sweepthesunshine: Rockstar Links&Things

Jim Davis likes Garfield Minus Garfield - Washingtonpost.com

Sat, 10 May 2008 05:09:00 -0400

When the Cat’s Away, Neurosis Is on Display - Washingtonpost.com

One of Walsh’s occasional readers is (Jim) Davis, who heard about the site a few months ago. The cartoonist calls the work “an inspired thing to do” and wishes to thank Walsh for enabling him to see another side of “Garfield.”

I had been told by a few people that Jim Davis was a pretty cool guy but after reading this interview my respect for him jumped through the roof, I still have a grin on my face.
Instead of reacting over-zealously and hitting me with a Cease & Desist order, Jim is down to earth enough to admit that there’s a laugh to be had from Garfield Minus Garfield and in fact he even thanks me for putting it together!

In an age when the internet gives everyone an opportunity to put their own spin on art, music and literature, it’s a pity more people aren’t as generous with their work - just imagine some of the fantastic creativity we could be enjoying.

(As my buddy Hashim on flickr can testify, I LOWVE the Garfield Without Garfield comic-strip. -Y)

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Malaysian woman can leave Islam

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:43:31 -0400

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Malaysian woman can leave Islam

"Things rare or things beautiful, here are wisely assembled, they instruct the eye to look at all..."

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:55:30 -0400

““Things rare or things beautiful, here are wisely assembled, they instruct the eye to look at all things in the world as if never seen before.” (Paul Valery)”

- Executive Team | Blurb

travors: inky: John Campbell Awh, precious old people.

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:21:41 -0400

travors:

inky:

John Campbell

Awh, precious old people.

Guys backflip into jeans (via HMan)

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:54:04 -0400

Guys backflip into jeans (via HMan)

You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you...

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:15:46 -0400

You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. (via diyosa)

(Because I need that quote so much these days, too. -Y)

(A friend of mine sent me this the other day. I have a tendency...

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:04:07 -0400

(A friend of mine sent me this the other day. I have a tendency to be difficult and argumentative sometimes, and convinced I am always right - depending on whom I’m speaking with - so he thought this was apposite. -Y)

Paishkash, by Parveen Shakir

Itnay achay mausam main
Rotna nahin acha
Haar jeet ki baathain
Kal pay hum uta rakkhain
Aaj dosti kar lain

BBC NEWS | Americas | Violinist plays for taxi driver

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:52:00 -0400

BBC NEWS | Americas | Violinist plays for taxi driver: See also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7385174.stm

"Some of our websites make us money, yes, money that puts food on our table, pays for preschool and..."

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:51:27 -0400

“Some of our websites make us money, yes, money that puts food on our table, pays for preschool and helps pay for utilities. Sometimes we even use this money to pay for more unnecessary things like computers or manicures or purple ceramic hippos, and this in particular is something people grab hold of to try and twist what we’re doing into something gross and ugly. And try as they might, I will not be discouraged from continuing to document the beauty of life with my family or supporting them with an income from doing so. Leta, some people will one day try to convince you that what I’ve done here is some sort of sickening betrayal of your childhood, and what those people fail to recognize is that I am doing the exact opposite. This is the glorification of your childhood, and even more than that this is a community of women coming together to make each other feel less alone. You are a part of this movement, you and all of the other kids whose mothers are sitting at home right now writing tirelessly about their experiences as mothers, the love and frustration and madness of it all. And I think one day you will look at all of this and pump your fist in the air.”

- from Newsletter: Month Fifty and Fifty-one | dooce ®

"Besides, exclamation points are the gateway drug to swearing, and next thing you know you’re..."

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:08:00 -0400

“Besides, exclamation points are the gateway drug to swearing, and next thing you know you’re in traffic yelling DAMMIT(!!!!) and then look who can’t take the sacrament on Sunday.”

- The blogger blogging her blog | dooce ®

(bwahahaha! highfive to the cutting-down of multiple exclamation points! [Emphasis mine.] -Y)

The Miniature Earth

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:31:06 -0400

The Miniature Earth: “The idea of reducing the world’s population to a community of only 100 people is very useful and important. It makes us easily understand the differences in the world.”

Bike Messengers Are on Crack (via a comment on flickr)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:19:07 -0400

Bike Messengers Are on Crack (via a comment on flickr)

via www.bendib.com

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:48:04 -0400

via www.bendib.com

Commute back from work (or a bit of it) on Flickr - Photo...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:32:38 -0400

Commute back from work (or a bit of it) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

(And another one! So rocking. -Y)

My commute to work on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (LOVE this, and...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:30:03 -0400

My commute to work on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

(LOVE this, and can’t stop laughing. Make sure you check out the camera-rig here! -Y)

"So now their crappy schools are refusing to take any more iMacs until we “fix” some..."

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:31:00 -0400

“So now their crappy schools are refusing to take any more iMacs until we “fix” some supposed “flaw” in our WiFi in Leopard. It’s just nuts. There’s nothing wrong with Leopard. It’s the greatest operating system ever made, by any company, on any computer, ever. It is absolutely perfect in every way. As for the New York school system, well, look. We tried to help these idiots. We reached out a hand and tried to lift them up. But they don’t want the help. They like being down in hell, using Windows machines. So fine. Good riddance, I say.”

- The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: I don’t heart New York

MoJo Photo Blog: Aryan Outfitters

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:24:13 -0400

MoJo Photo Blog: Aryan Outfitters: “Meet the Ku Klux Klan’s seamstress of hate couture.”

kottke.org interviews Jessica Hagy [of 'Indexed' fame]

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:52:36 -0400

kottke.org interviews Jessica Hagy [of 'Indexed' fame]

indexed

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:47:18 -0400

indexed

"But I’m going to tell you what my imagination tells me. It’s possible that those men..."

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:32:10 -0400

“But I’m going to tell you what my imagination tells me. It’s possible that those men were afraid. You see, the Jericho road is a dangerous road. I remember when Mrs. King and I were first in Jerusalem. We rented a car and drove from Jerusalem down to Jericho. And as soon as we got on that road, I said to my wife, ‘I can see why Jesus used this as the setting for his parable.’ It’s a winding, meandering road. It’s really conducive for ambushing. You start out in Jerusalem, which is about 1200 miles - or rather 1200 feet above sea level. And by the time you get down to Jericho, fifteen or twenty minutes later, you’re about 2200 feet below sea level. That’s a dangerous road. In the days of Jesus it came to be known as the ‘Bloody Pass.’ And you know, it’s possible that the priest and the Levite looked over that man on the ground and wondered if the robbers were still around. Or it’s possible that they felt that the man on the ground was merely faking. And he was acting like he had been robbed and hurt, in order to seize them over there, lure them there for quick and easy seizure. And so the first question that the priest asked - the first question that the Levite asked was, ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’”

- In Memoriam - Martin Luther King, Jr. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!