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Action Jesus is Risen!

Random thoughts: We went to a gift store today to find a hula girl for car gift book project. I found an Action Jesus action figure and decided that I needed one. So now I have an Action Jesus.

A Tale of Two World War IIs

I reedited my Saturday. I'm not good at spontaneous thoughts. Random ancestry story: When I was little I was researching my family ancestry (basically I called up both of my grandmas and asked some questions). One of my grandmothers told me two stories about my relatives. One was a long-dead princess who lived in Germany.…

Dogcows and Drugs

Task: Reorganizing bookmarks. Ever wondered about Clarus the dogcow? You can learn all about Clarus in infamous Tech Note 31 on Apple's website. Or see what your Oz prison name would be here. Mine's Nipple Nibbler. My porn name is Ginger Lake. I always liked that one. And my smog name is Elizabeth Lake. So…

The Answer in Numbers

The number 42 appears in so many television shows. 42, if you were unaware, is the answer to life, the universe and everything. Case(s) in point: it's Fox Mulder's apartment number and the number of Buzz Lightyear's spaceship, offhand. It's either A) a random coincidence, B) really is the number of life, the universe and…

Gangsters and Pig Eyes

St. Paul was a haven for gangsters in the 1920s. The town had a non-extradition policy, meaning that criminals wanted in other states/counties could hang out in St. Paul and were safe from warrants in other towns. A police officer would meet a wanted criminal at the train station and let them know that they…

Weird Turns

On the way home down Franklin I was stopped at a light. (Dumb story.) The people turning left from the street on my right kept trying very hard not to hit me (it's a weird turn). Anyway, it started to become funny (to no one but me) and their light started turning red. I was…

Boredom and Bees

Apparently Shannon's date was such a non-talker that the poor girl had to start coming up with useless trivia to have something to talk about. Case in point: "Did you know that aerodynamically speaking a bumblebee should not be able to fly???" Which is generally true, but is also a sign your date is sucking.

Blogs and Cats

I'm too damn boring to keep a web diary. Are all diaries this boring? No one cares what the hell my cat is doing. I don't care what the hell my cat is doing.

Wealth and Wooshes

A few weeks ago my dad was telling me about a building designed for Paul Allen (of M*crosoft fame/infamy) by his company. Paul wanted a building whose exterior could change with his mood. So apparently the architect created a series of different panels and fabric that were able to be manually altered to created different…

Buchanan and Levy

So some journalism students have been working on the Deep Throat mystery and have concluded, based on best possible evidence, that it was Pat Buchanan. Now that's wacky. American Pie on FOX right now. I’ve never seen it before. Who the hell had a high school experience like that? I mean what friggin senior has some…

Bumpers and Blasphemy

So I hate Sundays. Always have. Since high school. But I thought Sundays were a good day to post my lame weekend. So there. Thoughts. Favorite bumper sticker: Those who laugh last are a little slow. Creepiest church sign: Who's your Daddy?

Suits and Sosumis

Fun fact: Apple Computer was sued over the use of its name by Apple Records (think Beatles). They lost (Apple Computers was not competition and therefore not infringing on their name). In retaliation Apple Computer named their startup sound "Sosumi". Here's the blurb from former Apple engineer Greg Marriot (from his resume): "TMON Professional. I…

Type and Miss-Type

I have to design this butt ugly newsletter for a non-paying client (religious). I redesigned the thing so it looked decent and the original designer (some tightly wound Edina woman) got pissed and it has to be changed back. If she thinks 11 point type on 13 point leading with a horizontal scale of 80%…

Philippe Starck and Fallingwater

Philippe Starck is Target's new it-boy—Michael Graves' heir-apparent. I like Graves' work, but it was more whimsical. Nothing all that evolutionary/revolutionary. Starck, in my humble opinion, does a much better job of creating pieces that blend form and function. On a semi-related note, my dad returned from Alaska last week (he landed on a glacier…