Galapagos Rap

Normally I am in no way amused by self-made rap videos, but in this song by Standford sophomores on vacation in the Galapagos, the rhymes are fresh and the science quite accurate.

Zombie Cake Tastes Nothing Like Brains

BoingBoing links to this awesome wedding cake.

Jason Webley In An Aeroplane Over The Sea

I promise this is the last Jason Webley video I'll post here. Here's him covering Neutral Milk Hotel during a show at Bottom of the Hill. I was there in person, but the video was done by someone much closer to the front.

Happy Halloween

Laughing Squid has some photos of these Marvel Zombies drawings by Matt Delight from Mission: Comics and Art, the new comics shop on Mission Street. I still need to visit there.

Salvador Dali Tattoos

I've posted Salvador-Dali inspired tattoos before, but I thought I'd post a little bit something extra in preparation for tomorrow's Halloween costume. Both pics are from BMEZine.

In Which I Am Sad And Miss the Bay Area

Philip Bloom composed this hi-def video of the people of San Francisco. Check it out.

He puts the Kiss in Kissinger

This here shirt is from Amorphia Apparel, which is cool enough, but seems to be (in some manner) connected with the Sir Critter, Hirsute History, Teach The Controversy and Science! lines of shirt designs which are all priceless. Well more like $18 or so each. But still very funny.

For A Good Time Call

MSNBC.com has this story about how Linda Vista Elementary School accidentally put a phone-sex number on their Jog-a-thon shirts.

The school was promoting a jog-a-thon fundraiser and printed shirts displaying a lion, their school mascot. The caption below featured the tag line "How's my running? Call 1-800 Eat Dust."

It was supposed to be a snarky, fun slogan. Until a curious parent called the number and discovered it connected to a she-male sex chat line. Oops.

"It was an innocent mistake. Parents have been very understanding," Rosemary Gladden, public information officer for Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, told the Orange County Register.

The schools PTA, who printed the shirts, is not the first group to make the "typographical error" according to the Associated Press. The two word 800 number shows up online as part of a popular running slogan sold on T-shirts and merchandise.

This reminds me of the year my El Dorado High School yearbook's title was misspelled to read "The Golden Anus" instead of "The Golden Year".

Lil Wayne Cake

This cake - made to resemble rapper Lil Wayne's head - was a birthday present to Ireland Baldwin, daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. It was created by Rosebud Cakes of Beverly Hills.

Jet Set Junta

The best part is the tambourine-playing girl.

Colonel Sanders Journeys to UN

As part of a KFC promotional stunt, an actor by the name of Robert Thompson portraying the famous Colonel Sanders (who passed away in 1980) was able to sneak past UN security guards and even meet Ali Treki, the new president of the UN General Assembly, under the guise of representing the 'Grilled Nation'.

Lichtenstein Costume

A MAC makeup artist created this painstaking comic-book character costume which is (supposedly) a tribute to a Roy Lichtenstein painting.

Japanese Stereoviews

In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan.

Check out these stereoviews from turn-of-the-century Japan that have been turned into animated gifs. The choppiness kinda gets on my nerves, but the hand-painted colors are so beautiful and intricate like in this photo of a brass ornaments merchant, or the portrait of Sumo wrestlers.

London 1903

This is an old video of London streets from 1903. I love the Kodak ads on the horse-drawn double decker buses.

Holy Merchandising Deal, Batman!

Though already sold-out, this Robin hoodie is pretty cool. I'm sure etsy will have more of them in stock by Christmas time.

More Mispellings

Yes. Yes it is.

The Discovered Work of Vivian Maier

I've just found a new blog covering the work of street photographer Vivian Maier - a relatively unknown artist who worked in Chicago from 1950 to 1970. I really love these photos.

Contest to Burn Reid And Pelosi In Effigy

Pro-life activist Randal Terry is encouraging conservatives to print out effigies of Senators Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and set them aflame for a new video contest. If you want to take place, there's a video with detailed instructions here. First place gets an all-expenses paid trip to DC for the anniversary of Roe V Wade. I just like the crazy video above, myself.