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I'll write about all sorts of stuff in this blog, probably only 1/3 of it will be of any interest at any given time. Keep coming back...we'll see what we can find out about each other.
Nov
21
Celebration stations!
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There are Celebration Stations along the SouthEnd line, and riding is free starting at 10am.
Hooray mass transit!
Nov
21
Winston + quilt = disaster.
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In a show of Alpha-dog bravado, Winston has annihilated a quilt that my great-grandmother made years and years and years ago. It’s salvageable - but it’s definitely missing some of it’s batting.
If he wasn’t so friggin’ cute I’d be angry with him.
Nov
19
Frigidaire Flair.
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For those of you who know my mother, you’ll not be surprised to learn that she has made some major changes to her kitchen.
About a year ago she finally let go of her circa 1950’s six-burner double oven monolith stove (a really sleek white porcelain model, if I say so) that served her well for a couple of years and worked well in her back-to-the-bones-of-the-house remodel of her 1920’s kitchen. After complaining for quite some time of slow cooking times and irregular baking she marched herself down to Lowes and bought a brand new stainless steel oven with a glass cooktop. It was fancy. It cooked well. It was horribly out of place in her kitchen.
I heard good things about the quality of her new stove and I hear that Andy loves having it in his kitchen now. Mom bought a new toy at an estate sale a couple of weeks ago. For a couple of hundred bucks she brought home a mint condition Frigidaire Flair circa 1962 in oh-so mod brown. When she described this to me on the phone I had to work hard to sound enthusiastic, because it sounded like a train wreck. But now that I’ve seen it in person and tasted it’s handiwork with our Thanksgiving dinner, I’m thoroughly impressed. It cooks like new and looks right at home.
This is what it looks like:
Yes, those are eye-level glass double ovens. Yes that is a cooktop that goes in and out of sight like a kitchen drawer.
Finally, this stove comes with a history. There once was a woman named Olajean who was an Elkin icon. She was married to Roy, of Roy’s Restaurant fame. Olajean made a chocolate pie that was, without doubt, the best pie anyone had ever eaten, We’ve all eaten it and everyone remembers it. Sadly Olajean died recently. And so did her pies. She took her secret recipe to the grave - not even her children have it. But this magnificent stove is witness to what is, perhaps, Pie Nirvana. We keep looking in it’s base cabinet to see if maybe she left a scrap of paper down there…
Nov
12
Sunday.
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I’ve spent my entire evening catching up on my ironing and watching Queer as Folk reruns while talking to my dog.
I’m so glad I checked the mid-twenties-gay-man-living-in-a-fancy-loft-in-a-trendy-part-of-town box on my life application form.
Nov
8
Haiku.
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Winston’s bathtub haiku:
Bath-time is not fun.
Very angry. I hate you.
Vengeance will be mine.
Nov
6
Save transit.
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Those are only the results from early voters, but 15,926 people said no to repealing the tax (versus the 6,823 to voted for repeal).
We should all remember that investing in transit is just that, an investment. In order to be a viable city we’ve got to open corridors and provide alternatives to road congestion. Give the rest of Charlotte that half penny. You’re not going to miss it.
Nov
3
Heart v3.
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These are things I think are interesting. You should think they’re interesting too. If you don’t then you’re totally you’re lame.
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My vote for best printmaking-inspired website design of all time goes to Sockmonkey Drawer. I think that Spooky Sockmonkeys are hilarious.
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My kind of Nalgene bottle. One with attitude. And truth.
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Designers unite! NYC taxis need not be changed! And if they must be changed, don’t make them look stupid.
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BBC News tells me that keeping an untidy bed may be healthier. I knew it! Take that mom!
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BBC News also tells me that Ming is an Ocean Quahog clam and also happens to be the worlds oldest clam. Am I the only one that is a little sad that Ming lived happily off the coast of Iceland for 400 years before he was dredged up and prodded by scientists. I wonder how much longer he would have lived down there…
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Speaking of fine-art inspired websites, Bookmooch uses a color pencil inspired illustration in a style that I don’t particularly care for…but the pink book in the middle looks so content I thought it needed to be shared.
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Coudal Partners is a quirky design firm. Here are some nuggets from their website:
» Ten is a short film about a man who breaks all ten commandments before breakfast.
» The staff uses the chalkboard walls in the bathroom for word games.
» A quick video that explains how to clean your keyboard. In the dishwasher.
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings used vintage cameras purchased on eBay to make the music video for “100 Days, 100 Nights“.
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Feeling a little techno-dorky on this one…but Mozilla’s Prism is interesting technology. I’d love to see it go somewhere useful. (Update: I’ve played with this one for awhile and I can’t think of any real value in having an application that runs a website without using a web-browser. I’m sure someone can…but I don’t see this going on my list of favorites).
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Exploring Nurture vs. Nature by splitting up identical twins is just cruel. Did no child psychologist say “WTF, mate?” when this was proposed?
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MarbleofDoom.com should have been named spinningbeachballofdeath.com but it was already taken. Here’s what it’s all about.