Linky Love

Okay, so I’m up to here in alligators so I’m not going to do much writing tonight.  But I am home before ten, barely, but I am home. So… here’s some linky love or with this group we’ll call it conversational fodder.

Knit? Crochet? Want to help improve the life of a college age orphan right here in North America?  The Red Scarf project is for you.

I know we have some long lasting marriages among us but it’s nice to hear someone comment on their marriage and why they think it’s lasted so long.

Do you like dresses? Even if you don’t sew visiting Erin’s blog is always fun. And if words are more your style… Well, Erin edits dictonaries for a living and likes words.

Like odd, weird, or even time wasting? Fred Flare is your place.  They are the home of everything from the “Holly Golightly Sleep Mask” to the “Undy Rug” that is a pair of tighty whities designed to be walked on. Do you need a phone in the shape of a giant pair of lips or a cheeseburger, maybe you need a banana shaped cozy for your cell phone? Fred Flare has it for you.

I’m trying to alleviate my debt and increase my savings all while working for an employer who doesn’t believe in raises.  I’ve found Get Rich Slowly a font of advice.  Some of it useful, some of it not really applicable to me, but all if gets me thinking.

My cousin Travis and his dog Presley are contestants on The Greatest American Dog Show. I think he deserves to win.  I’m biased, but it’s true.

Want to really know what’s going on in the world?  Not the canned news the pundits give but the real and exciting things like weird tattos or the guy who is going around doing acupuncture on the town of Portland.  Weird Universe is the place for you.

And for some exciting news… was pulling weeds in the back yard Monday and the allergies hit me so hard and so strong one eye swelled shut and the other wasn’t far behind.  Am almost back to normal, but it was a bit scary there for a while.

80 comments August 20th, 2008

A Comic Interlude

A little something to amuse you until the next real post

Dinner Party

At a posh Manhattan dinner party, a Latin American visitor was telling the guests about this home country and himself. As he concluded, he said, “And I have a charming and understanding wife but, alas, no children.”

As his listeners appeared to be waiting for him to continue, he said, haltingly, “You see, my wife is unbearable.”

Puzzled glances prompted him to try to clarify the matter: “What I mean is, my wife is inconceivable.”

As his companions seemed amused, he floundered deeper into the intricacies of the English language, explaining triumphantly, “That is, my wife, she is impregnable!”

The local newspaper has published the winning submissions to its annual contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. Here are some of the selected results.

– Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

– Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

– Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

– Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

– Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

– Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

– Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.

– Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

– Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

– Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with ‘Yiddishisms’.

– Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
 

27 comments August 20th, 2008