heaven

I have just discovered heaven.

1. Buy delicious, dark chocolate covered caramels from Trader Joe’s.  (Or end up with them at home because Mr. Man insists that somebody else must have put them in his cart by mistake.)
2. Microwave for a few seconds until gooey.
3. Eat with spoon.
4. Thank me for changing your life.

indiscriminate linkage

I am tired of using the word “random” so often on my blog. It is still an important word to me because I love contrast, learning new things, and mixing everything up (but mostly because I prefer not to think that I am just plain scattered). Instead I am going to use “indiscriminate” to describe this collection of links. [Perhaps I should make this a weekly post topic.]

1. Walk Score – Great site that shows how “walkable” a neighborhood is, including locations of schools, restaurants, grocery stores, and such. My suburb got a 42/100 – ugh. But my friends who live downtown have 90/100! (via TheSimpleDollar, a nice frugality blog.)

2. Erno-Erik Raitanen – Gorgeous use of bacteria! That’s right—that’s what I said. This artist grew (?) bacteria on photo negatives and the results are lovely. His statement that these are similar to Rorschach inkblots rings true for me because I keep seeing the sky in this one, looking up from underground. (via NotCot)

3. DrKnit – Somebody has knit a lobster sweater. A sweater. For a lobster. Fantastic! (via Craft)

4. NatGeo - Go watch this video about a poor, balding penguin who was a social misfit until clever people made him a teeny little penguin wet suit. [And now I am thinking the Misfit song from Rudolph.] (via my feed for National Geographic News which is a tiny bit like getting my beloved magazine still)

5. EmceeEsher – Great ink illustrations. I love lines in general and this graphic quality mixed with the organic splattering is so appealing to me.  (via NotCot)

Enjoy!