bag 'n' trash

Buy Early and Buy Often

i consider myself to be crazy fortunate to be friends with some extremely creative and talented people.  and one of those people, is caro aka splityarn. 

if you've spent any time with me, you've probably noticed my orange-y camera strap.  or perhaps you've admired one of the many box bags and/or pouches that i've collected, that bear her name.

because, you know, they are so damn pretty.  anyway, caro's having a special promotion this month in her shop.  and if there's ever a time for you to dip your toe in the splityarn goodness pool, it's now.  

during the month of April, caro will be donating 10% of all proceeds to the National Brain Tumor Society in honor of her Dad who passed away 10 years ago.  go read her lovely tribute to him here.  and then go do a little shopping.

i dare you to say "no" to this.

Tired Thursday

my plan for this post was not to write about the outcome of the election.  but i'm tired and it's 9:10pm and my brain is mush.  so i'm taking the easy way out.

check out these fabulous photos of the obama campaign. 

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day 202 --  i promise this is my last post about the election

Rants

1.  Living in the Boston area means that come Labor Day the relatively free and easy days of summer are thrown out of the window with the return of THE STUDENTS.  this week, traffic has sucked.  even last night, leaving work after 7pm, i ran into a jam because the asshats haven't figured out how to walk across a freakin' street.  YES, I KNOW THAT UNDER THE LAW YOU HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT STEPPING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITHOUT LOOKING IS GOOD FOR NO ONE. 

2.  I blame the school buses for this "not looking both ways" phenomenon.  I'm all for safety and keeping the kids safe and all that.  however, that little stop sign that swings out from the driver's side of the bus gives kids a false sense of security.  because although cars are supposed to stop, sometimes it's not safe to do so because some ASSHAT IN A PICK-UP IS RIDING YOUR ASS LIKE YOU'RE STILL 22, STILL GOOD-LOOKING, AND DRUNK and the bus driver has swung that thing out without making sure that doing so won't cause a 10 car pile-up.   

3. anyway, if you have kids, remind them to look both ways  ALWAYS. 

4.  just for the record, i have never driven through a bus stop-sign but i'm a worrier and i've imagined the above scenario because i have had pick-ups riding my ass like i'm still 22, good-looking, and drunk and i pray that i don't have to stop short.

5.  and i've seen dozens of kids, run across a street without looking to catch that school bus.

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day 139 -- this post was really supposed to be a rant about how disappointed i am in john mccain for pandering again to the religious right with his VP choice.   isn't he supposed to be a "maverick?"  oh i was never going to vote for him.  don't get me wrong.  if the democratic nominee were a ham sandwich, i would vote for that ham sandwich.  and wear a button that says, "i voted for ham.  i love ham.  i'm all about ham."  but i really hoped that this year we could all play nice.  but clearly that isn't going to be the case.   anyway, others are expressing my disappointment disgust so much better than i ever could so instead  i'm just going to complain about the students and get a little misty eyed about when i was 22 years old, good-looking, and could hold my liquor.

Stupid Questions

while at work, prefacing a question with "this may sound like a stupid question" doesn't distract anyone from the fact that the question is stupid.

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day 15 -- today is may 1 and the first day of maritza's Macro May where for each day of may we're taking macro shots.  if you want to play along, come and join us. (by the way maritza is an incredibly talented toymaker)

Cruelty

zits and hag hairs should not be allowed to set up residence on the same face at the same time.