Ask Your Vox BFFs: Neat or Lame?

user-generated living room The tall cylindrical LED lamp. I'm agonizing over it. Keep it or return it? Half the time I think it's perfect for the space, the other half I worry it's Spencer Gifts for grown ups. It can stay one color (controllable via a remote), or go through color progressions. I think when… Continue reading Ask Your Vox BFFs: Neat or Lame?

Considering The Homemade Peanut Butter Myths

I made homemade peanut butter last night. It went like this: Buy honey roasted peanuts Put in Cuisinart and mash mash mash It's delicious and nutritious, as far as I know. Just as delicious as what comes out of the grinding machine at Whole Foods. This busted a couple of myths for me:1. It's cheaper… Continue reading Considering The Homemade Peanut Butter Myths

Kurt Vonnegut Passed Away.

I thought Art Buchwald's NYT farewell video was kind of strange, but now I find myself yearning for one from Kurt Vonnegut that I guess was never made. I'm going through the times obituary hoping to find something from him about his last days, something new and with the perspective of the end. Though he… Continue reading Kurt Vonnegut Passed Away.

And now for an ancient Greek drinking song

Next time you hoist one, drop this lyrical bomb in honor of tens of thousands of dead homies from civilizations past: "Come walk with the Laconian drinking cup along the benches of the swift shift and drain the drink from the hollow jars, pour out the red wine down to the very dregs. We will… Continue reading And now for an ancient Greek drinking song

QotD: My Own Personal Spit-Take

What did you drink that made you do your last famous Hollywood "spit-take"?  Submitted by LittleGreenBook.  Water. Gin. Beer. Whatever. I really don't need to be drinking anything in particular. The spit-take is one of my favorite past-times. My last decent one was probably at the Spoon's going away party. I think Darrin got some… Continue reading QotD: My Own Personal Spit-Take