It's the first big snow of the season! I love living somewhere where we have seasons again! But it is true that removing snow from the sidewalk and driveway can be hard, especially with a bad back and hip. We only have a few major snowfalls every year, but now, when we do, we break out our awesome new electric snowblower!
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It's the first big snow of the season! I love living somewhere where we have seasons again! But it is true that removing snow from the sidewalk and driveway can be hard, especially with a bad back and hip. We only have a few major snowfalls every year, but now, when we do, we break out our awesome new electric snowblower! If you've seen the ads - "Your bra fitting destination" - you may be wondering just what exactly a bra fitting destination is. I certainly was. It turns out that the ads are for Sol Lingerie. Sol Lingerie specializes in bra fitting. Now, you guys can stop reading right here (save for your prurient interest), but us gals can attest that one of the most vexing parts of life as someone with two X chromosomes is finding a bra that fits well. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when mainstream media gets something so spectactularly wrong, but I expect better from the brainiacs at Slashdot. So imagine my surprise to read the headline "Schooling, Homeschooling, and Now, "Unschooling" " on Slashdot today, and to learn that unschooling, a method of homeschooling that I and many of my homeschooling friends have personally known about for at least a decade - and which has been around since at least the 70s when John Holt wrote about it - is something new and now. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when mainstream media gets something so spectactularly wrong, but I expect better from the brainiacs at Slashdot. So imagine my surprise to read the headline "Schooling, Homeschooling, and Now, "Unschooling" " on Slashdot today, and to learn that unschooling, a method of homeschooling that I and many of my homeschooling friends have personally known about for at least a decade - and which has been around since at least the 70s when John Holt wrote about it - is something new and now. Would I make this up? A company called The Pond is marketing a product that can only be described as odor eaters for your pants. Actually, I guess it can also be decribed as "Subtle Butt" filter pads, as that's what the company is calling it. You read that right. According to the website NetzPolitik.org, in reporting on the upcoming change to German law which would censor certain websites, the new law will be circumcising constitutional freedoms. Teen tennis phenom Simona Halep has two things going for her - her incredible tennis chops and her youth - and two things going against her: her breasts. As news of her anticipated breast surgery for a breast reduction surfaces, howls of anguish and outrage are being heard around the world. First, please note that it is not April 1st. Now, U.S. company Laser Energetics, Inc., has announced the "Dazer Laser", a non-lethal weapon that incapacitates the subject by causing them to puke their guts out. Seriously. Welcome to baking soda 101 uses for baking soda you may never have heard of. Read on and you'll understand why I order baking soda 12 pounds at a time - because there are so many cool baking soda uses! Much like the "Ginger or MaryAnn" argument, the "Betty or Veronica" argument has gone on for decades, pitting the girl next door (Betty, MaryAnn) against the spoiled little rich girl (Veronica, Ginger). And everyone, but everyone knows that the girl next door - the faithful, smart (but still cute and perky), steady girl next door is supposed to get the guy. But apparently nobody told Archie Andrews that, because next month he will be proposing to Veronica, while a stunned Betty and a befuddled Jughead look on. While ordering the largest container of baking soda that I could find (don't ask), I came across this interesting tidbit on Amazon It seems that the NFL and NBA aren't the only energy pumps to have problems with positive drug tests! Authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia say that a lab test of RedBull Cola Energy Drink revealed that Red Bull contains 0.4 micrograms of cocaine per liter of Red Bull! Either this newspaper needs to hire better writers, or swine flu may just turn out to have been a student's senior project. Can you believe that this is our little baby? (Or that she'll be one year old in just a couple of weeks?!) It's been a while since I posted a "WTF is she wearing? post, but I think that you'll agree that it was worth the wait.... I just need to take a moment to sing the praises of and thank my dear friend Rob. Just what is this guy saying? (Or on, for that matter.) There are just some things that you should never buy used... this is one of them. Yum! Where canI get me one of these (from a gardening services website which shall go unnamed to protect the unsuspecting) Our goats now have their own tv show through uStream.TV! Check out The Goat Show! I'm not sure where this originated - it came across our homeschooling list - but it was too good not to share (if anybody knows where it first appeared, please let me know!) Top 10 Reasons to Criminalize Homeschooling Jason Savage of Saginaw, Michigan has been arrested for ..er... savaging a car wash vacuum hose. Yes, really. Caught red..handed.. in the act by police, Savage complains that he is now unable to get a job, or even leave his house, due to the reactions of his townspeople. This utensil could only have been invented by the Marquis de Spork. The typical spork, perhaps best known as the white plastic utensil that accompanies take out orders from KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), is a spoon with tines like a fork at the tip. But this masterpiece also has... Police in Switzerland have made a serendipitous discovery of a marijuana farm, using Google Earth. A new study published by professor Gary Wenk and associate professor Yannic