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The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Is Ready To Make A Comeback
Zeon Santos, neatorama.com
If you’ve won­dered where rock god Prince has been hid­ing out for the last few years, it appears that he has been under­go­ing some rad­i­cal anti-aging treat­ments.But now he’s back and look­ing even more youth­ful than when he start­ed his…

The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Is Ready To Make A Comeback
Zeon Santos, neatorama.com

If you’ve won­dered where rock god Prince has been hid­ing out for the last few years, it appears that he has been under­go­ing some rad­i­cal anti-aging treat­ments.

But now he’s back and look­ing even more youth­ful than when he start­ed his…


New York State Senate Honors Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch
By Rolling Stone, rollingstone.com
Senators adopt resolution to pay respects to late Beastie BoyNew York state sen­a­tors have draft­ed, report­ed and adopt­ed a res­o­lu­tion hon­or­ing the late Beast­ie Boys mem­ber Adam “MCA” Yauch. The res­o­lu­tion grant­ed leg­isla­tive ti…

New York State Senate Honors Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch
By Rolling Stone, rollingstone.com

Senators adopt resolution to pay respects to late Beastie Boy

New York state sen­a­tors have draft­ed, report­ed and adopt­ed a res­o­lu­tion hon­or­ing the late Beast­ie Boys mem­ber Adam “MCA” Yauch. The res­o­lu­tion grant­ed leg­isla­tive ti…



At Amazing Andy Warhol exhibit in Singapore



npr:

Ooooooooo! — Tanya

theweekmagazine:

While stress is an unfortunate and unhealthy part of modern life, going on a destructive rampage isn’t usually a socially acceptable way of dealing with it. Enter the Anger Room, an inconspicuous storefront in a Dallas strip mall where fed-up Americans can act out.

Inside, proprietor and founder Donna Alexander and her staff offer up rooms of stuff — TVs, office furniture, glassware — for patrons to smash. 

“Stuff that you can’t do to other people, you can do here,” one customer says. “I can’t afford going to the psychiatrist, but I can afford this.” 

The ‘Anger Room’: The new way to blow off steam after work

Okay this might be a reason to visit Dallas



Just look at this banana peel trucker hat (for a banana)
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

Just look at it. Con­tributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB read­er Laser Bread, who explains:.

My kids were grumpy at breakfast this morning, so I had this idea to make a quick banana peel trucker hat for the banana to wear using the pee…


Great moments in pedantry: Winter is coming. But why?
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net
A work of fic­tion doesn’t have to be sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly accu­rate. It just has to make sense. All it has to do is main­tain an inter­nal logic and con­sis­ten­cy strong enough that you, the read­er, aren’t inad­ver­tent­ly thrown out of the worl…

Great moments in pedantry: Winter is coming. But why?
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net

A work of fic­tion doesn’t have to be sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly accu­rate. It just has to make sense. All it has to do is main­tain an inter­nal logic and con­sis­ten­cy strong enough that you, the read­er, aren’t inad­ver­tent­ly thrown out of the worl…



MAKE | The Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse
makezine.com

Yes­ter­day was 5/12. It’s a date that cor­re­sponds with Austin’s 512 area code, I am told, only by aus­pi­cious acci­dent. Dozens of mak­ers and hun­dreds of atten­dees gath­ered at the old Pine Street Sta­tion and cel­e­brat­ed the first ever…

And more !


The Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse
John Farrier, neatorama.com
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell fol­lowed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts o…

My friend made these!

The Four Rocking Horses of the Apocalypse
John Farrier, neatorama.com

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell fol­lowed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts o…

My friend made these!


Friday and Saturday-Singapore Trip

Today was a travel day.  Austin—>Newark New Jersey (4 hour layover)—>Hong Kong (19 hour flight then 2 hour layover) then finally to Singapore. 

What do you do with that much time on a plane?  I thought I would work on my work stuff (I didn’t).  I did read my How to Use Your Camera Better book and I watched a whole lot of movies.  They have an in demand movie system.    I thought the person next to me and I might chat, but really no.  She was interested in her own thing.  No worries, didn’t need a new single serving friend.  I get to fly business class which is amazing.  Crazy full meals. Beds that lie flat.So despite the time, not that bad.  Movies I watched:

 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (just finished listening to audio book two weeks ago so this was on the list)

The Vow (thought I would fall asleep didn’t)

Moneyball -fell asleep immediately

Moneyball (After my nap I was fully able to enjoy it)

What’s your Number

Oceans 13 

Things that made Me Happy: seeing that the steward who moved really fast and looked a little but like a cartoon villain (medium height, slender build, really cue ball bald, buttoned up) was reading sheet music like it was a news paper.

Tiny Salt and Pepper Shakers also make me happy

Hong Kong airport:

Need a watch?  So. Many. Watches. 

I admit I feel shame at getting Starbucks during the layover.  There were other options, but I was tired and decided to buy the corporate standard.  I didn’t even get the Green Tea Frapuccino. I;m figuring I’ll have adventures when I land. Airports are odd places to be adventurous.

Things that made Me Happy: There were these stewardesses I’m guessing from a Saudi Arabian airline with hot pantsuits and kind of 50s pillbox hats with partial veils

Foreign Beauty Magazines also make me happy

Finally arrive in Singapore

Blue bayou playing in my cab as I leave the airport

Arrive at the Ritz.  Wow are they nice.

The View from my hotel room blew me away.

The view from my bathtub makes me really happy

Finally I must sleep as tomorrow is one of my two free days and I plan to make the most of it.

(Actually it’s now 2+ hours before I have to get up for work on Monday.  (I did take a many hour nap earlier but now the time stiff is all wonky.  If you want to see the rest of my photos they can be found here-http://www.flickr.com/photos/xoxoxtc/sets/72157629712115474/. I will now attempt to nap.



Fashion Tights That Feature a Man Climbing Up the Back Seam
Rusty Blazenhoff, laughingsquid.com

Climb­ing Up Tights are fash­ion tights designed by Turkey-based blog­ger Duygu Fidanoglu of Combo-Monster. These whim­si­cal tights show a man climb­ing up one of the back seams.

via Tracy Park­er


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