People With Too Much $$$
There's a ridiculous article in today's NY Times about people who hire "personal musical stylists." Let me explain: these are people who pay big bucks for mix CDs. Personal music stylists charge between $50 and $250 per hour of music. But these are no ordinary mix CDs-- they're customized "domestic soundtracks." It takes a lot of skill and work to create a mix CD that's going to enhance some dumb rich person's expensive apartment in NYC's Upper East Side or their lodge in Aspen or their bungalow in Belize. I wonder what kind of "domestic soundtrack" would complement my shoeboxy studio apartment.
When you hire a personal music stylist, you're substituting your individual taste for the taste of this jerk:
For the right price, this jackass will tell you that your music is wrong.
Personal music stylists seem like the kind of "professionals" who are just begging for a reaming from Penn & Teller: Bullshit. They're in the same category as "life coaches" and "feng shui experts," i.e. the full-of-crap category. They say really obnoxious things like, “Hearing the wrong music in the wrong space can be very disorienting."
But who's getting hurt here? Anyone who willingly pays someone hundreds of dollars for mix CDs deserves to be ripped off. I mean, anyone pathetic enough to adopt someone else's taste in music because of perceived deficiencies in their own gets no sympathy from me. I wish I had the audacity to charge insecure rich morons for mix CDs. I guess I'm just not that much of a pompous ass.
2008-10-30 11:48:44 UTC
Kawaii Self Defense
Well, isn't that a cute little thingamajig you've got there! Is it a mamegoma?
"Don't make me use this."
While it appears to be nothing more than an adorable little seal keychain, it's actually an adorable little stun gun that dispenses 150-volt electric shocks. Awww...
It's the kawaii way to defend yourself. Though I'm not so sure how effective it is. Will 150 volts stop an attacker?
2008-10-28 16:20:51 UTC
What Is Wrong with this Picture?
Is it just me, or does Obama appear to be microcephalic in this picture? Since I'm pretty sure he's not actually a pinhead, I have to assume this is just some criminally bad photoshoppery.
2008-10-28 15:30:54 UTC
Moscow Model Meltdown
Tragedy struck the runway last week when several models in Moscow went totally mental.
A side ponytail and a pair of hammer pants could push anyone over the edge, I guess.
This one appears to have escaped from her harness. She probably should have been wearing a model muzzle.
Luckily the afflicted models were taken down with tranquilizer darts before they could do any real damage.
2008-10-27 15:40:57 UTC
Flying Spaghetti Monster Treats
It's everyone's favorite satirical deity, the Flying Spaghetti Monster-- in treat form!
Holy macaroni, these are awesome! And they're entirely edible, even down to the working googly eyes!
They're basically rice krispy treats with dried noodles instead of rice krispies. You could also use chow mein noodles, which are used in many no-bake treat recipes. The melted butter and marshmallow mixture acts as a glue. It holds his noodly mass together and keeps his cocoa puff meatballs and eyes in place. The eyeballs are the best part. They're empty gelatin capsules with candy sprinkle pupils mounted onto halved Whoppers. See the step-by-step process here.
I will never ever take the time to make these, but I'm glad someone did.
2008-10-25 00:36:59 UTC