so excited!

as you may or may not know, i will be off to alaska in august for a cruise with the landis fam. my coworker told me about an interesting development, and asked me to look out for it in alaska:

goo blobs!

that's right. there are "goo blobs" floating around alaska. the odorous substance has been described as "gooey", "gunky" and "hairy". hairy AND gooey?! wow. maybe it's flubber? anyhow, i will be sure to look out for said blobs, and will take pics for all to see on my return.

uh oh....

i don't like this, sam i am. apparently my irrational fears of the airport baggage handlers going through stuff may really be true. the police at jfk sent some fake luggage through, and they witnessed baggage handlers stealing laptops and cell phones! now, i'm not sure who doesn't travel with their cell phone on their person but STILL. and i'm traveling this weekend! all the more reason to pack light and carry on..... (which, in my almost-25-years, i have still not figured out how to do.)

you're awesome.

whether you're psyching yourself up for a raise, or just need a boost, this is for you.

what up me!

e: you're famous
me: i am???
e: you're one step ahead of the approval matrix

does this look familiar to you? looks like nymag thought it was cool too, and put it in their approval matrix for this week. yea, i'm awesome.

put that away.

does this make anyone else want to stab their eyes out? (if so, sorry for ruining your day. i can't help but share...)

mystery box.

great talk by JJ Abrams at TED about mystery boxes.... a very cool combo of technology, movies, magic, filmmaking, lost.