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• Wallpaper is huge right now. It’s touted as being an easy way to transform a room but, I have my own personal issues with it – patterns becoming dated over time, the labor involved, how dreadful it is to remove and then you have to re-prep the walls… but some of you masochists love it and this website is gorgeous. It aranges their huge selection by color making it easier to find what you’re looking for and it’s a pleasure to look at.
• A neat gallery of science-based tattoos!
• A new book entitled Library of Dust by David Maisel is a collection of photos taken of century-old cans of unclaimed cremated bodies from the Oregon State Insane Asylum. It doesn’t sound very cheerful or interesting but this article about the project was touching and beautiful to read.
• This event looks like heaven! Beds, ice cream and a classical concert. Sigh.
• D.C. is so close to Richmond, I thought some of my friends who enjoy good food may be interested in this article of the best places to check out!
• The New York Public Library has an enormous digital archive of hundreds of thousands of images. You can even order high-quality prints of these images if you would like to frame them for your home or as a gift! You can seriously get lost for hours on this site.
• Unbelievable new line of motorcycles… my god these machines are everything I would ever want a bike to be!
• How well do you see color? This hue test will drive you insane. I scored a 24.
• The best of both worlds – classic shapes with a modern take!
• I don’t even watch America’s Next Top Model but this blog written by Rich Juzwiak, the owner of Winston the cat, is so effin hilarious, I am hooked on a show I haven’t even seen (and the rest of his posts kill me too!)!
• Gorgeous fashion photography – each number is a set… click on the arrows to see more.
• I must have this cabinet.

•  A decade’s worth of beautiful surreal art by Tara Donovan, showing in Boston until 1.04.09. (Click on the slideshow.) This installation is made from styrofoam cups. Don’t you just want to camp out underneath it for hours?

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• Fifi Lapin is a rabbit with great style.

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• A plus or a minus, I am not sure. Life is short. Thanks to Wendy B for directing us to this project - a Polaroid a day of a short life.
• Having successfully taken anti-anxiety medication for a few months to get thourgh a trying time a few years ago, I was a little irritated with this article questioning the efficacy of antidepressant medication. I totally embrace the placebo effect and have nothing but respect for the concept of mind over matter but; instead of doubting the power of antidepressents, maybe they should be praising the strength of the placebo effect. It’s a dangerous game of semantics and interpretation going on in this article that in the end, manages to appear like just another biased spin on corporate paranoia. After taking as many applied statistics classes as I have, I find it difficult to take single studies (and polls) seriously and you should too.
• Any commercial that features an adult saying “yummy” or a man talking with his mouth full. seriously. drives. me. crazy.
• The TV newsmagazine 20/20 ended its last episode with a special unveiling of the Britney Spears video for her new song “Womanizer”. This is neither news nor an acceptable form of music.
• I think this guide on how to fake a phone conversation is truly sad.

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