Oak Ridge
April 11, 2012 | by Dave | In Culture | No Comments
“This will be cool; everyone will think it’s their Springfield.”
Matt Groening enlightens the world in a nice interview with Smithsonian Magazine that The Simpsons hometown of Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon.
The Zion Coptic Mansion on Star Island
Rosie O’Donnell just put this house up for sale.
From Square Grouper:
“In 1975, the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church purchased a mansion on the exclusive Star Island to serve as their Miami headquarters. They soon fell into conflict with their neighbors, who didn’t appreciate Coptics arriving and leaving all day and night or the thick cloud of marijuana smoke that blanketed the property like a fog.”
via, rakontur
Celebrity For The Day
Nice work.
“Last Saturday we went to a popular mall in Virginia and conducted a bit of a social experiment. Using his real first and middle name, and with the help of just a few staged people, tons of people believed Thomas was a famous actor, including mall security.”
Caine’s Arcade
An all-cardboard arcade… this kid’s got to get up with Tom Sachs. Beautiful story about the power of imagination out of East L.A..
Morning Dose of Future Vision
“The Facebook”
Lunchtime Laughter
How to Dance Goth
OMG BFF LOL
A 2008 animation series by Charlie White from his project “Girl Studies” that was displayed at The Aldrich Museum in 2009.
“Based on a two-year study of the behavior of an actual American teenage girl, the animation is part of a larger project called The Girl Studies that dissects the desires and social anxieties of our era. The animation is meant to perform as a viable cartoon for young girls, while simultaneously providing a platform from which viewers can critique them. White’s works in photography, film, and more recently animation, often offer fictitious narratives to help us understand and evaluate the underlying realities of contemporary life.”
Lukey Cushion
Unfortunately, it’s sold out.
Lunchtime Laughter
Bottle Poppaz
