctrUd1qoLS4-aKTDj_vtlPYl6XwMIOhG1m5ZsSzM_JiDX92oThHVcmxEOg7QzaPB47v9KuCNjnivVfMaLvKUh76pF6MtWYocAGWaQiOv2vOMGXJtZ/s1600-h/moondavidburnettcontractpressimgs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe0LiHz1IAVHleSSWwtk-T5L-DLTctrUd1qoLS4-aKTDj_vtlPYl6XwMIOhG1m5ZsSzM_JiDX92oThHVcmxEOg7QzaPB47v9KuCNjnivVfMaLvKUh76pF6MtWYocAGWaQiOv2vOMGXJtZ/s400/moondavidburnettcontractpressimgs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358415480509316482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/science/space/14mission.html?hp">Crowd in Titusville, Florida, watching Apollo 11 take its crew to the moon, July 1969</a><br />(David Burnett/Contact Press Images)</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA15a1DjTgUOmbyq5fj6YQXnlAisx-a7zhSFRtiNYHwZK4nU7KYOqyFR19svnWD0cnDbEka5BS7UtjB0MT_lG32nlfgvg7noW81LpqXTvU18yt7Bn41AD03cSmsF2LWCWPpFw31jFJ0G78/s1600-h/jennysanfordap.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA15a1DjTgUOmbyq5fj6YQXnlAisx-a7zhSFRtiNYHwZK4nU7KYOqyFR19svnWD0cnDbEka5BS7UtjB0MT_lG32nlfgvg7noW81LpqXTvU18yt7Bn41AD03cSmsF2LWCWPpFw31jFJ0G78/s400/jennysanfordap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358415484271729650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/magazine/12fob-wwln-t.html?scp=5&sq=south%20carolina%20sanford&st=cse">Jenny Sanford, First Lady of South Carolina, June 2009</a> (AP photo)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Both images from the New York Times.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">+</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">+</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">+</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-80679798431761948022009-07-08T09:01:00.022-04:002009-07-08T13:42:52.272-04:00What's App-ening: Where To Find The Good iPhone AppsHere's a brief list of sites that (in my opinion, yours probably sucks) do a good job of reviewing, previewing, pimping, or otherwise noting good and/or decent iPhone applications, commonly known as "apps" or "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptarmigan">ptarmigans</a>."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.appcraver.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 76px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9K2thjoXqKN2qFIJLhEdlggntmmvne7c6PkDrUKlKb9eVZmmmXk2qIpwwfR-Nh2ZljgaTNflbkiiis_O3jZSgPD4PX_r1XEPW-DGUt-Pwcbh5_kmIcKgccze5RyDRW59lM4eH6NC26oT/s400/appcraverlogo2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356076125790873058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.appcraver.com/">AppCraver</a></span><br />A solid place to start, lots of coverage of lots of apps from games to bidness stuff. Check out their <a href="http://www.appcraver.com/picks/">Editor's Picks</a> for a good starter pack.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/the-week-in-iPhone-apps/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 71px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhiDutd5y2uVmPQDiybUzb_UoabLwVYje_a4dCBnvcByRttNbl17y44bwlbTg81RICn5O8XtMtEGZOcsBgb9nKmDWD2IEGrPx9LAj-A3Pm8fD24SBJtMfIbL-yoCh0BDPbLb828UOzRlqe/s400/gizmodo_logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356076377926086098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/the-week-in-iPhone-apps/">Gizmodo's The Week in iPhone Apps</a></span><br />Four apps a week, a proper mix of fun, productivity, things that make fart or gun noises, and creative tools.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ilounge.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9gmH_9s3xw1lxuxxqc8dmBPGAjDDL037KDDAuJ5-XdwvRnUxbE9zKgBBDpcMswX0ba8VC71vdluoXqkg5qlE9res9C6KxMMzNblyfxOoYu6ZKFzfl1JfXO3GEpCBGHB9fzzSiToipzHK/s400/ilounge-logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356076845625999682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.ilounge.