Since there's no place to go - and not much on TV, and fewer job applications to work on, and it's a bit too nippy for a jog - let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... And it did! Glorious white snowflakes fell this week for all of an hour before melting into a soggy mess in double-quick time. We've now reached December 4 with barely a cold day registered; today it's nine degrees, and I'm about to go to Mandarin - buffet chain recently targeted by food-poisoning terrorists - in just a sports jacket and chinos. Incredible. I did, however, manage to capture the magical 60 minutes prior to the depressing thaw that immediately followed. More convincing wintery shots to follow, I hope:
Bring On The Wall!
On a more productive note, we've begun crafting potential Christmas gifts/chintz to sell to unsuspecting bargain hunters in the form of PADDED NOTICE BOARDS! A simple mash-up of board, padding, fabric, ribbon, thumb tacks and about twelvety-million staples, the PADDED NOTICE BOARD is the perfect seasonal gift for the pensioner/hoarder/faux-vintage aficionado in your life.
How much does such an impressive construct set you back? You can adorn your bedroom/kitchen/toilet wall with a PADDED NOTICE BOARD for the low, low price of... $10? $15? We really don't know yet; I'd like to stick a $100 price tag on them and see what happens. Maybe come up with a fancy slogan like, "Your walls are only worth as much as the tat you stick on them," so people would feel better spending hundreds on a PADDED NOTICE BOARD rather than a few dimes, nickels, and other currency slang I don't understand.
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| This is an Art Attack... |
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| ..This is an Art Attack... |
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| ..This is Art Attack! |
Cool For Cats
Incredibly, here in Canada there are entire TV channels devoted to particular species. Well, sort of: we've recently stumbled across The Aquarium Channel, which, like the station showing a burning log fire, is presumably aimed at people who can afford HD TVs but won't invest in any real life-affirming objects... like a log fire or an aquarium.
As a side-effect, such specialty transmissions can engross our animal friends, as well as stoners (The Rotisserie Channel), frustrated poets (The Sunset Channel) and sado-masochists (Fox News). Our furry friend Fiesty - aptly named, I assure you - is a great fan of The Aquarium Channel, though we were perhaps a little disappointed when he tried to investigate behind the TV after we'd changed channels: it's as if his 16 years of experience have not taught him that no, there isn't an aquarium in the basement. Now get out of there before you electrocute yourself.
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| Funny, I've never noticed this aquarium before |
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| When was it installed? |
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| What sort of fish are these? Look expensive |
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| Stunning... Truly stunning |
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| What if I just... touch one? |
Miscellaneous
- Part one of the musicOMH Tracks column's round-up of 2011 (and stay tuned for the Top 50 albums run-down; a particular favourite of mine is headed for the top spot... I think).
- A mini-blog type-thing I was asked to make for the hotel we stayed in during our trip to Albania this summer: Hotel Novaj. Falum derit shum, mate!
- Fin.
