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Dada glove art installation

I was working with utility gloves, took them off, threw them on the table and at that moment, art was born.

buyer's remorse

I regret not buying this fluorescent orange knit cap from the Dollar General for $5.

better than free car washes

So apparently this gas station pays you $2.99 if you get the "Basic wash".

fish soap

We've been using this soap in my house for a while. I saw it recently at Target. I love it. It's clear soap with fish decals on the container simulating an aquatic scene... but they're swimming in soap! This stuff always cracks me up.

how'd you fall down?

I thought this was an interesting, although incredibly impractical, design to put on the bottom of a shoe. I've always been interested in the balance of aesthetics and functionality found in shoe soles. I tend to sway towards to the idea that utilitarian designs can have equal or greater aesthetic value than the display shown on this shoe.

To Protect To Serve

Certainly their job is not to protect and serve the usage of proper quotation marks. Even if you pardon their use of the inches punctuation, they are still facing the wrong direction. Fail on Wheaton, Illinois Police Department.

Also, shouldn't it be "To Protect. To Serve." and not "To Protect To Serve"? So they really aren't saying anything about protecting citizens and businesses. The Wheaton Police Department is declaring that they have the right to protect their right to serve.

don't do it, i mean it, i really mean it

This sign on the trail by my house always cracks me up. Just the idea of having this sign is funny. The sign states the obvious, "Trail flooded ahead" and then continues with further instruction, "Turn around". Then it just gets really freaked out and proclaims, "Don't drown".

It reminds me of many conversations in my house. I'll tell the kids something, then I have to qualify the obvious statement. That usually doesn't work so I have to give a concrete cause-and-effect scenario.

reviewing super hero movies

I love talking super hero movies. A friend was recently gushing over The Dark Knight and the discussion spilled over into other super hero movies. Here's my two comments:

post one
I had problems with The Dark Knight. Don't get me wrong, it was a very good movie, but I felt they were trying excessively hard to make the movie edgy and twisted. It was forced. Or maybe it's just a philosophical difference I have about what super hero movies should be. If I want a gut-wrenching drama, then I'll watch Green Mile or something. Heck, why don't they just throw a cowl and cape on John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan's character) and call that a super hero movie. That's what I feel The Dark Knight was trying to do. Maybe I just need to watch it again.

post two
I have to put Iron Man at #1. How can I not? It forced itself to be the best super hero movie ever. #2: Transformers 1986. Yeah, robots are heroes. Suck it.

As for the 2011 crop: Capt America too much boring war, shoot, shoot, "you're just a walking cartoon, go and sing-and-dance, oh wait we forgot you're superhuman", shoot, shoot, bla bla. I was really disappointed with C.A. I was really surprised by Thor. I thought it would be a really weird Lord of the Rings done bad. Thor was cool. Went into G.Lantern with extraordinarily low expectations, so I liked it for only that reason. At least it was better than Fantastic Four. guh.

And for the record, I liked Superman Returns. So that's two of us. I watched 1989 Batman last year and was very happy to se how well it holds up 22 years later. And don't forget about Hell Boy. I really liked Hell Boy.

now that's a fan

So, apparently it's hard to find any 48" flush mount ceiling fans in the big box stores. An amazon search pointed me to the Hunter Fans 24852 48" Fantasy Flyer Kid's Indoor Flush Mount Blue Ceiling Fan and my mind is blown.

clever scanner

Check out the iConvert. It's for the iPad. Feed your paper into the scanner and watch your document magically appear on your iPad. Very clever. At least I'm going to assume this feed-and-instantly-see-digitally process is how it works. Available for $150 pre-order at Brookstone.