var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-15020769-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @todayhooray)http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/<a href="http://ofchemists.com">I've moved</a>: <p>Haven’t touched this blog in couple years; decided to start a personal one: <a href="http://ofchemists.com" title="Daughter of Chemists">ofchemists.com</a></p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/24906131176http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/24906131176Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:08:57 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l318ixsFkE1qb1hd9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://warehousecomic.com/comic_551.php">Just a Little Gas. Don’t Worry; It’s Natural (theWAREHOUSE)</a></p> <p>Topical humour and puns—hooray!</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/637797882http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/637797882Thu, 27 May 2010 08:58:47 -0600BP oil spill threatens world dominationWho will our hero be?<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2wow2r6BS1qb1hd9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://4renovators.com/blogs/pigeonpointproject/archive/2007/05/31/so-you-want-to-build-a-treehouse-part-2.aspx">So, You Want to Build a Treehouse - Part 2</a></p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/634633621http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/634633621Wed, 26 May 2010 08:58:47 -0600Childhood Getaways<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2v2r9400a1qb1hd9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the Mark Tuckey feature by <a href="http://mikkelvang.com/">Mikkel Vang</a></p> <p>[via <a href="http://inchmark.squarespace.com/inchmark/2010/5/21/mikkel-vang.html">inchmark</a>]</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/628375391http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/628375391Mon, 24 May 2010 09:00:47 -0600let's playwe're going on an adventure in the wild west<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2t4z9TU3A1qb1hd9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jordanferney.blogspot.com/2010/05/birthday-surprise-in-mail.html">Birthday Surprise in the Mail (Oh Happy Day)</a></p> <blockquote> <p>I sent them to her family and friends all over the world with instructions to send them back with love notes and drawings. The whole week of her birthday she kept getting cards from friends and family like pieces of a puzzle.</p> </blockquote> <p> <object height="300" width="400"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11731187&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11731187&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object> </p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/621293677http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/621293677Sat, 22 May 2010 00:06:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2q66bTwma1qb1hd9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edcornish/sets/72157621866152316/"><span>Olivetti Lettera 22 Instruction Manual (Flickr | edcornish)</span></a></p> <p><span>[via <a href="http://designdig.blogspot.com/2010/05/instructions.html">Design Dig</a>]<br/></span></p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/619358210http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/619358210Fri, 21 May 2010 08:59:48 -0600<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/17/christopher-hitchens-digested-read">Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens (The Guardian)</a>: <p>From The Guardian’s Digested read. Hilarious.</p> <p>[via <a href="http://legaldespoiler.blogspot.com/2010/05/holy-cow-i-love-guardians-digested-read.html">deletia</a>]</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/616402693http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/616402693Thu, 20 May 2010 09:11:34 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2knj9uf5t1qb1hd9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://custom-lettering.blogspot.com/2010/01/best-is-yet-to-come.html">The Best is Yet to Come (The Art of Hand Lettering)</a></p> <p><img width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cDt0EvtTluU/S2Yv0X4VrtI/AAAAAAAAALw/dop739_n6Qc/s400/The+Best+is+yet+to+Come.jpg" height="224"/></p> <p>A wonderful blog dedicated to hand-lettering, with many images from Alan Ariail’s (the artist) process.</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/613334770http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/613334770Wed, 19 May 2010 08:59:47 -0600TypographyHand lettering“On the surface this riotously raw lettering looks like it was produced by those who are incapable of rendering letters with any semblance of accuracy or finesse.