Who knew that money could become more valuable after it's been digested?
Last week, it was reported that Steve Wilson, of the St. Louis company DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal, found $58 worthof chewed currency in a pile of doggy doo. And it turns out that these now-famous bills might be worth far more than $58 to the Humane Society of the United States.
Dog owner Karen Linn is auctioning the actual bills, eaten by her dog Fozzie, on eBay.
This is something to inform my senior citizen neighbor about since she just posted a "DON'T TAKE A DUMP HERE!" sign neatly in her yard.
But then again, the sign might not be directed to dogs.
Finally, the summer is here! As a resident of the northern hemisphere, I'm not to spoiled with sunshine, or warm weather all together.
But yesterday the long wait for sunshine was finally over. We caught an ice cream and got to hang out in the sun for a few hours. All in perfect time for the Solstice. So today it is starting to get darker and colder again.
Where is that global WARMING I’ve been hearing so much about?
In the three months since the spill began, over 2,000 graphic designers have been channeling their frustration into their work, creating emblems they say better represent a company now associated with oil-drenched water fowl and a seemingly unstoppable leak.
Here's Jakob Arevärn rocking his T-post logo tee together with his band "Håll Det Äkta" (translates "Keep It Real"). You can download their first album for free here.
And for all you Swedish T-posters you can read up on them here.
A shaky camera turns on, out of focus inhaste to capture something of terrible importance. The camera zooms in, and theimage emerges in awful clarity: the space shuttle, destroyed and coasting inhelpless orbit, the astronauts almost certainly dead. The impact debris coastsalongside the ruined shuttle in a funeral procession of atmospheric flotsam.
The most disturbing thing is that no story is explained. We see the destruction like a live news feed, without context,without explanation, and our imaginations paint the back story with our deepest fears: collision, terrorism, tragic accident.
With no commentary except the occasional audio interruption of the NASA controllers, the video feels like the pause in a historical retrospective, the quiet stillness between scripted voice-overs that lets the audience reflect on the tragedy. A moment of silence for the dead.
In an age where special effects are getting cleaner and more elaborate, this one steals their thunder by slipping past our increasing skepticism with decidedly low-tech methods.
The man who created this video is known online as The Faking Hoaxer (TFH for short), and he has a talent for creating footage that earns the rarest of compliments: It feels real.
The designer of Issue 55 - Do I Look Illegal?, Nikki Farquharson is a London-based designer who absolutely loves color, patterns, shapes, communication and typography.
She draws and colors by hand, using pencils, fine liner pens and felt tip markers, because she enjoys the process and prefers the results to a computer-generated one.
She often approaches her mixed media work differently depending on whom it’s for. For her personal work, the original photograph typically inspires her concept, providing a context for the patterns. Using the photo as a prop or part of the canvas, she changes the surroundings by including abstract details in bright colors and meticulous patterns. When creating mixed media work for clients, she believes that the illustration should be secondary to the real imagery, choosing to enhance the photography rather than drown it out.
“I wanted to show a couple with their garments visibly altered so it shows a juxtaposition of casual and smart clothing,” says Nikki about her T-post interpretation. “The concept is to confuse the authorities as their final look does not fit into any specific box.”
In a desperate measure to reduce the numberof drug- and gang-related crimes that allegedly occur in states that borderMexico, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently signed the U.S.’s toughest bill onillegal immigration into law, making Arizona the first state to demand thatimmigrants—specifically those of the brown-skinned variety, meet federalrequirements to carry identity documents legitimizing their presence in “theland of the free”.
It doesn’t matter when you or yourancestors got off the boat and came to America, or simply walked across thedesert, if you don’t look right, police officers now have the power to demandproof of citizenship and detain anyone they reasonably suspect are in thecountry without authorization.
The legislation has caused quite the heateddebate in the streets and in the major media, with many accusing the state ofsanctioning a racial profiling program that flies in the face of residents'civil rights.
No, I’m not making these up. They are real labels on real products. In past years, I've seen labels that warn users not to use a wart removal product if they "cannot see clearly to read the information in the information booklet." A small LCD panel comes with a caution: "Do not eat the LCD panel." And, of course, my all-time favorite is the stroller that warns parents to "remove child before folding."
