Armor of God PJ's

The Armor of God PJ’s were inspired by a mother reading Ephesians 6:10-18 every night to her daughter to give her a safe and secure feeling in the dark.”

Each set includes:

  • Pajama top with breastplate of righteousness and belt of truth hem.
  • Pajama pants with wings of peace to cover feet.
  • Helmet of salvation.
  • Shield of faith pillow.
  • Sword of the Spirit (New Testament).
  • Activity coloring book.
(via WeirdUniverse)

I sleep soaked in the knowledge of Timothy 5:23


Welcome to the Parallel Gooniverse

I realize we are all getting a bit sick of the bOINGbOING-esque repetition level of this topic, but I believe you’ll forgive me for bringing it up again by the end of this post. This morning on the train, there was this typical bedhead guy, and he’s wearing a effing Goo tshirt. As I’m thinking about how weird this is, I notice the shirt looks way too new to be an OG Goo tshirt, at least not one that was ever worn. So I’m thinking, is like Urban Outfitters reissuing classic 90s alt rock t’s (how good of an idea would that be btw?) So then the guy turns around. The back of the shirt says “MARC JACOBS 2008”. The Oracle at Mountain View reveals:

  • Marc Jacobs had SY play a recent fashion show in NYC, maybe more than one?
  • He put a Goo/Marc Jacobs T-Shirt on the back of each chair.
  • He gave out some sort of gift box or bag with the Goo art on it. Thurston Moore was pissed he didn’t get one (what do you think was in it? Scharfen Berger chocolate bar and a Skulltones cassette?)

Who would have thought WFMU and Marc Jacobs would ever be so on the same wavelength?

Also, caution demands I remind you that he who makes a bride of the zeitgeist is soon widowed.

(via Hell Train)

Dandy-horse

This machine, purportedly the first vehicle to explore the “two wheels in a line, one leg on either side” design is known as a “Dandy Horse”. It would take about forty more years before someone would invent pedals, and another twenty before another gent worked out the idea of chain drive, the sprockets’ mechanical advantage allowing the abandonment of the penny farthing’s signature gigantic wheel. I wonder if these dandy horses were ever used for a game of dandy polo or a dandy fox hunt.

French Bicycle Aficionados/Dandy Horses fall tour 2008 coming soon to a small-to-medium-sized club near you.


They are actually playing the last free McCarren pool show.


And given what neuroscience and anecdotal evidence have shown us, this state of constant intentional self-distraction could well be of profound detriment to individual and cultural well-being. When people do their work only in the “interstices of their mind-wandering,” with crumbs of attention rationed out among many competing tasks, their culture may gain in information, but it will surely weaken in wisdom.