You may have heard a simple but hopelessly catchy song about heartbreak over the past couple weeks called Somebody That I Used To Know, by Gotye. It’s intense, intimate and achingly relatable to anyone who’s taken part in the death of a relationship. It’s simple, it’s dark, it’s...

Matthew Butterick, the typographer and writer behind Typography for Lawyers, took issue with the use of the Verdana typeface in Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, so he wrote the director a letter. Inapt typography is not uncommon in movies. But big-budget studio films...

The weather has been perfect for today’s Janboree events, in Downtown Waukesha. Perfect sun, glistening off the ice sculptures. Special event popcorn, available at Poppin’ On Broadway. People everywhere. If you haven’t traveled down yet, the Waukesha Janboree continues...

Red Tails is an old-school action drama war movie with a pretty ambitious payload; twenty-three years in the making, big action dogfights, and an all African-American cast, screenwriters, director and film scorer. A long-cherished project by Star Wars maven George Lucas (co-written by...

I thought it would be fun to post about this hilariously amazing spaghetti measuring tool today. It’s called ‘Ég gæti borðað heilan hest’, Designed by Icelandic artist Stefán Pétur Sólveigarson, the name translates ‘I could eat a horse’. Every time I cook spaghetti I...

A long time champion of the Best Breakfast in Waukesha, is Fuzzy’s Sports Pub & Grill. Filled with hometown pride, fast and friendly service, and a secret weapon, Mexican cheese sauce, this Pub and Grill is the place to be when you are hankering breakfast or brinner. This was not...

A funny and relevant design parody was released two days ago, titled Fotoshop by Adobé. It is simply parody genius. Based on a tongue-in-cheek faux beauty product, the video is a parody of the unattainable beauty standards in advertisements. Filmmaker Jesse Rosten explained on his blog,...

The screening of Man on a Ledge last night got me thinking, this is a film that Alfred Hitchcock would really have enjoyed making. After all, the movie features so many Hitchcockian elements, such as an innocent man accused of a crime, dubious characters who operate in the gray area of...

Thankfully, these unusual Wisconsin winter nights have kept me out more than usual. Last night I ventured out into the House of Guinness in Downtown Waukesha to take in the deep, sturdy and honest voice of Hayward Williams. Those of you who have been following me since my radio days, on...

Yayoi Kusama asked a simple question: What would kids do with thousands of stickers with a giant white room as a canvas? Well, we have our answer, it is the The Obliteration Room. The images above are just a partial view of the onslaught that occurred at the installation for the Queensland...