Monthly Archives: December 2007

Holidays Are Merrier

Holiday Meals Are Merrier (S.O.S.), originally uploaded by grabbingsand. When everybody helps. And by help, I mean poke around in your oven, spoon about in your batter, lean on the sink and … oh, yeah … carry that big-ass bird and set it on the table like they did all the roasting their own damned

The Inevitable List for 2007 (15 to 11)

And so, we ramble on. 15. “Desire” – Pharoahe Monch (Desire) – Maybe patience is the key to success. Monch’s first album was released in 1999. Desire is his second. I could’ve picked any one of about six tracks, but the title track represents the best of what Monch does. Great head-nodding beats (sourced from

Glitter Is The Black Light Velvet Of The Future

Retro-pop illustrator Mitch O’Connell is offering a selection of his works in FaceSpace/MyBook-ready glitter-fabulous format. Why? Because … I’ve been a fan of every slightly kitsch, offbeat and lowbrow mass produced expression of artistic coolness, think velvet paintings, string art, spin art, black light posters, scenic moving pictures (where it looks like the waterfall is

The Inevitable List for 2007 (20 to 16)

I didn’t see so many movies this year, so I can’t give you a list of those bests. And while I’ve never been without a book to read, not all of this year’s reads were released in 2007, so no bests from there, either. Music? Well, that I can give you. Rather than doing my

Dear Friends Still On LiveJournal

You know how sometimes you think to yourself that maybe you ought to make the leap? That just maybe you ought to buck up, get your own blog, one free from the LJ herd? A zippy little Typepad number, or maybe something hosted by Blogger itself? Heck, you could just go all out and get