End-of-year lists

Oh, how I love lists! This time, a negative turn to 2007:

• The year's most overused cliches
  
• Dear Prudence's worst advice
• The worst album covers
• Jim Caple's list of the best things that didn't happen in sports
  

Minivans - worse than we thought

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gives those low-speed crash tests another dimension - cost for bumper repair. The minivan results suck particularly hard.

I mind!!!

Blueprint -- the only product of Martha Stewart's brain I ever loved -- is gone.

How to pick a bowl game match-up

An interesting article about the process Chick-fil-A went through to pick the teams for their non-BCS bowl game.

Procraaaaaastination

Sara --

[noun]: A human transformer (Robot in disguise)

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Coupons, yay!

The only credit card I have is a Visa. Therefore, online coupons for purchasing with your Visa are helpful to me around the holidays.

Finally...

The dud is gone! C'mon, Tenuta!

And seriously, the Emerald or Humanitarian Bowl...again? Quit bragging, Chan.

Holiday sanity check

Glad to see that at least one retail establishment refuses to assault consumers with 90 bazillion Christmas decorations and music until after Thanksgiving.

The best get better

I love Netflix, and I love the way they push improvement even more.

My love for IKEA increases

Bring them your dead compact fluorescent bulbs - they'll recycle them for you!

Engineer pioneers

It angers me to this day that women were still struggling to gain admission to schools like Georgia Tech even when they were making crucial, significant and invaluable contributions to the fields of computing and engineering. Stupid boys.

I do not want it that way

Oh Fug Girls, where do you find these gems? Also, beige is a horrible color on everyone. Ew.

Making it easy to bring work home

The girl who made my beloved laptop sleeve has outdone herself - cute handles, padded shoulder straps and a briefcase style.

Long pants? No problem.

Temporary, magnetic hemming is the way to go. Yay, science!

Why? Just why?

My mom made all of our Halloween costumes when we were kids, and in later years, we made our own. I sometimes wondered why we didn't just buy them because it was so much easier. Now I understand. The Bratz stuff I expect, but even Target is in on the game. Three-year-olds in fishnets? Sad.

No one will really be free until nerd persecution ends.

And this is, perhaps, not the best way to start the campaign.

Awwww, sugar

It has many aliases, including the sci-fi-sounding xylose, which Blogger's spell check does not like.

How to make women not want to drink beer

Make our guts a keg. Our robot guts. Ew.

Same s&%t, different day

The NFL loses the last remaining shreds of its soul, mandating advertising on members of the press.

Not an auction for charity...

...an auction of handmade items for someone's mom. Have a tissue handy. And your wallet, Aug. 19.

Oldies but goodies

Ah, the old page...reusable shopping bags...Georgia Tech football...wrinkle-free clothes...and Harry Potter (and more HP) - yay!

It's for lovers, eh?

Virginia State Police: When you can't be too careful.

A dream come true

Beautiful, work-wearable dresses for under $100.

Wait...THAT'S Orlando?

Just one question: How does such a teeny-tiny mustache completely block out all that pretty!?!?!?!?!

The "green" bandwagon

Even Consumer Reports is jumping on.

They're baaaaack!

Girl Power!

Also, those half-grapefruits of Posh's are really starting to freak me out.

It's all about the brand

Good work is groovy, but it never hurts to have a great name.

Airbrushin' ain't just in Panama City

Check out this company's "body" of work - photo retouching - in the Portfolio section. Wow.

Bee down! Bee down!

SCAD drops their rowing program, leaving a gap in the Southeast's supply of pink mohawks and sullen lightweights.

I heart Etsy

New sellers in my Favorites today...

• Whimsical Expressions pottery
• A Sweet Magpie, where all those pretty necklaces went
• Cyn Contemporary textile-based accessories

South, meet Way-South

How did Hawaii get this before Georgia?

Isn't that clever?

Every now and then, I have to re-post this store of creatively designed home accessories.

Art show fun

Attended the Virginia-Highlands Summer Fest this weekend and made some lovely purchases:

• A beautiful table from Gwen and Mo
• A fabulous skirt from Bold Mary (they're not just for kids!)
• A wooden turtle toy from Harry Griffith's Woodstock Toys

In an unrelated purchase, I recently bought a green and white custom-fitted laptop sleeve from Flicka Bags and I adore it!

Mmmmm...wine....

Good, cheap wine

More stuff to read when you should be working

Jezebel, the newest Gawker-affiliated blog, full of fashion, celebrity stuff, and snark...I haven't passed judgement yet, but I'm leaning toward "woo hoo!"

Cojones

The bravest person I don't even know...way to go, Christine!

Sometimes bacon is "bacon"

Blech.

City chicks

No, the flying kind - urban birds!

Eeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

The trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is out!!!!!

Also, Spinal Tap signs on to Al Gore's concert. Heh.

Eh?

Fun, intelligent, insightful reading from Kate. She's tech-savvy, posts links to cool stuff, and is Canadian.

Spider-Spud?

An action figure for every occasion...and I mean every occasion.

The Simpsons in Springfield

Stole this one from my big sis (just one of many ideas, I assure you) - The Simpsons movie is going to premier in a Springfield somewhere, and the Willsons' hometown of Springfield, CO, is throwing its hat in the ring! Check out the article link at the bottom of the page, too - Friday H.S. Pride: Fun in Springfield.

He works in fashion?

Oh, Ridge, WTF?

What goes around, comes around

Shelly has a cool blog, from which I ganked this very socially conscious shop link.

Metal to the max

The coolest thing to happen to a license plate, ever.

More to love at IKEA

An intriguing, and already successful, environmental policy comes to the U.S.

Coachella East

...oh wait, I mean Bonnaroo. The sausage-fest line-up is leaked, and once again I won't be going. Also, Sasha & Digweed still perform?

Do you love people-watching?

So does the Sartorialist, with an eye for fashion.

Woah...

...just...woah.

IKEA-lovers

Cheap stuff is fun to play with.

Gettin' crafty

Not me. Alicia Paulson. Way girlie, cool blog, cute store, very talented, such a cute corgi!

Sunshine on a cloudy day

So it's a cold, overcast, melting-snow day here, and I don't have a ton of work to do so I was catching up on my friends' blogs...and somehow I realized that I had forgotten just how awesome my friends are. They put up with my random, infrequent visits, drove and flew from all over the country to see me get married, call and email me just to say "hi," raise amazingly cool kids that I don't get to see enough, and post wonderful things for people to read. I'm one lucky lady, y'all.

Inedible, whatever it is

How British are you?

Blogs blogs blogs

Read about the music world. Read about consumer advocacy (and deals). Read about personal productivity. Gawker Media rules.

Turning something annoying...

...into something good!

Vegans rock in the kitchen

Seriously, they rock. In print, too. Repeatedly.

Keep it simple, folks

Princess-themed birthday party with matching costume, crown, wand, shoes, cake decorations, gift wrap and favors? No, thank you.

Cutest babies ever

When they get along, they really get along...

No, not a spork...

...a knork.

Our new addition

On New Year's Eve, Jarrett and I brought home our newest bundle of joy, Captain Picard. Yes, that was his name before we adopted him. He's 4 months old and is currently wheezing his way toward recovering from a cold. Poor baby.
















He certainly has no shortage of energy, though. Our elder bundle of joy, Lucy, is still not entirely sure about this small, hissing fur-ball. Mostly, she's a bit scared. Poor baby, too.