Time For a Coffee Break Yet?

I've been saving this wonderful Roz Chast cartoon from a December New Yorker magazine until now because I am back at school again this week to teach a Spring Quarter class in Professional Practices, or the Working Class as I like to call it. Preparing design students how to be job material. More to come.

Cooked Books

This cookbook belonging to my good friend Jacqueline, could best 

be titled The Angst of Cooking. Her husband Chris just calls it the family crest!

Seven Fears of Childhood

What about clowns?
:: Via WackyStuff

Pre Texting

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The printing press of the Royal Irish Rifles. This remarkable photograph of a military field print shop, complete with an iron handpress, appeared in The Navy and Army Illustrated in 1897. The copy accompanying the photo claims a good many of the regiments' monthly newspapers generally provided results for football and cricket matches, reports of dances, suppers, theatricals, notices of promotions and official regimental notices. What, no gossip column? This image gives new meaning to the term lead soldiers.
:: A great find via Typesticker's photostream.

Geography is Everywhere

It's amazing what lurks beneath our feet, over our head and under our nose. There is a word for this: cartocacoethes, or seeing maps in non-cartographic patterns. Accidental cartography from Big Think.
Photo credits:
:: A crown of tree leaves framing a street view with a remarkably accurate representation of the South American continent. Photo taken on a South American street and submitted by Juan M.
:: World map and good advertisement to promote climate change solutions. Submitted by Matt Kreger.
:: World map on dog's nose. From Mililani Smythe. (Dog's name is not credited).
Thanks for sharing Tom Lenon!

Who Knew Reading was a Competitive Sport?

Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen are a crack-up in the new series Portlandia, which premiered January 21st on IFC. The Executive Producer is Lorne Michaels. Watch the opening song and more clips including a fun segment about the owners of a feminist bookstore in Portlandia here.