Monday, November 10, 2008

Yay, nice things!

I forgot my wallet and only realized AFTER I had ordered my coffee and picked up the paper. Someone behind me was nice enough to get it for me. And today is my favorite kind of weather!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Well, it's official

My dog HATES the iphone. He keeps trying to take it from me whenever I pick it up. I think I am going to have to do what I did to the Roomba and scold the iphone in front of the dog. Seriously.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5858775.html

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The white flag of singlehood

This video is just like exclaiming, "hey! I never want to get laid again."

Monday, October 6, 2008

Denton-louder than Times Square

I got a call Saturday morning from Chris, who lives in New York. He asked where the hell I was and why it was so loud. I told him Jupiter House.

He said that he was in the middle of Times Square and it wasn't that loud there. (This led to many questions about why he was in Times Square.)

Monday, September 29, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Short reads

Six Word Memiors

True Stories. One sentence.

Some favorites:
One night on ecstasy, I stopped a fight between two drag queens in the ladies restroom and then I made them give each other a hug.

When I was 5 or so my mom would tell me to lie down before she tied my tie and I just now realized at the age of 19 that she did this because she's a funeral director.


I held my father's hand as he died in that hospital room and realized I'd never held his hand before that moment.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Best bookmark ever!








In honor of Banned Books Week.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Making Books video from 1947

I love watching assembly lines, I think they are calming. This is a nice little video showing the process of making books. I like the sexism at about 8:25 in.

Printing a Book, Old School from Armin Vit on Vimeo.

Book of Smells

Oh my, this book looks delightful:
http://www.cornerhouse.org/books/info.aspx?ID=2719&page=0
It catalogs scents that most people have never had the chance to smell such as the smell of the bubonic plague and the metallic smell that follows an atomic explosion.

I don't see it available anywhere.

Saturday, September 13, 2008