It has often been said
there’s so much to be read,
you never can cram
all those words in your head.
So the writer who breeds
more words than he…, Dr. Seuss on Writing, http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/04/02/dr-seuss-on-writing.htm,

You’ll find more than 10 titles in the updated list of Top 10 Reference Works for Writers and Editors. I can count, but I can’t always make up my mind.
The…, Best Reference Works for Writers and Editors, http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/03/31/best-reference-works-for-writers-and-editors.htm,

Back in January (but not back in the day), we invited you to let us know what expressions tick you off.
And here’s what you told us.
You’re tired of standing…, At the End of the Day: 170 Expressions That Tick You Off, http://grammar.about.com/b/2008/03/28/at-the-end-of-the-day-170-expressions-that-tick-you-off.htm,

Dancing with the Stars” is back, for its sixth season. The women have dusted off their sequinned bras, the men have reassumed their matador poses, and the whole big diamanté cheese ball is rolling down the highway again, into your living room. Professional ballroom dancing is an oddity, because for . . .

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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)–“Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions.” Through May 11. | “Gustave Courbet.” Through May 18. | “Jasper Johns: Gray.” Through May 4. | “Lee Friedlander: A [...]

Of all the films about prostitution, Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Street of Shame,” made in 1956 at the end of his career, is perhaps the greatest. After directing many magnificent period films, Mizoguchi set this film in the present–in the red-light district of Tokyo known as Yoshiwara–during a debate . . .

By the time “South Pacific” closed its run on Broadway, after five years and nineteen hundred and twenty-five performances, it had done its work in the world. The 1949 musical–the first show that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein produced as well as wrote–played to an estimated three . . .

Dancing with the Stars” is back, for its sixth season. The women have dusted off their sequinned bras, the men have reassumed their matador poses, and the whole big diamanté cheese ball is rolling down the highway again, into your living room. Professional ballroom dancing is an oddity, because for . . .

MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)–“Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions.” Through May 11. | “Gustave Courbet.” Through May 18. | “Jasper Johns: Gray.” Through May 4. | “Lee Friedlander: A [...]

Of all the films about prostitution, Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Street of Shame,” made in 1956 at the end of his career, is perhaps the greatest. After directing many magnificent period films, Mizoguchi set this film in the present–in the red-light district of Tokyo known as Yoshiwara–during a debate . . .

By the time “South Pacific” closed its run on Broadway, after five years and nineteen hundred and twenty-five performances, it had done its work in the world. The 1949 musical–the first show that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein produced as well as wrote–played to an estimated three . . .

Op-Ed Columnist
Tet Happened, and No One Cared
By FRANK RICH
Published: April 6, 2008
John McCain’s doomed promise of military “victory” in Iraq is akin to Wile E. Coyote’s perpetual pursuit of the Road Runner, with much higher carnage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/opinion/06rich.html?ex=1365134400&en=01f9a9c8d1c6d2af&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index has just posted another large decline. The March readings came in at 64.5, which is well under what we had…

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Romania. Bucharest. 1999. Bucharest has an estimated 3000 homeless people, representing 0,15% of the city’s population. Many of the homeless resort to hiding themselves at the town channels of hot water communication. These places are dark and humid and extremely dangerous for the health. Unfortunately nothing has been done by the authorities, such as providing [...]

Deep sea fishing in the North Sea. 1998. On board the Spanish trawler "Rowanlea". © Jean Gaumy/Magnum Photos
In my humble opinion one of the most impressive photography books: “Pleine mer” (the english version is called “Men at sea”). See more photographs here. What do you think?
, Photo of the week: The trawler "Rowanlea", http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2007/07/photo_of_the_week_rowanlea.html, [...]

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by Martha Woodroof

A bibliophile’s dream: Shelves on Shelfari never sag from the weight of too many books.