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">iLounge</span></a></span><br />If you (like me) were a stereo dork at a younger age and read <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/">Stereophile</a> magazine, you'll recognize iLounge's style. But that's good, because there's some serious thought and criticism here, particularly handy when it comes to looking for an <a href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/an-introduction-to-batteries/">external battery pack</a> to let you use your 3GS for more than five hours at a time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/latest.asp?sec=7"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 66px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFqKDf0MCCa0mY_4gLnj6KkTzopERRebK630IU1ZYTvUHNga0u02QljOaxPJT3cNzjhPOL85rWHzXO_fPxVEMxKP6FHyhuBDsPQ-7MqAeiKePVlahPxvwIC6io8cdHdm3S6uDjzwzdCWX/s400/pocketgamerlogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356076849338651154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/latest.asp?sec=7">Pocket Gamer.co.uk</a></span><br />Games! Game news! Game reviews (good ones!) Tips on <a href="http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/product.asp?p=Free+iPhone+Games&i=6988">what's cheap/free this week</a>! You must get <a href="http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Peggle+%28iPhone%29/review.asp?c=13200&srch=peggle">Peggle!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.whattheyplay.com/blog/2009/06/19/johns-giant-list-of-iphone-games/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 41px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDJYDpk-Day4bAhK753_N8aslSRw9hj2YuThkr2bM4A_S7aRyvwNW4Xo67a84QQ18dIHQiYtEYQEveVACWnt47jdrCZ7ZfXs2hXMg1aKAHgVOX6zttimoG6yR2dhHINp-JwB_Gji82BUc/s400/whattheyplaylogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356085402367803282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.whattheyplay.com/blog/2009/06/19/johns-giant-list-of-iphone-games/">What They Play: John's Giant List of iPhone Games</a></span><br />This title ain't lyin': It's a big-ass list of iPhone games by <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5345401">1UP's John Davidson</a>. Check out the last review (for <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302934222&mt=8">Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyvale</a>, a game I would have totally ignored, but did not thanks to John) and you'll see John's brilliante Olde Worlde wisdom.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">+</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">+</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">+</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-9837150749630008522009-06-22T09:22:00.028-04:002009-06-24T13:21:07.877-04:00Moon Baltimore: THE INFAMOUS "THE SIGNAL" INTERVIEW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://moon.com/books/moon-handbooks/moon-baltimore-first-edition"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaOUYFAs3aZ91OqRlbglF1J1AYrrnfnZniwVvnJoQkAiuJfdJU-1Eq5IQKIxp1iE-rNioqyfJaF23DtYruAjC8OQRHaeL6XdFeRQKq2V9thic41YoYUjO4yi938Pwg88ZYxFh21Eh88jR/s400/MoonBaltsml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350141811530901938" border="0" /></a><br />Back by popular demand! Sort of.<br /><br />Click player below (UPDATED: Now with 100% more working . . . in Firefox and Chrome. IE seems to be some sort of bigot.) to play the MP3 of <a href="http://www.signalradio.org/index.php?p=429">Moon Baltimore's spot on WYPR 88.1 FM's The Signal from June 12, 2009</a>. Remember where you were the first time you heard it? Me neither!<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" width="400" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" flashvars="audio_duration=0:13:42&external_url=https://sites.google.com/site/zombiegoff/Home/SignalWYPRMoonBaltimore.mp3?attredirects=0"></embed>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-2850096108964574892009-06-18T13:50:00.001-04:002009-06-18T13:52:17.170-04:00Woman putting on her lipstick in a park with Union Station behind her, Washington, D.C.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179918784/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46zbu_uN_haAwPBcDzFS5Ee4shqLSnV15s3hX7E1F04C4ahXn5XUFd-LbbZ7eNBw2lYV6-eU_Afmofte-OV6BR1NYaA_NPI0Cl8wpu98fQtR76sg-2M6yfy2Rx1-g3bSlh7jNhcxRp2VG/s400/LOCwomanunionstat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348726586696109698" border="0" /></a><br />From the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/">Library of Congress Flickr site</a> (really!):<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Woman putting on her lipstick in a park with Union Station behind her, Washington, D.C.