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Mar. 2nd, 2007 04:53 pmCat and Girl has you pinned like a butterfly, as usual.
Women's Time Spent On Housework Tends To Increase By About 50% After Marriage/Cohabitation. Because apparently some men think we "like" it. Well, some women do, but I have the feeling that it has more to do with frustration about it being done "right": some men do a complete slacker job, sometimes because it's the best they can do, but other times because they hope it will exasperate their SOs and their SOs will take over the job. I assume women are capable of this, too, but I haven't personally seen it as much. Also, does it have something to do with stereotypical male standards of cleanliness vs stereotypical female standards? IE, most guys I know are satisfied with a much lower level of cleanliness than most women I know, as to what anyone involved would describe as "clean."
(I wonder what this study would look like with gay men? In that situation, what's the statistical tendency? Do partners tend to share the work evenly, or does one wind up doing the majority of it? What about w/r/t lesbian cohabitation?)
Now, if you will excuse me, I have laundry to do.
(I wonder what this study would look like with gay men? In that situation, what's the statistical tendency? Do partners tend to share the work evenly, or does one wind up doing the majority of it? What about w/r/t lesbian cohabitation?)
Now, if you will excuse me, I have laundry to do.
Seven-legged Intersex Deer Found.
"Lisko said that the spare legs looked like 'crab pinchers.'"
I mean, I have nothing to add.
"Lisko said that the spare legs looked like 'crab pinchers.'"
I mean, I have nothing to add.
places to go, people to see/kill.
Oct. 4th, 2006 02:18 amSome interesting commentary on tonight's Lost premiere.
Bread and Circuses, a blog about late Roman antiquity.
CRAFT - not a new discovery by any means, but maybe you haven't seen it yet? Lots of good craft links with only the occasional eyeroller.
Bread and Circuses, a blog about late Roman antiquity.
CRAFT - not a new discovery by any means, but maybe you haven't seen it yet? Lots of good craft links with only the occasional eyeroller.
besame muncho
Sep. 6th, 2006 01:28 amBesame Cosmetics, which makes a line of retro/1940s-style makeup, has a sampling service. You can try any product for $1.50 and the shipping is nominal. You receive enough product for about three applications in a tiny jar, which will certainly let you know whether or not you like the color. Check out the rest of Besame's site to see the neat packaging - definitely rivals some of Benefit's cooler stuff, for example. (via MightyGoods.)
(I used to love to buy powder from another retro line called Body and Soul, because every compact has a metal insert with an illustration of a girl who looks like a mermaid... however, it's become hard to find in stores and a little ouside of my current budget.)
Over at Shelterrific, they're discussing the "perfect" recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Looks good to me. I have been wanting to make chocolate-chip cookies lately, but I never have any butter in the house... normally we use Smart Balance spread, which doesn't come in sticks.
(I used to love to buy powder from another retro line called Body and Soul, because every compact has a metal insert with an illustration of a girl who looks like a mermaid... however, it's become hard to find in stores and a little ouside of my current budget.)
Over at Shelterrific, they're discussing the "perfect" recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Looks good to me. I have been wanting to make chocolate-chip cookies lately, but I never have any butter in the house... normally we use Smart Balance spread, which doesn't come in sticks.
OK, I know I said that I was planning to take a little chunk of time off from the internet, but that starts tomorrow, and I'm about to go to sleep, and look how freaking cool this is:
Weta Originals - Rayguns
I mean, rayguns, people. Rayguns.
Weta Originals - Rayguns
I mean, rayguns, people. Rayguns.
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Aug. 13th, 2006 09:06 amConcert Ticket Generator - Exactly what it says. This allows you to generate a fake concert ticket. It will not fool anyone vis a vis getting into a show, but it will help you look like you attended shows which you did not actually attend. (In other words, it has no practical use, but I'm amused that someone made a webtoy like this.)
