Category: Seen Elsewhere

A few links for your Monday-morning perusal: Absinthe lollipops (thanks to Kathryn for finding this one); Infusions of Grandeur.  These crazy guys from North Carolina (actually, they prefer the term "mad scienticians") infuse a different kind of vodka every week (everything from lavender-vanilla to Pop Rocks) and blog about it; Go over to Looka and…

A few links for your Monday-morning perusal: Absinthe lollipops (thanks to Kathryn for finding this one); Infusions of Grandeur.  These crazy guys from North Carolina (actually, they prefer the term "mad scienticians") infuse a different kind of vodka every week (everything from lavender-vanilla to Pop Rocks) and blog about it; Go over to Looka and…

…but the pentailed tree shrew seems to be able to. It seems they’ve adapted their diets to the point where they can subsist off the naturally fermented sap in the Malaysian rainforest. Actually, it sounds like a bit of a party: The researchers conducted video surveillance of visitors to the plant and determined that many…

…but the pentailed tree shrew seems to be able to. It seems they’ve adapted their diets to the point where they can subsist off the naturally fermented sap in the Malaysian rainforest. Actually, it sounds like a bit of a party: The researchers conducted video surveillance of visitors to the plant and determined that many…

MainStreet.com has come out with a list of "Drinks Guys Can Order and Not Feel Like Wusses."  I usually hate this kind of list, but this one seems to be starting from a relatively solid point — Rusty Nail, check, Manhattan, check, Old-Fashioned, check, Caipirinha, check. True to my highly-opinionated style, I’ve got some quibbles…

MainStreet.com has come out with a list of "Drinks Guys Can Order and Not Feel Like Wusses."  I usually hate this kind of list, but this one seems to be starting from a relatively solid point — Rusty Nail, check, Manhattan, check, Old-Fashioned, check, Caipirinha, check. True to my highly-opinionated style, I’ve got some quibbles…

I don’t know what’s been going on lately with Wired magazine. It’s like the outcasts who started and kept the thing (kindasorta) relevant and (kindasorta) on the cutting edge of modern culture for the last decade-plus finally gave up the ghost and let the Gilmore Girls crowd take over. (Kind of like what happened to…

I don’t know what’s been going on lately with Wired magazine. It’s like the outcasts who started and kept the thing (kindasorta) relevant and (kindasorta) on the cutting edge of modern culture for the last decade-plus finally gave up the ghost and let the Gilmore Girls crowd take over. (Kind of like what happened to…

In the same vein as the perfectly spherical ice cubes heretofore mentioned, Fred has created a series of ice cube trays in the shape of everyone’s favorite maritime disaster. These Titanic-shaped ice cubes won’t sink, but they will make you & your guests feel like the kings of the world. And they seem small enough…

In the same vein as the perfectly spherical ice cubes heretofore mentioned, Fred has created a series of ice cube trays in the shape of everyone’s favorite maritime disaster. These Titanic-shaped ice cubes won’t sink, but they will make you & your guests feel like the kings of the world. And they seem small enough…