Archive for the 'Mishmash' Category
The Exciting Home of 1999, Today!
December 21st, 2007Strange 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, 2007This 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 […]
I Love Junk!
December 14th, 2007I 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 […]
Snacks on a Plane
November 11th, 2007The wonderful Christopher sent me a link to the self-explanatory world of AirlineMeals.net. I submitted the meal from our recent Delta flight between Phoenix and Atlanta to the site’s administrator. It wasn’t a meal per se, but a snack of rosemary crackers, fancy cheese spread, raisins and a large shortbread cookie all packaged in a […]
Key West with Matt & Christopher
October 14th, 2007Well, it took a week, but the little website I made documenting our trip to Key West is finished. What else is there to say about the trip? It was enjoyable, despite the hot and muggy weather (I brought a pair of jeans but never wore them). The island is about as laid back and […]
Peel Me a Grape
September 11th, 2007Another weird thing: every time I hear the name “General Petraeus” on the news it reminds me of Rome, the TV series.
White on White Books
August 19th, 2007We love our cat Eero. Even so, she’s fond of getting into places she shouldn’t be — like the five foot high shelf in our living room. To deter her I got a little book holder and filled it full of books with white, off-white and beige jackets to take up most of the shelf […]
Doo What?
June 23rd, 2007The Washington Post has a small article on the beachside ’50s-’60s motel revival in the Wildwoods section of New Jersey. The locals call this architectural style “Doo Wop,” which bugs me since Doo Wop is a musical style and I always thought “Googie” is the accepted term for that kinda stuff. The Wikipedia entry for […]
Headaches by the Number
June 15th, 2007Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 writes of his chronic headaches in The New York Times Magazine. Funny!
Something to Chew On
June 10th, 2007Time magazine illustrates what families around the world eat in an average week. Interesting in so many ways. Looks like the Mexican family loves its Coca Cola, and the German family has more alchohol than usual.
I’m Wishing
June 4th, 2007Reading through Eugene Robinson’s Washington Post editorial An Egghead for the Oval Office, I just kept nodding my head and saying “yes, yes” to myself. Is having a reasonably intelligent president too much to ask for? Unfortunately I’m not feeling Robinson’s optimism. Looking over our recent commanders-in-chief — Reagan, Clinton, even Bushes I and II […]
The Mystery of Bag X-13D
May 26th, 2007If anybody is curious about Doritos flavor X-13D, packaged in a plain black bag with “All American Classic” as your only clue, the chips taste exactly like a McDonalds cheeseburger. Eating them reminds me of the amazing scientific advances which allow mankind to put so many different flavors in a nondescript orange powder. You get […]
Mold-y Oldies
May 1st, 2007Nicely photographed vintage plastic items from the collection of Brazilian designer and flickr user Gerson Lessa. Gotta show this to the s.o., curator of PlasticLiving.com. If it was poured into a mold, he loves it.
Via the newly WordPressed Robot Action Boy.
The $4-A-Day Habit
April 4th, 2007SFGate.com online columnist Mark Morford rants against Starbucks. Despite having a link to Starbucks’ iTunes music store on the front page of this very weblog, I found the piece hilarious and very insightful. Mostly what I can’t figure out about Starbucks is the amount of moms who bring their preteen children there to buy them […]
Weekend Update
February 17th, 2007A few jottings for an unusually warm Saturday:
Christopher’s post on the U.S. Citizenship Test contains links to the test Qs and As which recent immigrants need to memorize to gain citizenship. Look over the 142 questions to figure out how much elementary school history you’ve retained.
Scrubbles.net reader Chandy sent me The Final Take, an interesting […]
