No smoke, all mirrors

Posted 18 Jan 2012

Clothing, Design, Places | 4 Comments 

I saw this bathroom of a coffee shop in Chicago. There are a lot of things I look for in a bathroom. At the same time, I can think of plenty of instances where a room full of mirrors might be handy (trying on clothes and taunting James Bond come to mind). I’ve never imagined those two worlds colliding.

What do you think possessed the owner to fill a bathroom in a coffee shop with mirrors? A interior decor ploy to give the impression of more space? A way for customers to analyze their performance? I’m just thankful none of them were carnival fun house mirrors.

Lady Pants

Posted 5 Jan 2012

Clothing, Daily Life, Language | 2 Comments 

When collecting up some clothes from the dry cleaner, I laughed out loud when I read what I was picking up. I’ll leave it you to imagine what the garment looked like.

Hit nature where it hurts

Posted 15 Sep 2011

Clothing, Daily Life, Signs | 1 Comment 

Oh come on now, we all know that humankind already does a pretty good job of hitting nature in its weak spots. Do we really need to label them and make it easier to hit nature where it hurts?

Seems like the equivalent of making pants with a target on the crotch!

Pocket and forget it

Posted 29 Jul 2011

Clothing, Daily Life, The Little Things | 3 Comments 

I don’t know how many times I have worn this shirt, but it is probably on the order of thirty or so.

Pretty sure that every single time I wear it, or nearly so, I try to put something into the chest pocket.  Each time, I am disappointed to find that the label patch is sewn so that pocket barely opens.

Argh! How frustrating!  All the more so because I never am able to remember that the pocket does not open before trying to put something in it.

Talk to the shirt

Posted 28 Jun 2011

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The whole concept between the smack-talk shirts produced by the Nike’s and And1′s of the world seem to be missing something.

If a person is really so tough, would they leave it to their shirt to do the smack talk?