The Bad Influence Speaks

Merch Monday: Honor and Brotherhood

It is Memorial Day in the US when we celebrate and remember all those who have died in service to our country. In honor and memory of that, today's Merch Monday product is a phone case with an image of the Iwo Jima Memorial on it. If you have never had the chance to see the memorial (the official name is The Marine Corps Memorial) or the Sunset Parade (Tuesday evenings in the summer, hour long drum and bugle performance) during a visit to Washington DC, I strongly recommend it.

Link to purchase Honor and Brotherhood

Hump Day Quote: Monty Python

You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.
-Monty Python skit

Merch Monday: Computer Mafia

Link to purchase Computer Mafia by MEKAZOO

Hump Day Quote: Laurell K Hamilton

I didn't know what to say to that, so I kept my mouth shut. When in doubt,shut the fuck up.
-Laurell K Hamilton, Skin Trade

Merch Monday: Books and Birds

Book geek here. I've always believed that books give you the ability to fly away from the things  happening in your life. They are a great escape route to somewhere (or somewhen) new. This ReedPOP design for 2016 BookCon in Chicago is a fitting example of that theory.

Link to purchase Books/Birds from ReedPOP

Hump Day Quote: Shelby Foote

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.
-Shelby Foote

Merch Monday: Pew Pew 3D

Pew Pew dodging "Ha! Missed again Stormtroopers." This iphone case by BomDesignz is the perfect option for the Star Wars fan in your life (or yourself, you greedy bastard).

Link to purchase Pew Pew 3D

Hump Day Quote: Alfred Whitney Griswold

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.
-Alfred Whitney Griswold

Merch Monday: Airplanes

Alice X. Zhang is an amazing artist on Society6. The Airplanes iPad/tablet skin is a vibrant and gorgeous example of her skills.

Link to Purchase Airplanes