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6 Ways to Childproof Your Home
Children are a blessing, but if you are expecting a new arrival, there are quite a few things that you will need to do to your home to make sure that it is childproof. As soon as they are able to crawl, they are able to get hurt, so it...
Windows screens may look tough, but many times they are all too fragile. One small tear can mean a house filled with bugs, but thankfully, it’s easy enough to fix them if you have the right tools. Here’s a quick guide to replacing and repairing window screens that anyone can...
Maintenance for your Swimming Pool
On a humid and hot day in August, there is nothing that feels quite as good as a dip in your pool. If your pool is looking a little bit more like a pond than a place for swimming, then nobody is going to be happy. Here are some tips...
How to Freshen Up Your Bathroom
Most of us go to the bathroom to freshen up, but there are a few easy tips you can use to freshen up the entire room. If your bathroom is getting a little boring, or you’re just sick of how it looks, these tips will help you save money and...
If you’re thinking about buying an old house to restore, stop right now and buy this book. It is the absolute epitome of what you should not do, and it may even make you change your mind. Anyone interested in home improvement horror stories will love this book, and there...
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Five Star Friday's Edition #93
"Five Star Friday's Edition #93": This Five Star Friday roundup is brought to you by the loss of a parent, Disney on Ice, fear, autism, a breakdown, a vintage computer manual, the Bahamas, a grandfather, motherhood, suicidal thoughts, addiction, love and sex, parenting, a flight, homelessness, a bean, a movie, letting...
The Headache, The Fuzz-Meister, And Some Olympic Mittens
I was all busy sitting here having a headache, and then I thought Why am I still here having this headache when I've already had this headache for three weeks?, so then I thought, Maybe I should go to the chiropractor, since this is totally from that stupid spine of...
"Best Sex Writing 2010: Sex Writing Is Sexy, And Reading Sex Writing Is Pretty Sexy, Too": I am going to admit something that I find personally quite embarrassing: until recently, I had not been able to make it through an entire book in well over a year. There. I said it....
2010 Canadian Weblog Awards Exclusive Nominee Interview with Tornwordo of Sticky Crows
"2010 Canadian Weblog Awards Exclusive Nominee Interview with Tornwordo of Sticky Crows": You weren't born in Canada. How did you come to being a Canadian from your American roots? ...In a nutshell, gay bi-national couples (spouse is Canadian) cannot live legally together in the US. Canada actually gives special consideration to couples...
I have been sick for weeks. I've been sick for so long now that I've lost track of how many weeks it's been. Let's say that it's been four weeks. Let's say that I got what seemed like a mild to medium weight flu about four weeks ago. That sounds right....
"2010 Canadian Weblog Awards Exclusive Nominee Interview with Karen Sugarpants and sam {temptingmama} of Craftastrophe": Why blogging? Because it pays so well. Hahaha..not. Blogging is part of who we both are now — we've both been blogging for forever and a day on our personal blogs, and this idea just made sense...
Domestic Psychology
Our beaker is extremely full. Adult time is so important that it should be a large rock. In reality, it is somewhere between gravel and sand. The boulders that take top priority don’t just make time something that we have to use whenever it is available, they...
“Augh! My paper that I spent an hour writing is GONE!” “Relax. Let me see if there’s a saved copy of it. Were you using Word?” “I was typing it up on facebook.” “Facebook? You were writing a school paper on facebook?” “Yes.” “Open up something other than facebook and start...
Step one: Find the perfect venue for an end of eighth grade party/dance. Step two: Sundown in the City schedule ruins perfectness of venue. Step three: Find different, but equally awesome venue. Step four: Principal changes date of event and neither venue is available. Step five: Pound head on wall...
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In lieu of an actual post, a quick update that may or may not hint at future post topics. Tommy – Every semester is a fog of not knowing until final grades appear, so we are stuck in a holding pattern. Sarah – For an assortment of reasons, including some that she...
It has taken me forever to feel it is appropriate to comment on the shooting at Inskip. I just couldn’t comment until the victims were stable and the school was moving forward in their healing process. The screaming about the size of the staff in the AJ...
mental_floss Blog
How Do You Transport a Whale? The orca that tragically killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando last month was previously kept at a now-defunct aquarium in British Columbia. How does something so large get from Point A to Point B?...
