Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Menupages + Googlemaps = Menumaps

You may recall my obsession with Googlemap mashups, although it’s been a while. The genre has been a bit overdone, and it’s been a while since I found one that seemed worth sharing. This one mashes GMaps with Menupages, a site I’ve shared before. I like it for its one-page menu pdfs – much better than prose opinions for deciding if your potential restaurant is affordable and in tune with your current hankerings.

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Update: Jon points out a pretty big flaw in this mashup. I have made a comment about it on the blog for Menumaps, so maybe it will be fixed soon. Until then, consider this recommendation "pending."

My iTunes situation is beyond fucked. I began with one medium-sized problem, and I’ve grown it into a mammoth problem. If you consider yourself an expert on iTunes in any capacity, please consider reading this Ask MeFi thread, and if you have any ideas, please contact me. I’m in dire need of tech support, and I’m running out of ideas. You will sense my frustration in my last few comments.

Despite trying to pretend that I am now well, I remain rundown and conjested. I had planned to join a photo mob at the marathon, but instead, I opted for a movie in bed. I picked Closer, a small ensemble piece directed by Mike Nichols. There are exactly four characters in this film, none of them particularly likable (despite some great performances). And yet, there was just enough humanity within each of them for me to keep watching. It was a fairly harrowing choice for a person like myself who has recently survived a breakup. This film renews my feeling that "breakups happen" remains about the most cruel and trivializing phrase in the English language. I’d be interested in hearing if anyone reading this has seen it and has an opinion about it.

On Friday, my friend Kristin in Houston innocently posted a picture of her Easter pedicure. And so, the fun resumes…
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Dear Kristin (and mom), I can’t help myself. I have to be a troublemaker here. My mother has come across this phenomenon on Flickr. If you tag things as feet and toes, you will get LOTS of views because there are so many foot fetishists on Flickr… So I am so bad. I just tagged your pedicure picture on Flickr with both "feet" and "toes." It’s 6:30pm on Friday right now, and this picture has been viewed once. Now let’s see how many views it gets!!! Kristin, please forgive me. My mother and I end up talking about this more often than you could imagine! Plus, it’s a really pretty picture! If you see this as horrible and unforgiveable, I will remove the tags immediately! – Abby
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Dear Abby (and Abby’s Mom), I told my sister about this. How do I tag her picture as feet and toes? Can you do hers too? The picture has already been viewed more times than any of my other pictures. Fifteen last I checked. Silly fetishists. – Kristin in Texas
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Kristin (and Abby) – I feel certain you will receive hundreds of hits. Check this out: These feet and legs are 67 years old and have been viewed 277 times. My painfully swollen feet and legs from the same day have been viewed 162 times.  Even Mickey’s full body shot, labeled with "legs" has been viewed 64 times.  And who would have thought feet with Halloween socks would pull in 43 views? – Abby’s Mom/Sharon
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Apparently, I can’t resist the urge to be amused by this phenomena either! Picture 1, Picture 2. – Kristin
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And thus began the birth of the new Flickr group, Sexy Pet Toes! We invite everyone to join . Thanks for the laughs, Kristin and mom!