Jacques of all Trades

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Follow-Up of the Day: Springfield Isn’t In Oregon?!: Apparently, everyone misinterpreted Matt Groening’s interview with Smithsonian Magazine in which he said Springfield, Oregon, was the Simpsons’ hometown. After Sunday night’s opening credits teased, “Now entering Oregon,” the show’s producers took to Bart’s blackboard in an ambiguous attempt at keeping Springfield shrouded in mystery: “The true location of Springfield is in any state but yours.”

“I have no idea where the hell it is,” Groening said. “Like all Americans, I flunked geography.”

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When you’re in power this long, you get some pretty weird pop cultural references.  

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“Check it out, Spinal Tap kicking Mohammar Qadaffi in the butt. A timeless classic. Now two for a dollar.”

The Simpsons invite Will and Kate

Having read that Prince William was a fan of The Simpsons as a boy, the show’s writers invited the Royal Couple to attend a read-through of an upcoming episode with the cast. Well, they didn’t officially extend the invitation — Homer did. In his frosting-stained letter to William and Kate.

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slaughterhouse90210 on Lisa Simpson:

“I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten Man. To say otherwise is to be an intellectual snob, and a juvenile at the art of living.”
— Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder

After the rains ended yesterday, the clouds were almost Simpsons-esque!

Alvaro Arteaga had the bright idea of mashing up Homer Simpson and Thomas Edison. You can vote this great shirt design up at Threadless.

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Homer Alva Edison by Alvaro Arteaga / Alvarejo (Flickr) (Twitter)

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Mutable directions.

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Rembrandt Homer

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