Spotted in front of the Met

"And when the revolution comes, we'll storm their busses and give our own tours—for the people!"

Hot Cocks

If you need proof positive of the Grey Lady's blinders to anything outside of the City, look no further than the recent story about Huy Fong's sriracha. Just because New Yorkers are finally catching on to the joys of banh mi and pho (though, sadly, at the inflated NYC prices one comes to expect and not the depression prices I experienced out west) doesn't mean that the rest of the world doesn't know about them. As a newspaper that's trying to be a national presence, this seems a big oversight.

Here's one for the Times: Did you know that, in California, they have good Mexican food? Look into that.

"this creature scare out the shit of me:)"

Via.

Two Brands Enter, One Brand Leaves

On the endcap of the Fairway aisles back by the freezer cases, it was Operation that first caught my eye. Operation, by Kellog's. Operation, by Milton Bradley, by Kellog's. A game about a sick person, turned into a cereal. Wait, what?


Looking further, I noticed other companies involved in this cobranding clusterfuck: Mattel, Disney, Viacom (and those are just the brands that jump out at me). Again, I asked myself: breakfast cereal? Well, actually, no. Apparently these are fruit snacks: the Kellog brand extends beyond breakfast. Which, considering how strong the consumer association of Kellog with breakfast is, seems a particularlly odd decision.

In notionally related news, there's going to be a big-screen adaptation of Battleship, the game. Make of that what you will.

The Disease of (Burger) Kings

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Weiner may have had other health problems that contributed to his death.

"This person may have had other health problems earlier. We're trying to identify that," Bloomberg said.

But the wife of the city's first swine flu death disagreed. Bonnie Weiner said her husband did not have a preexisting condition that would make him more susceptible to the H1N1 virus.

"Gout would not affect severity of swine flu," she said.

I think the above illustrates nearly everything that's wrong about how Americans think about health. "Gout would not affect the severity of swine flu?" Maybe not. But the presence of an illness caused by dietary decisions don't bode well for someone's health, whether that illnesses directly affects one's susceptibility to a virus or not.

Solutions

Holy Crap!

Spike Jonze has another new movie coming out!



[And while I probably shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, I will say that the producers of this really missed some easy shots at Dave Eggers and Karen O. Just sayin'.]