Look, we don’t really know what watches the U.S. Navy SEALs wear. In fact, we’re not sure if you should care what watches SEALs wear unless you are a SEAL. (If you are a SEAL, by the way, you can wear any damn watch you please.) That said, we like the Luminox watch
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A watch you can see in the dark
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Hemingway and Head Tonic
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
As “Papa” always said, British Colonialism had its high points. It encouraged the preparation of all sorts of gin drinks that are with us to this day. I am quite sure, for example that Pimms No.1 cup was invented during this time. Pimms with a little gin, some lime juice and a large spritz of soda and tonic makes a fantastic late summer drink.
Which brings us to this post. In the British West Indies a tonic of a different kind was developed during the 1800s callled Royall Bay Rhum. This makes a great after shave, and makes your head tingle when you massage it into your hair. Hemingway (pictured) was a fan. For all we know it could be used as a shampoo. Or, if you are into derelict chic (as Will Ferrel showed us in Zoolander), an aperitif.
The most bizzare movie of all time
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
We can say without reservation that is the most bizzare movie ever made (this is a week for absolute statements.) Essentially it is about a man who turns into a machine with certain appendages that he uses to drill people, places and things. After that it becomes a little hard to follow. It is enough of a cyber-punk classic to meirt a very long wikkipedia entry which we will allow to explain this, er, film here. The movie is supposed to say something about the mechanization of society, nuclear waste and the nihilism that only a country that has experienced atomic weapons could explore.
Or to quote another professional movie critic (from IMDb) “It’s like Dali has been reborn Japanese and schizophrenic and has decided to make a film but gets confused and makes people mate with machines and he tries to film the result but the camera has overdosed on amphetamines.”
Yes.
Wet To Wear
Monday, April 19th, 2010
Someone we know is in the process of designing a clothing line called BobLake. Found a link to their site here. Does not appear complete yet but the site is nicely done in Wordpress–yeah, just like this site but with all the bells, whistles and dumb interns to post videos and waste copious amounts of time. What is really cool about this site is that it appears to make a cruddy topic sexy–or the spread of “exotic and invasive species” on big boats in recreational lakes (pictured as “nasty little beauties” on the site).
Poop Coffee. Made by Weasels.
Monday, October 19th, 2009
There is a small animal in Indonesia related to the Mongoose who ingests a certain kind of coffee bean. Once these beans have passed through the critter’s gastrointestinal tract and, um, expelled, they are packaged and sold as the world’s most exquisite and expensive coffee. While it occurs to us that the juxtaposition of our headline next to a picture of a Sumatran Kopi Luwak farmer (translated: coffee from weasel) might appear derogatory to fair-trade minded merchants may we remind our readers that we have never been treated as poorly as we have by fair trade minded businesspeople seeking our services. They really were full of it. Or maybe we’ve just had too much caffeine. Read about Kopi Luwak here.
Doubledeck Skis. Atomic Bomb?
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
This video tells you all about the latest in ski technology from Atomic. A young insider on the US Ski Team says that the racers swear by this doubledeck techology. Ski forums like Epic and Barking Bear are lukewarm on the idea. We’ll let the Atomic rep explain the philosophy of the “two ski in one” idea–for lack of a better term. I personally purchased a pair for this year. I hope the purchase does not blow up in my (Chris Birt’s) face. Sometimes that happens with Atomics, like the Metron B5s. (The video continues with a discussion of free skis and powder boards… the Giant Slalom (GS) race ski he shows is a great ski, at least, for Masters–i.e. older guy wide turn type–skiing.)
Swearing in French
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Years ago I had a large vehicle. This vehicle wasted gas while it saved souls. For this vehicle, you see, was large enough to transport a few French exchange students around the suburban parts of Edina and St. Louis Park as they swore their hearts out into the night.
I was, ostensibly, the “host parent” for one of them. In this position it fell to me to become the taxi driver. Being irresponsible as I tend to be, I not only encouraged the lovely Odele to speak her mind out in the car but to entice her somewhat shy and culturally shell-shocked expatriates to do the same.
The cacophony of cursing that soon followed on those taxi rides is a mellifluous memory I shall never forget. When a young French girl swears back and forth from English to French it is a sound that can melt the hardest heart. Which reminds me that french rap is a good facsimile thereof.
Gangsta seems somehow cultivated in a romance tone.
Its so contradictory that it must be cool.
gross generalizations with almost no meaning whatsoever
Saturday, August 15th, 2009This site is devoted to soulful materialism. You will find no grist for the political mill here.
Disclaimer aside, we would like to make a observation about political belief. It can be said that the more religious a person becomes, the more religion becomes their politics. Conversely the more secular a person becomes, the more politics becomes their religion. This is a merely an observation that is perhaps worthy of a high school social studies project.
Once we are able to locate a precocious high school student to prove this empirically we will then make our second observation in the form of a parable. We are reminded of a comment made by either a Russian cleric or communist (the symbolism is appropriate) who said this:
“When I see a poor man in the street, I consider this a spiritual problem, not a political problem.”
If we learned anything in college, it is that altruism is metaphysical. For example, does a young man give up his seat for the old lady on the bus out of self-sacrifice or to placate his conscience? The answer, we believe, is that only a spiritual force outside of the physical world can compel a human being to truly sacrifice for others.
Before you think that this makes religion our politics, however, consider what motivates people to take up spiritual things in general. What is to be said of the spiritual healer a few days back who killed three people in a sweat lodge ceremony by confusing vomit with purification?
We’d rather commune with communists.
At least if the door was locked.
Criminal Cool
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Best bets are usually pure breeds. A slick example of this are gangster and/or beach shirts. While perpetually in fashion, you should stick with the originals to avoid looking like a middle aged man. This means avoiding anything made by Tommy Bahama and acquiring a wardrobe full of Nat Nast originals. Nat Nast invented this type of shirt in the forties for the mob in Miami. They are still made by the original crew although someone may have bought the brand (website is too attractive). Then there is always Wal-Mart for cool polyester versions of the above for a mere six bucks. That kills me.
The shirts and other items are available from various retailers via Amazon
Get her between these sheets
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
I am talking about dressing your significant other in couture from Issey Miyake. Issey’s line PleatsPlease is not inexpensive but then the best art sometimes is not. These Kimono-like textiles that are simply beautiful sheets that are exquisitely creased to create texture and form that make women look fetching, far out and fabulous. Just like you, right?