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> [ca. 1943] </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> 1 transparency : color.</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-59335442939772102502009-06-15T12:16:00.008-04:002009-06-21T12:34:38.905-04:00Moon Baltimore UNLEASHED IN THE MULTIMEDIAS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://moon.com/books/moon-handbooks/moon-baltimore-first-edition"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY_qijO3a7uWw3moa83EtZd-iddFw3XY5a2-Tim6EV2FHxsUy4dEDp4GwwxFPJCfAxWeit8ODnGXRMOT8Ju2N8SDh4tHxBjlaq2p5tBlqq9tuEUbfMrPNb_4594m5EZOdm-7taiM5uoxv/s400/moongoffatomic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347589431849817538" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://moon.com/books/moon-handbooks/moon-baltimore-first-edition">Moon Baltimore</a> is ON THE STREETS and already people are talking about it (in my mind).<br /><br />The initial promotional onslaught is detailed below:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Geoffrey%20Brown.VALUED-A9767827/Desktop/MOON%20Baltimore/Promotion/The%20Signal/Unknown%20Album%20%286-20-2009%209-58-08%20AM%29/Signal%20Moon%20Baltimore.mp3"></a><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/.artsmain/article/14/347/1516929/The.Signal/Baltimore.Moon.Handbook/">WYPR 88.1 FM's The Signal's Lisa Morgan's interview with me about writing the book!</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> (NOTE: Might Be Afflicted and Unworking for a little while)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zombiegoff/sets/72157619771547566/">Photos from the book premiere event at Atomic Books!</a><br /><br />Get a copy yourself, either <a href="http://www.atomicbooks.com/products/-/1161.html">through an awesome Baltimore retailer</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Baltimore-Handbooks-Geoff-Brown/dp/1566919843/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236018446&sr=1-1">through Amazon</a>!Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-82881239417387779992009-06-08T21:52:00.007-04:002009-06-09T10:23:22.736-04:00Tortillaz In The Mist<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.quakeroats.com/products/more-products-from-quaker/content/tortillaz/zesty-guacamole.aspx"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaXLpnYOI5-Opb04dnaUD4EBGCaX7IxAuq8G0dMTRTpW8GwbhgAqViWTNe0mT8pjHIps2LffeijVJtJOIdRg5xyueQ8_y2NMveeEhcrIR1hXpJbqjMZpVAP-JyhnBNK0AcuPaYVIml-BB/s400/Tortillaz-Guacamole-Detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345140251520606146" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.quakeroats.com/products/more-products-from-quaker/content/tortillaz/zesty-guacamole.aspx"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Touch the Zesty Guacamole flavor to your tongue and you'll taste what Quaker Tortillaz are all about."</span></a><br /><br />The kindly pacifist Quaker icon dude must be thrilled. "You can never be too thin – or too crunchy" reads the marketing copy. That's not very Quaker, is it?<br /><br />How about:<br />"You can never be too thin or too crunchy -- or too pacifist!"Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284731768689837763.post-90481704545219747812009-06-08T09:45:00.002-04:002009-06-08T09:49:28.998-04:00The Diver, or Scaphandrier<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.socyberty.com/Folklore/A-Giant-Awakes-in-Nantes.763695"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWlFuLj_IO0gYd2b9tpX3VnAfdfzv7WKpBlgQoNH1cyVpyh2rXLj3XoECB5tejhsUnRbarY6coue6btRDsVidTWuloJ8OOjumJvqCnzROZN3vfdCK1YsL7lPTPs-PoY1yyyQRSunc_yYm/s400/vernediver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344952615370902530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Nantes, the home town of Jules Verne, is situated in western France. Here, near the river Loire a <a href="http://www.socyberty.com/Folklore/A-Giant-Awakes-in-Nantes.763695">giant deep-sea diver</a> sleeps gently, waiting for his task to begin."</span>Goffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906542693780888209noreply@blogger.com0