Author Archives: javelin
Out of Print T-Shirts
T-shirts have gone from underwear to status symbols in just a few decades. These mens and womens tees feature a series of retro book covers from the pantheon of classic literature. There are some great titles here– Melville, Kerouac, Thoreau, Bradbury, and Orwell are among them. You can snag these over at Out of Print’s [...]
MyCuppa Mugs
“I like my coffee dark. If there is any milk at all, I like it to barely change color. Think about it this way– the cup should be filled with a swirling essence so as to give the effect of a beautiful dark teak wood. It should be unforgivably Cimmerian, contrasted only by streaks of [...]
Robot Vacuum
We’ve all seen those pricey robot vacuums in stores. These amazing little robots save me from my own laziness by cleaning my house for me. They navigate around by bumping into furniture trying in vain to earn the 500 clams you shelled out for it. For half as much I could hire a chimpanzee or [...]
Stumptown Coffee
Okay, we admit it. We’ve been asleep a long time. It was fun while it lasted, but we’re back. Here’s a heads up for all you sleepy kids out there: Hibernation gets old. Sure, you’re unconscious. Sure, you are free to dream about whatever perverse glories might cross your mind. But is it worth the [...]
Ray-Ban “Fresh” Sunglasses
There’s something about a guy in gradient-lensed aviators with gunmetal frames that symbolizes everything that was righteous and good about the 1980′s. They’re opulent, but accessible. You might not be that guy from the Nautica ad, aviators on your perfect face, jaunty sweater fopped over your shoulders, tousled strawberry blond hair wafting in the marine [...]
Fresh Cilantro
Cilantro is one of those awesome multipurpose herbs that is essential in cooking and can be used for non-culinary uses as well. It’s cultivated all over the world, and has a long history of uses in medicine and food preparation. Now some scurrilous individuals don’t like cilantro. In fact, they’ve gone so far as to [...]
