Archive for May, 2008
If I ever, ever, EVAH get my office cleaned out, I may have to spring for one of these desk phones from Crosley. Because right now, the only phone in here is the one on the fax machine, which is stuffed into my desk and has a cord length of, oh, maybe 4.5″.
Usually I’d gravitate towards the shiny silver, but the matte black is purty too. I’d even forego the portability issue. Maybe I’d get one of those really long lines so that I could hang the phone body off of my hand and pace back and forth like they used to in the movies. Except that it would never be that cool in my life… because every time the phone rings, three children come running from the ends of the earth, demanding things they hadn’t even dreamed of seconds before. Loudly. Ahhhh, the magic of the telephone.
May 29th, 2008
So, any of you loyal readers in LA? If so, please make a mental note about the Modernica Warehouse Sale on June 7.
Do you understand the plan? Let’s review, just to be clear: Wait for June 7 (or perhaps the day before if you want to camp out and really impress me), head to this big ol’ warehouse sale, grab any and all light blue and/or orange and/or white Eames shell chairs that you can find, then ship them all to me.
Mission accomplished.
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May 29th, 2008
Let me just start by saying that I came by this, ummmmm, vase on ebay honestly… I have a search set up for Vistosi pottery and glassware (like Mr. Unaffordable Bird) and this is what showed up in my inbox yesterday.
I am floored.
I am also dying laughing.
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May 29th, 2008
Ok, lately I’ve been trying to shun things like this because, well, after hauling one metric ton of stuff out of my house for a garage sale, I feel it’s best to avoid the cheap plastic crap. Which, I know, is impossible, but we’re trying to make the valiant effort here.
It doesn’t help that this particular cheap plastic crap is soooooo cute… I’m finding it hard to resist. Found during a recent search for a replacement bug jug (yes, we had a bug jug failure, winding up with an escapee caterpillar who at least had the good instinct to crawl UP our curtains, rather than down to a cat treat demise). Uncle Milton (of the ant farm fame) has come out with two tiny bug containers, one for ladybugs, the other for roly polys (”polies”?). Playgrounds, if you will, complete with slides and water holes and anything your captive insect might need. (aside from, you know, anything natural!)
May 28th, 2008
by this unbelievably all-white space featured in NY Magazine. Â
In the words of my hero Ralph Wiggum… “That’s unpossible.”Â
May 16th, 2008
Young Me – Now Me has a pretty simple concept: recreate pictures of yourself from your youth. But the results are hilarious. And sweet. And will keep you occupied for at least a good 10 minutes on a rainy Friday, so go take a look at the gallery.
Also, it’s a bit late for this year, but it strikes me that this would be a great concept for a Mother’s Day gift, matted and framed with the original.
::: quietly files idea away for next year :::
May 9th, 2008
What does it say if an old high school acquaintance challenges you to a Facebook movie quiz called “Who’s Boobs.!!“? Â (let’s all try to get past the gross grammar errors, shall we? Really, there wasn’t one shot of Entwistle’s boobs in there. )Â
And what does it say that I scored higher than him?!Â
May 8th, 2008
with the rather difficult Font Game. I scored 27. I’d be embarrassed by that score except for two things. One, some of them were weird, off-the-wall, you’d-never-use-in-a-million-years-unless-some-client’s-wife-loved-it faces. Two, my head is full of snot and, at the moment, my sleep-deprived self is doing good to differentiate between Futura and Times New Roman (eh, it’s Times — it doesn’t rate a link).Â
Hey, at least they didn’t ask about Comic Sans… Â
May 6th, 2008
If, like me, you have a house full of kids constantly singing Boom de Ya Da from the new Discovery Channel ad, go here and download the song. Then hit repeat and let it play, oh, 40,000 times. Voila! Happy kids.    Â
Also, go here and buy your two-year-old a “May the Filth Be With You” shirt… because what toddler doesn’t need one?
May 2nd, 2008