Archive for January, 2006

The fantastic DIY magazine ReadyMade just launched a blog, and I’ll be posting there every Tuesday. In other news, Bryan sent in a description of our engagement for the February edition of the magazine. We’re under the subtitle “The Pyromaniacs.” Go see.

As you may know, I rarely do this stuff. For some reason, it makes me feel cagey. But Heather so rarely asks for anything. When she does, you kind of have to do what she says. So, this is for you, sweets.
Four jobs I’ve had:
Bead store clerk
Silkscreen shop owner
Dance instructor
Volunteer coordinator, Kerry Campaign, […]

Products I want, but can’t find.
- Evany had an idea for a bracelet that looks like an ID bracelet, but has a window where the inscription would ordinarily be. The window would be perfectly sized to fit a cookie fortune, and you’d just slide in your favorite one.
- Old-school bunny slippers that are […]

-Open containers aren�t a big deal, smoking pot isn�t really a problem, no one gets upset about prostituion. Is anything actually illegal here?
-Violence.
-Parking.

Salvor Kiosk is a store that�s entirely stocked by the merchants� travels. Right now, everything in the store is from Japan, but from the end of February to the end of May, it will contain only objects from Sweden.
Their about page says, �We opened Salvor Kiosk to offer an antidote to over-design. We consider […]

Bad Girls by Subcategory
Originally uploaded by MaggieMason.
Biker Babes, Teen Sluts, Hookers, Ball Breakers, Bad Seeds…

Lessons learned on Impromptu Los Angeles Roadtrip, 2006:
- You�re not as cute in L.A.
- Some people buy matching white sweat suits, with their names in bedazzled scroll script down the sleeves, and wear them to brunch.
- Once seated at a restaurant, everyone should overtly check surrounding tables for possible celebrities.
- Possible celebrities […]

This sensible cartoon makes me happy.
(via Andrea)

To the woman in the locker room who is standing in front of the mirror, completely nude, slowly rubbing gym-supplied hand cream on her breasts:
Weird. Would you stop that? It couldn�t be more disturbing if you were taking fistfuls of the hand cream and shoving them in your mouth. The rest of us are unsure […]

In the shower, I realized that I remember the entire theme song from �Fight Back� with David Horowitz.
FIGHT BACK! Don�t let anyone push you around
FIGHT BACK! Stand up and hold your ground.
And so on.
This got me thinking about other useless things that take up space in my brain, and I started humming […]