In 1929, a psychologist named Wolfgang Köhler conducted the following experiment: He presented two shapes, one with curves and rounded edges, and one with straight lines and sharp edges, and then asked participants to name them either “maluma” or “takete.” If you would tend to name the round and voluptuous shape maluma, and [...]
Entries from June 17th, 2009
Faulty Reasoning with Bunk Funders: Word Synesthesia
June 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Doodles
Tags: animals·Long Island·science
How compromises work
June 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Chat Wisdom
Quoting excerpts from online chats should be an art form in itself.
For instance, this jewel revealed itself in my Gmail chat window five minutes ago.
me: who the hell wanted to go to [there]?
Gonzo: no one
that’s how compromises work, right?
me: right, no one is happy.
[Photo credit: Flickr user foxypar4]
Tags: art·compromise·gmail·insight·truth
The essence of happiness is creativity
June 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Wise Words
David Grossman profiled Polish author Bruno Shulz in the June 8 & 15 2009 edition of the New Yorker, introducing me to another name to add to my Must-Read list.
Grossman describes the yearning for an Age of Genius in Shulz’s work:
The Age of Genuis was for Shulz an age driven by the faith that life [...]
Drag queens need to reenact the Boston Tea Party
June 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Brilliance, Entertainment Void
One friend suggested calling such a production “The Boston Teabagging Party.”
Look how much fun these Colonial Williamsburg people are having, and they’re not even in drag. Well, the guy in the front is looking like he’s trying to figure out WTF is going on. But give him a bonnet and a petticoat, and he’d be [...]
Haiku for nostalgic moments of a better economy
June 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Nostalgia
Do you remember the good old days of 2006 when so many of us had jobs? Little did we know how much we would miss having a job to hate.
To remind us of those better days, here is a haiku written by future Macaw Daily contributor, Gonzo.
“I want my bonus.
I want my damn bonus NOW.”
I [...]
Tags: economy·fond memories·haiku·money·poetry
Death by kinkiness, perhaps not so bad
June 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Debate
Call me a frigid ice queen (go ahead, everyone does), but I’m not into kinky stuff in the bedroom. Some people are laughing heartily at this—I’ll just say sex is one of those topics I don’t talk about without booze in my system, so moving on.
According to the AP, David Carradine’s death sounds like auto-erotic [...]
5 Recession Cocktails
June 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Lifesaving 411, Recipes
All this talk about the recession coming to an end makes me say: My fucking ass it is! (Pardon the blue nature of the language you’ll find here on Macaw Daily, but that’s how we roll here.)
Rant and aside over, I consulted with some friends to come up with a few ways to numb the [...]
Creepy flying pod children and the Toyota Prius
June 3rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Critique
The LSD-chugging fanatic who came up with the ad campaign for the 3rd Generation Toyota Prius managed to disturb me more the episode of “Wipeout” I was enjoying this evening with beer in hand. It’s a commercial I’ve seen numerous times but only now just noticed its creepy details.
Exhibit A:
That jaunty little Prius sprouting life [...]
Tags: ads·cults·enviro nazis
Call for entries!
June 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Announcements
Is your job (or lack of it in this economy) murdering your soul? Feeling profoundly bored and hopeless?
Well, make something!
Macaw Daily is here to publish your creativity. The type of work doesn’t matter—all that matters is that it’s good and will entertain the Macaw Daily community.
Macaw Daily is a blog for frustrated creative-types like yourself [...]
