Places To Get Lost

In looking for photos of the blue-spine unicornfish I came across some great galleries:

The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery. I've been lost in this gallery all morning. There are so many collections here from vintage posters to illustrated zoologies. Amazing.

And then there's the Library of Congress. They have several neat sets on Flickr, such as the Photocrom Travel View and the 1930's - 1940's, but too many idiotic notations on the photos left me being annoyed. I tried to go straight to the source but couldn't connect to their server. Will definitely have to keep trying.

Skintight Baggy Pants

Steven Kurutz recently wrote an article about the Amish electric fireplace aka the adult toy sounding Heat Surge Roll-n-Glow. (You may remember my earlier post on this.)

Below is an excerpt from the article, where Mr. Baker, V.P. of Roll-n-Glow, opines on the heater's popularity:

"Mr. Baker said even he was somewhat surprised at the way the heater had captured the public's attention.

"I think a lot of it goes back to the irony of the Amish and an electric fireplace," he said. "How can that be? It's like skintight baggy pants."

Hmmmmmm.....'skintight baggy pants'? I of course did what any other person would do and did a Google image search of this. I never thought I'd see a horrendous Thomas Kinkade painting, Elton John in tartan plaid from head to toe and ass pictures for a 'Natural Buttocks Enhancement Cream' all on one page. I love Google image.

Croc Hatred x 20

I'm all for a firmer ass but please....this is ridiculous.

Oofta!

Having pity on yourself? Read this:

Pedestrian Is Struck, Then Dragged 17 Miles - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Truly horrible and bizarre all rolled into one.

bentolicious

Check out these awesome bentos by anna the red. I love that she did one of Katamari Damacy! And the Colossus cheese toast is just insane.

































To read more about anna the red you can check out her interview on Wired.

My Winter Wishlist

There are some things that I think would make it easier to leave the house on time during this season:

A remote car starter and/or a garage.  Or better yet, how about a wee one who lived in the trunk of my car who could just help me out when needed?   That actually has some all season potential right there.

This way I could focus on the important things before tending to the car like snoozing the alarm 5 more times and then milking it even longer online.

HUGE Bananner Lamp

This would certainly round out my collection:

• via Boing Boing