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Dude, make a milkshake version!

That should be easy. BTW I just bought some peanut brittle with bacon.

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It's the suburban equivalent of the crop circle... Shop circles!

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Actually this youtube game come out in July http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BckqqsJiDUI

I once found myself stuck in a mall food court with only a $50 and a $2 bill. Fearing my $50 wouldn't be accepted at a fast food joint, I decided to go to Taco Bell for a cheap burrito.
When it came time to pay, the perplexed cashier asked if I had any other currency. "It's either the two or a fifty", I explained. He furrowed his brow a bit more then went to get his manager. As a kid, I had a neighbor that would always stuff my birthday cards with $2 bills, so I guess I assumed everyone else had seen them too. The cashier was young, so I assumed his manager would just quickly clarify the situation and I'd get my burrito.
Instead, the manager came out with my bill in his hand and said "Sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"What?!" I responded. "Why?"
"Oh, I think you know why..." He said as he displayed the crisp two dollar bill on the counter.
"No, really... I don't."
"Sir, if you don't leave, I'm going to have to call the police."
"Oh this is great. Please do!"
Five minutes later, a police officer arrived and asked what was the problem.
"This gentlemen is trying to pay with a counterfeit bill" the manager told him.
The officer inspected the currency closely.
"Why would anyone counterfeit a two dollar bill" he asked the manager.
"Exactly" he quickly replied, before studying the officers expression and realizing he must of misunderstood the question and asking "They don't make two dollar bills, do they?"
After all that hassle, the manager apologized and I got my burrito for free. This all happened to me in Cool Springs Galleria in 1991. Ever since then, I've always tried to have a couple $2 bills with me in hopes of procuring free foods.

Telling my friends, but if they when I'm-a demand they share the game with me.

What a great idea!

A few years ago, my girlfriends roommate kept eating all my snacks, so I came up with this hack http://www.docpop.org/2006/06/27/the-empty-cont...

Yay for the personal post. It sounds like it's been a productive year so far. You and Jonny had a good run and got a lot of shit done. Way to go.

I know you are trying to figure out what's next, but be sure you don't try to rush it. I think all you need is just more free time so you can more freely explore all sorts of cool things.

I can't make it, but a ton of my friends will be there. It's the week after the World Yo-Yo contest, so there are always a bunch of great players that head up to NYC for Pat's event.
I hear it's a blast, I hope you get to check it out.

Hey, great article. I'd love an invite for Xoopit? Maybe I can give it a whirl before I attend their party this thursday.

It's the best damn animation festival out there. Certainly more impressive and entertaining than any of the Spike & Mike shorts.

AllAboutGeorge also has an awesome song about this called "About:Robots".

It's been stuck in my head all day.

I love the Discworld one.

That looks great. At last thursday's Cartoonist Conspiracy we drew a series of comics inspired by random tweets. Needless to say, the fail whale made some appearances.

Dude, Klatu... I love it. A probably reference to Klaatu from TheDay the Earth Stood Still... or possibly Klaatu from Star Wars.

Had a great time at the party, Scott. Thanks for letting me be a part of it & happy birthday too.

Oh, and I also realized that I typed "forward my songnumber to a friend, by pressing 6" when I should have said 3. If you call the number, wait to hear my voice then type 3, then follow the directions, you will be sent a free link to my song. Man, I'm such a goob. This is why I don't have nice things.

Oops, second try on the .pdf link

http://drownradio.com/media/lolcat-lost.pdf

Hey Jeff, this is Doc from Drown Radio. Word up. I was just checking to see if anyone had noticed my flyers, and found your site.

First off, it's crazy you posted the Ling Ling head photo because that was totally the inspiration for this project! Growing up, I lived in a small southern town and felt totally isolated from the rest of society. In my teens I discovered zine culture, I became an obsessive collector. I loved watching ideas spread over time and distance. Historically, I think zine culture and the memes that it spread are widely overlooked.

The Ling-Ling flyer is now the stuff of legends. As I heard it (in a few of the zines that now reside in my parents attic), the flier was posted in areas of Atlanta, GA. The locals love it and soon some zine makers took down some copies and put them in their zines... and so it spread. The missing dog head flier started showing up in Chicago, LA, New York, and even in Nashville (where I saw it near a Great Escape Comics store). Then the same thing happened in these areas, people saw this random flier, took it down and photocopied it so they could spread it around or print it in their zines. Blah blah blah... So apparently the original artist was a musician named LMNOP, and I'm reading some accounts of the flier getting spread online, which may have happened, but I'm sure that the xeroxed copies spread much more than their digital counterparts... it's also worth mentioning LMNOP published his own zine, so maybe he just published the poster in there and that's how it all started, but as the flier spread around many of us had no idea of where it originated.

Anyways, what I wanted to do was basically revisit the idea of the "meme in real life". The LOLCAT flier is the first of a few of these and although it does have my "songnumber" in it, it's honestly meant to just be a fun piece of art. The goal was to pull something we see on the internets and mash it up with our mundane reality (IRL).

About the number, SongNumber has a lot of UI kinks, so I haven't really promoted the album too hard through there yet, but I have come to an agreement with them that allows me to give away one of my songs through their services. I don't know if you caught this but you can forward my songnumber to a friend, by pressing "6" on your cellphone then entering your friend's phone number. Afterwards, you'll receive an SMS text message with a url link to my nerdcore rap song "lolCats", which is all about the world being taken over by cute cats. Wow, didn't mean to type that long essay, but seeing that Ling-Ling flier for the first time in 10 years brings back so many memories, especially now as I'm taking part in this project. Thanks for writing about this and if you'd like to print out y'r own flier here is a link lolcat-lost.pdf 70KB May 21 2008 01:14:46 PM. Blogs are the new zines, keep up the good work.

you know... after comparing the fantastic party that Zappos organized on Medjol (via Twitter) to the Stumble Upon party in 111 Minna, I think it's safe to say I'm going to avoid planned tech parties for a while, especially ones at 111.

At one party, I met people, actually had the ability to converse with them, and left feeling good and drunk. At the other, I could barely move, couldn't hear anything other than the crash-mix dj, and only had the choice of beer or wine.

After having such a good time at Zappo's party I thought "Why have I been avoiding these parties?!"... after 111 Minna I thought "Oh, THIS is why."

That looks fantastic... for a video game.

For a feature length movie, not so much.

They would have done better with that fantastic 2D animation they used for the Clone Wars cartoon (on Amazon). That come out in 2003, so it must not be the show referenced in your post.

Rory will be missed. For the 4+ years of being involved with the Bay Area comics scene (through the Cartoonist Conspiracy), Rory was the own store owner who really reached out and embraced the community. The first time I met him was at the 24 Hour Comic Day at Comic Relief. He was an awesome host, and through his hospitality I have made long lasting friends with other cartoonists at the event.

Yeah, I walked down there from Army street, then walked right back home when I found that they had an entry fee. I just can't handle paying a cover for the right to shop. As a craft vendor I've turned down any type of craft faire with a cover fee because I find that it really effects the number of people who come in (and hell, it's five dollars they won't be spending at my booth).

Hope that if they do another one they drop the entry fee.

I dig this piece. Lots of got soundbites.

BTW, I'm-a fan of "new media" and I've seen how it's affected print and tv, but I don't believe traditional media will ever be obsolete. Everything will probably just balance out.