Anna has an interesting question - Is it possible to dye a flokati rug bright pink?

a few recipes for the pan galactic gargle blaster via the morning news

Is it just me or are ads getting stupider? We have this terrible Hormel attempt at lifestyle "It's a day for napping in a hammock, a day playing tag with the dog, a day for fully pre-cooked Hormel pork loin..." And we're expected to believe the people at Hanes are genius because they finally got rid of thier scratchy tags. Don't tell me, it's always been like this, I'm just now starting to notice.

Oh man. I am this woman (6.16) in reverse. I bitch if they pile coins on top of bills, it all but paralyzes me. And yes, if someone puts the coins in my hand first, then hands me the bills, I thank them sincerely. When I was schilling popcorn I always gave coins first, I thought everyone preferred that way.

Saturday we had an unexpected dinner at Moss Beach Distillery (no ghosts were spotted) and dessert at Krispy Kreme, and yesterday we did some Spring cleaning, all of my empty Bonny Doon wine bottles had the labels photographed and then were sent to recycling. It is so nice to have shelf space again.

I love public radio*, and I'm pee in my pants thrilled to live somewhere which has two public radio stations I can flip between. So I was bursting with excitement when I was driving along a while back and heard that a friend of mine, Kevin Smokler, was going to be on a show called Invisible Ink Radio A Radio Zine, to which he contributes. This show is cool the way I only wish I could be. I rarely catch weekend radio, but have been making a point to listen to this show. If you're not within earshot of KALW, you can listen online. A huge thanks to Roman for making the shows available online, and, you know, making the shows. * My dorky story: My mother was working in the offices of the fledgling National Public Radio while she was pregnant with me, so technically I've been listening to public radio longer than I've been alive.

The Venus Zine redesign is super cool, and take a look at the DIY stuff. And they linked to Not Martha! I'm bursting! Now then, how come I cannot, not matter how hard I look, find the new issue anywhere around here? (Last I checked Tower still had the old issue.)

I am currently having a love affair with Stila lip glaze - watermelon and grapefruit. They are tempremental, a little wind-blows-hair-sticks-to-lips sticky, but it also means they stay on for a long time. And they don't have that too strong cake batter/frosting flavoring, I never did like that. But, it is an expensive relationship to be in.