Category Archives: Bloggenpheffer

Other than the misplaced apostrophe in the subtitles (“kid’s look at these crayons”), I love it. -Bridget Crawford

The “HappyBirthday” extension for Facebook can automatically send messages to your “friends” on their birthdays.  (See Lifehacker’s take here.)  I like a good generic wish — heck, I bought stock in Hallmark earlier this summer.  It’s a whole new robo-era. … Continue reading →

I’ve never enjoyed magazine-style personality quizzes or horoscopes, but I do have fond grade-school memories of “fortune tellers” made of folded paper, such as the one shown at right (image source: retrodundee, here).  Nevertheless, I couldn’t resist Firefox’s Webify Me, … Continue reading →

CNBC has a story and slide show ”Marijuana by the Numbers,” explaining that if legal in the United States, marijuana would be a $40 billion industry. See here. I did chuckle when I saw the slide above, describing the history of marijuana … Continue reading →

In an interview (here) with filmmaker Louis Massiah, American author Toni Cade Bambara explained why she dedicated one of her books to her mother: So, why I dedicated The Salt Eaters to my mom: I can remember any number of … Continue reading →

 This sign, from a shop on 29th Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues in Manhattan: Via WNYC.org and Leonard Lopate’s "Bad Sign Language" contest (here). -Bridget Crawford

The creative folks at the Japan Trend Shop (here) are marketing a new gadget to help … um …. quiet down the men in your life.  There’s a choice between the wood (single-piece) model, or the polyurethane dual-part model. Warning: … Continue reading →

Santa walks alone in Raleigh, North Carolina.   The head of the merchants’ association that coordinates the local holiday parade says, “[I]t’s confusing for children to see two people in Santa suits.”   Story here. Ummm…from the photo of a … Continue reading →

Next to the image of three WPMI-TV (Mobile, Alabama) anchors on an electronic billboard is a”right now on Twitter”screen. Larger version here. Via.

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From this post: The Art of Gesture in Tourist Italy … In Pisa my elder daughter became fascinated by all the people taking pictures of their friends holding up the leaning tower, or pushing it over – it is never … Continue reading →

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Now I just have to figure out where to deploy this: “The poetics of post-capitalist hegemony invests itself in the systemization of the gendered body.” Make your own here. –Ann Bartow

And even more felted body organs here!

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Better than you might think!

Imagine the possibilities. -Bridget Crawford

Go here. Then observe the referenced unicorn in action here. My money is on “pustule.” –Ann Bartow

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By David Mills, at Courtoons.