This Week’s Most Popular Stories
In case you weren’t obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here’s what you missed: 1. 7 Ways to Nap at Work, by Miss Cellania * 2. 7 Ways People Woke Up Pre-Alarm Clock, by David K. Israel * 3. Sweet Action: 8 Big Bets Made by Famous People, by Ethan Trex * 4. The Quick 10: 10 Ways...
The Weekend Links: Saturday Edition
From long-time link contributor Larry (who has a great blog The Fire Wire), comes a strange and amusing website that creates musical tracks based on URL content. Try out all your favorites and see the differences (mentalfloss.com is the best I’ve heard yet, of course). * Who doesn’t enjoy a fail boat...
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I’ve got a quiz for serious gamers over at BoingBoing.net. Let us know how you did!...
The Quick 10: the Best Facts about the Best Pictures
To finish out the Quick 10 Oscar posts this week, we have a few facts about some of the Best Picture winners and nominees over the years. I usually try to see most of the nominees, but I’m a little embarrassed to say I have only seen two of...
Simplify Life
Do's and Don’ts of Making Mr. Mom Feel Special
It’s hard on a man to lose his job. We live in a society where a man is defined by the kind of work that he does. The sobering fact is that men have held 75% of the more than 7 million jobs that have been lost because of the...
Caring for Elderly Parents—What They Need From You
A recent report by the National Alliance for Caregiving in collaboration with AARP estimates that there are at least 43.5 million caregivers. This means 19% of all adults provide unpaid care for someone over 50 years old. This probably isn’t the whole picture, because the fastest growing age group in...
How to Plan Summer Camps & Activities for Kids in the Bay Area
Can you believe it’s already time to make plans for summertime fun for the family? If you’re thinking about sending the kids to camp this year, you should know that they fill up fast. ...
Tips for an Enjoyable Valentine’s Day in Silicon Valley
Despite the over-commercialism of the upcoming holiday, Valentine's Day is the perfect opportunity to put aside some time and reconnect with loved ones. With Valley life going a mile a minute, this weekend is...
5 Simple Ways to Stay Healthy & Manage Stress
For many women, it can be so stressful to balance work and your activities with caring for your family needs and household chores. Stress can lead to many health problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and a suppressed immune system. Women just can’t afford to get sick. We need...
How to Easily Answer the Question: “What’s For Dinner?”
If you start cooking at age 15 and live to age 75, and you cook dinner 5 days a week (taking every Saturday and Sunday off) you will have planned and prepared 15,600 meals just for dinner alone. And who gets to take every weekend off? We still have to eat...
larry borsato
… before pesticide bans. And shockingly, rather than basing those bans on science, it seems that environmentalists may have intentionally misled the public: A group representing dozens of lawn care companies trying to bring charges against Ontario’s environment minister and senior bureaucrats over the province’s controversial pesticide ban is now calling...
Rogers just can’t leave well enough alone.
The other day I pushed the "Guide" button on my Rogers digital box remote. It didn’t bring up the program guide; it brought up the "Rogers Quick Menu", an apparent new feature, complete with advertising. I assumed that I had merely hit the wrong button by mistake. But no, it...
Yesterday there was an article in my local paper, The Record, regarding plans to narrow Bearinger Road in Waterloo from four lanes to two. Curiously, this article appears only in the print edition of the paper, and does not appear on the website, keeping the notice of public meetings hidden...
Massachusetts goes Republican.
Though I’m currently in Canada, I can’t help but wish I was back home in Boston, especially on nights like tonight when there’s an election on. Especially on a night when a Massachusetts senate seat, held for almost my entire life by Senator Ted Kennedy, goes Republican: In a victory few...
Debbie Weil comments on Seth Godin’s new book, LINCHPIN: This is great news for those of us who aren’t good at following the rules. Those of us who have, in fact, been fired because we didn’t fit in. Count me in that group. I’ve been fired at least twice – a...
The understatement of the year.
A headline on the print edition of today’s New York Times may even be the understatement of the decade: Democrats Fret That the Public is Dissatisfied With the subhead: Race in Massachusetts as Party Referendum But if you don’t get the print edition and go to the web instead you won’t see that. You’ll...
adventure journalist - a journal of the adventure in everyday living
Silk Parachute, John McPhee: The brief, brilliant essay Silk Parachute, which first appeared in The New Yorker a decade ago, has become John McPhee’s most anthologized piece of writing. In the nine other pieces here– highly varied in length and theme–McPhee ranges with his characteristic humor and intensity through lacrosse, long-exposure...
