Another reason why I (heart) Snoop Dogg

from Rob Breszny's Free Will Astrology:

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The coming year will be a time to think big -- maybe even bigger than you've dared to think in over a decade. That doesn't mean you should be rash, reckless, or unrealistic. On the contrary. Your expansive dreams should be carefully wrought and anchored in a detailed understanding of how things actually work. As an example of what not to do, learn from Snoop Dogg. The rapper wanted to rent all 62 square miles of the small European nation of Liechtenstein so he could film his music video there. Liechtenstein authorities turned him down, but only because his team didn't ask far enough in advance. Had he been better organized, the whole country could have been his.

YOU CAN RENT LIECHTENSTEIN??????

SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR!

A total lunar eclipse glows red over Germany (file picture).
Photograph by Heribert Proepper, AP [from National Geographic]

We have survived to celebrate the shortest day of sunlight of the year - the Winter Solstice is today, my friends! Starting tomorrow, we inch our way back to more sunlight!!!!! YAYAYAYAYYAYA!!!

My roommate's daughter and son-in-law are staying over and they graciously woke me up to watch the equinox at 1:30 this morning, which I was very happy to see.

More about the equinox and the eclipse here.

a funny bird

Sentence structure is a funny bird. When I read the headline below, I thought - why is the government studying how people got injured while having sex:

QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Who Had Migraines or Severe Headaches, Pain in the Neck, Lower Back, or Face/Jaw, by Sex

Then I realized that they meant male vs female.

yep

back to the navel gazing. and ire.

old lady

so this weekend i visit friends frannie and frabney and frannie kept calling me old lady - which i totally am. see previous posts below. i am one step away from a hip fracture. one geritol away from boxes of medicine. one melodrama away from a soap opera.

really.

my ailments

so three weeks ago I got these weird bug bites on my leg and hand (not bed bugs - dust mite allergy). two weeks ago my neck muscles start spasming. one week ago, more dust mite bites (seriously people, no bed bugs). this last week, stomach virus and continued neck problems.

really, can't I catch a break already?!

so i got the magic shot

i got the magic shot in my neck to quell the spasms, but then I bend over and hit my head on my desk.

Really, is there no justice?

caveat

i should probably caveat this with i have been dealing with neck and back spasms for the last 5 days. I am generally happy go lucky (unless I have the snarky hat on) but the relentless pain has made me into a very angry person. Hopefully the MD will help fix this and everything will be rosy again. :)

I still hate YAHOO though.

YAHOO MAIL SUCKS

I forgot my password and the answer to the security question and guess how long it took for me to get my password reset. 1 hour? 24 hours? No. It took one week. One week of emails to Yahoo. One week of logging on, attempting three times and then getting locked out for 12 hours. LOCKED OUT. WTF does Yahoo thinks is going to happen in 12 hours? I will miraculously remember my freaking security answer or password in 12 hours???

Today, Yahoo finally sends me a phone number and the customer service rep asks me the SAME DAMN SECURITY QUESTION THAT I CAN'T ANSWER!!!!! Seriously. I told him - if I knew the freaking answer to that question, I wouldn't be talking to you now. He made me try to answer the question three times. And three times i couldn't answer the question. In frustration, I asked if I could speak to his manager because I cannot fathom how my attempting to answer the security question is going to fix this situation. AND the rep said there is no way to reset the password unless I know this answer.

...

Seriously.

Finally, I don't know what made the rep look again (!!! other than me freaking out and saying - what do you mean that's the only way you can reset the password? that can't be the only way you can reset the password!) but then he asked me what email address I included as an alternate. of course, THAT took me three times as well (seriously - my mind erased all information related to this account). But finally, the third time worked and the email address was accepted. THEN he reset my password.

And then the poor schmuck said he would be sending me a survey which will be sent to his manager about the service I received today.

Really.

blog death

I am not saying this blog is dead, BUT i am not very good at updating it. And it's a trend I have noticed with lots of friends. less and less posts, more and more Facebook. I am not sure whether I like this, but it is what it is. So, thanks for hanging in there with me and I will make more of an effort to post :) Pinky swear.

omygersh

http://cuteoverload.com/2010/07/28/buyer-beware/

It's all Chinese to me

I don't know which list I got on but this blog gets at least 1 Chinese comment per post. And of course, I have no idea what the comment says. It's very annoying.

upper east side

Ok, I moved on up to the east side to deeee-luxe apartment in the sky. And I just learned that when the electricity is out and the elevators aren't working that you really can't get to work. I mean, I could walk down the many, many flights of stairs, but in the middle of a heat wave? I don't think so.

summer lovin'

I-Disgust-Me BBQ Burgers

I-Disgust-Me BBQ Burgers
Originally uploaded by Whimsical Cookery

o m g

about frickin' time

Health insurers may soon offer contraceptives at no extra cost

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070204641.html

love government booklets and news, especially for its illustrations

http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/Jul2010/Feature2

totally awesome

http://astromuse.com/2010/07/05/and-now-for-something-completely-different-astrological-world-cup-analysis.aspx?ref=rss

a heat wave, a tropical heatwave....

my office turned off its overhead lights to save energy and cool down the office. seriously. we are all working in the dark.

predictions for the World Cup

I love my friend Astromuse - especially since she has written up her predictions for the World Cup based on the players astrological signs. Totally awesome.


http://astromuse.com/2010/07/05/and-now-for-something-completely-different-astrological-world-cup-analysis.aspx?ref=rss

need more days in the week to go tubing

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

good morning, love mom

Photo by scoutny

i know, i know, i should be working, BUT...

