As northeast heats up (a high of 70 in DC is hardly Januweather), the Report is cooling down with a few ice related pieces.
First up: ice cream, specifically ice cream trucks. Photographer Luke Stephenson captured photos of these old ice cream trucks before they get scrapped for no longer meeting EU regulations. Classic and a little bit creepy, these trucks embody a few fundamental elements of the ice cream truck. First, the knock-off handpainted copyright infringing presentations of cartoon characters. I spy Tom, Jerry, Goofy, Pluto, two Donalds, three Poohs, a Pinocchio, and a faded Snow White. Then there's the ice cream cone strapped to the front, the flavors featured on the side of the truck, and at least one odd instance of the claim that these pre-wrapped popsicles and ice cream bars with bubblegum eyes are "Freshly Made For You." Sorry, "Ice Man," I highly doubt you made that Two-Ball Screwball yourself. (Also, that is the name of a treat we sell to children, and no one in marketing was like "Hold up, guys...")
Next up, I know some of our readers are excited at the return of hockey season. Grantland has compiled a look at the most customized piece of hockey equipment: the goalie mask. I pick Richard Bachman's Stephen King referencing Shining mask as my favorite, especially as it is cleverly named KSAM REDRUM. Pekka Rinne's voodoo mask is pretty frightening, too. And for its sheer simplicity of design, I second the writer's statement: "I just really likeBen Scrivens's Toronto Maple Leafs mask. That is all."
And as long as we're talking hockey, let me take another hack at your productivity today, and remind you that two weeks ago, Google put out this gem of an interactive Doodle, allowing readers to fulfill the universal dream of anyone who has ever attended a hockey game: to be the Zamboni driver.
First up: ice cream, specifically ice cream trucks. Photographer Luke Stephenson captured photos of these old ice cream trucks before they get scrapped for no longer meeting EU regulations. Classic and a little bit creepy, these trucks embody a few fundamental elements of the ice cream truck. First, the knock-off handpainted copyright infringing presentations of cartoon characters. I spy Tom, Jerry, Goofy, Pluto, two Donalds, three Poohs, a Pinocchio, and a faded Snow White. Then there's the ice cream cone strapped to the front, the flavors featured on the side of the truck, and at least one odd instance of the claim that these pre-wrapped popsicles and ice cream bars with bubblegum eyes are "Freshly Made For You." Sorry, "Ice Man," I highly doubt you made that Two-Ball Screwball yourself. (Also, that is the name of a treat we sell to children, and no one in marketing was like "Hold up, guys...")
Next up, I know some of our readers are excited at the return of hockey season. Grantland has compiled a look at the most customized piece of hockey equipment: the goalie mask. I pick Richard Bachman's Stephen King referencing Shining mask as my favorite, especially as it is cleverly named KSAM REDRUM. Pekka Rinne's voodoo mask is pretty frightening, too. And for its sheer simplicity of design, I second the writer's statement: "I just really likeBen Scrivens's Toronto Maple Leafs mask. That is all."
And as long as we're talking hockey, let me take another hack at your productivity today, and remind you that two weeks ago, Google put out this gem of an interactive Doodle, allowing readers to fulfill the universal dream of anyone who has ever attended a hockey game: to be the Zamboni driver.
The only thing we have to report is the Report itself. And that it is the 131st anniversary of the birth of FDR.
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