Everett Kaser Software - My first computer came with a huge cd-rom of shareware goodies... which should tell you that I didn't have a computer until the early-to-mid-90s. Some of my favorite shareware games, mostly puzzle-oriented, were by Everett Kaser. I've missed playing his DOS logic game Sherlock, so I made a concerted effort to find his site the other night, and eventually succeeded; it even turns out that he made a Windows version several years ago. I'm back in happy Sherlock land. Many other cool, deceptively simple puzzle games here: the graphics are oldschool, the gameplay is great.
Everett Kaser Software - My first computer came with a huge cd-rom of shareware goodies... which should tell you that I didn't have a computer until the early-to-mid-90s. Some of my favorite shareware games, mostly puzzle-oriented, were by Everett Kaser. I've missed playing his DOS logic game Sherlock, so I made a concerted effort to find his site the other night, and eventually succeeded; it even turns out that he made a Windows version several years ago. I'm back in happy Sherlock land. Many other cool, deceptively simple puzzle games here: the graphics are oldschool, the gameplay is great.
squee. squee!
Apr. 18th, 2006 04:12 pmBunny Yawns.
(via Shelterrific.)
and that is that for now, as I am very busy and must get back to work.
(via Shelterrific.)
and that is that for now, as I am very busy and must get back to work.
the great ninja extinction of 1986
Mar. 28th, 2006 07:36 pmWhere Have All The Ninja Gone? (@ Japundit)
Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog - yeah. If you have problems with the Middle English, try reading it out loud: it makes more sense when you hear it, rather like a game of MadGab. Y means "I", yclepen means "is called/named" or "calls him/herself", Frensshe means "French." Etc. There's one entry that's a very funny Brokeback Mountain parody somehow involving the Pearl poet: “I WOLDE I KNEWE HOW OF THEE I MIGHT BE QUITTEN!” Also, endless references to a Chaucer/Gower rivalry.
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languagehat.
via MoFi where someone got it from
languagehat.
from the usual suspects.
Mar. 15th, 2006 09:15 am"Vickipedia": Excerpts from the 1888 Chambers's Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge - Just what it looks like... oldtimey encyclopedia excerpts. For some reason, this somehow has a more authentic period flavor than the incredibly useful and well-written 1911 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which has been available online for a while. (The 1911 Encyclopaedia is partly noted for having some very famous writers do the work on their topics... with the addition of some supplemental volumes in the 1920s, they wound up with contributors like Freud, Marie Curie, Einstein, Houdini, and W.E.B. DuBois.) Both are lots of fun to check out.
Fore-Edge Painting - I think this is one of the coolest things you can do with a book... I first came across the concept in the late 90s or in 2000, maybe, in a book on bookmaking. It must be done with thinned gouache and not much can be applied at the time... you have to avoid sticking the pages together and warping the page edges. You can paint so that the design is only distinguishable when the book is fanned open from a certain page, or only visible when it's closed (some people do this to their textbooks by writing their names on the fore-edge with permanent marker while the book is held closed). The only commonly-available book I've seen that uses the technique is the hardcover edition of The Cheese Monkeys by book-designer-extraordinaire Chip Kidd, who presumably designed it as well as writing it, and got Chris Ware to help. This set of examples is by UK artist Martin Frost.
"The Thunder, Perfect Mind" - ancient "Gnostic" poem, which seems to be mostly about duality and accepting contradiction. Yes, it's where the title of the Current 93 record came from. I just thought it was interesting.
Cockeyed - It seems like I see a link from this site every few days, because the guy who runs it is an active prankster and discoverer. My favorite areas are "How Much Is Inside?" (a tube of lipstick, a printer cartridge, etc) and "Pranks!"
Jack Handey's "Ideas for Paintings" - Oh, come on, you know who Jack Handey is. (Or do you? It turns out he's ostensibly a real person, a comedy writer for Steve Martin for many years, and the Marta referenced in some of his quips is his wife. I don't know if that's true or if it's just a smokescreen for Martin himself.) Here, in a humor piece for the New Yorker, he passes on some Deep Thoughts on the subject of fine art. (See also: "What I'd Say to the Martians" and "This Is No Game".)
