What is that? Oh, that’s is the Playmobil Security Check Point. It is out of stock currently at Amazon, but I think I need one for my desk. I could scrutinize wee little passengers whilest on conference calls. Some other things on my mind … Caucusin’ Is Hard. Which is why, I suppose, that there …
Things I expect my dentist to tell me this afternoon: You need to floss more. No doubt. Everybody needs to floss more. I guess there are a handful of folks who floss and floss like there is no tomorrow, but I suspect that such people are usually avoided in social settings because of their overall …
Thank God for my iPod. Without it, I’d have to hear the noise of The World’s Loudest Vacuum Cleaner. As it is, I have Alice Smith cranked up to the stratosphere, and that’s better by far. Why is The World’s Loudest Vacuum here? Good question. And while I’m not going to say out right why, …
Twenty-five years ago, I wanted to be as cool as Michael Jackson. We all did. Everything he did was worthy of our attention. I missed his appearance on the Motown special, the night that he debuted the moonwalk, but I sure did hear about it the next day at school. “Did you see that?” The …
Dieter Rams was director of design at Braun from 1962 to 1995. He designed watches, clock radios, cigarette lighters and countless other products, and all according to his own ten principles of design. Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design helps us to understand a product. …
(You know, like that Beyoncé song …) Once again, the inhabitants of our Gold Dome make us all so very proud to make our homes and livings in the great state of Georgia. SB59. It doesn’t have a fancy little catch name yet, just the unwieldy filing title of “Social Networking Website; illegal for owner …
Really. Just been so busy. (Doing science, of course.) We spent the weekend in New Jersey. For the first time, I arrived at Newark Airport for the sole purpose of visiting the state that hosts it, rather than just using it as an often cheaper access point for New York City or even Philadelphia. (And …
Nutter Butter Bites, Now With …, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. We’ve been paying closer attention to what we eat these days. As a result, even the ingredient list on a lowly bag of Nutter Butter Bites is worthwhile reading material. Of course, I didn’t expect to find such … well … violent content. (You’re probably …
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