AmandaMuses

Category: Amusing

  • Tips for Life, Vol. 2b: Modern Popularity

    A modern version of the last film, narrated by Stephen Colbert:

  • Tips for Life, Vol. 2: Popularity

    Remember: Girls who park in cars, are not REALLY popular… and home, parents and personality ALL help boys and girls to be popular… really…

  • Tips for Life, Vol.1

    I drink a lot of tea and coffee, thus mugs are one of the items that tend to join me in my frequent travels; but I wasn’t always a mug user. Thanks to this handy instructional video, though I was able to master the delicate art of mug use and ownership:

  • Nice Tray

    Oh Pee-wee, how I’ve missed you: Pee-wee Gets An iPad! from Pee-wee Herman Personally, I’m pretty satisfied with my MBP and iPad Nano so far, but we shall see…

  • Mission to Mars

    Yesterday, I went to Mars… I was out of milk…

  • ToneMatrix

    Generally I try and avoid brief posts about random novelties, but this is just too cool to pass up. People, have you seen the ToneMatrix? Seriously, this is such a neat application– simple, elegant and just plain fun!

  • Sim sim salabim

    When I was a kid, one of the best things about the weekend was the extra hours one could spend running around outside but more importantly it was the CARTOONS! Saturday mornings with Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes provided a solid foundation for my humor later in life; I don’t think I shall ever…

  • What type are you?

    Ever had that existential crisis where you lose sleep wondering what typeface truly exemplifies your creative spirit? I know I’ve long suffered the anguish of not knowing– am I Meta or Ma(n)son? Well, our collective prayers have been answered! The design sages at Pentagram have given us the quiz tool: what type are you? You…

  • Ode to Neutra

    Ever the type-geek, I couldn’t resist sharing this TERRIBLE (terribly AWESOME, that is) video parody: Kind of makes you want to grow a well-kept beard, n’est pas?

  • Cheese or Font

    For whatever reason, I’ve had a tendency over the last three years to avoid general silliness here on AmandaMuses; some of it can be chalked up to an attempt to keep my private self private and allow this site to serve as more of a public sketchbook related to my work. But for those who…

  • A-C-B spells asthma

    This morning, my inbox greeted me with a few reader e-mails; most notably and amusingly, this photo from a reader in the United Kingdom with the caption “There you are:” Ever the fan of found type, especially when it’s a variation on a name or initials, I couldn’t resist sharing the reader’s find. Thanks, folks!…

  • I spy an answer…

    to the game of ‘I spy’: a train! Did you guess the answer, dear readers?

  • Clue number two

    Just for you: Round two of I spy… any guesses, dear readers, at what I’m describing?

  • I spy…

    with my little eye: What am I describing, dear readers??

  • Other world

    I’m pretty sure there’s a miniature alien settlement in my yard… I could be wrong, though… it could just be a colony of really artful insects, right…?

  • 30 minutes looking

    It’s been an strange day– productive on the one hand but distracting. Oddly enough, today I tripped over an artist whose beautiful work simultaneously hit the nail on the head and sparked my imagination. I know I’m hardly the first person to share this video, but it’s so lovely it needs to keep being shared.…

  • Don’t call it a comeback

    Ok, so this is how hip hop sounds in my head: Seriously. There are not enough positive adjectives to describe how much I love this video– it has help mend my awful, bad day by making it a little better. The history of hip hop in five minutes of “chap hop” with a banjolele? Yes…

  • Tuesday

    After my recent posts about beloved cartoons, I’ve gotten a number of requests and recommendations from readers and dear friends. So tonight, I’d like to share with you some of the early work of Aardman, the brilliant British animation team who gave us Creature Comforts and the much loved Wallace and Gromit series. Ident, dates…

  • Disney delights

    Digging up that last batch of cartoons made me wonder about other old favorites from my childhood. Not surprisingly, the vastness of the Internet did not fail me. So I present to you two more childhood Disney favorites: Man do I love Donald Duck.. the muttering KILLS me… and both the soundtrack and foley for…

  • Halloween

    For as long as I can remember, Halloween has been my favorite holiday. Each year, I’d look forward to an annual excuse to get dressed up and be silly, and go around the neighborhood trick or treating, smelling the autumnal smells and laughing all along the way. Today, I still love the holiday, even if…