# A New Spring Basket from James Lileks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634 "2001-04-03T14:12:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/1 "2001-04-03T14:12:14Z")
A brand-new bushel of crappy 1970s decorating tips at [Lileks.com](http://Lileks.com)—I laughed till I gave myself the hiccups and had to rush to the ladies room: [http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/practical/index.html](http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/practical/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/2 "2001-04-03T16:07:21Z")
Just bumping this up, as I KNOW we have a lot of Lileks fans here and I’d hate to see this drop off the first page right away . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/3 "2001-04-03T16:33:53Z")
Well, _I_ was going to bump it for you, but then you went and said a Mean Thing to me in GQ. So pppppbbbfffffftttttttt. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/4 "2001-04-03T16:44:27Z")
[http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/practical/vol17/5.html](http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/practical/vol17/5.html) There is no god, indeed. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/5 "2001-04-03T20:00:01Z")
Eve, You’ll be receiving a bill from my employer for the ninety minutes of lost work time as a result of this. I’ve avoided Lileks’ site during work hours up to now, but your message made me say “Oh, one little look can’t hurt, right?” I had to get up and close the office door to avoid attracting attention with involuntary bursts of laughter. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/6 "2001-04-03T20:23:30Z")
Hey, I WANT a bathroom which Keir Dullea may explode into at any time. But not if it means there’d be a big red computer eyeball staring at me from the sink vanity. Thanks, Eve, for posting this. I don’t think to check back and see if there are any new decorating articles. They’re my favorite part of the Lileks website! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/7 "2001-04-03T20:39:36Z")
Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! My friggin’ eyes! My friggin’ brain! This was almost how my parents decorated the house! (And how most of my relatives did.) Dammit Eve, I am not opening any more of your threads until I get over this cold. I am having coughing spasms from laughing so hard, and the decongestant isn’t working. But I can’t wait to see the rest of the volumes. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-spring-basket-from-james-lileks/60634/8 "2001-04-03T23:59:17Z")
Lileks site is one of my favorites. Don’t cheat yourself by just looking at the Institure of Official Cheer pages, read his column the bleat too.