But I am definitely needing to give smooches to Michael Phelps, aka Supahfish.
Six (update: or more) gold medals may just be the tipping point.
(Oh, and it's a bit surreal to be watching the O's on Canadian television. "Ling Long Pagoda" is. . . well, let's just call that our inside joke.) =D
Thoughts ?
14 August 2008
08 August 2008
Because It Makes Me Laugh EVERY TIME
No more rhymes ! I mean it !
*pause*
Anybody want a peanut ?
Kudos to those of you who know the movie. . .
Thoughts ?
*pause*
Anybody want a peanut ?
Kudos to those of you who know the movie. . .
Thoughts ?
06 August 2008
Because I WANT Comments, Dangit
A Quiz for People Who Know Everything
(apologies to the original author -- I give him or her props even though I have no idea who created this.)
1. There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it ?
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backwards ?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables ?
4. At noon and midnight, the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross ?
5. What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball ?
6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside ?
7. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle ?
8. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw". They are all common. Name two of them.
9. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them ?
10. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers" ?
11. There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls (a "walk") is one way. Name the other six.
12. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it ?
13. How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more strikeouts in one inning ?
14. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S".
I will post the answers when I am satisfied at the amount of comments begging for them. >=D
ROBERT -- you just need to write them down for me. No commenting for you, sir.
Thoughts ?
(apologies to the original author -- I give him or her props even though I have no idea who created this.)
1. There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it ?
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backwards ?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables ?
4. At noon and midnight, the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross ?
5. What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball ?
6. What fruit has its seeds on the outside ?
7. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle ?
8. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw". They are all common. Name two of them.
9. There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them ?
10. Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers" ?
11. There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls (a "walk") is one way. Name the other six.
12. It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it ?
13. How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more strikeouts in one inning ?
14. Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S".
I will post the answers when I am satisfied at the amount of comments begging for them. >=D
ROBERT -- you just need to write them down for me. No commenting for you, sir.
Thoughts ?
We've All Heard of a Twist in your Knickers. . .
This is how my day went yesterday.
I was very busy all day, which is not really a surprise.
What was a surprise, however, is that around 3:45 yesterday afternoon, I had a little itchy spot in the vicinity of my sternum. I piddled with it a couple of times, not really paying attention. About 4 o'clock, tho, it was really irritating, so I took a second to actually to see what the problem was.
Yep.
My bra had a complete twist in it and I DID NOT NOTICE.
Thoughts ?
I was very busy all day, which is not really a surprise.
What was a surprise, however, is that around 3:45 yesterday afternoon, I had a little itchy spot in the vicinity of my sternum. I piddled with it a couple of times, not really paying attention. About 4 o'clock, tho, it was really irritating, so I took a second to actually
Yep.
My bra had a complete twist in it and I DID NOT NOTICE.
Thoughts ?
04 August 2008
Menagerie Updates
Nope. Not Cheepster.
I went outside on the deck late this afternoon to encourage Scooterpoo to come on into the house for the night. What I found was a fuzzy white fluffball who was VERY interested in "something" on the deck stair near the big pansy pots. When you see your cat pawing at something that you cannot see, of course, it is prudent to immediately go investigate.
What do I find ?
Same little snake that Frankie had hemmed up the other day in the backyard. (You'd think that the neighborhood nature livestock would have figured out that our yard is not the smartest place to take up residence. Our backyard is like Grand Cat-ral Station, for crying out loud. But I digress.)
Anyhow, very small snake (probably just a little grass snake) is mushed up all together hiding and Scooter has "founded" him. Now, I have to figure out a way to "encourage" Scooter to a) leave the dang snake alone, b) not involve me in his little snake detente, and 3) get his fuzzy hiney in the house like I TOLD him earlier.
Several "momma snaps" later, Scooter accepts the fact that he will get a thump on the top of his head if he so much as reaches a claw out toward what I told him to leave alone.
Epilogue: Snake fine, Scooter fine and in the house, Kismet mad at the world because she was in the house at the time of the discovery and, thus, missed out on some world-class smellin', and me ? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just waiting to write the next chapter of the Giffords Zoo Tales.
Thoughts ?
