Monthly Archives: March 2009

Happy meal

Ogre: E stopped off at McDonalds the other day to get a Happy Meal for N. N can’t eat any of the food but she can play with the toy. jagosaurus: So what did she get? Ogre: Well, it’s an alien. It’s purplish and sort of oblong and– jagosaurus: [cracking up] Ogre: …and when you [...]

One week until the sandwich party

Elsa is, as per usual, much more on top of things than I am. The Sandwich Party is April 3-5. We all know you don’t have anything better to do than make, photograph, and write about sandwiches next weekend.

Squite

Websites I am enjoying

Heavy Little Objects The History Blog The Vigorous North Information Design Watch I probably found most, if not all, of these via things magazine, another site I really, really like.

Another word for nothing left to lose

This morning as I turned on the exit ramp to the interstate, the lightest touch of sunlight brushed the face of a rumpled man carefully walking his bicycle down the side of the ramp into the still darkness of the underpass. Fabric, cardboard, and plastic formed a large mass tethered to the bike. The man [...]

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The Party of the Sandwich, April 3, 4, and 5

Nothing says spring like a sandwich! Elsa and I have decided that another sandwich party is in order. Mark your calendars and prep your scanners for we have determined that the first weekend in April (April 3, 4, and 5) is the time. If you’ve participated before, then you know the drill. If you have [...]