09.06.06 Grab Bag (Formerly Ball Pit)

Go ahead: sink your grubby little fist in the grab bag and pull out a quick rejuvenile goodie:

-he NPR program “Marketplace” ran a commentary from yours truly yesterday about —  transformation of everyday adult stuff from utilitarian to positively toy-like (Requires Real Player).
-nother example of everyday rejuvenalia that had never occurred to me: the chocolate-flavored frozen coffee drink (grown-up coffee in guise of tasty sweet treat!). That’s one of several good observations in a feature on the book by Marilyn Bailey that’s been turning up all over the McClachy Newspaper chain.
-ure he’s a slacker and a potty-mouth sex fiend, but is the slacker brother-in-law on Showtime’s Weeds a rejuvenile? I weighed in on how the book applies to the fictional characters on My Favorite Teevee Show last week in the Baltimore Sun.
-ill someone please respond to this Amazon reviewer talking trash about the book?  I know I should do the mature thing and not spent another instant wondering why “gcon from Arizona” was so disapointed by the book, but what can I say? I’m a rejuvenile. And so I want to somehow both earn his/her praise and give her/him an expert wedgie.
-errific stick figure comic strip from Randall Munroe that hits the rejuvenile meme right on the money. Thanks for the link, Travis!