Thanks to American Express for sponsoring my writing today about small businesses. This Saturday, November 27 American Express is presenting Small Business Saturday, a way to honor the local merchants who are the backbone of the economy. They’re of…

Probably not all doors should offer previews, all the time, but this is undeniably wonderful. As it is, the knob offers bi-directional viewing; I wonder if you could half-silver one side and make it one-way? Johnny Strategy at Spoon & Tomago …

It’s the busiest bar night of the year

Among competitive swimmers that wear goggles four hours a day for weeks on end, the widely accepted gold standard is a type of goggles invented in the 1970s by the Swedish company Malmsten AB and widely copied thereafter. They will hold up to years an…

The Bird is the word

Here’s a brief, excruciating video of cars losing traction on Seattle’s Capitol Hill during this week’s snowstorm and caroming downwards, out of control (the clincher is a city bus, and what appears to be the same white SUV that just keeps on trying…

Kevin Dart got married at the La Brea Tar Pits. This was his wedding invitation.

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Most of the waters in the Gulf of Mexico have just been reopened to fishermen — though the jury’s still out as to whether anyone will want to eat their catch. The shrimping boat Our Mother just returned from its first excursion t…

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I may have to change my “I will never go on a cruise (again)” stance.
It’s official: Artisanal Pencil Sharpening has been hired as the on-board pencil sharpening service for Jonathan Coulton’s Caribbean cruise.

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