Life Done Right™

© Christopher Peterson
The fun of New York City is walking an unfamiliar neighborhood and discovering oddities you never knew existed. I read about a graphic artist named Adrian Tomine signing his new book Shortcomings at Giant Robot New York so I caught the subway to the East Village to meet him. The place was packed. [...]

How about a little shout-out for Kmart and Home Instead Senior Care for sponsoring a program that allows customers to pick an ornament off a Christmas tree that has a few wish list items from home alone seniors. The customers can then purchase the gifts (presumably at Kmart) and return them to the store to [...]

Feeling powerless in your old age? Unwanted? Left out of the family action because everybody moved into the big city leaving you behind to watch the squirrels attack your bird feeder in the country? Buck up, my friend, you do have power. Research shows that the grandparent-grandchild relationship offers a special bond for forging the [...]

The approaching holidays are already being peddled like rotten chestnuts by desperate retailers who have just one item on their wish list: spend, spend, spend. Forget that sub-prime mortgage crap that caused the value of your house to disappear faster than a huckster Santa up your chimney. Forget the fact that President Bush has squandered [...]

It’s not easy choosing a gift for a woman, especially if your budget only allows you to express your love at fast food price ranges. The value meal concept has not quite made it into Tiffany’s or Cartier I am unhappy to report as this holiday season approaches. Gift Girl knows your pain, though, so [...]

Neiman Marcus released their new Christmas catalog. As usual, it contains oddball gifts for hard to please husbands and wives. If you have a geek for a husband, then chances are the Swami Conversational Robot is your AI knight in coding armor.
The pitch: “The OMG (that’s “oh my god” for those of you not [...]

Looking for a stocking stuffer for that hard to please man this Christmas? Might we suggest Roger Handy’s (what a convenient name!) collection of found photographs of rear ends. Boating never looked so seductive from the rear end of a woman wearing a life preserver adjacent to an outboard motor. It almost makes us want [...]

Hypothesis: A post-menopausal woman has more time to spend with her kids and grandkids, thereby providing them with support and love that gives them a survival advantage.
This sounds good in theory. Getting the proper love and nurturing sure as hell can’t hurt your chances of surviving but that’s no guarantee for those of you still [...]

If you thought the chutzpah of U.S. corporations in regard to the Consumer Product Safety Commission was limited to the ATV industry, then strap yourself into a hot wheel and sit back for a scary ride into the bowels of greedy capitalism. Robert Eckert, the Chairman and CEO of Mattel really doesn’t care what the [...]

Designer Paul Budnitz founded Kidrobot in 2002 in order to bring you limited edition art toys that merge urban street trends with pop art. The dunny above is part of the Colette Series and was created by Craig Robinson. It stands all of 3 inches tall. So what do you do with a dunny…I dunno [...]

The life of an artist begins and ends with the struggle to make great art. The motivation for doing it, instead of say becoming a lawyer or doctor, is intimately tied into feelings of empathy that are so intense they can’t be ignored. They demand to be expressed one way or another.
Madeline Falk is [...]

When you’re a kid, everything about what grownups do for a living seems a mystery. P.H. Hanson solves the mystery by offering kids a peek inside grandpa’s briefcase and granny’s purse. We won’t comment on whether that’s sexist by today’s standards, but it sure is a cute idea that makes for a fun interactive way [...]

Still not sure what to get your sweety for Valentine’s Day? How about the Lollipop Dress. Guaranteed to be a licking good success! Please note, according to the seller: Returns or exchanges will NOT be accepted on this item per California Health Codes. That’s for all you ladies who like buy, try, frolic, and [...]

Each year the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce invites vintage car owners to park their cars along Main Street in order to re-create painter Norman Rockwell’s Main Street painting. The 1955 red Mercury seen here mirrors the car you see in the painting that’s making its way down Main Street with a Christmas tree on its [...]

Since nobody has time to read lengthy books anymore (sorry, Thomas Pynchon), there’s a growing fondness for ones that fill a linguistic desire but don’t prolong the ecstasy induced by mind altering ideas.

The Intellectual Devotional is a worthy example that only demands a page of attention per day. Instead of filling your noggin with religious [...]

Stickers are printed on high quality Starliner Premier Polypro water proof paper and adhere with adhesive to your car, truck, van, motorhome, motorcycle, notebook, cubicle, or office. Width: 10 inches, Height: 3 inches.
Consider what one reviewer wrote before purchasing…we’ll check back in with this dude when he’s sixty and see if he’s so hard [...]

Looking for an unusual gift for the person who has everything…and I mean everything that money can buy? Check out this Jacob and Co. watch that tells time in five different time zones! Talk about living in the fast lane.
H24 5 Time Zone Watch

Dogged by the press for his Scientology beliefs, Tom Cruise went on Ellen DeGeneres’ show and handed out a dozen roses to all the audience members as a gesture toward rehabbing his image as a major star who can woo women to his movies.
The currency of fame today is your image, literally. Images of [...]

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Must Be 60 Gourmet Coffee Mug Gift Set - 60th Birthday Gift
The Must Be 60 Coffee Mug Gift Set is a funny over the hill 60th birthday gift and reads: “I look 50, act 20, feel like 80. I must be 60.” It is a whimsical gift idea for a 60th birthday party that [...]