Sewing Stars - a really adorable crafts-for-sale site, with lots of accessories and stuffed animals. The bunny pouches, when they're back in stock, may even be the solution to my annoying change-purse search! (Yes,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zoloft, it's full of bunnies.)
Fore-Edge Painting - I think this is one of the coolest things you can do with a book... I first came across the concept in the late 90s or in 2000, maybe, in a book on bookmaking. It must be done with thinned gouache and not much can be applied at the time... you have to avoid sticking the pages together and warping the page edges. You can paint so that the design is only distinguishable when the book is fanned open from a certain page, or only visible when it's closed (some people do this to their textbooks by writing their names on the fore-edge with permanent marker while the book is held closed). The only commonly-available book I've seen that uses the technique is the hardcover edition of The Cheese Monkeys by book-designer-extraordinaire Chip Kidd, who presumably designed it as well as writing it, and got Chris Ware to help. This set of examples is by UK artist Martin Frost.
"The Thunder, Perfect Mind" - ancient "Gnostic" poem, which seems to be mostly about duality and accepting contradiction. Yes, it's where the title of the Current 93 record came from. I just thought it was interesting.
Cockeyed - It seems like I see a link from this site every few days, because the guy who runs it is an active prankster and discoverer. My favorite areas are "How Much Is Inside?" (a tube of lipstick, a printer cartridge, etc) and "Pranks!"
Jack Handey's "Ideas for Paintings" - Oh, come on, you know who Jack Handey is. (Or do you? It turns out he's ostensibly a real person, a comedy writer for Steve Martin for many years, and the Marta referenced in some of his quips is his wife. I don't know if that's true or if it's just a smokescreen for Martin himself.) Here, in a humor piece for the New Yorker, he passes on some Deep Thoughts on the subject of fine art. (See also: "What I'd Say to the Martians" and "This Is No Game".)
Sewing Stars - a really adorable crafts-for-sale site, with lots of accessories and stuffed animals. The bunny pouches, when they're back in stock, may even be the solution to my annoying change-purse search! (Yes,
zoloft, it's full of bunnies.)this is great.
Feb. 27th, 2006 02:26 amTom Baker Says - this is a link to a Monkeyfilter thread (worth reading in itself, for entertainment) about how a certain text-to-voice message system in the UK is now voiced by Tom Baker. (Only the bestest Dr Who ever. The guy in the scarf. You know, TOM FREAKIN' BAKER.) Also includes all the links you'll ever need to experience this for yourself.
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Jan. 21st, 2006 12:23 amAs you may have noticed, I have been lousy at avoiding the internet this past week. So I'm going to keep attempting to avoid it until I'm successful for a bit. Today, the news was the reason I wanted to go online.
We watched The Interpreter earlier, and it was better than I expected, and pretty interesting, but while addressing tons of issues there are plenty, particularly implicit issues of race, which it did not address much (except in the caption of Zuwanie's childhood photo). Still, a decent mystery/political-thriller.
Some links and stuff for you:
Colette Calascione - not as weird as Ray Caesar or Mark Ryden, but some pop-surrealism commonalities. Really nice art. On the other hand, she seems to still be pretty young, probably in her early 30s, and I think her painting style will become more refined with time. It's good now. (via Neatorama.)
After "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, The Prologue by Jeff Wall - depicts a scene from... well, you guess. Amazing image. Over 1000 lightbulbs, just like in the book. (via something or other, maybe Neatorama as well.)
Aquarabbit - Delicately stitched and painted art by Dana Robson, featuring bunnies, hedgehogs, squirrels, skies, and stars. (via a comment on Apartment Therapy.)
There were some interesting articles, too, but hey, nothing I can do about a browser crash.
