Need A Smile?

My Dad forwarded this charming short film on to me. Thought I would share it with you. When something makes me smile this big, I have to pass it on! : )

Urban Camouflage

Here's how to blend in seamlessly at an IKEA. Urban Camouflage is the newest international pastime. I challenge everyone to attempt an Urban Camouflage at least once this year.

Random Shots for Early March

Winter is long and my attention span is short. Here are a few pictures I love to add some cheer to a heartlessly cold March morning. First pic (above) is of two friends who are rounding the bend on their second wedding anniversary. It was taken at a theatre production involving the young lady's younger brother (He was hilarious). Afterward, I snapped this photo of the two on a bench. They always sit like that... ; )

There is little in this world that is quite so heartening as a new soul being introduced to the culinary delight that is Baker Whips (chocolate covered marshmallows). The cloud-stained lips, the sugar-glazed eyes... Ah, to be 18 months again!

Two Summers ago our good friends married in a small ceremony in their back yard. It was rejuvinating and exciting to be a part of their festivities. My husband took the photos. This one makes me smile.


And last but not least, here is a shot that is sure to cheer me up under any circumstances. My (then) boyfriend and I splitting a bathtub-sized margarita at a Mexican restaurant in Old Sacramento. Immediately following this we had our portrait taken in old western dress up clothes (the margarita probably helped!). By sunset that night, we were engaged to be married. One of the best days of my life. : )

Fortune Cookie

I guess I can't get that in a half size then...

Did you know...

Did you know, onions are poisonous to dogs and cats? I didn't.*


*unless of course, we're talking about a hot dog, in which case onions are perfectly harmless.

Leap Second??

Marvel at the ingenuity of modern man. This year will be one second longer than last year. What are you gonna do with your extra second on December 31st? I think I'm gonna go for a longer new Year's kiss. Awh, Yaah!

P-utrid?

How many words can you come up with for unpleasant things that begin with the letter 'P?'

Pictured to the right is a punch. Not pleasant. Not pleasant at all! Get to typing!

[editor's note: I know I'll regret asking at some point when somebody comes up with something truly nasty, so forgive my curiosity in advance...]

Sweeping Generalization Thursday

"I have rights, you know!"

Philosophy Hour

Who is the bigger fool? The man who shouts, "There is a God!" in a godless universe? Or the man who stands with fists akimbo declaring, "There is NO god!" while the God of the universe looks on?

Sweeping Generalization Thursday

LOVE HURTS

Sweeping Generalization Thursday

All the best work at the office is done after four in the afternoon.

Bagel with Locks

Food for Thought

No two popcorn are exactly the same.

Groups Nobody Likes

Just on a whim to see what Google thinks I researched "Groups nobody likes." Here's what I found. Nobody likes:

Fibbers
Freeloaders
Vegetarians
Bullies
Conservatives
Tourists
Born Again Christians
RAF Police Military Crew
Ignorant Hillblillies with Weapons
Sunburn Slappers
and Newcomers

Other things (or people) that Nobody likes:

Onions
Alarm clocks
Missing Album Art
Monopolies
Flies
Beheadings
Gore's Pet Car Project
One Employee
A Burnt Elvis
Change
America
Paying Taxes
Higher Gas Prices
Long Wars
Pain
Giving Up Power
Noobs
Cookies
Spam
Martha Stewart
Shitty Behavior
Being Attacked
Nietzsche
Lazy People
Hangovers
Censorship
A Rat
and Jennifer Lopez

I suppose if you thought of something you didn't like we could add it to the list...

Egg-static

I'm so glad somebody finally said something about how great eggs are.

Wag-A-Flag

Seriously, I don't know what could be better then an LCD flag that waves in three dimensions. I have never felt so proud of my country! (I'm not joking either. I am DAMN proud of US right now! God Bless This Crazy Country!)

And you know this technology was made in Taiwan. You just know it!

Extreme Trash Tossing

Now if only they would clean up their rooms.

Bedtime Story

Once upon a time there was a man. He looked like other men and thought like other men, but he was not like other men. He was tall. Taller than other men around him. ANd he stuck out like a sore thumb. This tall man tried very hard to fit in the chairs that society had made for him. He stooped under doorways and crouched into cars. He folded himself to get on the bus and even rolled himself up to carpool with his fellow workers. But secretly he longed to be average. He looked with envy on the short little men who walked into stores and ice cream parlors without banging their heads and without slouching so far down that they had breathing problems. If only, he thought, I could stand up straight in the world. If only I didn't have to slouch just to get along.

One day as he hunkered over his computer screen on his short desk in his teeny swivel chair, a co-worker stopped by and said, "Hey man, why don't you take up biking?"

So he did. He bought the tallest bike he could (it still wasn't tall enough) and he walked slowly to the end of his street. He placed one leg on either side of his bicycle and sat. He pedalled forward and began to pick up speed. Soon he was going down a long hill, pedalling faster and faster, the wind whistling past his ears and his hair. He clung to the handlebars as the houses on either side raced by....

(How do you think the story continues?)

FYI

Largest non-round Balloon Sculpture:
It's important to keep up on things like this. There could come a day when such knowledge will come in handy. You know it will. You'll be in line at the grocery store and a mother will be yelling at her fussy child to shut up and sit down in the cart when the child will rear back and say, "You're the biggest non-round balloon structure in the whole world!" and poke his lower lip out. And while the mother stands there with her jaw hanging open, ready to beat the whelp black and blue, you will just nip in between them and say, "No, actually the world's largest non-round balloon sculpture is of two soccer players on a field of balloon grass!" And harmony will be restored.

Das Mail Man

The Anti-Mail Man is German after all. (Wasn't this a Seinfeld episode?)