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   (2006.10.18)

The radically unsweet Tom’s of Maine toothpaste. It tastes solely like spearmint and feels solely like toothpaste.

Box and tube of Tom’s of Maine Natural Anticavity Fluoride Toothpaste
   (2006.10.16)

My old editor, and longtime defender, Sid Adilman died at age 68

   (2006.10.15)

All the features that seem obviously wrong in this photograph I actually like.

View from down a flight of stairs shows back of pediment with owl sculpture on top and, at sidewalk level, a floodlight, a camera on a dolly, pylons, and many people at work

According to the location permit, the production is entitled Roxy Hunter. À la recherche de Bryan Ferry?

   (2006.10.15)
Shop window has Vietnamese sign made of teal adhesive letters in Helvetica
   (2006.10.13)
Nameplate on sea-blue atlas background reads RAND McNALLY COSMOPOLITAN WORLD
Compass set against sea-blue background reads RAND McNALLY at centre, has jewelled and faceted arms, and uses script capitals for N, E, S, W
Close-up of Atlas shows SOVIET UNION, MONGOLIA, KAZAKH
   (2006.10.09)

Jaws turns out to be useful for something after all.

   (2006.10.08)

When, right below a display of the product in its blazing primary colours, your staff still has to handwrite a description.

Sign below yellow-and-red bottles of Sunlight Multi-Action says SAVE! THIS WEEK, 6.99, a barcode, and other type

Which do you understand better, Concentrated laundry soap or SUNLGHT LIQ MLTACTN LMN 946ML?

   (2006.10.07)
Backhoe, jacked up on support legs, sits parked in front of bright yellow tubes in bundles stacked three high
   (2006.10.06)

Exactly what kind of bullshit did CBC try to pass off to the Canadian broadcasting regulator?

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