$100 Million Grumpy Cat
I found it on the web, so it must be true:
Allowing for all the hyperbole and exaggeration the internet is prone to, even at a million dollars that's a pretty worthwhile pet. Especially quotable: "Her fame spread rapidly especially once she was taken up by Ben Lashes – an “Internet cat “ agent."
One can't help but wonder if Mr. Lashes has business cards.
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Satava Art Glass
And roaming upon 17th Avenue I pop into Rubaiyat, a store I've long neglected since moving out of the hood. For a couple of reasons, not least the fact that generally they're out of my budget and I've a locker full of beautiful things that I have no place to enjoy.
There's the discovery of wonderful, needful, things; a portable chandelier upon a tripod, rude wood bowls out of tree burls, Silver cuff links with Haida motifs, I like them all but the Raven would definitely be my totem. And they've a man counter, with male accessories, giant rings for those so inclined, more cuff links with manly motifs out of Mississippi numbered nails and other found objects thoughtfully re-purposed, large gems, hip flasks and other accessories, I'm not buying but I've just burned through another million dollars yet to be earned, who do I know that would like these as gifts?...
And finally there are the jellyfish paperweights, marvels in their own right, translucent, vaguely fluorescent, luminescent, millefiori barnacles and corals, blown with Uranium or some such radioactive tints, price tags carefully hidden, (and this where the $3000 price tag on the wood bowl is gleefully displayed), Satava Art Glass (follow the link, look for the Jellyfish). long tentacles, nestled domes, spun patterned tentacles, they seem to pulsate within the confines of the glass globes, I need these for my desk, these are the objects of inspiration I've been missing...
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The timewasting movement of online content to video
Now it's become painful, this, more hours of video are posted each day than ever I can hope to watch, and off of my favorite "inspiration" sites more and more articles are replaced by videos, the morning "routine" of catching up on the interweb is thwarted by the fact that catching up, even if I watch 2 or 3 videos simultaneously, can never take place. I had reading mastered, could quickly skim and misquote an article in a minute or less, but now I have to watch each and every video, even carefully selected for what's of relevance to me they are overwhelming, this move to video and streaming content, it has to stop.
Really. It turns the internet from a forum or exchange of information into a playground for the mentally bereft, who couldn't possibly be expected to read a two or three hundred word article, so can become victim of a 15 second ad and then 2 to 10 minute video that provides roughly 30 words of information or value. The timewasting is extreme, even by my most generous of standards. Information is slowly falling prey to the lowest common denominator.
And really, even this rant is lost, to be truly effective it should be preceded by a 15 second ad and jauntily animated or presented in a 2 or three minute video with infographics that illustrate the demise of the world wide web. At which point I would be part of the problem...
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