Image via Wikipedia CANDY COMBATANTS AND BEER BOMBARDIERS. I get my hair cut at a local unisex barber shop in town where my husband and son also get their hair cut. On this particular day, my husband had an appointment before me and watched a DVD of Venice, Italy, while locks of his hair fell… Continue reading
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Mad TV IPad Parody Before IPad Existed
Several years ago, MadTV, a comedy show on Fox that ran at the same time as SNL, did a Parody of a fake Apple product they called the iPad for women. You get the picture. Now see the video. That’s why choosing the proper name for a product is so important. Somebody at Apple didn’t… Continue reading
Caught in the Unemployment Voice Mail Undertow.
MONDAY’S UNEMPLOYMENT LUNCH SPECIAL: Waterlogged crescents with bloated blue cheese, horseradish flotsam, and sour cream pond scum. Try not to throw up until after you’ve finished pressing every voice mail option and screaming obscenities at the cyborg operator. I’m convinced that my Uncle Sam’s phone system was designed for the criminally insane or for flat-lined… Continue reading
CSI Kitchen: The Cook that Slaughtered the Sauce.
KITCHEN CARNAGE. My reputation for crimes against cooking precedes me, as I recently discovered that my name is on the FBI’s No Fry List. Whenever checking out at the supermarket, I’m dragged out of line, patted down, and then interrogated in the meat locker. The evidence of my atrocity is displayed in the above crime… Continue reading
Uncle Sam is My Sugar Daddy.
Image via Wikipedia The relative with deep pockets. For a year my very generous Uncle Sam, who is on my mother’s side, has been supporting me financially. He took pity upon the fact that I lost my job and have to sit home all day euthanizing resumes and cover letters that have been condemned to… Continue reading
Unscripted Web Design and the 404 Sanity Drainer
Image by CyboRoZ via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/filicudi/ / CC BY 2.0 Written by Ivy Guiler – UnscriptedLife.com I leaned back from my laptop, affectionately known as Lolita, and gave my newly finished website one final glance. The logo was perfect, the content was in place and the menus were in working order. I even had a… Continue reading
The film babbler – When watching a movie just isn’t good enough.
The sound of two lips flapping. http://www.flickr.com/photos/peteashton/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 I went to see the movie Leap Year this past Sunday night and was disappointed with the dialog in the movie and in the audience behind me. An older woman with a loud screechy voice that was a perfect complement to the actress’s grating… Continue reading
Snaking the Drain: The Sequel – That Sinking Feeling.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiotsrun/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.After arriving home at 1a.m. Saturday morning from a girl’s night out of champagne chugging at a friend’s house (we finished off 9 bottles among the seven of us), I discovered a lagoon in the kitchen sink. Yes, sci fi‘s most famous alien creature, “The Clog,”… Continue reading
Happy New Year to Humans, Cats, and Writer’s blocks!
Created in Microsoft Word. Writing Avoidance 101 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Clean out the closet: – Color coordinate clothing and group by season, color, and gradation of wear. – Arrange shoes by comfort level and tripping scale: 3-inch heels, 2-inch heels, flat soles, rubber soles, no soul. Chapter 2 Add extra meals to… Continue reading
Post-It Note Tuesday: What’s on your medicine cabinet?
I’m now posting to posts with sticky notes, courtesy of SupahMommy’s meme. Please stop by her site and read the writing on the wall.