"Branding the US Presidents."

"I was kind of hoping that they were real brands, because I'd love to see that logo scorched into the skin on Nixon's flanks....

"I am not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God...."

Somewhere in America, I stopped to take a photograph of a collection of signs... I wanted to take a photograph of the café itself, and I nee...

"What happens when all the things we based our icons on don't exist anymore?"

"Do they just become, ahem, iconic glyphs whose origins are shrouded in mystery?" "When is the last time you stared at an hou...

Robert Downey Jr. is Mr. Peanut.

Great! I've always loved Robert Downey Jr. and Mr. Peanut: But why is the nutcracker named "Richard"? Background on Mr. Pean...

John Lennon is 70.

There's a nice tribute to Lennon in today's Google logo . An animated line drawing, with exactly what you'd expect in the audio ...

Rude animation requested and produced.

I requested it here , and Chip Ahoy provided it here . And here 's his nicer Obama animation. ADDED: And speaking of the creative commen...

The Obama salute.

Why is anyone paying any attention to this self-promotion by some lame Los Angeles "creative agency"? If this design came from th...

Obama on 6th Street.

In Brooklyn, New York. AND: Commenter Scrutineer points to this blog post by Steve Sailer that discusses the Obama campaign poster that is ...

The peace sign turns 50 today.

It was designed in 1958 for use at a ban-the-bomb rally by Gerald Holtom, who said: "I drew myself . . . a man in despair . . . put ...

The Guardian The Observer obsesses about naked male wrestling in the movies.

Apparently, there's lots of it. Well, we all remember "Borat," and I can remember Oliver Reed and Alan Bates naked-wrestling i...

Auto reflection.

Look how thrilling the inside of this Mustang is. What a beautiful -- and dangerous -- steering wheel! Let's get a closeup on a logo: An...

The Blogger's Code of Conduct.

What do you think of this code ? The trouble with a speech code is... well, I hate speech codes! But aside from that general principle, what...

Suing the school over your Tigger kneesocks.

Free speech for students is a big topic this week, what with the "Bong hits 4 Jesus" case. Here 's a new one: Strict dress cod...

Obama: "I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness - a certain audacity - to this announcement."

Not only is he in , but he's leveraged his book title word "audacity" into the announcement. But it does take audacity and pr...

Think. Respect....

If you don't know what this is about read this . And remember: It makes a great armband. UPDATE: Ooh! It's a competition. New entry:...

"Wisconsin’s latest speech code, the 'Think. Respect.' program."

Here 's an opinion piece in the Badger Herald by Robert Phansalkar, a UW student (majoring in political science and languages and cultur...

Okay, I'm watching the Katie Couric show.

It's so annoying to feel forced into it! She's standing up and wearing a weird white jacket buttoned conspicuously at the waist as i...

"Their foolish attempt to create a titillating logo..."

"...actually presents the clearest possible image of the castrating female."

The Beatles lose. Apple wins.

In the fight over the use of the Apple logo on iTunes. Good. Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs said: "We are glad to put this ...

Home! Home! Madison! Home!

That's how I feel about home! Composed en route from Boston: Why, oh, why does it cost $7.95 to access the WiFi in an airport? What good...