“Go re-watch Frasier. It’s on Netflix.”
Reasons To Stay Alive
An excerpt from Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig.
The Man Who Is Dave Grohl
You know what's weird? You don't know how much I love Dave Grohl. This is the first time I'm mentioning him on the blog since its inception two years earlier, and that seems kind of fucked up to me. I used to adore this man. And it's not as though I don't anymore - it's more of a silent "Ahh yes. Dave Grohl" kind of feeling now. Just a buried love affair that once was. I don't want to get into too much detail about being in my late teens & early twenties and fully believing that I would marry this man.
I mean, look at him.
And I was too young to like Nirvana when they were around, so I boarded the Grohl train in the early Foo Fighters years. They were at the first concert I went to (Summersault 2000) and that was when I fully knew how I felt. I mean, someone hurled a water bottle at his face and he casually caught it mid-air and then took a sip. Can you comprehend how cool that looked?
In any case, does this post have a point? Not really. It just felt weird to write on here for so long and not mention his name. Oh, and also - if you're not in love with this man's voice after the acoustic version of Everlong, then you, my dear, are dead inside.
I don't get nuts when I see celebrities, but him and Martin Short are the only two people I think I would convulse at seeing in the flesh.
All right, that's all.
Sidenote: Happy Birthday to one of the best humans I know, my brother Gary. You're in my top three of people I couldn't live without and I hope you're aware of how much I sing your praises to everyone I know. (And also, you kind of introduced me to the magic of Dave Grohl, so I kind of am in debt to you forever for that.) Thank you for being everything that you are. I love you enough to temporarily give up my Perfect Strangers collection.
Mom Says
“It’s bad luck to let milk boil over.”
Shoes That Grow Five Sizes In Five Years For Kids In Developing Countries
Photo Credit: Buzzfeed
Photo Credit: Buzzfeed
Kenton Lee (shown above) started Because International with a few friends in 2006, a nonprofit devoted to “working with and helping those in extreme poverty.”
Lee and his team initially tried to give the idea to companies like Nike, Crocs, and Toms, but none of them expressed any interest. Eventually they found a “shoe development company” called Proof of Concept who agreed to help them with the design.
The shoe is made out of a high quality soft leather on top and "extremely durable rubber soles similar material to a tire," Lee said. They expand through a simple system of buckles, snaps, and pegs. The shoes last a minimum of five years and expand five sizes in that time. The small size will fit preschoolers through fifth graders, while the large will fit fifth through ninth graders.
The shoes cost $10 a pair, and each pair goes into a “duffle bag” that can fit 50 pairs of shoes. Once one organization’s duffle bag is full, Because International ships it to the organization that flies with them to one of seven countries.
Donors can either buy shoes to distribute themselves or buy a pair of shoes and choose one of five American nonprofit organizations to distribute them to orphanages and churches around the world. So far about 2,500 children across seven countries are wearing the shoes.
Is this not one of the most amazing ideas? I thought this was just incredible.
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that, to enjoy it.”
Cupcake Genius
I stumbled across this idea online and WHO CAN I THANK FOR THIS REVELATION?
Something Good Coming
Maybe the best Tom Petty song?
Tom & Lorenzo's Mad Men Style Blog
I can't describe how much I love this Mad Men style blog. I wish I'd known of its existence years ago, I would've loved to have followed along with their posts as I watched episodes in real time. If you've ever watched the show and enjoyed it, there's the slightest chance that you might really love the blog as much as I do. It's just so well written, I really can't get enough of it. You can read some for yourself from the links below.
Episode 8: Severance
Episode 9: New Business
Episode 10: The Forecast
Episode 11: Time & Life
Episode 12: Lost Horizon
Episode 13: The Milk and Honey Route
Episode 14: Person To Person
Strapless Bra Difficulties
This isn't mine, but it's similar to the one I own.
The boning in a corset gives you more than enough structure to hold those babies up long into the night and there's virtually no need to re-adjust them at any point when wearing one. I've gone through dozens of strapless bras in my many years and I've had the same problem with all of them. And that kind of makes sense since larger breasts + strapless bras = hell. With a regular strapless bra, there's nothing to hold them up to the glorious stature of which they deserve!
But with the boning and restrictiveness of a corset? Everything makes sense and is held in place perfectly.
I'm sure you can find a relatively inexpensive one if you search online, but if you find yourself in New York City - I insist that you stop by the Orchard Corset Center on the Lower East Side. You can literally walk in the store and the woman (or man) working there will take a look at you and give you the perfect fitting corset. It's incredible.