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Happy Valentine’s Day, Icky-Creepy “Brady Bunch”-Style

“It’s cool, Jan, we’re not really related…”

“Be my Jan and I’ll be your Peter”
Card courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Arcade Fire-Style

Courtesy of Catbirdseat, here’s a Valentine’s Day card inspired by The Arcade Fire:

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Charles Darwin Wishes You a Happy Valentine’s Day

Charles Darwin Valentine’s Day card: “I select you. Naturally!”
Valentine’s Day Card courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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“Valtines” Day is Coming!

Here’s a photo that my friend Eldon just sent me — it’s the chalkboard at the Golden Griddle on Eglinton:

Chalkboard in restaurant window: “Join us for Valtines Day!”

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His Namesake Would’ve Escaped

Lando Calrissian running from police cars

This story in the Poughkeepsie Journal would be just another story about a police car chase if it weren’t for the name of the driver who was arrested: one Landocalrissian Butler, age 27. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t let us know whether his parents named him after the Star Wars character or if he had his name legally changed.

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Sexsomnia

It’s the word of the day in Toronto news and a good name for a band!

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Merlin Mann on the Bay Area

San Francisco hipsterette
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Illustration from The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories.

Merlin Mann (of 43 Folders fame) wrote on Twitter:

Pockets of the Bay Area tacitly run on that mix of navelgazing and arrogance you perfect around Christmas of your freshman year.

I’ve lived there. It’s true.