Exhibit 5a | Creative Disobedience

Uh oh. Since I’ve written some bad things about Wal-Mart in the past they might stop selling the broadsheet version of Exhibit 5a. Oh wait, there isn’t a broadsheet version of Exhibit 5a. But if there was, Walmart would probably stop selling it. “Mark’s column really wasn’t about Mr. Walton’s store, but about Pensacola and [...]

If you see something, say something. This is the mantra that posted in several languages all over the New York subways system. If you see something, say something. Si usted ve algo, diga algo. The understood assumption is that if you see something suspicious, call a cop. If you see an unattended package or bag, [...]

I think this is a bit old, but it’s new to me. Excellent Japanese posters promoting good manners while smoking. Some of these almost-haikus are so really strange and oh so very Japanese. Some are down right hilarious.

Before I get too far into this post about Otto’s Shrunken Head Tiki Bar, I would like to point out Critiki, a site I came across looking up more info about Otto’s. Critiki is a “A Worldwide Guide to Tiki Bars, Polynesian Restaurants, and other sites of interest to the midcentury Polynesian Pop enthusiast.” Well [...]

You know it’s bad when Bush Co. is at odds with their own party. Good ole boy Dick Cheney went up the Hill last week to give John McCain, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John W. Warner of Virginia a little talking too. These guys are on the Senate Arms Services Committee and have [...]

Photo by Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times If you take a Manhattan bound train in the morning and you’re carrying a backpack, when you approach the turnstiles, don’t clench your fists. Mayor Bloomberg has authorized the random searching of bags and packages carried on the subways, and an officers perception of “imminent threat” [...]

You see what happens when you don’t stay alert? Good restaurants move into your neighborhood, get good reviews and you never know that they are there. This is the case with Itzocan Bistro on Lexington Ave in East Harlem. Located on a quiet (for an avenue) corner near the newly opened bus depot, Itzocan Bistro [...]

I had a request from one of my readers to give an explanation about how I create the banner images for Exhibit 5a. I was going to launch into a long and tedious post about how I created the rough edges and worn look using dozens of layers, fancy photoshop brushes, stock and personal photography [...]