The Dwell of Loneliness

Some people sure are smart.

This site here, Unhappy Hipsters, is all photos from Dwell magazine, with clever captions about the lives of the folks from the magazine. The folks, and one Octopus.

My favorites:




The Octopus Was Full of Judgement! Hee hee. Thanks, Internet!

This & That

This being Good Friday and all, I thought I could maybe take a break from watching Isabella Rossellini re-enact animal intercourse and check out some other stuff on the web.

This? Makes me laugh very hard. Like most things from the Onion, I feel no need to click through and read the article.


I'm on the search for a new bed which will allow me convenient under-bed storage, as I will likely be moving to a new home with less closet space. However, this option terrfies me. I'm not quite sure why. I think I might just be overwhelmed by all the activity.

And also, in the "That's What Accountants Are For" category - really? Dionne Warwick? Sinbad?

Happy Easter!

The Penguin Suit To Beat All Penguin Suits

WHAT a little cutie Pierre is.


Pierre first came to my attention this summer, when Sarah shared his story at Cape Cod Club.

Pierre is not just another pretty Penguin Face. He's a 25 year old African Penguin who lives at the California Academy of Arts & Sciences. Yep, that's right, the same CAS that Sarah and I visited back in November.

Well, a few years back the CAS was closed for its big renovations, and Pierre and all his chums were moved to a temporary facility. Sadly, Pierre didn't adjust so well, and his nervousness at the new digs manifested itself with bald patches all over. Now, you may recall from Penguin Class that their waterproof feathers are what keep them warm and buoyont in the pool, so this was more than an aesthetic problem for our buddy - he wouldn't be able to play any of regular Penguin Games, which clearly wouldn't do.

So what happened? Well, some nice lady who worked with him called some nice company, and they created a one-of-a-kind wetsuit for the little buddy!

He used the wet suit for a few months, and lo and behold he calmed down and all his feathers came back!

I just think this is just the sweetest story I've ever heard. God Bless you, little penguin buddy!

CRD & Homecoming Hippos

Oh hai. It's me ALH. I iz guest-blogging fur CRD.

CRD is coming home today. Hooray! Yesterday, he blogged about how much he loves hippos. I had this great idea to decorate his apartment while he was gone with a total hippo-cuteness theme. Diana says CRD's signature style is already cute animals, so why not expand on that theme?

To start, I would replace his fig soap with lilac-scented hippo soap in the bathroom for bathing fun. Hippos love baths!


Next, I would replace his orange backpack with this hippo messenger bag which I find to be both stylish and hippo.


Then, I would crochet him a bunch of amigurumi using this pattern and place them around the house.

Finally, I would buy him this wrist cuff to put on to unwind after his long journey home.


Only, I woke up late and have to go to work. Sorry, CRD.

Unhappy Feet

And you thought 20/20 was just for big time celebs like Tori Spelling.

There is much excitement afoot tonight, as Tyler will make his National Television Debut on ABC TV at 10pm (9pm Central).

A certain scourge of the liberal media called Tyler up one day and asked him to be in a study for his TV program on those Japanese Foot Pads we've been hearing so much about on late night television.

If you don't know about them, these Kinoki pads are all the rage right now. You tape these white pads to the bottom of your feet before you go to bed at night, and in the morning they have supposedly taken all the toxins out of your body. The pad is now a nasty brown, which is all your "toxins." It also smells surprisingly like Hickory Smoke BBQ.

So a few weeks ago Tyler did the foot thing, and the pads were sent off to the lab for some Science work. Be sure to set your TiVo for tonight's show. as Mr. Stossel blows the lid off this one!

Hints from the Happy Homemaker

Amber is at a Werewolf Bar Mitzvah today, where boys become men and men become wolves, so Zach and I are cleaning the apartment. We use this method we learned from the TV, from our friend Sue Ann Nivens.