Missed Connections

As a religious reader of craigslist.org's 'Missed Connections' section, I have become accustomed to the usual self-loathing, pathetic, and sometimes creepy, voyeuristic posts about the "Beautiful R5 Girls" or the "30th Street Adonis's," but every now and then, I read posts like this and get a renewed faith in humanity.

Links of the Day

Stuff I thought was interesting:

"Choose Your Own Health Insurance Adventure"
The comic pretty much says it all.

Free Classical Texts Online
I'm telling you, man, the Epic of Gilgamesh!

A Brief History of English
I find this sort of thing exciting. Does that make me boring? I think not.


Stuff that makes me want to throw up:

More of those stupid expensive dolls.
Why? Just... why?

Dumb images with superimposed 'inspirational' quotes
These are the internet equivalent to the dreaded "Grandchildren Spoiled Here" cross-stitched throw pillow.

Photos of women's lips with things between them.
Now, this one is said to be particularly unique and creative. Too bad that means it's trite and pointless.

Ew.

I don't understand the appeal of these expensive dolls.

What I do understand is that they make me want to throw up.

The Weekly Love of My Life

Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967).

Links of the Day

Stuff I found interesting:

Real Tea
I'm all about people learning how to drink tea properly.

Free Documentaries
Free? Count me in.




Stuff that makes me want to throw up:

Stupid Effing 'Digital Art'
This Threadless Tees design combines bad taste with poor drawing skills and pretentious, self-absorbed emo-hipster irony to create something I couldn't care less about.

Images of 'Beautiful Mystical Women'
Seriously... no.

New Direction

I've decided to take this blog in a new direction. ("What do you mean, Dana! You're no longer going to ignore it for months and occasionally post nonsense that no one would ever want to read in the first place? SAY IT AIN'T SO!")

So, I guess it's safe for you to start reading it now.

Wrapping things up

It always seems that there are a thousand projects started, then all of a sudden there comes a time when they ALL need to be finished at the same time. That's what's happenin' now.

I'll be in the studio almost constantly until the 14th. See you then.