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I love those "Y is the new X" statements, and this one's a classic. Suburban Snapshots has a post called "Why Having a Toddler is Like Being at a Frat Party". I have no children of my own, but my ex-gf has two awesome boys, aged 9 and 4 at the time. So, older than the kids described in the blog post, but still unpredictable and fratboy-like. 

Parisian commuters who'd rather not pay for Metro tickets have struck upon a brilliant solution for those (rare) times when they get stopped and slapped with a fine. For six euros a month, you can be part of a transit-fine insurance collective. If you get busted, you can make a claim, and the collective will pay you the amount of the fine. So, if you get stopped more often than every seven months, 

International Jet Trash will soon be migrating from Drupal 6 to the newly-minted Wordpress 3. By "soon" I mean "within seven days".

This Flickr set from Eric Fischer, called Locals and Tourists, shows the photo-snapping habits of visitors to a city vs. those who have lived in that city for at least a month. The blue points in Locals and Tourists signify images taken by users whose "home" location match that of the photo, whereas red points signify images taken by those outside their home area.

Behold, a stellar photoset of real-life occurrences of Tetris. Should I encounter anything like this in the future, best believe I'll be adding it to this set as quickly as humanly and mechanically possible. 

I just want to share this video of Honey, directed by friend and former teacher Matthew Hoverman. Director and cast keep it quick, simple and funny. I love this stuff.

These album names are inspired by a Buzzfeed article about 1950s mens' magazines:

• Chewed to Bits
• Hooked to a Killer Shark
• Joytown
• Some Dames Are Murder
• Eaten Alive on a Bed of Gold

Those magazine covers would make great album covers, too.

 Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingt Secondes (Around the World in 80 Seconds)

Obliterati: a pretty good name for a band.

I saw Exit Through the Gift Shop on opening night with friend and colleague Sudha Krishna. We both enjoyed the film and got a lot out of it: one sign of a successful film is its ability to spark long bar conversations immediately afterward. In this case, Exit was successful. Hilarious, sad, maddening, and exciting, I recommend this film to anyone with an interest in street art, travel, or ditching the everyday in search of a nigh-impossible goal.