QotD: One Lump or Two?

How do you take your tea or coffee?Submitted by Vasquez. Coffee: Black, unless I'm somewhere that serves bad coffee, in which case I have it construction worker style, cream and sugar. Tea: Depends on the type. Standard English Breakfast or a good Earl Grey I'll take with milk and sugar. Infusions I'll have undoctored, with… Continue reading QotD: One Lump or Two?

QotD: I'd Like To Thank…

Congrats – TIME Magazine voted you "Person of the Year"!  What's your acceptance speech? [this is bad] Ick. Dear sirs: keep the topical and snarky questions out of QoTD. It's not Vox's strong suit. This ain't Techmeme. Stick with introspection and the personal side of things. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Year-end Lists I'd Like To See

In the tradition of Mad Magazine and 5ives.com, here are three year-end lists that would please me — sort of a 3ves: Top breakfast cereal prizes of 2006 10 most influential non-verbal utterances by a television personality 15 most shameless references to MySpace and YouTube in a wholly unrelated PowerPoint presentation Read and post comments… Continue reading Year-end Lists I'd Like To See

Sufjan Sellin Out — In The Good Way

This:  Songs for Christmas Sufjan Stevens ..has apparently sold out 4x over at my local rock and roll shoppe. Last I checked, Amazon was out of stock. Insound.com was out of stock. Sufjan's label seems to have plenty and I ordered a copy for my folks. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Will you be the one, GTDTracks.com?

I get a nerdy fiendish rush from trying a new GTD application, especially when I've been off the wagon (off is when you're *doing* the bad thing again, right?) for some time. It's like I'm tucking my cute little next actions into their beds and turning out the light knowing they'll slumber well. Will this… Continue reading Will you be the one, GTDTracks.com?

QotD: Books From My Childhood

What books did you love as a child?  Submitted by hearts.  I was a big fan of Roald Dahl and Daniel (Manus) Pinkwater. Pinkwater's earlier stuff is great (Lizard Music and the Hoboken Chicken Emergency stand out in my mind), but he's gotten a little too goofy and cutesy in the past several years. Dahl… Continue reading QotD: Books From My Childhood

We miss those times

Tonight I took out the cookbook my family made in honor of my grandmother. It has her original hand-written recipe cards photocopied onto sheets with loosely related photos next to each, and typed versions of all the recipes. The project was done while she was still with us, and my mom helped her come up… Continue reading We miss those times