Fewer Finer Things
What does the death of TV Pitchman Billy Mays mean for America?
Perhaps fewer excellent products, marketed directly to America’s hearths and homes.
In honor of Billy’s passing, here is Popular Mechanics on his 5 best products.
Add comment June 30, 2009
Bad
I’m disappointed about Michael Jackson’s death. I’ve always hoped he would have a comeback.
For all his problems, his music was incredible. This is a music-focused memoriam.
2 comments June 25, 2009
¡Feliz cumpleaños Walkman!
I liked this retrospective on the now-30 year-old Sony Walkman. Check out this page to see more of that first, brave model. It was very expensive, at over $500 inflation-adjusted dollars!
I remember borrowing my dad’s enormous SPORTS Walkman. Not only did it play cassette tapes, but it also had an FM Tuner.
Then there were the exciting models that also had the 3 or 5 band equalizers and the MEGA BASS button. And then came the Discman, with models like this that could even be used IN THE CAR!
Still, for a long time, the Walkman was the most practical and attainable personal musical device. I think I owned this model, near the APEX of Walkman technology, enjoying Kris Kross and other great music.
Happy Birthday Walkman!
Add comment June 24, 2009
Because We Care
We want our readers to be on the cutting-edge of fine infomercial sold items. I present…
THE WEARABLE TOWEL!
1 comment June 9, 2009
Happy National Doughnut Day
It is a very special holiday… a HOLE-liday!
This blog exists, largely, because of donuts. The two founding members of this blog were also the founding members of Team Kreme, camping out to hail in the first Krispy Kreme in Utah Valley. Tonight JL and Sara Francis are both in my heart.
Please, in the comments share your favorite donut establishments around this fine globe…
I’ll start out.
Krispy Kreme – the original glaze (a classic)
Dunkin Donuts – Boston Kreme (the worst thing about California is the lack of Dunkins when you really need them)
5 comments June 5, 2009
Only In San Francisco #1
Shoes shined by the homeless on a mobile chair stand? Could happen anywhere…
Get your ipod fixed while having your shoes shined by the homeless?
ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.

3 comments May 30, 2009
We’ve all wanted to…
The other morning, I was walking down Spear Street in San Francisco, and saw this on the ground outside of an office building:

You got it. A printer thrown out of the window of an office building in an obvious fit of rage. There’s still paper in it!
Am I the only one reminded of the movie Office Space with the scene where they steal the printer and beat it senseless in a field? Here’s the clip (but if you’re sensitive to foul language I suggest you turn down the background music).
2 comments May 22, 2009








The Lamentations of Lowry – Chapter 16: Truth in Advertising
A woman sued Cap’n Crunch, or rather Quaker Oats, on the basis that Crunchberries are not actual fruit!
Awesome.
The blog I linked to has a fantastic line:
I tried to grow a froot tree once.
On a similar note, this is an interesting article about the history of Grape Nuts, which are neither grape nor nuts. It’s actually…BREAD. Burned, dried, smashed bread. It makes you manly too.
Has Grape Nuts ever been sued as was the Cap’n? I don’t know, but in posing the question on Instapundit, Ann Althouse prompted this historical bit from Eugene Volokh. Coca-Cola was sued for not actually containing significant amounts of coca, as in the plant from which cocaine is derived. From the Circuit Court’s 1914 opinion:
It’s the pause that refreshes.
1 comment June 6, 2009