In case anyone hadn’t seen it, Cameron Frye’s, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, home (from the movie) is for sale.  This thing is so cool, I love the architectural styling.  Its such a basic design, but it makes for something that is just so far more interesting than the thousands of colonial styled homes we have here in New England.   For a cool 2.3 Million you can own it, and I’m sure you could haggle them down to 2.2 if you get prequalified for the loan.  I’m pretty sure the GT California is not for sale.  Absolutely love the movie, as well as this cool home.

The Highland Park, Illinois home was designed by architects A. James Speyer and David Haid and built in 1953. It features four bedrooms and a living room that cantilevers over a ravine. (Without a Ferrari destroyed on the bottom)

I got this post from Grain Edit; which also showcased some favorite styled architecture from mid century modernist styling, check out their post.

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Oh man does this ad fail.  Face it, you can’t sexify pregnancy.  Its not that it is unsexy, its just that its not attractive unless she’s your wife, or the mother of your child.  Either way, I am really wondering what google ads is thinking putting this on my screen.  What did it read in my cache that makes it think I would consider buying this?  FMYLIFE.

via Waxin’ and Milkin’

Full of win.  Not really much else to say.

I saw this video and felt half compelled to post a few vids of my favorite tv theme songs from my era.

My all time favorite, being Perfect Strangers.  Oh and heres the lyrics so you can sing along.

Sometimes the world looks perfect,
Nothing to rearrange.
Sometimes you get a feeling
Like you need some kind of change.
No matter what the odds are this time,
Nothing’s going to stand in my way.
This flame in my heart,
And a long lost friend
Gives every dark street a light at the end.

Standing tall, on the wings of my dream.
Rise and fall, on the wings of my dream.

The rain and thunder
The wind and haze
I’m bound for better days.
It’s my life and my dream,
Nothing’s going to stop me now.

Balky for the win!

Mr. Belvedere

I was going to post the Step By Step video, but I think its better when this guy sings it:

It’s been far too long in between updates here, and I’ve been personally asked on numerous occasions to step up my game.  Well for my brother’s sake, I’m going to post this up because it was quite shocking to me, and I personally think it sucks.

So my brother works for an unnamed valet parking company in Boston.  Obviously everyone knows valets work on a tip basis.  So one night a few weeks ago, local hero, Jon Lester was at the restaurant he worked at.  As you can imagine, for someone like him they give a VIP treatment, valet his truck and keep it close so he doesn’t have to wait long when he wants to leave.

The valet fee is $14 and generally speaking a tip to the valet is considered to be standard.  When Lester was leaving, he not only skipped out on the valet fee (which if not paid comes out of the valet’s pocket; fortunately the restaurant paid for it) as well as a tip for the valets.    Below is a snapshot of Lester’s baseball profile, and highlighted below is his 2009 salary.  A meager one million dollars.

Maybe this is a case of ignorance, but I can hardly imagine he didn’t tip the waitstaff inside the building.  I guess he’s just too cheap to tip the guys that go to the games so this guy can get paid.  I’m awfully disappointed that someone who’s makes that kind of money, and receives really good treatment in a city that loves our local players.  I guess your $14+ richer Jon.