“Can money pay for all the days I lived awake, but half-asleep?”
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Sarah, 15, had her first date yesterday. We accompanied she and Chris (of course) for dinner (Olive Garden) and a movie (AVATAR). A corner has been turned. More…...
Beginnings of another weekend snowstorm....
Woke up to a morning reminiscent of the San Luis Valley. More frosty photos from today here....
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To Think Is To Create
I have things to say about rest. The need for it… being made for it… being commanded to do it… I’ll be sharing more on this next week. Will you take time to rest this weekend? Will you take a whole day to rest? Share and Enjoy:...
Meet My New Friend {and a giveaway!}
I read her story, a special needs mom, and it so resonated. I knew the struggles of her heart, because they are my struggles too. Even though our kids have different issues, the mom result is mostly the same. Not giving up, persevering, constant priority checks. I emailed her, to just...
“The secret of achievement is not to let what you are doing get to you before you get to it.” – T.F. Tenney Share and Enjoy:...
We sit and watch as Olympians from all countries sweat, compete and give their all. As I contemplate these amazing athletes I always think of the mamas. Those ladies waiting in the wings, biting their lip and holding their breath while their precious child gives their all. I think of Joannie...
I search the Bible for…focus. The actual word. Do you know how many times the word focus shows up in the bible? Zero. {at least in my ESV translation} How strange. And unhelpful. I need to know how to focus, where to focus. Why to focus… I break out my trusty and well worn...
I sit and ponder life metaphors and God’s metaphors and am humbled and awed yet again. We think we stumble, as if accidental, upon these great ways of describing ourselves, these things in nature that mirror our humanity… Look at the mama bear, how she loves on her young and protects, so...
kyle steed
I write because I want to. I don’t have to tell you anything. But the term “transparent” is becoming more and more popular these days. Gary Vaynerchuk, Jason Fried and Aaron Irizarry come to mind when I think of being transparent. But what we call the internet is really nothing...
The project continues to be a challenge for me. Some have said congrats on making it this far, and thank you, but I still can’t imagine what it will feel like on something like day 229. I was thinking about this the other night. With my dedication to this project, as...
I was bored with color this past week. When I first started taking photographs all I shot was black and white film. I think it’s a good way to learn about light and composition, but I think it can also become a crutch. There is always a challenge with color. So...
I’m working my way backwards this morning. Starting at the end and going back to the beginning. Sometimes that’s the way I feel I’m living my life. We’re already in to the middle of February and it feels like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be but something big is about...
I wonder if we really understand the true meaning of social networking or if we are getting lost in the numbers. Inspired by this Friday Vidcast from Aaron Irizarry. Special thanks to Andy Rutledge for his brutally honest opinions....
Wow! It’s already been a month. I’m not going to act surprised or anything, this has been on my calendar for a while now. Doing these daily photos has really helped me appreciate each day, and each new challenge I am faced with. Usually the weeks just pass me by...
FlowerDust.net | Anne Jackson
The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice - though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried with its...
A Candid Interview on Addiction, Confession & Transparency
A few weeks ago, I was invited to be the guest on the Samson Society podcast with Nate Larkin & David Mullen. We talked about everything from cycling across the country, to life as a former preacher’s kid, to women and porn addiction (as well as drug and alcohol abuse), confession,...
I have been working on writing this post for a few days now, and somehow (probably due to late-night blogging) it accidentally was published yesterday. I took it down about an hour after it went up, because it wasn’t ready yet…but a surprising number of people responded in that short...
When African Eyes are Watching
Two years ago, a trip to Uganda with Compassion International changed my life. It didn’t happen immediately. I wrestled with what I saw, and what I knew the Bible said, and how I loved living my own comfortable life. I’ll never forget that trip. We’ve quit jobs. Moved. And continue...
Book Alert: Picking Dandelions
Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love became runaway best sellers in the emerging category of memoirs. Readers were drawn like magnets to Lamott’s faith journey, set amongst her left-wing family in California and they were equally smitten with Gilbert’s personal growth as she explored Italy, India...
