Four Years

(I was going to make some sort of political joke with the title of this post, but couldn’t quite make it work this early in the morning.)

As of today, my amazing husband and I have been married for FOUR YEARS. This seems extraordinary to me in so many ways, not the least of which is the fact that I have been lucky enough to find, catch, and keep a man who puts up with – even enjoys! – my weird quirks, habits, passions, and thought patterns, and that he is still my best friend.

 

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life and the best friend any girl could ever have. <3

PS I would be remiss if I did not also acknowledge that today is our first baby’s birthday. Happy #3, d’Artagnan! 

Cool Watches

Some of these seem somewhat less than totally practical. Given that I am moderately inept at telling time to start with (shhh) I’m not sure how well these would do for me… but I’m still fascinated!

 

Sisyphus watch, $32.

 

 

Electronic paper watch,  price unknown.

LED Binary watch, $70.

 

Theory of Relativity watch, $32.

 

Rotating Earth watch, $600.

 

Infection watch, $134.

 

Equaliser watch, $150.

 

G108 watch phone, price unknown.

 

Salvador Dali watch, $32.

 

Shinshoku watch, $142.

 

Celestial watch, $600.

 

Q version watch, $152.

 

Jacob and Co. Quenttin watch, $360,000

 

And for people who constantly need to have tools handy, make sure to check out the Stanley line of tools-in-watches.

Pen(cil)

Have you ever needed to write in pen but couldn’t fight the urge to write in pencil? Obviously this is a pressing issue, because engineers have put their minds to the task and created the WOODEN BALL POINT PEN.

 

From the store’s website:

Love the feel of a wooden pencil but need something a little more permanent? Then these Wooden Ball Point Pens are for you! Zounds, they even smell like pencils! Perfectly sized for easy gripping, each pen is medium point with blue ink and is retractable.

Each pen(cil) costs only $2.49 and is well worth it, if only as an investment in websites that use the word “zounds.”

Art and Music Shirts

Lest you think that Shakespeare’s Den sells only Shakespeare-y stuff, I bring you two t-shirts about art and music. Okay, so the music one has a Shakespeare quote. So sue me.

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d’Artagnan, Photoshop victim

Rubber Ducky, Thou Art The One

I’ve got a soft spot for rubber duckies. This one, although a tad weird, is no exception.

 

$11.95 from the Tudor Guild

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It is difficult to get a decent photograph of d’Artagnan – he just refuses to sit still!

I really like this picture, even if it is out of focus. It would have been in focus, but when he batted at the camera it confused its auto-focus function. Of course, the camera-batting is what makes it interesting, so whatever. Need an SLR for this kind of shot, I think.

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This photo was kind of an experiment in focus. I wanted the pocket watch to be in focus, but not the foreground. I think it turned out pretty well…

Jane Austen Jewelry

Reads “Teach us… that we may feel the importance of every day, of every hour, as it passes.” Available here.

Features Jane’s silhouette. Available here.

Available here. 

Reads “Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.” Available here.

Sold out; previously available here.

 

Available here.

Italian charm, available here.