Ash Garcia

  • Jim Henson's “Alexander the Grape”

    A cut-paper animated short, created by Jim Henson in 1965. Found in the Jim Henson Company Archives and reconstructed. Via ToughPigs.

  • Limbaugh Calls Michelle Obama Uppity

    Rush Limbaugh, citing the reason why Michelle Obama was booed recently, while making a visit to a NASCAR race, claims it's because of her “uppityism”. I know, Rush is a professional troll. Still, calling Michelle Obama, uppity?

  • Assassins Creed Art Nouveau

    Assassins Creed characters portraits by S. Strand. Hiding in plain sight indeed.

  • Super Mario/X-Men Mash-Up

    Culture Buzz All the goodness that is Mario and X-Men smooshed together to make it even better. Props to artist Casey Edwards.

  • UC Davis Chancellor Shamed By Student Body

    Politics Buzz UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, who approved the police action taken November 18 on her students, gets the silent treatment from her school as she leaves campus. Silence has never been so deafening. (via thesecondalarm.wordpress.com)

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  • Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Balloons Part 2

    Part 2 covers the years from 1972 to 1990. What begin in 1920s as a modest parade has by 1972 become huge, gigantic even. When we end this part in 1990, it has become a national tradition, no longer just attended by people in and near the New York area, but televised and watched by millions, as well as smaller parades in other cities.

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  • Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Balloons Since 1927

    The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade has been a tradition of Thankgiving for decades. It started out as a way for the employees of Macy's to say thank you to New York. Macy's started using balloons in their parade in 1927 and it has been tradition since. Here's part 1 featuring balloons from 1927 to 1968.

  • My Dad’s Car

    This is a car commercial, but it’s also a story of the American relationship with cars. Aside from that, this is a short story about a father and his sons, who get back a 1965 Impala that was sold to help fund their educations.

  • Eight Movie Facts I Learned From Allen West

    Food Buzz Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) believes that waterboarding is an effective form of interrogation. One of the reasons cited was the breaking and successful waterboarding of Demi Moore’s character in G.I. Jane. Looking quickly over a few other movies, here are some other now known facts.

  • Star Wars Destinations

    These posters of the Star Wars universe are pretty awesome. Considering the wording however, I would think these are more to warn than to tempt visitors.

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