January 2009
3 posts
(almost) FREE make-up alert! →
Everyday Minerals offers good-for-you makeup, and for the price of shipping you can try their products to see how you like not putting toxic crap on your face.
Moisturizers that could maybe potentially give you... →
From the eagle eyes at Organic Beauty View, here are results from a test at Rutgers that found four brands of mouisturizers were linked to a higher risk of cancer in mice. Let’s just get it out of the way: People are not mice, I know that. But mice are living beings, just like people, and things they do (think hunger, pregnancy, need to exercise, etc.) we also also do. Therefore, I...
It's time to start taking this sh*t seriously
And by sh*t I mean this whole blogging thing. I guess it’s important to have an ongoing internet presence and, like, market my personal brand and stuff. So. Here’s the most f*ck*d up thing on the Internet from today: drunken, um, edible chocolate guy. I know it’s old news by now, but as Martine put it, WTF?
And here’s the most f*ck*d up thing from yesterday: the kid who...
December 2008
7 posts
Everything that tastes good will give you cancer
The WHO recently announced that cancer will overtake heart disease as the number killer of human beings. Scientists believe that around 80 percent of cancer is determined by our lifestyle choices. Genetics play a role, certainly, but why bother about something we can’t do anything about until gene therapy becomes de rigeur. Meanwhile there is a spectrum of behaviours that we can do...
Web videos that make me cry
I found myself on the verge of tears twice yesterday after watching viral videos that are just the greatest things ever. First, it was Christian the Lion. The pairing with Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” really brought on the water works, which just goes to show that there is still lots of room in the world for sap. Second, it was crazy dancing Matt in his crazy...
Replacement for Minesweeper →
Mmmm ... Pepperminty →
WatchKids are so creative and just want to have fun. I wish I had time to color and answer questions in innocent ways. I wish I were Batman, too. Sigh.
PETA porn →
PETA protects animals (yay! even though I am totally comfortable with eating them!) but exploits women (boo!). I’m sure this video is tongue in cheek, and the loooooved that it got the boot from YouTube, but can’t we figure out some other effective ways to keep other species safe besides showing off women’s naked bodies? Objectification leads to mistreatment of women (aka PEOPLE...
September 2008
5 posts
Stand up and listen. →
There are so many things wrong with American schools, it’s hard to know where to begin. But here’s one way to get kids to stay focused: let them stand up! We have these great adjustable desks where I work, so you can sit or stand or anything in between. Why not give the same to kids! And it makes their handwriting better! Who knew?
It makes me think of the kid in my elementary school,...
This is Your Nation on White Privilege →
Don't *F* with your diet when you're pregnant.... →
Juice Fast: Day 1.5
Sooo … I’ll be honest. The juice fast didn’t last it’s entire 3 days. It lasted about half that long. I was feeling bad; really bad. Not so bad that I couldn’t go to an exhibity of female impressionist painters with my friends visiting from out of town. But when I sat down for that steaming bowl of broth with veggies and noodles at the Citrus Club, I was really ready...
Juice Fast: Day 1
So, I’m on this juice fast. And it’s good for me. Yes. It helps that I had to take care of K all day after he got his wisdom teeth pulled in the morning; I got to miss work and lie around watching episodes of “Mad Men.” Woo-hoo. But doing nothing but drinking juice and water and trying to make myself poo give me some time to think about … other things. First and...
August 2008
1 post
Making the travels real →
The first way to do that is figure out what the hell I want to do for many many months while trekking around southeast Asia. I think this program is a good start …
July 2008
2 posts
I am glad I don't live on Battlstar Galactica.
That’s mostly true. As dangerous as the Cylons are, sometimes it’s fun to pretend that none of my mundane work really matters (ok, ok, it doesn’t) and that I am actually zooming around space under the grandfatherly protection of the stoic and brave Edward James Olmos. Sigh. Check out the Battlestar wiki if you want to learn more than you ever really wanted to learn.
How to be a parent: No TV for kids under 2 →
From Reuters UK
Pediatricians recommend no TV for children under age 2, yet studies show that three quarters of very young children in America live in homes where the TV is on most of the time, notes the research team led by Dr. Marie Evans Schmidt of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston.
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They found that when the TV was on in the background the ...
June 2008
6 posts
Cars are people too →
Just what we need — to anthropomorphize cars even more. Check out the part where the “hood” opens up to reveal the “insides.” It even has a person’s name: (va)Gina.
Even once you drop, you can't stop →
Burial by Pringles … and since we’re so post-post-modern, I don’t think there’s a hint of irony in this. Mmmm … Pringles …
WatchThis is either really sad or really cool. Or both. Cool because who in the hell would have thought of that and executed it? Sad because I wish I had that much free time on my hands.
KCRW →
I just want to give a shout out to KCRW for helping me get through some of the most boring times at work. The fantastic music and news programming keep me from pulling out my hair (even if I do have to listen to LA traffic updates), and I always learn about some cool new musician, so I can feel hip knowing about some unknown.
Weber →
The most brilliant and my favorite photographer.
Tyra Banks - Banksable - NYTimes.com →
I love to love Tyra.
Sex and the City would make a great prostitute
The best way to see a pop-culturally meaningful film is to see it on opening night, so I dutifully tramped to the Kabuki Sundance last night with 17 of my closest girlfriends to see the most highly anticipated chick flick EVER. And yes, I even had a Sex and the City party, replete with pink and white cupcakes, chips and guacamole (no Manolo Blahnik shoe cakes, however). The story line was...