I’m seriously confused. I posted this on Facebook and Al (who I find to be a reliable and informed source for tech news) said that a TV was as a good a surface as any for a QR code.
So, really, here in this Duncan Hines commercial, when all the cupcakes turn into a QR code, we’re going to pause our DVR and take a photo with our smart phone?
Really?
I think the Japanese have it right. Put QR codes on stuff like headstones where it’s stationary. Duh.
Tragically, Senator Cupcake was killed later this day when he collided with a tree.
Are your cupcakes just plain inedible without a sleigh cupcake holder? Get them here. Continue Reading
On November 11th, 1993, 12 year old me finished my first diary. It had been an eventful year and a half full of crushes, a new school and dances. I began as a mere fifth grader and along the way learned how to swear, watched friends have first kisses and get their periods and wondered when my boobs would come in. They haven’t yet, but late in Volume One I did have some exciting vaginal discharge.
And now we must bid farewell to the innocence of Volume One.
Goodbye Volume One, with your soft flowery goodness and well labeled FRONT and BACK.
Thankfully, as much as things change, they will the stay the same. Volume Two is similarly soft and colorful and labeled FRONT and BACK. The updated look — from pastel flowers to a vibrant paisley — is representative of the growth 12-year-old me was going through. Who am I? I asked myself. Am I soft and flowery? Am I a vibrant paisley?
Let’s find out, shall we?
Our new roommate (we found one! and he’s awesome) alerted me to what has to be the BEST WEBSITE EVER, fiverr.com.
At fiverr.com you can pay a mere $5 and get all sorts of amazing stuff…a British young lady will videotape herself shouting your message in a banana suit, an aging hippie will sing your message and play the accordion, a terrifying dude in a green suit will dance with your message on his chest. That last one is pretty weird. I don’t recommend that.
And they do stuff beyond making awesome videos. I even saw someone who will design two logos for your company for $5. That’s just plain ridiculous.
The first $5 I plunked down was for this video as a present for my father, the Great Arno.
LOVE IT! What an affordable gift that he’ll treasure forever! Or for the day. But it’s the thought that counts, right?
We stopped on by Urban Ore last weekend in West Berkeley.
I’ve had a bee in my bonnet for awhile now to make coasters out of our stack of lotto tickets. How cute would that be?
I was looking for some used tiles to paste them on before coating them in epoxy. No luck, but we did find this awesome scene. That poor brontosaurus. Continue Reading
Somehow we managed to write the best Craigslist ad ever. Or maybe it’s just the time of year. Joey says that people move a lot in November because of Mercury being in retrograde or something.
Regardless, we have had an overwhelming response to our ad. I’ve filled the available room twice and never had this experience. Every other time there was a clear winner — the lesser of the evils. This time, I love everyone. I want to live with everyone. They are all so intriguing and so chill.
Living in the SF Bay. So many cool people. Most of the time it’s a blessing but today it’s a curse. Continue Reading
I carved a fantastic cocktail glass (GLOAT!) in a pumpkin the day before Halloween. That was a Sunday. I put it on a shelf in my kitchen, and could not wait to display it at our Lushes in Love Cocktail Lounge Salon that coming Friday. Could not wait.
Friday came. My house guest and great friend Jen E. called me while I was out running errands. “The pumpkin is rotted!” she proclaimed. “And there are flies everywhere!!”
“But it’s for tonight!! OH NO!” I was perplexed. I hate flies, but I loved my pumpkin.
“It has to go outside.” She was not going to budge. I growled into the phone for a little bit and then finally agreed.
Thank god I did. It’s five days later and we’re still battling the flies everywhere.
GROSS. No wonder people normally keep them outside. Continue Reading
My old friend Jeremy got a bee in his bonnet to have a talk show. At first I was super jealous. After all, it was just over a year ago when I went through a disastrous dry run holding my own live talk show. I had to put off my dreams of producing my own talk show. Who was I to object to Jeremy following his?
Especially when he invited Will and I to be guests for Cocktail Corner with the Lushes in Love.
His set was amazing. His guests were amazing — hilarious and educational. And at the end, the whole audience shared a round of Oakland, by the Goodtime Washboard Three. Continue Reading
Last Friday I held a cocktail party. It went pretty well.
It seems I neglected to replace the soap in the soap dish.
It was so small you could hardly use it!! Dammit. I’m sorry, guests.
p.s. Incidentally, this is not the first post I’ve mentioned my soap dish in. Whaddya think? More posts about benign shit like soap dishes? Continue Reading