New social-networking websites for book fanatics let readers connect to the page and to each other in a virtual world. go here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88514715

Sometimes simple is best: the ABC3D pop-up book is just wonderfully captivating, and does exactly what it says on its transforming cover. You may think more “coffee table, guest amusement” than “give to kids” but it’s only $19.95, so why not let the little tykes appreciate its good design too? By Marion Bataille, due out [...]

We like strange USB gadgets: Brando’s new gizmo plugs into a USB port and gives you accurate temperature and humidity measurements, on a second-by-second basis, if you like. It even logs the data for you, in a spreadsheet-friendly fashion. So that you can, you know, predict if it’s going to rain on your laptop. Maybe [...]

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.The Silbervogel Gravity Car concept, by Jakob Hirzel from the Pforzheim University Of Applied Sciences in Germany, has no engine, but still wants to grow up and be a real racing vehicle. The racer relies solely on, you guessed it, gravity to pick up [...]

It’s not just the iPhone that’s being cloned: now this black 8GB Nokia N95 clone has joined the party. With dual slider keypads, a two megapixel camera with flash, another small camera, media player, Bluetooth and microSD card slot, it’s actually not all that bad. It doesn’t have the 8GB, of course. But you’ve got [...]

It’s a USB webcam, like thousands of others: you plug it in, you get a picture — no info on pixel count. But see that sucker? On it’s base I mean: that’s why I kind of like it. Partly because of the crazy “we’ll demo it by sucking onto a delicate LCD” photo, and partly [...]

Mizumori Ado’s exclusive iPod nano case, called the Factron Quattro, sure as hell has the street cools about it, but unfortunately, it looks like its going to be a limited run in Japan only. The designer, Mizumori Ado, used a full aluminum construction to match the iPod nano’s housing, and we have to say, the [...]

FYI, PS3 Firmware 2.2 has just been made available for download. The update adds the Blu-Ray 2.0 standard, otherwise known as BD-Live, and will enable downloadable movie content, such as games, wallpapers and ringtones. [Thanks, Brian]

John Mayer is the guitarist who sometimes closes Apple events with a small gig (he comes right after you turn off the Quicktime broadcast to check the Apple Store), and Steve Jobs’ favorite music poster boy this side of Bob Dylan. Last week, Mayer contacted Apple about a problem with iTunes using the bug reporting [...]

The Gadget: Olympus E-420, billed as the world’s smallest and lightest DSLR
The Price: $500 for the body, $600 if you want the 14mm to 42mm starter lens too
The Verdict:
There’s a lot packed into this little package. People who don’t know much about photography but are dying to learn will love certain features, such as the [...]

If white people could draft friends the way that the NFL drafts prospects it would go like this: black friends, gay friends, and then all other minorities would be drafted based on need and rarity to the region.
When choosing gay friends, white people like to base their decision on their own needs and requirements. [...]

As white people get older, they like to make clear boundaries between their professional and personal lives. They don’t mind talking about their personal life at work, but they hate talking about their work life when they are enjoying a weekend or vacation. But with blackberries and laptops, white people could be working [...]

One thing prized by white people is making the most of situations. They like to maximize opportunities for all that they are worth. It applies to jobs, vacations, investments, books, education, and perhaps most importantly, warm days.
After a prolonged cold snap, white people are very excited at the first hint of a warm [...]

Though many would have you believe that white people come of age at Summer Camp, it’s simply not the truth. Immediately following graduation but prior to renovating a house, white people take their first step from childhood to maturity by hosting a successful dinner party.
It is imperative that white people know how to host [...]

Normally if someone were to wake up at 7:00 in the morning, take the day off work, and get drunk at a bar before 10:00 a.m., they would be called an alcoholic, and not in the artistic, edgy way that white people are so fond of.
On March 17th, however, this exact same activity is [...]

Though white people have a natural aversion to television, there are some exceptions. For white people to like a TV show it helps if it is: critically acclaimed, low-rated, shown on premium cable, and available as a DVD box set.
The latter is important so that white people can order it from Netflix and tell their [...]

If white people could draft friends the way that the NFL drafts prospects it would go like this: black friends, gay friends, and then all other minorities would be drafted based on need and rarity to the region.
When choosing gay friends, white people like to base their decision on their own needs and requirements. [...]

