Intellectuals and Hapless Nazis

From The Huffington Post: Written and directed by David Jette for The Brimmer Street Theatre Company and staged at The Bootleg Theater, "Leiris/Picasso" is iconic and iconoclastic, intriguing and indulging. Its clever premise riffs on an historical event - a 1944 table reading of a Picasso play staged by intellectuals of the French resistance.

Behind the Scenes of Pizza Ads

From Peta-Pixel.com:

Domino’s new ad movement is all about ditching the food embellishments and promising “natural” photos from now on — photos of pizzas made by employees and untouched by food artists during the photo shoot.

The "Opposite Marriage" of Miss California

From The Washington Post:

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is now Mrs. Kyle Boller, after marrying the Oakland Raiders quarterback at a San Diego resort.

The 23-year-old bride made headlines last year after making controversial remarks during the Miss USA pageant that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Prejean eventually surrendered her crown after pageant officials accused her of missing events, an allegation she denied.

See photos of the Fishtank Performance Studio's live reading of Carrie Prejean's book, Still Standing.

Cinema Paradiso

A NY Times piece about small towns across the Great Plains keeping their old movie houses open:

“...in a small town, the theater is like a neighborhood. It’s the see-and-be-seen, bring everyone and sit together kind of place.”

Things Cindy McCain Likes

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Yogurt

Cognitive Surplus = LOL Cats

5th of July Melancholy

Since we seem to be continuing the celebration of July 4th today, here's Aimee Mann's take on the holiday. Favorite lyric: "what a waste of gunpowder and sky."