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Notice how the one on on the right says “2 more pierogies” yet has the same number of pierogies and weighs the same amount (456g, not shown for aesthetic reasons) as a regular pack? WTF Mrs. T? You tryin’ to pull the wool over my eyes? Manwithface is a smart shopper. I can’t believe you!
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This had been in my filing cabinet for…about 3 years now. Indeed, I filed it away because I knew I would need to refer to it later. That being said, I will never buy my children Fun Dip. Disgusting.
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Does this mean it’s aged? Aged to perfection? I guess it’s fine since water doesn’t really go bad. Unless all those awful chemicals have leeched out over the last 30 years. What I’m really looking forward to is a good bottle of vintage milk.
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In this Williams Sonoma ad (A) I have a hard time seeing a delicious roast turkey but a very easy time seeing something that looks like a shriveled old man (e.g. B and C).
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We were excited to hand out candy to kids now that we live in a neighborhood where there indeed are kids. It was a bit late when I realized that my costume made me look like a pedophile — a perfectly good look when you’re with your friends, but a bit inappropriate for the little ones. [click to continue…]
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This person tried to bring all their stuff through a turnstile and got stuck. I told him to throw it over the top of the gate and then get it on the other side. He laughed. I think he’s still stuck there.
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A nice addition to what I’d already thought was a quite attractive automobile.
PS – I also love the matching bumper.
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Dirty toilets got you down? Clean-looking but potentially-contaminated with microscopic fecal flakes toilets got you paranoid? Chicago’s O’Hare airport has the answer. It’s almost worth scheduling an extra stopover just to see these puppies and P.I.P. (Poop In Peace).
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Let’s assume this is the air intake for the A/C system in the bus. What does this mean? That the passengers are currently enjoying autumn with the subtle odor of decomposing leaves in the air. What does it mean if a homeless man pees in that air intake? That…
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I did a Mr Miyagi-style squash of this mosquito between my thumb and index finger. On my thumb is an imprint (top), the body stuck to my finer (below). Normally I wouldn’t be so excited to post death-related material but these buggers are brutal in NE DC and leave me looking like a leper at times with red marks all over. Funny they were nowhere to be seen in Adams Morgan.
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I gotta admit I’m a big fan of Jennifer Aniston, so I was really glad when WHY THE HECK IS SHE ON THE COVER OF 3 DIFFERENT MAGAZINES AT THE CHECKOUT IT’S 2009 WASN’T SHE FAMOUS 10 YEARS AGO?! YET SHE LOOKS THE SAME HOW LONG CAN WE LOOK AT THE SAME CRAP?!?!
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I read this Slate article recently about how 27% of our water usage comes from toilet flushing. One solution is the so-called “If it’s yellow let it mellow” strategy but that’s kinda wimpy so I came up with a better idea for a toilet that can save the earth. Actually, it’s just a modification of your existing toilet so there’s no cost of switching technologies. Theoretically, we could eliminate flush-related water consumption immediately and save the earth. Brilliant!
What you do is rig your toilet so the big part at the back doesn’t fill up with water. Then pee in it. Keep peeing till it fills up. Then poo, and flush! (don’t poo in the back part but in the part where people normally poo). Say the average person’s pee:poo ratio is 5:1 then odds are you can probably build up enough pee over the day to successfully flush all your poo. If not, be sure to get your friends to pee in there when they’re visiting, or get creative and put other liquids in there (leftover pasta water, spoiled milk etc).
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What they call “brain food”. Hoping it will help me develop a deep and effective relationship with Microsoft Word as I hunker down.
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Had my first Guinness in years, however, in the form of ice cream. Was as good as I remember it. I have a new theory that Rhode Island Ave is the key to everything interesting in Washington, DC. Including this ice cream shop, which is located in MD.
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Finally got a shot of these bikes. There’s 2 types of police motorcycles in dc: the normal ones, Harleys or something that have lots of lights and probably a good sound system and then these ones, that look like they were inherited from Cuba.
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doin bidnis
When I travel I need the full array of amenities, so I can do business on the toilet.
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Hit Baby Jim’s on the way back from VA today. Unfortunately Baby Jim is closed on Sunday’s.
Baby Jim – people just don’t use the word loaf enough these days. Thanks for expanding my vocab Baby Jim.
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It’s 2009 and Halifax parking cops have awesome hats. Getting accurate with that tape – what an honest officer, huh?
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They go the extra mile with their signs at my friends’ apartment building.
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If I had to quickly come up with an alias out of the blue it’d be something like Ron Bortnick. And then I’d think about how fake it sounds. No more though – I will now confidently fabricate names in my head like Ron Bortnick.
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The most interesting thing to me was that the model computer workstations at IKEA had keyboards with very realistic-looking finger oils deposited on them.
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Usually artist’s renderings of the future are abnormally happy, artificial, perfect little worlds. The In Towner, some DC neighborhood rag, has renderings that are also happy and artificial but fortunately not quite perfect:
This one I like because, while the happy people and 2-D school bus fit my idea of an artist’s rendering, the still-missing letters on the Marie Reed Community Center do not. Very realistic. Very cool.
This one’s a bit more subtle (makes me excited for the next In Towner – what will they hide next?!). Pylons and related municipal junk are ever-present, regardless of whether or not there’s construction going on. I love that it’ll be there in the future too.
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This is me reporting on Science magazine reporting on findings reported in the Journal of Archaeological Science. This photo is of what appears to be 200,000 year old-human hairs found in fossilized hyena poop. This is a world record by about 190,000 years.
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Was on the road, as a passenger, for once…
Which means my hands are free(er) to take low quality cameraphone photos. This was a pretty sweet little contraption which surely cannot be legal. Can it? Surely doesn’t help with aerodynamics/gas mileage but maybe that’s the price you have to pay to send out your message.
And taxi up ahead had a tumor growing off the side which was totally disgusting. The driver had to take the next exit so we couldn’t get a better view but I think you get the picture.
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One of the big questions religious people, philosophers and neuroscientists wrestle with is whether animals are capable of conscious thought – the ability to reflect on their actions, make choices, and remember the what/when/where of an experience.
Well, consider the problem solved – I saw this dog in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington DC carrying not one but TWO empty plastic water bottles. No matter how you look at (s)he clearly is more concerned about our environment than most humans, more conscious than us. Either she was really thirsty, and drank two bottles worth and was bringing them home to recycle them. Or she found them as litter and was thoughtful enough to take them home to recycle. Or she was moderately thirsty and drank one and found the other. If she had opposable digits and could walk upright I’m sure she’d be carrying more. If we spoke the same language I would have asked her if she’d carry more if she could but, alas…
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If you smoke in this elevator you have to pay hefty price. Hefty for a 4-year old, that is.
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This baffled me momentarily. I figured all things frozen are bound to be pretty darn quiescent but I was thinking about it wrong – it’s how they get to become frozen – in a “quiescent” fashion vs. an “overrun” fashion.”
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