- 10:08 @ChinaGlaze: I worked two hours earlier last Wednesday than today. Alarm went off two hours earlier today and I was so confused why it did! #
- 13:31 Happiness is remembering you have microwavable french fries in your icebox. Nom. #
- 16:33 Talking books with @zalary & mentioned Joe Hill's story "Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead" (bit.ly/8PC6Ft). Anyone else read it? #
- 16:46 @gdruckman: Definitely Sambuca. Also Fedora Lounge (both locations), and definitely Warren's. A+ also really good. #
- 19:10 @geekgathering: Is it going to be a Tiara Happy Hour so they can glitter like snow? My new pretty tiara came in and I want to wear it! #
- 19:13 @bshirley: Except Scott Baio is a right-wing religious asshole, so pick a different show. :-P #
- 19:15 @dsilverman, @jimthompson, & @geekgathering: Honestly, I'm bringing it anyway. ;-) It's super pretty and blingy! bit.ly/53mASh #
- 19:35 @gdruckman: Oh, duh. I only have a list of bars that I reviewed on #Yelp that would be good for you to look at: bit.ly/5pjHwT #
- 19:50 @BandHero #1 Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas. #2 You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift. #3 Sugar We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy. #
- 19:55 Just changed my twitter background, check it out! Found it at www.TwitterBackgrounds.com #
- 21:25 My brother is riding in the MS 150 and could really use your donation! You can find the link to donate here: bit.ly/6qaa78 THANKS! #
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I've a fondness for get rich quick schemes and the people that believe in them. They're adorable. And, as there's one born every minute, there's a whole load of 'em out there. The one's involved in this particular scheme are all over the interwebs and the YouTubes - a very vocal bunch indeed. What it is they're selling is anyone's guess - it would appear that that isn't important, they're selling selling. This chap fails somewhat at that task.
Enjoy...
Yet another unbelievable invention that's caught my attention today. Heels for babies. What more can be said?
P Diddy aka Puff Daddy aka Sean John has been pimping his wares on America's Home Shopping Networks - and it's friggin' hilarious. You really have to watch it all to really appreciate it. So - grab yourself a cuppa, put your feet up and enjoy...
I'm late to the world of Snuggies - having just seen an ad for them on UK TV earlier tonight. It seems like I'm the last person on the planet to have heard of them. If that's not the case, then let me briefly sum them up...
A Snuggie is a wearable blanket - it has sleeves! It's the bastard lovechild of a hospital gown and, well, a blanket. But the best bit isn't the product, it's the ad/infomercial for it. It's pure cheese and, as such, it's been parodied and lampooned to death. Those purveyors of fine quality items on satellite shopping channels and Wilkos, JML, are selling it in the UK and have an English guy doing the voice over (it can be seen and heard here)
Here's Ellen's take on it:
The wearer ends up looking like a monk or, as Ellen puts it, a wizard. Rather bizarrely, the blanket comes with a puzzling free gift - watch until the end to find out what it is (I won't ruin the surprise).
And Snuggies aren't just for humans, it would seem. Oh no, pets too...
I've seen some really bizarre products in the last few days. The weirdest and unwonderfulest* stuff shows up just in time for interweb Christmas shopping - or at least that's when I seem to see it. With some items you really have to question the thought processes involved. Take the following examples...
These, I guess, are meant to appeal to Nintendo Wii owners who happen to really like Robert De Niro's portrayal of one seriously fudged up New York cabbie or are huge Doors fans. I mean who wouldn't want these gracing their Wiis?
To be fair, these were two of the strangest - there's quite a varied bunch available. Oh, and they cost between £6 and £12 (at Amazon). Personally, I'd prefer to put that money towards a game or Wii Points or something - but each to their own.
*I'm aware of how unwordy that word is, but I believe it deserves to be a word nonetheless - especially as nonetheless is a word.
It's old news now that the Ugandan Parliament is considering a bill (called the 2009 Anti-Homosexuality Bill) that would impose prison time for people found to be homosexuals, prison time for anyone who knows a homosexual and doesn't report them, and death for repeat offenders and homosexuals who are HIV-positive. The Parliamentarian who introduced it, David Bahati, has been associated by some with The Family, the semi-secret (recently not so secret) fundamentalist Christian group that interferes in politics in the U.S. and abroad.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.
- 19:40 Watching Margot and trying to guess which bits are Anne-Marie and which are body double #
- 07:35 Off to my first ever test screening of a new film tonight. Quite excited. (Wonder if we get free popcorn?) #
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I broke down and got an iPhone. I have had it with Verizon.
After Verizon dropped a call I was on yesterday for the third time in 5 minutes, I had had it. I was talking with a freelance illustrator for a job I need done, and he was not happy with me. I get dropped calls ALL the time, it's awful. It's at the point where I will avoid calling if/when I need to until the last possible minute. The only place I can use my phone and have a 50-60% chance of not getting dropped is right in the middle of my living room.
The bad:
- another credit inquiry on my record, 3 months after the other one for Verizon. Grrr.
- lots of money spent at Verizon to fix the problem and change phones, cancel the contract. Grrr.
- a higher monthly phone bill, which was the reason I switched in the first place.
The good:
- new phone
- no more dropped calls. (hopefully!)
- gonna sell my touch on one of those buy-back sites (which I've used before) so the start up cost for this is only going to end up being only about half.
- more pictures to post! (iPhone's camera is way better than the one i had)
