I am fortunate enough to have joint custody of a rather lovely Labrador-Rottweiler mix named Stella, who -- just for comparison's sake -- I adore more than my Blackberry and new Macbook combined. Her real dad is my good friend…
Continue Reading →I can't tell you about the entirely frustrating battle that my garden pavers and I had against these mutant, pain-in-the-ass dandelions back in California. It didn't matter what I did -- sprays, praying to whatver gardening gods would listen, digging…
Continue Reading →After the first amendment and the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, my favorite thing in the world is getting free music over the internet, and so it is my distinct pleasure to reintroduce everyone to Hype Machine. This website has…
Continue Reading →And while we're on the subject of pretentious clouds over the music scene.... If you, like me, have been feeling a little too sickened/jaded/abused to pursue new music with the same passion as you used to, I highly recommend checking…
Continue Reading →I hope I get this right, because the press release for this guy was entirely in Spanish and I only sort of understood what it was saying. On the other hand, it might not really matter either way -- because…
Continue Reading →I've been taking home my groceries in reusable bags for a few years now. It's easy, it makes the cashiers happy, and it makes me feel kinda good. One downside for those cloth bags, though, is that they seem to…
Continue Reading →You know, you can always tell a true lady by the way she totes her necessities when traversing the Swiss Alps. Like my mother told me, there really is no better way to test ones dedication to beauty than to…
Continue Reading →UK-based graphic designer Neil Duerden revealed some new work recently, and the results are absolutely stunning. His mixture of organic imagery, vector designs and photography creates an impressive mosaic of patterns and colors that takes center stage even when he's…
Continue Reading →I say this with no shame: I want my MTV. In the '80s, people used to mean it when they uttered those four words, but when the '90s came roaring in with demands to rake in more viewers, MTV changed…
Continue Reading →We never really doubted that our readers could find better stuff than we do, but the things that have been popping up on our Showcase have been putting some of the team (ok, mostly just me) to shame. Topping off…
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