Morning Coffee

No, you shouldn’t wear toe shoes. Actually important: so, what do we do with Syria’s chemical weapons now? Beware of Portland sous chefs. I’m sorry but sometimes you need to…

We are all just waiting for Houdini to escape death. Good news! The first ever (almost nearly slightly functional) intercontinental underwater rail tunnel is here. Better news! The age of…

Now it’s time to see the most popular boy names since 1960 (spoiler alert: it’s basically all Michael). Important news: cosmetics look like outer space if you photograph them close…

I don’t want to freak everybody out but we’ve reached “the end of antibiotics”. Here is some chromatic wood type for you. Oh, maybe missiles are the answer. Why do…

Also you can pre-order/preview my band’s new album now if you want to (I would love it if you would). The street monkeys of Jakarta are the scariest thing on…

Let’s all go to the 1974 Spokane World’s Fair! (Some) babies (kind of) understand (basic) math. Algae lamps will save us all. George Bernard Shaw complains about opera attire. Keeping…

No, brutalist buildings weren’t designed to stop student riots. Suicide machine art is neat. Don’t worry, animals will save us from the zombie apocalypse. Everyone loves mysterious soviet era group…

Maybe we should all be doing LSD (no thanks). The goblin shark will haunt your dreams. Photographing Russia’s dying movie theaters. And then this skull had to come along and…

I sure do like Tokujin Yoshioka’s new installation. Buzz Aldrin has a (space) dream. What did NYC sound like in the 20s (it makes me so happy, the things people…

You guys, the Eames were just the best! Perhaps you have wondered how cats see the world. Very important: you can’t eat roadkill in Montana YET. These newly discovered bats…

Don’t worry, soon the astronauts will have microbrew beer to make. Meanwhile, elsewhere in outer space, it rains diamonds. This is seriously the 12th or so sea monsters on old…

News update: being buried alive is basically the scariest possible thing. I don’t really know if I like this or not, but I’m going to link to these hand-written texts…