I went outside on the deck late this afternoon to encourage Scooterpoo to come on into the house for the night. What I found was a fuzzy white fluffball who was VERY interested in "something" on the deck stair near the big pansy pots. When you see your cat pawing at something that you cannot see, of course, it is prudent to immediately go investigate.
What do I find ?
Same little snake that Frankie had hemmed up the other day in the backyard. (You'd think that the neighborhood nature livestock would have figured out that our yard is not the smartest place to take up residence. Our backyard is like Grand Cat-ral Station, for crying out loud. But I digress.)
Anyhow, very small snake (probably just a little grass snake) is mushed up all together hiding and Scooter has "founded" him. Now, I have to figure out a way to "encourage" Scooter to a) leave the dang snake alone, b) not involve me in his little snake detente, and 3) get his fuzzy hiney in the house like I TOLD him earlier.
Several "momma snaps" later, Scooter accepts the fact that he will get a thump on the top of his head if he so much as reaches a claw out toward what I told him to leave alone.
Epilogue: Snake fine, Scooter fine and in the house, Kismet mad at the world because she was in the house at the time of the discovery and, thus, missed out on some world-class smellin', and me ? Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just waiting to write the next chapter of the Giffords Zoo Tales.
Thoughts ?
03 August 2008
Herb Discipline and Apple Apologies
So, I bought a few herbs the other day at our local Farmer's Market -- I bought some Orange Thyme, Spicy Globe Basil (yeah, for the third time -- shut up), Golden Oregano, and. . . something else, it seems, without that little plastic tag thingy.
I have been acclimating them in my kitchen so that I could re-pot them and set them in my kitchen window. I went to get a bowl today for my morning Cheerios and noticed that one of the plants had droopy leaves. Because I might have forgotten to water them. A little.
Anyhow, I put them all in the sink when it hits me. I talk to all my plants and tell them to suck it up a little because being a plant in my house means no mollycoddling. You get water when I say and not before, mister. I praise the little guys who are hanging tough and I realize. . . the one with the droopy leaves is emo.
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Annnnnd speaking of forgetting things. . .
Robert found in the fridge the coconut caramel (Hawaiian) apple that we got a couple of weeks ago. When he started asking me about it, it came out that I didn't realize it was even still IN there. We had gotten two of them, one "pre-cut" into little slices and one that was not cut at all. The non-cut one was the one still in the icebox because, of course, I thought he had taken that one to work with him the week after we bought it. Had no idea it was still in there. Oops.
Thoughts ?
I have been acclimating them in my kitchen so that I could re-pot them and set them in my kitchen window. I went to get a bowl today for my morning Cheerios and noticed that one of the plants had droopy leaves. Because I might have forgotten to water them. A little.
Anyhow, I put them all in the sink when it hits me. I talk to all my plants and tell them to suck it up a little because being a plant in my house means no mollycoddling. You get water when I say and not before, mister. I praise the little guys who are hanging tough and I realize. . . the one with the droopy leaves is emo.
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Annnnnd speaking of forgetting things. . .
Robert found in the fridge the coconut caramel (Hawaiian) apple that we got a couple of weeks ago. When he started asking me about it, it came out that I didn't realize it was even still IN there. We had gotten two of them, one "pre-cut" into little slices and one that was not cut at all. The non-cut one was the one still in the icebox because, of course, I thought he had taken that one to work with him the week after we bought it. Had no idea it was still in there. Oops.
Thoughts ?
18 July 2008
Conference Calls Are Bad For Your Health
Kismet loves speakerphone with male voices on the other end. No, I don't know why.
Here's what I do know, however -- after about 15 minutes of getting all wiggly while hearing voices on the speakerphone, she jumped up in the chair with me and BIT.ME.ON.THE.HEAD.
She was BITING me on my hairline !
The AMA should be notified of this, I think.
Kate -- Imma looking at Abigail.
Thoughts ?
Here's what I do know, however -- after about 15 minutes of getting all wiggly while hearing voices on the speakerphone, she jumped up in the chair with me and BIT.ME.ON.THE.HEAD.
She was BITING me on my hairline !
The AMA should be notified of this, I think.
Kate -- Imma looking at Abigail.
Thoughts ?
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