Of course you can go out and order one. But if you feel like staying home and making one, then the good folks at Bon Appetit have two version on the classic martini you might be interested in trying:
Don’t have martini glasses? Consider Crate and Barrel: they have a selection here.
(Image from Crate and Barrel)
When I first saw this: 20 misused English words that make smart people look silly in Quartz, I was confident that I would not be someone who misused any of them. Turns out there were a few that I did. Not many! But a few. 🙂
See if the same applies to you. If none, congrats!
The New Yorker has the answer: Sorry for the Delayed Response – The New Yorker. (I think it is meant to be humourous, but it’s a little too close to reality to make me wonder. :))
If you’ve decided to become more fit, work better, or be better generally, then consider these resources to support you as advance towards achieving your goals:
Good luck!
For anyone starting out on the road to being an independent adult, the book Adulting (from Hachette) is a good guide to have. It is packed with tips – 468 to be exact – on pretty much any experience you are going to go through in your early 20s. If this is you or someone you love, this book will have an obvious appeal.
It’s not just for young people though. I think all adults could benefit from parts of the book, especially if you are having to start out on some adult experience that is either new to you or something you haven’t done for some time. It’s good advice, and good advice never goes out of date.
Even if you don’t need good advice, read it just for the humour. It’s a very funny book. (Note, there is a fair amount of profanity and references to sex, but if that doesn’t bother you, then you’ll be fine.)
Finally, if you want to have a better understanding of what life is like for that young person you know, this book can help you achieve that.
By the way, if you want a preview of it, you can check out the Adulting blog. Also very good.
I was killing time in a bookstore last night and I thought it looked good. I ended up reading it from cover to cover.
And here over at A Cup of Jo are Six Stretches for People Who Sit at Desks
These are good stretches….even non-flexible people like myself can do them. 🙂
I find it easy to forget to how to barbeque, since months go by without doing any of it. I am trying to get back into it and get better. If you are in the same position, Bon Appétit has some good advice for both of us, including
Not only are these cards cool, but if you go to this link, 8-bit popup cards | Mini-eco, you can learn how to make them yourself!
I am not sure if wall stickers are passe or not, but this one, from Retro Basic Custom Wall Sticker – Spin Collective UK, appeals to the computer geek that I am. If you know one or are one, and you want to get this, the link has all the details you need.
There’s a nice story here about how some University of Alberta students build an igloo in their backyard over at canada.com.
You want to check it out just for the video on that page. The video is a little over 4 minutes, but the time it takes to build the igloo is many hours. Now if the builders didn’t stop to take so many selfies, it might have gone a little faster. 🙂
Fun!
I don’t think highly of lists that supposedly help you to get in shape. I am happy to make an exception for this one: 15 Former Couch Potatoes Share Their Best Tips For Getting In Shape.
It’s not so much a list as it is 15 different stories. Each person has a different approach to getting in shape. What worked for one person may not work for you, but there is a good chance that out of the 15 stories, there will be more than a few new ideas that you can steal and use.
I also liked that it is not a list of advice from people who were athletes or people who were in good shape already. The people on this list were out of shape, and they lost weight and became fit using the sensible approaches they took.
I don’t usually recommend Buzzfeed articles, but this one is a very good exception.
If getting in shape was one of your resolutions for the New Year, this is a good thing for you to read now.
Then send them over to this really smart post by Sarah McIntyre: i want to make cartoons & comics but i have no idea where to start!. It’s packed with great advice and plenty of links for anyone who would love to do this but is stuck on how to start.
Superb. (Image is a link to her post.)
It’s no fluke: if you watch the whole thing, you can see he is into it!
Crows are remarkable. Via YouTube and someone on twitter….I can’t remember who though. Thanks, whomever you are!
Looking to do something different this weekend? Consider these projects:
Making Pop Art – Apartment Therapy.
In the zone: Organized home storage solutions
The Food Lab: Make Your Own Just-Add-Hot-Water Instant Noodles (and Make Your Coworkers Jealous)
I unashamedly post alot of motivational things here. I hope this link to these funny unmotivational coffee mugs by Emily McDowell over at Boing Boing balances that out for people who feel they could use a break from such things. Boing Boing has lots of McDowell’s mugs and a link to more information. I want to get a collection of them. I would also be happy to get one as a present. Ahem. 🙂
P.S. She has an etsy page if you want to buy her things.
Yes. That’s all it is. Still great: Babies Cracking Up at Ripping Paper Compilation
P.S. It’s also good, even if you aren’t cranky.
Last night I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. No, actually, last night a friend of mine sent me this very punny version of “That’s amore” (see below) and it reminded me of the very funny (and punny) Groucho Marx. Here’s both: such a bargain!
When the moon hits your eye
like a big pizza pie
that’s amore.When an eel bites your hand
with a pain you can’t stand
that’s a moray.When our habits are strange
and our customs deranged
that’s our mores.When your horse munches straw
and the bales total four
that’s some more hay.When a beam from the sun
lights the heath where we run
that’s a moor ray.When a sand-coated board
buffs your nails, yes milord,
that’s emory.And our friend Mitch Albom
every Tuesday would come
to hear Morrie.A New Zealander lad
sports tatoos by his dad.
That’s a Maori.When a glacier’s retreat
piles up stones at its feet
that’s a moraine.When two patterns of lines
cross to form new designs,
that’s a moiré.The briefest of pauses
in poetic clauses,
they are morae.What the palest young man
needs to get a good tan,
that’s some more rays.When Othello’s poor wife,
she gets stabbed with a knife
that’s a Moor, eh?A great whale in the sea
chases Raymond and me.
That’s Shamu, Ray.When a Japanese knight
used a sword in a fight
that’s Samurai.
P.S. Here’s a link to the Groucho Marx video on YouTube.
I love this. Andrew Hyde made a decision. He decided
to cook dinner for people. A year later I’ve hosted 138 dinners. The average dinner had 14 guests which means I’ve made 1932 dinners for friends and strangers.
I highly recommend this post of his describing it: Dinner At My House (How I Hosted 138 Dinners in a Year) by Andrew Hyde. It makes me want to try and do something similar.
Alot of year end reviews are boring or lame. Not the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business from FORTUNE. It’s sad but true and also VERY funny. One of my favourites is #70: Circuit City (70). Here’s the details:
In a cost-cutting move, Circuit City lays off all sales associates paid 51 cents or more per hour above an “established pay range” – essentially firing 3,400 of its top performers in one fell swoop. Over the next eight months Circuit City’s share price drops by almost 70%.
Pure genius.
So go here and learn the Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun!
And if you don’t agree, then at least the site itself is alot of …well, you know.
BTW, it has lovely music from Tchaikovsky in the background, which may be NSFW.
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