Given that Legos were a big theme this Christmas, it only seems right to share this work by the Lego-obsessed artist Marco Pece. BitRebels has the scoop on his collection recreating the classic works of art (Pece has put the photos on Flickr as well), and if you’re into that kind of thing, you’ll dig …
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Matt Gross: Resolution Expert!
Matt Gross–cheap traveler, hipster douchebag, loving father and husband, and now, a new role: arch-prognosticator. Matt recently appeared in a video over at DadLabs as part of a panel of “New Year’s Resolution Experts.” Experts! Do they have degrees in New Year’s resolutions perchance? Or are they just good at resolving to lose weight and work …
SpongeBob, Super Martian Robot Girl, and Other Mysterious Phenomena
In fatherhood, there are many mysteries. Inexplicable circumstances. Things that make me just throw up my hands and say: WTF?!? Like my wife’s sudden predilection for sketching SpongeBob SquarePants. It began on the flight to L.A., when Jean, stuck watching Nickelodeon on her seat-back screen, discovered the strange yellow kitchen cleanser. Not for the first …
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The Fun Things in Life (and death)
I’m writing this post on Monday night, just after I’ve had my last bite of food before that thrilling ritual that parents (and others) get to enjoy: fasting for a life insurance physical. Isn’t that fun? There’s both the pleasant and the unnerving in taking out a policy on your life. First, it assumes you …