Marchalant of Ohio State says that daily smoking of marijuana (dope, weed, grass, boo, Mary Jane - whatever you want to call it) can ward off Alzheimers. I can't begin to tell you how honoured I am to have been nominated for a Shorty Award in the "Amazing Womam" category! Thank you!! Our goats now have new goat coats, and are they ever stylish! Warm, fleece coats, they are soft and comfy and they really like them. And look how cute they are! Best of all, they are so easy to get on and off because they have a velcro closure along the back, and they are relatively inexpensive because they are actually ...ready? There's the secret... Last night I shared something with my husband which, as I was saying it, I realized that few men actually know. It's another one of those woman-secrets which, being the mens' rights advocate that I am, I delight in sharing with "the enemy". Yes, it's very cold here in Colorado, folks. And while our goats have little insulated houses to sleep in, they don't have a nice heated barn, and so we were a bit worried about them. And so, yes, they ... A Chinese man has deafened his girlfriend during the throes of passion by kissing her so zealously and passionately that the air pressure in her mouth dropped so dramatically as to rupture her eardrum. For years my signature (.sig) file on Usenet included that I was "looking for a carved oriental zodiac table." I'm no longer looking. After 20 years, I've finally got one. Even though gasoline prices have dropped recently, this summer's spike in fuel prices precipitated a sharp new focus on alternative fuels. We've been using this in our family for years as a vegetarian substitute for turkey on Thanksgiving. Everyone - and I mean EVERYONE - including meat eaters, and even people who don't typically like turkey - loves it! And it's so easy! Just heat and eat! NASA announced this week that they have developed a water distillation unit that takes urine and filters and recycles it into drinking water. That's right - NASA has invented the StillSuit. Our dog loves and is fascinated by our goats. A dirty chocolate chai is my current drink of choice. Anyone want to guess what that is? Can you believe that baby has grown so? Or that she is only just barely 4 months old?? As some of you know, we're on the road again. Right now we're up in Seattle, where I'm running our semi-annual Internet Success Makers Group workshop. Anyways, I wanted to share this amazing view with you - this is ... My husband brought this little gem home from his last business trip - you know, those darned lawyers ruin it for everybody: I found myself saying this to a friend today - I always say "do what you love, and love what you do", but today what flowed from me somehow seemed more profound, and I felt that I should put pixel to screen, to make sure that I had it down somewhere, so here it is. I walk quickly. I always have. I chalk it up to being a New Yorker. Because, you know, New Yorkers walk fast. We're busy people, and we have places to go, and things to see. I went to the library today - it was the first time that I'd been there in a few months, and when I walked in, I was immediately struck by the smell. ...where is Lynne Truss when you need her? ....doing to that deer?? Seen in Folsom St. Coffee on a flyer for a concert to benefit wild animals. You know, they say that you can tell a lot about a person by what's in their refrigerator. What can you tell about me from mine? (This is the cleanest my fridge will ever be ... and that's because ... arbucks or Starbucks-equivalent in it? And if you've ever been spoiled, like I have, with a shopping cart which has a shopping cart cup holder, you'll forever long for all shopping carts to have cup holders, to hold your quad non-fat sugar-free frappuccino with extra whip. Well, guess what I just found for you. It's 3:30 in the afternoon..it's 96 degrees out.. The Boulder Apple store has been open for 7 1/2 hours..and look at the freakin' line. I love this sign, seen in Espresso Joe's in Boulder. This is one of the hardest notes I have ever had to write. Yesterday afternoon I had to say goodbye to Tazi, our dear, sweet, old girl. What marketing genius thought this up? Just because you say that your product is "gourmet" doesn't make it gourmet! Gourmet products do not come in squeeze bottles. Bet you didn't know that Janeane Garofalo was also an optometrist, did you? If your woman is frigid, fear not - KY Jelly is the anti-freeze for sex. No, really. The other day someone asked me "Just what is soylent green made out of?", and I realized that a whole generation is unfamiliar with the movie Soylent Green. The Soylent green movie is based on the Soylent Green novel entitled "Make Room! Make Room!" The author of Soylent Green is Harry Harrison; the Soylent Green book was published in 1966 and Soylent Green the movie was released in 1973. To those of you who got here by searching for the "Soilent Green movie" or "what book is Soilent Green from", well, it's actually "Soylent" Green - it stands for "soy" and "lentils", the protein sources from which Soylent Green was (supposedly) derived. (Check out our "Nutrition Information Soylent Green" label!) This must be part of that new plan for dealing with air traffic congestion - or maybe it's how they deal with pilots who don't file proper flight plans. Here are my thoughts on patriotism - in a time when people think that "being patriotic" equals rabid war-mongering, or blindly following elected officials based on their idealogy. Patriotism != any of those things. I heard for the first time today - honest-to-gawd - the term "copyright infected". This was, of course, in the context of whether people should be allowed to download files that are unpermitted duplicates of works which are, you know, copyright protected.. er.. infected... er..something. When I first heard about the show Ice Road Truckers I thought it was a joke. I mean, c'mon, an entire television show dedicated to people driving on ice?? An organized Tupperware (Rubbermaid, plastic containers, take your