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1. Look at this Tumblr that uses law enforcement composite sketch software to come up with portraits of famous literary characters like
The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan (above).
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2. And in more
animals behaving like humans news, check out these
penguins flying first class on Delta. [Yahoo News]
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3. Calling all Kindle users: in honor of yesterday's being International Women's Day, why not check out a high-larious Kindle single (a.k.a. book) about lady hair problems,
Bearded Lady, by
Mara Altman, author of
Thanks For Coming.
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4. There's a
marijuana strain named after
Jeremy Lin. And no, it's not called 'Harvard Schwag' or something stupid, it's 'Lin Sanity OG,' duh. [The Observer]
5. British artist
David Shrigley has a new piece,
How are you feeling?, on display as a billboard along New York's High Line. Part of a new series, the billboard will be located at 10th Ave at West 18th St. and will be on view from April 5-May 7, 2012.
6. Does looking at art make you hungry? Tomorrow at the
Flag Art Foundation Cool Haus ice cream sandwiches will be serving up some tasty morsels for the
Armory show. You can choose from chocolate chip, s'mores or red velvet cookies and tahitian vanilla bean, nutella or baked apple ice cream.
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7. Speaking of tasty morsels,
Amnesty International has a
new campaign featuring dictator cakes. We wanna know what flavor does the
Castro cake come in? [Laughing Squid]
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8. Check out a
1995 Barnes & Noble ad in
New York Magazine for a book reading by
Barack Obama. [Buzzfeed]