the strangest compliment

We’re all drawn to weird little things. Some men fancy a dainty ankle far more than a massive set of bazoombas. Some painters notice the way someone puts their colours together, or the effect of sunset light on the colour of beach grass.

I am drawn to funky glasses, and I do not mean the cocktail variety (although that, of course, goes without saying).

And what do I say when I see a really cool set of glasses on the face of a total stranger? Why, I walk up to that stranger and I say,

“Those are really cool glasses…

They’re totally German Graphic Designer.”

It’s just what I do. And today at the Northern Voice Blogging Conference I did it to Maryam (that’s right, nobody drops a name like raincoaster…and she’s probably going “who?”).

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Nosfer-eye-tu

Nosfer-eye-tuClick to go to the pic on the page, size queens! Another entry in Amy Sedaris’ Googly Eyes on Food contest; this is from the same demented yet talented mind that brought you Shoggoth in a Tube. Personally, I think this, which didn’t even place, is a much finer example of the g-e-o-f principle than the ultimate weiner winner. I mean, who among us hasn’t made a weiner octopus already, I mean really, eh? But have you ever had the creativity and inspiration to make a severed unicorn head out of a garlic clove, and if you have, would it have occurred to you to set up a dramatic tableau referencing the immortal silent classic film Nosferatu?

I ask you that!

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raincoaster feed is the most nourishing

My feed...best in the west

It has become apparent to me over the past few days, for obvious reasons that will be clarified by a momentary glance at the Feed Reader Subscriptions graph above, that the ol’ raincoaster blog has lately gained popularity with those of the geeky persuasion. To them we say
Welcome, and pass the calamari!

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death poetry jam: fired from Apple for laying it down hardcore on the Canadian FedEx lady

Actually, all the FedEx ladies I know but one are gay. But Canadian FedEx ladies, gay, straight, or undecided Guatemalan poncho-clad and living off the Drive, are cool; this is not in dispute.

I knew one woman who worked with FedEx not because they had a great partner benefits program, which I believe they did, nor because the pay was good, which I believe it was, nor because the hours were flexible and suited her, which I believe they did, but rather because, on every cargo flight, there is an extra jumpseat in the cockpit which is available to FedEx employees who may wish to fly to, say, Bali, say, every Friday afternoon and return, oh, say every Monday morning, having surfed and parties the entire time, speaking hypothetically, of course.

Which reminds me to get my damn application in to FedEx. They need bloggers, right? Oh, totally.

In any case, here is the sad, yet amusing and Schadenfreude-laden tale of the star of Apple‘s local talent show, who allegedly-and-apparently got his butt fired for the following, talent-show-rocking, American Idol-worthy performance of, his ode to the Canadian FedEx lady.

Rhyme different?

And yes, they do indeed all have huge, anime eyes, the colour of Hudson’s Bay, Algonquin Park in October, Alberta sweetgrass, or the ice at the hidden heart of a Baffin Island glacier. Video over the jump.

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the search for meaning is itself meaningless…but I’m okay with that.

TIAGod himself only knows how it was that a poor, overworked and obviously demented search engine, perhaps tired of finding the answers to only the most meaningless questions, reached out with the fragile query “Church etiquette for teenagers” and came up with my blog.

Other search engine items that led here:

and the immortal

Let it not be said that we at the ol’ raincoaster blog fail to come through for you, however righteous, gastrically distressed, scientifically curious, or obscene you may be.

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