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Thought for the week  <<

        John McCain v Barack Obama

    For anyone that didn't know. John McCain was 

    at the bottom of his military class at Annapolis,

    but still got to pilot a fighter plan due to 

    his father's connections. He is the son and

    the grandson of admirals. He finished

    894 of 899 in his graduating class. Despite 

    crashing five aircrafts, John McCain was never 

    disciplined. And son-of-single-mother Obama

    is, of course, the privileged elitist.

Lightning rod?

30k tune-up time

Man, things sure had more woodgrain back in the day.

Yes, that's an oatmeal sandwich...

Fort mchenry

DRANK

This is a funny review, for the 'legal alternative' purple stuff.

"When I mixed a drink of Drank with vodka and drank that Drank drink, I didn't feel anything."

Luckily I have a patch kit!!!

PS1!

Parkin' on the sidewalk styleee

I can't help it! This cracks me up!1!

I mean, I know I'm not supposed to analyze this but... What the hell is that dude doing hugging a Panda? He looks just like some dude, did he jump into the cage? Regardless, it is a tender embrace. lol


more cat pictures

Towa Towa

So apparently NYC's Guyanese population has these singing bird competitions... Bets are placed and the best song wins! Unfortunately people were caught trying to smuggle birds (never good), but compared to cock/dog fighting, this is a more interesting animal contest (since it seems like it might be pretty subjective?).
Bird smugglers caught at JFK

These are nice, United Arrows x Vans

Untitled

NOOOOOOOOOO, This is terrible!!!

K-Swift, a hugely popular and influential DJ in Baltimore died in an accident at her home. This is pretty tragic and sad, and she will be missed!

Baltimore Club scene loses voice, Baltimore Sun

Live from waterfest, where it is hot like fire!

".mac login failed" sync problem solution!!

After 2 days of fighting with my computer, I achieved sync!! This worked for me...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1600540&tstart=0

yuko is semi famous?

Hour 6, omfg, apparently some servers crashed :-/

3 hour update

So I guess people do want the new iPhone! Jeez! I'm 1.5 blocks away...

Fireworks, stomped by Tony

WALL-E

I saw WALL-E the other day with Y and T. It was an astounding film that can't be recommended highly enough, and one of my favorite Pixar movies. The first half is particularly remarkable. Somehow Andrew Stanton managed to make a dystopian future sci-fi movie that everyone can enjoy. It should win Best Picture, it is a masterpiece of film making. 

The huge corporation in the movie BuyNLarge even has a pretty complete supporting website, complete with products to buy. Certain aspects of WALL-E reminded me of the future in Idiocracy, a very funny and biting satire of our potential future and/or present. 

Muppets funny!

ERIK DEN BREEJEN: Throwaway Lines Often Ring True

I work with Erik at David Zwirner, and he has a solo show at Freight + Volume that just opened yesterday. I like his stuff, it's all music/lyric related layered text, and you should check it out if you are in the Chelsea area. [He's also in a kick ass Psychedelic rock band called Acid Canyon, listen to their songs.]

Instant Club Hit

A small update: instantclubhit.com

the view at jackson diner, with papadum

the view at jackson diner, with papadum, originally uploaded by yuko 'n sherlock.

Stopped by Jackon Diner on the way back from a shoot, and scored some primo parking!

The pack of mutant black squirrels that are giving Britain's grey population a taste of their own medicine

UH-OH!

Volkswagen Type II, blind selection

These are some cool ass VW bus toys from Japan, in the classic 'blind selection' box. I'd love to rock one of these, but they are getting more rare and expensive by the day - so for now I'll settle with the 1/56.

Biking Update

So I think I'm getting the hang of the biking thing...I did 3 rides into the city in a week, for about 40 miles total. My legs are sore but not as bad as I would have imagined, and I have no more moments of weakness on the bridge. It's an extremely satisfying feeling to get around under your own power, and I have beaten Y's 'subway vs bike race home' a few times. I have been plotting my routes using the G-Map Pedometer - a great resource for figuring out mileage. This day was a ride to work at DZ in the morning (mid-town sucks, I haven't yet found the ideal route across town) a trip to an opening at the drawing center in Soho, a meal at a pretty decent cuban place whose name escapes me, and a ride home. 15.7 miles in total.

Super-High Me

We can only hope the apocalypse is this kick ass.

VBS: The Vice guide to North Korea

A video series worth watching... man what a weird, sad place! I'm not sure if I would risk myself to film all this stuff, and I'm not sure how they got away some of this footage.

VBS: The Vice guide to North Korea

Got the bike on the road!

I bought this bike on ebay at the beginning of winter, it is a 1989 Cannondale 'Black Lightning'. It is a special edition color, and it is supposed to have all black components...I'm kind of glad it isn't complete (and kind of beat up) though, I'm already nervous about locking it up on the street. I finally put the new tires on (Continental Gatorskins, MUCH better than the old ass tires that were on there) and went for a real ride - from Sunnyside in Queens to Chelsea to meet with Y. I hope to ride to work at the gallery in Chelsea frequently, and after the trial run it seems very possible that I will be able to do it. It should take about 40 minutes, about how long the train ride is on a good day. I have little experience with road bikes, and this 13 mile round trip was by far my longest ride. I had to walk a little on the Queensboro bridge, the full mile uphill was rough! I'm also getting used to dealing with traffic, it's completely different from walking and driving, and it is actually kind of fun.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore Beach Access

I went on family vacations to Hatteras Island for many years. I have very fond memories of driving on the beach, finding the perfect spot and pretty much having your own space on the beach. My dad is a surfer, and he spends some time there every summer - I haven't been back in years, but I would love to. He forwarded me this website, and he has been telling me about this proposal for a while...the Audubon society, and North Carolina Park Service, are trying to ban most beach driving (and beach access in general), to protect Piping Plover and sea turtle breeding grounds. I'm sort of conflicted about this, because I'm all for birds, conservation of habitat, etc, but I feel like there could be a compromise worked out that would keep the beach accessible. This whole chain of islands is seriously threatened by rising sea levels and climate change, so people and animals should try to share until it is lost to both. 

Even if you haven't been to Cape Hatteras, send a 'plea cast' to help keep the beaches open.

Instructions for every LEGO set, ever!

The Brickfactory site is a little 'old school', but that is easily forgiven since this is such a complete collection! I really need to dig mine out of the parents attic and get to building. This is a page from the 1980 catalog, I have a couple sets from this year.

Over-the-top Jacket Edition

Cool, but too much I think. Stall & Dean has lots of other nice stuff though!

It's been a while: links edition

Old school 80's Group B Rallye - TOO HOT!!

- AND SOME -

Weird ass Garfield joints:
Lasagna Cat
[really, it's worth a look]