babies must feel drunk all the time

9 days of aloha

camping essential

summer soundtrack

margaret farrar would not approve

"Why are crosswords one of the last bastions of Victorian Age public morality? Why does ASS have to be clued as "Balaam's beast," PENIS as "The ___ mightier than the sword," or ANAL as "Freud's study: Abbr."? XXX may be 30 to some and a label for moonshine to others, but here it's an accurate rating."

-Barry Tunick, Editor of the LA Times Sunday Crossword

Sample Puzzle

american lore meets dna

"The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar"

This American Life, Episode #352

no such thing as tomorrow

career advice in comic book form

pensive puppy

work it, lady

"I'm just trudging along, you know. I wash every day, I've got my own teeth, and I don't dye my hair. I must be doing something right, as I've only canceled two shows in 30 years: once when the doctor said I would have a miscarriage, and once when he told me my eardrums would explode if I did the gig."

-Chrissie Hynde, 56

104sq ft of map goodness

World Map Wall Mural

13'wide x 8'tall

Urban Outfitters $140

there's one for you, nineteen for me

bathing room

ecommerce putting its best foot forward

excuses extinct

hands down best bookmark $1 can buy

From Shopsin's General Store - Pirate Ship Tongue Depressor

have a rick-rolling birthday!

summer read, top of the list

From Randomhouse.com:

"The literary heroines in Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin did what they wanted, said what they thought. They drank gallons of cocktails and knew how to have fun in New York, the Riviera, and Hollywood, where they met and played with all the people worth knowing."

duck love

• Per Wikipedia:

Mallards also have rates of male-male sexual activity that are unusually high for birds. In some cases, as many as 19% of pairs in a Mallard population are male-male homosexual.

entertaining yet socially responsible advertising

flowers - planted, fingers crossed

flowers - cut and displayed

destroying everything in it's path from sea to shining sea

Study Finds Soil Bacteria Can Live on Antibiotic Diet
Morning Edition, April 4, 2008 · Antibiotics normally kill bacteria. But scientists have discovered that hundreds of bacteria living in dirt not only resist being killed by antibiotics — they use the antibiotics as food.

presented in ten parts, "teen witch" 1989

available online, only $0.95

woody is not amused with you, dov

an american classic - available on dvd

poisson d'avril

one of the better arguments for safe sex

You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun with me
-The Specials, "Too Much Too Young" 1979

walnut wallpaper - a los angeles gem

How to Hang Wallpaper - eHow.com
Wallpaper Calculator - lowes.com
LA Times "It's Cool, Really" 4/14/2005