Performance-enhancing titanium necklaces are all the rage, at least in the Major Leagues. And seriously, that’s a group you can trust… the most notoriously superstitious people in the world.

Forget losing track of the days, i’ve completely lost track of time itself lately. The past few days (and what is this “day” anyway?) have consisted of me eating breakfast around 8:00 or 9:00am and then going to bed. After a few hours of nap, I usually wake up around 2:00pm, a bit confused, and then I work some more. Something tells me this isn’t healthy.

Among the various projects I have going right now, i’m in the middle of a large-ish print project that’s still searching for that overall visual theme to tie the 30 pages together. Once that clicks, I will be enjoying it. For now, i’m a little frustrated that I don’t like all the comps I come up with. At least i’m too busy/sleep-deprived/confused/frustrated to be bored.

Oh my dang, I must have this shirt. Large. You know, in case you were curious.

So what’s the deal Apple, is it an iPod phone? I hate tech speculation, really.

If you’re a Mac user and a fan of Mac’s native Mail.app program, you should check out the mail.appetizer plugin. The moment a new message is received, Mail.appetizer displays a pretty little transparent window with a brief summary of the message, and you can determine whether the message requires your immediate attention. Reading mail without switching to Mail helps me workflow tremendously, as I am a notorious check-my-email-every minute kind of guy.

The Rhode Island School of Design unveils new dorm furniture built using environmentally sensitive and sustainable methods and materials. Nice to see a school teaching by example.

There are more abortions than births in Russia every year to avoid the cost of raising children. And that’s just the reported abortions.

Misprinted Type has updated. Snag a few free grungy typefaces (if that’s your thing), but look around at the rest of the content, Eduardo Recife is one of my favorite visual artists for all the found item collage work he does.

Slate is actually asking their readers/users to help redesign the site. What a novel idea. I think we (designers) poorly use available resources like information from THE PEOPLE WHO WE MAKE THINGS FOR.

4×6 is a postcard printing tool for professional graphic designers. I haven’t gotten the chance to use them for any projects yet, but their site and sample kit are top notch and make me want to.

Singer-songwriter Glen Phillips’ site got a nice facelift courtesy of Asterik Studios and Daniel Ariza. This new album is basically full of perfect songs.

DIY Impressive Theological Constructs. With more than 10,000 possibilities, you too can create theology and hold it over everyone’s head.

“All Your Wildest Dreams Will Come True” at the 150th Utah State Fair. Utah is embracing the Napoleon Dynamite craze, and while i’d like to check out Napoleon’s Sweet Ads for the state fair, Utah is apparently still stuck in the 90′s using Real Player for their videos. Idiots.

Counting calories may not help as much as we think. As in, not at all.

Help me out here. Someone explain the stock market to me in 100 words or less.

(I don’t really know much about stock-based investing or how the market works, I really hate being ignorant about something, and I haven’t had the chance to pick up anything at the library to satiate my curiosity yet.)

1, 2, 3, go.

You sort of had to see it coming, but Pulpit Masters is a new reality show that will set out to find America’s next great inspirational speaker. “We’re offering all comers of all denominations a chance to share their own spiritual message and reach out to an audience of millions.” It’s a shame the name American Idol has already been taken.

Pure Volume has a new blog. Nice to see Ryan and Brad are starting to get settled.

The site for Mark Driscoll’s 2004 Reformission Conference is still up and has mp3′s of each session, including Driscoll, John Piper, Chris Seay, and others.

Ever wonder which John Cusack character you’re most like? Take this quick test to see which Cusack character you’re most like. I didn’t need a quiz to tell me i’m Rob Gordon from High Fidelity.

A naive romanticism in each of us desperately wants to believe there was a time after Genesis 2 when the world was a wonderful place to live, when things were better and easier than they are today.

Mark Driscoll – The Radical Reformission

I’m contemplating going to Semi-Permanent in New York in September if my schedule/finances/workload cooperate. Anybody want to tag along?