Rip-Off Wednesday #9: Shoot the Sky

On Rip-Off Wednesdays, I steal someone else's idea and translate it into an ipost.

1. Go outside.
2. Look up at the sky.
3. Make a photograph of the sky.
4. Email photos to ipostupost (@) gmail.com. List exactly where and when photos were made.

This is a rip-off of artist David Horvitz, but rather than look at the sky where he is, we want to see it where you are.

This will be an ongoing project, so keep sending skies and they will be posted as they are received.

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Bath, ME, USA on 5.21.08 at 5:25pm EST by Chris Lajoie



Cambridge, MA, USA on 5.1.08 at 8:31pm EST by Hannah J Barth



Portland, OR, USA on 4.30.08 at 6:23pm PST by Michael Buchino



Bath, ME, USA on 4.30.08 at 7:06pm EST by Chris Lajoie



Boston, MA, USA on 4.30.08 at 5:22pm EST by Jordan Harrison



Boston, MA, USA on 4.30.08 at 5:22pm EST by Jordan Harrison



Portland, ME, USA on 4.30.08 at 4:58pm EST by Matt Lajoie



Boston, MA, USA on 4.30.08 at 4:43pm by Caroline Lorenz



Palo Alto, CA, USA on 4.30.08 at 1:42pm PST by Naomi Chamblin



Washington DC, USA on 4.30.08 at 4:36pm EST by James Knuckles



Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by Todd Forsgren



Beverly, MA, USA on 4.30.08 at 2:55pm EST by Tung Trinh



Watertown, MA, USA on 4.30.08 at 1:33pm EST by Hannah J Barth



Portland, OR, USA on 4.30.08 at 8:17am PST by Michael Buchino



Norwood, MA, USA on 4.30.08 at 10:00am EST by Jordan Harrison



San Diego, CA, USA on 4.29.08 at 9:43pm PST by Steve Franklin

A Boy Named Sue

Everybody has an "I was almost named..." story. Please post your alternative baby name story along with a name remix (take the letters from that other name and rearrange them to make a new baby name).

Congratulations, C & S!

PS. Bonus points for combining your parents' first names and then last names to make hilarious baby names. Here's a bad example: Brangelina Joliett.

Mad Libs Mondays Sing Langston

In order to complete this mad lib, fill in the appropriate words in the spaces and click "Create Story." In some places, you will have to repeat the same word. For instance, you should put the same verb in every time you see "Verb 1." If blanks just say "Adjective," a different adjective should be used each time. Post your created story as a comment.

Scroll down to find the forms.

Idea 1
Adjective
Verb 1
Room 1
Verb 2
Verb 1
Adverb
Verb 3
Adjective
Verb 1
Room 1
Adjective
Past Tense Feeling
Idea 1

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

In the spirit of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky," today we are going to collaboratively create an ongoing nonsense poem.

Here are the rules:
1. The rhyme scheme is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / etc.
2. Each line must contain at least one word that is nonsensical.
3. Post one line at a time.

We will begin with the line from "Jabberwocky" that is the title of this post. Use it as a jumping off point to create characters and a story line and keep coming back to add on to the growing poem.

A Question of Etiquette: Do I Give You the Ass or the Crotch?

In Fight Club, the narrator speaks of "single-serving friends," people that one meets in a situation where all food is served for a single person (usually in some sort of shrink wrap), such as on a plane, a train, or in a hospital.

Please describe (preferably in an artistic manner) the most memorable single-serving buddy you've encountered.