What Do You Think About Your Face? Photographer Simon Høgsberg spent seven hours a day for a month walking around Manhattan looking for striking faces—faces that give him the "strong [...] Christie Chisholm \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More “I think that God has given me a beautiful face. ...” —Joan Darrow, image consultant (Simon Høgsberg)
Obamamamama There’s been some fair criticism of Obama since he took office (to give the man some credit, he sailed into a less-than-smooth situation), [...] Christie Chisholm \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More It’s just this easy being a bad ass. (Jonas Karlsson)
Common Hearts Albuquerque Who Needs A Hype Man When You Have Screaming Fans? Common burst on stage at the Sunshine Theater last night and received a raucous ovation from a packed house. The Chicago-born MC was [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More
Is Britain's Free Speech Disappearing? Is Britain's Free Speech Disappearing? Philip Johnston writes in the Telegraph that Britain’s right to free speech is waning. He cites, as an example, the government’s refusal to [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More Geert Wilders (EPA)
Val Kilmer For Gov. The man himself gives you his pitch. (It’s a terrible pitch). Simon McCormack \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More
Skinny Houses Don’t get fat if you live in any of these. Unless you could somehow get fat from front to back and not expand [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More
Words I’d Like To Use More Often 1. Crepuscular Now that’s an adjective.2. GloryholeI have never had the opportunity to use this fine term.3. FiduciaryI just love the way it [...] Maren Tarro \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More “The ducks were oblivious to the sublime crepuscular light.” (Mila Zinkova)
Flashquiz: The Pet Picker On the prowl for an animal companion? Animal Planet’s flashified (= leisurely loading time) quiz helps you determine the pet that’s right for [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More (mosippy's Flickr photostream)
Fake Face I saw Coraline last night. Really good. The button eyes of the Other Mother caused a fleeting second of revulsion. I feel the [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More The Other Mother
(God's) House Of Fashion? (God's) House Of Fashion? Don’t let Trend de la Crème’s status as a "fashion blog" stop the typically couture-uninterested—you’ll miss out on some weird, wacky stuff. Blogger [...] Sarah M. Kramer Fearless Intern \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More Cathedral fashion