happy holidays!

this little gnome is taking a little break for the holidays. cheers!

my new obsession

...is the target "christmas gig" songs playing in their holiday commercials this year. this sweet jam is "electrontic santa."

better yet, you can download all of them for free here!

crazy!

i realize that things are snapped all the time by google for their street views, but this is pretty crazy - a woman giving birth on the sidewalk! coco to the loco (tho, admittedly probably not by choice, but rather circumstance).

(via jay parkinson, md)

who approved this? (shaq-fu edition)

apparently, the boston pops allowed shaq to conduct a few jams at their holiday concert. who approved this?

that said, i gotta hand it to the guy, he does play a mean one-handed air piano and he's pretty damn good at keeping a straight face:

festive!

tis the season of larger than life balls. if not for your stately mansion, than for your office plaza.

holiday jam #3

one of my favorites ever!

flossy?

oh fergie ferg. while your shoes may be "fergaliscious," the clearance rack does not flossy make.

love this

as you may know, i am obsessed with hatch show prints down in nashville. on my last trip, i picked up this guy - and he's lovely. they told me it's a limited edition and only 200 were printed. even more special! have a honky-tonky christmas, indeed!

'tis the season

in honor of the winter officially arriving, i would like to declare that this year i shall have "the winter of soup." made my first batch last week - a meatball alphabet (tho, alphabets are hard to find these days, so i had to improvise). nevertheless - delish!

phew

yay - laptop is back in action.

new hard drive...yet again. sigh.

but, much less cost than the cost of a new computer. and mostly every thing was backed up. time machine is genius!

best. skymall. ever.

this holiday edition of skymall just might be the best ever. highlights include:

claimed as a cross between a skateboard & in-line skates, orbitwheels look like a invitation for broken legs, if you ask me.

meanwhile, a catnix partition by any other name is kitty jail.

is it just me, or is the lasagna pan (at $49.99) and the brownie pan (at $39.95) the same thing?

anyone for hoodie-footies?

or self-ordered dentures? please note that the cosmetic teeth are non-returnable.

finally, how about tex, the armadillo beverage holder? no?

can i interest you in bigfoot, the holiday yeti perhaps?

see - told you it was the best issue ever.

sounds of silence, the redux

unfortch, i dropped my laptop over the weekend. and when i say dropped, it slid off my lap, down my legs in slow motion. not really a hard fall at all. cue sad mac face like last year.

i was hoping for a christmas miracle, but alas, a new hard drive is on order. as such, i'll be off the blog for a bit. sigh.

holiday jam #2

a man undercover but you torn him (me) apart.

who approved this? (ch-ch-ch-chia edition)

i really hope santa doesn't give these out this year. terrifying. i get that shrek is green. but last time i checked he didn't have an afro. who approved this, dreamworks?

admirable, but coco loco (home makeover edition)

admirable of sullivan floor service to display their work on the back of their van. but, shirtless workmen? that seems frivolous, dangerous and likely an OSHA violation - coco loco.

jazzy!

who wouldn't be excited by the coming of "jimmy jazz"?

rag-tag

just unpacked my box labeled "christmas," to find what just might be the most random collection of ornaments ever assembled.

items include, but not limited to: a glass santa holding the word "joy," three jingle bells, a bavarian nutcracker, a fish with raindeer antlers & a bauble painted with killer whales.

must sort this out, quick stix!

holiday jam #1

now that i am back in new york, i'm totally getting into the holiday spirit (see above post).

thought i would post a few of my favorite holiday tunes, starting with christmas wrapping. this vid even includes a nifty coordinated light show:

you mean you forgot cranberries, too?

admirable, but coco loco (time zone edition)

i am all for automotive safety in school zones, but these specific increments of time are a bit coco loco, no? and what's the deal, wednesday?

who knew?

interesting trend in planes these days...sports team branding. taking off i was next to a jets plane and upon landing, the brewers. who knew?

who approved this? (vino edition)

mini scarves & hats for wine bottles? really, pottery barn? is this necessary? who approved this?

this little gnome...

is taking a wee break for turkey.

