1. black highlighter
2. glow in the dark lightbulb
3. fruit-flavored orange juice
4. air-conditioned sauna
5. razorblade confetti
6. “Go” Sign (instead of Stop Sign)
7. Pollution Day
Archive for June, 2009
Dumb Ideas
Lawnmowers and Blowers, Oh My God!
Not a morning or afternoon goes by without a deafening cacophony of mowing and blowing in my neighborhood. And, while the mowers are irritating, the blowers are brain-searing.
Cell Phones and TVs and Bears, Oh My!
I spent a torturous hour in a car dealership waiting room while my car was being repaired today. The poor magazine I brought had to compete with an elevated widescreen TV that was set at an elevated volume. It blasted the News at us — a 24-hour variety which consisted of chirpy reporters waxing enthusiastic about the most mundane events, interrupted frequently by even more distracting commercials.
