My cat is freaking obsessed with Pringles. I swear, they're like catnip to him. I can't eat them without him constantly pawing at my arm trying to get at them. Even if he's sleeping on my bed and I'm far away, he can sense them, like the Force, and will wake up and seek them out. Dude, get your own.

So I've been here 10 days and I haven't finished unpacking. Part of the problem is I wasn't sure where I wanted my furniture to go, and I didn't want to fill up my bookcases and then decide I wanted them on the other side of the room. I think I've finally figured out where everything is going to live (except for the giant obnoxious garment rack I ( Read more... )

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I  am showing symptoms of Design Disease. Although I would include architecture in this.... I am very sensitive to architecture. I think I might go so far to say that my soul is allergic to the bad kind.

I've driven to work a few times this week, and usually I read the sign at the White Castle on Ashland while I'm stuck at the light. Currently it says:

30 HAMBURGER CRAVE CASE
PERFECT FOR ANY OCCASION

I'm thinking: Really? Any occasion?

"Congratulations on your marriage. That was a beautiful ceremony. What's that? Something smells? Oh, that's just my ( Read more... )

My History of Typography teacher once told us, "People don't know how to make left turns." Every time I make a left turn-or see somebody turning left-I think about  that. And it's true: most people make these crazily shallow turns-angling across the intersection instead of making a graceful arc. I'm certain he says this because he's a type designer ( Read more... )

The new Christopher Guest flick. I can't wait!

"Someone's killed their children and made them into cookies... and I wanna go see that!"
"Uh huh."


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Little Miss Sunshine.

Thoroughly enjoyable... great characters... both poignant and very funny .

I never usually read spam email but this one caught my attention. It's so Mad Libs.

When the tabloid inside a fairy laughs out loud, the salad dressing beams with joy. Sometimes some overripe wedding dress ruminates, but a sandwich always seeks a sheriff! A single-handledly dreamlike line dancer has a change of heart about a greedily shabby ski ( Read more... )

You'll notice a few things about Bestbuy.com. The first thing is that although Best Buy has cornered the market on computers, their website looks like complete ass.