I took my dad to the Leonard Cohen concert on Sunday. Ah, Leonard. My officemate flew to Halifax a few weeks ago to see him, and before she left the

New glasses Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Woo, I can see again! Although I’m still in that new-glasses phase where the ground isn’t quite where you expect it to be.

(hat tip to Boing Boing) …to go with your plush guts and plush microbes, of course.

Finally! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. They weren’t blooming this morning, but this afternoon they are. AT LAST.

If it’s a windy night, don’t put out your paper recycling until morning.

I was listening to someone’s playlist on last.fm and it caught me off-guard. Hey, I thought, this is pretty good, what is it? Radiohead?! Bleah!

Picture yourself lounging in that chair… mmm… Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Or you could remember that no, that chair was last week, and this week there is an office and

Hatchery at the butterfly conservatory Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. (insert your preferred metaphor here re: new year, hatching, etc. etc.) Happy 2008. If 2007 was good to you, may 2008

M with iPod and ballerina/fairy getup Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. The modern five-year-old, shown in its native habitat, with accoutrements: sturdy green army-style pants for playing outside, tutu, cape, wand,

I don’t watch The Daily Show myself, but this video by its writers about caps it: Good luck to all the TV writers out there, and may they prevail. h/t

This is a photo I did not take of a young guy standing in the doorway of my subway car, dressed thuggishly with the low-slung goofy pants, huge hoodie and

(hat tip to Boing Boing) Now you can buy plush human organs — no, not THAT kind of organ*, just the boring internal “guts” kind of organ. I could see