Month: June 2007

I happened to walk by a huuuuge newsstand recently — the kind with 10,000 different magazines on the racks — and couldn’t help thinking: “Do we really need a ‘Knitter’s Magazine’, a ‘Simply Knitting Magazine’, a ‘Vogue Knitting Magazine’, and a ‘Creative Knitting Magazine’?” Do we really?

Have we reached the point not just of hyper-specialization in our magazine selections, but of just plain ol’ fashioned need-a-boot-up-the-rear ridiculousness?

And then my second thought was: “Where the heck is the VC money coming to launch that fourth knitting magazine?” That would’ve been a helluva pitch meeting to sit in on…..

“Ladies and gentlemen, the market needs Creative Knitting Magazine. The market is crying out for Creative Knitting Magazine. Ladies and gentlemen, won’t you give us the 6 million dollars to fill that void?”

This is worth sharing with you for the sheer randomness and creativity of it. After looking at a site like this, how can you not love Japan? Something tells me there’s a whole second layer of awesomeness to the web, but it’s all written in katakana…so I’ll never find the URLs to even see it.

[…found via OK/Cancel]

In the most recent Sheldon newsletter, I mentioned that Sheldon reader Monty F. had organized a shipment of donated Sheldon books to troops serving overseas….which was awesome of him to do. I was more than happy to donate the Sheldon books, but Monty did the heavy lifting in making it happen.

Kindness like that should be returned. So allow me to steer you to Monty’s store for the best salsa I’ve ever had in my life: his Cranberry Salsa. It’s amazingly tasty stuff: cool, sweet and delicious. My wife and I devour it in barbecue season.

He makes award-winning hot sauces, too, but because I have a wimp of a palate, I can’t give you knowledgeable recommendations in that department. But I’d fight a bear for that sweet, sweet salsa. A bear with anger-control issues. A bear who’s looking to burn off some of the steam from his failing marriage. A bear who….well, you get the point. A big bear.

(Note: I don’t profit from this link at all. I just wanted to do something nice for Monty’s kindness in getting Sheldon books to troops stationed overseas.)