happy thappy, everyone!

the bird's too small to feed us all

...so pump it. pump it up, now pump it. pump the bird.

i happily watch this every year. ps - how young is chris rock?!

this is

...the smallest banana smoothie known to mankind. there is a fine line between cuisine and coco loco.

who approved this? (check-in edition)

really? the founders of foursquare are now airbrushed (and taller) gap models? who approved this?

attention

i can for give the water being turned off in my apartment for plumbing repairs. but i cannot forgive this horrnedo clip art.

when do i start?

i could totally be down with this. (no offense, of course).

we're gettin' the band back together!

given that we are finally all on the same continent, this fish is meeting up with TFAAF's other fish and the flame this weekend - woot!

(incidentally, this is the first google image you get when searching for "two fish and flame." this photo features one fish, one crustacean and no flames. talk amongst yourselves.)

have a good weekend, everyone!

who knew?

...that jeff goldblum was such a whiz on the piano? amazing.

best.prize.ever.

a year of free taxis just might be the best prize i've ever seen in a sweepstakes.

jingle balls

just in case you have an extra $40,000 laying around this holiday season, feel free to pick up these gigantic christmas ornaments for the front lawn of your stately mansion.

fun with fashion

spotted this gentleman on the corner of 57th & 6th over the weekend, coming out of a pop-up fur coat sample sale. he was certainly the target market in this burgundy number. fur coats for men fascinate me, but he was owning it.

fun with fashion (part deux)

this woman got on the bus in head to toe powder blue. her skirt had an abundance of kittens printed on it (shame you can't see that) and she had this topper of a headband. and, oh, she was waaaay too old be in this get up on a day that was not halloween.

is it just me...?

or does princess to be kate (now catherine) middleton have man hands?

i know, not very nice. but just sayin'.

maybe it's just an awkward angle her fingers now hang with that flossy rock on it.

so true

poor harrison ford.

my new obsession

are my dining chairs that i snagged at the jonathan adler warehouse sale and had covered in an amazing fabric from hable construction. smitten.

super cute

i wish i could pull off the colored tights and open-toed shoes look. super cute.

success!

the marathon was a great success - congrats to frequent TFAAF reader murphdawg20 for finishing! here are a few snaps:

early start in bay ridge, brooklyn.

sixteen miles later, in harlem - note the neon butterfly.

handmade signs c/o an after school program near marcus garvey park.

mile 26 - only 0.2 miles left to go!

no, really?

what part of "no parking" don't you understand?

this little gnome...

will be away for a bit, having a fam-tastic weekend in nyc, cheering on frequent TFAAF reader murphdawg as she runs the marathon.

have a great weekend everyone!

youtube costume (part une)

i have to admit, this is a little creepy, but keyboard cat was a fantastic costume idea. now why didn't i think of that? play him off, keyboard cat...

youtube costume (part deux)

this poor dog does not look amused, but he does look pretty genius, as far as costumes go:

and, do enjoy the remix for good measure:

how rude!!

so, this was my experience voting tonight...

voter (me): hi, i believe this is my district.

pleasant pollworker: ok, name?

voter (me): bizarro gnome

curmudgeon electoral inspector: sigh. well, you waited until the last minute.

pleasant pollworker: ok, here we go - sign here, please.

curmudgeon electoral inspector: why did you wait until the last minute?

pleasant pollworker: please excuse him. you do not have to answer that.

voter (me): exactly.

in the immortal words of stephanie tanner, "how rude!" now yes, i did arrive just as the polls were closing. but, the polls were legally open until 9pm in new york and i was perfectly within my constitutional right to vote. and there were still voters coming in behind me.

total bummer, new york. i may just have to write a letter of complaint to the board of elections...

is it wrong?

...that i'm kinda bummed b/c, with these elections, we'll be seeing much less of fred armistan as gov. david paterson?

how does that work?

i know that most races are predicable via polls and statistical analyses, but i'm always fascinated at how quickly races are called.

new york - a state of 19.5 million - was called with only 5% of the precincts voting. granted it was mccain, but arizona was called at 0% reporting.