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Octopus Raygun Mug designed by Sidney Pink Because what this...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:07:58 -0500

Octopus Raygun Mug designed by Sidney Pink

Because what this world definitely needs is more rayguns and less octopuses. Possible stocking stuffer?

amandalynferri: bustedtees: BustedTees Proudly Presents KRIS...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:15:44 -0500

bustedtees:

BustedTees Proudly Presents KRIS KRINGLE’S CRAZY CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN CALENDAR!

Each day, now through Christmas, we’ll be unveiling a surprise shirt at the low low price of just 11 BUCKS! But don’t hesitate, the sale price only lasts 24 hours. And remember, buy 3 and it ships UPS free!

Happy Holidays everyone, from the BT crew!

Love,

Amanda, Caroline, Dave, Mikhail, and Will

Dave’s GF, Armi came up with this idea while Bill Schneider really killed it with the sale name and artwork.

Aww hell yeah. Crazy Christmas Countdown Calendar!

birthday post

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:51:00 -0500

I try to stay away from really personal stuff on here because…well, mostly no one cares (as they should) and it’s also a little creepy to be espousing all these deep, dark personal musings to strangers (no offense followers I don’t know, but you know what I mean). But I turned 28 last week and I’m just feeling the need to write about it.

I remember being 16 and thinking that 28 was the grown-up age. I remember thinking that by this time I’d probably be married, maybe thinking of having my first kid, have my awesome career, and be generally “grown-up.” I had no idea what that really meant or what it would feel like.

Here’s something that other grown-ups never tell children: We have no idea what it means to be a grown-up. We just do stuff we have to do (pay bills, go to work, be generally responsible) because that’s just what you do.

I remember turning 21 and thinking, “Okay, this is my year. The year I’ll feel like a grown-up.” But sometimes, on certain days, it still felt like I was 16 or 17, or even, on really bad days, the 10 year old who had no control over anything (emotion, choices, etc).

Being a “grown-up” is not the same as growing up. I realize I’m growing up when I look at my face and notice lines I haven’t seen before, or notice that my body shape is moving more towards the soft and weathered end of the spectrum. I’ve lived through more of the bad stuff. I’ve made mistakes and (tried to) learn from them. There is less that happens in life that’s new or amazing. There are not as many “firsts.” I’m noticing how much younger teenagers look to me. (There’s no way I looked like that when I was 16. She looks 10!)

Not to say that I’m “old” or that there isn’t a lot left to learn. There’s so much. Too much actually. It’s just like that thing they say about learning. The more you learn, the less you realize you know. It’s just funny to look back at your past ideas of what you thought life would be or who you thought you are.

I mean, I think my 16 year old self would love my 28 year old self. There’s no way she would have ever imagined that she would be living in New York City, doing what she loves, and having all the amazing people in her life that she knows now. And I bet if she saw me now from the outside, she would think to herself, “What the heck is she talking about? She IS a grown-up.”

Life is weird. Let’s eat ice cream.

Tree hugger Men’s Tee by Gnome Enterprises Currently...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:03:35 -0500

Tree hugger Men’s Tee by Gnome Enterprises

Currently Christmas shopping and stumbled upon this. I don’t have anyone appropriate to give it to, but if you do, pretend you found it all on your own and buy this shit up! Love it. Get ready for some praise.

rant: extraneous punctuation in the new AOL logo

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:48:00 -0500

With the move away from Time Warner corporate, AOL is revamping their brand to hopefully change the perception that the company is an Old-Internet dinosaur. So, how do they decide to make their brand more modern? Lowercase letters and extraneous punctuation.

There’s no need to get into a huge rant about grammar and its misuse on the Internet, but I do have to take some time here and complain about this abuse of the period. The New York Times article says, “The period in the logo was added to suggest ‘confidence, completeness,’ Ms. Wilson said, by declaring that ‘AOL is the place to go for the best content online, period.’”

But that’s not what a period is for. Anyone who can type the search query “How to use a period” will find the proper and simple usage for a period. Lousywriter.com says, “The Period is the simplest punctuation mark. It is simply used to mark the end of a complete sentence that is neither interrogative nor exclamatory.

After every sentence conveying a complete meaning: “Birds fly.” “Plants grow.” “Man is mortal.”
In abbreviations: after every abbreviated word: Rt. Rev. T. C. Alexander, D.D., L.L.D.
A period is used on the title pages of books after the name of the book, after the author’s name, after the publisher’s imprint: American Trails. By Theodore Roosevelt. New York. Scribner Company.”

THAT’S IT. That’s all a period is for; to punctuate a complete sentence, within abbreviations or within bibliographies. If you want your logo to suggest “confidence” and “completeness,” how about you try to do that through better design?

