Friday, September 3, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Hodgepodge - somethin' for everybody!
It is only a matter of time
Don't you hate it when people ask you silly questions they could have easily answered themselves? This is a great solution to your frustration! I have been waiting for a stupid question at work so I could bust this one out. Google - even your grandma could use it
This one requires some dedication of time but well worth it - the results of a two year investigation by the Washington Post into what they call Top Secret America. Illuminating and frightening - much like Sex Ed in highschool.
Time to build an arc! The water is now this deep! How cutearrific!
Don't you hate it when people ask you silly questions they could have easily answered themselves? This is a great solution to your frustration! I have been waiting for a stupid question at work so I could bust this one out. Google - even your grandma could use it
This one requires some dedication of time but well worth it - the results of a two year investigation by the Washington Post into what they call Top Secret America. Illuminating and frightening - much like Sex Ed in highschool.
Time to build an arc! The water is now this deep! How cutearrific!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
To the person who stole my credit card information...
Thank-you for providing me a full 20 minutes of head shaking and giggling as I looked over the purchases you chose to make:
- Dallas Guns
- Online Buddies Inc (an online dating service)
- Terrific Pet (by the amount of money you tried to spend here I am guessing you either have some sort of small horse to feed or you are trying to spoil your numerous cats by getting them personal cat condos)
- Other colorfully named gun-related websites
I would also lilke to thank-you on behalf of my bank's representative who had a good chuckle himself as we went through the charges figuring out which were legit.
Lastly, I would like to apologize for keeping my credit card balance hovering around the "maxed out" point thereby making all of your attempted purchases impossible.
- Dallas Guns
- Online Buddies Inc (an online dating service)
- Terrific Pet (by the amount of money you tried to spend here I am guessing you either have some sort of small horse to feed or you are trying to spoil your numerous cats by getting them personal cat condos)
- Other colorfully named gun-related websites
I would also lilke to thank-you on behalf of my bank's representative who had a good chuckle himself as we went through the charges figuring out which were legit.
Lastly, I would like to apologize for keeping my credit card balance hovering around the "maxed out" point thereby making all of your attempted purchases impossible.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Interesting Facts of the Day...dum dum daaaaah!
1) Garlic pills = less mosquito bites
The summer I spent working at a summer camp one of my fellow co-workers let me in on this little secret. Having the “sweet sweet blood” myself that mosquitoes are irresistibly drawn to (true story: when I was 11 I was hauled into town from the summer camp I was staying at to be inspected by a doctor since the counselors were convinced I had come down with a case of the chicken pox), I have wanted to test this theory myself for a number of years.
At the beginning of the summer I found out I would have a chance to participate in a camping trip into Algonquin Park in mid-August and figured that early June would be a good time to start swallowing garlic pills daily. My hope was to stink up my skin so much that by the time I entered the park I would not only remain bite-free myself, but would also shield all of the outdoor enthusiasts around me within a 5 kilometer radius. (I have since learned that the smell of garlic does not drive these little blood-suckers away, but rather it acts as a cloaking device that makes you hard for the mosquitoes to find). So the garlic pill swallowing continued religiously for a few months and then the moment of truth – camping in the woods for 4 days.
The Results: I left the park with about 5 bites which for me is pretty incredible since similar trips have left me more within the it-is-easier-to-approximate-how-much-of-my-skin-surface-has-NOT-been-bitten ballpark than vice versa. However, I was also told that because the timing of our trip coincided with the natural decline in mosquito populations, a direct correlation seemed impossible to make.
Until this weekend that it is, wherein having been garlic-free for approximately one week I sat on a patio for the span of 4 hours and got bitten at least 7 times! Hallelujah!...kind of. My current itchiness is comparable to a ride through the Burlap Sack Tunnel (real ride: look it up), but I believe I was able to partially prove that the garlic pills do some good. Needless to say I am back on the garlic wagon and will be until first frost. It also helps that one of my camping mates had a very similar experience.
2) The elusive truth about eye-patches revealed.