Joe Blogs
Image by ° ρЯίтΛм ° [busy] via FlickrThere are numerous benefits to having an organized space, being more productive, less time searching for relevence, less clutter, increased attention, engagement and more control. I have many friends online across various sites and the ability to streamline the chaos provides many benefits.The...
Image by subcityphotos via FlickrArrived at the O2 Academy Brixton, full of excitement for the closing night of the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour in London. The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, Big Pink and Drums provided the live performances for a rapturous finale.Demand for tickets meant that I had to purchase...
Image by mikeinlondon via FlickrI recently attended the O2 Brixton Academy and wrote that I regarded it as one of London's leading music venues. I focused on the atmosphere, crowd participation and the area referred to as the mosh pit. Tonight, Brixton Academy had competition, my brothers band the Internal...
Listing All Those Empty Homes Out There
Image via CrunchBaseI'm sure that you have seen the 'Keep it Safe. Keep it Hidden. Keep it Locked' commercials that provide useful advice on how best to keep your property safe. Basics like shutting windows and locking car doors even when you are only gone for a minute, or keeping...
Image via WikipediaSouth by Southwest (SXSW) is a music, film, and interactive conference and festival that takes place every spring in Austin, Texas. SXSW is one of the largest music festivals in the United States, with more than 1,400 performers playing in more than 80 venues around Austin over four...
Image via CrunchBaseLast.fm is a popular Internet radio site for music, founded in 2002. Using a music recommendation system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the songs the user listens to, either from Internet radio stations, or the user's computer...
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The Possibility Of Everything - The lengths mothers will go to help their children
When Little L was a baby she didn't sleep. At least not in her crib. Or her bassinet. Or the bouncy seat. She only liked to sleep attached to me, either in the sling or latched on my breast. At times I could swaddle her tightly and nurse her to...
Sick day #4 and the never ending rain
On Sunday evening I tucked in both girls and thought they felt a tad warm. Moments later C started coughing in her sleep.With two kids with asthma coughing is run of the mill around here, but this wasn't an asthma cough, it was a croupy cough and my heart sank....
Wordless Wednesday: Enough with the rain already!
Most of the country is sick of the snow. I'm just sick of the rain.... Happy Wordless Wednesday!...
Most evenings M and I tag team, I feed the kids while he cleans up, or I fold laundry while he feeds the kids. Then we tag team the bedtime routine, books for one, teeth for the other. Whoever isn't with the kids at that particular moment is cooking the...
"Aim for the moon, at the very least you'll land among the stars." Makes sense right? You aim for the very very best and even if you fall a bit short you still know you did well, you're still proud of what you've accomplished.I have big dreams. They involve hard...
Ending a tough day with a little magic
When C woke up this morning she quietly, but very clearly, told me that she wasn't going back to Kindergarten. No way. No how.I was torn. I don't like to let her quit. It was one more day. There was really no reason to give in. And yet my gut...
Let's Live Forever!
Goodbye from the LLF office (it’s very hot here). I’ve decided to wrap up this blog. I’ve thought for some time I might be able to keep doing occasional posts, but I don’t think that will work—not for me, anyway. The main reason is to do with focus—I find when I am...
Last weekend a band was recording at our place (photo above), and one of the guys gave everyone a printed copy of a quote from Martha Graham. Martha Graham was a dancer and choreographer who lived throughout most of the 20th century. I loved it so much I thought I’d share...
Shirley Strachan of Skyhooks singing Ego Is Not A Dirty Word Ego is not a dirty word Ego is not a dirty word Ego is not a dirty word Don’t you believe what you’ve seen or you’ve heard This is from the 1975 song Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, by popular Australian band Skyhooks....
Keeping Body And Soul Together
Deepak Chopra brought out a new book last week, Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New You. The webpage for the book, here, says: Using Deepak Chopra’s ten steps to wholeness, you can harness those basic elements [awareness and energy] to change the distorted energy patterns that are...
Saturn, the planet of manifestation through constriction, in astrology. Image from NASA. Sometimes there are things we just can’t do. Not right now, anyway. I’m all for unlimited thinking and believing we can do anything, but I also think we can choose to see the limitations we are stuck with right now...
Photo by Tiago Rïbeiro The other day for some reason I decided to really stay in present time as much as I could, while not actually doing anything. I was feeling quite at peace with my world and had no particular reason to stress about anything. I relaxed into feeling very happy...
