Monday, December 29, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
where is santa?
NORAD began tracking Santa’s journey in 1955 ... a Sears-Roebuck ad in a newspaper gave out Santa’s telephone number. Unfortunately, the number was misprinted and it rang CONRAD’s operations center. Instead of being a Scrooge, Col. Harry Shoup, who headed up the operation, told a child he’d check the radar.
Monday, December 22, 2008
perception
"You see things in a different way, I think, if you've ever taken music seriously. Even if you're not a great musician"
-Bill Clinton, 2008
from Specatacle, Elvis Costello with...
-Bill Clinton, 2008
from Specatacle, Elvis Costello with...
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
gratuitous gore
From Wikipedia.org:
The origin of the barber pole is associated with the service of bloodletting. During medieval times, barbers performed surgery on customers as well as tooth extractions. The pole itself represents the staff that the patient gripped during the procedure to encourage blood flow.
The red and white stripes symbolize the bandages used during the procedure: red for the blood-stained and white for the clean bandages. Originally, these bandages were hung on the pole to dry after washing. As the bandages blew in the wind, they would twist together to form the spiral pattern similar to the stripes in the modern day barber pole.
Spinning barberpoles are supposed to be oriented so that the red (blood) will appear as if it was flowing down.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
tell 'em, liz
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
-Elizabeth Taylor
-Elizabeth Taylor
Monday, December 1, 2008
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