April 13, 2008
Macro challenge
I'm taking the challenge. Or at least half of it. Orange Flower has started a 30-day macro photography challenge over at Flickr -- not a contest, just a share, compare and don't despair kind of thing (thanks for sharing, Kim). Meant to keep you engaged and taking pics every day. Here's the Flickr pool; here's the announcement with a list of participants....
September 12, 2006
Back with Gusto (and Flattery)
I'm back. It's been a strange summer. I've been working on creating a new blog to cover the race for president: Flattering, Kissing and Kicking. Yes, November 2008 is 26 months away, but I'm in it for the long haul. I hope to offer something other political sites don't: sanity and independence. Swing on by and tell your friends. As far as Gusto goes, my goal is to try to post less frequently but more substantially. I'd like to put up a longer piece every Monday. Until next Monday, enjoy this video I shot at the Dance of the Giglio...
July 06, 2006
Summer hours
We're taking a summer vacation. There won't be a lot of posting while the weather's hot, since we're afraid our laptops will slip into the kiddy pool at our feet (and little lappys don't like that). We'll be back in a couple months with MORE, MORE, MORE!...
April 28, 2006
March 13, 2006
"Monolithic insanity"
Ever wonder how the cubicle came to be? Here's a great article (with photo gallery!) about the bane of office life. Best line: "The cubicle was not born evil, or even square."...
September 15, 2005
The Man Has Big Ears
I just heard you type how much you hate your boss....
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September 13, 2005
I Get All My Links from the Black Table, Part XVII
Presenting: Socks with Sandals. May God have mercy on our, um, soles. (I'm deeply sorry about that one, but it's 4 a.m. and I can't sleep. My brain apparently puns all by itself.)...
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February 10, 2005
Slate on Celebration
Slate has a fascinating little architectural slideshow of "DisneyTown," Celebration, Florida. While I still find the whole concept of DisneyTown (okay, the whole concept of Florida) terrifying, Slate (in its usual fashion) manages to be even-handed. Check it out....
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September 13, 2004
It's Been a While Since I Linked to The Morning News
(Hell, it's been a while since I've linked to anything.) Pasha Malla and Mike Baker over at TMN script movie trailers for everyday life. Very funny. Here's a sample: In a time when nothing seemed to matter. In a place where fantasy knew no bounds. Specifically, yesterday. Behind the ice rink. Cigarettes. Became a passport to popularity. For yet another teenager....
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August 31, 2004
Is this respect for the dead?
I was more than a little outraged at the political pageant of two 9/11 widows and a brother who lost his family member to terrorists telling their emotional stories on a GOP stage. It's indecent, disrespectful, and totally effective. Of course we all know the GOP is in New York to capitalize on September 11, 2001. But the wonderful thing about our nation's response to that tragedy was its bipartisan unity. It didn't matter what political party, race, color, religion, even nationality, you were. In the months after 9/11 the country seemed to forget differences and ban together in a...
July 29, 2004
Time Enough for Bloggin' When We're Old
I'm sorry to report that I have no time the rest of this week. Great stuff on the blogroll, though! Have a great weekend, all....
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July 28, 2004
Happy Birthday to DG
Today is the one-year anniversary of Daily Gusto's launch. To commemorate the occasion, we thought we'd highlight some of the stories we ran on the first day, back when we were spending every second of our free time on Gusto and before we devolved into the sometime link-peddlers we are today. Thanks to all past and current contributors for helping us (improbably) hit the year mark! Steve Diehl on the Supreme Court's citing Old Europe as a precedent in Lawrence v. Texas. DeWitt Cheng on the Philip Guston retrospective. Matthew Kantor on a mascot for human rights issues....
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July 23, 2004
I Want Danny Gregory to Make My Lunch!
This is adorable....
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July 14, 2004
Daily Gusto, Home of Screeching Tweeners
A while back, H.J. did a little post that mentioned Jesse McCartney, teenage heartthrob. Since then, thanks to our search engine placement, the comments from tweeners have been trickling in, mostly from those who apparently just really want his email address (not because they, you know, love him or anything). Check it out....
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July 12, 2004
Light Posting Week
Because of work schedules (barring miracles or errant moments of slackage), posting will most likely be light this week. May we suggest some of the general fabulousness on our blogroll over there?...
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July 07, 2004
Creative Responses To Our Friend Humidity
Sigh. July has come to Manhattan and with it, my least favorite thing ever, humidity. When just walking outside makes me feel like a big old head of wilted lettuce, it's time to find some creative solutions. Lush Fresh Handmade Products, the U.K.-based beauty purveyor who uses so many fresh ingredients they put expiration dates and made by stickers on all of their products, recently opened a location in downtown New York on Broadway at 34th Street. I wandered in after a long wait at the DMV upstairs and discovered a brilliant summertime invention on their shelves — freezable bath...