pick) cupboard is surely the sign of a sick mind. Don't you agree? Baby Blanquita is exactly one month old today! Here are a couple of pictures of mother and baby - aren't they awesome? In a Whole Foods, of all places, I encountered the most dunder- headed, unsanitary device ever contrived as a way to make opening a bathroom door 'more sanitary'. Let me introduce you to the "Clean Escape" foot-operated bathroom door opener. It's no secret that dogs like to eat goat poop. There's nothing wrong with it - it's mostly just pulverized, digested hay, and hey, if you can drink cat poop coffee, there's no reason that a dog can't eat goat poop. But it was very interesting to observe this today: Yum yum..pork on a stick... there's nothing like it (thank goodness). This is just such a horrible name for a product - The Mangroomer - I mean, really, who thinks this stuff up??? "Hey baby, want to touch my man groomer?" I mean..just... ewww! I had a conversation today, with a grown woman. And during this conversation she said to me, and I kid you not... Not sure how well you can see it but this was a gorgeous triple rainbow.. Have I mentioned that we love Boulder? Since moving to Boulder, I occasionally read (through a Topix feed) the police blotter for our old 'hood in Sunnyvale. Mostly I read it to a) remind myself just how much nicer it is here in Boulder, and b) keep abreast of what's going on back where the house we still own and rent out is located. Today I noticed that there seems to be a rash of copper thefts in the area. Maybe I'm the only one - but I'll bet that I'm not - did you know that there was once a plan to do something called "nuclear excavation" - or "nuclear earthmoving", i.e. using nuclear explosions to move massive amounts of earth for excavation projects? This picture is when she is not even 3 hours old. A May day baby! Welcome to the world, little one - we're so glad that you're here! ...and that's just for regular! Again, my old Volvo is a testament to all Volvo 240 DLs. Don't you wish you had this view from *your* bathroom window? This is an actual picture from an actual bathroom window during an actual trip on the California Zephyr. ..from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium didn't bring a lump to your throat and make you want to hug it every time you saw it, well, then, you just aren't human. Nearly every morning I involuntarily awake between 5:00 and 5:30 a.m.. I usually don't mind, though, as I enjoy the quiet - the solitude - and, the amazing sunrises to which I am treated here in Colorado. But this morning's - following a scirocco-like wind - was particularly stunning - in fact, so beautiful was it, that it moved me to tears. audio.wav Most people, when they think of Charles Dickens and Christmas, think of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. But many of Charles Dickens novels feature Christmas passages, and while Charles Dickens Christmas Carol is of course a classic, one of my favourite Dickens Christmas passages is the one from the Pickwick Papers. This is why Bill Gates cannot (and should be ashamed to) show his face at the theatre! How can you not love - be awed by - a Colorado winter's sunrise, which dresses even the most mundane landscape in festively ethereal gauze finery? This is the view out my office window - have you ever seen a tree or icicles like this?? This is Shakti...dressed up in her holiday duds. Shakti is a '94 Subaru Legacy wagon. She's turbo, and has all wheel drive. Ain't no mountain high enough! Call me crazy, but I love this! This is in my office parking lot. Somehow this does not seem like a very good deal to me... Uh Oh, Pa, Can Ya Hand Me the Elk Swatter? Whew! It's a good thing they told us this..otherwise I'd probably just stand there! We all know that minors buying cigarettes on the Internet is a problem. This is in large part because a) companies that sell cigarettes on the Internet can't know the age of the person ordering them, and b) many companies that sell cigarettes on the Internet don't care if the person ordering them is a minor. But passing a Tobacco Delivery Law, such as the state of Maine has done, that makes the delivery companies, such as UPS, FedEx, and the like, responsible for delivering the cigarettes to a minor has to be one of the most stupid, dunderheaded things I've heard in a long time. How gorgeous is this...along the Colorado River, as seen from the train. We've also seen a dozen or so bald eagles..just hanging out in the treetops along the river. Absolutely amazing! I dunno, that cat doesn't look so large to me, but maybe it has a large bladder. Subliminal messages in advertising are nothing new. The book Subliminal Seduction blew that scam wide open years ago, with pictures of subliminal messages which included orgies hidden in the ice cubes of drinks in ads. If you've ever seen Evan Almighty this picture may give you the heebie jeebies! Driving in to Denver today to catch the way-too-early o'clock train, we were treated to this spectacular sunrise! Made getting up so early worth it! Among the most bizarre of news this week is that police in Florida have circulated a memo about jenkem - also known as Leroy Jenkems, butthash, winnie, runners, fruit from crack pipe, might, and waste. And, oh yes, also known as 'shit'. Because, you see, the recipe for making jenkem is take some feces, take some urine, combine, let ferment, and inhale. Eeeww! Giving new meaning - in all senses - to the term "now that's some good shit!" Can you believe it?? The Tadpole headset and iPod case for children - toddlers!! Earphones for kids! It's just disgusting! Here's a picture of it and more information. Recently I was asked why we homeschool - but our reasons aside from "the public school system sucks", and such. And here is how I answered. What is waterboarding? (See the waterboarding video with Kaj Larsen.) Originally a form of medieval torture, known to be used by the Spanish Inquisition, and still in practice today, it is a form of water torture. To waterboard someone is to shackle