A worthwhile read by John Lanchester for the NewYorker.

I tend to agree that people are probably most happy when they're doing as opposed to seeking, pondering, obsessing, etc.

Very busy today so I'm posting a photo taken years ago in Southwestern China.

Photos from this past ski weekend in Vail to follow shortly!

P.S *News Flash* - Skiing is the most ridiculously expensive sport on the face of the planet.

A very interesting read!!

I'm not even reading this article.

I just love looking at this bigass bunny.

I found this on his bookshelf. I smiled, cried with joy and tried, unsucessfully, to clean off the dirt from his days of rapping on the dirty streets of Oakland.

Again, thanks to Gmail for combing through my emails and displaying links they think will be of interest to me, we have a whole page of funny quotes by Rita Rudner.

Sample platter:

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Never play peekaboo with a child on a long plane trip. There's no end to the game. Finally I grabbed him by the bib and said, "Look, it's always gonna be me!"

You must watch this video now. I'd let it load and then start it at about 1/3 of the way in because it's a tad long. You won't be sorry, you'll be amazed.

* taken several years ago in Southwestern China.

Thanks to the charity of the Thrillist guys and my buddy Duncan, this piece of art made its way to me today. Thanks guys.

"One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

This is what I'm dreaming of today. I'm the monkey being petted.

Check this out for a slide show of more awesome photos.

Thanks again to my bro for the great links from the Internets!

And of course, I would expect nothing less.

Thanks for the link, bro!

The Colored Bull Terrier took Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show!! And that's what you call french kissing a dog.

Speaking of French and bull terriers, you have to watch this great, twisted movie about Baxter, a talking, horny, homicidal dog...brought to you by the French, of course.

aka

Happy You're Getting Laid Day!

or

Happy You Feel Alone Day!

I didn't have a card for Jonah so my brother sent me this. Just the sentiment I was looking for. Thanks bro.

"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style." -Quentin Crisp

Jon Stewart is as good with this material as I'm sure you can imagine:

"Don't let your kids go hunting with the Vice President. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land or-energy regulations they're trying to get lifted. He'll shoot them in the face."

And play a little Cheney Buddy Hunt!

I hope that when my body is unearthed aeons from now, they'll say, Found: Decrepid little woman. Jasmine scented.

As all Murakami stories it begins strangely...like this:

She sometimes had trouble remembering her own name. Usually this happened when someone unexpectedly asked what it was. She’d be at a boutique, getting the sleeves of a dress altered, and the saleswoman would say, “Your name, Ma’am?,” and her mind would go blank....

Q: Hey Andrea! You go on and on about how important it is to take vitamins. What kind do you take?

A: Well, if you must know, I take a big fish oil pill, a vitamin c and a multi-vitamin.

Q: What's that other thing?

A: Oh, why that's my vitamin secret! It's a 3d print out of Jonah's World of Warcraft character, Gnome Chomsky, in a Venus de Milo edition. It hurts a little going down but well worth it.

Amy Sedaris fans will delight!

P.S. Fur is never cool.

P.P.S. Amy Sedaris and Bjork are two of the most inspring women to me.

P.P.P.S. I will give my everlasting gratitude to the reader who get their paws on this poster and then gives it to me - I can't seem to find it anywhere:

This is good service. You can avoid all your fake smiles and "no, I'm ok" and "no, I'm just looking" *and* steal all you want.

* Somewhere in China, I forget where, years and years ago.

"For obvious reasons, atheists have to take very good care of themselves.” - Unknown

* At a Fountain Valley, CA restaurant: They don't charge you extra for it.

This is how I like to get my pedicures - by ogling fans (cousins):

Until they get sassy and start measuring the girth of my foot, bunion and all:

Thanks to my Momma for documenting this!

Althought I'll never agree with Jonah that I pass out 75% of the time that I watch movies at home at night, more like 50%, here's some recent (and rare) evidence.

My friend Paul Ohan had recommended the movie on the computer screen. He lied to me when I asked if it was good and worth renting and he said yeah but we've been friends for a long time so Paul's still a pal.

All together now...PASSED OUT!!

Not even the camera's repeated flash will wake me from my cherubic slumber, dreaming of Paul being forced to watch Waterworld over and over while being deprived of water and toilet.

You will thank me for this being one of your first forays into the world this morning. Volume turned up please.

You're thinking, "Finally, Andrea's voiced the question we all ask ourselves!" right?

Mine would be Illustrator.