I See a Little Silhouetto of a Man

This is so awesome. I was considering "Live at Wembley" Freddie Mercury for my own Halloween costume this year. Where does one find a yellow jacket like this? Probably easier for a celebrity like Katy Perry.

Speech!

This is the kind of stuff that makes this country so f'n awesome -

McCain-



Obama -

Cult of Personality

I'm not claiming that McCain voters are necessarily well informed, but I'm pretty sure they'd catch the fact that these views are the exact opposite of the ones on which their chosen candidate is running -

Nothing Sad About This

The plane that Steve Fossett was flying when he went missing last year has been found. The wreckage suggests the crash was unsurvivable and that he likely died instantly. What an awesome way to go. I would be pretty psyched to acheive the designation of "millionaire adventurer".

"Fossett made a fortune trading futures and options on Chicago markets. He gained worldwide fame for more than 100 attempts and successes in setting records in high-tech balloons, gliders, jets and boats. In 2002, he became the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon. He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in July 2007.

"He also swam the English Channel, completed an Ironman Triathlon, competed in the Iditarod dog sled race and climbed some of the world's best-known peaks, including the Matterhorn in Switzerland and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania."

Read the article on Boston.com.

Next Saturday? Can't I'm afraid. At a matinee of American Psycho.

My family has a wonderful Thanksgiving tradition of going to New York (City) and hitting a couple of nice restaurants, a museum or two, maybe a comedy show on the Upper East Side, some shopping on 5th Ave., a little Wii with Mike Santulli, etc.

The highlight, ostensibly, is the Broadway show we pick out far in advance. The problem is that most of them suck. We started with Les Miserables and it hasn't gotten any better. Phantom and Rent were great, but pretty much everything else has been a waste of time and money. Last year, when Broadway went on strike and our planned Spamalot outing was canceled, we just did other, better stuff with our time. No sooner had I convinced myself that the show should NOT go on, when this news came into my Outlook inbox from my friend Andreas -

"American Psycho" to be Broadway Musical

Lucky, I guess.

Can't We All Just Get Along?

This is a heartwarming display of non-partisan politics -

Where Are My Yeezys?

I don't think you can actually buy these. The Nike Air Yeezy (made for Kanye) is obviously quite reminiscent of the pair of sneaks that Marty McFly wears in Back to the Future II. They are awesome. Kanye wore them on his last tour.

Bushball

I was flabbergasted when I heard it myself, and NewsBusters has posted a clip of Kerri Walsh thanking President Bush after she and Misty May won the gold in Beijing. I thought it was awesome and it's nice to see the guy get a little public support.

Barely Legal

I just heard about this on NPR-

http://www.amethystinitiative.org/

The Amethyst Initiative was started by the former president of Middlebury. The organization's goal is to lower the drinking age in the U.S. to 18.

I don't know too many people who think you should be able to vote and die for your country but not buy a beer. The federal government has been pushing the states around for decades by threatening to withhold critical highway funding if they resist the 21 year-old drinking age.

I was pretty psyched to see Tufts president, Larry Bacow, on the list of signatories.

John Mayer Chillin' in His Bape S**t

This new Bape hoodie is awesome, but I'm fairly certain it will become too popular to be cool.

RidiQlis Is Back...

...Let the party get insane.

http://RidiQlis.com

Guess Who's Back...

Sneaker/tennis fans the world over are peeing in their pants at the sight of the throwback Nike Air Zoom Tennis Trainer, available at tennis-warehouse.com

Tennis on Grass

This is a wonderfully written article in Britain's Daily Telegraph about why tennis is so awesome -

Wimbledon Final: How We Fell in Love with a Beautiful Game

Federer and Nadal are such class acts. I read recently that Nadal had to drop out of the following tournament in which he was expected to play, so he flew to the tournament director to personally apologize for having to sit it out with an injury.

You don't see much of that character in hockey, where cheating and fighting (often among parents at their kids' games) are considered part of the fabric of the sport. In baseball, pitchers often throw pitches at batters heads. You get the idea.

Tennis, anyone?

OMG HC

American Apparel has brought back......................Hypercolor. Oh, day of days!

http://store.americanapparel.net/rsa6407tcw.html#i

From the Man Who Put the Sun in the Tate...

In December of 2007, I saw an Olafur Eliasson exhibit with my buddy Rand at SFMOMA. It's quite an experience to see his work in person. Like most great art, you can't really describe how it makes you feel or why it makes you feel. There's some invigorating aura it gives off. And a lot his stuff is really weird, like a black room with a light pointing at a board that makes waves.

I know a lot of New Yorkers think it's pretty stupid, but I think they're going to love his "Waterfalls". They are slated to be installed in mid-July and will be there until sometime in October. Here's an article from Bloomberg.

Not Sure This Counts As a Revolution

This is Newt Gingrich's American Solutions "Platform of the American People - A Red, White & Blue Revolution". It's a so-called tri-partisan plan for America, that includes issues on which a majority of Americans, including Democrats, Independents and Republicans agree. McCain seems to be following some of the recommendations...

RIP George Carlin

Carlin died over the weekend. He would have preferred that his death be described as such, and not "passing away", a euphemism he abhorred. He was a genius and a master of the English language. One of his most famous bits is "Baseball versus Football". It's an absolute classic.

Oh, the Great Lizard!

These snorklers would make Bear Grylls proud, after being swept away to a desolate island near Bali and having to fight off a monstrous Komodo dragon. This is from My Way News -

"Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards, can grow up to 10 feet long. Attacks on humans are rare, but with its shark-like serrated teeth the Komodo's bite can be deadly. Their saliva is poisonous, with dozens of species of bacteria, so if a wound is not cleaned properly septicemia sets in within days."
The story reminds me of a haiku I wrote to accompany my 9th grade biology paper on the Komodo Dragon -

Oh, the great lizard
Its large jaws are open wide
Time to say goodbye

Ken Fisher. Quality dude. Lincoln International School in Buenos Aires. Good times.

President's Questions

If you've never watched "Prime Minister's Questions" on CSPAN, then you have really been missing out. Though most people don't watch as much CSPAN as I. Most people have probably never watched CSPAN. Nobody watches CSPAN.

Anyway, McCain is proposing a similar question-and-answer session with Congress should he become president. I think that would be pretty awesome. Plus he's likely to be cantankerous and argumentative. He's proposing going before both the Senate and House, unlike in Britain where those snooty Lords have relegated the commoner prime minister to the House of Commons. Pish posh. Balderdash. Talley hoe!

http://www.reuters.com/

Next Stop Somerville

The funding for the long-awaited Green Line extension to Tufts has finally been approved by Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. I don't know why you'd be excited about this if you weren't a current Tufts student. I will likely never use it. It's still pretty awesome.

tuftsdaily.com

Yeah 'Bos.