I was honored to be mentioned in Robyn's blog today and I didn't even know it.
Robyn's blog, Ain't too Proud to Blog, is the Second Best Known Blog in "Name that Blog", as well as the woman who brought you the Boobies to Florida campaign that I mentioned a coupla weeks ago.
Here's a link back, cos I share the love... plus, it's her birthday! Go and share your love. Now.
I have food on the brain.
I so totally diggin' The Sandwich Project (aka the URL of Sandwiches, haha). This site features recipes for many delicacies, such as... 247-drugstore.com
And some strange concoctions such as:
Make sure you visit the site and enter in your own sandwich creations! I'm interested in learning what you peeps pile between a coupla pieces of bread. Heck, I might even try it out, if it sounds appetizing... share some of your faves with me in the comments!
Since this is a UK site, there's plenty of Marmite sandwich recipes for the connoisseur of brown yeast spread... which I do partake in occassionally.
In relation to my post the other day about consumerism, I just found a pretty cool online documentary called No Logo (based on a book of the same name) discussing name branding. Good stuff.
I guess it's time for me to pick up this book... funny that Amazon is offering it with a copy of Culture Jam (which I already own). Excellent observations on our culture and consumerism.
I know, I've been sharing a lot of linkage lately. But they've been good ones, dammit.
You need to hear miserablemelodies dot com to believe it. Someone has actually taken the effort to compile the worst recordings of our time. Why, I have no idea.
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, David Hasselhoff, Fabio and more display their vocal talents (or lack thereof)!
But the musical stylings of Portsmouth Sinfonia... I don't know whether to say genius or just plain painful. Oh. my. effin' gawd.
Ya gotta give the love to Japander.com... videos of American stars whoring themselves to Japanese corporations!
Must sees: The Simpsons hawking C.C. Lemon soft drink, and Nicholas Cage plugging a pachinko company (my personal fave: "On the Road").
I stayed up way too late LMAO to this stuff.
I was bummed when AdCritic shut down many months ago (not like it's new news).
AdAge (Advertising Age) has acquired AdCritic, and they're gonna relaunch the site better than ever... but no datehas been announced just yet. I signed up for their email update, so I'll pass on the good news when it's announced.
In the meantime, I've discovered Ads.com for all my commercial viewing needs... seeing that I don't watch enough TV to know what my friends are talking about when they say, "Have you seen that commercial...?"
This is too much. I can't decide if it's cool, or weird, or both.
Steve is an actual human being. And he doesn't always wear green striped shirts.
Or just so absurd, that I like it. Or maybe it's because he's got a picture of Domokun on his site.
Amazing.
A lot of us geeks really dig Japanese culture. I am lucky enough to live in an area that is really saturated by this culture, and I love it. I love that I can go to the market and get yummy Japanese foodstuffs, get Japanese products at a local department store, and get pick up quick sushi, ramen or curry as easily as picking up McDonald's (or comparable fast food chain).
You too can get Japanese products, in the comfort of your own home. First off, try J-List for all sorts of products, including snacks, magazines & books, toys, t-shirts and some wacky stuff mixed in! You don't need to tell me why you're buying this item.
For good snackage, keep an eye on JapaneseSnacks.com... the site is revamping for 2002 and looks very promising!
I also like to buy Asian pop culture products from the Giant Robot Store (and they make a great magazine, as featured in my "Picks"), as well as the YOLKshop (another good mag). Filipino(a)s can find some great stuff at PinoyMall.com.
Some great fun can be found at Engrish.com where they feature Japanese products/signs using their mangled version of the English language. Funny, funny stuff. This phenomenon is also known in lesser circles as "Japlish".
I can go on and on. I'm not EVEN going to venture into Anime and pop culture... at least not yet. :)
Sayonara!