Creepy.

Disney is out to get your baby.

" . . . a surprisingly large number of families do not become consumers of Disney products until their children reach preschool age . . . "

don't let your life be clubbed into dank submission.

The Laughing Heart

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
-- by Charles Bukowski



(Tom Waits reads.) 

"growing, making and selling food is a fuller-than-full-time career"

Is there anything that doesn't grow in Oregon?

keeping bees!

“'It’s like having 35,000 pets,' she said. 'I’m hyperactive, so anything that shuts down my brain is a good thing. When I’m working at a hive, I’m quiet and meditative.'”

"the chemical that is usually associated with embalming fluid or dissected frogs"

Another good reason to buy used:

"Formaldehyde is commonly found in a broad range of consumer products and can show up in practically every room of the house. The sheets and pillow cases on the bed. The drapes hanging in the living room. The upholstery on the couch. In the bathroom, it can be found in personal care products like shampoos, lotions and eye shadow. It may even be in the baseball cap hanging by the back door."

"this pyro-gastronomical experiment"

I think we need an outdoor oven and a goat.

how can this not be our daughters?

“It’s not cool to not have a cellphone anymore or to not wear exactly the right thing,” Ms. Munroe said. “The poor girls who have Strawberry Shortcake shirts on, forget it."