neat… i want to build a tea house…

the rural studio: morrisette tea house

enjoy labor day (brought to you by the american labor unions care of the first democrat elected after the war of northern aggression – president grover cleveland) by quizzing friends & family on the following topics: debt, revolving credit, compound interest, representative democracy, & centralized control. that should be some stimulating bbq conversation…

once again, i missed laaff… it used to be something i really looked forward to every year…

facebook, i don’t love you any more

@facebook lemmings are really starting to frost me…

‘please post this as your status for the rest of the day…’ so other people know that by posting something in your facebook status you are good enough, and smart enough, and doggone it, people will like you and want to be your facebook friend…

amazon.com sells coffee now… even starbucks… & david lynch organic coffee?

this is why designers rock… a smokeless stove designed for safer rural use in india…

chulha stove by unmesh kulkarni and praveeen mareguddi for philips design

it must be fall

staceycoleman:

coffeehousejunkie:

the pumpkin spice latte has returned to starbucks… for those who can afford a $4 cup of happiness…

And pumpkin cheesecake too at the starbucks in Barnes and Noble at least. I’m super stoked because I get 50% off.

& pumpkin cheesecake too? i need to stop by b&n this week for some fall flavor… also, need to scrape together some cash… last time i was there i blew $12 on lit magazines…

amyfitzpatrick:

This is the scene that placed LOTR deep inside my heart… The frailty of man displayed, and the miracle of a changed heart and the tenderness that can be found between corrupt human beings.

(via fuckyeahlordoftherings)

yeah…

‘i tried to take the ring from frodo, [boromir] said. ‘i am sorry. i have paid…. i have failed’

‘no!’ said aragorn. ‘you have conquered… be at peace…’

—chapter 1, the departure of boromir, the two towers, the lord of the rings, j.r.r tolkien

the whole debate of english bible translations seems to be prideful and devisive… christian unity is spectacularly wonderful (yes, i’m a member of the national sarcasm society)…

the miercurea ciuc church in romania is particularily lovely…

hungarian organic architecture exhibition at budapest museum of applied arts

it must be fall

the pumpkin spice latte has returned to starbucks… for those who can afford a $4 cup of happiness…

the only draw back with macos snow leopard is that an application & a printer driver are not compatiable yet…

haven’t been able to print neccessary documents all day & booksmart isn’t openning any of the files i’ve been working on during the last week…

just installed mac osx snow leopard, ate two cold pieces of homemade pizza & drank leinenkugel…

deactivated tumblrs

i noticed several tumblrs i used to follow have recently, in the last 2 to 3 months, been deactivated. anyone else notice this trend?

Do you ever catch yourself staring at your coffee cup? I do. http://tinyurl.com/l8xksu

swissmiss

yeah, just found myself staring at the bottom of my coffee cup thinking, i can’t believe the cappuccino is gone…

Authenticity comes from evolution, not from creation.

John Moore, marketing medic [via brandautopsy]

Well-selected letters, drawn with force and quality, arranged in good proportion, tone and color, and grouped … may be as fine and as complete as (any) design.

Sallie B. Tannahill, P’s and Q’s – A Book on the Art of Letter Arrangement [via graphicology]

it’s a mature brand… the counter culture always becomes the culture… i don’t know if [rolling stone] is irrelevant… they’re still in business… they sell more than million copies…

music journalist, kurt loder [in this video] — regarding current rolling stone versus the old rolling stone

listening to freeman dyson discuss poetry, science & global warming…

borborygmus

wordjournal: noun • noises that the stomach makes (ex: growling, rumbling); bowel sounds.

religious people… read the bible looking for ways to be the hero of their own life…

mark driscoll