+ Allison recommended that I check out the Apartment Therapy book and local blog to help me with my issues surrounding decorating and housekeeping. It’s not just for apartments.

+ An interesting wiki that lists major inventors and their inventions. I did not know that a Hungarian named Biro invented the ball point pen and that a German named Diesel invented the diesel engine. Now I do. Thank you, Wikipedia.

+ Whilst in Chicago, husband bought me this pretty little silver necklace. My taste in jewelry is very spare and simple — I love it. On the same jaunt, I bought him a birthday gift of a new shaving brush. Yes, he shaves in the old timey way. His current brush is looking pretty ragged. Yay!

+ ESPN: just like any other shitty corporate office. I love how the questions range from peevish (“why are the portions in the cafeteria getting smaller?”) to idiotic (“what qualities make a good leader?”).

+ A video blog by “Mel” from Flight of the Conchords which all of you should be watching even if you don’t have HBO. We almost canceled it after the Sopranos ended. Whew.