Awww... and packing.

Just when you think you've lived in Brooklyn long enough to hate all of human kind, ya happen upon adorable sh*t like this.

The reason I was googling "patterned tape" in the first place is because Matt and I need a solution for packing that will make it easy for "the movers" (ie. our family and friends) to identify boxes destined for Manhattan versus boxes doomed to a year of storage before we, as Jack Donaghy would say, "flee to the Cleve"

heh.

Anyhoo, look at these fun (and like many fun things, overpriced and impractical) tapes:

(available at TapeSwell.com)

(available at Amazon)

(you had me at "Happy Tape")

... aaaand evidently I was not the first to come up with this idea.

Alas, I think we'll go with something that is available at a local store - like that colored duct tape, perhaps. (Otherwise, we'd probably double the price with shipping costs.) But if anyone has a good idea for this patterned stuff, let me know! It would be a fun way to mail a gift package, right? Or just wrap a present in general. I'm picturing a box wrapped in newspaper or plain craft paper with some of that "happy tape" wrapped around it like ribbon. On the top of the box you could "draw" a bow with pieces of the tape. Notice I am thinking about this as opposed to packing. Have I mentioned my procrastination problem?

Uncanny!

I had been in full agreement with Matt that, despite the opinion of one child in the library, he in no way resembles a dolphin ... until now!

{Pink dolphin appears in US lake}

Hey Iraq, you've just been Matt Stock'd

The images seen below have recently surfaced.

At first glance this looks like nothing more than a photo of a helicopter and a wall, but when you look closer there is that suspicious dark smudge there ...
And here is another photo, this time of a wheel, presumably of the helicopter seen in the previous one.  And there is that smuged again, although this time with a bit more detail ... what could it be?
Here is a photo of that smudge on the wall.  I think it might just be a face!  But why would a face be there.
Okay, so it is definetly a face.  And according to the caption, its in Iraq!  So this is what has been happening - my pal Logan has been stationed over in Iraq for too long.  Apparently, he got bored, and decided that what the country really needed was more Matt Stock.  I cant say that I disagree. 

Here is the template that Logan used for this little project.  I think I turned out rather well! I think this would make a rather nice tattoo.  In fact, I may be willing to pay for said tattoo if you would like to get it... 

Thank you Logan!  And get back soon!

Radiology Eye Candy for Nerds

*Sigh* I love this!


Inside The Jaymis: Skeleton Animation - Wide Time from Jaymis on Vimeo.


Inside The Jaymis: Squishy Bits Version from Jaymis on Vimeo.

(Via MAKE and Create Digital Motion)

Have a great weekend!

I look like who??!

What follows is a list of people whom I've been told that I look like, and my reactions to said doppelgangers. NOTE - Battlestar Galactica spoilers lie ahead!!!

Nicholas II of Russia

Alright, so this guys official title was "Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias." If you were to tell me his official title, and not show me his picture, I would say that I definitely look like him. An older Russian patron in Rego Park told me that I look like him.

Jack Black of Tenacious D

There was a couple of years when I was constantly compared to this guy. I must have been the perfect weight ("awesomely plump") and had a beard of just the right length ("awesomely sparse") during this time. I estimate that this period occurred sometime around the release and critical acclaim of School of Rock, for which I believe Mr. Black earned an academy award.

Jesus Christ of Nazareth

Yeah, this is a funny story. So a youngish kid comes up to me one day, and after a few awkward seconds of him gazing at me, he goes "are you a Christian?" Now, I'm not entirely comfortable answering this question because A] I'm at work, B] he's a kid and I don't want to mold his pliable mind, and C] he's gazing at me. I answer his question with a question of my own - "Why do you think I'm a Christian?" He answers, "well because ... " and motions scratching an invisible beard. So yeah, I look Christian because I have a beard, never mind that Hasidic Jewish gentlemen also have beards, as do many Muslim guys.

Chief Tyrol of Galactica

So hear is a great example of how JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A BEARD DOESN'T MEAN I LOOK LIKE OTHER PEOPLE WITH BEARDS! I don't really see the resemblance here, but I have it on good word that I look like this guy. But seriously, I could do worse - Chief Tyrol is a great character on Battlestar Galactica, even though he may or may not be one of the Final Five! Oh crap I forgot to insert the ::SPOILER ALERT::!!!

Dolphin of the Ocean

So a few days ago, I was locating some dolphin books for a kid, when another little angel came up to us and goes to me, "you look like a dolphin!" Well, this was definitely a first. But I reacted like any typical 26 year old guy would. I started shrieking in a high pitched voice "I AM NOT A DOLPHIN - I AM MANNNNN!"

The End.

How to cook a piece of toast:

No, I am not about to give you cooking advice.  And be glad for it.  I actually burned hard boiled eggs yesterday in what we will now refer to as "The Hard Boiled Egg Incident."  Luckily, no one was harmed.  Anyway, don't take your toast making advice from me, take it from this very clever New Zealand Lottery print ad:

(Ads of the World via bad banana)

Hilarious.  

Wait ... What?

Who got to decide that flag football was to be the official sport of the McDonald's Third Pounder?