We watched The Interpreter earlier, and it was better than I expected, and pretty interesting, but while addressing tons of issues there are plenty, particularly implicit issues of race, which it did not address much (except in the caption of Zuwanie's childhood photo). Still, a decent mystery/political-thriller.
Some links and stuff for you:
Colette Calascione - not as weird as Ray Caesar or Mark Ryden, but some pop-surrealism commonalities. Really nice art. On the other hand, she seems to still be pretty young, probably in her early 30s, and I think her painting style will become more refined with time. It's good now. (via Neatorama.)
After "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, The Prologue by Jeff Wall - depicts a scene from... well, you guess. Amazing image. Over 1000 lightbulbs, just like in the book. (via something or other, maybe Neatorama as well.)
Aquarabbit - Delicately stitched and painted art by Dana Robson, featuring bunnies, hedgehogs, squirrels, skies, and stars. (via a comment on Apartment Therapy.)
There were some interesting articles, too, but hey, nothing I can do about a browser crash.
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Jan. 5th, 2006 12:14 pmNot too much to say.
I got up early today. A little too early, but I'll tough it out.
(Yes, I mean I've been up for hours, not that it's "early" now.)
Trying to figure out what to do with myself this afternoon - watch a movie and do housework, or go out and run errands or get coffee or something? (Sleepy!)
Last reminder: tonight, 8PM EST, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) starts their month-long Studio Ghibli festival with showings of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. Two or three movies to come every Thursday night this month.
I bought one of these for my mom sometime in the later 90s - I think around 1997. We love it and use it; it sits in the (tiny) kitchen on the (tiny) breakfast bar that we use as extra counter space (I mean, you have to pull it away from the wall and block the pathway through the kitchen if you actually want to sit at it). We didn't think we'd ever see them again, and highly recommend them - far less messy than Magnetic Poetry etc. Of course, we never actually thought to search for them online, either.
Also - about The New Middle Ages - I think the fallacy is that as a world we were so far away from the medieval period to begin with (not one Jager embraces here). Certain cultures are, many are not, many things now have past parallels. We have enormous scientific and medical advancements that don't help a large number of the world's population, because they have little access. On the other hand, most people largely don't understand that in some ways, medieval law and customs could be considered more "progressive" than those adopted in intervening years. I could go on about this topic for a long time, but I don't really want to generalize or do more research or debate. It's just a matter of historical perspective. What Jager says here is the most enormously important thing to consider: every generation thinks that they are "modern". Time leaves us behind.
I got up early today. A little too early, but I'll tough it out.
(Yes, I mean I've been up for hours, not that it's "early" now.)
Trying to figure out what to do with myself this afternoon - watch a movie and do housework, or go out and run errands or get coffee or something? (Sleepy!)
Last reminder: tonight, 8PM EST, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) starts their month-long Studio Ghibli festival with showings of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. Two or three movies to come every Thursday night this month.
I bought one of these for my mom sometime in the later 90s - I think around 1997. We love it and use it; it sits in the (tiny) kitchen on the (tiny) breakfast bar that we use as extra counter space (I mean, you have to pull it away from the wall and block the pathway through the kitchen if you actually want to sit at it). We didn't think we'd ever see them again, and highly recommend them - far less messy than Magnetic Poetry etc. Of course, we never actually thought to search for them online, either.
Also - about The New Middle Ages - I think the fallacy is that as a world we were so far away from the medieval period to begin with (not one Jager embraces here). Certain cultures are, many are not, many things now have past parallels. We have enormous scientific and medical advancements that don't help a large number of the world's population, because they have little access. On the other hand, most people largely don't understand that in some ways, medieval law and customs could be considered more "progressive" than those adopted in intervening years. I could go on about this topic for a long time, but I don't really want to generalize or do more research or debate. It's just a matter of historical perspective. What Jager says here is the most enormously important thing to consider: every generation thinks that they are "modern". Time leaves us behind.
via BoingBoing
Dec. 1st, 2005 07:03 pmShaun of the Dead enacted by small dolls that were specially knitted for the purpose.
