My Elvis Blackout by Simon Crump.
I bought this book many years ago (pub. 2000) and recently rediscovered it whilst unpacking. It's a wonderful take on the Elvis myth, full of insanity and depravity. It's sort of a collection of alternative realities and situations that the quantum Elvis may have inhabited. Reminds me of Bill Drummond and Mark Manning's brilliant Bad Wisdom, which also has an underlying Elvis theme.
Love it, and due a rereading - soon.
Once upon a time it was enough to state whether the chocolate was Milk or Dark. Then you needed to state the cocoa content, then where it came from.
But that's no longer enough. Now to be taken seriously you need micro details and infographics to prove you know your stuff.
I'm pretty geekish about many things but this encouragement to embrace the geek feels too fake.
All that said this chocolate from the Danish company Summerbird is darn good.
Many years ago I was working with a few guys and we came up with the idea of mapping Project Managers to birds, but to be honest it works for any manager. Here it is 'The Ornithology of Managers'.
The Woodpecker - stands beside you constantly pestering you and asking 'is it done yet'.
The Albatross - circles way up yonder, crapping in your eye whenever you look up to see where they are.
The Kiwi - arrives from a far off place and is barely recognizable in form or function.
The Seagull - swoops in depositing shit all over the place.
The Penguin - fucking useless, but makes you smile.
The Lovebird - thinks that flattery and getting up close and personal will bend you to their will.
The Peregrine Falcon - moves so fast that you didn't see them coming and now you’re totally fucked.
The Christmas Turkey - stuffed by the new year.
The Robin - small plucky and very territorial, will fight to the death before backing down.
The Tawny Owl - wise and serene but merciless when it matters.
The Vulture - flys in at the end and strips you down to the bone.
The Peacock - struts around making a lot of noise about who they are.
And lastly The Ostrich - yep you guessed it, buries their head in the sand until everything goes wrong, at which point they turn and run like the wind.
Did you spot anyone familiar in the list above?
The seagull painting cover image is by eastwitching http://etsy.me/1kj9As0
Sweden falls into worm hole and travels back 30 years time (at least for the summer anyway)
Poor blighters can no longer afford Photoshop. Having to do their photo comps with MS Paint. Oh the humanity
Saw this on the Poke. It's a great litany and it should be learnt and practiced every night before bed.
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/03/24/motivational-poster-nsfw/
