{ 'bout time! }

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{ Put that out! }

in this super cute ashtray. I'm thinking I need this... for guests of course! lol! {via}

{ He would sooo be a hipster today... }

Thanks Ryan for the awesome link!! {via}

that 'a' gets you every time. ctm.

{ Crazy Ol' Cat Man }

This elderly gentlemen used to hate cats until his son left behind his cat, Pepper (who was secretly preggers). Now Craig (the cat man) lives on a wildlife reserve wit 660 cats! what a life! But unfortunately costly, "The expenses for the nonprofit sanctuary, Caboodles, come out of Craig's pocket and donations from the public. Each cat costs about $550 a year to tend to, and that is without extraneous vet bills. All the cats are spayed or neutered, and their shots are kept up to date." Thanks Beth for this great article! and be sure to friend 'em on FB ... if you like cats! {via}

Ol' Craig with the residents of Caboodle.

No Village is complete without a walmart!

{ At Least it's not Detroit }

Oh wait... it is! but this video is really great (not to mention I love Palladium boots + shoes). I've been swooning over the abandoned pictures of Detroit, but here is a hopeful video... in a way a nice change and not an AFH sponsored...just some kids (and Johnny Knoxville) tryin to reshape a metropolis. 

{ Is it bad I get all these references? }

EMBED-Geek and Gamer Girls Song - Watch more free videos

Who doesn't love a Dr. Who shout out done by Seth Green?(I also thought he was too cute back in the day... I might of been the only one to watch Greg the Bunny), or Stan Lee, or Psylocke?!?! Talk about my fave Xmen (or Xwomen)! too cute version of Katy Perry's California Girls... Geek and Gamer Girls. Gotta Love'em! {via}

{ That seems about right }

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{ A letter from Comic-Sans }

John was awesome enough (or mocking me...) to send me this awesome letter from that bastard comic-sans... enjoy! {via}

I'M COMIC SANS, ASSHOLE.

BY MIKE LACHER

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Listen up. I know the shit you've been saying behind my back. You think I'm stupid. You think I'm immature. You think I'm a malformed, pathetic excuse for a font. Well think again, nerdhole, because I'm Comic Sans, and I'm the best thing to happen to typography since Johannes fucking Gutenberg.

You don't like that your coworker used me on that note about stealing her yogurt from the break room fridge? You don't like that I'm all over your sister-in-law's blog? You don't like that I'm on the sign for that new Thai place? You think I'm pedestrian and tacky? Guess the fuck what, Picasso. We don't all have seventy-three weights of stick-up-my-ass Helvetica sitting on our seventeen-inch MacBook Pros. Sorry the entire world can't all be done in stark Eurotrash Swiss type. Sorry some people like to have fun. Sorry I'm standing in the way of your minimalist Bauhaus-esque fascist snoozefest. Maybe sometime you should take off your black turtleneck, stop compulsively adjusting your Tumblr theme, and lighten the fuck up for once.

People love me. Why? Because I'm fun. I'm the life of the party. I bring levity to any situation. Need to soften the blow of a harsh message about restroom etiquette? SLAM. There I am. Need to spice up the directions to your graduation party? WHAM. There again. Need to convey your fun-loving, approachable nature on your business' website? SMACK. Like daffodils in motherfucking spring.

When people need to kick back, have fun, and party, I will be there, unlike your pathetic fonts. While Gotham is at the science fair, I'm banging the prom queen behind the woodshop. While Avenir is practicing the clarinet, I'm shredding "Reign In Blood" on my double-necked Stratocaster. While Univers is refilling his allergy prescriptions, I'm racing my tricked-out, nitrous-laden Honda Civic against Tokyo gangsters who'll kill me if I don't cross the finish line first. I am a sans serif Superman and my only kryptonite is pretentious buzzkills like you.

It doesn't even matter what you think. You know why, jagoff? Cause I'm famous. I am on every major operating system since Microsoft fucking Bob. I'm in your signs. I'm in your browsers. I'm in your instant messengers. I'm not just a font. I am a force of motherfucking nature and I will not rest until every uptight armchair typographer cock-hat like you is surrounded by my lovable, comic-book inspired, sans-serif badassery.

Enough of this bullshit. I'm gonna go get hammered with Papyrus.

{ A Delicious Science Experiment }

Last weekend (I know I'm behind on the updates) I had awesome visitors come up and stay with me. While here, Beth suggested we find this new ice cream place, Chill Custom Creamery. Located off Northshore, near Morrell, it's interiors were done well, but typical, but that wasn't this place's appeal. What makes Chill differenet than the rest is you chose 1 of 3 bases for your ice cream: chocolate, vanilla, or soy-something-vanilla. The base looked like cream, not ice cream. Once your base is selected you then chose your mix-ins and flavor drops and syrups yourself, since you pay by the once ... I think it was $0.50 an once (so about $4-6 a HUGE cup) and once you are all done they then put your metal cylinder cup in a kitchen-aid mixer and add liquid nitrogen to it, making it real 'ice cream'. It looked like an evil science house once all four ice creams started going... and not to mention soooo creamy and delicious. This place was probably some of the better ice cream I've ever had. It was a great way to end the holiday weekend, enjoy the pics!

