This warms the cockles! (Thanks Reem!)

Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion was taped in my hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin last weekend. Even more exciting is the fact that the show featured the music of my friend Amelia’s brother, Ethan Cook (aka American Fiction). PS-Amelia is also having a big week-her story about the Madison Film Festival made the front page of the Isthmus!
You can listen to the show here.

Isn’t my tiny crocus cute? Hopefully it is finally done snowing in Wisco!

The Rx and I are headed to the Swiss Alps next month-hopefully they’ll be super clean :).

Mountain Cleaners from swissmiss on Vimeo.

Umm, how cool is this. I’m taking my mom to go and see Bryan Adams at the Overture Center in May! She’s super psyched.

I’m just bought some super beautiful cards from the Etsy shop of Dutch Door Press after seeing them on Design*Sponge.

Layer Cake, which is also on Etsy, has the cutest stuff! I need to put an order it, but I can’t make up my mind what to buy! (Thanks Katie!)

The New York Times has a great graphic breaking down Facebook’s expansion over the past five years. (The related article is also interesting!)

 I lovethe muppets. I also love 30 Rock. And I especially love it when 30 Rock and The Muppets are combined! This week The Muppets visited 30 Rock to show us what life looks like through Kenneth’s eyes!

If you want to see the muppet version of Tracy Morgan, head on over to
The Muppet Newsflash for another clip!

Mari Kasurinen’s Hollywood flavored versions of My Little Ponies are so cool! (The most I ever did to mine was pierce their ears!) Check out the entire series here. (via Jezebel)

Wow! I love the Robin’s Egg Birch clutch. The fabric is fab, but the handle really puts it over the top!
(via Creature Comforts)

My buddy Kyle always has great posts about Lost, and this week is no exception. Check it out if you want your mind blown.

Our new president might be embattled, but at least he cares about what the people think. Want to get in touch? Send him a question anytime. (via The Cap Times)

And ending on a not awesome note, the Coen brothers have tabled their film version of The Yiddish Policemen’s Union in favor of a True Grit remake.

My brain almost exploded when I saw the vintage ads Adam Campbell of Hot Meteor created for the Dharma Initiative. They are just so perfect! (via the always fabulous Grain Edit.)

I loved Rube Goldberg when I was a kid, so this video is right up my alley, however, I’d much rather eat the egg! (via Jezebel)