this is the tumblr of Eric Spiegelman ericspiegelman (at) the gmails Pals:AaronBashir & DialloDanaDaveMarkMogleMollsTumblr (3.0; @spiegelman)http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kthkjxC7fQ1qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/252442476http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/252442476Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:09:14 -0800<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktffb7TJie1qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>He meant, “$5K Increase.”</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/251132394http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/251132394Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:07 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tXsoDx9s0j0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tXsoDx9s0j0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“The Catch”</p> <p>This video would go much more viral if Polamalu tackled the shit out of him.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/251126248http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/251126248Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:13:38 -0800<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/nyregion/20metrocard.html?hp">optimism</a>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/250498999http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/250498999Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:39:56 -0800<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdk0jlL341qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://shirtdress.tumblr.com/">Erika Brooks Adickman</a>, the mind behind <a href="http://www.youtube.com/eja217">this</a>, <a href="http://beverlyhillswhatathrill.tumblr.com/">this</a>, part of <a href="http://myparentsjoinedfacebook.com/">this</a>, and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/popwaffle">these</a>, made an Old Jews Telling Jokes tribute!  This shall be framed and displayed prominently at OJTJ HQ.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/249977445http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/249977445Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:07:31 -0800<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdfdfiIkB1qz7x4so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I just shed a tear.  A tear of joy.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/249893680http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/249893680Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:00 -0800“If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Sarah Palin, <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2235917/">page 133 </a></p> <p>(via <a href="http://elpasajero.tumblr.com/">elpasajero</a>)</p></em>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/248894988http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/248894988Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:55:34 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/THoSB8pexCI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/THoSB8pexCI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The awesome magic book return robot sorter thing at the new Silver Lake Library.</p> <p>(<a href="http://laist.com/2009/11/16/photos_silver_lake_library_opens_to.php?gallery0Pic=2">via</a>)</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/248190224http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/248190224Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:47:07 -0800<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktag2pOpbw1qz7x4so1_r1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sure, a Kennedy was shot there, but I’m not sure that qualifies.</p> <p>(Previously <a href="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241765644/um-nope">1</a>, <a href="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242887182/google-map-fail-los-angeles-example-2">2</a> and <a href="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242888234/google-map-fail-los-angeles-example-3-1020">3</a>)</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/248079092http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/248079092Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:49:00 -0800google map fail<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TSAXEVXvNz8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TSAXEVXvNz8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>While employees at Microsoft store “break out into dance,” a shoplifter makes off with some software (happens at 2:14 in the video).</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/247711644http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/247711644Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:36:05 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0F3SiT56S4o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0F3SiT56S4o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Not bad.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/247561628http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/247561628Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:01:22 -0800<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2s4yFtXT1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bldgblog/4099855576/in/set-72157622797168114/">Aqualta</a> (or, New York after the flood).  Images from <a href="http://www.studiolindfors.com/">Studio Lindfors</a>.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/city-and-its-flooded-double_13.html">bldgblog</a>)</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/243103584http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/243103584Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:29:00 -0800<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2getbyBn1qz7x4so1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Google Map Fail: Los Angeles.  Example 3.</p> <p>1020 North San Vicente, btw, is <a href="http://www.thelondonwesthollywood.com/">a major hotel</a>, what used to be the Bel Age.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242888234http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242888234Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:16:00 -0800google map fail<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2gcmK5FB1qz7x4so1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Google Map Fail: Los Angeles.  Example 2.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242887182http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242887182Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:14:46 -0800google map fail<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt15ckUcXW1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242197594http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242197594Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:19:31 -0800<p>There are 131 new jokes.  We shot 131 new episodes in one day.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242071753http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/242071753Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:50:40 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/241818631/tumblr_kt0mjitPW91qz7x4s&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>John Hodgman’s new podcast, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=337713843"><i>Today in the Past</i></a>, is a thing of magnificence.</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241818631http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241818631Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:33:18 -0800<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0lbeOyou1qz7x4so1_500.jpg"/><br/> New LAPD Headquarters<br/><br/> <img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0lbeOyou1qz7x4so2_500.jpg"/><br/> Cow splat and tree<br/><br/> <img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0lbeOyou1qz7x4so3_500.jpg"/><br/> Which one is the aorta?<br/><br/> <img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0lbeOyou1qz7x4so4_500.jpg"/><br/> Tallboy<br/><br/> <img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0lbeOyou1qz7x4so5_500.jpg"/><br/> Buffalo bottom<br/><br/> <img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0lbeOyou1qz7x4so6_500.jpg"/><br/> The fronds are batons<br/><br/> <p>Finally got to see the “<a href="http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/219242558/it-looks-like-some-kind-of-cow-splat-its-as">cow splat</a>” sculptures at the new LAPD headquarters yesterday.  Verdict: surprisingly endearing!  The photos don’t really do them justice, these buffalo mannequins.  If their point is to break up the monotonous rhythm of several Very Important Buildings all in a row (City Hall, Los Angeles Times, Caltrans, new LAPD HQ are all right next to each other), they succeed.  The imposing and stodgy straight lines that cast a barren chill down Spring Street are nicely interrupted by these squat little blobs, cute in the way that awkward ugly things can sometimes be cute.</p> <p>What do they say about the police?  Nothing!  But if you wanted art to say something about the LAPD, you’d need Lady Justice standing 14 feet tall with a riot helmet instead of a blindfold and a battering ram in place of her scale.  What they do say something about is architecture, and since most downtown pedestrians will only experience the new building from the outside, that’s all they need to say.  They actually make the modern militancy of a police headquarters into something warm and friendly.</p> <p>Bratton is right that they look like bison, wrong to call them a “shame.”  The only shameful part of the new public space is the pointless and cliche grove of palm trees, down by Spring and 2nd, organized into four perfect columns like a regiment about to march.  “Welcome to Los Angeles,” they seem to say. “Now relax as we fuck you up.”</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241796535http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241796535Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:06:00 -0800<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0jkwNsWL1qz7x4so1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Um, nope!</p>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241765644http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241765644Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:29:20 -0800google map fail<p><a href="http://www.opentable.com/promo.aspx?pid=1&m=6">opentable</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Thanksgiving<br/>Thursday, November 26, 2009<br/><br/>This year, dine out on November 26 and give thanks for a leisurely feast! With menus ranging from traditional to innovative, you’re sure to find a restaurant that suits everyone’s taste.</p> <p>…</p> <p>The Dining Room at The Langham, Pasadena<br/><b>Chef Michael Voltaggio</b> will present a feast for your holiday celebration! ($110/adult; $165/adult w. wine pairing)</p> </blockquote>http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241651603http://spiegelman.tumblr.com/post/241651603Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:51:05 -0800