A Rule For Clowns

Posted 11 Nov 2011

Daily Life, Signs, The Little Things, Weird | 1 Comment 

A clown statue standing at the back of an ice cream shop in small-town Illinois.

And this little sign is standing on the counter beneath the clown.

“Please don’t touch me.”

Let’s just agree that we both go ahead and follow that rule, ok Mr. Creepy Clown?

Your iPhone is not optimized as a phone

Posted 18 Oct 2011

Daily Life, Design, The Little Things | Leave a Comment 

As an AT&T customer, I was not particularly surprised when I saw the above message pop onto the screen of my iPhone. And, yes, I was using the phone at the time.

Redefining Fruit

Posted 6 Oct 2011

Daily Life, People, The Little Things | 3 Comments 

Today’s thought: An Apple’s Apple

The Price of Tides

Posted 21 Sep 2011

Daily Life, People, The Little Things | 7 Comments 

The scent on the right is Mountain Breeze (with the green stripe), priced at $5.77 at a Walmart in Chicago. The one on the left (with the blue stripe) is clean breeze, priced at $7.54. It seems that the folks at Tide value certain elements more than others.

Or maybe it’s the result of extensive surveys where they found that people would pay more for their clothes to smell like air than spring water. Any thoughts? Do you have an elemental rank list?

(P.S. My mountain spring-fragranced clothes smell just fine.)

Time: Keeping an Eye on You

Posted 14 Sep 2011

Commuting, Places, The Little Things | 1 Comment 

The watchful eye of time, keeping an eye on you, rather than you, keeping an eye on time.