How weird is this?
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
What Companies Are Giving the Most Money to Political Candidates?
This is what they would look like if candidates were forced to campaign in suits that made it clear to the world who their sponsors were, just like NASCAR drivers.
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See more at GOOD
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Car Crazy in the U.S.S.R.
Does anyone remember the Lada? A friend bought one and it burst into flames on the way home from
the dealership.
Walter Potter's Museum of Curiosities goes on show again
I know this collection appears on blogs all the time but there is something about animals dressed as humans that I find irresistable.
A bizarre collection of stuffed animals that was broken up and sold around the world seven years ago has been reassembled for a one-off exhibition. The eccentric works of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter, in which stuffed animals mimic human life, were sold for more than 500,000 in 2003. Celebrities including comedian Harry Hill, photographer David Bailey and artist Peter Blake snapped up pieces from the 10,000-item collection in Mr Potter's eerie Museum of Curiosities.
Nap Anywhere On The Map With The New Sleep Box
This would come in handy at work.
Link -Via Bruce
Measuring 2mx1, 40mx2, 30m in dimensions, this may sound a bit compact but believe me there is enough space inside to fit an Elephant! The cool “Sleep Cell” ( as I would like to call it) comes custom fitted with a Bed, Linen, Proper Ventilation System, Alarm, LCD T.V, Wi-Fi, space for your laptop and rechargeable phones and finally a cupboard under the bed to store your luggage in!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Trick Or Sweet
After World War II, the American practice of Trick-or-Treat began in earnest. Sprawing suburban neighborhoods delighted in watching costumed boomer children "beg" from door to door. Traditional Halloween party foods (candied/toffee apples, popcorn balls, nuts) were proferred along with pre-wrapped commercial candies. Savvy candy companies capitalized on this lucrative opportunity by selling seasonal packages containing smaller sized products. "Back in the Day" (your editor trick-or-treated on Long Island in the 1960s) it was fairly usual to get little decorative halloween bags containing all sorts of things. These were assembled at home, usually composed of loose candies (candy corn, Hershey Kisses, marsmallows, MaryJanes or Tootsie Rolls, etc.), some pennies and maybe a small toy. We also carried little milk-carton shaped boxes distributed in school and said "Trick or Treat for Unicef." Beginning in 1952, UNICEF's halloween program thrives today.
Old vs New
In this photo essay Lajos Geenen looks at the effect development has on a Long Island City neighbourhood. This is a contentious issue in my community as well. Can heritage be preserved? Is change inevitable? Can it be managed?
"By documenting the slow but certain demise of these views,or perceptions thereof,I’m visualizing my own relationship to this problem. As both a newcomer and someone who decided to live in an old building instead of the new towers,I was trying to relate to the feeling of suffocation that was described to me by some older residents, but was having a hard time doing so. Maybe it was the location of my fourth floor walkup apartment, or the lack of fear of being pushed out of the neighborhood, but it could also be a cultural-generational issue. "
A House at Macy's! - An Excerpt from Leisurama
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The Leisurama story is one of ambition, creative marketing, and a desire to leave the daily grind behind and escape to a fun, playful utopia. It is a story about a post-war nation searching for peace and diversion on the home front. It is a story about the clash of ideologies. It is a story about suntans, fishing, and outdoor barbecues.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Mapping the Movies: 50 Films for 50 States
Explain the Internet to a 19th Century Street Urchin
The next time you have trouble telling an older person about something online, just be glad you're not talking to a starving child who thinks the internet is a new kind of window.
Via Urlesque
"Rotting Flesh" Flower Blooms At Kew
A warm London welcome to Titan arum, the largest unbranched inflorescence plant in the world, which bloomed at Kew Gardens yesterday. Though you may not want to visit if your nose is of the sensitive type: the noisome plant, colloquially known as the 'corpse flower', emits a scent best described as rotting meat.
Read more and see a time lapse video of last year's bloom at Londonist
Canadian Blog Awards 2010
Thanks to all who voted for The Nag in the Canadian Blog Awards this year. I placed third in the Popular Culture category and have added another beaver to my sidebar. Special thanks to other bloggers who plugged me on their sites.
