My tree is a rental

Now that Halloween is over, it's time to start thinking about Christmas! Yeah...right! If you've already got a case of the Jingle Bells, you might want to consider where you'll purchase your tree this year. Today, we stumbled upon a great economical and environmental alternative to the parking lot tree lot.

The Living Christmas Company and Bob Nursery in Manhattan Beach are offering rented potted living trees delivered to your doorstep. When Christmas is over, they pick up your tree and return it to the nursery. Once the trees are back at the nursery, they are cared for until the next holiday rental season. The trees that become unsuitable for the next rental season are donated to a tree planting organization or become part of an Urban Reforestation Project.

Bloody Brains

 

Happy Halloween!!

Channel your inner mad scientist with this Bloody Brain Shooter. Mixing acidic lime juice and Irish cream causes the cream to curdle, creating brain-like strands in the shot.

Ingredients:
3/4 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
1/8 oz. Rose’s lime juice
1 1/4 oz. strawberry vodka such as Stoli
Splash of grenadine

Preparation:
Chill vodka for better smoothness. Add vodka and lime juice to a shaker, shake and strain into a shot glass. Using a straw, dip some Bailey’s Irish Cream into the shot. Once you submerge the straw into the Bailey’s put your finger on top of the straw to hold the Bailey’s in the straw. Dip the straw tip into the vodka and slowly release your top finger. The Bailey’s will curdle a little bit due to the lime juice and you should be able to make strands of Bailey’s.

Repeat the straw/Bailey’s process to build a “brain” in the shot glass. Add a splash of grenadine to the concoction to add the ‘blood’ to the mix. Down the hatch as a shot. (via)

Ed Spells

House Industries shot this video of spelling champ and typographist, Edward Rondthaler earlier this year. He was 104!

Swelling

A few of us here at bigger dot can't wait for the release of The Swell Season's new album, Strict Joy this Tuesday! The lovely duo and their band will be performing new songs as well as tracks from their breakout hit, Once on November 18 and 19 at the Wiltern.

Photoshop Phone Home

Adobe has launched Photoshop for iPhone! Don't forget to create an account on Photoshop.com so you can upload and share your photographic gems on the fly. This app is available for FREE through iTunes.