I’m not a hipster
But you might be.

A friend from Portland visited us last week, and so we took off to explore a small part of Pennsylvania (more accurately, 15 miles southeast to south of us).

The campground was our first destination, about 14 slow miles down an unpaved, tree-lined road. At the end, we found a campsite and decided our sleeping [...]

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Hanu was a hit at our first house party in State College, even if was a bit harder to walk as superdog.

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On my way East, I passed through the Minneapolis airport and was snapped out of my progressive Portland bubble when I spotted not one, but two terrifying sites: a Fox News store and a McCain kiosk, filled with McCain wear and trinkets. The Republican convention had just ended here a day before.
As I walked down [...]

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A coworker forwarded this terrifying UK ad for Orangina to me. I’m not sure what I’m most disturbed by — the lap-dancing octopus or the zebra strippers. Make sure to check out the video to be fully weirded out.

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This definitely belongs in my cutest things category, especially since they’re using two halves of a heart for this trick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ6MY5J68Gs
Seriously! Hanu (Dan’s dog) is a sweetheart; he’s my best friend these days. And Laura’s dog, Calla, is also sweet, even if she is a bit crazy.
And alternately, this is the most terrifying dog video that [...]

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There have been some great stories this week, and it’s only Monday!
1. Granted, she didn’t buy it with direct-from-the-government funds, she bought it with her taxpayer salary: Palin installed tanning bed in governor’s mansion.
2. After his ridiculous ads and the insane media hype around the lipstick comments, McCain finally says something worth listening to: No, [...]

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