Nov 9, 2009  •  In Entertainment

Spoilers (Well, Not Really)

From kottke.org: In the opening scene of the season finale of Mad Men last night, Betty Draper goes to visit Roger Sterling in a freshly mowed hay field wearing a huge white wedding dress and gets shot in the head with a rifle by an off-screen Jane. She was aiming for Roger, but the first […]

Nov 9, 2009  •  In Geek, Star Wars

Looked Familiar I Thought. Yes, Hmmm…

This past week saw the introduction of a new viral photo. Yes, I am talking about the snapshot of Carrie Fisher wearing her infamous bikini outfit, sunbathing on the set of Return of the Jedi alongside her stunt double. When I first came across the picture on Boing Boing, my first thought was not ‘Haawwwtttt!’ […]

Nov 8, 2009  •  In Information, Personal

Dry-Cleaning from an Insider’s Perspective, Part 1

A few days ago one of my favorite blogs, The Art of Manliness (yes I know I’m a girl but I still enjoy its content), published a post called A Man’s Guide to Dry Cleaning. The article was well-researched and well-written, and chock full of helpful information. However, it was apparent from the start that […]

Nov 7, 2009  •  In Art/Design, Information

Happiness

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Nov 7, 2009  •  In Information, Marketing/Advertising, Movies

The ‘Paranormal’ Media Maven

Paramount’s $15,000 horror flick Paranormal Activity may be the most successful movie ever to propel itself to phenom status via the use of social media and web interactivity. Beginning with its humble origins, the movie urged fans to “Demand it!” to play at additional locations. The website promised that the film will open nationwide once […]

Nov 6, 2009  •  In Geek, Web

An Awesome Google Reader Find

Are you as obsessed with Google Reader as I am? One of my favorite G’Reader features is the ability to subscribe to your friends’ “shared” feeds. This is a great resource for discovering new blogs, as well as interesting articles you wouldn’t have found otherwise. Today, my friend Brooke shared a post from photographer Alison […]

Nov 6, 2009  •  In Personal, Relationships, Touching

That Friend

If you’ve never heard of That Wife, shame on you. That Wife — aka Mrs. Avocado — aka Jenna — is a beautiful person inside and out, a great blogger, a fantastic photographer, and one special friend. When I first announced my pregnancy, Jenna enthusiastically emailed me to let me know that she just recently […]

Nov 6, 2009  •  In Art/Design, Blogging, Web

And the Winner Is…

Thank you to all who entered my custom illustration giveaway! I received a whooping 178 entries total: 76 via comments (I subtracted 2 since I commented twice) and 102 via Twitter. I numbered the comments 1-76, and the Twitter entries 77-178. Then I used Random.org to choose the lucky winner… Congratulations to Marissa! I will […]

Nov 6, 2009  •  In Personal

My New Driver’s License

I have lived in New York for the majority of my life. Hence I have been trained and brainwashed to think that New Jersey is an inferior state reserved for wannabe New Yorkers. The armpit of America. The toxic wastedump of the northeast. A garbage dump for New York. I have heard, and used, them […]

Nov 6, 2009  •  In Android, Apple, Gadgets, Geek

How Many iPhone Apps Do You Use?

I admit it — I’m a cell phone whore. And as much as I love my HTC G1, I hate, hate, HATE the T-Mobile network. The problem is made worse by the fact that I had switched over to T-Mobile from Verizon (the best network in the U.S.) for the G1. I refuse to switch […]