As white people get older, they like to make clear boundaries between their professional and personal lives. They don’t mind talking about their personal life at work, but they hate talking about their work life when they are enjoying a weekend or vacation. But with blackberries and laptops, white people could be working [...]

One thing prized by white people is making the most of situations. They like to maximize opportunities for all that they are worth. It applies to jobs, vacations, investments, books, education, and perhaps most importantly, warm days.
After a prolonged cold snap, white people are very excited at the first hint of a warm [...]

San Francisco is one of the top US destinations for white people in terms of both travel and living. It is universally agreeable and is a safe discussion topic for any situation.
The city is considered one of the world’s premiere locations for white person research.
White people like to vacation in San Francisco because it has [...]

Though many would have you believe that white people come of age at Summer Camp, it’s simply not the truth. Immediately following graduation but prior to renovating a house, white people take their first step from childhood to maturity by hosting a successful dinner party.
It is imperative that white people know how to host [...]

Normally if someone were to wake up at 7:00 in the morning, take the day off work, and get drunk at a bar before 10:00 a.m., they would be called an alcoholic, and not in the artistic, edgy way that white people are so fond of.
On March 17th, however, this exact same activity is [...]

As white people get older, they like to make clear boundaries between their professional and personal lives. They don’t mind talking about their personal life at work, but they hate talking about their work life when they are enjoying a weekend or vacation. But with blackberries and laptops, white people could be working [...]

Layering mistake? Head injury? Malice? The Daily Mail’s rugby coverage takes a psychotropic turn.
Thanks to Nino, original is here.

Touchstone Pictures is a major unit of The Walt Disney Company, the third largest media organization in the world with revenues exceeding $60 billion.
Evidently very little of that filters down to the Art department, who seem to have assembled this cover largely using the lasso and gradient tools. Do you think those doors would actually [...]

The missing tail in the reflection could be put down to artistic license, but those icons are fair game.
Discussion at Woot! Thanks to Mathew for the tip.

The thrust of this SEAT ad is that it is for design-conscious families. This family doesn’t want the regular baby incubator. Oh no. They want something more Philippe Starck. A chap in a white coat dejectedly takes away the rejected incubator.Which is apparently lighter than air. (Gallic shrug.)
Props to Gaduman. Bigger pics here.

The curious thing about this one is that the reflection isn’t a simple copy-and-flip. The perspective is a little different, suggesting a different shot was used. Someone actually made an effort before goofing and rotating the image instead of flipping it.
Thanks to Idenwen.

Sometimes writing this blog is like shooting fish in a barrel, except that instead of barrels it’s trillion-dollar media conglomerates and instead of fish it is our confidence in them.
Thanks to Scott.

In any creative endeavor, there has to be a determining process - or metric - by which rationalization can be made. In these terms the creative process is an application of aesthetic ideology onto the matrix of a constantly shifting shared culture. The determination and assessment of quality is a catharsis that constitutes the aaaaargh [...]

Congressional Republicans today stepped up pressure on House Street Kings Leader Keanu Reeves (D-Zion) to justify his “no triggers” policy.
Thanks to Gant for digging this one up.

Let’s hope we can rescue them before the budget runs out! Aargh my industrial zone is on fire again!
Thanks to Alain-James for the tip.

Now I need you to adapt some artwork for this movie. It’s about two guys who are joined together - and this is important - cannot be separated. The whole point of the movie is that they can’t be separated. Do you get it? Great. Go right ahead, I have total confidence in you.
Thanks to [...]

MOM! LOOK!
Thanks to Felix R.

Their city. Their rules. Rule 217: Please keep your finger off the trigger of your gun.
Sorry for the watermarks, but some dickless wonder has been cloning this site.
Thanks to Linek!

