Brought to you by the Peabody Essex Museum, these step by step videos on such favorites as the Phoenix and the Water Lily make you want to run out and buy a pack of colorfully patterned square-shaped paper.

Think you have good drinking stories?  Not compared to these 5 guys.
#1 is kind of my wet dream.
(via Coudal.)

Nikka Costa’s got a new single and, as per usual, it rocks. This chick has totally got it goin’ on. She needs to get to the east coast pronto so I can stalk her out. Go listen to Denial Twist immediately.

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To see his other work, go here. (Thanks, Danny.)

Thanks to BreakUpEmail.com you no longer have to put any real thought into the breakup conversation.  It’s as simple as checking the appropriate boxes and an email is generated and ready to be delivered.  There are even clever sign off lines such as “I hope maggots devour your testicles” and “I won’t miss your ugly [...]

I offered to cook Christmas (Eve) dinner for my family, with much apprehension from them all (“There’s a possibility of tofurkey?!”).  I know I know I know.  What is wrong with me?  How can you possibly be a VEGETARIAN on CHRISTMAS?  What about the HAM??  Ridiculous.
However, I just found that is quite simple and delicious [...]

I am absolutely horrible at getting them.  Which is ridiculous.  How can you be bad at something that requires virtually no energy or brain power?  And I’m a hand model for crying out loud.  I don’t know.  But I do know this: that I manage to ruin it before I’m out the door of the [...]

I do it about once every 4 years, buy 3 pairs within a month, and don’t think about it again until they are falling apart, regardless of new styles and trends (and I do love fashion).  Well, I have been in the “falling apart” stage for oh, probably a year now.  Basically since I came [...]

Today I started stumbling while wishing and hoping that I’d find something that would inspire me to write something that would drive tens of thousands of people here so that maybe, just possibly, someone somewhere will want to buy ad space from me.
What I stumbled into is this cool guy who is allowing blogger’s to [...]

My new headphones came and I am happy to say that they are pretty much the most awesome thing that has ever covered my ears. They’re comfy, they fold up nicely to throw in my bag, and they’re hot pink!  No more earbuds for moi, I’ve officially converted.