Business Items :: Thanks, A&E

{ 2008 11 16 }

Thanks, A&E

Tip - Here’s a handy piece of remodeling advice, courtesy of We Mean Business: “Removing walls can make a room feel larger.” I should hope it feels larger, because it actually IS larger. This is a design tip along the lines of “Flushing excrement down the toilet can make your bathroom smell fresher.”

Review - Perhaps I have a weakness for unflattering depictions of Andy Warhol, but I thinkFactory Girl rises beyond the sum of its cliches. Which is to say that it’s not just another psuedo-true story of a charming, damaged female icon who didn’t live to see 30. Sienna Miller looks astounding and strung out, respectively, at the appropriate points, and, stranger still, she actually does bear some resemblance to Edie Sedgewick, from what I can tell. Anakin Skywalker, on the other hand, is a very, very poor man’s version of Bob Dylan - or my impression of the Minnesota bard, anyway.

Sweat - There’s something disturbing about the Degree ad in which the effectiveness of the antiperspirant in question is demonstrated by its ability to seal the material covering the bottom of a graduated cylinder filled with liquid. If I wanted to keep my body from leaking, I’d dip myself in Thompson’s Water Seal every morning. No, I’d just like to make it through the day without smelling like a dead foot.

Safran - A recent comment brought the work of John Safran to my attention. In the interest of amusing procrastination, I suggest you peruse his YouTube clips.