YOU'RE WELCOME: Gifts for Your Mom

Kay Jewelers has been brainwashing us for years, making us think that heart-shaped diamond pendants are the ultimate way to show someone that you love them. 

"Diamonds are a girl's best friend," sluts and golddiggers say, but you know who my best friend is? 

MONEY. 

Write me a check and I will love you forever.  But if your mother's blood type isn't ice cubes like mine, she might want something a little more thoughtful.

Looking for a bunch of worthy gift suggestions that will let Mom know just how much (or, how little) you care?

Head over to You're Welcome to get the scoop.

  

[LINKED] You're Welcome

I've been noticing a lot of things about myself lately.

1. I really enjoy it when white people do acoustic covers of rap songs.

2. I love capitalism.

What better way to celebrate my love of capitalism and gangsta rap with the launch of my very own website devoted to all of the great shit you can buy for other people?

Answer?  There's no better way. 

And so, I bring you You're Welcome.

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Come To Open Air Modern TONIGHT!

I'm totes breaking my never go to Williamsburg ever, ever, ever rule TONIGHT! Cause I'm so excited to join my bud Nicole Cohen from Sketch42 Blog and Emilie Baltz of Core 77 at Open Air Modern for a chat on design blogging.

Our panel is called How to Design Content: Design Bloggers and their craft, and we're going to talk about all sorts of fun stuff.

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[I'M OBSESSED] Flatland OK

Every online store you'll see has a section for "Objects" or "Accessories," which is usually a bunch of lame pieces of fake fruit or mirrored orbs. 

Growing up, one of my friend's mother had placed at least 16 wooden bowls filled with dried pinecones around their home.  I spent so much time growing up wondering what the fuck was up with those pinecones and whether or not this woman was actually a squirrel that I completely missed the fact that I was totally gay until I was 19 years old. 

IT WAS ALL HER FAULT.

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[COOL OR NOT COOL] Fake fireplaces

The way I feel about fireplaces is the way I feel about wicker furniture.

If I'm at a beach house, wicker furniture is fine and pretty much expected.  Fireplaces are great if I'm in a cabin or in a ski lodge.

But if I'm in someone's apartment in New York City and they turn on a gas fireplace, I'm wondering two things:

1. Do you really think this is romantic?

2. Am I going to asphyxiate and die? 

3. In NYC's housing market, having a "window" is a selling point that is included on actual real estate listings, so a fireplace has got to equal BIG MONEY.  How much are you paying for this stupid fireplace?

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