This Menagerie is a collection of links, tweets & events that catch my fancy… and I hope might catch yours too. Please to enjoy!
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Jonathan delivers a manifesto for those opting out of the Common Template: “Ridiculous people aren’t ridiculous at all, they just seem that way to people that are always [...]
Starbucks received the high score among restaurant chains for customer satisfaction (77%, just ahead of Pizza Hut’s 76%). But if you figure that many of Starbucks’ customers are, let’s face it, jonesin’ for the java, aren’t the satisfaction stats likely to be a bit skewed in its favor?
(Thanks to Starbucks Gossip for keeping me in [...]
I am so absurdly excited. I’m just unabashedly tickled that it’s back as of TONIGHT!!
Labels: just for fun, television
What a cool idea. There’s so darn much creativity a-bubblin’ out the ’sphere!
The idea is pretty simple: take a childhood photo, and recreate it, as adults. Post side-by-side. Peruse: Color Wars 2008 » Youngme / Nowme
Who decided that "curious" has two of the letter u, but "curiosity" should be stripped of the second u?
That bugs me every time I write the word. It should be curiousity. The -ity of being curious. Who goes around being "curios?" Aren’t "curios" figurines that get put in cabinets named for [...]
Came across this poem, and thought it was a pretty cool declaration of strength in the face of adversity. Found it inspiring, and thought I’d share. –M.
My knees don’t even scab no more
Been pushed down so many times
Just calluses now, rough and scarred
I can get up and get up and get up again
But [...]
Here are some neat ideas for workstations… courtesy of Ikea, of course ("Ikea, the sponsor of starving artists, college students, young newlyweds, and post-med/law school broke folks everywhere!").
Have you had your Denny Crane or Alan Shore moment yet today? I heart Boston Legal.
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