From Caveman Lee comes this picture of models in zebra costume. Read the story behind these costumes here and see more pictures from this event here.
As part of its Highway 7 Reconstruction between Silver Lake and St. Bonifacius, the Minnesota Department of Transportation took photographs of the roadways before construction began and after it ended. Among those photographs is a handful of photos from the intersection of Minnesota Highway #7 and Zebra Avenue. These photos (dated September 30, 2008) do not seem to show Zebra Avenue itself, only Highway 7.
If you look at a map of this region you may notice something interesting -- which is to say that I spotted something of note: The named avenues across this part of Minnesota seem to follow alphabetically. Starting from Zebra Avenue and looking east it seems most of the named streets follow the alphabet in reverse order. After Zebra comes Yale, Weller, Vega, Urban, Tacoma, Salem, Rome, Quaas, Polk, Oak, Naples, Market, Laurel, Kelly, Jersey, Halsey, and then Guernsey. At Guernsey my tired eyes lose the trail (if there really is one and I am not imagining this). I can not seem to spot an avenue the name of which starts with an X, but the presence of Quaas Avenue with other circumstantial evidence suggests an alphabetic avenue planning system in this region of Minnesota.
From paintedcreatures.com comes this Standing Zebra, "An exquisitely sculpted, aristocratic zebra from Oaxacan master Angel Ramirez."
Macarena C.'s Flickr Photostream includes the Zebra Skin Set of five photos with titles like "To look at the world as one," and "Zebra Look." Check them out, they are beautiful.
I asked the Zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy day?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I'll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again.
Did you know that striped zebra clothing made a comeback in American prisons?
Image source: Pride Enterprises
In an October 1, 2000, story the New York Times wrote: "Dozens of county sheriffs, in states as diverse as Texas, Indiana, Nebraska, Florida and Maine, are putting their inmates back in stripes. The Mississippi Department of Corrections has been using striped trousers for more than five years (green-on-white for minimum-security convicts, black for medium, and red for maximum). The zebra look has even arrived in juvenile detention centers in Massachusetts and Missouri."
Read more at the New York Times.
Northwestern professor Jack Levin was quoted in Prison Chic," a July 5, 2001, story in the St. Petersburg Times:
"You can trace the punitive mood of a nation by the uniforms it makes its inmates wear," Jack Levin said from Boston. Levin is a professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University.
"Right now, Americans are in a very punitive mood," he said. "Prison wardens and sheriffs around the country are doing some sadistic things."
Read more at the St. Pete Times.
More stories about zebra clothing making a comeback in prisons:
Associated Press: Prison stripes make comeback
Cartoonstock's mostly un-funny strips involving prison garb
Zebra striping — also known as candy striping or half-shadow — is the application of faint shading to alternate lines or rows in data tables or forms.
| Many believe that zebra stripes |
| aid the reader by |
| guiding the eye along the row. However, |
| despite being in use in both paper and |
| electronic mediums for almost |
| half a century, there is practically |
| no evidence that it actually |
| assists users in this way. |
°Doudou°'s Flickr photostream includes this beautiful composition: Beautiful legs on zebra @ New York City, USA.
I am not sure I agree with Baldwin in their boilerplate description of this gaudy instrument, but if it is actually real it does make an impression.
While a piano must have extraordinary sound, it must also be beautiful. With more than 100 years of woodworking and design experience, Baldwin is uniquely qualified to craft piano cabinets which are not only durable, but also provide timeless beauty.
Guess who showed up at the White House wearing a zebra bath robe?
Joan Baez, of course!
In an interview with Seattlepi.com, Joan explains that she was one of thousands who flocked to the White House to celebrate Barack Obama's election as President of the United States:
"We were staying in Alexandria, Va., so we went outside and hollered -- and there was nothing happening. So we got in a cab and I said, 'Take us to the White House!' " Baez said with a laugh during a phone interview this week."If you go to the Washington Post Web site and search for me, you'll see me in a zebra bathrobe standing in front of the White House with 4,000 other people."
James the Christmas Zebra is a fun little game that challenges you to guide James the Christmas-hatted Zebra through a field of cookies and pudding.
Swing from cloud to cloud eating cookies and avoiding explosive puddings in this addictive game. Two bonus modes are unlocked after you play the main game, and stay unlocked forever more!
It's fun. Try it. I did!
Zebra Firearms offers the finest in Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and is constantly striving to find the best guns at the best value.
With everything from the most basic shotguns to the rarest and highest quality modern firearms, we have earned a reputation for maintaining a diverse collection of firearms from around the world.
Zebra Firearms sells Zebra Shotguns, Zebra Rifles, Zebra Handguns, and Zebra Knives.
My search for a city or town named Zebra has thus far only resulted in this interesting bit of local history from the Lake of the Ozarks web site:
Daily Zebra: Source
Named for a man-made sand beach on the banks of the Osage River at the foot of a steep hill, Osage Beach was platted in 1928, by real estate developers who sold lots even before the Dam was completed. Two small towns, Zebra, originally on the Osage River and named for the striped appearance of nearby bluffs, and Damsel existed here. Eventually both were incorporated into Osage Beach.
The memory of the town of Zebra today endures in the form of Zebra Road.
Zebra Dinnerware by Joseph Abboud
Zebra by Joseph Abboud features dinnerware and serveware displaying details in a rich reactive glaze on a stoneware body.
Artist Per Ove Sleen says he has no idea what he means by Code Zebra, his artwork depicting a blood-spattered zebra that has fused with a barcode.
I would propose that the work represents the commercialization and commoditization of wild animals, murdered and assimilated into a commercial product development cycle.
Code Zebra may be open to interpretation, but I looked into the specifics of the numbers appearing in the barcode and found that this barcode is a "Random Weight UPC." According to UPCdatabase.com Random Weight UPC codes are used for pricing items. If that is the intent of the artist's use of the UPC code then Code Zebra would appear to be selling for 873.94 in whatever unit of currency one might choose. It may also be that the barcode in Code Zebra represents the costs associated with assimilating a zebra into commerce.
The t-shirt, as you can see, sells for US$28.93.
Zebra Finches are loud and boisterous singers. Their call can be a loud "beep", "meep", "oi!" or "a-ha!", sounding something like a toy trumpet or the buttons on a phone being pushed. Their song is a few small beeps, leading up to a rhythmic song of varying complexity in males. Each male's song is different, although birds of the same bloodline will exhibit similarities, and all finches will overlay their own uniqueness onto a common rhythmic framework. Fathers pass on their songs to their sons with little variation.
"Celebrate in style!" with this "High polish stainless steel flask" from Kyle Design.
See also: Pewter Zebra Flask Minx from the Ladies Handbag Collection at Haunt Your Home.
UrbanZebra.net is a photoblog that includes a zebra-informed option to change the color of the site from white-background/black-text to black-background/white-text.
Where does the name “Urban Zebra” come from?
To be honest, I don’t remember very well. I know I wanted a name made up of two words, that would be associated with photography, and that was cool and easy to remember. I’m positive at least one of these requirements has been fulfilled. Hey, it could have been worse: for some time I thought about using “Flying Platypus”.
