COOl Down

Hot enough for ya'?

Here in NYC we've been having record-breaking summer scorchers exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.  Our brothers in the City of Brotherly Love are no better off.  Cameron reports from the streets:

"The heat must've sapped the scribe's desire to write out the full letter. It's a hot day, but I'm not sure if to COOl DOWN with COlD H2O is what I'm after."

As an added bit of irony, besides the lowercase L in COOl looking like an i, even the O's are eyes!

BlACK WINE

And the national readerboard letter shortage continues!

Jeremy D. invites you to come hear the BlACK WINE BAND perform LIVE at The Muse Lounge in his hometown of Eugene, Oregon, maybe even stay at the HIlTON if you're up late into the night, unable to drive, intoxicated from drinking in all that fine BlACK WINE.

Remember, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

Meme Meets Meme

Danni R. from Los Angeles may be the first to discover a lowercase meme within a meme. In this stick figure cartoon, a happy faced fellow laments the loss of his Magic Markers, noting that "HAlF OF THE COLORS ARE FUCKING GONE." Unable to contain his anger, stick figure man erupts and transforms into Rage Guy, and unleashes an epic FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! I would, too, if the guy drawing me used lowercase L's so haphazardly.

AlEX is Stoned

Mark St. John discovered this roadside spelling of AlEX in Christchurch, New Zealand. I almost would have forgiven the lowercase L as a result of a possible pebble shortage, until I noticed the pile in the background.

I wonder if the guy who built this lowercase Stonehenge has ever visited New York?

Fair thee CHIGWEll

Naomi said this about this lowercase L sign above, found Down Under (I know, confusing, but you must look up to see it):

I spotted this sign on the side of the Brooker Highway in Hobart, Australia. About a month after I snapped this pic someone crashed into the sign and it was removed forever. I have no idea what FCM stands for but Chigwell is the name of a suburb.

A quick Google Search turned up a Facebook Fan Page for FCM CHIGWEll, which stands for Fresh Central Markets and Fresh Country Markets.  Just look at that unnecessarily serifed uppercase i, those extra lines at the top and bottom of the i could have been used to make both L's uppercase!  Apparently the use of the double lowercase L hasn't helped business much — according to their website, FCM are currently in voluntary liquidation.

CEllUlAR Decomposition

Spotted in Pasadena, Sean B. marvels at the ubiquitous use of typography as design in Hispanic businesses. The double-L sequence in CEllUlAR is enhanced by the following uppercase U—which itself looks like two lowercase L's—and another adjacent lowercase L.  Probably not a Smartphone.

PROUD SlUT

Megan M. of Cleveland, Ohio, was proud to discover this PROUD "SlUT" in the BBC News article, Why is the word 'SlUT' so powerful? I was almost going to take this female empowering movement seriously, until they screwed up with the lowercase L.

"There’s a girl who’s not afraid to be herself. Siuts unite! No need to hide it! Just embrace it. The haters are just jealous." — Megan M.

Whole Belly ClAMS

Jeff adds to the ClAM COllECTIVE with these OPEN WHOLE BELLY ClAMS, discovered on Boston Post Road in Westbrook, CT. Ironically, Jeff was just there for the Prime RLB.

Found by Father-in-lAW

When I met my now wife Malya, part of my responsibility as a suitor was trying to impress her father.  Now that Malya and I are married, and my father-in-law knows that I am the infamous blogger behind lowercase L-gate, the tables are turned!  After nearly a year of searching, Arthur Kurzweil, achieving one of the greatest highlights of his modest career, finally discovered a Class A lowercase L, and it was closer to home than he could have imagined.  Residents of Great Neck, NY might get lost on their way to Century Inc. at 33 ARRANDAlE AVE.  Perhaps for the better.

GlOBAL Traveller

In the spirit of Cory Arcangel's "Sorry I Haven't Posted" blog, cataloguing lazy bloggers' posts in which they apologize for not blogging ... SORRY I HAVEN'T POSTED!  My only excuse is that I've been busy trying to make a living as an artist, travelling, and being sued over my cartoons in New Mexico ... long story, I'll save it for another time.

Anyway, I have a backlog of your lowercase L's that need to be shared with the world, if we are ever going to blow the lid off this worldwide capital conspiracy.

So to restart, here's one of my own. I noticed this late-edition lowercase L on the Open Space Technology bulletin board at the ROI Summit 2011 for Jewish innovation in Jerusalem this summer.  Fellow conference attendee Shelby snapped this photo for me, "IS THERE A NEED FOR GlOBAL JEWISH UNIT?"  (I'm assuming that was meant to be UNITY, based on the punny topic header which I can just make out as JEWNITY ... and the fact that a Global Jewish Unit is HIGHLY unnecessary). This GlOBAL disaster may be a result of post-haste afterthought, but there's still no excuse.

Except INSANITY.