Tiki artist Kristi "Purple Jade" Yacich and her husband lost their home and belongings to Hurricane Katrina. Until tomorrow evening, TikiFarm will be taking prepaid orders for a special benefit Tiki mug that Kristi designed. It can be had with purple exterior and green interior or vice-versa for $25, or you can order a set fo $50. The mugs will arrive in late January, and all proceeds go to help Kristi and her family rebuild their lives. The design is tragedy/comedy, with tragedy="remember" and comedy="rebuild", and it's shaped like a Hurricane glass (which I'm sure is not unfamiliar to those of you who have been to NOLA).
Tiki artist Kristi "Purple Jade" Yacich and her husband lost their home and belongings to Hurricane Katrina. Until tomorrow evening, TikiFarm will be taking prepaid orders for a special benefit Tiki mug that Kristi designed. It can be had with purple exterior and green interior or vice-versa for $25, or you can order a set fo $50. The mugs will arrive in late January, and all proceeds go to help Kristi and her family rebuild their lives. The design is tragedy/comedy, with tragedy="remember" and comedy="rebuild", and it's shaped like a Hurricane glass (which I'm sure is not unfamiliar to those of you who have been to NOLA).
that had to hurt.
Nov. 17th, 2005 03:11 pmAnthropodermic bibliopegy. That's books bound in human skin, for the unaware. Interesting article from Harvard Law School's newspaper, The Record. Reminded me instantly of a movie, both beautiful and disgusting, but I won't tell you which one; you'll know if you've seen it and it's a major spoiler if you haven't. (Hint: calligraphy.)
The good news is that apparently Ilse Koch, the Bitch/Beast of Buchenwald, probably did not have a lampshade made of human skin, as previously believed. (What she did have is bad enough, and there are disturbing pics at those links. Fair warning. The Koch family's reign at Buchenwald was considered bad even by Nazi standards.)
And, I'm trying to read The Crying of Lot 49. About halfway through. "The Courier's Tragedy" is brilliant and hilarious. I've never read Pynchon (!) but have been meaning to because of a commentary on Mason & Dixon in, um, must have been Michael Dirda's Bound to Please. I am late on this bus, but you know, while everyone else was reading that, I was tracking down OOP Angela Carter... way before all the U.S. rereleases....
/snob
Here is a fun Lot 49 Site at Pomona College.
Now, I must, at some point, drag myself out into the cold to go to the library.
The good news is that apparently Ilse Koch, the Bitch/Beast of Buchenwald, probably did not have a lampshade made of human skin, as previously believed. (What she did have is bad enough, and there are disturbing pics at those links. Fair warning. The Koch family's reign at Buchenwald was considered bad even by Nazi standards.)
And, I'm trying to read The Crying of Lot 49. About halfway through. "The Courier's Tragedy" is brilliant and hilarious. I've never read Pynchon (!) but have been meaning to because of a commentary on Mason & Dixon in, um, must have been Michael Dirda's Bound to Please. I am late on this bus, but you know, while everyone else was reading that, I was tracking down OOP Angela Carter... way before all the U.S. rereleases....
/snob
Here is a fun Lot 49 Site at Pomona College.
Now, I must, at some point, drag myself out into the cold to go to the library.
"I've seen everything. I've seen it all."
Oct. 31st, 2005 01:11 pmPicard is a Pervert! - I'm guessing this is a clip from Patrick Stewart's appearance on Ricky Gervais's show Extras. It's pretty funny, but kinda NSFW. Stewart, playing himself, is discussing a screenplay he's supposedly written, which involves a lot of naked ladies. "And so, all her clothes fall off!" Hahahahah! (via a friend of ragdoll.)
