You could own a David Scrimshaw light bulb vase

These two pieces of whimsical found object functional art will be on sale at the silent auction at Propeller Dance's annual showcase, May 31 and June 1 at Centrepointe Theatre.

One will be sold on Friday and the other on Saturday. There is no reserve bid.

Provenance:

• Rocks: from the Bay of Fundy (near Seal Cove, Grand Manan Island)
• Wire coat hangers: from a bin at Ottawa's City Centre 
• Burned out light bulb: from David and Manon's house.

You don't have to attend the show to attend the auction. But, trust me, it is a show you do not want to miss.

Get your tickets now.

More info on the Silent Auction and Aqueous at the Propeller Dance Blog

Deity found in food

Some people find images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary in their toast or grilled cheese sandwiches.

This evening, Manon found an image of a deity in the tasty casserole that Zander and Kaye cooked us.

The only thing is, we aren't sure if it's Baby Cthulhu, or Baby Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Manon says we need a poll.

Great Glebe Garage Sale Tomorrow

Saturday is the Great Glebe Garage Sale.

You should stay home.

The weather forecast is A mix of sun and cloud. Wind north 30 km/h becoming light in the evening. High 16. That is sunburn weather!

It’s also Ottawa Race Weekend [see Notes below].


But if you insist on going anyway, you might want to:

• Follow the excellent advice from Adam Slight at Ottawa Rickshaws;
• Read the excellent advice I provided several years ago in Garage Sale - My Schema (but where I say to stay west of Bank Street, I've changed my mind. You should stay east of Bank Street. Just don't expect to find me there);
• Consider Zoom’s well-written but misguided response: GGGS: Breaking Scrimshaw's rules; and
• Listen to Real Grouchy’s The Great Glebe Garage Sale Song!

Notes:

• Ottawa Race Weekend always falls on the GGGS weekend. Saturday road closures that affect the Glebe start after 3pm when the sales are over.

Creepy Puppets at Dollarama

If you want to get into cutting edge performance art like Astronaut Love Triangle, you should get yourself to the Dollarama on Merivale. They've got creepy puppets on sale for only $2 each!
 

And did you know that Dollarama sells gift certificates? They're available in denominations of $10, $25 and $50. Just saying.

Lightbulb Art - Shade 2

Last weekend, I put together a new lightbulb shade out of burned-out Christmas lights. It is similar to the one I made for the bathroom in 2007, but it has several innovations.

• Instead of filling the bulbs with oil, I filled the bulbs with fruit-flavoured gelatine - cherry, lemon and orange. I want something non-toxic and inexpensive with a high index of refraction. The oils I used last time have these properties, but even after 5 years, the oil still sweats out of them. Also, if a bulbs smashes, I figure a blob of jelly will be less messy than a puddle of oil. But, maybe mold will grow in them. I hope if it does it will be artistic. Either way: Science!
• I used fewer bulbs, but this time, I was more careful about placing them to block the light of the working bulb from people's sight-lines.
• Little jars with coloured marbles - very popular with certain fans of lightbulb art.    

Restaurant Ordering Tip: Use the # sign

Here's a fairly typical order for Manon and me at the Pho 99. A number 37, vermicelli with grilled chicken and spring roll, for me ("like always," as one of the waiters used to say); A number 41, vermicelli with grilled beef and spring roll, for Manon (because she feels like having beef today and doesn't feel like having soup); and a number 54, coffee with condensed milk for both of us.

But do you see what I did? I put a # sign in front of the 54. Because I don't want them to get mixed up and bring us 54 orders of number 2, that would be 108 rolls with shredded pork and salad because there are two per order.

I'm thoughtful that way.

Big Savings at the SuperStore

You'll want to hurry down to the SuperStore in Westboro. I don't know how long this big sale on chocolate covered almonds will last.

PC Milk Chocolate Almonds | was 8.99 | Save .02 | now 8.97