Vulture Realty - 2011

Vulture Realty: "2011" from steamclam on Vimeo.

Vulture Realty
Myspace, Website, Eric Lodwick's Website, Facebook, Muxtape,

and let's just stop and talk about Vulture Realty's Eric (sometimes Lyle?) Lodwick.
21, model, musician, Capricorn.











Eric's older brother, Jakob, founded Vimeo, Busted Tees, and is an investor in Tumblr, Muxtape, etc. Talented(, good looking) family.

Beer Pong Kit by Walgreens

sooooooo, a Walgreens in Wisconsin's University Square grouped these items together in the display below: ping pong balls, plastic cups, folding tables.

Nowhere on the display was beer pong mentioned, but I think everyone knows what going on here.

HA!

story.

OMGDARIAISCOMINGOUTONDVD!!!

OMG!

According to Jezebel, Daria will be released on DVD in 2010. If you read this blog, you know I LOOOOVE Daria - so this is amazing news.

Merriam-Webster Word of the Day error

maybe the folks at merriam-webster are drunk with holiday patriotism, because this is the first error i've noticed in the word of the day service since i subscribed YEARS ago:

awesome.
merriam-webster should invigilate the word of the day phonetic spellings more closely lest the pronunciation of words be misconstrued.

=)

THE LEDGE!

I'm going. Looks awesome:



From Huffington Post:

The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out four feet from the [Sear's Tower]'s 103rd floor Skydeck. They're actually more like boxes than balconies, with transparent walls, floor and ceiling.

Visitors are treated to unobstructed views of Chicago from the building's west side and a heart-stopping vista of the street and Chicago River below - for those brave enough to look straight down.

photo from Gawker

photo from ChicagoBreakingNews

What Recession? part 1

OMGTEHECONOMEEEE!

My family has been affected by The Recession - I won't go into detail - but I figured on this blog of mine, I'd highlight some extravagance to counterbalance the weight of the world.

There's been much made of being ON A BOAT recently, but you've never been on this boat... because it's a wooden car-shaped boat.

Check it out:

I read Thomas Mann's Death In Venice a few months ago and I'm sure Gus von A could have gotten Tadzio's attention cruising around the city in one of these.

/sorry. GROSS!