I can’t get enough of this shot; found on Flickr, originally by Brom pics.

There she is. It’s not even a photograph of a woman, anymore, but a symbol. This was Terri Schiavo. This was an all-American girl, cute, but not too pretty, somewhat fashionable for her time, with an 80s upturned collar, and pretty pink earrings, and a fondness for Brooke Shield’s eyebrows. It’s heartbreaking for anyone to [...]

So, patients are dying in these lovely canopied cages, known as Vail Beds. 30 have been trapped, 7 have died, hospitals are pulling the beds from their wards, the beds have been seized from the manufacturer … but how, exactly, do said patients die? I couldn’t figure it out … until I did a lil [...]

Could it be? The stars and the fates conspire! What are these but the exact matches for the world’s coolest couch, which I already own. Regular LauraFries.com readers will remember I acquired this illustrious piece of furniture (below) not long ago. And what to my wondering eyes did appear today on Craigslist but this matching [...]

Sorry, the pic is a little blurry. This is from Eats [600 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, (404) 888-9149; find me, Google Local] — the apparently much-vaunted jerk chicken plate. I don’t get the hype. I mean — the chicken was good — and huge — literally half a chicken, but it [...]

How did I miss this the first time around? Google Local, in addition to aggregating reviews; colorcodes them according to the content of the review. I’m guessing they have like lists — good words, bad words — but this is a search engine qualitatively evaluating its results. The possibilities of this are huge. What if [...]

Poynter Dean Keith Woods has lobbed us a few softballs in the past (remember that sun metaphor story, anyone?), but when he’s feeling it … well, watch out. He’s a lot more graceful than I — I’d call it a big “Fuck You” to media. He calls it “Time to Step Up: What Are You [...]

Exquisite little glass — a ceviche from Zocalo (again, but this time in Midtown!) in Atlanta. A typically small, overpriced serving, without a whole lot of spice and pizzaz. Eh … I can do better that this.

Isn’t it just beautiful? There’s a shamrock-shaped bit of jello in there.

For everyone looking for Google X — the here-then-gone homage to Apple dock; this site is dummying it… TylerCranston.com