.. the most heartwarming memory I have is of the home movies I used to shoot with my friend Tim. Spaghetti westerns, Superman parodies, music documentaries, pop videos -we covered it all. Armed with a trusty Elmo Super 8 camera, I went on to study filmmaking at college, and work on music video shoots for - amongst others - Depeche Mode, Chumbawamba & Ice -T. And all because of those Super 8 movies...

So now, pause with me a second as Kodak issue a press release discontinuing Kodakchrome Super 8 cartridges (disguised as a “celebration of 40 years of Super 8”). It's the end of an era for those nice bright colors. (via Gizmodo)

A young lady dressed as a nurse handed me this prescription in Midtown today. After checking out the site, I deemed it post-worthy and returned to the scene with my camera. Unfortunately, the nurse was out.

Anyway, learn more about mid-week Mohegan Sun getaways at MoheganSunLuxLiner.com. The Signs of Workaholism wheel is mildly amusing. Of course, if you're looking for something to make you feel better about hating your job, knocking off early on a Wednesday is no substitute for this great book.

This week's recommended comic is The Walking Dead: Vol.3 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard.

The Walking Dead has been consistently one of my favorite books since it began last year. It's a zombie comic in the tradition of George Romero's classic film trilogy that follows a group of survivors as they make the best of their situation in an America that has very quickly become a zombie wasteland. The book focuses more on the characters and the relationships they must form with each other rather than on actual zombie action, that way when the zombies do show up it is sudden and surprising. The story has moved briskly so far. The survivors have set up and abandoned many camps, picked up some stragglers, and lost quite a few of their number. Writer, Robert Kirkman, has succesfully given us the impression that no character is safe here.

In this volume, the survivors come across a clasic element of zombie mythology. The fortress. It's not a mall, like in Dawn of the Dead, but a prison inhabited by the only inmates left alive. And like in all great zombie stories, it's never the zombies that you really have to worry about.

Check out your local comic shop today. If you don't know where your local comic shop is, find it here: http://www.the-master-list.com

In an effort to bring helpful content to YBNBY here is a guide to pooping at work (not sure where this originated but I received it via email recently):

We've all been there but don't like to admit it. We've all kicked back in our cubicles and suddenly felt something brew down below. As much as we try to convince ourselves otherwise, the WORK POOP is inevitable. For those who hate pooping at work, following is the Survival Guide for taking a dump at work. Memorize these definitions and pooping at work will become a pure pleasure.

Someone's gotta do something about the porn creep going on around here.

Link

Gumball alley

Gumball rally

Gumball race...the real thing. Via CoolHunting

You may have read about Abercrombie & Fitch being in trouble again. This time it's a line of pro-drinking t-shirts causing all the commotion. And this follows a slew of other controversies including Asian stereotyping, claims of nazi imagery being used, and even selling thongs to kids.

But what's the #1 issue with this out-of-control retailer. At water-coolers, bars and coffeehouses across the country, what's the real Abercrombie problem...Not Gay Enough.

(I actually stole this joke from an SNL episode a few years back when Norm MacDonald reported on the new-look Superman.)

The University of Iowa will be offering a porn class next fall. The line to register rivals the line for Star Wars.

While I was searching for a University of Iowa picture, I came across this.

No divine intervention for Joan of Arcadia. I'm not sure what bums me out more, that CBS cancelled it, or that people are saying Lifetime should bring it back.

Buy Season 1 on DVD. Big sales could inspire a Family Guy-esque return to TV. Let us pray.

As a bad Jerry Seinfeld impersonator would say, "Who are these people?" I took a look at our traffic report, and we're definitely attracting folks from all corners of society. Dark, scary corners.

One group we're servicing is the guy/girl in search of knowledge on prolapsed anuses. No wonder -- search Google and we're #1. And #2. (Can we pull off the hat trick with this post? Fingers crossed...)

Let's just hope the Google ads pick up on this trend. Which products would sell well with this subset of our community?

Pretty cool guerilla campaign from the New York Mets & Ogilvy. Stickers are being affixed to windshields of cars parked throughout the City, making the glass appear cracked. A hand-written note is also left:

"I'm new here and that left field wall at Shea is shorter than I thought. Again, my apologies. See you at the ballpark. --Carlos Beltran."

Eight players are part of the campaign, aimed at building buzz for the Mets, New York's perennial "other team." While it's impossible to hit a ball from Queens to Manhattan, just last year the idea that a Met would hit any kind of home run was implausible.

I wish my commute was half this exciting. Go watch a fun Brit Ad for Sure deoderant.

I power-walked the ICFF before I went to work yesterday. (I need to hold my real job so that I can keep wasting my time on this thing) My first time here, and it was definitey alot to take in all at once. I'm going to concentrate on companies that are focused on keeping design fun, and there were alot of them.

Regarding this image, The table is by Ingo Maurer, and it's amazing. I've said it before...as soon as I learn how to start saving money, I plan to shop there alot.

Take a good look at that spaghetti sauce stain before you throw it out - Link
Tupperware...the last bastion of great design - Link
Aquaman can come off the ledge - Link
Shatner and Spader lobby Congress for same-sex marriage - Link
And, the earliest example of caveman shopping cart art found in London - Link

Insert your own middle aged man/Porsche joke here. Link.

Quick, what's the most exciting thing happening in console games today?

Are you maybe thinking about a) the new XBox 360? Or perhaps b) what's being touted as the XBox killer, the Playstation 3? Or even c) the underdog, Nintendo Revolution? (all of which were unveiled this week at E3)

I guess the picture probably gave it away because the answer is, in fact, d), the Fragdolls, a group of girl gamers who have the killer instinct to frag a geek at 20 paces. Here's an account of a particularly nasty beating they hand a group of gameboys. Anyway, the point of this posting is to announce that the Fragdolls are now looking for suitable candidates to start up a UK based chapter, so if your a babe who games hard, apply now!

(See? I got through the whole post without a joystick joke...)