them on the floor, face up, stuff something into their mouth (usually cloth) and then pour water over their face which simulates drowning. In fact, someone who is waterboarded believes that death is imminent, and it is a very effective way to force someone to give up information - genuine or not due to the coercion. How could it not be considered torture? Here’s a bit of medical information for you: You can get an infection in your fingertip - an infection near or under your finger nail - even without an obvious hangnail or cut! The condition, known as paronychia, can be very painful. An interesting aspect of what is going on over in Pakistan right now is that since Musharraf shuttered the Pakistan Supreme Court, and put some of the justices on house arrest - mere days before the justices were to render a decision as to whether Musharraf's presidency was legal - is the protests which have been going on. I'm telling you..again.. in Boulder even the view from Target is amazing! Oh yes, and to add to the pictures in my previous post, showing the drive in to my new office, here is a picture as I turn in to the driveway at my new office here in Boulder (which is on ... For those of you who have questioned why we moved from Silicon Valley in California to Boulder, Colorado, I offer these pictures of my drive into the office today: Boulder, Colorado... where the only thing more ubiquitous than free wifi is Crocs. Although Subarus are a close second. When I said earlier that there are prairie dogs everywhere in Boulder, I wasn't kidding! The first in a series... This is at a *mall*! I love this letter. I loved it when it was forwarded and I didn't believe it really was a real letter someone had written. I love it more now that I know that it might be. Because it's true, anyone who tries to cast the cries of outrage against Michael Vick for what he has done to those poor dogs as "racism" is, indeed, a dumb fuck. Even the weeds in Boulder get into the hip green act... as evidenced by this "weed" which sprouted and grew in a drainpipe outside organic vegetarian restaurant VG Burgers. Headed east by rail, we encountered Colfax, California - the town that time apparently forgot. It's refreshing to find a locale with such candor! Quick - what do you think this means?: "Non-resident sewer fees established by Sunnyvale council." I've been thinking a lot about that Microsoft-Digg advertising deal that was announced last week. You know, the one where Digg agreed to let Microsoft - not really known for their stellar advertising network - have an exclusive for all advertising real estate on Digg. For some reason I was really struck by this exchange that I overheard at the park a few days ago. There was a young boy, maybe 6 or 7 or, at most, 8 years old. And he got separated from his mom. And he couldn't find her and he was getting anxious. ....or at least those who are afraid of spiders: As shopping goes...well, generally I dislike it. And if I have to shop, well, Target wouldn't be my first choice. We encountered this sign at a rest stop outside of Elko, Nevada, and, well, you really want to heed signs like this (actually you really want to not get out of your car when you see signs like this!) ... Anyone able to identify this place? Sent from my Tmobile Sidekick HipTop This can only mean one of two things... let's hope that it means you are washing your windshield with coffee... because the alternative is... (Oops..I just realized that you can't read the sign...the words over that cup of coffee, which appears on the ... Ok, who knew that "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" was such a funny movie? This is the end of the iPhone line at the Apple Store at the Valley Fair mall in Silicon Valley...at 11:15 in the morning...and this is just the end of the line..which goes around the corner! Suckers. They are going to be so ... Hmmmm...I wonder what kind of people live here... We picked up "Flushed Away" today...and we couldn't help but observe that the coupons which came bundled in with the movie were ...well... it's the perfect movie with which to bundle those coupons: This was just too frightening to consider actually using (but not too much so to take pictures for you all). We're ssitting in a restaurant, and I note the ubiquitous 'maximum occupancy' sign. "Maximum occupancy 580", it reads. I idly wonder whether your MO number is like a movie rating...is it a feather in their cap to get such a high MO rate? ... We have leased a studio in Boulder. For people who ask us "why Boulder", well, they say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are 4000 words' worth of pictures... these were taken during ... we're on our way to Boulder, Colorado where, by very happy coincidence, it's the weekend for their annual Boulder Creek Festival - their huge 3-day bash over Memorial Day where they have, among other things, their famous Kinetic Sculpture parade ... Yeah...the train really sucks...please...stay away from the train... How can anybody not like the train? Just look at these views...this time from just that side of Immigrant's Pass I'm playing with Google gadgets from Google,com. So, enjoy it while I test out various gadgets (which you can read, all about, here.) Wretch wretch wretch. Ok, when I got our fabulous reverse osmosis filter system, I got it to remove icky chemicals from our drinking water. Why anyone would want a water filter to instead add chemicals back into their drinking water I don't know. But Pur has just started selling their "Pur Flavor Options" water flavoring cartridges in strawberry, peach and raspberry. Really. Water filter flavors. Disgusting. Teachers in a Tennessee elementary school staged a fake gunman attack while on a field trip, telling the sixth-grade school children that it was "not a drill", while the children cowered crying under tables, believing that they were about to be shot to death. I'd always been told that Disneyland was the happiest place on Earth. But having now spent a couple of days in Boulder, Colorado I'm here to tell you