Friday post (illustrated even! (sort of))

Seems like I'm turning into more of an editor than an author, simple reposting existing web content and commenting on it. But hey, you're still glad to hear from me, aren't you?

First, some items of interest I've found lately. According to this study Seattle is the best city in the country for dating. Things aren't as glum here as some of my peers seem to think, but I will say that there is at least one thing (hover for quote) they forgot to factor in.

Anyone who has been to my place lately knows I'm doing my best to maintain an aesthetically pleasing sense of style, at least in my living room decor.
I'm not sure how well it fits in with my style, but Hidden Doors is just too cool for words. I have a small degree of hatred for my sliding closet doors, which never quite slide over far enough for me to see a reasonable amount of my closet at the same time. How awesome would it be to replace them will hinged bookshelves? I've always had a fondness for the whole built-in library look (think Meet Joe Black) I don't think it would be quite as elegant a look, but I'm fascinated by the concept nonetheless. I heard about Hidden Doors over at Luxist, which is one my favorite blogs. It's sort of a trendwatcher for cool things that I can't afford.

That's about all I've got for today. This weekend is puzzlehunt, so I'll be taking a break from my usual weekend exploits and cooping up in a conference room and staring at sheets of paper with seemingly unrelated words on them. Should be a lot of fun and I think we'll do pretty well this time. We have a bunch of new people (including 2 added as recently this week since a couple people dropped out on me at the last hour), but overall I think we've upgraded (though losing DaveFet was a bummer...). Funny puzzlehunt related story - The powers that be sent an email saying they'd arranged a "sponsorship" with Quiznos, and they'd be offering us a 15% discount and free delivery all weekend. Wow, that's great, right? Then Erin pointed us in the direction of This Quizno's coupon which is a much better deal. Thanks for playing puzzlehunt, putter-onners. Maybe next time.