I'll be out of town for a couple weeks and probably won't be able to blog. In the meantime, The Gravedigger will keep you entertained here. (The over-under on number of posts she'll probably write is one; I'm taking bets.) Also, be sure to check out some of the nifty sites in the blogroll down in the right corner.
Chan/Tucker, then Chan/Tucker, and now Tucker/Chan? What did Jackie Chan do to get bumped to second billing? It's not like Chris Tucker has been in anything since 2001.
Webster's definitions of primary colors verge on poetic:
Red—a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum
Blue—a color whose hue is that of the clear sky or that of the portion of the color spectrum lying between green and violet
Yellow—a color whose hue resembles that of ripe lemons or sunflowers or is that of the portion of the spectrum lying between green and orange
Green—a color whose hue is somewhat less yellow than that of growing fresh grass or of the emerald or is that of the part of the spectrum lying between blue and yellow
As do its definitions of basic tastes:
Salt—being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is suggestive of seawater
Sweet—being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is typically induced by disaccharides and is mediated especially by receptors in taste buds at the front of the tongue
Sour—causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids
Bitter—being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, or disagreeable and suggestive of an infusion of hops
German artist Richard The tied shopping bags to the subway grate along Broadway in New York:
1. Walk along the Green Line in Manhattan (going from the 1st to the 125th street, from the Financial Disctrict [sic], through China Town, Midtown, Spanish Harlem, Harlem). 2. Collect bags from the stores, which are situated in the street above the subway tracks. These should be representative of their specific neighbourhood. 3. Install 7 shopping bags, representative of the Neighbourhoods which are crossed by the line, above the subway's air shaft (ideally the combinations of these bags should tell a story already). 4. Once the train passes by the bags are pushed into the air by the air flowing through the tunnel and the air shafts, forming an ephemeral sculpture, making the existing forces visible and at the same time visualizing the Green Line in a regional social economic way.
This concept was realized by 90% as I was too optimistic about the weight of the plastic bags - it was impossible to have a readable installation even though many bags had been collected.
Link (via Rocketboom). The result is whimsical, if a bit depressing. Is there a word that conveys both feelings at the same time? I think if anyone had such a word it would be the Germans. Indexed by tags art, New York, Richard The, subway, shopping bag, sculpture.
The New York Times has long been known as the Gray Lady because of, as Wikipedia puts it, "its staid appearance and style." Something about American newspapers lends itself to nicknaming, but many local papers are not graced with as elegant a moniker as the Times. Readers, out of sense of local camaraderie, and staff, out of self-deprecation, often carve their paper's good name into a disparaging statement about its content. With colorful plays on official names, cities across the U.S. pithily criticize their papers' perceived boringness, fluff, political slant, or tabloidism. Can you figure out which nickname fits which newspaper?
Match the city or state to its disparaging nickname. Feel free to guess in the comments, but no posting URLs.
1. Arizona 2. Arkansas 3. Atlanta 4. Austin 5. Charlotte 6. Dallas 7. Fort Worth 8. Honolulu 9. Omaha 10. Orlando 11. Philadelphia 12. San Francisco 13. Seattle 14. St. Louis 15. Virginian 16. Washington
A. American-Realestatesman B. Comical C. Compost D. Demagogue E. Dirty News F. Disturber G. Morning Snooze H. Pile-it-on I. Post-Disgrace J. Repugnant K. Slantinel L. Startlegram M. Starts-Bulls***tin' N. Timid O. Urinal-Constipation P. Weird-Harold
Indexed by tags newspapers, quiz, nicknames. Image credits: Reading the newspaper, courtesy Dummy Fat Doctor, borrowed for news-reporting and comment purposes.
I'll be out of town for a couple weeks and probably won't be able to blog. In the meantime, The Gravedigger will keep you entertained here. (The over-under on number of posts she'll probably write is one; I'm taking bets.) Also, be sure to check out some of the nifty sites in the blogroll down in the right corner.
The New York Times has long been known as the Gray Lady because of, as Wikipedia puts it, "its staid appearance and style." Something about American newspapers lends itself to nicknaming, but many local papers are not graced with as elegant a moniker as the Times. Readers, out of sense of local camaraderie, and staff, out of self-deprecation, often carve their paper's good name into a disparaging statement about its content. With colorful plays on official names, cities across the U.S. pithily criticize their papers' perceived boringness, fluff, political slant, or tabloidism. Can you figure out which nickname fits which newspaper?
