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FavaBean
your window into my daily surf by Brooke
Friday, August 4, 2000
The search continues for better answers to the question: What if there is no toilet to sit on?
Well, luckily for us, the Air Force has tried and tested some options. Some of these options are: the Freshette system, and the Lady J. Also, Wild Roses makes the P-System clothing line, with special zippers in strategic places.
Thursday, August 3, 2000
My friend Kristen spearheaded the awesome new RL Stine website - check it out.
Alexander Calder made so many little sculptures in his life, that someone calculated he made one piece per minute during his waking hours, over the course of his life. The punch line is he gave most of them away, and now the foundation is trying to catalogue them all.
It's an itty-bitty henge.
Wednesday, August 2, 2000
Wash Uffizi, drive me to Firenze.
Onion: Drunk Man Staring At IHOP Syrups.
Tuesday, August 1, 2000
I have nothing worth adding today, except to say that we're going to see the Mets tonight, if it doesn't rain. This weekend, our friend Tom is visiting, and next weekend, my cousin Sarab (UCSB student) will stay with us as well, on her way to spend a year in Madrid. Lucky bitch.
Monday, July 31, 2000
Check this to see a bar graph of results you get on comparable search terms, from Alta Vista. Very cool.(thanks Joshua)
Did you ever see clouds that look like breasts?
Bizarro was always the coolest member of the Legion of Doom.
Friday, July 28, 2000
Mike D of the Beastie Boys has hurt his shoulder in a bicycling accident. So the tour has been postponed. He's so lovable, though; he's included his dislocated shoulder reading list: Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, A Course In Miracles, and The Path of Emancipation.
Learn how to construct your thought screen helmet to wear during your next alien abduction.
Toy for the day - the online cheese comparator. My cheese rating is feta..
Thursday, July 27, 2000
I want to transform my vehicle into an Art Car.
BRITNEY: I've been very naughty.
GEORGE: Yes. Very naughty.
(And so on. Eventually America defeats the British.)
Try an ambigram. They're a little addictive.
Wednesday, July 26, 2000
They Might Be Giants, the hometown science-geek pop band, has their Dial-A-Song up on the web. You used to have to call up that 718 phone number, but now you can just click on the happy organ player.
Speaking of TMBG, they'll be performing for free with Doughty (from Soul Coughing, see July 10th entry) at the Prospect Park Bandshell for the Celebrate Brooklyn festival. Saturday ~ August 19 ~ 7:30 ~ I'll be there.
Sometimes, if you're really bored and sitting with an open phone book, you'll look up celebrity names. These guys take it a step further and actually call the poor people.
Tuesday, July 25, 2000
David Eggers talks about selling out.
Is it possible to describe your personality in terms of colors?
I'd never heard of EL Wire before today. I was reading about the Burning Man festival, and someone suggested using EL Wire for a theme camp.
Monday, July 24, 2000
A year ago today, my name was changed.
A Zen koan a day keeps the dualism at bay.
In doing research on tents to buy, I found alternative shelter ideas: tipis and car-top tents. We are going to get the Eureka Lodge.
Did you ever want to drink bong water?
Friday, July 21, 2000
Naked librarians!
Obscenity complaint at a public library leads to call to police, which leads to search warrant, then the place is shut down, and the community demands internet filtering.
The life and times of Robot Frank.
Thursday, July 20, 2000
I think more people should bike to work.
When meeting people for the first time, it is very important to keep up your personal appearance! This guy is a wacko.
A cute letter from baby John-John to Nixon.
Some people love Hello Kitty so much that they want to clean the house with her.
Wednesday, July 19, 2000
Most people never think about governmental magazines. Why? Because the latest copy of Livestock Slaughter is not available at your local newsstand.
Help in making decisions.
VERY politically incorrect cartoons by Callahan.
Cruel to be kind - Dead Diana.
Tuesday, July 18, 2000
Sunburn totally sucks.
Onto better topics - ALASKA. This page will connect you to all of the weather webcams in the state. And this is a page devoted to the US's most northern highway, the Dalton.
Footnotes, anyone?
Friday, July 14, 2000
I found this reference site yesterday, useful if you want to jump into some natural hot springs.
Did you ever wonder why women must sit on the toilet?
NEW! Kenny G performs Beck's SEXX LAWS!
Shameless celebrity worship: Tom Green and Drew Barrymore are getting married.
Thursday, July 13, 2000
This college student named Eric will display the emotion of your choice. Very funny stuff.
My coworker, Virginia, tells me that the new Library Hotel will have room numbers in Dewey Decimal numbers.
This is an awesome, time-wasting toy.
Mark Rothko fans can use the Random Rothko. Click on the tiny plus/minus symbol under the image to make a new one.
23 years ago, New York City had that big blackout.
Wednesday, July 12, 2000
Happy birthday to me! This morning, I sang along to the appropriate birthday music: Black Crowes, Phish, and, of course, Beck. Coincidentally, I dreamed last night that I saw Beck and Bono (from U2, not the dead senator) in a bar. I asked Beck for an autograph, and he drew a little picture for me. He was a nice guy. Of course he was.
Not as nice as my husband, though! Duane gave me a LOMO! The sexiest plastic camera in the world! Maybe I'll post some pictures here...
Tuesday, July 11, 2000
Today is mp3 how-to day. To play these elusive files, you must first download a player, such as Winamp. Then, once you have that installed, you can start downloading the mp3 files of your choice. Some of the better places I've found for these files are AVFind, MP3 Gladiator, and this Chinese site that put entire albums up for easy access, Salon China. Gotta love those Chinese anti-piracy laws!
Monday, July 10, 2000
Need any barbeque statistics ? How about random barbeque thoughts?
A very modern and hip translation of the Tao Te Ching.
Great interview with M. Doughty, formerly of Soul Coughing.
What time is it? It's 4:20.
Friday, July 7, 2000
Cows invade New York!
See the world through the eyes of a bee.
Did you ever wonder if that tattoo in another language actually meant something else? (thanks to nuno and memepool)
Check out the blue girl.
Thursday, July 6, 2000
It's like reading the Billboard charts - the hottest search words: Lycos 50.
The Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-1999. I found more than a few of my favorites...
For those who want to start dreadlocking his or her hair...
I ran into Dave Fitzhugh last week. This is his company - he's the sole NYC representative, and the office is his apartment.
There is a Death Library outside of Boston.
Wednesday, July 5, 2000
My job now is to try and figure out how people search the web, and how people search specific sites. Metaspy lets you see the actual searches, in real time. It's a little spooky.
Today, Salon has a piece on ebooks at the San Fran Public Library.
I also found out what kind of party host Salvador Dali could be.
Visit the Richard Brautigan Library.
Fling a cow.
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