"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."
- Augusten Burroughs
Top Gear’s Extreme Ford Fiesta review
This is an exceptionally funny, and positive review of Ford’s Fiesta by the BBC show “Top Gear”. One of their viewers complains that they don’t do thorough enough reviews, so they decide to give the Fiesta the “full” review. Worth the 10 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KIqdS1SO0
Midsummer Nights in Midtown
I guess that the “Detroit Festival of the Arts” is no more. But in it’s place is something called “Midsummer Nights in Midtown”, a series of weekend event running through the month of June. Some of it looks pretty interesting. I’m definitely going to have to pick a day and hit the scene with the kids. 
http://www.midsummernightsinmidtown.com/09/
A Visual Guide to the Federal Reserve
Mint has a nice visual guide to the how and why behind the Federal Reserve. I think to many people, this banker’s bank is kind of a mystery.
http://www.mint.com/blog/finance-core/a-visual-guide-to-the-federal-reserve/
Tri-Corner Hats are back baby!
http://www.delsquacho.com/blog/2009/05/12/tri-corner-hats/
There are certain truisms about fashion that even people like me, who wear whatever their wife buys them without protest, are aware of. For instance, fashion is cyclical. When I was young, we used to make fun of my parents for wearing bell bottoms as teens, but by the time I was in high school, they were back en vogue. The mantra is “Everything old is new again.” Coincidentally, I believe that fashion is also very, very arbitrary. If a designer in Paris does a little too much coke, all of a sudden rainbow-colored capes are the style of the day. If another designer in Milan is having a rough week, we’ll be expected to dress all in black and wear funeral veils. We are completely at the mercy of the fashion elite. These rules suit me just fine, because I’ve got some old, random shit that’s overdue for a comeback. I am speaking, of course, of tri-cornered hats.