Artifacts of Modernity

Holly Madison - of The Girls Next Door “fame” -...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:44:33 -0800

Holly Madison - of The Girls Next Door “fame” - reaches out to a fan via Twitter.

Awkwardness ensues.

FYI Holly, “I hope you feel better!” is a response best intended for use when somewhat has a scratchy throat, a headache, maybe a stomach bug or something. But oh right it’s just Leukemia nbd, hope she feels better, maybe she should stay home from school or something and rest, maybe a good ol’ bowl of chicken soup will make her feel all good again.

(via saddeer)

“This Is The Best We Got” Ridiculously Bad...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:37:29 -0800

“This Is The Best We Got” Ridiculously Bad and-by-bad-we-mean-incredible Pun of the Day.

Happy not-even-Valentine’s-Day-anymore.

Happy Valentine’s Day from Jersey Shore’s Ronnie. In...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:15:03 -0800

Happy Valentine’s Day from Jersey Shore’s Ronnie.

In other news, we at the Museum just found out that there’s a male on Jersey Shore who isn’t The Situation and apparently his name is Ronnie.

Gulf of Whatnow? No, no, it must be Americanized! Jingoism, Huzzah!

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:38:56 -0800

Exciting news today as Mississippi state legislature introduces a bill to the State to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to, that’s right bitches, the Gulf of America.

Here’s more from everyone’s favorite news source, Fox News:

If a Mississippi lawmaker gets his way, the Gulf of Mexico will become the “Gulf of America.”

Mississippi State Rep. Steve Holland, a Democrat, has introduced a bill calling for the part of the Gulf of Mexico that is bordered by Mississippi to be renamed the “Gulf of America.”

The measure, known as HB 150 and introduced to the state House Marine Resources Committee, says the body of water will have its new name beginning July 1.

The proposed name change has drawn criticism from various groups, including a Latino GOP organization known as Café Con Leche, which sent Holland a letter demanding that he withdraw the bill and calling HB 150 anti-Mexican.

“If this bill passes the legislature and is signed into law, perhaps it is time to rename the Mississippi River,” wrote Bob Quasius, Café Con Leche’s president, in the letter. “After all, sharing a name with a state that wants to rewrite maps out of disdain for Mexicans would be a disgrace to the rest of the nation.”

“The Lincoln River would be a suitable substitute name, in honor of a great man, don’t you think?” the letter continued. “We call on you to withdraw your bill and spare us all further embarrassment.”

Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/02/09/mississippi-lawmaker-pushes-for-gulf-mexico-to-be-changed-to-gulf-america/#ixzz1m0Oe5yJ6

Either a terribly coincidental logistical photo-op screw-up or a...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:22:50 -0800

Either a terribly coincidental logistical photo-op screw-up or a team of incredibly shrewd children who make the Museum curating team a very happy one this evening.

The Museum proudly presents More Accurate Dr. Seuss Book Titles...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:03:20 -0800

The Museum proudly presents More Accurate Dr. Seuss Book Titles (to include their inherent psychoanalytical prescriptions of human existence)

Move over, Times Square NYC. There’s a new fantastic way...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:35:44 -0800

Move over, Times Square NYC. There’s a new fantastic way all the cool hipsters are celebrating New Years Eve now.

latimes has more:

L.A.’s quirky Smoking Deaths billboard: The Smoking Deaths billboard in West L.A. keeps a running tally of annual smoking deaths. Every year, on Dec. 31, a crowd gathers as the death-toll counter resets to zero.

Looks like we found out about this one a month too late. Well, there’s always New Years 2013. …Unless there isn’t.

Enjoy this new rare piece we just collected that now hangs...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:40:00 -0800

Enjoy this new rare piece we just collected that now hangs proudly in the north mezzanine of the museum.

Photography is a beautiful thing.

Winner winner chicken dinner for Pun of the Week. Sorry folks,...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:37:59 -0800

Winner winner chicken dinner for Pun of the Week.

Sorry folks, it’s been a slow week / everything is just so blatantly post-ironic these days that there’s not much to catalogue anymore…

(via thedorseyshawexperience)

gravyholocaust: riser: Heh heh heh… uuuuuggggg. The MPAAs...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:07:36 -0800

gravyholocaust:

riser:

Heh heh heh… uuuuuggggg.

The MPAAs newest defense against internet piracy.

Your move, internet…

This aughta be fun.

It’s been dying for so many months now, we’re sad to...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:41:39 -0800

It’s been dying for so many months now, we’re sad to see that the end of its life has finally come.

#SoLongVampires. Like always, we here at the Museum are really...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:58 -0800

#SoLongVampires.

Like always, we here at the Museum are really really excited for the Superbowl because we love football, big screen TV’s, buffalo wings, and über-expensive incredibly-mediocre tv commercials that become America’s greatest cultural references for the following week after.

So here as a sneak peak to all the Superbowl action (FFFYEAH!!!), we present to you Audi’s Superbowl commercial. Apparently the Giants-Patriots match-up has duped Audi into thinking it’s still 2008, which in some sense, it kinda is.

Also/so the huge bonfire has no effect on the sexed up vampire 20-somethings, but LED lights are an instant killing machine?…

You thought they were mourning Kim Jong Il and were confused by...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:11:01 -0800

You thought they were mourning Kim Jong Il and were confused by why there seemed to be so much sadness? Well here’s who they were really mourning…

Extremely dramatized sadness explained.

R.I.P. Mufasa.

Today’s golden age of cinema (hahahah) will never forget...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:20:30 -0800

Today’s golden age of cinema (hahahah) will never forget Michael Bay, who proves that you can make multimillions and score Oscar nominations. Take that, The Reader!

(via -ryan)

We are not exactly sure who the artist is responsible for this...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:55:12 -0800

We are not exactly sure who the artist is responsible for this mashterpiece, because the power of the internet makes it virtually impossible to actually know who’s responsible for creating anything, but if the artist came forth and presented us with some additional works, we’d love to feature it in the Museum.

Now THIS is a Tumblr Worth Tumblr-ing About… We at the...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:23:58 -0800

Now THIS is a Tumblr Worth Tumblr-ing About…

We at the Museum are delighted to share with you ‘Cooking with Skrillex’, a new Tumblr that has surfaced showcasing the infamous dubstep/brostep DJ turned master chef Skrillex.

See more of the chef at work here: http://cookingwithskrillex.tumblr.com/

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. We hope to god that Mitt Romney has...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:37:00 -0800

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

We hope to god that Mitt Romney has legally declared as unemployed.

(via mohandasgandhi, who adds):

It must be devastating being unemployed while running for the presidency with over $200 million in the bank.

Oh, like you’ve never tried to use a McFlurry as a valid...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:28:46 -0800

Oh, like you’ve never tried to use a McFlurry as a valid proof of ID to the cops as your car is about to explode but you’re too drunk to realize it…

Everybody has those days.

Thanks for sharing this with us, “the news”.

Precisely. (via danielladupre)

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:55:23 -0800

Precisely.

(via danielladupre)

And we thought it couldn’t get better than this...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:50:48 -0800

And we thought it couldn’t get better than this week’s New Yorker cover…

Have fun, New Hampshire!

(via inothernews)