http://packratmag.com/blog Turning What You Have Into What You Want Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:23:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Get your iPack Rat here! Disclaimer: preliminary data checks make what I'm about to share with you seem like a money saving solution. However, if anyone reads the fine print and finds out otherwise, let me know. So. You've decided to be all 3008 instead of 2000 and late and get yourself ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/07/02/reach-out-and-itouch-someone/ Pack Rat ate the worm! I was milling around Grand Liquor on 31st Street in Queens yesterday, trying to remember what vintners make this sweet ass $3.99 bottle of gewurtztrameiner wine (a.k.a. the German-sounding flower wine. It tastes like a bouquet of lilies. And this is a good thing). Coming up ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/06/17/dun-nu-nu-nuh-da-nu-nana-nuh-tequila/ Pack Rat wants you to tell us what you need and we'll take heed and lead you in the right direction for perfection. See what we're saying? We're not playin', so stop delayin' and make us your natural selection. It's that great time of year again, East Coast boys and girls. ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/06/02/rev-up-for-renegade/ Pack Rat has two ears and a heart--that's why we love Phil Collins. Look what I just bought! Honest to God, I am totally in love with The Utilitarian Franchise. This guy makes THE. BEST. STUFF. ON. EARTH. Snapple may try to make that claim, but oh ho ho hooooo boy, ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/05/13/item-du-jour-32-2/ Pack Rat is one angry dwarf...and don't forget our black t-shirt. Imagine if you still lived life like you were in the second grade. Your boss denies your vacation request? Demolish him on the 4-square court. Know your multiplication tables up to 10? You're a freaking genius! Have a blue foil ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/05/12/better-than-a-dumpster/ Pack Rat refuses to give back any fillets of fish Is there anything sadder than a discarded lotto ticket? It pretty much screams of dreams lost, broken, and disappointed, be they small or large. However, before that thought has you drafting  a suicide note, take heart. Not everyone out there is ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/05/06/reconnecting-the-dots/ In Pack Rat's opinion, fun is only fun if you saying twice. So I've come out of hibernation just in time for a metric ton of flashy, lush, boogalicious of indie craft shows to be starting up. I'll keep you abreast of the goings-on as they go on, or at least ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/05/01/weekend-fun-fun/ Pack Rat has a new girlie crush! A'ight, haters. I'm gettin' ready to drop some truth...or maybe truthiness? I love me some Stephen Colbert. Say what you will about me falling in to the hipster pothole that is Daily Show/Colbert Report (now you know what I've been doing when I'm not ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/03/24/she-sells-sea-sew-by-the-sea-shore/ Pack Rat singing in the dead of night; take these broken wings and learn to fly You know what I'm about? I'm about two things: affordable fashion and one of a kind looks. And that, people, is why Etsy is the shiznit (well that and about a million other reasons). As ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/03/04/item-du-jour-32/ Pack Rat does a binary solo: 00000100000111. Robo boogie! Today I bring you a link to some free laughs. There is nothing funnier than a really good non-sequitur. And I mean nothing. Have you any doubts? Well then you, my friend, should immediately get thee to explainthisimage.com. Explain This Image is ... http://packratmag.com/blog/2009/03/02/explain-this-blog/