What I learned this week, October 7, 2011


Does your dog bite?

I’m not prepared to say this is the funniest thing in the world – but when I first saw this… what? over thirty years ago? I laughed as hard as ever have, before or since. 


The Creators Project

Mary Fagot & Robyn

It’s hard to describe the synergy between Swedish pop sensation Robyn and her Creative Director/kindred spirit Mary Fagot. These two women are an effortless example of how two people can seamlessly work together while maintaining an enviable friendship, one that can only be described as a mutual girl crush.


How to Craft the Perfect Calendar and ToDo List This Weekend

If your productivity routine has begun to feel a bit stale (or your productivity’s just not where you’d like it to be), spend some free time setting up a new system to get ahead on work next week.

—-From Lifehacker


Who knew? Where I live isn’t so horrendous after all.

Turns out, the South is a pretty nice place to live

Southern Like Me


This is a better picture of the thing than I can take.

from Todd Landry Photography


Ten Rules for Writing Fiction

Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray. Inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing, we asked authors for their personal dos and don’ts

—-from The Guardian


And if that isn’t enough weird-ass bad dancing by Raquel Welch for you… get a load of this:

Does anybody know where the hell this was filmed? Are those structures in the background still there?