New Decor

Guess the Year

No Wikipedia peeking!

Ten Things Kimmijo is Tired Of

1. Gustav
2. Gustav
3. Gustav
4. Sarah Palin
5. Sarah Palin
6. Sarah Palin
7. Bristol Palin
8. Sarah Palin
9. Sarah Palin
10. Sarah Palin

And I never even turn on the tv. I don't know how you people do it. srsly

Also, who names their kid after an industrial city in England and/or cream sherry? I mean, it sounds all bristly and brushy and like a cute name for a pet hedgehog.

Yours Truly to be in the New Yorker

Albeit anonymously, as the designer of a little one column by one inch ad that cost more than my monthly salary.

From Today's Ann Arbor News

I'm not sure what "The business o     een" means to Michigan, but I'm guessing it means some ad designer's in trouble.

Quote of the Day

"If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist."

-- Quentin Crisp

Today in the Garden

Some sort of clear-window-winged fly/moth:


Black-eyed Susans and white coneflowers in their prime:

An Improptu Mojito Tip from Kimmijo

Get home with the rum and all ready for a mojito and find out you don't have any limes? Use a generous splash of the Simply Limeade you had in the fridge. Perhaps not authentic, but damn good.

Frog

Thoughts on Democracy

Thoughts on Democracy reinterprets Norman Rockwell's famous Four Freedoms posters.

Enjoy your weekend.