This Eclectic Life
Two garments live side by side in my closet. Hanging together … as they did many years ago. Neither is particularly attractive or stylish; both have seen better days. Their fabric is “pilled,” as so often happens with knits that have been washed many times, although I...
I don’t feel guilty for my opinions, but I’ll atone for them anyway on this Only The Good Friday. A few days ago, I wrote a somewhat snarky post questioning a man’s artistic ability. He called himself a “folk artist,” and I was skeptical. I didn’t think...
Darkness fell as we were driving across Central Texas, and Mr. Tucker and I were feeling a bit “peckish,” as we had not had any supper. Because we wanted to continue our drive, we didn’t want to find one of those “sit-down” restaurants I like to discover. We...
All of the five cats at my house are neurotic. Wait a minute … if I say “cat” and “neurotic” in the same sentence, am I being redundant, and repeating myself, also, too, as well? No matter. The point is my cats are all crazy, but one...
I stood on the wooden planks of this suspension bridge in Waco and closed my eyes, trying to conjure days long ago. On a quiet Sunday afternoon, it wasn’t hard to imagine a herd of Texas cattle, with their eyes rolling in fear, jostling and shoving each other on...
My perspective is changing as I attempt to “go green.” I don’t like to say that I’m on a “diet” (nobody likes to go on a “diet!”), but I don’t know what else to call it. I’m on an “energy diet.” In order to lose...
Eternal Ramblings of a Confused Mind
At The Top That Is Not The Top
I wanted to be one of the first, but in an unexpected turn of events, I was one of the last. At least for awhile… Last week I was in Dubai on a last minute trip to get away, have a change of scenery and spend some time with Ulco, who...
Anyone who knows me, is aware that I am having a hot and steamy love affair with my camera. So, taking a lead from Ulco's photo of the day idea, (click here and then click on "1per24" in the menu to see them...) I have decided to start a new...
I haven’t been blogging that much lately, and there’s a reason for that. Lots of them, actually. When I started blogging, it was all about being funny, making myself and other people laugh and recording the adventures I shared with my wonderful friends. And then just over a year ago,...
I was at the Coffee Bean in Delhi, sitting a couple of tables over from a monk in red and orange robes who was being kept warm by a Burberry scarf and entertained via the iPod earbuds he had in his ears as he nursed what looked like a large...
I can’t believe it has been six weeks since I have posted anything here. Six whole weeks, with my last post being about toilets. I meant to write more after that, but one morning I woke up and decided I just wanted to live life, not really write about it...
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am bathroom shy. You might even say I am in potty denial. I just don’t want anyone to know that I actually engage in certain activities, and I think that by denying them, they will ultimately go away. But today is different. I’m...
37days
sunday sounds : the greatest thing you'll ever learn...
...is just to love and be loved in return....
simple action saturday : sit in the sun
There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. -Annie Dillard Find some sun. Or some wind. Or rain for that matter. Sit in it. No sun where you are? Yes there is. Just get outside--no matter what the weather--for ten minutes. Every single day....
how to write (a book). a wee rant.
I get a lot of emails from people asking how to write (a book). So I thought perhaps an essay outlining my thoughts on the topic might be helpful—to me, in order to clarify the thoughts I have about writing—and, perhaps, to others. (You don’t write? Substitute paint, embroider, sing…for......
mind :: my brain and yours Can teachers be taught to teach better? (Thanks to Connie Knapp) Happiness by proxy. "Consulting the experience of another person, a surrogate, in deciding whether something will make you happy.... They discovered that the direct experience of another person trumps the conjecturing of our......
poetry wednesday : for the ones who have etched themselves in the laugh lines
Washing the Elephant Isn’t it always the heart that wants to wash the elephant, begging the body to do it with soap and water, a ladder, hands, in tree shade big enough for the vast savannas of your sadness, the strangler fig of your guilt, the cratered full moon’s light......
found-art tuesday : in the going, and in the doing.
I've known Amy McCracken for a long time, my whole life, through these pages of 37days. She reads this blog, and sends me the most amazing letters in the mail. She is one of my favorite writers, and storytellers, in the whole wide world. The woman can write. Last Wednesday......
