Tom Wesselmann In Seoul

A retrospective on Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004), an American pop artist, known for his American Nude series is on until Saturday at The Columns in Seoul.
More Wesselmann’s works can be found here.

A Floral Designer Gives the LowDown on V-Day

CYGIRL dishes on the business of flowers:

For the first, yes, it is fun to create arrangements that make people happy/feel comforted, etc… But don’t kid yourself, it’s hard fucking work.
First of all, you need to have inventory on hand. Flowers? Perishable. So it’s a total crapshoot on whether you need the product, getting the product [...]

Rep. Dan Burton Doesn’t Like His Job

The Indiana Congressman, Dan “The Dickhead” Burton, prefers playing golf to voting on important pieces of legislation:
“U.S. Rep. Dan Burton this morning apologized for missing 19 votes to play in a golf tournament in January. Burton,R-Indianapolis, who has not responded to requests for comment, made his apology during an appearance [...]

Exploding Whales

An old video of Oregon State officials attempting to blow up an 8-ton whale carcass with dynamite.

A Steel Enema at Sea

   The hunting of the whale hunters continues in the Ross Sea with anti-whaling activists colliding The Sea Shepherd into the Japanese whaler, Kaiko Maru, in an effort to obstruct the hunt.
PROTEST SHIP AND WHALER COLLIDE
Sea Shepherd leader Captain Paul Watson yesterday said the Farley Mowat was almost out of fuel [...]

Nigeria – The High Cost of Oil

Nigeria is the fifth-largest supplier of oil to the U.S. Most of that oil comes from the “restive” Niger Delta. In the last year, over 100 foreigners working in the oi industry have been kidnapped and a number of expats have been killed. Sebastian Junger, author of the [...]

M/V ERIKA Oil Pollution Trial

PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) – A trial into one of France’s worst environmental disasters opens on Monday with oil giant Total facing charges over toxic fuel spills that washed ashore following the sinking of the tanker Erika in 1999.
Total is among 15 organisations and individuals charged over the spill that poured 20,000 tonnes of [...]

Osaka Garbage Men Attack

Watch a drunk foreigner get a well-deserved beat down from an Osaka garbage man.

Friday’s Random Ten

1. Trying Your Luck – The Strokes
2. Rudi, A Message to You – The Specials
3. The Call Up – The Clash
4. Love Island – Fatboy Slim
5. Honey Hi – Fleetwood Mac
6. Effigy – Uncle Tupelo
7. Kicker of Elves – Guided By Voices
8. One Last Love Song – [...]

Iceberg Saves Stranded Sailors

The nautical hunting of the hunters playing out at the bottom of the world is getting dangerous and bizarre.
An Australian anti-whaling protester, lost with an American in frigid waters near the Ross Sea, lassoed an iceberg to protect them from the wind as they drifted in heavy fog.
Australian Karl Neilsen, of Perth, and American John [...]