I know someone who really deserves these!!! From Williams Sonoma of all places...

#2,145 on my X-Mas List

Tauntaun sleeping bag!

tee hee

totally worth the spam

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New Phrase of the Day

Frannie came up with a great new phrase: noodly goodness. As in "I could live on seafood chow fun - noodly goodness!"

Peace reigns again in the kingdom...

HILARIOUS! From Apartment Therapy

The Dog In The Plastic Bubble

The Dog In The Plastic Bubble
Originally uploaded by Back in the Pack

omg - the saddest and sweetest thing

A Wonderful Day for a Wedding

On Monday, May 3rd, Frob and Frussell, my two wonderful mentors, friends and sweethearts, tied the knot in Connecticut. After 20 years, they are able to make their loving relationship legal. S'wonderful isn't it?

Ah the frimpsons

I haven't been around to watch the frimpsons in a long time, but I was on a plane coming back from FL and got to watch it on my luxurious little TV screen in the air. Gotta love FretBlue.

The intro was this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbnIgpcEIjQ&feature=related which I now can't get out of my head. Thanks Frimpsons and Fre$ha.

IT'S STAR WARS DAY!

May the Fourth be with you!

Thanks to Fraire!

Grilled Burger

Grilled Burger
Originally uploaded by roboppy

from roboppy

omg. i want. now

From Frob

You might think it’s funny

To kiss your honey

When your nose is runny

But its snot.

File under 'nuff said

blue

current mood: level aqua blue

this is an image i made on pc paint :) talented, no?

watching vh1 top 20 countdown

and who are these people? seriously.

grasshopper fudge cake from betty crocker

i don't know what to think about this. I just don't know.

What kind of *(&^%%*$%$ English is that?

Seriously? How did this get approved? Not on my watch. To clarify - it should be EAT WELL. WELL. Bunch of (*&*^&%& idiots.

I am smart!

My friend Frartha sent me this:

Reason # 1,293,888 to be glad you quit

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587241,00.html

Study: Smokers Have Lower IQs Than Non-Smokers

Reuters

February 23, 2010

Cigarette smokers have lower IQs than non-smokers, and the more a person smokes, the lower their IQ, a study in over 20,000 Israeli military recruits suggests.

Young men who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day or more had IQ scores 7.5 points lower than non-smokers, Dr. Mark Weiser of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and his colleagues found.

"Adolescents with poorer IQ scores might be targeted for programs designed to prevent smoking," they conclude in the journal Addiction.

While there is evidence for a link between smoking and lower IQ, many studies have relied on intelligence tests given in childhood, and have also included people with mental and behavioral problems, who are both more likely to smoke and more likely to have low IQs, Weiser and his team note in their report.

To better understand the smoking-IQ relationship, the researchers looked at 20,211 18-year-old men recruited into the Israeli military. The group did not include anyone with major mental health problems, because these individuals are disqualified from military service.

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Bark if you love dogs

My friend Fryvette's dog won a barking contest and is now famous :)

A great short film!

Check out this great animated film http://www.theladyandthereaper.com/

Click on "See the Film" to watch.

File Under For My Next Birthday

I love Futurama and this woman made the most amazing cupcakes - brain slug cupcakes! If you don't know what brain slugs are, then you don't know what you are missing... literally.


Photo by Alicia Policia

The best Grammy performance ever

I was talking to Frannie and a Grammy ad was on the TV. Then I remembered the best Grammy performance ever. I was in a bar getting tipsy and this performance literally stopped the drinking (at least for me and my compadres).

File Under: Lazy

You know, when Kellogg's first came out with the pre-packaged rice krispie treat, I thought - that's ridiculous. You could make 10 treats for the price of one pre-packaged treat.

Now I see the error of my ways. Let's be honest - when will I ever make the treats?


Unauthorized usage of photo of treats.

Stolen Martha Tip of the Day

Illegally taken from Martha Stewart.com -- This is a brilliant idea.

Freezing Stock

The next time you make a batch of stock or have some left over from a store-bought package, ladle it into 1-cup muffin tins and place them in the freezer

For Frertischek

File Under Juxtaposition

The Cherpumple
I have no words for this. I want to eat it, but am slightly disgusted at the same time.

I will only go to THIS Fourbucks from now on.

from Epic Win FTW

oink

Got my H1N1 shot - have you?

File Under: I NEED THIS

The Book Brush. Found this on Unclutter's blog. Check out the post, Best Unitaskers of 2009. Amazing stuff.

my eyes are still hurting

I had heard about this Dr. Who remake on BBC and meant to watch it. I knew it was good but I didn't realize HOW good until I watched the marathon that ran from New Year's Day through to Jan. 2's season finale and last episode with the indomitable actor, David Tennant. I can't believe I sat through most of the two days of episodes which spanned four years of work. My eyes still hurt, but I have to say it was a lot of fun. I highly recommend it. Now, let's see if the new Dr. Who (#11) will live up to the Tennant (#10). I am sure it will.