that, in fact, Boulder is, in real fact, the happiest place on ... On the train again... we're so glad to be on the train again.... This time en route to Colorado! Updates as they happen! My good old Volvo wagon... isn't she awesome?? As I prepare to go out of town to run my first of two back-to-back conferences, I realize two more benefits of having incredibly short hair. Ok...come on... I mean... you're putting dog poop in these things... who cares what they look like?? I caught this ad in a gardening almanac. I have no idea why this car is in the state it's in. Perhaps you do? And yes, that's Saran wrap...lots and lots of Saran wrap. It's just so wrong... These are my new wheels. Isn't she sweet? As I was getting in my car the rear view suddenly struck me... How many of you have had managers for whom this seagull, standing as he is atop his own..well... is a pictorial metaphor? There are many things about this sign that give me pause to wonder. For example, if there were a direct correlation to my eating and breeding habits, I'd make the old lady who lived in the shoe look like a ... I wonder what they sell here? So, I bought some hair today. Just because I could. Do you like this?: No...how about this?: Or maybe this? Honestly, I kinda like this: Which do you prefer? This is a Ford Focus. And now you know why the "focus". (Click on the picture to enlarge it to see what I'm talking about.) Live from the deck of the Lady Washington... yes... under sail... and yes, for those of you whom care about this sort of thing, the very same ship on which Johnny Depp trod in Pirates of the Carribean (oooh...shiver ... Have you heard about the Grapple (pronounced, we are told, Grape-L)? It is pitched as a cross between an apple and a grape - a sort of hybridized grape apple, or apple grape. How could they mix an apple and a grape? Well, best as I can tell, it's an apple sprayed, or perhaps laced, with grape flavor. And, it's not worth it. Read on. I'm not exactly sure why yet, but for some reason I find this..interesting: "A research group found that people only became lactose-tolerant within the last couple thousand years. The group found that as humans evolved they grew tolerant to milk." So this is news? I have to say that birds love our yard. And I love the birds. And I love my Digital Rebel (thank you, Honey!) Here are some pictures from today. The world is agog today with news that researchers in Africa have observed chimpanzees fashioning spears, and using the weapons to hunt and kill food. Particularly interesting were these observations, reported in the Washington Post. I don't know about you, but I found it striking to see not one ...not two ...but three Mercedes ..in a row ...all queued up at the Starbucks drive-thru. I'm sure there's a great caption in here somewhere... got any suggestions? ... The lawsuit filed against MySpace and Pete Solis by a 14 year old, for a date gone wrong, has been dismissed by a Federal judge. Thank goodness someone involved in this case is right-thinking and has a clue! Too bad Solis will still go down for statutory rape if the state decides to press charges. Today is Valentine's Day. It's also our anniversary. And a lovely one it was! Cashing in on the bottled water craze, restaurants are starting to offer water menus. Really, just like the wine menu, complete with overpriced bottles and even a water sommelier (water steward). Of course, the profit margins are much better. Having been steeped in - and indeed something of an acknowledge expert in - mens' rights issues, I of course know that the anti-circumcision movement is big. However, even I was a bit surprised to read today that there is a new product out - the artificial foreskin from Viafin-Atlas. It's called SenSlip. Ok, obviously child molestation is no laughing matter. But the lawyer in me (and don't you wish that you had a lawyer in you?) had to chuckle when I read this actual headline from the San Jose Mercury News: "Child molester gets ... I'd figured that relative unknown (at least in these parts) Bill Richardson, who is the Mexican-American Governor of New Mexico, declared his candidacy with these thoughts: "Wow, a woman and an African-American! If ever there was a chance for a Mexican-American to get elected president, it's now! I'm really glad that they are searching for extra terrestrial intelligence. I think it's a great idea. I hope they find some soon, because there surely is a shortage right now. You would think that after making the grade to be an astronaut, for chrissakes, you'd be past the high school drama of "do you like him? You know, like like him?" But apparently not. At least not judging by the chick fight between astronauts Lisa Nowak and Colleen Shipman over William Oefelein. And did you know that astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry? Are you one of those people who talks with your hands? How about one of those people who, while on the phone, holds the phone with one hand while talking with the other? We've all seen them - the ridiculous ads that result when folks advertise eBay listings through Google Adsense. But this one takes the cake. Just in case you haven't been .. ahem ... keeping abreast ... Honest to God, I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own two eyes. Atech Flash Technology (AFT) is marketing a stereo iPod dock toilet paper holder. I kid you not. They call it the iCarta iPod Dock with Bath Tissue Holder. They can call it whatever they want - it's really a toiler paper holder with an iPod dock. As anyone who knows me will tell you, I HATE being cold. I can't bear it. I find being cold painful. In fact, I would rather be in pain than be cold - and I'm no masochist. Anyone who has looked into taking the anti-acne drug Accutane (Sotret Isotretinoin) knows that it causes birth defects. You can't help but know that it causes birth defects, because if you are a female, you have to sign up on a registry because it causes birth defects, get counseling so that you know that it causes birth defects, prove that you are not