Last week for my Hugo House class on using experimental films as writing prompts we spent 88 glorious minutes with House, the 1977 Japanese haunted pajama party freak-out directed by…
Wandering mind? You are just making yourself depressed. This goes against everything we stand for, but did you hear about Dick Van Dyke’s porpoise rescue? Your days worth of recycled…
Here are some old illustrations of cephalopods for you. Tetris is all sorts of good for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. These are things we know. Ben Wilson paints gum on the…
This artist, Ben Wilson, paints great “miniature pictures on pieces of discarded chewing gum.” “The Earliest War Photography From Afghanistan” taken during the late 1800s. These pop-up books are totally…
“I asked Wolfgang how long addicts typically had to wait for admission to his clinic. He didn’t understand my question, so I asked again. As I was about to ask…
Dear Southern California, Let’s take it down a notch or two, shall we? I mean, a mysterious missile launch? Come on now. PS-Even the Pentagon “has no idea who launched…
This is fun. Is life about having fun? Spot the fake smile. This website of — I guess — design-inspiration makes for a fun scroll through. An Ambitious Project Collapsing.…
This week in San Francisco, The November Monthly Rumpus, art openings at City Hall and White Walls, indie circus goodness and a musical orgy(!) at the Bohemian Carnival, and kinetic…
This month’s Rumpus, Wake Up, It’s Late, is tonight(!!!) at The Make-Out Room in San Francisco. Do you have your tickets yet? The event will feature authors Andrew Winer, M.G.…
Some people wait a lifetime to find a website full of cool-looking old cassettes. (via John Gall) This tumblr collects “funny tombstones from around the world.” (via Jason Arias) To…
Andrew Sullivan pointed me in the direction of these portraits of philosophers by Steve Pyke. Funny, with few exceptions (like Zizek, and if you feel like being exasperated, check out…