var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-1464826-6’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @somethingnormal)http://somethingnormal.com/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Swissmiss/~3/9IVjbzNjDNI/a-paper-record-player.html">A Paper Record Player Wedding Invitation</a>: <p>NYC based designer <a href="http://kellianderson.com/blog/2011/04/a-paper-record-player/">Kelli Anderson</a> created the most amazing wedding invitation in this universe: <a href="http://kellianderson.com/blog/2011/04/a-paper-record-player/">A Paper Record Player</a>:</p> <p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22306468" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe> </p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/22306468">Paper Record Player</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/kellianderson">kellianderson</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> <p>We here at…</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/4584203857http://somethingnormal.com/post/4584203857Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:19:49 -0400<a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/essex_county_spends_3m_to_brin.html">Essex County spends $3M to bring leopards, jaguars, cougars to Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange</a>: <p>Officials say $3M cost will pay off for the local economy by bringing in visitors</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/4513450730http://somethingnormal.com/post/4513450730Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:54:16 -0400<a href="http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=2617">A one-act play</a>: <p>This happened Wednesday night.</p> <p><strong>Me:</strong> Sorry we’re late…we hit a little traffic.<br/><strong>Guy selling me Craigslist Legos in a Burger King parking lot: </strong>Wow, you even look like him!<br/><strong>Me: </strong>Like who?<br/><strong>Guy:</strong> Well,…</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/3653360043http://somethingnormal.com/post/3653360043Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:24:06 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Swissmiss/~3/-Wmy4aLPHCA/10-lessons-for-young-designers.html">10 Lessons for young designers</a>: <p><a href="http://www.edwinhimself.com/blog/2010/09/01/10-lessons-for-young-designers-by-john-c-jay-of-wiedenkennedy/"><img src="http://www.swiss-miss.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/John-C-Jay-of-Wieden+Kennedy-480x351.jpg" alt="" title="John-C-Jay-of-Wieden+Kennedy" width="480" height="351"/></a></p> <p>These are some insightful and thought-provoking lessons from Wieden+Kennedy’s Executive Creative Director, John C Jay: <a href="http://www.edwinhimself.com/blog/2010/09/01/10-lessons-for-young-designers-by-john-c-jay-of-wiedenkennedy/">10 Lessons for young designers</a>.</p> <p>1: Be authentic. The most powerful…</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/3469286744http://somethingnormal.com/post/3469286744Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:09:44 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ICanHasCheezburger/~3/IRtc9PLZrwM/">I love you, couch.</a>: <p><img src="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/129201299591575850.jpg" title="funny pictures - I love you, couch. You understand me." alt="funny pictures - I love you, couch. You understand me." height="397px" width="500px"/></p> <p>I love you, couch. You understand me.</p> <p><a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/07/04/funny-pictures-son-of-ceiling-cat/">an couch luvz u 2, kitteh.</a></p> <br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/355638/"/></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=icanhascheezburger.com&blog=994826&post=355638&subd=icanhascheezburger&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1"/><div style="width:500px"> <div> <p>LoL by: </p> <p><a href="http://cheezburger.com/Winnie-Wonka/"><img src="http://images.cheezburger.com/avatarstore/7571/129385537043013475.jpg"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://cheezburger.com/Winnie-Wonka/">Winnie-Wonka</a></p> <div> <a href="http://cheezburger.com/Winnie-Wonka/Trophies"><img src="http://images.cheezburger.com/images/badges/i_made_the_homepage_tiny.png" alt="submitting a LOL that makes it to the homepage" width="20" height="20"/></a><a href="http://cheezburger.com/Winnie-Wonka/Trophies"><img src="http://images.cheezburger.com/ProductImage/fave4_fave/tiny.png" alt="Adding 250 Favorites" width="20" height="20"/></a><a href="http://cheezburger.com/Winnie-Wonka/Trophies"><img src="http://images.cheezburger.com/images/badges/ba_in_lolology_tiny.png" alt="submitting 50 LOLs." width="20" height="20"/></a> </div> </div> <div><p><img src="http://images.cheezburger.com/images/icon_camera.gif" width="14" height="10'"/></p></div> </div>http://somethingnormal.com/post/3327891964http://somethingnormal.com/post/3327891964Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:14:51 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13621757" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>7 months!</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/3215740185http://somethingnormal.com/post/3215740185Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:16:41 -0500<a href="http://kottke.org/11/02/did-usher-rip-off-homer-simpson">Did Usher rip off Homer Simpson?</a>: <p>Usher’s OMG sounds suspiciously close to a Christmas carol that Homer wrote in <a href="http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Dude,_Where%27s_My_Ranch%3F">an episode</a> of The Simpsons. Take a listen:</p> <p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xgCo5DVX3XQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0xFFFFFF&color2=0xFFFFFF&border=0" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="400" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p> <strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://kottke.org/tag/music">music</a> <a href="http://kottke.org/tag/The%20Simpsons">The Simpsons</a> <a href="http://kottke.org/tag/Usher">Usher</a> <a href="http://kottke.org/tag/video">video</a>http://somethingnormal.com/post/3194598805http://somethingnormal.com/post/3194598805Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:29:44 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7u4gvK8h1qz7mv6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Running out of room</b></p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/3151268833http://somethingnormal.com/post/3151268833Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:53:07 -0500<object width="400" height="292"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/JakeShimabukuro_2010-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JakeShimabukuro-BohemianRhapsody-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1063&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=jake_shimabukuro_plays_bohemian_rhapsody;year=2010;theme=live_music;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=spectacular_performance;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TED2010;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/JakeShimabukuro_2010-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JakeShimabukuro-BohemianRhapsody-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1063&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=jake_shimabukuro_plays_bohemian_rhapsody;year=2010;theme=live_music;theme=a_taste_of_ted2010;theme=spectacular_performance;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TED2010;"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><span>Ukulele warms the heart.