pregnant - because it causes birth defects, and prove that you are on birth control (because, you know, it causes birth defects), before you are allowed to have even one capsule. It's only the second morning that I have woken up with little hair, but already I am finding so many fringe benefits. In addition to those mentioned in my previous post - the anticipated ones - I have been delighted to observe ... Oh Starbucks, the 70s called... they want their furniture back... And this is why I love old Volvo wagons... On election day, I got a CNN news flash email. With it being election day and all (and late afternoon) I figured that it was probably some early return election upset or something.. something really potentially important enough to warrant a news flash... So I opened the email and it was the news that... Hey, if people can humiliate their dogs by dressing them up, then I can do it to my car. Not for the faint of heart, and definitely NSFW (not safe for work). Ok, it has to be said, and when something callous about the recently-departed has to be said, you can rely on me to be as tactfully tactless as I can. This picture is from my son's book, "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Life", which includes real instructions about how to perform the Heimlick maneuver on your cat. Yes, it's true. I confess, we sometimes eat at Marie Callendar's. But I'm willing to admit this to you to share with you how cool it is to be able to get online with my laptop from where ever I am! Lookie lookie! I made a video of my pumpkin cheesecake recipe! I call it "one bowl pumpkin cheesecake" because you can make it in, well, one bowl! Yo yo yo... don't you miss the days when you had thick, luxurious yout hair? Now you can have it again, with Yout Hair! Or maybe that's Youth Air.. which is even worse. I hope that you all have a wonderful, warm and (ful)filling Thanksgiving! This year our family went away for the holiday, and this is where we are staying: But we do wish that they wouldn't skimp so on the pillows. Some of you may remember that last summer I posted a post to this site with the title "So Cute I Could Puke". It dealt with this picture, of this baby bird, and how it was so darned cute that it lead me to register a website, SoCuteICouldPuke.com. There is something wrong about "light whipped cream". But there is something *really* wrong about *peppermint* light whipped cream! Hard to believe though it may be, a pair of shoes really can correct your posture, diminish back and hip pain, and even give your legs and core muscles a workout! And those shoes are the Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) shoes. This is my review of the Masai shoes. It all started with my aunt... Just returning from hearing the Silicon Valley Symphony do a fabulous rendition of "Pictures at an Exhibition". Listening to a live symphony performance, particularly one like "Pictures at an Exhibition", is so much more than an auditory experience. Your whole ... War-torn countries aren't the only places where atrocities occur where people are voting. And paper ballots aren't without their own dangers, the concerns over evoting not withstanding. Leg warmers are, apparently, back in. And with a vengeance. Over the weekend I saw a young lady wearing legwarmers and ...I kid you not....shorts. WTF??? I'm only sorry that I couldn't get a picture for you. But you'll be ... Somehow "upgrade" is not a term I would usually associate with a feminie protection product. "I'm going to upgrade my tampon" just sounds... wrong. This sticker for the ACLU says "I'm voting my values". Apparently your values include defacing and vandelizing other people's private property. Would you rather die outdoors, surrounded by nature, or suspended head-down pinned against the wall? Headed back from DC to California, again on the California Zephyr, crossing the famed Mississippi river. Look how different it looks crossing it from the East than from the West! A picture is worth a thousand swear words. The first casualty of the trip, but it's a big one. I like a state which is open about how it really feels about its citizens. It's unfortunate that this picture of a public service ad on a bus in Baltimore didn't turn out. The ad says, and I quote, "Heroin Kills - We ... Need I say more? I hadn't realized just how much I had missed the East coast until I got here. One of the things I really miss is the foliage. Ah, the foliage... even just along the side of the highways.... Here's our luggage, waiting to get off in DC. I am so enthralled to be back on the east coast, with east coast scenery... the woods, the gentle hills, the beautiful foliage.... and this little river called the Potomac. Midnight in Cleveland. And just to prove it... In taking this first leg of our 2x cross country train trip I have learned a few things which I will apply on any subsequent trip (starting with our trip back next week). Here are views, from our cabin on the train, of the Mississippi River. The view out the window from the California Zephyr isn't terrible. Mountains, mountains, and railroad tracks, as far as the eye can see. We're on day one of a cross-country train adventure! Heading through Price River Canyon on the way to Colorado. Absolutely gorgeous scenery going through Helper, Utah, somewhere between Provo and Colorado, and zero bars or coverage. But that's kind of the point! Remember the lady with the screw stuck through her head? Am I the only one to realize that this is clearly client development of the most overt kind? Where do you want to be searched? The intellect of the driver of a vehicle is inversely proportional to the distance between the undercarriage and the road. If you are or know the owner of this car, let me know. Blogging while broken down on the side of the highway. Not my first choice for unique places from which to blog, but isn't this Sidekick handy? This is just so wrong! A Hello Kitty Fender Stratocaster!!! Although I'm not sure..are they selling newts, or something belonging to those cool newts? Or...? If