I'm eschewing all those cliched versions of Irish culture. You'll get enough of that elsewhere. Today, I'm passing on three arts-related recommendations, in honor of the tremendous contribution Celtic culture has made to the world's creativity. Since my own background is overwhelming Celt, I'm particularly grateful.
(Satsu and Buffy in B-E-D.)
Buffy tries women.
Yep, for real. According to an article this weekend in the New York Times, "In a new issue of the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” comic book series, being released Wednesday, Buffy sleeps with a fellow slayer. And, oh yeah, she’s a woman."
Read the article for details and comments from Joss Whedon. This is NOT Buffy coming out, it's just her and Satsu sleeping together. Still, I'm down wif it.
(From the fabulous Stella Marrs)
Ironic Sans has an interesting exploration of the art of courtroom sketch artists. Courtrooms are spaces where the digital age has been held at bay: No camera or videos are allowed, testimony is recorded by a stenographer typing entire syllables and words via a sophisticated but still manual keyboard, and our memories of OJ and Michael Jackson are from pencils and pastels. But these artists don't just draw for a living there, they have expressive lives in other genres. Nice to see. And nice to plug this blog with y'all, it's a goodie.
("Uninvited Advice", sculpture near Columbus Park in Stamford, Connecticut)
Below is People In Order, a wonderful short film by Lenka Clayton and James Price, showing people ages 1 to 100.
(Hat tip to Austin Kleon's always fascinating Tumblelog)
Monday, March 17, 2008
BROAD CAST, SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
Friday, September 14, 2007
BROAD CAST 14 SEPTEMBER 2007 (LIGHT VERSION)
(From Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American Poetry)
Remember how sometimes in school you were told to write a letter to yourself in the future, that the teacher would mail to you in X number of years? Well, you can do it now via e-mail at FutureMe. Pick a time in the future and use an e-mail you think you'll still have then. If you need to change your e-mail in the future, they offer a feature for that as well. FutureMe states "At FutureMe.org we are based on the principle that memories are less accurate than emails. We strive for accuracy. You can also write letters to other people, and you can release the contents of your letter (with your name and e-mail concealed) for public viewing.) So far, they have 458,381 letters written to the future and counting...
From the Cat and Girl comic archives:
I took the pseudonym test. Here are my results (but you can call me Pepper) -- what're yours?
Mary Ripley
Mary Typing
Mary Ghandi
Miriam Eugene
Nancy Hepburn-Austin (0)
(Image from Rashani Rea's Dharma Gaia Cards)For all of you who are parents, or appreciate parenting, check out this hilarious cartoon by Austin Kleon titled "Golfing with God".
A joke via Prairie Home Companion:Q: How many amoebas does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: One. No, two. Four! Eight! Sixteen! Thirty-two! 64! 128! 256!
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