SHAG CARPETING IS MAKING A COMEBACK?

I didn't think we'd see it come back. Anyone who was impaled by a lost toothpick or stepped squarely on an MIA green army man as child can relate with the dangers of shag carpeting.

Yet here it is again making a comeback with the hip tile flooring company FLOR.

It is also the subject of a "Hot or Not" poll at apartmenttherapy.com.


FLOR could have made a killing during the Austen Powers crazed 90's. Single men everywhere would have purchased it in hopes of living out some "shagadellic" fantasy.


The question is will this new breed of shag carpeting make you growl out "Yeah, baby. Yeah!"

Track Stimulus Package Spending

According to President Obama we should be able use the new web site http://www.recovery.gov/ to track how the stimulus money is being spent.

I certainly appreciate how the Obama administration is taking advantage of technology to keep the public abreast as to what is happening in Washington. This website is being set up to provide a level of transparency as to how this stimulus money is going to be distributed. It will probably be more "opaque" than "transparent" but it's a nice start.

Without further ado, here's President Obama: