I smell like wet dog.

Woooooooooooooojah thunderstormin! Drenched within two minutes of steppin off the stoop and the day just kept getting wetter. A dose of extra bitterness for today's entry then.

But first, shouts to Triple AAAron in DC for a good portion of the link combing today. Here goes:

!!!!!!!!!GAT DAMN!!!!!!!!!! Treasure trove of old school hip hop vids, go now go now go now! (via Spine Magazine)

Nike Air Raid Tuskegee Air Men Force Edition

Aaron's commentary: not that i hadn't noticed the previous forays into national branding by nike--puerto rico and west indies airforce ones, dominican huraches, the extremely rejected black liberation flag somethings-or-other (i think they were af1s)--but a series that celebrates the tuskegee airmen? i'm slackjawed and boondoggled.

...and with that, school yourself on some histurry.

In case you missed it, Kehinde Wiley's interview from NPR (available for a limited time only, it's on a yousendit server).

On the Via booklist:

1) How to Date a White Woman: A Practical Guide for Asian Men

This cover is screaming for some color commentary on multiple levels, from the stupid-ugly striped linen coat (Ringmaster's guide to getting it on?), to the fact that both parties are holding flowers ("uh, here... I brought you five more of what you already got"), to just the uh... I dunno, fact that lady's got some real oxycontin'd out grimace on her mug... hilarity ensuing.

Anyway, seeing as how Via is exactly 1/2 Asian, this book seemed pretty relevant. Also, add Adam Quan to that list of people who are douchebags and are Asian, right up there with Michelle Malkin and Jimmy Nguyen who gave me a papercut on my EAR when I was passing back tests in Mrs. Nemecek's 7th grade English class. You kids made it on the list real good.

2) How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?

I'm going to say this guy is more awesome than douchebag.

Also-- for the people that still think Via's a delivery service (I know the business card's are misleading, but seriously... we ain't got no hydro, go get weededed elsewhere): Feds uproot mob pot farms

Finally-- welcome to my life (via Pop Life).