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In Praise of Shoelaces

January 31, 2012

Sooner or later we had to do it. Long underappreciated, working tirelessly, always there, always adjustable, moving with the situation. What is it about the shoelace that continues to…not inspire a lot of awe or joy or gratitude? We don’t know. We say the time has come for the shoelace to have its day in [...]

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You Can Take It With You

January 26, 2012

What’s with all that “You Can’t Take It With You” approach? We just don’t get it. You can always take it with you unless, like, the It in question is an elephant. You could theoretically take the elephant with you, but that would be more trouble than it’s worth. Then you have to worry about [...]

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The Encyclopedia of Style

January 14, 2012

Having survived Friday the 13th relatively intact, the Calendar Department of this blog now prepares you for January 15th. And on this day in ancient history (well, in 2001, which only seems like a long, long time ago), Wikipedia, that Internet encyclopedia thingamabob, went live, online, into the electronically connected universe. And we learned this, [...]

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Your Only Blog to Riff on “Only”

December 26, 2011

The people in this blog’s minimalism department have requested we give some space to the word “only.” Only they know why (if only we know), but who are we to blow against the wind? Hang in there; there’s only a few of them: Only 364 days left to shop until next Christmas. Only 5 days [...]

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Ten Days to Shop…Until You Shop Some More

December 16, 2011

Only 10 more shopping days until the second busiest shopping day of the year. Yes, the day after Christmas…when we’re so satisfied with our gifts and the spirit of family that we flee first thing next morning to the mall to exchange everything for something else. S’alright. It’s the hustle and bustle of commerce. It’s [...]

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Quality Dreams

November 25, 2011

On Thanksgiving, we ate turkey. And it put us to sleep, and we dreamed…that the people in Turkey ate turkey, too, but didn’t make a big deal about it. The people in Chile ate chili. In Belgium they enjoyed Brussels sprouts and Belgian waffles. In France: French toast with a side of French fries. One [...]

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Quality Here…No Matter What You Call It

November 20, 2011

Today’s birthdays include Joseph Fidler Walsh, Mary Cathleen Collins and Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr…Otherwise known as Joe Walsh, Bo Derek and Vice President Joe Biden. We have musician, actress, politician. We have different names for the same people. It happens. If Allen Stewart Konigsberg hadn’t changed his name, would he have made the same quality [...]

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No Clowing Around

November 18, 2011

There’s no gentle way to put this: on a corner of our favorite secret alleyway in Lower Manhattan, we stumbled upon a glassed-in corner room, painted orange. In this room, around a table, sat six clowns. And they were playing poker. A crowd had gathered to watch. Was this an art installation? Or had we [...]

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Timberland PRO Boots Get You to Your Nachos

October 20, 2011

What, really, could be better than nachos? We know the answer to that: a holiday to honor the nacho. We kid you not. October 21st is the International Day of the Nacho. We are so celebrating this holiday. It’s not that we’re all that crazy about nachos (they’re okay, they just kinda scare us as [...]

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Timberland PRO and Duofold to Begin Thinking About…

September 25, 2011

After the spring and summer that was filled with a near-hurricane and a desk-rattling earthquake, our public service department felt compelled to share with you the strong possibility, based on what usually happens, that winter will soon be upon us. Hard to believe, given the humid past couple days. Yet, you read it here first. [...]

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