EuroBad '74 - some fantastically ugly home decor showrooms and advertisements from 1974. Marvel at the eye-popping color schemes... I bet you never knew brown could be so loud, did you? (Strangely, still quite a bit more attractive than most similar American material of the same time period. I even kinda like this one.) (via BoingBoing)
ragdoll.)EuroBad '74 - some fantastically ugly home decor showrooms and advertisements from 1974. Marvel at the eye-popping color schemes... I bet you never knew brown could be so loud, did you? (Strangely, still quite a bit more attractive than most similar American material of the same time period. I even kinda like this one.) (via BoingBoing)
There's nothing wrong with plate mail!
Oct. 28th, 2005 01:38 pmThe Fantasy Novelists' Exam (via Bookslut).
Happy to say that the only one of these I am guilty of is a character with a four-syllable name, but it's not an exotic one. (Heck, my own middle name is an unexotic four-syllable name.)
(Also from Bookslut, a collection of entertainingly bad lines from SF/fantasy/horror writers.)
Further geek news: George Takei is the gay!. Congrats to Mr Sulu on his coming out.
And, via BoingBoing - Secrets of Disney's Haunted Mansion ride! :D
ETA - You've seen the site before, but coming back (also via BoingBoing) for Halloween is: the Print 'N Fold Necronomicon!
Happy to say that the only one of these I am guilty of is a character with a four-syllable name, but it's not an exotic one. (Heck, my own middle name is an unexotic four-syllable name.)
(Also from Bookslut, a collection of entertainingly bad lines from SF/fantasy/horror writers.)
Further geek news: George Takei is the gay!. Congrats to Mr Sulu on his coming out.
And, via BoingBoing - Secrets of Disney's Haunted Mansion ride! :D
ETA - You've seen the site before, but coming back (also via BoingBoing) for Halloween is: the Print 'N Fold Necronomicon!
something fun to do this afternoon.
Oct. 28th, 2005 12:11 pmToday is the last day of voting in Apartment Therapy's Fall Colors Contest. Voting closes in under 2 hours.
Here is the East Coast group.
Here is the West Coast group.
In each group, you can look at more pics of the entries by clicking on their titles.
I personally wish that you would vote for Tod and Corie Marie on the east coast and Jon on the West Coast. Kate's blue bathroom is super-boring and I think the major reason it's doing well is that she has very little in it, and a very expensive sink (as per the comments on Ky's apartment being "well-styled rather than well-decorated"). I don't really like Tod and Corie Marie's color scheme, but the room looks wonderful and was done on an extremely tight budget. But how YOU vote is really up to you! :D
Since there are a lot of windows or tabs to open, I have not set these links to open in new windows the way I often do. Caveat lector.
ETA - East Coast voting is finished! Tod and Corie Marie won by 1 vote! :) There is a run-off next week, so please check AT again, if you're interested.
I just realized that West Coast voting will be open until 2PM Pacific Time - meaning 5PM EST. Kate is still currently winning by a large margin, so please drop by and vote for Jon!
Here is the East Coast group.
Here is the West Coast group.
In each group, you can look at more pics of the entries by clicking on their titles.
I personally wish that you would vote for Tod and Corie Marie on the east coast and Jon on the West Coast. Kate's blue bathroom is super-boring and I think the major reason it's doing well is that she has very little in it, and a very expensive sink (as per the comments on Ky's apartment being "well-styled rather than well-decorated"). I don't really like Tod and Corie Marie's color scheme, but the room looks wonderful and was done on an extremely tight budget. But how YOU vote is really up to you! :D
Since there are a lot of windows or tabs to open, I have not set these links to open in new windows the way I often do. Caveat lector.
ETA - East Coast voting is finished! Tod and Corie Marie won by 1 vote! :) There is a run-off next week, so please check AT again, if you're interested.
I just realized that West Coast voting will be open until 2PM Pacific Time - meaning 5PM EST. Kate is still currently winning by a large margin, so please drop by and vote for Jon!