OMG dude look as Rachel Bilson’s legs they’re uhhh like totally whoa. Yeahhhh! (sound of smoke being inhaled). Whoa! she’s like uhhh some sort of sideshow. You know what would be (more smoke-related noises) totally amazing: we should uhhhh put like an inexplicably fake umm shadow behind her, so she’s like a warp-legged captain of [...]

Either Kirsten Dunst’s right left arm is five feet long and has two elbows, or someone, somewhere, figured no one would notice. We are that no one!
Thanks again to Ken Justice.

If you’re trying to guess which one is the real leg, the smart money is on neither.
Thanks to Julia.

For reasons that probably only make sense to Koreans, Korean posters for Basic Instinct 2 required a head swap for Sharon Stone, so that she had wet hair.
Unfortunately the retouching budget didn’t stretch to updating the dry hair in the mirrors behind her.

Diane Keaton can’t catch a break these days. Not only is she haphazardly comped with Mandy Moore - just where is she looking? - her mouth has been hacked into the kind of grin that clown morticians might favor.
Also, does Diane Keaton really have only three fingers on her right hand?
Thanks to Ken Justice.

Our chief weapon is Photoshop… and cloning… cloning and Photoshop. Photoshop and cloning. Our two weapons are Photoshop and cloning… and copying and pasting. Argh. Amongst our weaponry are such elements as Photoshop, cloning, copying, pasting. I’ll come in again.
Comfy chair to Consultor Anonimo.

It looks great, yeah great. You know, one little thing. No big deal. But if you could make the top of her head smaller? Just the top part? So it isn’t hiding the banner. Yeah, no, I know, but you know what, no one cares about the top of her head. Just make it smaller. [...]

Bebe turns to its inner thirteen year-old for Eva Longoria. Not only is she made of rubber, her suit casts a shadow, as if it were flapping around.
Found at the excellent dlisted.

Looks like someone’s been tweaked a little. What does Mr Carr look like in real life?Okay. You did you know that the airbrush tool has a flow setting, didn’t you?
Thanks to PJ Holden for the tip!

Images from iStockPhoto: $12Stealing the preview images instead: $0Seeing the watermark on your finished, printed artwork: priceless

Not only is Batman choosing a rather odd position to brood from, the floor is, well, phoned in. The reflections would be correct only if the floor were below the buildings opposite.
Thanks to Shortee for this one.
Edit: Delightful discussion on Reddit

Designer: We don’t have a full shot of Diane Keaton?Art Director: Don’t worry! She old!Designer: So I can just make any bizarre body shape and it will be OK?Art Director: Who care! She old!Designer: Look! Her head is like 200% too big! And where is her waist?Art Director: Hello? Are you still working on that?

Sir Lancelot gazed fondly into the soft blue pools of Lady Guineviere’s eyes and gently held her mutant third hand. Wait, what?
Courtesy the beautiful Judge A Book By Its Cover.

As white people get older, they like to make clear boundaries between their professional and personal lives. They don’t mind talking about their personal life at work, but they hate talking about their work life when they are enjoying a weekend or vacation. But with blackberries and laptops, white people could be working [...]

One thing prized by white people is making the most of situations. They like to maximize opportunities for all that they are worth. It applies to jobs, vacations, investments, books, education, and perhaps most importantly, warm days.
After a prolonged cold snap, white people are very excited at the first hint of a warm [...]

Normally if someone were to wake up at 7:00 in the morning, take the day off work, and get drunk at a bar before 10:00 a.m., they would be called an alcoholic, and not in the artistic, edgy way that white people are so fond of.
On March 17th, however, this exact same activity is [...]

Leaving Behind the Trucker Hat by Allen Salkin in The New York Times, March 16, 2008.
Stuff referenced:

New York Times
Non Profit Organizations
Organic Food
Arts Degrees
Brooklyn
Hating Corporations
Farmers Markets

Having Two Last Names
Irony
Study Abroad
Microbreweries

This is a new feature where we try to find the locations around the world that are beloved and frequented by white people.

This new feature examines the all of the places or “spots” around the world where white people like to be and be seen. It can provide valuable information about locations in your [...]