And sorry Tumblr, I totally blame you for starting this fad. Tumblr’s logo has bugged me since day one…

(Photo via)

nutritionista: Tips for Your Health: The Secret to Avoiding...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:51:05 -0500

nutritionista:

Tips for Your Health: The Secret to Avoiding Premature Spoiling of Fruits and Veggies

Don’t you hate when you try to be all healthy by buying a bunch of produce, but it goes bad before you can even eat it? Annoying. The key to preventing spoilage is separating ethylene-producing and ethylene-sensitive produce. Learn which is which here, and never make excuses for skipping the produce again!

No wonder my freakin’ apples got all smooshy from sitting in the same bowl as the freakin’ pears!

The New York City Marathon by Jason Polan Jason Polan is trying...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:02:00 -0500

The New York City Marathon by Jason Polan

Jason Polan is trying to draw every person in New york on his blog: http://everypersoninnewyork.blogspot.com/. It’s pretty awesome.

French Navy, Camera Obscura

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:10:30 -0400

French Navy, Camera Obscura

matthewb: From Superheroes, a personal project by Allan...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:02:52 -0400

matthewb:

From Superheroes, a personal project by Allan Sanders.

These were too good not to re-blog. I also like the illustration of Batman sitting on top of the building, the Incredible Hulk and the fight scene.

Can’t say this enough…LOVE MOS.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:28:15 -0400

Can’t say this enough…LOVE MOS.

other people are so much better

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:54:11 -0400

Links to posts I loved this week:

painting ballerinas

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:42:10 -0400

nakedwriting:

The bus is driving 15, maybe 20 miles per hour (maybe 60?). The dashes on the road move in slow motion. Daaaaash. Daaaaash. Daaaaash. The ballerinas in the painting are hungry. Poised in forever plies.

The left one has eyes that say, “Will you bring me a Snickers bar? Please?”

The original paint by numbers code called for purple in the background, but the artist, in an uncharacteristic show of defiance, chose to use blue instead. With that one liberating choice, he proceeded to make even more decisions regarding the ballerinas, defying those oppressive paint by numbers dictators.

Brown hair instead of blond. Red lipstick instead of pink. It was incredibly satisfying.

It lead, eventually, to making decisions in real life: Wheat or rye? Wheat. Over easy or scrambled? Poached. Girls or boys? Both. (As many as possible.)

He found that previously crippling decisions were just as easy to manipulate as the previously predictable code.

AKR

It’s not cheating if you re-blog yourself, right?

Absolutely Cuckoo, The Magnetic Fields Ahh, love songs about how...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:42:00 -0400

Absolutely Cuckoo, The Magnetic Fields

Ahh, love songs about how crazy a person is. Perfect.

whatshisface: I went shooting in an old abandoned Amusement...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:36:10 -0400

whatshisface:

I went shooting in an old abandoned Amusement Park in Dillsburg, PA this past weekend. It was creepy. You can see the rest of the shots here.

It WAS creepy. And yes, that’s my boyfriend climbing down from his climb UP a rotting roller coaster.

andreainspired: by Kevin Trageser Never wanted to toss a...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:44 -0400

andreainspired:

by Kevin Trageser

Never wanted to toss a tumbleweed so much as I do right now.

» Design For Mankind

I’ve never actually tossed one, but this looks like fun. We need more tumbleweeds in New York City.

"Don’t eat egg salad from a vending machine."

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:04:32 -0400

“Don’t eat egg salad from a vending machine.”

- From Food Rules to Live By, Food wisdom collected by Michael Pollan

myparentswereawesome: Amor and Jose Submitted by AK They...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:56:43 -0400

myparentswereawesome:

Amor and Jose

Submitted by AK

They posted one of my favorite pictures of my parents! YAY. Ha ha, they’re eating rice or something. And they look sooo young here.

pumpkin goodness

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:13:00 -0400

Pumpkin-flavored things I wish I was eating right now:

Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Spice Latte but instead of “Latte” it’s “Chai”
Pumpkin bread (It may be blasphemous to say, but I think it’s better than banana bread.)
Orange Oreoes (these aren’t actually pumpkin-related in any way. Nor do they taste like orange or pumpkin—they’re just delicious)

What about you pumpkin-lover? Give me some recommendations!

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davidtrawin: We’re throwing a halloween party again this year....

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:08:29 -0400

davidtrawin:

We’re throwing a halloween party again this year. RSVP for details

This is where I’ll be for Halloween this year. Wanna come?

lovely links

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:43:50 -0400

In my attempt to cut down on the re-blogs (I’ve already failed, JMo tempted me too much!), here’s a list of random nonsense I’ve been liking this week:

Pomplamoose - “Single Ladies (Beyoncé cover)”(via tumblr.quisby.net)
Nutella inside Pilsbury Crescent Rolls (Via I Can Make Waffles) Perhaps the most delicious thing ever? I can’t afford to test this theory or my jeans will revolt.
Delaunay’s Jazz - I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) (via Friends Sharing Music)
Nobody Wants To Read Your Shit (Via Sarah Spy)