Beachwalking
Whenever I tune into NPR, I inevitably hear the part of the program where they announce the “sponsored by” companies. I usually hear this:
… and brought to you by Medtronic. Medtronic, saluting graduates in the fields of science and health.
All I can think is, “Saluting the graduates, yes. Hiring them, no.”
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“This is a Really Long, Pointless Story about a Shirt” - A prominent coder/software developer/owner of Delicious Monster in the Mac community writes about his experiences with the importance of wearing nice shirts. For example:
I didn’t exactly hit on Laurie, per se, but I will say I was glad I was wearing a nice shirt. It wasn’t until the next night that one of her friends let me know, in a very friendly manner, that if I had intentions towards Ms. Anderson I might reconsider them, because she was, in fact, as interested in women as I was.
Read on for more shirt story goodness.
Derek K. Miller and cancer - Stunningly honest and straightforward blogging from Derek Miller, a 38 year old family man with stage 4 metastatic colorectal cancer. When I read his writing, it puts my life, with it’s myriad “problems” and “difficulties” in sharp perspective. Thinking about what he’s going through, it makes me feel very sad.
50/50 Sheets - With a lovely red line down the middle, so you never have an argument about who is stealing covers.
If you look at them far enough away, trees look like big weeds.
Mortuary humor - The set-up here is quick: some random guy with questionable motives supposedly was responsible for a signed affidavit opened after his death, which disclosed outrageous details about the true nature of the Roswell incident. This comment followed:
“I’d be laughing all the way to the mortuary, if it were me…
And I’d be really creeped out if I were the coroner…”
Coolest. Lamp. Ever. - Call it a stupid idea, but I feel that if we choose to spend our hard earned money on something, it should jive with our artistic sensibilities. Nobody buys curtains they hate—why buy other things whose appearance we loathe? This approach, however, quickly can become impractical.
Enter the coolest desktop lamp you’ll ever see. These things are handmade by what seems to be an art-house type place; the price isn’t even listed. Regardless of what I can only imagine is a prohibitively expensive price, this is a man’s lamp if ever I’ve seen one (and I simply refer to the angular, steampunk, nature of the styling). The artist, Frank Buchwald, has produced some amazing pieces, be sure to check out “The Series” to view them all.
Exploding clocks - Looking for the gift for someone who has everything? How about these one of a kind exploding/asploding clocks by Roger Wood. They look like cartoon clocks flying apart, yet they still work. Not a gift I could afford to give anyone in the next, oh, 10 years or so. Always good to keep on the back burner, though.
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