Awesome metal work by David Buckingham.
Peter Fuss's billboard reflects my exact opinion on the weather lately.
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CBC's Sunday Edition takes the listener "on a cultural journey -- discussing the importance of music from Beethoven to Disco, and from Depression-era classics to rap" in a 20 episode series titled "20 Pieces of Music that Changed the World." You can stream all 20 segments online. It's really great and informative stuff.
Vodafone is launching this cell phone which will retail for less than $15 unsubsidized and is "intended for emerging markets where low cost devices have a significant positive social impact." If you're wondering how a cell phone can positively impact developing regions then read this Economist article on the role cell phones have played among Kerala fisherman.
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Elvis Presley's TV room at his Graceland mansion during the 1970s.
Guys, I don't think the 
Except for the rampant racism, segregation, sexism, and xenophobia, the olden days were pretty darn great as demonstrated by their toothpaste, although the brand name had me doing a SERIOUS double take. This must be the same product used by Massachusetts senator Anthony Galluccio who blamed his failed several breathalyzer tests on his toothpaste.
ABB said it best about this painting by Omar Chacon:
It's raining in Toon Town.
Dave McKenzie's "Proposal."
The signature of my all time favorite author Haruki Murakami. Hopefully someday, I'll have this signature in one of his many books that I possess. The difficult question is which book I would ask him to sign...
Travel & Leisure lists the world's worst airports (excluding developing nations and airports in recent or active war zones). JFK is number 2. Number 1? YO MOMMA.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwqorRnsfMo] What's interesting (to me) about this video of John Belushi's SNL screen test is how unfunny it is. Maybe it's because the topical nature of his audition-Brando impersonation-is just so dated and derivative by today's standards. Nonetheless it's still a fascinating view from an archival point of view.
Flickr Blog's entry on funny signs snapped and uploaded by the Flickr community.
Poet and artist Austin Kleon blacks out the unnecessary words in newspaper clippings to produce pithy poems and aphorisms. Buy his book here.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7MiG2fe8lE] This Soul Train clip from 1973 is 2 minutes 56 seconds of unadulterated joy. My favorite dance is at the 1:10 mark. That move will definitely be done at the next impromptu dance party.
I like these posters by 
Spotted this sign today while walking around my neighborhood.
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