You may recall this doghouse from the Wee Edition of Etsomnia™. It got me thinking. By Jumahl
et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered in one’s sleep.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Mostly Wordless Wednesday
If you happen to catch sight of me jitterbugging by, it’s because this is playing on a loop in my head! Continue reading
A Labor of Lovecraft
Squealing White Thing ©Michael Bukowski
“I was much less disturbed by the vaguer tales of wails and howlings in the barren, windswept valley beneath the limestone cliff; of the graveyard stenches after the spring rains; of the floundering, squealing white thing on which Sir John Clave’s horse had trod one night in a lonely field;”
– H.P. Lovecraft, The Rats In the Walls
Meep Believing
meep believing ©Linda Billet
“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” Jim Henson (as quoted by Linda Billet)
Stained Glass Everywhere:
When I spotted Rauwolf’s Winter 2014 Castellum clutch, it made me go all wobbly in the knees. Continue reading
Flotation Device
A couple of days ago, I stumbled across this fantastic photo on Pinterest, and I just had to find the source and understand it. Continue reading
Etsomnia™ Volume XV: Hat-Shit Crazy
For all of you ecologically-conscious pimps out there, here’s a green faux fur creation. (To be fair, most of this maker’s hats are lovely. Just not this one.)
et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered in one’s sleep.
“A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.” – P.J. O’Rourke
Tiny Interventions
©Isaac Cordal
Papa Can You Hear Me?
©Mosaert Records
“Tout le monde sait
Comment on fait des bébés
Mais personne sait
Comment on fait des papas” – Papaoutai by Stromae
(translation: Everyone knows how to raise a child, but no one knows how to raise a father)
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pouts
1975, New Canaan, CT, Photograph by NICHOLAS NIXON
Paperwork
©Elsa Mora
Zhero to Hero
Ischgl, Austria, deep in the Tyrolean Alps, may be lacking in vowels, but it is nonetheless home to Hotel Zhero, the sexiest ski resort in the world (according to me). Continue reading
‘Shrooms, Anyone?
Red Cup fungi ©Steve Axford (Presumably the inspiration for the iconic sixties orbit chair!)
“To dream of mushrooms denotes fleeting happiness, to dream you are gathering them, fickleness in a lover or consort.” -Richard Folkard in Plant Lore (1884)
Snuff Film
Maybe she’s napping. ©Nicola Kuperas
Etsomnia™ Volume XIV: Industrial Chic
Epic bridge-inspired coffee table by LiquidMetalworksNJ
et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered in one’s sleep. Continue reading
Cheap Flights! (An Irish Ballad)
Sssssh. No talking. It’s Wordless Wednesday. Just watch this, and try and keep the hooting down to a minimum! Continue reading
My OBT 