Archive for December, 2007

My Hit Parade 2007

December 30th, 2007

It seems like every year, increasingly, I think I’m starting to turn into an old fogey when it comes to new music. I’m inclined to hear less and less new stuff on the radio, and most of my CD purchases have been compilations of older artists. For example, after I splurged on an Australian comp […]

It’s All About Me

December 28th, 2007

Because I’m a total narcissist at heart, I love to troll the web to find out when and for what reason people might be reading scrubbles.net. Two such occurrences happened this month that deserve mentioning here. First off is Julie Jackson’s interview with Indie Fixx, in which she sweetly mentioned this very weblog as one […]

TV, Kitty, TV

December 25th, 2007

Today I take a respite from the holiday to share a byproduct of playing around with your new Christmas toys. Christopher got me my very own digital camera, one which even includes an option to record short movies. I turned the camera on and shot a pan from our TV set showing a Mercury Meltdown […]

He Had to Take a Wii

December 23rd, 2007

All right, I promise never to make puns based on the word “Wii” again! Mark Morford’s account of getting a Wii in San Francisco was surprisingly stress-free and not at all a nightmarish free-for-all that makes you fear for the state of humanity.
I’m telling ya, we’re not hardcore gamers or anything, but we’re totally into […]

The Exciting Home of 1999, Today!

December 21st, 2007

Strange and neat — 1999 A.D. is a 1967 industrial film projecting what family life in the future might be like. A fascinating, low budget version of the future that includes Wink Martindale, that is. I wish I could see the entire film, but right now we’ll have to make do with the three clips […]

Most Frugalicious Office Christmas Party Ever

December 19th, 2007

This clip of the Promises, Promises cast performing “Turkey Lurkey Time” on The Ed Sullivan Show, circa 1968, has got to be the grooviest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Dig that energetic choreography! Michael Bennett was the greatest. Via Plastic Pumpkins, who correctly notes that “if you didn’t love and adore that number […]

Disc-O Faves

December 17th, 2007

Of all the year-end best-of lists that proliferate this time of year, DVD Savant’s Favored Disc Roundup is among the ones I look forward to the most. It gave me a lot of good ideas for stuff to add to the Netflix queue.
On trend especially I’ve noticed this year is that the prices for full […]

I Love Junk!

December 14th, 2007

I came across My So Called Strife through a random Google search and it became a regular read, mainly because the guy who runs it has a great eye for kitsch and finds the coolest things at thrift stores ‘n stuff. Check out his recent used booksale finds and eclectic miscellany. Next time I’m thrifting […]

A Merry Mix

December 12th, 2007

Joyful tidings — the Scrubbles.net Holidays 2007 Collection is ready for your enjoyment! To be honest, I’m not too big on Christmas music. I hate all those songs that you hear every year redone over and over again. No matter who does it, “The Little Drummer Boy” is a big bore and if I have […]

Bass-O-Matic

December 9th, 2007

Images from Henri’s Walk to Paris, a rare children’s book designed by the legendary Saul Bass. Via Drawn of course. Because we like to indulge our loves of cats and über-cool movie credits in the same stroke, I also present the Bass-designed opening sequence from Walk on the Wild Side:

Putting the ‘Ho’ in Ho, Ho, Ho

December 7th, 2007

Things I worked on this week:

Searched in vain for healthy foodie gifts for my clients, only to settle on overpriced cookies.
Spent two hours at Borders looking for gift ideas and wound up buying a single cookbook from the bargain shelves. Most of my relatives are not “book” people, unfortunately.
Put in a printing order for holiday […]

Good ‘Ol Charlotte Braun

December 5th, 2007

I came across the funniest thing this morning: a letter written by Charles M. Schulz to a Peanuts fan concerning Charlotte Braun. Miss Braun was a character who only appeared in a few mid-’50s strips — and her main shtick of having a loud, annoying voice ensured that she would never join Charlie Brown, Lucy […]

Differently Animated

December 3rd, 2007

We love Aardman and Creature Comforts. So I was delighted to find that they’ve applied the C.C. formula to a series of British PSAs that call attention to people with disabilities. (via Cartoon Brew)
P.S. I should also note that the flop American version of Creature Comforts has been released on DVD. The disc contains the […]