That's a Big Beaver

Mom and I went to Wieden + Kennedy for a presentation by Art Center of Design yesterday. The presentation wasn't particularly good, however there was a giant beaver in the front lobby. It was made from layers of wood and extremely cool! I just wish the presentation itself was as neat as this beaver.

Good Morning Mountain

Mt. Hood in the wee morning a couple of days ago, looking oh so pretty!

Monies for Hannah!

Ohhhh I made my first sale on etsy in a very very long time!

Lupin will now go to live in LA, he'll be in the mail today!

Crazy Shoe Alert!

Mom, Dad and I were in Portland last weekend making the rounds of artist's open studios. That was depressing. However, we also wound up on Alberta St. and browsed in amongst some of the cool shops there and then down to Water St. by OMSI to stop into Olio United. The same Olio where I discovered my ultimately awesome plastic shoes. This time they had a selection of TOMS (which, I have a feeling, will wind up on my feet for good at some point!) as well as these.... "shoes".

Cow feet nailed to a pair of heels.

Sigh... I'm not all "don't wear leather or I'll throw paint on your bod!" But I do tend to avoid buying things made from leather, especially since there are so many neat materials out there to make things out of that isn't from a dead animal (you heathens, you!). That said, these are pretty raunchy (but totally awesome because, can you imagine? Wearing these hooves around and having them peeping out from underneath the edge of your pants? A little "Hullo!" from my feet to yours.)

Whole Foods, You are a Bit of a Naughty Pig

New Seasons vs. Whole Foods. So, from what I've been able to glean, it looks like Whole Foods is attempting to merge with Wild Oats but the FTC has some sort of problem with the idea. However the bigger story is that Whole Foods, in the midst of its legal battles is now attempting to slip a subpoena under the radar that would force New Seasons to give them a plethora of their financial records, business plans, etc. This is bad. Very bad.

Anyway, my brain can't process the information and spit it back out very well, so here's a link to New Season's excellent discription/rant about the process. No more Whole Foods for me (not that I would shop there anyway).

I Was Cleaning Out My Folders

When I found one I called "articles". Whaaaa? Backstory: I have lots of bookmarks, I love each of them and tend to enjoy going back and look at all of them, grouping, sorting rediscovering. But this "articles" folder had never been touched so I opened it. Inside was a veritable treasure trove of stuff. All sorts of little stories and collections, I'll even share a couple of them with you. They're all good, in one way or another. Enjoy!

from Defective Yeti: Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure. (ever do those games where someone describes an environment and then you have to try to negotiate your way out and it requires that you keep track of where you are in your head? This is one of those, and you are Pres. Bush.)

Clientcopia (a collection of the stupid things clients tend to say, posted by those of us wading through a life of interacting with the general public).

from Rollingstone: Boss Hog (a story about the pork industry and how utterly nasty it is. This is why I don't eat meat. It's not from any sort of sympathy with animals (although that is part of it), but more because the industry, as it is now, is so destructive and unnecessary that it makes meat a toxic death trap).

Weight Watchers Recipe Cards from 1974 (a collection of recipe cards depicting what passed for "diet food" in the 70's).

from: Nothing is Real: Why I will Never have a Girlfriend (a look at the statistics behind dating, hilarious).

La Vida Robot (an article about a group of kids from Pheonix, AZ who compete in the national underwater bot challenge. It's a very sweet story.)