ROADSIDE ARCHITECTURE AND MID-CENTURY DESIGN IN GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS

Some very ugly stuff goes down in the Grand Theft Auto series of video games. That's why I was surprised to find so much of my favorite kind of beauty scattered throughout this land of chaos. The virtual landscape is peppered with odd tourist attractions and vintage Americana, most of which was carefully modeled after the real world.

I was inspired to capture this phenomenon in a photo essay wherein every picture was actually taken by my in-game character. Visit my article on Monkey Goggles to take a guided road trip through San Andreas where there's lots more to do than just steal cars.

IN PRAISE OF LONG JOHN SILVER'S KRUMS- ON MONKEY GOGGLES

The crunchy pieces of batter at Long John Silvers are my favorite food byproduct. Officially known as "krums," they are a topic that the internet has been too afraid to discuss—until now. Visit Monkey Goggles to read about my lifelong love affair with these guilty little pleasures.

MONKEY GOGGLES ARTICLE: WHY I'M GOING TO MISS PHYSICAL MEDIA

Speculating on the future of digital media usually gets me pretty excited, but recently I've been struck by some of the downsides to a world without CDs, DVDs and books. I explore these in my latest article for Monkey Goggles which you can read here. Use your iPad if you wish.

NEW ARTICLE: NATURAL PRANKSTER

In celebration of April Fool's Day I shared a true anecdote over at Monkey Goggles that I experienced while designing a catalog for the S.S. Adams prank and magic company- Feel free to check it out!

SEVEN NEW GREETING CARDS FROM PAKISTAN

My friend Matt recently returned from a visit to Pakistan with a handful of greeting cards. They're hilarious, and not just because they mangle the English language so badly. So I shared them all over at Monkey Goggles.

NEW ARTICLE ON MONKEY GOGGLES

I invite you to read my new etiquette guide for rock stars on MonkeyGoggles.com; it's called The Do's and Don'ts of Self-titled Record Albums. It's not the type of thing I'm accustomed to writing about here, which made it all the more fun to write.

PUTTING ON THE MONKEY GOGGLES

Hip Nip- A flask shaped like a dapper whino,
as featured in my Monkey Goggles article.

The geniuses behind Seattle's Archie McPhee Novelties just kicked off a rip-roaring new web site called Monkey Goggles. Their mission...

"...to present the world as we see it and ignore the things we find boring... we write about the parts of the world that society forgot or does not have the nerve to ponder."

Furthermore, I would like to mirthfully announce that I will be a regular contributor to Monkey Goggles! Please accept this invitation to check out my very first article, "Selections from the 1959 PICO novelty catalog."