Archive for the ‘little happy bits’ Category

Please buy things from Remo

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Remo is the sort of person who makes you feel good about yourself, just because he’s so fantastic, you can’t believe that he’s your pal. He’s kind, funny, very interesting. Remo has a vision for what commerce ought to be: Sharing quality things with friends. Buy it once, use it forever. Have fun. His store has taste, intelligence, and humor without even a hint of snobbery. This is the world as I want it to be.

I’m so hooked on his quirky website that I bought all of last year’s holiday gifts there. You should buy things from him. If you do, you’ll get a free T-shirt.

These are some of my favorite purchases (and perhaps also the wedding gift I need for later this summer):

The perfect ice cream scoop.

The perfect ice cream scoop

A screwdriver the size of a quarter.

A screwdriver the size of a quarter.

The classiest sporks EVER.

SPORKS!

The perfect Bouncy Ball

The perfect Bouncy Ball

I wish I’d made this.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Hexagons covered in layers of rice paper and suspended from filament, so the whole thing undulates and flashes as you walk by. WANT.

Jakob Hashimoto

Jakob Hashimoto

(update: I do kind of hate the plaid. The idea and execution are spectacular. Just that mine would be prettier.)

God’s not actually dead

Monday, June 1st, 2009

God is dead, but he’s a man about 16 or 20 years old or maybe 77, I think. I can send him a message and he comes alive and reads the message. He’s a special person. No one sees him. He’s not actually dead. Before bed I say, “God, I really want this war to end because people are blowing up a place, and if they blow it up, I ‘ll never get to see it.”

—Evan, 2008 (early)

The next post

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

It’s hard to know what to write after that last post, so here’s a picture of my pretty doggie:

Pretty doggie.

Luna

beautiful stop-motion animation film.

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

by way of Ze Frank and @canopygallery.