June 24, 2004
Little Time for Blogging Today
...and since I've been holding down the fort while H.J. is launching a new product at his day job (someday we'll all be able to see streaming trial footage on our cell phones, should we -- you know -- actually want to), you'll get little from us today. In the meantime, check out Beck Lyric or Spam Text, TMFTML's bizarre but inspired Clinton/Faulkner pairing, Fred Kaplan's Slate article on bringing back the draft (or not), or perhaps help me out with some entries for Bawdy Limerick Mad Libs (How's that for a full spectrum of options?)...
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June 23, 2004
Travis
Perhaps everyone has seen this already, but I hadn't. Enjoy the groove-master that is Travis. [Thx, Uffish]...
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June 18, 2004
Breaking News
Sources confirmed today that there is, in fact, no "new black." We will keep you posted as this story develops....
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June 16, 2004
Bear Busted Masturbating to Gay Porn in Hospital Computer Room
This story is from my hometown, and um... I have a sick imagination....
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June 11, 2004
The Juice is Loose -- and High in Carbs
O.J. Simpson has committed the ultimate crime. I'm not talking about the brutal murders of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman ten years ago tomorrow, which are crimes for which the Juice was exonerated by a California jury. I'm talking about diet. In newly discovered video, Simpson endorses carbohydrates. "All things considered, you can't go wrong eating foods high in complex carbohydrates." View this monster endorsing potatoes, pastas, and breads for "good health." Dr. Atkins is rolling over in his supersized grave. [Requires Windows Media Player]...
June 04, 2004
I'm a Sucker for "P" Alliteration, Too
If you haven't been keeping up with Brian McFadden's Big Fat Whale comic, today's strip is both timely and hilarious. While you're there, also check out Brian's newish blog ("Thar he blogs!")....
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May 26, 2004
Crime Time
The FBI's preliminary crime report is out. Mayor Bloomberg beamed like a proud father yesterday. "New York City has not only retained its title as the safest big city in the country, it has defied the odds and become even safer."...
May 25, 2004
Your Refresh Button Can't Help You Now
Due to increased real-work output so that we might earn our upcoming four-day weekend, posting will be light or, in the worst case, just downright non-existent this week. May we suggest the fine establishments to the right for your reading and/or work-shirking pleasure?...
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May 17, 2004
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were never this aerobic
"There was a loud crash. When I looked up, there was glass all over me and a turtle sitting beside me in my van."...
Department of Good News (for now)
There's plenty of bad news to go around these days, but today let's start off with a couple good items: Gay couples can be married! It's a good day for Mr. Jefferson's dream. The bald eagle will soon be removed from the Endangered Species list....
May 14, 2004
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Quiet as a mouse in Gusto land today. We're feeling uninspired and scattered. Weekend booze will help, we're sure. One more thing -- birthday shoutouts to Karen Cinecultist. We shall know you by your tiara. Have a good weekend, all....
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May 11, 2004
Fun with Google Language Tools
The Rummy-o-Meter has generated all kinds of new traffic to Gusto. Among our referrers was this German site. We at Gusto are curious folk. To place our collective finger on the pulse of German thought about the Rummy-o-Meter, we used the handy Google Language Tools to translate: Secretaries of Defense probably most exactly illustrate. Because the alternatives for its boss in the white house are conceivablly unsatisfactory. (from view the Bushs probably more favorable) an alternative would be it to make Rumsfelds substitute Wolfowitz the boss pentagon. Therefore the Rummy o meter stands despite all reproaches on the 2. Danger...
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May 04, 2004
Do I get a little pointy hat?
When you die, do you want to be cremated and have your ashes scattered at sea? Yeah, neither do I. But if you do -- why not include your friends and family on a three-hour cruise? I'm not sure if this would be some kind of a booze cruise with a Jimmy Buffet impersonator, but I'm sure it could be arranged. A list of potential themes for your funeral, compiled by the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association....
April 26, 2004
This has nothing to do with automats.
Vending machines of Japan. P.S. Bring back the automat!...
April 21, 2004
Is there an expression DIT, for Did It Themselves?
