The keg is kicked.

The party has moved. Join me?

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Biz idea: rent a wife

Inspired by a fascinating article from the fifties sent to me by my boss



here's a business idea. Think "Polish lady" (read: cleaning lady) on crack.

- Wife goes to your apartment around 5:30 (or at a time that will allow her* to complete her tasks before you get home)
- Wife then preps your house for you (varies per client)

House preparation for me would involve:

- Making sure the heat is cranked up to 72
- Slippers by the front door, next to room temperature glass of water
- Comfy non-capitalist clothes on my leather bench, next to body lotion and near a robe
- Mail neatly sorted
- Reading material on the kitchen table, ready to go
- Tea cup with non caffeinated tea on the counter; tea kettle filled with water and rarin' to go



- Music playing softly. I'm thinking good jazz here. Ornette, Thelony, Jimmy Smiff ... whatevs.
- Good lighting.
- Turndown service with chocolate by pillow!



This is appropriate for the cold months more than the warm months, as my nesting instinct is in overgear when it gets chilly willy out.

Mmm. Wife.

Anyone have any recos for comfy slippers and a good robe? One step at a time here ...

(Hmm, maybe I can figure out a way to do this for myself before leaving the house each day ...)


* Gender neutral 'her'

Welcome, Illinois!

Yo yo! Illinois just joined EZPass, what! That's right, all y'all mofos be representin' on I-80 from the East Coast to the Midwest!



Two words: road trip. I was toying with the idea of driving home for Christmas; this might be just the impetus I need to close the deal.

Nickles dimes n quarters

Dude, the new nickle is kinda hot.



Thanks to Unicef for sending me one. suckaz!

Libertarian ish

From a Malcolm Gladwell niblet in the September 4 ish of The New Yorker:

But making a fetish of personal accountability conveniently removes the need for institutional accountability. (We court-martial the grunts who abuse prisoners, not the commanding officers who let the abuse happen.) To acknowledge that the causes of our actions are complex and muddy seems permissive, and permissiveness is the hallmark of an ideology now firmly in disgrace.

I do admit I am confused and concerned regarding the continuum between personal and governmental responsibility. Yes, individuals should be responsible for their own damn selves, but the government is also responsible for a certain network of services, no? The government must provide things like education, etc., yes?

The question is, of course, and of all time, is to what point? At one point has the gubmint does its job? How much do individuals owe the club in terms of membership dues (read: taxes)?

I don't know the answers to these things. I've decided to put off figuring 'em out until the post-breeding chapter in my life, when I'll turn my duties toward the world of civic duty.

Browster

I read in an August issue of Red Herring some noise about Browster, a plug-in which claims it's the fastest way to surf the internet (no matter that loading their corporate site took four minutes on my machine).

The schtick is that rolling over a URL will allow you to see a screen shot. From the Red Herring article:

The plug-in reduces the need to click by showing a preview window with search results when users move their cursor over a link.

Umm, great, but, umm, doesn't Ask.com already do that? (Roll over the binox graphic.)

Ugh. If only I had the cojones to go out there and get in the fray myself. Until then, I will have to content myself with whining about everyone else :)

Marketplace ANP

I have been spending money like there's no tomorrow. It's time to buckle down and sell some of my stuff.

Buy my stuff on Amazon.com

Buy my stuff on eBay

I hope these dern links work... if I don't hit my liquidity target for the month of November I don't get a spa treatment. boo hoo

Get a move on, Mercury

Mercury's been retrograde or some shit like that for the past I don't know how many weeks.

Finally, after at least three weeks of depressing, bury-head-in-blankets nonsense, at 7:20 p.m. tonight Mercury moves its fatass and let's the game re-begin!

Shit, and not a moment too soon, I was about to call up my girl and get my meth on.

Hairy

haven't v-logged about the relevant adweek event yet, but when i do, i'm posting this as a note-to-self ...

remington pussy parade ad

Tuesday to-do: Schmooze

As I am a workerbee, I missed the grand re-opening of the Brooklyn Public Library's Highlawn Branch (designed by Louise Braverman, with whom I had dinner on Thursday and Friday night last week), but I do plan on heading over to Christie's tonight for this shin-dig:

Alliance for the Arts party

My friend Raoul B. is heavily involved, as well as fellow alum Sidney Mack and former coworker Gigi G. It should be interesting. Plus, two words: tax deduction.

Word.

p.s. the mark v. core workout = yoga as repackaged for jocks. discuss.