Word: surrealism
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...what happened to us? Three years, two judges, one magistrate and many a lawyer later, our case was settled--the same surreal week the bank was bought by another bank. Now that our debt has been paid and the liens on our house have been lifted, we can focus on making a living as a team, enjoying our family and paying off our looming legal bills. I recently came upon a Benjamin Franklin quote that rings true: "He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing." Just make sure that if you do borrow, you know what's at stake...
...would have thought that under the hard business exterior of mega-investor Warren Buffett lies the soul of a wannabe rocker? A surreal video making its way around the Net shows Buffett doing his best imitation of Guns N' Roses rocker Axl Rose, complete with waist-length hair, a purple bandanna, a black leather jacket and Axl's signature red plaid kilt from the '80s - all as part of an eye-catching video for Geico, the auto-insurance company owned by Berkshire Hathaway. And Buffett sings too. O.K., he attempts to sing. (See the best Super Bowl commercials...
...announcement of the Pavement reunion way back in September of 2009 understandably sent musically minded twentysomethings the world over into delighted shock. It was surreal and wonderful that the rumors were finally true, and the timing seemed perfect—announced 10 years after the band’s messy breakup, and 20 years after they recorded those fuzzy first singles at Louder Than You Think in Stockton, California. Since the news dropped, it’s been a bewildering experience for fans—buying tickets for shows over a year away, internalizing the band’s amusing...
Attempting to spice up these celebrity lives, illustrator Odessa Begay has created the Museum of Modern Tweets, posting illustrated interpretations of stars' Twitter posts each week. Her works play off poor grammar and lack of context for maximum comedic effect, turning everyday updates into surreal, vibrant scenes. The results include Lance Armstrong sitting on a couch with mythical creatures, Kirstie Alley in a bear suit and Shaq hunting down miniature versions of LeBron James with a butterfly...
...Surreal was the operative word. Even supporters of Bachelet like Lewis quickly realized that the task of helping the victims of the earthquake was going to be enormous. As the President herself told TIME, no one in command really knew how bad the situation was outside of Santiago because of the breakdown in communications and what turned out to be inaccurate information. On Wednesday, travel to and communications with Concepción, the big city closest to the 8.8-magnitude quake's epicenter, was still difficult. Lewis arrived there early Monday evening with the Chilean military to find a city...