The cherry blossoms are blooming, and it's time for all the yinzers to strip down and style up. Need a bag for the beach? Don't settle for that craptastic mass market stuff. It's easy and fun to make your own, or buy one from the many DIY fashionistas who have set up shop online. We're treading into dreaded hipster territory here, but let's remember that androgynous waifs from Williamsburg weren't the first to discover the love in handcrafted goods. Pictured at left is a bag from Bang!, which is the front for a young Argentinian designer who is fond of...
April 07, 2004
French Insouciance About The English
I forgot to link to this article yesterday about tensions in the British-French relationship. It reminded me of my first French teacher, a young and suave Parisian, who said we shouldn't have any problem learning the language since English is really just a dialect of French....
April 06, 2004
The Verdict is In
After sitting through a day and a half of jury selection, four and a half days of trial, and two full days of deliberations, my jury in the New York State Supreme Court found Simeon Tlaplanco-Reyes guilty of second-degree assault for stabbing Filiberto Galindo on West 36th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues on July 17, 2003. We found Jose Luiz de los Santos not guilty on all counts. We were given a mass of contradictory evidence and eyewitness accounts and asked to decide whether it was proven that the defendants got into a drunken fight with Galindo in the...
March 27, 2004
Land of Lincoln
It's said that Europeans typically ask "Why?" while Americans ask "Why not?" Maybe that's why they wind up with classy icons like the Eiffel Tower, which was originally called "useless and monstrous," and we end up with a 305-foot fiberglass statue of Abraham Lincoln. The city fathers of Lincoln, Illinois want the statue to lord over their town like a mutant prairie dog, visible for 20 miles and costing $40 million. They're still looking for funding. Some might say a colorful collossus of the assassinated emancipator spilling watermelon juice onto the town might be in poor taste. At least this...
March 24, 2004
Frustrations of a Posthumously Successful Writer
Gawker speculates that author Amy Bloom is responsible for an anonymous piece in Salon lamenting the state of publishing today. The unnamed literary sourpuss complains that being an even moderately successful fiction writer doesn't pay the bills or guarantee a future. While we sympathize with the plight of the semi-successful writer forced to shill for Weight Watchers, maybe it's time to put all this in perspective. Since my illustrious and more literary co-editor is away visiting country mice, I thought I'd post a letter she brought to my attention. In 1803, Jane Austen sold the manuscript of Northanger Abbey, then...
March 17, 2004
Patron Saint of Drunken Party Girls
Via ScaryNY, a press release from Westminster, UK, that warns about the Three Filths that threaten our streets: The equivalent of two million pints of urine is collected from the streets of London every year. That's just the amount that makes it to the ever increasing number of urinals installed by Westminster City Council to combat the problem of street urination. Westminster City Council has launched its Three Filths campaign to address the problem on our streets. Everyday our street cleaners face the scourge of urine, vomit and excreta, cleaning up 300 pools of vomit every weekend and 6 deposits...
March 10, 2004
Nuclear Winter
The folks over at Flak just reviewed "100 Suns," a photography book featuring nuclear blasts. Over at Metro Pictures gallery in Chelsea, Robert Longo is showing his charcoal drawings of Nagasaki, the Marshall Islands, and other atomic detonations. And Pakistan just tested its first missile that's capable of carrying nuclear warheads to all corners of India. Is London burning? If you're ready to go into Cold War mode, watch footage of nuclear blasts at the Office of Science and Technical Information. Sing along to "Duck and Cover" and learn how energy is released from "A is for Atoms" at the...
March 05, 2004
The Nineteenth Century Introvert’s Guide to Friendship
1. Letters. Write them. Receive them. 2. Attend balls with your wildly attractive older sister (and pray you don't get snubbed by a tall, taciturn out-of-towner and his friend’s obnoxious sisters). 3. Learn to pine without seeming melancholy. 4. Taking up a hobby or two (painting, sewing, writing charades, playing the pianoforte) provides plenty of fodder for conversation. 5. Visits. Stay no longer than a fortnight, as extended visits can become tiresome. 6. Ensure that close friends marry tolerable men, so as not to spoil your acquaintance. 7. A turn around the garden affords just enough time to catch up...
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The Twenty-First Century Introvert's Guide to Friendship
1. Keep in touch through your web stats! Nothing shows you care like a random link for your friend to find buried in the “Referrers” section. 2. Invite people to movies or shows as often as possible. That way, scary conversation is minimal, and afterward you have a topic! Shows with multiple sets, extra-long movies, or double features are an especially effective way to say “I both enjoy and fear your company!” 3. Blame substances for your awkwardness. Addiction is far more socially acceptable than an embarrassing deficit of social grace. (“Oh, my hands are shaking? Those pesky DTs! Hahahaha....”)...
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