December 2008
58 posts
November 2008
63 posts
nyc's best pbj →
twelve words: “pan-seared foie smothered in macadamia-nut spread and strawberry-vanilla jam”
the job search game
Caitlin: I am about to go to the *(name removed for privacy purposes) to see about getting me one of these jobs that people keep getting laid off from!
me: wait, is there like a job fair there? like, "hey we just laid off people, but here's the jobs that are now open for the taking!"
Caitlin: no- i am meeting with the hr director
me: i just picture a bunch of open cubicles and people racing to sit in them
first come first serve
Caitlin: yeah, it is a lot like musical chairs.
me: awesome, well may your fast twitch muscles be with you today
Caitlin: i guess that is why there is music playing and everyone is walking in circles staring longingly at my station...
Watch8 artists paint the fate of our earth in a continuous, circular, fast-forwarded process. i don’t know how else to explain. just watch.
via vimeo/flyonthewall
pbjs are enigmatic
“Food historians do not know exactly when the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was first prepared and there have been no advertisements or mentions of PB&J before the 1940s. It is known, however, that both peanut butter and jelly were on the U.S. Military ration menus in WWII and some have suggested that the GIs added jelly to their peanut butter to make it more palatable. It was an...
Slap me with an oven mitt
magicmolly:
Oh, it never quits. The mind constantly whirs on senseless topics. Often snack-related.
Today’s dream is of a peanut butter and jelly casserole. Meta-comfort-food! Must be cut into squares and eaten with a side of carrots sliced round and cooked to mush. And a glass of milk which turns out to be whole milk, not 2%, and it tastes like plaque so you avoid it. Somewhere a grandmother...
kiss a clock at 11:11 today (11/11) for extra...
“there are two types of people in this world: those who search for things on...”
– james nord
i happen to be the latter, hence haru.com is NOT haru sushi of new york city.
