Surplus Cats

First, this new Wuthering Heights cover makes my heart hurt: I can’t even. Just. Really? Dangnabbit. I lost my entire train of thought and this just became a list. Things that make me happy, July 2K10 edition: almond tea all the awesome dogs that live in my town finding Kobo Abe’s The Box Man at [...]

Imagine if you will that you are a homophobic racist of the sort who feels hate is fine as long as you can insist your religion sanctions it. The past election got you all freaked out that Democrats (gay! Black!) were going to spread some homo agenda all over your clan of teenagers or some [...]

This is part of an ad campaign for a marriage education program (that received a grant from the federal Healthy Families Initiative) found all over local billboards and in PAT buses. Does it instill confidence in their interpersonal relationship guidance skills? More at Pittsburgh’s City Paper.

As a child I would’ve been absolutely stoked to go to Legoland. In my head, it’s always been a place filled with so many primary colored bits and pieces that the sky is the limit — where you could build something that exceeded the constraints of your lesser Lego collection at home. Truly epic possibilities! [...]

Da-doo doo doo doo doo “They don’t think about how the popsicles got in the freezer,” da-doo doo doo doo doo “or where sidewalk chalk comes from.” da-dum da da da da dum “They don’t wonder how the hotdogs got on the grill.” Da-doo doo doo doo doo da-doo doo doo doo doo “To them, [...]