Monthly Archives: December 2009

Palindromic Date

All palindromic fans should be looking forward to the second day of the new year in 2010.

That day is a palindromic date in standard American (mmddyyyy) format: 01-02-2010, expressed backwards as a date is precisely 01-02-2010.

The Grey Lady also presents some related puzzles for you math-do-gooders (Paging Doctor Mad DR2 aka the smartest guy I went high school with, seriously).

Highlights from a 1994 documentary about Wildwood, New Jersey. Things haven’t really changed it appears-just more hair gel and tanning. Highlights from the 1994

Animal Logo Sweater

Karl Grandin’s hideously great wool and cotton knit sweater is patterned with 180 corporate animal-shaped logos. Can you name all the brands?

Anti LA Baseball Hat

Genius fitted hat for LA haters. $100 here.

Book Display

Over 4,000 books were used in this installation titled “Enclosed Content Chatting Away in the Colour of Invisibility” by Anouk Kruithof.

Holiday Shirt

A shirt for the holidays by Designers Anonymous. If you spill some red wine on it, the shirt can be worn inside-out where it says “Emergency T-Shirt.”

Peter Andersson

Neat chairs with a bit of humor by Peter Andersson. As a chronic lean back-er when sitting in a chair, I particularly like Andersson’s “Tilt” chair.

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List of -Icle Words

For a holiday winter theme, The Awl presents a list of words ending in “-icle,” like icicle or….testicle.

85. listicle

84. cubicle

83. charticle

82. bernicle

81. funicle

80. reticle

[Hat tip: Monica!]

Andy Warhol’s Christmas Tree


Andy Warhol, 1958.

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Evan Blackwell

Evan Blackwell’s “Disposable Heroes” is a collection of busts made from common ordinary items, such as red Dixie cups and plastic forks.