Yesterday I discovered Green Porno and I have been loving these three-minute videos. They are sponsored by the Sundance Channel and written, directed, and acted with grace and humor by Isabella Rossellini. The subject? The mating rituals of marine animals (Season 2) and insects (Season 1).


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Al introduced me to Norwegian Recycling last week and I am totally hooked on the songs. Norwegian Recycling is the work of one guy who mashes up pop songs together into very listenable mixes; I think they're often better than the individual songs. It's like having a DJ without the party. The songs are free, so give them a listen and enjoy. :)

Eurie just reminded me that it's possible to make your own font.


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Bright tagged me for a meme, and I so enjoyed reading hers, I am excited to do my version.

I don't know who reads this anymore who has their own blog, but if you do, I invite you to tag yourself and then let me know when you've posted yours. :)

The RulesStep 1: respond and rework-answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that ( Read more... )

If you have iGoogle or Windows Vista, and you use your computer more than is good for you, here's something you might like. I recently downloaded a free gadget called StretchClock. It's a little timer that you can set to go off at whatever intervals you like. When the timer goes off, the gadget automatically takes you* to their website, and a video ( Read more... )

This post from The Happiness Project could have been written for me. Got to remember this... stop being such a maximizer!

This made me laugh... and feel really upset for Hillary!

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Yesterday Erik and I went to Little Tokyo for dinner, and found out it's Obon! We walked to the temple and saw a scene much like this (with this exact song, if I remember right, and definitely some of the same dancers!):

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We weren't brave enough to join the happy dancers, but we stood and watched. It was awesome seeing the old people, the little ( Read more... )

I finished two nonfiction books yesterday. They were both very good and very thought-provoking, but they also made for a bizarre pairing. The first book, Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, is a smart, inspiring, funny, voice-of-reason guide to financial independence. The other, Madness, by Marya Hornbacher (author of Wasted ( Read more... )