Yum & Yuk

Stresses me out just to think about, but an interesting photo project: The Burning House: "If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It's a conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question."

Image: source.

But seriously, your yard is sort of evil...(pretty, though!). My friend Jeremiah says it best: "Yeah, I know, I've beaten this horse pretty well to death. But I have to post this video because I feel a deep spiritual kinship with this angry nerd as he performs his nerd-rant, which, as you probably know, is my primary form of communication."

NY Mag's always entertaining Look Book focuses this time on recently married same sex couples. Great portraits and interveiws.

I know bike or walk commuting isn't feasible for everyone, but these findings are interesting (and seem to hold true from my personal experience): "According to a paper by the Swiss economists Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer, a person with a one-hour car commute must earn 40 percent more money to have a sense of well-being equal to someone who walks (or rides their bike) to work. Fey and Stutzer say that people underestimate the down side of a long commute when choosing a home, and that psychologically, a long commute often negates the benefits gained by living in the suburbs."

‎"The mind that is not baffled is not employed. / The impeded stream is the one that sings." [from "The Real Work," by the always lovely Wendell Berry]