Knit Skeleton
Fiber artist Ben Cuevas knit up this totally incredibly detailed skeleton for his installation Transcending the Material at the Wassaic Project in NY.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
OIL & WATER DO NOT MIX
Canadian Blog Awards 2010
We're into the final stretch of the Canadian Blog Awards 2010. Nag on the Lake has made it to Round 2 in Best Overall Blog and Popular Culture categories. You can vote once a day until noon on October 26.
The Nag is going into Round 2 of the Popular Culture category in 3rd place and really needs every vote she can get if she wants to add another beaver to her sidebar.
Round 2 Voting
Splitting Hares
Among all the artists who decorate the streets of east London, ROA and his monumental animal portraits are perhaps the most distinctive. Now, his giant rabbit on Hackney Road may be whitewashedfollowing a completely unfathomable removal order from Hackney Council, who deem it a blight on the local environment.
Monday, October 25, 2010
First US performance of Shakespeare in the original pronunciation
This November, University of Kansas theater professor Paul Meier will be staging the first US production of a Shakespeare play spoken in the original pronunciation. This is not only a first for the United States, but it’s an extremely rare event worldwide. There have only been 3 other productions of original pronunciation (OP) Shakespeare before this one, 2 at The Globe theater in London, and 1 at Cambridge in the 1950s.
The Self Powered, Portable Suitcase Stereo System
Pill Carafe
So You Want A Social Life, With Friends
This poem written and read by Kenneth Koch tells us we cannot have it all. But as that other poet, Meatloaf, said, "Two out of three ain't bad."
kinetic typography video created by Alan Lastufka
Via Libraryland
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Paris vs New York, a tally of two cities
A friendly visual match between those two cities, as seen by a Parisian-based-and-lover on New York : details, cliches and contradictions.
I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham
Not in a house,
Not with a mouse,
Not in a box,
Not with a fox,
Not on a train,
Not in the rain,
Not with a goat,
Not on a boat
Via Popped Culture
France on strike
Weeks of strikes, protests and demonstrations have brought much of France to a standstill as workers, students and others voice their strong opposition to a government proposal to raise the age for a minimum pension from 60 to 62.
There are some very good images at The Big Picture.
There are some very good images at The Big Picture.
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A man holds a placard which reads "Listen to the public's rage" during a demonstration in front of the French Senate in Paris October 20, 2010. French trade unions kept up their resistance on Wednesday to an unpopular pension reform due for a final vote in the Senate this week. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau) |
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French high school students kiss on the road in front of the police at the end of a demonstration over pension reform in Paris October 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes) |
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A nurse denounces the anticipated 67-year-old age for retirement during a workers and students demonstration ending at Place de la Bastille on October 12, 2010 in Paris, as part of a nationwide action to protest against the government reform bill on pensions. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) |
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A woman holds a sign as she demonstrates during a National Union-Led protest against retirement reform on October 16, 2010 in Paris, France. On the sign, an old woman says "When I was your age, I was already working", and a girl replies "When I am your age I'll still be working." (Julien M. Hekimian/Getty Images) |
I'd Love to Change the World
It's been a long time since I've listened to this song - the video is a bit of an acid flashback. I grabbed it from Brian, a FB friend.
SHE RIPPED AND SHE ROARED
Here's a great piece of Motordrome rider, Lillian Lafrance.
“It was the thrill of risking my life that made me to take to drome riding. I was the girl who flirts with death. From childhood I was inspired by wanderlust. I was always alone, dreaming of adventures– how to ride a pony out West, to follow my calling to fame. This was my secret. I shared it with no one.”
–Lillian LaFrance
“It was the thrill of risking my life that made me to take to drome riding. I was the girl who flirts with death. From childhood I was inspired by wanderlust. I was always alone, dreaming of adventures– how to ride a pony out West, to follow my calling to fame. This was my secret. I shared it with no one.”
–Lillian LaFrance
The Selvedge Yard - Via Bruce
World Clock
This is probably a repost but it's worth another look.
Thanks Campbell!
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Halloween Candy Code
These are Halloween candy codes. They describe every kind of candy known to mankind and some that aren’t. There is even a code for the kinds of candy that their parents will take away from them.
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