This is a neat chart of animal noises in different languages.

I can’t tell you how many times people have said to me, “don’t I know you from somewhere” or you remind me of someone. In college there was a girl who I would be confused with regularly. We didn’t run in the same circles but I knew of her because people would be walking and call out her name to get my attention all the time. Apparently I am not alone. Francois Brunelle has made it a project to find unrelated people who look alike and photograph them. Amazing. Now I wonder where Marcy is these days…

Crying Men is a series of photos by Sam Tayor-Wood of Hollywood men crying. Several photos including the one above had me feeling as if I had intruded on a private moment of very raw emotion. I had not heard of Ms. Taylor-Wood before this, but I would like to see more. via notcot

Those of you who live in NY probably already know about the Shake Shack. Located in Madison Square Park they serve delicious burgers, fries, shakes and custard out of the nicest shack you will ever see. Typically the line is about 2 hours long… to order. Then you have to wait to get your grub. Not exactly something most of us can accomplish on our lunch hour. There is even a Shake Shack Cam which tells you what you are in for if you just can’t do without. M&I did wait one summer Friday and I have to say that it was totally worth it.

M & I were out and about in NJ on Saturday and were toying around with the idea of going to IKEA. With the property coming along so nicely we have been thinking about outdoor furniture to make hanging out just that much nicer. I was a little tired and on the fence about the whole thing. Then M reminded me that in a little over a week as the IKEA Brooklyn grand opening! Yeah!

I haven’t been posting a lot lately because I have been a bit busy. This heat wave we are having in NYC isn’t helping. When I am home the last thing I want to do it sit with a hot computer on my lap. I have been clicking around though. In my wanderings I found a site (I have no idea where, although something is telling me it was via Swiss Miss) of free ideas. Who knows, maybe your next big project is here waiting for you!

Today I did something new for lunch. A group of us from work went for conveyor belt sushi. As you are sitting at your table or the sushi bar, the sushi comes to you and you can pick whatever looks good. The way we were set up we had a spotter and two grabbers. Pricing is easy because each plate costs a certain amount. We got lucky and it was half off tuna day and I love tuna. Conveyor belt sushi is a little like dim sum in that you start grabbing things because you are hungry and if you aren’t careful pretty soon you have more than you can eat. Luckily I realized this before I grabbed way too much. I even ended with a cream puff… although on my first bite, half the cream squirted out onto the table. It was still delicious. I would try it again for sure.