Design Milk published a pictorial a few days ago on offices built in people’s backyards titled The Rise of the Backyard Office. Evidently building a separate office in one’s backyard is a trend now.  Many of those pictured are elegant and intriguing (and make me jealous), but I can’t can’t quite get past this one:

dmvA’s Blob VB3

If I worked in that office, I’d feel compelled to come home every evening (across the yard, of course) with a joyful greeting of, “Nanu, Nanu!”

(Mork & Mindy?  Anybody?  Is “Nanu, Nanu” still a usable catchphrase?  How about “Shazbot?”)