He doesn't put the drill out, not surprisingly.
He's late and he's the only one with an agenda. Bad Sippey.
When I read Dav's post on a stuffed heart with a computer-controlled heartbeat, I knew I had to get one. One of us suffers nightmares and the other insomnia, so anything that seems soothing in a computer-gee-whiz-how-cool way seemed like the perfect little gift.
At first, it seemed a little too big - I did order the larger size, too. In retrospect, it's kind of perfect in size. I've handed it to friends who come over in sour moods, a friend who has just got done with three days of international travel and the indignities thereof, to myself when I'm in need of a little push to get into a good meditative state. I just sent one to a friend in the hospital too.*
You can keep up with them on their TypePad blog, which has some great photos of people hugging the heart in the middle of conferences - they look like little islands of happy.
*worth mentioning - their customer service is fantastic.
Astrid is already treasuring her Lincecum card.
I guess not all kids like me.
They rendered last night's fireworks kind of useless. We'll see what the Fourth has in store.
Do we really need a new piece of useless plastic in our lives? Is there a purpose for this instrument? It sort of resembles a swizzle stick, although the body is really too skinny to create an effective stirring motion, plus my particular coffee drink does not need to be stirred.
The top of the instrument fits perfectly into the oblong oval opening of the plastic coffee lid, which leads me to believe this was created to prevent those weird burp-like explosions of coffee that the lid can emit when the cup is full and in motion, say, when you're walking out of the store with your full drink.
Still, not necessary. I'd really rather do without another mass-produced, specialized piece of plastic people will only use once and not recycle.
To add insult to injury, the top of the instrument depicts a little character drinking hot coffee. I can't tell what or who this character is supposed to be - it has the face of an angry wolverine with the body of a mermaid, and bizarre tentacles coming out of its mouth/nose region (think Dr. Zoidberg from "Futurama".) By the way, the hideous character is also trademarked.