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/graphic-content-hand-lettering/">Hand Lettering - T Magazine Blog (New York Times)</a></em>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/610243369http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/610243369Tue, 18 May 2010 08:58:46 -0600Typography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2kda6TcNQ1qb1hd9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/01/24/clothing-choices-1941-and-today">Clothing Choices, 1941 and Today (New York Public Library)</a></p> <p>From the magazine Design for Living: The Magazine for Young Moderns</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/607097128http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/607097128Mon, 17 May 2010 08:59:48 -0600then and nowDickeys are wardrobe staples<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2kdg3btJ71qb1hd9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.yellowowlworkshop.com/poscards.html">France Postcard Set (Yellow Owl Workshop)</a></p> <p>[via <a href="http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/2010/5/13/one-good-thing-screen-printed-postcard-sets.html">Creature Comforts</a>]</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/606799895http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/606799895Mon, 17 May 2010 06:31:14 -0600Travelling to the land of red white &amp; blue<iframe width="400" height="240" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pT8IaxL6jtg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.chow.com/stories/11620?tag=custom-doc;bd">How to Cook Oatmeal with Jeremy Oldfield</a></p> <p>For everyone who thinks oatmeal tastes like pasty crap. One cup = one batch = breakfast for the workweek</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/601008728http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/601008728Sat, 15 May 2010 09:01:47 -0600back to basics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29h65v0h71qb1hd9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vanjamrgan.blogspot.com/search/label/bearded">Bearded Robocop (Vanja Mrgan)</a></p> <p>[via <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/bearded-superheroes/">Laughing Squid</a>]</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/598292289http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/598292289Fri, 14 May 2010 08:59:47 -0600Facial hair never leftCartoonsChildhood heroes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29gunhJjP1qb1hd9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Phenomorama Drawings 2008 by <a href="http://www.jackietileston.info/">Jackie Tileston</a></p> <p>[via <a href="http://www.booooooom.com/2010/05/11/artist-painter-jackie-tileston/">BOOOOOOOM!</a>]</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/595460080http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/595460080Thu, 13 May 2010 09:22:50 -0600IllustrationPaintingBlackExplosion of colour“If you build it for the poor, the rich can come. If you build it for the rich, the poor can’t come.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>C.K. Prahalad</p> <p>From <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/fox/2010/04/the-ck-prahalad-fortune-at-the.html">The C.K. Prahalad Fortune at the Bottom of My Backpack (Harvard Business Review)</a></p> <p>[via <a href="http://www.oliverands.com/blog/2010/05/notches-10.html">oliver + s</a>]</p></em>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/592614123http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/592614123Wed, 12 May 2010 09:01:49 -0600Trickle-down is a mythIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xhacXz-WoOk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I loved this show when I was a kid. This was my favourite scene. Best part? Steven Keaton dressed like he’s racing a Renault in the early 1900’s.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhacXz-WoOk">Family Ties - Jennifer Learns How to Drive</a></p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/589754299http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/589754299Tue, 11 May 2010 09:00:49 -0600Growing up in Canada with ESL parents I thought the show was Family Tire like the hardware store<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l26dcuvX5r1qb1hd9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.fengtastic.com/?p=3361#comments">Facebook 1901 (Fengtastic!)</a></p> <p>[via <a href="http://joannecasey.blogspot.com/2010/05/facebook-1901.html">I have seen the whole of the Internet</a>]</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/586974389http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/586974389Mon, 10 May 2010 08:58:49 -0600See guys? Social Networking Media is nothing new<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l22s7rBJc11qb1hd9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jesus and Baby Dinosaur</p> <p>Found in <a href="http://blog.jasonboyett.com/2010/02/dinosaurs-and-jesus.html">this post</a> by Jason Boyett</p> <p>[via <a href="http://nadinebells.com/index.php/2010/02/jesus-and-the-dinosaurs/">NadineBells.com</a>]</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/581473621http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/581473621Sat, 08 May 2010 08:58:48 -0600IllustrationYoung Earth<a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/04/popeyes-favorit-tree.html">Popeye's favorit tree (Letters of Note)</a>: <blockquote> <p>Well—fall comes, the leaves fall orf an’ snow comes an’ spring comes—an’ goes!</p> </blockquote> <p>Popeye, you ol’ sage, you.</p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/578930477http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/578930477Fri, 07 May 2010 09:02:49 -0600CartoonsWisdomEarth to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1uqy9Q3hx1qb1hd9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://joannecasey.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-love-my-records.html">I Love My Records (I have seen the whole of the Internet)</a></p>http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/576328146http://todayhooray.tumblr.com/post/576328146Thu, 06 May 2010 09:01:49 -0600YarrrHonestly I've never owned a recordNostalgic for someone else's childhood