bookofjoe

Merry Christmas to all

and to all a good night.

[via this isn't happiness and Dugway Proving Ground]

Power Button Ring

Designed by the Italian duo Vicolo Paglia Corta; adjustable.

$40.

Deep Impact — 174 meteor craters on our planet

[via Lapham's Quarterly]

Dinosaur Chopsticks

Take your pick:

Parasaurolophus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ankylosaurus, Stegosaurus,

Pteranodon, Brontosaurus, Velociraptor or Triceratops.

$1.95.

Broken Things — by Livia Marin

The Chilean artist

explores brokenness and recovery

in her work,

displayed last month in London at the

House of Propellors Gallery.

[via bad banana blog and It's Nice That]

LEGO x Casio x Castelbajac Watches

Jean Charles de Castelbajac (below) uses LEGO-brick-inspired primary colors in a classic Casio watch shape.

According to Apartment Therapy Unplggd, "No word on pricing or availability of the 6 colourways, but word is each watch will come in packaging that resembles a Rubik's Cube."

[via Whollysblog]

Blast from the past: 10 quotes that make my life better whenever I apply them

These originally appeared on February 25, 2006; I happened on the post just now and immediately felt better after reading it.

Maybe you will too.

If you feel worse, perhaps bookofjoe's not for you.

You wouldn't be the first, that's for darn sure.

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If it can happen, it will happen.

Work smart, not hard. [Ray Kurzweil]

Grace is everywhere. [George Bernanos]

I can't go on; I'll go on. [Samuel Beckett]

Never complain, never explain. [Jack Kent Cooke]

Avoiding trouble is far easier than getting out of it.

It is much easier to apologize than to ask permission.

The bullet that kills you comes from a direction you never anticipated.

The hard way is the best way, not because it is the best way, but because it is the hard way.

I was never ruined but twice in my life: once, when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one. [Voltaire]

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Zipper Cup

Ceramic.

2 cups + 2 coasters.

$40.