show me your fanny pack, i'll show you my fanny

come on and get it (up in dem guts) by zach galifianakis, featuring fiona apple

something to lift your spirits this monday.

Every year, approximately 7 percent of us will be afflicted to some degree by the awful mental state that William Styron described as a “gray drizzle of horror . . . a storm of murk.” Obsessed with our pain, we will retreat from everything. We will stop eating, unless we start eating too much. Sex will lose its appeal; sleep will become a frustrating pursuit. We will always be tired, even though we will do less and less. We will think a lot about death. (via)

jk, it will make you feel worse. or will it? whom knows.

what is the MTA spending their pennies on?

they can raise my fares all they want as long as they spend it on puppies!

You’ve heard of the Six Million Dollar Man. How about the Six Thousand Dollar Dog?

That’s how much the Metropolitan Transportation Authority pays for each of its elite, highly trained, drug-sniffing, crime-fighting German Shepherds.

The dogs travel around the mass transit system with a police officer companion, checking out unattended packages and chasing down criminals. Something tells us they would eat Westminster’s Sadie for dessert.

The transportation authority police, who patrol the region’s buses and rails, have 45 of the perp-busting canines. The New York Police Department has 86 dogs, and the Port Authority police keep 46 on hand, officials said.

Last month, the authority’s board approved the purchase of six additional dogs at a cost of $35,800 (some training included). The dogs, which will replace older dogs “that have been retired due to age and health issues,” were bought from Connecticut Canine Services, a training center with dozens of municipal clients along the Eastern Seaboard. (via)

nErD aLeRt again!

ARO and dlandstudio. lower manhattan.

barry bergdoll, curator of MoMA's architecture and design collection (and author of one of my books from george doddz'sz's class), assigned 5 low-lying areas around new york harbor to a handful of landscape architecture firms, with the hope of spawning some innovative new ways of thinking about rising water levels (jic global warming is real).

they are fun!

LTL architects. ellis island, statue of liberty, etc.

scape/landscape architecture. gowanus.

nErD aLeRt!

philadelphia firm kieran timberlake just won the design competition for the new US embassy in london. it's going to cost a billion dollhairs, but is totally worth it, because it comes with a moat.

some other notable american firms submitted designs as well. wanna see?

richard meier

morphosis

pei cobb freed

which one do you like best? not that it even matters. and check this out:

The British architect Richard Rogers and Peter Palumbo, a British arts patron and chairman of the Pritzker Prize, submitted a “minority report” in which they told the United States State Department — which commissioned the project — that the design was “not world class and was unfit to represent the U.S. in Britain.” (via)

a-burn.

look at my freakin' phone.

what do you think it's discovering?

get out the way, a baby ate a penny.

and speaking of UT...

congrats to the basketvols for taking those kentucky mildkatz down a notch.

Big Game Bruce Pearl has won a lot of games in five seasons as the coach at Tennessee -- but more specifically, he has taken down a lot of high-flying teams as the coach at Tennessee. Playing his Volunteers is hazardous to your ranking. (via)

in kancer news...

some of rob's knoxville friends painted the rock in his honor!