Tag Archives: Photoshop

Do You Recognize This Doctor With His Shirt On?

On Sunday, I flew into Harrisburg with my older daughter to visit my parents for a few days. Sitting in the very last row of the AA Embraer 190, I noticed two things. First, nobody shuts the damned bathroom door … Continue reading

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Exhibit A: The Power of Visual Branding

Without his mustache, he’d still be a mass-murdering, psycho-racist, but he’d be so much less…Fuhrer (photoshop courtesy of Buzzfeed). Another totally-unrelated random thought from this past weekend: if you don’t believe we lose valuable things in the ever-increasing, pell-mell pace … Continue reading

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Smiling? With Her Cholesterol?

According to an article and post from Time this past weekend, a University of Palerno pathological anatomy professor (or UPPAP, as I refer to those kinds of eggheads) believes La Gioconda looks the way she does due to high cholesterol. … Continue reading

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Fair Warning: Blogger Not Nearly As Fabulous As This Image Suggests

Despite being recently overturned, the Chicago City Council’s well-intentioned but clueless ban on foie gras means making snide comments about other well-intentioned yet clueless lawmakers qualifies me a stone-thrower in a glass house.  Still, in a soft news story I find … Continue reading

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On Transparency, Authenticity, and Tramp Stamps

So the new Sports Illustrated features a photo spread of open wheel racer/cheesy hussy Danica Patrick.  That in itself, is not a story.  After all, this is the same press-hungry Indy Driver who acquiesced to the post-adolescent idiocy of the … Continue reading

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