</span></p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/2995137180http://somethingnormal.com/post/2995137180Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:49:36 -0500<a href="http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_101230_01">Photograph of Morrissey and his sister Jacqueline</a>: <p><em>30 December 2010</em></p> <div> <img src="http://true-to-you.net/files/pictures/morrissey_and_jacqueline_1.jpg" style="margin-top:1em;margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em" alt="Morrissey And Jacqueline (1)"/></div> <p>Morrissey aged 5, and his sister Jacqueline aged 6,<br/> at Albert Square in Old Trafford, Manchester, 1965.</p> <p><a href="http://true-to-you.net/files/pictures/morrissey_and_jacqueline_2.jpg">View a larger version</a></p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/2534730219http://somethingnormal.com/post/2534730219Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:10:25 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le5e63Zeu51qz7mv6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Snowflakes Under a Microscope</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/2499173450http://somethingnormal.com/post/2499173450Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:06:02 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldvtcsCh1y1qz7mv6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How did I miss this?</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/2430520564http://somethingnormal.com/post/2430520564Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:58:04 -0500<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/12/01/the-walking-dead-walks-away-from-entire-writing-staff/">'The Walking Dead' Walks Away from the Entire Writing Staff</a>: <p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-news/" rel="tag">TV News</a></p> <img border="1" hspace="4" alt="'The Walking Dead'" vspace="4" align="right" width="300" height="269" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2010/12/walking-dead.jpg"/>Do you ever find yourself watching TV and thinking “I could write that”? Or dreaming up new scenarios and dialogue for your favorite characters? Are…http://somethingnormal.com/post/2068016202http://somethingnormal.com/post/2068016202Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:12:50 -0500<p>Drinking coffee has not yet resulted in fast-forwarding the day to 6pm.</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/1660382688http://somethingnormal.com/post/1660382688Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:23:12 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc4v3hKBkA1qz7mv6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://somethingnormal.com/post/1618454296http://somethingnormal.com/post/1618454296Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:06:53 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItsLikeBensBlog/~3/34hH-0COV-E/regrets-of-the-dying.html">Regrets of the Dying</a>: <div> <p>Bronnie Ware works in pallitative care — with patients near the end of their life. In <a href="http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html">this post</a>, she writes powerfully about the the top regrets that have surfaced again and again from her…</p></div>http://somethingnormal.com/post/1618293447http://somethingnormal.com/post/1618293447Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:34:57 -0500<a href="http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20101117/UPDATES01/101117027/1005/RSS">Wis. man shoots TV over Bristol Palin routine on 'Dancing'</a>: <p>Authorities say a 67-year-old rural Wisconsin man enraged over Bristol Palin’s “Dancing with the Stars” routine blasted his television with a shotgun, leading to an overnight standoff with a SWAT…</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/1602095607http://somethingnormal.com/post/1602095607Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:46:37 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/design-milk/~3/i8ErCiGAZoU/">Birdie Shelf by Hiroshi Kawano</a>: <p><img title="birdie-wall-shelf" src="http://design-milk.com/images/2010/11/birdie-wall-shelf.jpg" alt="birdie wall shelf" width="500" height="321"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.ex-t.it/index.php?file=onearticoli&form_id_cat_articoli=16&form_id_articoli=214">Birdie</a> is a wall shelf designed by <a href="http://www.hiroshikawanodesign.jp">Hiroshi Kawano</a>.</p> <br/><em>Discover more great design by following Design Milk on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/designmilk">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/designmilk">Facebook</a>!</em><hr><small>© 2010 <a href="http://design-milk.com">Design Milk</a> | Posted by Jaime in <a href="http://design-milk.com/category/home-furnishings/" title="View all posts in Home Furnishings" rel="category tag">Home…</a></small>http://somethingnormal.com/post/1591875007http://somethingnormal.com/post/1591875007Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:10:26 -0500<p>Third papercut in three days. Going for four!</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/1535355957http://somethingnormal.com/post/1535355957Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:28:56 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/abq8lERk_yc/google-bonus-and-raise-2010-11">Google Gives All Employees Surprise $1,000 Cash Bonus And 10% Raise</a>: <p><img src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4ac21e8022a3e30909555c3a/eric-schmidt-hands-togetherjpg.jpg" border="0" alt="eric-schmidt-hands-together.jpg"/></p> <p>Google has given all of its employees $1,000 cash “holiday bonuses” and 2011 salary increases of at least 10%, a loyal reader tells us.</p> <p>The 10% company-wide raise will take effect on January…</p>http://somethingnormal.com/post/1534589534http://somethingnormal.com/post/1534589534Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:02:30 -0500