Taken from peopleofwalmart.com, featured here.

Okay, so that isn’t so off the wall when I type it out,… but still! I think of places to eat, and massages, and car oil changes, or even some home repair or carpet cleaning — but not Plastic Surgery! Crazy.

This is the ad that gave me a chuckle. (A pretty add that 105 people already bought — a great deal if you are a change your appearance kind-of-person.) So, if you are due for a face flit, tummy tuck, or non-invasive face transplant (as seen recently in Fort worth as the first successful face transplant), then this plastic surgery deal is for you!

The Starbucks mermaid has ditched the text and gone minimalist chic.

The Seattle-based coffee chain unveiled a new logo Wednesday to mark 40 years of brewing. The revamped look features the familiar mermaid, but eliminates the company’s name. The change marks a major milestone for the java giant as it joins companies like Nike and Apple as a company that doesn’t need words for instant brand recognition.

In a message to customers, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said of the logo’s evolution: “Throughout the last four decades, the Siren has been there through it all. And now, we’ve given her a small but meaningful update to ensure that the Starbucks brand continues to embrace our heritage in ways that are true to our core values and that also ensure we remain relevant and poised for future growth.”

Full story at Seattle PI. — Thanks AllTop for the picture and tip on the story and text.

(Some text taken from Techdirt.com)

There have been plenty of stories over the years of drivers blindly following their GPS over a cliff or onto railroad tracks. After doing such things, it may be natural for the driver to blame the technology, though it’s unlikely to help you out much in court. However, it appears that one pedestrian has taken things a step further. After using Google’s “still in beta” (for a good reason) “walking directions” while trying to get somewhere in Park City, Utah, she found herself on a highway, where she was hit by a car. So, in response, she’s suing both Google and the driver of the car. Danny Sullivan explores the issue in much greater detail at that link, and comes to the same conclusion I assume many of you already jumped to: at some point, you just have to assume some sense of responsibility if you’re the pedestrian. Sullivan pops out the following two Street View images showing the road in question, and wonders why the woman didn’t realize that this road was not designed to be crossed. The first photo is of the intersection she would come to before crossing (note: no crosswalk).

My thought is that the person that she is suing should counter sue her for negligent stupidity for WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! C’mon… have some sense lady. — and who is not to know if she jsut didn’t want to get hit so that she could get some recognition or sue for money?

We think he is just adorable, and looks a quite bit like our daughter did when born. At least we know he is ours.

See the photo to the right. this was him, probably only 1.5 days old at this time. He was so alert here, and ready to tackle the world.

To answer the looming question, how is our 18 month old accepting him? I guess we will really see how she does over the next few months when he doesn’t leave. But she is doing okay right now and we have to teach her to be gentle and tell her that she cannot play with the baby just yet. Playing with the baby to her is patting (actually to her slapping) him, or rolling the ball or her juice cup to him (which is actually just throwing it at his face — luckily the two times I have seen her trying to play in this manner, she is not a very good aim).

Nonetheless, we are very excited to see him and have him. now comes the time of just paying for him. Children are expensive, you know? Both the hospital bills and diaper bills for the next two years are more than an average family can afford these days. If you feel led, make checks payable to the diaper fund, via Sams’ Club gift cards.

Thank you for everyone’s prayers and we are happy to share him with the world. May the world be good to him.

To me, this feels very “Jetsons-ish”: fun, cool, different , colorful, and out of this world!… ok, not so much “out of the world,” but it seemed fitting to say!

… And I have to say that it kinda reminds me of some Spite commercial where they rammed two “flavors” of fridges together to get this lemon-lime conglomeration.

Check out other cool ideas like this at this modern architectural design blog, or more specifically to the “Perfect Fridge for Roommates” article.

Maybe I will post more form them in the future, because they have some great ideas and photos of interesting stuff…. Also see this modern furniture. this stuff would be awesome to have as a little sitting areas in out home, as long as it was comfortable too!… You can’t have cool furniture and not have guests come over to see it — and who wants uncomfortable guests?

We picked up the content for this post from Alltop and Superpunch.

Overall, the ladies are mildly okay in their fashion of choice; at least their hair isn’t too “off.” But when the guys out-do the ladies in awkwardness… wow. By all means, at least lose the necklaces, guys! You can do much better than this!

Hoodie-Footie Snuggle Suit

I heard about this “Hoodie-Footie Snuggle Suit” on the radio today and thought it sounded like a “funny valentine” gift, but hey, whatever makes a person happy for valentine’s day, right?