tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post7830169569944489867..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: More Weird Junk MailSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-20968261879158665782010-04-18T06:17:10.821-07:002010-04-18T06:17:10.821-07:00Dude! This is a weird topic to choose to speak out...Dude! This is a weird topic to choose to speak out about but actually Flor is pretty great.<br /><br />If you live in an apartment with hardwood floors like I do, and the hard-ass landlords require that you cover 70% with carpet, Flor is cheaper and better wearing than the other options in that price range. Not all the patterns are crazy mod colors--they have a really wide range of colors so you can match just about any color scheme you already have going.<br /><br />And like kfluff says, clean up is easy because the squares are washable and you just have to clean the patch in question.<br /><br />PLUS they are not really an evil corporation (unless I do more digging and I dig up something on them)---if you've seen the documentary The Corporation, the owner of Interface carpet company (maker of Flor) was featured in it, talking about their goal of carbon-neutral production by 2020 (they recycle their products--you can send them back in) and do other cool stuff too.<br /><br />So yeah. If I need more carpet, I will go to Flor first.<br /><br />BTW, have been loving reading your blog for the past 3 or so years Sisyphus, and I wish you well in your (job) search!minerrvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374826743507154995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-20184014891613739252010-04-09T07:13:09.850-07:002010-04-09T07:13:09.850-07:00I also get this catalog (the real question I ponde...I also get this catalog (the real question I ponder is which place that I order from sold my name to these people?), and I have to say, it might be growing on me. Squares of shag rug? Or better---when the cat pukes on a piece, you just disconnect it and put in a new one!<br /><br />You may want to avoid touching this catalog----they might put drugs in the pages...kfluffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067013188119828400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-86272447833728114622010-04-08T06:48:54.539-07:002010-04-08T06:48:54.539-07:00Ooh, I think I've seen clips of that Parsifal....Ooh, I think I've seen clips of that Parsifal. It is the Weirdness.<br /><br />But dude, Sisyphus! How could you ask that? Did you not read the catalogue's subheading? It was because they were *inspired*, dammit!<br /><br />The one "O" lends the item a kind of faux-Swedish feeling, doesn't it? It's like a whiff of Ikea wafting through your mailbox.heu mihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529298049179816825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-9620955068998863482010-04-07T21:09:20.449-07:002010-04-07T21:09:20.449-07:00Yes, but nothing is funnier than calling this cata...Yes, but nothing is funnier than calling this catalog "FLOR" with one O. Magnificent. Actually, I saw a DVD of a minimalist performance of <i>Parsifal</i> (in Zurich) in which the flower girls of act 2 held up, in lieu of flowers, large colored squares. Not carpet (as far as I could tell), but that's the best I've got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com