January 2009
83 posts
Say it ain't so, Domino! →
“Because no one should ever have to choose between chocolate and peanut butter.”
– Reeses Peanut Butter Cup commercial. So very true.
2009 Slang
ewic:
via Trendcentral:
Povo (po-vo) adj. Spawned from the increasing popularity of new HBO series Summer Heights High, the Aussie slang for poor has infiltrated the vocabulary of recessionistas everywhere “Caroline, I can’t go out to dinner tonight: My pay cut has left me totally povo.”
Geequals n. Two people who are equal in depth of arcane knowledge “I knew I had met my geequal when...
michaelikesit:
A few myths concerning the low price of Charles Shaw wine.
Come on people, quit being so naive.
Long live the 2 buck chuck!
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
– Dalai Lama.
Miller's one second ads →
During Superbowl pre-game, Miller beer will air a series of one-second ads as a way to mock Anheuser-Busch for owning the entire game (and paying the insane costs to do so). Smart, I must say…and by Saatchi NY (but of course)!
“…to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the...”
– Obama
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via mascarah)
Update on Hopper/Eggleston
Just did a little googling to see if I was the only one who noticed this relationship, and found this link to a book about this very subject: Edward Hopper & Company: Hopper’s influence on Photography - Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore, [and sure enough…] William Eggleston! Aha…
