http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com finders keepers Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:48:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    That's a pillow.  It's red and sort of mottled with a sort of goldish leafy organic patter on it.  I'm guess it was left on the table because someone had given up sleeping.  That is probably not a very accurate guess. I feel kind of awful about not updating the swapmeet.  ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2008/03/05/red-mottled-pillow/ Hey there!  You know what's been kind of bugging me about the ol' Swapmeet (other than that me-not-updating-it thing)? Everything is out of date!  You might not realize this, but most of the photos that have been posted since, like August?  Were taken back in August.  There was a real big ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/08/15/pan-glasses-and-magazines/ I'm testing out the Akismet plugin to see if it'll filter out blog spam as well as it's reported to do; this probably means nothing to you, but if you feel like being helpful, drop a comment onto this post so I can be sure I don't get any false ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/08/14/meta-testing-comment-filtering/ There's a small tale of mystery in this question over on Ask Metafilter—laundry gone missing from a communal laundry room! Into the dryer went ~8 polos, 2 pairs of jeans, a couple of T-shirts, and some socks & underwear. Out came 4 polos, 1 pair of jeans, 1 T-shirt and not ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/08/08/the-dark-side-of-laundry-rooms/    Item: Brass pot. Why It's Here: Ass pot. Probable Recipient: Trash slot. Sass not: Crass bot. http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/08/03/brass-pot/    Item: A medium-sized black suitcase in good condition. Why It's Here: I don't know!  I mean, christ, it's a perfectly decent suitcase!  I try to come up with reasons for this stuff, but c'mon!  eBay!  Craigslist!  This isn't a half-emptied bottle of avocado-rum hair gel, people, it's a freakin' suitcase.  It's got little ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/07/25/black-suitcase/    Item: A clear plastic box of potpourri with Target "HOME" branding on it.  Why It's Here: There's a couple on the fifth floor of the building; he's Protestant, she's areligious.  They love each other dearly, but he has such a temper when he reads the newspaper that she's walking on eggshells some evenings ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/07/20/target-home-potpourri/    Item: A black and yellow floral print something-or-other from Briggs New York. Why It's Here: Previous owner cared less about owning this article of clothing (whatever it is—a dress? a shirt? strange trousers?) than they did about showing off the epic markdown chain that got it into their hands in the first place.  $34.00!  ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/07/16/floral-print-from-briggs/    Item: Two clay pots, of small and medium size and light and middling color respectively. Why It's Here: Previous owner was going crazy trying to grapple with the paradoxical juxtaposition of dualism and unity.  For are they not both pots, both alike in essence?  Clay, the two of them, and of similar shape ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/07/12/pair-of-clay-pots/ The swapmeet, along with a bunch of other things, has been rather mussed up by a recent Dreamhost security gaffe and ensuing hack.  That sucks, but it's (hopefully) the past; in the present, I'm bootstrapping things as best I can, but the site may look odd for a bit.  Apologies! Also, ... http://swapmeet.joshmillard.com/2007/06/06/not-a-redesign-just-a-hiccup/