Friday Ephemera
Beautiful tornado. (h/t, Steynian) // Even monsters need a tea-break. // Gentlemen’s magazines of the 50s and 60s. // Tilt-shift sports coverage. // Light painting. // Calculating pi. // Prefabricated housing. // Rooftop gardens. // Whiskey stones. When ice just won’t do. // Mosque bling. // The mysteries of condom testing. // Dishwasher of note. // The DJ pedestal. // Reduce your odds of dying in a plane crash. // Toilet signage. // Wim Delvoye’s Anal Kisses. // The Antarctic Film Festival. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s Scala and the Kolacny Brothers.
The tornado clip IS actually beautiful. It’s like a painting.
I like the roof gardens too.
http://www.oobject.com/12-stunning-rooftop-gardens/waldspirale-2/5600/
On the plane crash chart it says the odds of dying from blogging are 35,000,000:1.
Hm. Only slightly less likely than being mauled by a mountain lion. I’ll be extra careful, just in case.
I want a subscription to “Cabaret” magazine.
http://www.stagmags.com/C-to-D/Cabaret/imagepages/image19.php
“Man’s Conquest” looks like a gripping read.
http://www.stagmags.com/L-to-M/Mans-Conquest/imagepages/image3.php
Though if you called a contemporary magazine “Man to Man,” “All Man” or “Dude,” you’d be reaching a very different audience.
re: whiskey stones (or whisky stones, if you’re drinking scotch):
My wife just said that would truly be whisky on the rocks.
I chew on my ice. Whiskey Stones would be a bad idea…
The Soapstone used to make Whiskey Stones is a form of Asbestos.