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My friend is feng-shui-ing her break-up: Hilarious and centered. i-peach-feng-shui
Honey, I Shrunk the Dog!
Honey I Shrunk the Dog by John Aravosis (DC) - AmericaBlog.com Mom and dad, finally, took Koukla to get a haircut. Mom likes the dog's long hair, so they were delaying it. But being a warm Chicago summer, and the fact that Koukla was about to bump into poles, it seemed time. Well. The haircutter informed my mom that even though she was in fact brushing Koukla's hair on a regular basis, the hair was all matted at the base - i.e., one big knot. There was no way to trim it. So, a buzz cut was
New thread: A Theory of stuff
I have found myself, to my considerable surprise, doing some deep thinking about stuff . As in: Crap. Things. Knick knack. Papers. All that. The occasion was a move the before, during and after. My wife and I have been having to confront the cumulative load of stuff in our house and lives, stuff that has to be stored, then moved in order to be stored again. (Irony, anyone?) If you are a regular reader and remember my feelings about, say, Diogenes or simplicity , or my utter loathing of
Wait and Watch While the Cat Crosses The Road
There was a time when superstition was the way of life. It was what people practised to earn a living. They predicted when the harvest would bring home joy; when the rains would bestow on the barren, thirsty lands. They even predicted how the unfortunate misgivings of nature had links with the wrongdoings of human beings. Though what I stated earlier has come to be the common truth of todays ecological system, astrologers seem to have answers for every practical, pragmatic, emotional and un
When Waste Not Goes Too Far
The Museum of Modern Art iscurrentlyfeaturing an installation by artist Song Dong who meticulously laid out a lifetime of his mothers hoarded possessions. These are not meaningful family heirlooms, but are squeezed out toothpaste tubes, worn out shoes and the like. Apartment Therapys website described it as such: The new installation on the main floor of the Museum of Modern Art is a public viewing of a hoarders life-long collection. Chinese artist Song Dong organized and displaye
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