A Wayward Journey
I seriously doubt I’ll have a chance to get a real blog entry written today and we may be leaving tomorrow, so I figured I better put something here to let you all know we are safe and sound. The rioting here in Piura is over and I spent the...
“We think you should stay here today and leave tomorrow,” Nena told me when I started hauling our stuff downstairs to pack. “I talked with my friend who owns the hostel in Piura and she said it was really ugly yesterday. You should stay here.” Last night the owners of our...
Today was very, very, very , very boring. We were going to leave this morning by there was a very bad riot in the town we are going to so we decided to stay here. In the riot, there have been three people killed. I did my math and watched...
Today I was surprised when I woke up because I wasn’t extremely tired. I was wondering why. When I asked how far we were going I wasn’t anymore. We were only going 40 kilometers so I could sleep in a little bit. So I got out of bed and did...
If you’ve been reading this blog lately, you’ll know that we’ve been struggling. Big time. So far, we hate Peru. We keep trying to tell ourselves this is just one part of the whole country, but I’ll admit it is hard to keep that focus. We are feeling exactly as...
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Sullana, Peru)
I woke up to big ol’ raindrops falling from the sky. We hadn’t put the fly on the tent, so scrambled around furiously packing our sleeping bags before they got too awfully wet. I could tell it would be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. When I went outside...
GirlsAskGuys.com - Recent Questions
He unblocked me... what does this mean?
my ex unblocked me on msn ...what does this mean? we haven't had any contact for over a month (he has me blocked on Facebook and msn) until yesterday when I texted him to ask if it would be okay if I could attend a mutual friends birthday...
Loves me one week, not interested the next?
So there's this guy, well there had to be didn't there, I've known for like a year. We've never really been in a position to date, like I've never thought of him that way, until recently. Lately I've been thinking, and other people have told me, that he likes me...
I've Googled it and stuff... but I don't get a straight forward answer....
How do you "open your heart to love"?
when a girl has been heartbroken many times and people refer to the phrase "opening your heart to love again"what exactly does that mean? how do you "open your heart to love". is this just letting your guard down? willing to connect with someone emotionally? having sex with someone? please...
If you acted too clingy/needy when you were just starting to get to know some one, is there a way to rebound from it if the other person has pretty much lost interest? I usually try to be more conscious about my actions, but I had a temporary lapse...
Girl I'm talking to comes and tells me she's pregnant and it's not mine.
I've been talking to this girl for about 5 months now. I met her at the local bar. We seemed to hit it off very well at first and as the months went on things kinda cooled off and then got hot again then cool. I made...
Pun Intended’s New, Spectacular Sister Site…
Photo by inottawa The days of PI being a solo site are now behind us. Please give P.I.’s little sister a warm round of applause: Tick Tock Timer This site is designed to help you kill procrastination and get things done. It’s free to use any hour of the day, for whatever you...
1. Forever rid yourself of all that is unpleasant or mundane Need to deal with a mountain of laundry? Send clone. Got jury duty? Send clone. Held at gunpoint, and forced to massage a homeless man’s bunion-laden feet? Send clone. 2. Win the science fair It doesn’t matter if you’re in grade school. Heck, you...
Ode to The ‘Epic Beard Man’ Who Whooped Ass
Note: It may be necessary to watch the above video prior to enjoying this post. Epic Beard Man, you wanted a shoe-shine; not an exchange of blows… Epic Beard Man, after a heated exchange, you got yo’ ass up and moved to the front of the bus to leave the drama behind… Yet the...
1. Synchronized Swimming Is there anything more pure and beautiful than dancing in unison with a few of your closest friends, in a large body of chlorine, while sporting shower caps? This Olympic event is the perfect fusion of swimming and contemporary dance. 2. Curling Of all the weird Olympic sports, curling is by...
Use ‘The Art of War’ to Overcome Any Bad Habit
Illustration by deedlitmon Happy Chinese New Year! In honor of the Chinese New Year, I’m sharing pearls from The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Let’s begin: “Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations...
7 Ways to Accelerate Global Warming
Illustration by ~Nato-VanDookie For many of us, it’s cold this time of year. Unbearably cold. And let’s be honest, nobody enjoys shoveling snow or losing a toe to frost bite. That’s why I propose we do all we can to artificially heat up this lovely spinning sphere we call home. Although it’s...