Major Tom to Ground Control

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scoring at home

According to this 1940's TIME magazine cartoon, I am 36% high-brow, 46% upper middle-brow, and 9% eacg lower middle-brow and low-brow.  The percentages shift a little if I'm allowed to pick more than one drink...  pretty ecumenical when it comes to that, actually.

Get the 60% dark chocolate bar three-pack for $2

Fortune/CNN: Inside the Secret World of Trader Joe's, by Beth Kowitt

I like Trader Joe's - not for everything - but they are good for chocolate, wine, frozen pizza, mochi, cereal and naan bread.  Their store-branded items are often very good values, and I've been happy that there's been a store within a short walk of my last two apartments.

The tension ("secret world") is that, like other brands and corporations that affluent white people like (Apple, Whole Foods, Target... etc), they are -- Quelle horreur! -- they are still brands and corporations, which undercuts their ascetic purity. Whatever.

ha ha

The Negotiator

Can't get that damn spot out???

Cleaning tips from an expert.

ha ha

Phew

Facial hair trustworthiness scale - third from the left, so not too bad, or perhaps appearances are deceiving?


Via the four winds and the intarnet...

Fun with wide-angle lenses

Please bear in mind that we're sitting on a rock that's hurtling through space.

[image credit and copywrite Alex Cherney (Terrastro) via APOD]