Ok, Hollywood makes movies from books. Hollywood makes movies from musicals. Hollywood has made movies from musicals from movies (The Producers, Hairspray). But now, Hollywood is making movies from musicals from movies from books (Phantom of the Opera). I can’t wait to see the movie from the musical from the movie from the musical from [...]
The graphic below points out one scary thing, which is that the kids are just as much against a woman’s right to chose as the rest of the moronic population. The article mentions a second scary thing, which is that they also believe we will win in Iraq. So, I’m not sure I want to [...]
So, I guess that if you grow up in Europe and want to show how bad-ass you are, but skateboarding is too American, then Parkour is your sport. This stuff is seriously cool.
Please make up your mind. Either, enforce your rules about carry-on bags or make the overheads infinitely large. “Two Bags only, one bag and one briefcase or purse” you announce over the loud speaker. Meanwhile, I’m walking down the jetway behind some other business traveler who has a roll-away large enough for me to fit [...]
Periodically, those of us in Seattle get reminded of the fact that a big chunk of the state feels more in common with our ultra-red-state neighbors to the east than they do with us ultra-red-commies in Seattle. Gay rights bill for couples passed The bill passed easily on a 63-35 House vote despite condemnations from [...]
You are 82% Chicagoan! Nice work. You know just about everything there is to know about Chicago. Stay out of the suburbs, friend! How Chicago are you? Take More Quizzes You are 95% Pittsburgh. Great job! There’s nooooo doubt about it. You’re from Da Burgh. You deserve a reward, so go [...]
Average Seattle worker cant afford to live here Geez, how long have I been saying exactly this? Tony To, a Seattle Planning Commission member and director of the housing agency HomeSight, said developers could take some steps without incentives. He lauded Belltowns moda condos, which got prices as low as $149,950 by cutting unit size [...]
Welcome to South of the Border Online So anyone who has ever lived on the east coast knows south of the border. Any band that has ever toured has got at least one south of the border bumper sticker on a guitar case (along with the wall drug, mystery spot and little america bumper stickers). [...]
The Geography of Nowhere (The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-Made Landscape), by James Howard Kunstler I am a city planning geek. When I was first working on virtual worlds stuff in the mid-90s, I started reading it for work and I got hooked: Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, Robert Venturi, Lewis Mumford and all their [...]
[via John Nack] This happened last year, but I hadn’t heard about it before. An artist in England submitted a sculpture for a show. The judging panel considered the support for the sculpture as a separate piece and liked it better, so that go into the show instead. here is the full article
