Ed Rodthaler has a few things to say about the oddities/idiocies of the English language. And he was 102 when this was shot, so that’s the voice of experience speaking. The strange, funny, smart, almost-dirty-for-just-a-second voice of experience.
English is dum, or at least it should be
September 26, 2008 by deepgroupLuke, I am your berries and cream
September 10, 2008 by deepgroup
An explanation might help here, but I don’t think there is one. Star Wars, meet the Little Lad.
I know what you want right this minute
September 8, 2008 by deepgroupAnd it’s to watch the video for Wild Wild West by Escape Club. Seriously,
don’t pretend like you weren’t just thinking about it.
Eye candy
September 3, 2008 by deepgroupZoe Bradley is an incredibly talented sculptural artist who, for one thing, can make window installations that would have made Andrew McCarthy jealous (in 1987).
Charcoal, paper, and talent
August 1, 2008 by deepgroupThat was all that Hugh Ferriss needed to craft breathtaking skylines and cityscapes depicting what was and what could be, that have influenced every generation of architect since. He put it best:
Buildings like crystal.
Walls of translucent glass.
Sheer glass blocks sheeting a steel grill.
No Gothic branch.
No Acanthus leaf.
No recollections of the plant world.
A mineral kingdom.
Gleaming stalagmites.
Forms as cold as ice.
Mathematics.
Night in the Science zone.
Jumpin jellybeans, my wall is aglow
August 1, 2008 by deepgroupThere’s not much information here as to the how or where, but the idea of light-emitting wallpaper is just plain fantasterrific.
Astronomers like pictures, and visual puns
August 1, 2008 by deepgroupHere’s a site that posts an astronomy picture of the day, usaully capturing some lovely astronomical moment. But sometimes they like the funny. And sometimes you can see the space station float across the moon. ohhhhh.
Don’t let a New Zealander name your child
July 24, 2008 by deepgroupNo matter what odd names you may have been called growing up, at least your parents didn’t name you Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii.
Busey at his crazy best
July 23, 2008 by deepgroup
If you ever get stuck in a conversation, just use a Busey transition, like “There are 360 ways to look at an elephant.”
You: “So, yeah, I’m sorry about that.”
Them: “It’s okay, but I don’t know why they took her feet.”
[awkward pause]
You: “There are 360 ways to look at an elephant.”
Them: “Really? Tell me more.”
See how easy it is. We can all learn from Busey. Even if in some indiscernible way he’s selling gotvmail.
Feist is brought to you by the number 4
July 16, 2008 by deepgroupIn a nice homage to her video, Feist brought a little counting fun to Sesame Street. “One, two, three, four penguins that were by the door.” Word on the street is that Oscar thought she should’ve at least counted to five.