Imagine what would happen if all the warning labels disappeared from our everyday lives. Would the world come to an end, in chaos, with a torrent of lost limbs and explosions? Or would ordinary common sense take over?
As a superhero you're suppose to do good deeds. That's not to be confused with plane deeds, which seems to be the case with the Brevard County doctor who was arrested for groping a woman while dressed as Captain America with a burrito in his pants.
Here's the video of Dr. Captain America being booked at the Brevard County Jail. And no, this is not an entry for our real-life superhero contest.
Our subscribers make us who we are. They are the ones spreading our stories outside the T-post circle. This is the first in a series of short films highlighting people in the T-post family. Enjoy the sweetness of David & Martin.
I just saw a sweet article in the Swedish Magazine Grip about us. Grip is a magazines distributed to all the passengers who fly domestic here in Sweden.
Does this mean that I'm now a member of the Mile High Club?
This weekend was a weekend of festivities here in Umeå. The eight-year-struggle to open a concrete skate park has now finally come to an end. So, congratulations all skaters of Umeå!
I’ve never seen so many skaters and non skaters at the same time and at the same place. And in some weird way they all seemed to belong.
As for me, I just picked up skating (at the age of 36?) together with my five year-old son. And even though he's better then me right now. I have a joker up my sleeve. I'm the one deciding when he's going to bed. That gives me a good hour or two of extra practice time on him. So soon I'm going to make him eat my dust!
Here are Fredrik Warell and Niklas Thuresson rocking their T-post tee, making it look just like a walk in the park.
The 86 year-old Jack Harris made a dreadful discovery when he was about to finish the 5000 piece puzzle he got for Christmas back in 2002. There where only 4999 pieces in the box. It has taken him over seven years of determination and hard work to finnish, or I mean almost finnish the puzzle.
He contacted the manufacturer, Falcon Games, to see if they could provide him with, what is literally the last piece of the puzzle. But despite his hard work he unfortunately was to late. This particular puzzle where taken out of production six years earlier.
Since Jack at his modest age of 86 most lightly wouldn’t survive another 5000 piece challenge. There’s really just one solution to his problem. And that's a piece of wood and a jig saw.
Yuji Tokuda is an art director and creative director based in Tokyo, Japan.
After graduating from Musashino Art University with a degree in Visual Communication Design, Yuji joined Dentsu, the world’s largest advertising agency, as an art director where he developed several award-winning campaigns. After an 18-month stint at KesselsKramer in Amsterdam, designing more awesomeness, Yugi returned to Dentsu as a creative director.
In 2007, Yuji launched Canaria, his own design firm that creates advertising, corporate identities, products, books, environments and more—all of which are born from a "positive approach".
"I believe that the positive approach makes a strong impression on people," says Yuji. "I believe that it lasts forever, beyond the borders."
From comic books to the big screen, crime-fighting superheroes seem to be getting more and more popular these days. And this growing trend may be having a profound effect on a handful of zealot fans that have decided to take matters into their own glove-covered hands.
Not content to simply buy an existing superhero costume and play pretend, real-life do-gooders are creating their very own alter ego with matching outfits and taking to the streets.
One such character is Master Legend. Recently featured in a ten-page article on superhero subculture in Rolling Stone with his sidekick, Ace, Master Legend, a former wrester, has become somewhat of a poster child/adult for this cult phenomenon.
And he’s not alone. In fact, there’s an entire legion of true-life superheroes out there that do everything from patrol neighborhoods, feed the homeless, pick up trash, and even kick a little ass if the situation calls for it. There’s even a documentary on the subject: Your Friendly Neighborhood Hero: The Documentary film about Real Life Superheroes. Hollywood must have taken notice, too, because today, as we write this, Kick-Ass, an over-the-top movie about a teenager who becomes a real-life superhero, hits the mainstream.
My name is Peter Lundgren and I'm the founder and editor-in-chief on T-post. 'A Day in the Life of a T-shirt Maker' is a daily update on T-post, the life around it and stuff that simply interests and inspires me.
Should you ever have any thoughts regarding what we have or haven't done, don't hesitate to send me an e-mail on peter@t-post.se and let me know. I'd really enjoy reading your thoughts and opinions.
