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 Who expected Aqua Teen Hunger Force to be the story of the week? According to Salon, Sarah Silverman's unique brand of crude humor doesn't translate well to cable. Waiters who are nauseated by food, from the Dana Carvey Show, with Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell. [YouTube] [via Waxy] Dan Savage hates on Mary Cheney for not defending gay parents. "You and your whole fucked-up family crawled into bed with bigots like Dobson when it suited you. And now you and your whole fucked-up family have some explaining to do. So welcome to the political debate, Mary, and remember… Your side started it. It only serves you right that you’re going to have to finish it." [via Eyeteeth] Beautiful commercial from Volkswagen. [YouTube] Help The Morning News find new idioms to refresh the cultural vocabulary. "Idioms and proverbs—especially idioms—are crutches: recycled phrases that have outlived their value, only we’re too lazy to replace them. And they’re everywhere... Local news reports catch people defending criminals saying so-and-so was the salt of the earth, a peach, someone who was simply in a stew for the moment... My fellow Americans, we are learning new things about ourselves every day, and yet our idioms remain in a pickle, full of baloney!" Research suggests that being a good boss involves being encouraging, friendly, and deadline-driven. Imagine.  The Virgin Health Bank can save stem cells from an umbilical cord for £1,500 and share half the cells with the public. Future care for your child and for someone else's child. The poster for this year's Art Director's Club show is, well, bad. Uninspiring. Executed with superb attention to mediocrity. But it's better than last year's racist and badly drawn specimen. This is why I don't care about awards or shows or awards shows. As clients become more educated in the methods and language of design (thanks partly to the efforts of the AIGA), designers need to be prepared to defend every aspect of their work as its function and integrity is questioned. It's up to clients educate themselves well enough to find good designers and give them creative freedom and excellent guidance.  Saturn backlit from NASA. [via reddit] Ben Folds took a very creative approach to his CD label when faced with the mandatory FBI anti-piracy logo. Ramen noodles have never interested me until this blog post. I had no idea they were so long. "It was fun working in a group with the whole gang, just like performing surgery at the hospital!" Daft Punk's "Da Funk" live from Coachella, the classic "Da Funk" video, and the sequel, "Fresh." [YouTube] Matt Groening talked to TV Squad about the return of Futurama. "During the Simpsons session earlier in the day, Groening had mentioned that, even though he's still very involved with The Simpsons his 'day job' is creating the sixteen new episodes of Futurama that will be airing on Comedy Central starting in 2008." Some hilarious and offensive comics for girls from the UK. [via BB] David Sedaris on David Letterman. [YouTube] [via Waxy] More structures are being discovered around Stonehenge, revealing that the ritual site was not only a burial ground but part of a much larger settlement. O the many things we do now know. WTOC11 in Savannah, Georgia is on the case of "blogging." DO YOU BLOG? [YouTube] [thanks Allyson] |
 
  
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