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Analyze This.

The New York Times ran a cartoon by Ward Sutton last week called “Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos.”...

Analyze This.
posted on: Nov 24, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Shakespeare-san?

If you’re into this kind of thing, you’ve probably run across these already, so forgive me for being...

Shakespeare-san?
posted on: Nov 18, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Showerspiration.

I’ve noticed for a while that I seem to get some of my best ideas in the shower in the morning. Looks like...

Showerspiration.
posted on: Nov 18, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Paper or Plastic?

Yikes. A Salon.com article, “Plastic Bags Are Killing Us”: All the plastic that has been made is still...

Paper or Plastic?
posted on: Aug 14, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

“Museum” of Misused Quota...

Ok, ok…technically, they call it a “gallery,” but that title serves to illustrate a point. And for...

“Museum” of Misused Quotation Marks
posted on: Jun 3, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Erudition.

Behold: “100 Words That All High School Graduates — And Their Parents — Should Know,” as...

Erudition.
posted on: May 29, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Summertime III: The Reconnoitering

Film Studies prof. David Bordwell discusses the concept of the film sequel with a group of cronies on his...

Summertime III: The Reconnoitering
posted on: May 27, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Are You Going To Eat That?

Ran across this photo set today: Underground menu at L’Enclume. If you’ve never seen molecular gastronomy...

Are You Going To Eat That?
posted on: May 16, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Running the Numbers

Wow. Photographer Chris Jordan has some sample images from his new exhibition online. He writes: This new series looks...

Running the Numbers
posted on: May 15, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Golden Oldies

It seems many of you are planning to see (or have already gone to see) the movie 300, so I thought I’d slap...

Golden Oldies
posted on: Mar 12, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

The Year in Review

In the tradition of, well, everything ever, I was going to pull together a bunch of “2006 wrap-up links”...

The Year in Review
posted on: Jan 1, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Ooo, It Makes Me Wonder.

Ladies and Gentlemen: In the year 2000 or so, Swiss film maker-traveler-adventurer Bernard Weber decided it was about...

posted on: Nov 19, 2006 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Imaginary Influencers

This is an interesting idea — a new book by Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan, and Jeremy Salter takes a look at the top 101...

posted on: Oct 17, 2006 | author: Mr. Ferrell

The Last Days

Things have been a bit slow lately, so I wanted be sure to announce that the School, Sports, and Lunch calendars have...

posted on: May 12, 2006 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Build a Book

You budding authors out there might want to keep an eye on Blurb. It’s still in beta testing, but once it opens...

posted on: Mar 1, 2006 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Monk-e-mail.

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here. And this one doesn’t count. But when one...

posted on: Feb 9, 2006 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Deaf Jams

I remember being in elementary school and avidly poring over every edition of The Guinness Book of World Records with...

posted on: Jan 4, 2006 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Best. Christmaslights. Ever.

This one’s making the rounds on Teh Intarnets, and it’s so strangely compelling, I thought I’d post...

posted on: Dec 4, 2005 | author: Mr. Ferrell
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