the return of a striped turtleneck?

START YOUR FRIDAY WITH THIS ON REPEAT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZSIz0GW1oM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

best email subject line in history of email

excerpt of a longer recording

i think this is the whole poem, not sure cuz i’m only reading the online version of the believer, but i like it as is, either way.

“Excerpt of a Longer Recording”

A new poem

by Bob Hicok

A man loves silence so much, to talk to him,
you sit alone in a room
and have your say, leave the room,
which he enters and listens
to your thoughts, replies
and leaves, you enter again
and listen to the memory
of air, reply
and leave. I’ve known him
my whole life and we’ve yet to finish
our first conversation. There’s time

two dogs in a teepee

portrait of the artist as a 38-year-old on a drive to get a milkshake

ONE OF THE BEST BIRTHDAYS

another present

Maybe 38 is my year.

MONDAY PRE-BIRTHDAY MOM LEAVING BLUES

mom was here this past weekend and showered me with pre-birthday dinners and a ton of groceries and a ton of presents, some of which i already opened (a box of stove top and the books don’t sweat the small stuff at work and how to win friends and influence people). she cried quite hard when she left (“i liked all your friends so much [sob], and i like ross so much [sob]”), but i get the weepiness because THINGS CAN BE SO BEAUTIFUL. like friendship and love and riding around in a car with your mom.

THE MOST INCREDIBLE PRESENTS SERIOUSLY

NOT TO BE PRODUCT OBSESSED WOMAN STYLE (NOT TO BE LADY RACIST) BUT DREAM PRESENTS FROM MY COWORKERS?! too generous, too much.

in quotes/still awesome