Image 1: Chandelier by award-winning glass sculptor Dale Chihuly.
Image 2: Olle Lundberg’s Cabin in Cazadero, California.
Image 3: High-Tide Barrel: Designer Todd Davis’s take on a Design Star challenge.

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2007 Results [via Cynical-C]

Mary had a little lamb; its fleece was Polartec 200 (thanks to gene splicing, a diet of force-fed petrochemical supplements, and regular dips in an advanced surface fusion polymer), which had the fortunate side effect of rendering it inedible, unlike that other Mary’s organic lamb which misbehaved at school and wound up in a lovely Moroccan stew with dried apricots and couscous.

Julie Jensen
Lodi, CA

Days of Rage by William Dalrymple [via Chapati Mystery]: Haven’t had time to read it fully but seems interesting.

WWF Tarzan: Click to Enlarge

A Frozen Millisecond [via adgoodness]

Man Booker List for 2007 announced

David Lynch’s Tips for a Great Prom [via 3quarksdaily]: If you’ve ever seen a David Lynch movie this will have you in fits.

Five Ballpark Promotions That Went Wrong [via Cynical-C]

Office Snapshots [via Cynical-C]

Covet:

A water hyacinth

Restaurant Jules [TasteTO Review]
147 Spadina Avenue
416-348-8886

I went primarily due to this sumptuous photograph on the left and was satisfied. Andrew and I tried out the Summerlicious menu which wasn’t all that bad collectively speaking. The salad with goat cheese was good. However the strip steak was beyond awful. Never ever again. Andrew fared better Haven’t tried the crepes though so might head back there eventually.

Far Niente:
187 Bay Street
Toronto, ON
416-214-9922

Too expensive to go to other than for cheaper promotions. Food was good though. Well made as one would expect from any high end restaurant. Cantaloupe and smoked chicken salad was perfect and I’m usually not big on fruit in my everyday salad. I loved my roasted strip loin and the panacotta was great too. Mark also has his review over at lapasa.net although he did order the exact opposite of everything I ordered with the exception of the panacotta. : )

Photographs by Jaclyn Li

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Interesting Links:

Blue Hole in Belize [via digg]:

For all the practical purposes the over 400-foot depth makes the Blue Hole a bottomless pit. The walls are sheer from the surface until a depth of approximately 110 feet where you will begin to encounter stalactite formtions which actually angle back, allowing you to dive underneath monstrous overhangs. Hovering amongst the stalactites, you can’t help but feel humbled by the knowledge that the massive formation before you once stood high and dry above the surface of the sea eons ago.

StreetWars: Toronto [via BlogTO]: StreetWars is a 3 week long, 24/7, watergun assassination tournament which looks quite interesting. Emphasis on watergun.

Spider-Cat [via digg]: I found this side splittingly funny but then thats me and you’re probably be like WT…

In related news also via digg; A cat’s map of the bed

Renovatio Project by the Confederate Motor Company

The Princess Bride Cast: 20 years Later [via Cynical-C]: Anyone who knows me, knows I’m addicted to this movie.

Palette Generator: Automatically create a harmonious color palette from a photograph [via Liquid Sky Arts]

Student knits her own Ferrari

Professional photographer snaps baby portraits while moms socialize at direct sales gathering: I thought this was a neat idea.

Study: Iraqis May Experience Sadness When Friends, Relatives Die The Onion.

Blowing in the wind: “Dutch artist Theo Jansen makes kinetic skeleton sculptures which walk in the wind.”

Recreating Ratatouille: The recipe for the ratatouille prepared in this summer’s blockbuster. It was a slow moving movie but I absolutely loved it. For food lovers everywhere.

Covet:

Brassaii: Considering visiting this place soon. As soon as I can afford it that is.