Taken from an awesome new poster set available at quantummechanix.com. The nerd in me wants these, therefore the nerd in me will probably order them when they come out later this month.

I crossed some sort of "I'm becoming an old man" threshold this week.

I bought slippers.

I have never worn - nor had the need or desire to wear special 'indoor footwear' before - but this past week my feet were so cold, i had to do something. Wearing an extra pair of socks wasn't really an option - as my feet would no longer fit in my "outdoor" shoes. I usually just wear my sneakers in the office all day - but with the winter weather, it's too messy. So yesterday morning, when it got to the point where i could no longer feel my toes, i went on the hunt for slippers.

Where does one buy slippers? I wasn't sure if i should go to a shoe store or Walmart. So i asked myself a questions - "If I were an old man, where would i go to buy slippers?" My immediate reaction was Canadian Tire, but i wasn't sure if they would have what i needed. My second old man thought was Sears, which turned out to be a good choice as they are having a wicked slipper sale this week.

Instead of looking for some hip/high tech/super cool slippers, i went straight for the old school grandpa style - Arnold Palmer Plaid Closed Back Slippers. Yes, Arnold Palmer has a line of slippers named after him. They are actually quite comfy and are keeping my toes from falling off.  

Next purchases on my list, a smoking jacket and brandy snifter... and maybe a monocle.  

Dude. It's such a great and descriptive word.

This cartoon reminded me of a great Douglas Coupland quote:

"Ask questions, no, screech questions out loud - while kneeling in front of the electric doors at Safeway, demanding other citizens ask questions along with you - while chewing up old textbooks and spitting the words onto downtown sidewalks - outside the Planet Hollywood, outside the stock exchange, and outside the Gap. Grind questions onto the glass on photocopiers. Scrape challenges onto old auto parts and throw them off bridges so that future people digging in the mud will question the world, too. Carve eyeballs into tire treads and onto shoe leathers so that your every trail speaks of thinking and questioning and awareness. Design molecules that crystallize into question marks. Make bar codes print out fables, not prices. You can't even throw away a piece of litter unless it has a question mark stamped on it - a demand for people to reach a finer place."

-Douglas Coupland, "Girlfriend in a Coma"

Another funny find from foundmagazine.com.

I think most of these rules still apply to my life as a man...

Except for that first one... That one needs to go.