If you wake up in the middle of the night and need to turn the light on to do something – cover one of your eyes prior to turning the light on and keep it covered until you turn the light off again. The covered eye will maintain its “settings” for darkness and you will therefore be able to get back to bed without stumbling around in the dark and knocking over that priceless grandfather antique clock at the foot of your bed. Isn’t that neat?! This is the real reason that a lot of pirates wore eye patches – this would enable them to go from the deck (sunlight) to the low light level below deck and not have to spend a period of time adjusting to the light. Genius!
I have resisted looking this one on Snopes.com because I so want to believe this to be true…the eye patch part…the stumbling in the darkness business would suit me fine. I secretly despise that antique clock…
The summer I spent working at a summer camp one of my fellow co-workers let me in on this little secret. Having the “sweet sweet blood” myself that mosquitoes are irresistibly drawn to (true story: when I was 11 I was hauled into town from the summer camp I was staying at to be inspected by a doctor since the counselors were convinced I had come down with a case of the chicken pox), I have wanted to test this theory myself for a number of years.
At the beginning of the summer I found out I would have a chance to participate in a camping trip into Algonquin Park in mid-August and figured that early June would be a good time to start swallowing garlic pills daily. My hope was to stink up my skin so much that by the time I entered the park I would not only remain bite-free myself, but would also shield all of the outdoor enthusiasts around me within a 5 kilometer radius. (I have since learned that the smell of garlic does not drive these little blood-suckers away, but rather it acts as a cloaking device that makes you hard for the mosquitoes to find). So the garlic pill swallowing continued religiously for a few months and then the moment of truth – camping in the woods for 4 days.
The Results: I left the park with about 5 bites which for me is pretty incredible since similar trips have left me more within the it-is-easier-to-approximate-how-much-of-my-skin-surface-has-NOT-been-bitten ballpark than vice versa. However, I was also told that because the timing of our trip coincided with the natural decline in mosquito populations, a direct correlation seemed impossible to make.
Until this weekend that it is, wherein having been garlic-free for approximately one week I sat on a patio for the span of 4 hours and got bitten at least 7 times! Hallelujah!...kind of. My current itchiness is comparable to a ride through the Burlap Sack Tunnel (real ride: look it up), but I believe I was able to partially prove that the garlic pills do some good. Needless to say I am back on the garlic wagon and will be until first frost. It also helps that one of my camping mates had a very similar experience.
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2) The elusive truth about eye-patches revealed.
If you wake up in the middle of the night and need to turn the light on to do something – cover one of your eyes prior to turning the light on and keep it covered until you turn the light off again. The covered eye will maintain its “settings” for darkness and you will therefore be able to get back to bed without stumbling around in the dark and knocking over that priceless grandfather antique clock at the foot of your bed. Isn’t that neat?! This is the real reason that a lot of pirates wore eye patches – this would enable them to go from the deck (sunlight) to the low light level below deck and not have to spend a period of time adjusting to the light. Genius!
I have resisted looking this one on Snopes.com because I so want to believe this to be true…the eye patch part…the stumbling in the darkness business would suit me fine. I secretly despise that antique clock…
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| HOLLA! Even in death pirates understand the importance of unimpaired vision in changing light conditions |
Monday, August 30, 2010
Gogol-iffic
Folks,
Let me say this. If there is one thing you do today it should be to discover Gogol Bordello. They are a fantastic band out of NYC that blends gypsy folk music, punk and dub. I would provide the link but I think your Googling skills require a brush up.
Let me say this. If there is one thing you do today it should be to discover Gogol Bordello. They are a fantastic band out of NYC that blends gypsy folk music, punk and dub. I would provide the link but I think your Googling skills require a brush up.
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| A little less conversation, a little more Gogol Bordello |
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
How cussing convenient!
This is just so ridiculous!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/rick-perry-oil-spill-may_n_562491.html
Texan governor claims the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have simply been "an act of God". Wow! I guess next time I fail at something that I could have easily prevented I can say a higher power willed it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/rick-perry-oil-spill-may_n_562491.html
Texan governor claims the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have simply been "an act of God". Wow! I guess next time I fail at something that I could have easily prevented I can say a higher power willed it.
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