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Thursday, July 29, 2004


Once again, Lileks has once again perfectly crystallized my thoughts on a subject. This time, Ikea.
I remember when we lived in DC and had a hip modern apartment and were hip young professionals in the hip albeit bum-infested part of town; IKEA was a holy place. I still understand the attraction; you can get sharply styled stuff for cheap, but what once was a real true 90s thrill-ride now just looks like wood scraps pressed into shapes preferred by half-hearted socialists. You can have all of it.
How true. And how odd that there's a picture in the Houston Chronicle that shows people camped out in front of the Houston Ikea trying to win free furniture.

Hey, here's a thought: Instead of camping out for a week for a chance to win cheap, Chinese furniture imported through Sweden, try getting a freaking job! It pays better than camping out on the sidewalk.



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