The baseball has risen!

Labels: Baseball

This New Yorker Feature on former Met/Phillie Lenny Dykstra is one of the best things I have read recently. It thoroughly entertained me on the weather-delayed plane ride we took last weekend to Chicago. If you like intense caffeine-fueled ex-ballplayer entrepreneurs then you will like it too.

Labels: Baseball, Books

Hello, friends.

Right now, L- and I are more than halfway through our Holy Week juice fast cleanse. This entails drinking 6 specially made juices each day for 1 week and eating no food with the hope that all of the bad toxins we have amassed throughout the last 6 months will be flushed out.

I am currently drinking juice #2 - a delicious blend of pineapple, apple, and mint. It is quite tasty (though juice #6 - a savory brew of water, cashews, agave nectar, vanilla bean, and cinnamon, is a much more delectable treat which we have lovingly begun referring to as dessert juice).

Yes. Yes, I know. It sounds, well, like we have become hippies. But, we have not. We still eat meat. In fact, last week we enjoyed a delicious pig's head terrine. And, of course, we still, probably much too frequently, indulge in a savory boston creme donut (or two). But it seems proper to take care of our apparently rapidly aging bodies, while also taking some time to reflect on our lives.

Here are some of those reflections:

1. I am not hungry, nor have I been all that famished during the week, but I have been amazed at the frequency I think about munching on some food. It is fascinating, realizing how often I eat due to boredom or habit rather than actual hunger.


2. Drinking this much liquid really makes for some frequent bathroom breaks. This can be very difficult in a city without public toilets. Recently, though, New York has undergone some real breakthroughs in the public toilet area. They have installed over 171 since the past 10 years, though you may have a hard time finding them. They say "Starbucks" on the sign outside.


3. And, lastly, I really really really want a carnitas taco

If you are at all curious please visit our juice-maker and cleanse-conductor Blueprint Cleanse for more information.

Labels: Life

Yesterday we went to the store and bought a vacuum cleaner.

It is the best vacuum cleaner that we have ever owned. It is an amazing marvel of science and technology. It has a special tool to clean off cat hair from the couch and rug. It has a button you push that automatically winds the chord. It has multiple attachments and extensions that snap into place like something out of Voltron. Rosie the robot can't hold a candle to our new vacuum cleaner.

After we got it home, we unpacked it and took turns vacuuming the couch for fun! I know what you're thinking, "What is going on here? When did you two get old and boring? When did buying a vacuum become the most exciting thing in your week?"

And I answer you: "I have no idea. But you know what they say, cleanliness is next to Godliness, and at the rate we're going we'll be canonized next month. Zing!

Labels: Life

In honor of the no holds barred contest out in Vermont, Ohio, and Texas today I created this little animation using processing. It's Clinton vs. Obama. To the death!

But come now, senators. Why do you have to fight? Can't we be relaxed and groovy? Can't we have a little fun with our fellow man? Can't we put down our gloves and pick up a Mai Tai? Those are some good questions, my friend. Hold down the Q key while watching the animation to find out.

Enjoy, America!

Labels: Fun

or

"How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Be Awesome"

or

"Winter of our Content"

Team Lamigraw opened up their lovely home to us this weekend, and we took the city by storm. We slept in. We ate delicious tomato-basil soup and grilled cheese sandwich lunches. We drank local micro brews infused with espresso / curacao. We read books. We ate pizza with figs. We ate delicious brunches. We discussed life, loss, and first loves. We visited quaint, obsessive-compulsively organized used book stores. We bought an amazing porcelain rum decanter from the 1940's with a painting of a ship on it. All in all, we had an amazing time with two of the most amazing people on the face of the planet. You should give it a try sometime. You won't be sorry.

Labels: Fun, Life