From Hollywood's time capsule, check out this congratulatory note George Lucas sent James Cameron in 1998 when Titanic sunk Star Wars at the box office for the numero uno spot.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vstFUUuiAS8] An acoustic cover by The Lost Fingers of Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam."
I love this visualization of the slight variations of Tom Wolfe's white suit shtick.
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I just finished reading a couple weekends ago "Wild Sheep Chase" written by my all time favorite author, Haruki Murakami. The Paris Review posted 
Michael Elmtree and Ingar Dragset, Powerless Structures.
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Like the author Luna Shyr of this entry on the National Geographic blog, I too "shun creepy films." Suspenseful or gory films have quite a negative physiological impact on me. Paradoxically two of my favorite guilty pleasure films: Blade 2 (yes, specifically the sequel) and Aliens versus Predator. Anyway, I'm going to try to apply some of these lessons the author receives from NYU psychology and neuroscience professor Liz Phelps on how to overcome the "the classic fear response: accelerated heart rate and breathing along with tense muscles," a sensation that I typically experience during suspenseful scenes in movies.
Fortunately there are ways, short of fleeing the theater, to counter this genetic programming. Phelps wisely notes that fear makes people avoid the things they're afraid of, e.g., fear of creepy movies = avoidance of creepy movies. So treating phobias often involves incremental exposure to the object of fear—say, subjecting an acrophobe to increasing degrees of height. Another option is to learn to regulate emotions. “You reappraise the situation to make it more positive, like seeing the glass half full,” says Phelps
Anyone wanna go check out The Crazies?
Great Your mileage may vary with this list that phonetically spells out how one can order beer in 50 different languages. If the American one is an example, I'd think twice before trying out any of these in a bar. You may just get punched in the face. [Via]
Awesome random 
So New York received 
Painting titled "Food for the Soul" by Lotsu Manes. I'm lovin' it.
I spotted this failed sign at a lunch spot near work that I frequent.
This six feet long fly swatter, signed and dated by artist David Hammons sold at a recent auction of African American Fine Art at Swann Galleries for...hold on to your seat, $66,000. It's estimated original value going in was $5,000 to $7,000.
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I always did suspect that God was a big softie at heart, after S/He got past his/her whole fire and brimstone Old Testament act. Now I wish s/he'd just send out the company-wide email memo to everyone letting them know that they can hang out with whomever they choose.
Kanye posted this flanneltastic on his new blog.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YG_WWZYqUs&] An impressive picture of a Gundam suit drawn using only Excel. It's quite excel-ent. It took a total of over 12 hours to create this.
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Cool photo of a winning and quite dapper curling team is from the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection at The Commons on Flickr.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d57lHEsLU8] The frog (previously) who did it wrong is back. Press the button at this link while watching the above video clip.