Should we sue?

Courtesy of Gary Gnu

New for January 2008, WE tv will premiere the series, Ugliest House on the Block where neighbors and a team of home improvement experts work together to reconstruct and redecorate a home in a residential area that needs a major makeover. The six one-hour episodes are produced by North South Productions and hosted by Chris Leary.

We are not Champions

Today we spent three hours driving in the first wintry mix of the season. The destination was an open casting call for the Amazing Race at Champion Window, Patio and Siding. We didn't make it because we couldn't find it. Co-Pilot left the directions as home. We don't deserve to be on the Amazing Race. We will leave the Race to goths, lesbians and father/daughter teams that have issues to work out.

ऑउत्दूर कित्चें

That means Outdoor Kitchen in Hindi. We have one. And not because we're fancy. Last night we came home from bingo/tango to find three gallons of ice cream soup.

Our cardboard refridgerator fits conveniently next to our porch-stove and Co-Pilot's stinky soccer socks. Some call it art.

Speaking of art. Co-Pilot was the big winner at Bingo/Tango night at the Contemporary Art Institute. By winner, I mean she won a bunch of free literature in a bag with tissue paper, and this fine little friend.

He is an icebot. See, he has a scarf and likes the cold. He can't live in our fridge because it is too balmy and will start smelling like lunchmeat tomorrow. That is why his face says, "grimace" not "icebot smile"

The upside? We're going to unplug the useless indoor fridge and save precious pennies on our electric bill.

P.S. non-perishable donations will be accepted.

Welcome to Our Larder

User-friendly bacon

Clever marketing or are we suckers?

Don't say Apple, say Grapple!

"May contain natural or artificial flavors." What doesn't?

Pullman

Things we learned at Pullman

1. Utpoian villages don't work if the people can't afford to live there

2. Schoolchildren are prohibted from playing with balls of anykind

3. The decor of the local McDonald's is modeled after the insides of a Pullman car

4. We are uncomfortable going on tours of other people's homes

5. Uneducated men crave sex, fear cats (thanks to the fridge of a Pullmanophile)

#1 best discovery about Chicago: people here love Halloween. We arrived October 1st to find houses decorated-Christmas style. Here are a few examples.

We did a little decorating ourselves. Not so much us, but the building inspector.

It's better in the middle.

We have no jobs. We have no friends. But we have ample time on our hands and an ugly house. On the outside. Inside is nice, extremely cold, but lovely. Avocado walls and all. We say avocado, but that's not quite it. As Co-pilot describes, "You know when a hard-boiled egg yolk is kind of grey?" Yes, that's the color.