Comic for Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Posted: 8:00 am, Thursday, April 3rd

This strip was born of the fact that I couldn't believe it's been eight years since I first saw this website. That is all.

Whereas yesterday I lost a bunch of links for you guys, today I just didn't manage to scrounge many up. We took to celebrating 2.0's ending unemployment with a very long walk yesterday, which got us to both the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and also the libary. Not a lot going on at the Botanic Garden as of yet, but we had the place to ourselves, which was pretty awesome. I got a CSS book out of the library, and 2.0 got a bunch of cookbooks, which is a good idea from her mom, actually. We also had a nice celebratory dinner at Applewood, complete with my first taste of goat, and a maple Manhattan, which was absolutely freaking awesome. I'm not even a big Manhattan guy, either, but that thing was fantastic.

Our trek did not contain the Brooklyn Museum, because the new Murakami show isn't up 'til this weekend. (Not that we're like mega Murakami fans, but it's so bright and colorful! I mean, yow.)(By the way, expect to see a lot of that blog in the future. From their About Us page, "HighSnobiety has grown into one of the most read urban fashion and sneaker websites on the internet." Are you guys aware of the sneaker freaks out there? Kids who wait all night outside of high-end sneaker shops for the release of maybe something like five pair of designer - and unfailingly hideous - sneakers? I can't tell if I'm attracted or repulsed to these people, but I'm totally fascinated by them. It's one of those things I'd love to work into the strip, but I have absolutely no idea how to. The closest character to that sort of lifestyle would be Lissa, but she's not the sort to tromp around in goofy sneakers. Also, I'd need to know one of these people, and I wouldn't even know how to begin a conversation with them. Anyway.)

Sox are up and rolling, and I've finally figured out where MLB's site redesign hides all the daily video recaps, so that's fun. Also, ellos creen over there in Kansas City right now. I didn't figure we'd see a shutout of the Tigers anytime soon, but, wow.

Interesting-if-you're-me article from the Times about the typography of Barack Obama's campaign. I actually had a problem with it when I saw the homeboy speak back in ... whenever the hell that was, because I think at the time, there were a lot of different fonts/sizes/colors going on. And I've grown to love the sunrise O, but my initial misgivings about the difficulty of reproducing it have not gone away, because I tried making signs by hand before the NY primary, and it was not easy. The best is that at the end of the column, a shot is taken at Comic Sans, possibly the most-reviled font out there (although Papyrus is easily the most overused).

Alright, carry on. We're off to... Well, hell, I don't know what's going on today, exactly. Same as every day! (Oh, and a happy b-day to KT, if the countdown on her Google messages has been correct.)

bullfrog

Bullfrog -- Thursday, April 3 2008, 08:17 am

Sweet find by Baseball Digest Daily - Branch Rickey's scouting report on Don Dryesdale. He can really throw that ball.

http://blog.baseballdigestdaily.com/blog/_archives/2008/4/2/3616395.html

Thanks, Bullfrog! I'm officially old now. Weird, I don't feel any different than yesterday... Except I have a rocking Karaoke party scheduled for tonight to celebrate. Im a classy gal, what can I say?

The latest ridiculously expensive New York food, a baked potato for $55 (it's loaded with truffles n' such, to justify its price).

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2008/04/03/2008-04-03_new_flatiron_eaterys_starchy_treat_with_-1.html

I don't know if any of the Romies remember this, but there was a salmon baked potato at Mad Jack's near the Arenula that was just fucking outstanding. Probably the best baked potato I've had in my lifetime.

I know I've got at least one insane Wire fan in the room, so here's a book from one of the writers of that show, which the AV Club liked a whole lot:

http://www.avclub.com/content/words/lush_life

I would dearly love a baked potato now.

"Obama Mobile?" They're selling Obama cell phones now?

2,000 fonts in my file and none of them is Gotham. *Sigh*

Although personally, my favorite fonts are the Shelly cursive fonts (Shelly Allegro, Andante, etc.), great for wedding invitations.

I actually have a cousin who is one of those sneaker freaks. He's currently trying to get a loan to open his own sneaker store on Long Island that sells "high-end" sneakers. Apparently you have to get the good stuff online and there aren't too many stores. And I guess Nike makes the nicer ones but they won't even talk to you about selling their sneaks until you already have a store up and running. So much for the grassroots, mom and pop high-end sneaker store.....

Love Applewood.

I saw the Murakami exhibit in L.A. over Christmas. It was . . . the cartoon equivalent of the Cai Guo-Qiang show at the Guggenheim, maybe: eye-popping spectacle with an underlying sense of menace that I wasn't sure how sure to take seriously, with that uncertainty increasing the sense of menace overall. And thought-provoking about what is art, how is it made and manufactured, all that good stuff. It was certainly the first exhibition I've been to with a Louis Vuitton boutique set up inside.

We saw some Cai out at SFMoMA a few years back - no, wait, at the Hirschorn in DC a few years back, and I dig that guy.

I can't believe this, Ted's Head, but I actually knew that about Nike's kind of dickish policies about who gets their good stuff and who doesn't. I think your cousin should hook you up once we gets going - the idea of you in gold lame kicks with bright yellow and pink Swooshes is priceless.

I made the New York Times!

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-usa-economy-jobless.html

Suck it, Detroit.

There's that sportsmanship.