ok, i'll admit it. no need for you to hear it from someone else. ahem. i am addicted to tiny showcase.

I'm a creature of habit. Things that stay the same are comforting (albeit not particularly memorable) to me. So each and every weekend my morning deliberately unfolds like clockwork. The glue for this is the Food Network.

I'm sorry to be so Dutch-centric, but some amazing things are coming from the Netherlands these days. "Grafisch Nederland 2005 - Kleur/Colour," designed by Irma Boom, is a monumental achievement in the art of bookmaking. It's probably one of the most remarkable pieces of printed matter I've seen.

I would love to buy this bathmat by Dutch designer, Hella Jongerius. Browsing her site for textiles, I unexpectedly came across a photo of the Bathroommat and proclaimed it perfect. It is stylish, simple and appears to allow wet feet to grip the surface, although unfortunately it is no longer for sale. A disappointing Google search told me that it was designed in 1993 and now rests in the collection of the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands.

It's Friday and I just learned something new. With summer in the air and the weekend just teasing me from the horizon, this knowledge could prove useful or at very least recreational. You see, there is a type of bicycle out there that I never knew existed.

A family trip to Coney Island included a few wild rounds of Skeeball. We soon found ourselves with 97 tickets. A look at the prize gallery told us that nothing worth having was priced under 100 tickets so we headed back to the Skeeball court. 13 more tickets were quickly won, making us proud owners of a pink poodle (value 110 tickets).

This is a plan view of how I think the new Charmin Mega Roll differs from a traditional toilet paper roll.