Read Some Stewf

Oprah Medusa — The Ticket to Kerry Victory

Stewf: i am a political genius
Stewf: if kerry campaign could get oprah on board, wouldn’t he win?
Eric: heh, a segment, but it would be dangerous for Oprah to play that game
Eric: her market is across the board
Eric: and it might polarize her audience
Eric: and thus her advertisers
Eric: but don’t let that stop you from phone, emailing, and snail mailing her offices until your fingers bleed
Eric: her support would be amazing
Stewf: they will do whatever she says
Stewf: the oprah heads
Eric: I’d like to see an oprah medusa with little yes men snake heads snapping around her in a slithering flow
Eric: her eyes glow red, throwing up her hands, “Kerry will win!”

Get Your Shirt On

Just bought this tee. You can too. At Threadless. Tell them Stewf sent you and I get store credit. Buy shirts. Do it now.

Know Your Stewf [TAKE 2]

There was a lot of whining over my last quiz. Apparently, (especially according to those who received low scores), it was either “rigged”, “faulty”, “Flash-based”, “inaccurate”, or just plain “lame”. So, in the interest of my dear friends, and not at all for my narcissism, I present How Well Do You Know Your Stewf? [TAKE 2]. Don’t be afraid to enter your email addy — it’s required to receive the answer sheet — just unclick the invitation to receive their spamity.

Furnishing the Homeland, Pt. 3: Marooned

The fun of shopping for furniture on craigslist is that something new pops up every few hours.

The trouble with shopping for sofas on craigslist is that everything is maroon or burgundy or wine or rose.

By the way kids, there’s now a craigslist in SLC! Click and discover the power of the internet again for the first time. First job posting is up: tame troubled teens by marching them through wilderness!

Meeting Mary

It is shamefully late, and probably ineffective, but I just posted a shot-in-the-dark at finding the gal I met last week on the subway.

The Fat Funk of Herbie Hancock

Second only to Vince Guaraldi’s music for Peanuts, Herbie Hancock’s 1969 Fat Albert funk and groove jazz is the best soundtrack for an animated series ever.

I present you with a sample of track two, Fat Mama.

Furnishing the Homeland, Pt. 2 Stool Sample

The stools arrived! One red, one silver. Now I need a tall cafe table with foot rest to join them.

Furnishing the Homeland, Pt. 1 Plan of Attack

Somehow, most of the furniture I used to own disappeared while I was in the frozen north. I weeped over the loss of my Chinese table until Steph (glorious moving pal) reminded me that it was nice, but I probably shouldn't cry about furniture. So I'm looking at the bright side: I have a beautiful empty apartment waiting to be filled and this time I can be a little more choosy and organized about it.

I'm attempting the West Elm deep, dark brown Asian wood James Do look for the living room. Of course, I'm not making the dough to swing the Do. Therefore, just installed: coffee table and floor lamp from the inevitable Ikea. Jen and James kindly chauffeured me to all the nice Berkeley shops and I saw lovely things, but when it comes down to choosing between a $500 or $129 table, it's hard to avoid Ikea.

Next big buy is the sofa. If I were $3000 richer and had an additional 500 sq. feet of space, it would be this and this or this.

Meanwhile, these shiznitty lamps are affordable enough to consider.

Polite Smoking in Tokyo

Japan Tobacco Inc. educates the people about cigarette etiquette.

Not Dead

I thought I better not let a month pass before posting lest you think me dead. I am not. Please don't give up. Visit this page tomorrow and there will be new words and pictures.