ever an image needed a caption, this is it. Wer ist das? (Who is that?) And no, it's not Santa's giant elf, or Sir Smilinghood of Campbellham. Kopi Luwak, known more affectionately as "cat poop coffee" or "weasel poop coffee", is truly coffee made from the coffee beans which have been pooped out by the Indonesian Luwak civet cat. What I want to know is, who the heck first thought of this?? Hey, here's a little secret about how to get 75 cents off a venti iced coffee at Starbucks. So I'm at my friend's house one day this spring, and I notice a bunch of underwire lingerie out drying in the back yard. I make a snide remark, and she explains to me that her husband bought them. Off eBay. Imagine if all advertising took this approach to realism! A woman in Beijing has offered to pay for damages after the driving lesson she was giving her dog ended in a collision. Ms. Li explained that she was giving her dog driving lessons because he "was fond of crouching on the steering wheel ... Everyone has heard the news today that Pluto is no longer a planet. However, that's actually not true. The truth is that they have changed the definition of "what is a planet." In other words, it's not that the perception of Pluto has changed; it's that the perception of the scientific community of what constitutes a planet has changed. And this was codified today by a vote of the International Astronomical Union. Hmm..I wonder why they call it "Bubble Gum Alley"? You know, on second thought, I'm not sure that I want to know: Yes, both walls, the entire length of the alley... All ABC gum. Eeeew! We figure that there's a PhD thesis in ... Have you ever noticed the similarity between Little Eva's Locomotion and Richard O'Brien's Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show? I think that O'Brien must have listened to a lot of Little Eva as a tyke. I'm just sayin' The Transportation Safety Authority has announced that they have given a lift to the ban on liquid- and gel-filled bras. The TSA announced the cleave between the rules on the curve-enhancing bras and all other goo-filled containers earlier this week. I've seen many a strange thing in recipes, but never before have I seen a recipe in which one is instructed to prepare an ingredient to "the size of border collie testicles." Man, as if being a sherpa isn't hard enough, look where all the unsuccessful sherpas end up! And while we are speaking of sick fncks (cf: previous post on JonBenet Ramsey), what kind of sick fnck tries to fry baby kittens live in hot oil in a frying pan??? After all this time, and with mom dying, I never expected to hear about the Jon Benet Ramsey case again. And I certainly never expected to hear that they had arrested a suspect! Of course, my husband does it for free If you were sentient during the 70s, which means that you didn't really experience the 60s, then you'll instantly know what I mean when I say "cum gum". My husband is on a business trip today which happens to have him going through at least three US airports where, of course, security is heightened. And they can't bring any gels, pastes or liquids on the plane. Gels, pastes and liquids are apparently the mew terrorist tool. Shoes are out, gels are in. My friend Charlotte Lee is in the Guiness World Book of Records for having the world's largest rubber ducky collection! This one's for the lawyers out there... Question: Why did the chicken cross the road? We just took my wonderful old Volvo wagon on a short road trip and she got 25 miles per gallon! I'll bet you wish that you were here with me. Is it child abuse to have a child listen to the song "Muskrat Love"? Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. President & CEO Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy http://www.isipp.com Talk about unfortunate placement! As you can see, this advertisement in a Sprint / Nextel store touts how with their service you can go beyond borders. Not much to brag about, really, considering where they are located. How many things can you find wrong with this sign... which is in an educational exhibit for children? While at the physical therapist's office today, we noticed something unusual about the bathroom doors in the building. Specifically about the placard with the universal symbol for "this is the ladies' loo". Ohmygawd... is there anything better than a still-warm-from-the-sun, fresh-off-the-vine tomato? Isn't the point of a thong to be not observable? Apparently not. Oops. I wiped out the comments function. Thanks for letting me know. They're back. A lot of people spell Dwight Yoakam's name incorrectly (the most common misspelling is "Dwight Yoakum"). But putting his name in front of "Chicken Rings", as in Dwight Yoakam's Chicken Rings, is likely to make people start remembering that name. And with a full name like Dwight Yoakam's Chicken Lickin's Chicken Rings, well, you won't be able to get it out of your head. Perhaps real Professional Photographers (tm) who Want to be Taken Seriously should start providing a disclaimer in their photo information: "actual unretouched photo, not Photoshopped." If they can't read your captcha, they sure as hell aren't going to be able to read your "visually impaired? Click here." The human brain is an amazing thing. Terry Wallis of Mountain View, Arkansas, recently recovered from a brain injury which he suffered nearly 20 years before! Bone models are models - often of ships - which were carved by prisoners of war during, primarily, the revolutionary wars, out of the bones which came in their meals. We hope. Can I really be the only person whose first thought upon seeing the CNN newsflash that "Ken Lay was found dead of an apparent heart attack" was that the guy offed himself? In their own country they would be persecuted.. Here they take part in a parade celebrating America. Happy 4th of July everyone! Maybe I'm getting cantankerous - or maybe flat out intolerant - in my old age. But having seen the word "partner" twice used in the past 5 minutes, in two completely unrelated fora, to mean something completely