Rusty Blazenhoff
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Alameda, CA, United States
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Retired educator teaches youth geometry and math through quilting, and they love it
Who said that you’d never use math in real life? The Rock Paper Scissors Collective art and community studio in downtown Oakland, California is offering a unique internship… → Read More
Pus*y-flavored kettle chips
Chazz, an unconventional baked chips company based in Lithuania, wants people to talk, date, and bone over practicing abstinence. Quoting research that says “millennials are having 3 times le… → Read More
Scottish town turns kids' art turned into Christmas street lights
Every fall, the small town of Newburgh in southern Scotland holds a competition for its school-age children to create unique Christmas decorations. The winning design is transformed into LED lights… → Read More
Watch The Three Stooges yuk it up in these Christmas clips
When I was a kid, my dad would sit in front of the TV and howl at the slapstick antics of The Three Stooges. Not sure what got me thinking about these eye-jabbing comedic heroes but I recently fell… → Read More
Hip-hop septuagenarians Pete & Bas know how to party on Christmas
If there was ever a time for subtitles, it’s for Pete & Bas’ “You Know It’s Christmas.” As the story goes, these blokes got into hip hop later in life and have bee… → Read More
Cancer survivor turns his CT scans into a music video
Testicular cancer is now in the rearview mirror for Justin Wright, a composer and cellist in Canada. But during chemotherapy earlier this year, he thought to turn his diagnostic CT scan slices into… → Read More
The new and laughably bad Twitter Blue logo
Twitter Blue, Elon’s newly relaunched subscription service to buy one’s way into a blue checkmark, now has a logo. Look, I take no pleasure in ripping apart anyone’s design work b… → Read More
The green-with-envy story of how Pee-wee Herman got his own Chia Pet
Pee-wee Herman announced today that there’s a Chia Pet in his likeness, and gave the funny story of how envy drove him to seek out getting his own. Seems he got an Elvira Chia Pet as a gift l… → Read More
Hot Pockets made cargo shorts with literal hot pockets
Hot Pockets is known for its heat-and-eat snacks, and now the brand is taking that concept to a new level with a line of winter apparel. In collaboration with the Columbus Fashion Alliance, Hot Poc… → Read More
Explore a library of disappearing and extinct sounds at Obsolete Sounds
Obsolete Sounds is described as the “world’s biggest collection of disappearing sounds and sounds that have become extinct.” This new project from Cities & Memory, a global sound remix co… → Read More
Got to admire this author's hustle: selling and signing his own books outside of Powell's
This is J. Crockett, author and world-class hustler. On my recent visit to Portland, Oregon, I was walking out of Powell’s City of Books and heard someone ask, “Miss, who is your favori… → Read More
Mike Bennett's Snow Day is a cool holiday pop-up in downtown Portland, Oregon
I stumbled upon Mike Bennett’s Snow Day pop-up shop on a recent visit to Portland, Oregon. I wasn’t previously familiar with the artist, but I spent a long time in there admiring his wo… → Read More
USPS Operation Santa program lets people respond to kids' Santa letters with gifts
USPS Operation Santa is a popular 110-year-old program that allows volunteers to adopt a kid’s letter to Santa as a way “to help children and families have a magical holiday when they o… → Read More
Old but gold: The Sunscreen Song
This hits different now that I’m middle-aged. Remember when Baz Luhrmann made a spoken word song set to Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich’s hypothetical commencement speech/essay f… → Read More
New lanterns in San Francisco's Chinatown honor community's cultural icons and history
Lantern Stories is a cool new outdoor public artwork by Yu-Wen Wu in San Francisco’s Chinatown that celebrates Asian culture. I stumbled upon it the other night. Over the long weekend, my dea… → Read More
Pee-wee's Playhouse actor John Paragon laid to rest in a fitting urn, a "Jambi the Genie" Box
Long live Jambi. John Paragon, who passed in 2021, has been laid to his eternal rest. A small private service was held this week at Hollywood Forever Cemetery for the actor and comedian who, most f… → Read More
'Where the Wild Things Are' is Brooklyn Public Library's 'most borrowed' book
The Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating its 125th birthday with a list of its 125 most checked-out books in its history. The countdown started on October 27 with #125, Judy Blume’s Are you… → Read More
Emily Post's great-great grandchildren bring her book on etiquette up to today's more inclusive standards
Ever have trouble getting someone’s pronouns right? Or understanding the rules for hugging in a Covid/post-#MeToo world? Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning have got you covered. They are kee… → Read More
Bigger is better: Artist Ari Bird supersizes ordinary objects to fantastic effect
This is my long overdue appreciation post for Ari Bird. Her art supersizes ordinary objects—bread clips, cigarettes, trucker sunglasses, and, well, go look! Ari nails “giant novelty.… → Read More
Lunar eclipse beautifully captured in composite image
Andrew McCarthy of Cosmic Background bought his first telescope in 2017. Now he is a full-time astrophotographer working out of his backyard in Arizona. On November 8, he captured this incredible c… → Read More