In Kashiwa, Japan, the mysterious Ogori Cafe had a unique way of filling your order. According to Cabel Maxfield Sasser: At this cafe, you get what the person before you ordered. The next person gets what you ordered. The point of the cafe seems to have been to introduce surprise into an ordinary day and to encourage strangers to interact … Read More
Red Sox In Postseason
Losing five in a row will get you a wild card spot only because Texas lost three in a row. Not awe-inspiring, but I'll take it. Still, they will have to get their mojo on as they face Anaheim post season. No slouching across the finish line against guys like that.
Dr. Horrible (NPH) Mocks The Internet
For those who missed it (or want to re-live it) from last night:
More Reponses of Note
Dear Mary Claire of Walt Disney Productions: Is that you in the upper-lefthand corner of your response letter, or the lower-righthand corner? Because apparently, that's how your misogynistic employers see you — as either a rosy-cheeked virgin, or a ugly hunchback witch. Clearly, they would never acknowledge that a woman can be anything other than those things – and especially not … Read More
Cute Of The Day
Dad catches foul ball at Phillies game, and gives it to his daughter. She throws it back.
This Has To Be My Favorite Album Cover Of All-Time
NOTE TO SELF: If I were to ever rename this blog, this should serve as the title ("Happy Occasions in High Fidelity") and the logo. (H/T World O' Crap)
Quote Of The Day
"Get your hats on… We're gonna score before the two-minute warning, get the ball back, then we're gonna score again and win this thing!'' – Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, moments before they scored before the two-minute warning, got the ball back, then scored again and won that thing.
The Czar “Controversy”
You know, I see these thing bubbling and I think, "Well, this is just another mindless rightwing rant that can't be taken seriously". And then it does get taken seriously. When will I learn? The latest Beck-inspired frenzy to have gone mainstream is this whole "czar" business — specifically, that Obama has in his administration a bunch of "czars" who … Read More
The Federer Shot
I've run into a lot of people who claim tennis is boring. I don't know what the hell they're talking about.
Observations With Which I Concur
Culled from here: 1. More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me. 2. Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going … Read More
Short Takes
(1) I recommend Facebook Lite. It's Facebook's clutterless version. (2) 9/11 tribute? None from me today. I'm not sure what can be said this year that wasn't said in any prior year. Commemorate amongst yourselves. I think kitchy 9/11 tributes get worse and worse every year (picture below is from 2002) (3) Rob Miller, the Democratic challenger to Joe Wilson (R-SC) … Read More
Grocery Shopping
The picture below represents two lanes at the grocery store checkout, and the number of items in each cart. So you're shopping, and in a hurry. You have ten items in your cart, so you can go into the 10-items-or-less express lane at the left. But there is one more thing you need/want. Do you put it in the cart, forcing … Read More
Real Like Composition
Jarbas Agnelli saw a photo in the newspaper of birds sitting on electric wires and decided to set it to music. Twist: The score was built around a musical theme using the birds as notes.