Hand Rubbed?

!!WARNING!!... This post may not be suitable for children!

I was sent this ad in my email today and I thought you might enjoy it. these photos were sent as one image but whom ever sent the ad sent it as separate files. The computer that I am using at work here does not have a photo editor (retarded) so I was unable to put it back together and that is how you see it before you. Sorry.

Do you see something rather comical about one of these photos?

Hand Rubbed?

Is that the best adjective they could use for a piece of meat that they are trying to sell you? Do I need to explain why this ad could tend to deture some people? No? Good! Actually when I think about it some more, it might also attract some people in the same sense.

I also wonder if the person designing the ad meant to do this for a laugh or two. "Hand Rubbed", "slow", "prime", "enjoy"! I may have actually used these words in a sentence myself before for a totally separate context. (I never said this blog was a family friendly operation)!

The George Orwell 1984 Game.

-Disclaimer- This is not a book review.

Instead, At the risk of confessing my lack of literary experience, I want to start by saying that I have never read the book, 1984, by George Orwell. I promise however that is in my agenda before I get to old to venture onto these pages.

I have always been fascinated by the amount of book cover designs that have been into circulation since the novels birth in 1949. Orwell, primarily known for two books, Animal farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty four (1949) has become one of the most prolific authors of the twentieth century.

But now back to the book designs. I remember sorting through my fiance's book collection to find a version of said book with a different cover than the one my father owned which I remember him reading while growing up. so I did a search. O.k. so it was not that extensive of a search but, I did Google quite a few key words and never came up with an exact amount of cover designs for the book. Nevertheless, I must know exactly how many have been in print.

I would like to do something different on this blog for today and play a little game with you. I ask the question; Can you tell me the exact number of book designs have been printed for George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four? If you know the answer, please comment back to this post. Also, please copy and paste the URL of the website where you found the answer. The winner will receive uh... hmm! Bragging rites? (Sorry Im a broke ho). Maybe I'll blog about you. Bonus points will be added if you can tell me the release date for each of the design prints.

Happy Hunting!

I had to talk about this wall paper. this is not a computer desktop wall paper but a wall paper for rooms in houses. I can't really fathom this style by Tom Hanke seems like you would have to put the wall paper up around the paintings and outlets. So was that picture up before he put the wall paper up or did it magically form around the picture when he hung it. Ok I know the answer to that.

actually I found out that this design is meant to be customized by the room that it is going in. By calculating all the dimensions and doorways, outlets, picture, etc., in a computer program, it is then ready to set.

This guy Tom Hanke has a few designs that follow the same instructions.

Photoshop junkies

Huh! Someone has found a way to graffiti up some penguins. Of course this is photoshoped (which is the easiest and fastest way to exploit and create slander or libel). But whatever there are no "real" journalists out there any way. So "libel away" as far as anyone is concerned.

Photoshop has been at the fore front of libel lawsuits since it's invent. Do we all remember the CBS photo that came out with Katy Curik where she appeared to be about ten pounds thinner. No one really could see the difference except her but she made a big deal out of it and, well, low and behold, the photographer (who thought he was doing her a favor) was held up in a law suite.

I think that if you put media in anyone's hands, like we do so commonly now a days, there should be some revisions to the libel and slander laws. Or better yet, how about this retarded idea; lets leave journalism to journalists. I get it we all can write. (or type for that matter) Your opinion is one thing, which by the way I probably don't care. maybe I do. Who knows. One the other hand who gave this dude a job. Photoshop junkies, you are playing god. Information is probably next to godliness if you think about it on a certain level. It has the power of persuasion. persuasion has the ability to create followers. Jesus had followers. Jesus was close to god.

Here is one of the best billboards I have seen to date except it is flawed. Ill get to that in a moment. The billboard is made out of a transparent resin that makes any object behind them appear blurred. So just imagine that you are in a mustang Even though you are probably not. The billboard symbolizes that you are going fast. So the blurriness is a depiction of what you might see if you were in a mustang.

The sheer look to this billboard is original and pleasing; however, the logo is too small. If it were a magazine arcticle, it would be perfect. However, when you are driving past at 70 mph, you don't notice the logo which is placed at the lower right-hand side. they should probably make it bigger without drawing attention away from the big picture which is essentially the message in the blurred background

Here's the assignment so I must partake. The digital Candy thermometer, I thought, was candy. You know, just like the Candy cigarettes (which aren't actually cigarettes) or Animal Crackers (which aren't actually Animals. Now that would actually be a good idea for candy. You know a thermometer is meant to be put in the mouth, so why not be able to suck on a tasty mock-up of one.

Well this is not the case. The term "Digital Candy" is actually a term used for the brand of a certain kind of thermometer. This actually reminds me of the headphones that I own called "Skull Candy". It is a pun, or perhaps a play on words. Digital thermometers go in your mouth, and candy goes in your mouth. what better way to get children to chomp down on a rather tasteless piece of plastic (not that you need to ruse children into it in the first place), but it is just catchy.

Not that this is in any way "sac-religious", It's pretty funny in a thought provoking ironic sort of way. If you are driving northbound on Binford Blvd. and 71st, you can catch a glimps of a large billboard promoting the new Sacred Spain exhibit at the IMA. In the billboard, is a picture of Jesus on the cross. Just behind that in the background sets a McDonnald's.

Am I just looking to deep into the surface of this one or am I right to think that there is some "below the surface" implement here. I look up to see the man who suposably died for our sins, and just bellow that is the very monumental structure that symbolizes one of our deadliest sins; gluttony.

If you actually view this at the right angle you can also see the bilboard just under the golden arches. This is even more strange because it appears as if Jesus in being hung on the Arches. Of course the irony here is that just above Jesus, the phrase "Over one billion served" is displayed.