five dollars

I love this website idea. Fiverr.com lets you post or purchase any service for just $5. My favorites include:
Personal Training Advice for a Month
Cheer You Up When You're Sad
Create a Three Course Meal Menu
Help You Fix Your Bike
Tell You the Meaning of Life
Are you serious? Just $5.

I'm sorry the paucity of posts lately folks. Aside from my recent vacation, family hardships and work difficulties, for whatever reason, I just haven't had the motivation to write lately. Life's funny and just when I really should be writing about it, I can't. Sorry. I considered early retirement. We'll see where we go from here.

Cheaponomics

Author Raj Patel lists the Top Ten Things That Aren't As Cheap As You Think. I thought this list was pretty interesting but particularly item #1.

Exploring the Positive

I have been feeling really down this week. I can't explain why really. But mostly the negative seems to be outweighing the positive and I am allowing it to overwhelm me. This doesn't usually happen, but here I am. So I am attempting to pull myself out of it. I happened upon Keri Smith's website today and it may be just what I needed. Anita received Keri's book How To Be An Explorer Of The World for Xmas but I am ashamed to say we have not put it to good use as of yet. After reading her blog, I pulled the book from it's shelf and plan on exploring it (and the world) immediately.

eye candy

Chained and Perfumed is addicting for it's pics and pop culture flashbacks. I spent quite a long time there the other night staring at the photos of David Bowie as snapped by Linda McCartney and reading the old articles and movie reviews. It's pretty well put together and I am fascinated by those awesome pictures that they find.

Warning: The front page of their site is ok as of this date, but some older posts are definitely Not Safe For Work (NFSW) due to some nudity. So be careful out there.

Just Kids...

Patti Smith has a book coming out based on her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. Sounds interesting, as does she in this interview. My favorite part is when she mentions the sentence she wrote to describe her now deceased husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith. It took her a year to write the sentence.

mistakes, i've made a few

Things are very busy at work so I only have time for a brief post. We've all made mistakes. I think John Cleese has some interesting things to say on the subject and how to keep a positive outlook on a future that is inevitably going to be mistake filled.

blind mom needs to look in mirror

You may remember a while back I posted a link to the hilarious and somewhat scary Michael at the Dentist book at Sweet-Juniper.com. Well, have I got a follow-up post for you. My Mom Can't See is my new favorite book in a series of posts on Sweet-Juniper entitled Terrifying Nixon Era Children's Books.

Same deal as the last time. Some of the text is real and some is fake and all of it is funny.


"I hate going to foreign films with my [blind] mom."

Born to be Badass

I can't remember how I happened on this website but it is both funny and educational. Whose your favorite badass?

at the dentist

I have had to go to the dentist twice in the past month. Oh, what torture.
And then today while perusing the blog Sweet-Juniper, I discovered this hilarious post about a book from the 70s documenting a child's first visit to the dentist entitled Michael at the Dentist.

Here is just one sample panel from the book.

"What's that in your hand?" Michael screams.

In his left hand, Dr. Schwaid holds the dental drill.

"That's a good question," Dr. Schwaid replies. "Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to work we go. . ." sings Dr. Schwaid.

Macaroni! That scares the hell out of me.

But you have to check out the Sweet Juniper post to see the rest of the book with some creative editing to the original text in the name of comedy. It's very humorous.
[Keep an eye out for Indiana Jones references]

monster names

Ok, get in the spirit of Halloween! Go to I-mockery.com to create names and words using the vintage monster sticker cards from 1974.
It's fun for you and for me.

Hat tip to jmh for the link.

People of Wal-Mart

This is one of the best things I have seen in awhile. I can't stop laughing but I am also kind of crying inside. Seriously makes me want to go to Wal-Mart. But I think I would need a shower afterwards.

gif party

Sorry. Again, no time to post anything worthwhile. In the meantime, entertain yourself with Gif Party. It is about half funny.

What do you think Wee-Bey, is it funny? Well, think about it. You have plenty of time to decide.



Warning: Definitely not safe for work.