other than what "partner" used to mean, this rant just overflowed. These very words that you are reading now, and the penultimate post with the picture of the Starbucks fashion horse, are why I love the combination of my Sidekick and Wordpress 'blog by email' function. As I write and post this, I ... What is it about Starbucks that attracts people who dress like this? The good news is that if her fishnets threaten to fall down she has a bunch of safety pins with which to hold them up. They are all safely stashed in her earlobe. Pete Solis is in a world of hurt, because he allegedly lied to a 14-year old girl on MySpace, saying that he was a high school senior, and on the football team. Pete Solis was 19 at the time - although that doesn't mean that he wasn't a high school senior. But mommy is ticked and is suing MySpace for 30 million cool ones, claiming that Solis assaulted her virginal daughter, and that it's MySpace's fault. The only thing surprising about the indictment charging 7 U.S. Marines (Lawrence G. Hutchins III, Trent D. Thomas, Melson J. Bacos, Tyler A. Jackson, John J. Jodka, Jerry E. Shumate Jr., Robert B. Pennington and Marshall L. Magincalda) with the brutal and unprovoked murder of Iraqi Hasham Ibrahim Awad, in Hamdaniya, Iraq, is that anybody is surprised by it. One of the things I evangelize to whomever will listen, lately, is our CPAP machine. Ok, well, technically it’s my husband’s CPAP machine, but it’s made such a difference in both of our lives that I like to think of it as “ours". We watched Robots, the Movie this week. In fact, 3 times. Hormones are extremely influential in how we feel, and how we want to act. Sometimes we know it's hormonal, and we rein it in. Sometimes we don't (know, or rein). I'm not old. Certainly not *that* old! I mean, I'm 40-something, and hey, I keep being told that 50 is the new 30, which means that really I'm only 20-something, right? Palo Alto takes things a little too far Word on the street is that Abu Musab al Zarqawi was dusted by "smart dust". Dusted in at least two senses of the word, that is. Our son belongs to the most discriminated-against class in America: white males. Robert Scoble is quitting Microsoft to join Podtech.net. But is the big news that Scoble is leaving Microsoft? Or is it that Scoble is joining Podtech.net? or is this even big news at all? Does it really matter what sex your online sex partner is, if you never meet them in person? There's been some acrimony between the EFF and AOL lately... Does low voter turnout signify too much ignorance and apathy in our country? ....would anybody read it? "Why have a personal blog?" I am on occasion asked. "Who is it for? Isn't it a bit vain of you?" So I ponder, "Yes, why have a personal blog?" Well, because I have things to ... 1) WTF is this chick wearing? And B) why? MangeMerde.com is now the official blog of She Devil, a/k/a me. So please update your feeds because the feed at SheDevilsBlog.com is going away. The new feed address is: feed:http://www.mangemerde.com/feed/ That is all. Few things can eclipse the level of ridiculousness to which descriptions of wine from wine critics sink, but I have to tell you, descriptions of art and artists by art critics is one of them. Take for example this real-world description which we recently ... Now, what kind of car do you think that someone who calls themselves "Mr. Money" would drive? On what kind of car would you expect someone to put a license plate proclaiming themselves to be "Mr. Money"? Ok, I confess to not ... I'm no economist, and I'm certainly not a petroleum reserves expert. But even I can tell that there is something wrong wrong wrong when our country is experiencing the kinds of price spikes we've seen for petroleum products, and experts are predicting ... Ever wonder what it takes to win a global beauty pageant? Wonder no more, because the BBC reveals all today. According to the BBC World News Site, "Miss Peru beat off 106 contestants to take the crown from 2003 winner". Really. See?: Ok, now I really have heard of everything. Apple is now selling..are you ready?....a sock for your iPod. Actually, six socks for your iPod, to be more precise. The six-pack of socks, one each of six different colours, is available from the ... According to a recently-released poll conducted by the Associated Press of 1,001 people (that one last person made all the difference in the curve, I'm sure), people who earn more money are more likely to be satisfied with their lives than people who ... USA Today is reporting that undercover investigators managed to get both weapons and explosives past airport screeners at no fewer than fifteen U.S. airports. The full results of the investigation were recently disclosed to Congress, with an abbreviated version being released to the ... I was walking through a bookstore today, when I saw - I kid you not: "The Idiot's Guide to Communicating with Spirits" I'm pretty sure that if you're an idiot, they don't wanna communicate with you. Anne (I don't think they meant semaphore with a bottle ... Having lost more than a few hours of work, on more than a few occasions, due to some catastrophic system failure in the middle of a drafting session during which I had failed to regularly back up the work, I've learned my lesson ... Check out this news story which I still can't believe isn't an Onion headline - and I've looked at both the NY Times site (where the story appears), and The Onion site (where it doesn't), and I still don't believe it. Here's the lead-in: "FBI ... I'm not dead yet, as they say. Even though my primary practice is no longer focused on fathers' rights, I still provide referrals, pointers, and information. Perhaps even more importantly, I still teach, and while I now teach spam law, up ... Just found this lovely spam headline in my inbox this evening: "The Penis Patch is amazing" My first thought is "is this to patch a hole, like when you get a hole in an inner-tube?" Maybe it's to patch a hole in a blow-up ... |
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