you say you’re politically engaged, but do you know where your candidate stands on…vanity license plates? are they:
a) a bombastic example of the first amendment in action
b) a potent symbol for the reductive nature of america’s two-party political system
c) unwise at any speed
still undecided? take a look at the tags rachel has on her car [...]
Entries Tagged as 'texas'
herbie goes to washington
August 24th, 2008 · 221 Comments
Tags: austin · california · long beach · parking · politics
cue the violins
July 25th, 2008 · 209 Comments
when sheena in austin spotted this note on her neighbor’s front door, she couldn’t help but wonder: “if your doormat has sentimental value, maybe it should be hanging on your wall instead of sitting on the ground?”
related: wrath mat
extra credit: sentimental value: clothing stories from ebay
Tags: austin · ebay · excessive underlining · grow up · neighbors · stealing
the audacity of theft
June 6th, 2008 · 150 Comments
writes an anonymous submitter in houston: “a neighbor in my building put up an obama yard sign on the door of her apartment around the time of the texas primary. when it disappeared, i assumed she took it down herself.” then up went this note — a cheerful bit of propaganda that oh-so-subtly disproves all [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · houston · neighbors · politics · rainbow-colored · spelling and grammar police · that's illegal
the art of the passive-aggressive note
May 23rd, 2008 · 81 Comments
sure, it’d be easier and quicker to just clean it up. but the modern passive-aggressive (like katey in berkeley’s ex-roommmate) can’t pass up the opportunity to make a point.
a common variation on the van der rohe approach, as documented below by sam in dallas, is the so-called “reverse magritte.”
meanwhile, post-modern passive-aggressives (like this new [...]
Tags: actions speak louder · art · berkeley · cleaning · houston · new york · oakland · obnoxious definition · office · roommates · san francisco · wtf?
try not to bite the hand that the dog bites
May 12th, 2008 · 69 Comments
while paying his old office a weekend visit, jimsu from katy, texas didn’t catch the original note (or, perhaps, conversation) that precipitated this huffy screed from the mailman…
…but he did spot the follow-up from the office smartass.
related: this is why your postal worker is disgruntled
Tags: "customer service" · excessive underlining · office · oh snap · texas · you be the judge