The cream base... I went with Vanilla

Some of the many many mix-ins... I went with a flavor drop of coffee, cheesecake, oreos, marshmellows, and cocoa crispies, I know strange and chocolately but sooo good!

Loved the graphic layout of their signs and marketing material + the colors were my fave!

Here's it's starting to mix!

cute vintage inspired chairs (and I heart the color!)

It's alive! ...and delish!

Beth + John loving the ice cream

Mike + Me! so happy for the ice cream science adventure!

{ KITTIES! }

I knew I loved Ikea (and so do kitties)

{ Hell Freezes Over: Autocad }

I know we've all (well us arch-ys atleast) problems and woes with Autocad on a mac, virtual pc just sorta blows... but apparently it's happened.... it's coming, Autocad for the mac (plays ominous music). Apparently the last time Autocad was made for a mac was back in ol' 1992, 18 years ago... wow. I know friends who have worked at firms that have used software like Archicad and others, god forbid Datacad, but Autocad is the industry standard, especially since the push towards BIM (building integrated modeling) and I think Revit (Autocad owned) is also the leader there. Hooray for all the upcoming architecture students, your life just got a whole lot easier. {via}

{ Font Fun: Stache-Attack! }

Thanks for the sweet link Josh! I love hoefler (font + stache) I think that might make a good one for a bf... {via}

{ The Wondrous World of Booze }

Up close and personal Time made all these eye candy (and mouth candy) shots by taking crytallizing some of the mixed beverages on a lab slide, then passing a polarized light through the slide... I don't know science talk, but it sure makes Margarita look like a Georgia O'Keefe sketch... mixed in with some peacock feathers. {via}

{ Font Love: Need Me }

{ Touched by His Noodley Appendage }

Apparently, a court house in (get this) Crossville, Tennessee has allowed a statue of the Great 'Flying Spaghetti Monster' to sit outside. Who would have thought here in lil' old Tennessee, you know the state that just a little while ago was routing for Basil Marceaux for Governor, or wait... isn't there some sort of Mosque debate going on just down the road? Sometimes the future seem bleak in this closed minded state, but I am glad for this one. statement from the SFM group: We are lucky enough to live in a country that allows us, its citizens, the freedom of speech. I have chosen to put up a statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to represent the discourse between people of all different beliefs.{via}

{ Guess he's an Xbox and I'm more Atari }

Here's a super cute (who hasn't thunk this before) great use of fonts (helvetica, maybe?) video by the Cee-Lo camp. Enjoy! (also be sure to check out new music and downloads on the music page)

{ Bballin' in Maryville }

So word on the street is Shaq is in Maryville, like living it up and shoppin at walmart. {via}

{ Font Fun }

It's game time! I finally got all 26 letters figured out, but boy was it frustrating... (and fun of course)
How'd you do? {via}

{ More Crazies }

Here is atleast some ridiculously (sadly funny) crazies... man, I am not trying to make this a theme, but wow! what is wrong with people today? I just hope someone ... other than a trash compactor... found this lil guy and let him out.

{ This Guy }

So I never really get too political or religious ...mainly because I'm not confrontational, and too many out there will have strong opinions on it, and it's not worth jeopardizing friendships and what not. It's just not worth it, but this guy... oh man! I used to know this dude back from marching band, and we are facebook friends, but the kind that never talks to one another... nor do I have the need to. But Wow! I just can't believe such closed mindedness. This is ridculous! I had to vent and share. Enjoy a snippet of his page.

{ What your opposition to gay marriage really means }

I've been watching way too many Morel Orels, and this hilarious view on the crazies who don't believe in Gay Marriage just made me chuckle, especially the last one. I mean, sheep?!? ctm!
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{ Dr. Sketchy: coming to you }

So I've recently fallen in love with Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. These gals basically set up life drawing classes in bars (it was started in 2005 by Molly Crabtree in a dive bar in Brooklyn) and it open to anyone who loves to drink and sharpen their drawing skills... or lack of skillz. Any and everyone no matter the skill level are encouraged to attend. I haven't been yet, but I've been watching vids and reading reviews, and am a little distraught there isn't a branch in good ol' Knoxville. But not to fear, I have requested more info! I'll keep you guys posted on that, but in the mean time let me know your thoughts. I mean who doesn't want to drawing gorg-half-nakie ladies? love love


Dr. Sketchy's - Bettie Page Tribute Session from William Zoe FitzGerald on Vimeo.

{ Wendy: Thanks Dave }

Found this via the consumerist, and let's just say it makes me want Wendys, and maybe to shake Dave Thomas's hand.

{ The More You Know: Magenta }

So this interesting little article was pointed out to me this morning. Apparently Magenta doesn't exist in the color spectrum (and I don't mean this Magenta). It was made (or invented if you will) to be the complimentary of green, and here I was thinking Red was the complimentary. Pssfff - thanks for nothing art classes! Apparently it's represented by light from the two far ends of the color spectrum, infrared and ultraviolet, so it is basically forcing us to see that color. To get more of your learn on, check it out here {via}

Infogragphics of Day

Does the US waste money on innovation? {via}

Inception: I am the Architect {via}