I'm about to make a childhood dream come true

I was obsessed with this commercial when I was a little kid and I begged my mom to buy some Tarn-x. She just said no and looked confused. But today I purchased some for myself! I have high hopes.


I was also obsessed with a certain Contac Cold Medicine commercial back in the 1970s. The one where they break open a capsule and the little medicine balls fall out in slo-mo. This isn't the same commercial, but watch the right side of the screen and you can get a sense of how mesmerizing the original was.


I was maybe a little odd as a child.

Sing along, Amy

Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir sing "Sweet Home Alabama"

Teeny Project Runway

A couple of my favorites

The entries are in and it's time to vote in Mason-Dixon Knitting's teeny project runway contest. You can see all of the entries in a flickr group here.

Oddest book title of the year

The Bookseller magazine has announced the shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year:

I Was Tortured By the Pygmy Love Queen
How to Write a How to Write Book
Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues
Cheese Problems Solved
If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs
People who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Dr Feelgood

(thanks, Courtney)