Very funny (yet inappropriate to some) video. I really needed this laugh today.
[h/t to Mindy]
BONUS: I'm not going post this play-on-words graphic here, but if you click on it, you MAY get a laugh.
[h/t to She's a Rebel, She's a Saint for this one (I think that's where I saw it, anyway...)]
I ran across this online ad while catching up on one of my favorite websites.
Someone in marketing didn't think this one through.
You all know how much I love pedicures, but this one seems a little too weird for me. What about you? Would you do it?
From China Daily, via AP:
Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the D.C. area, where a northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past four months. John Ho, who runs the Yvonne Hair and Nails salon with his wife, Yvonne Le, said 5,000 people have taken the plunge so far."This is a good treatment for everyone who likes to have nice feet," Ho said.
He said he wanted to come up with something unique while finding a replacement for pedicures that use razors to scrape off dead skin. The razors have fallen out of favor with state regulators because of concerns about whether they're sanitary.
Ho was skeptical at first about the fish, which are called garra rufa but typically known as doctor fish. They were first used in Turkey and have become popular in some Asian countries.
But Ho doubted they would thrive in the warm water needed for a comfortable footbath. And he didn't know if customers would like the idea.
"I know people were a little intimidated at first," Ho said. "But I just said, 'Let's give it a shot.' "
Customers were quickly hooked.
Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md., heard about it on a local radio show. She said it was "the best pedicure I ever had" and has spread the word to friends and co-workers.
[h/t to my MOM - who cut the article out of the local paper for me]
Don't forget to enter my contest. I've gotten many entertaining guesses so far, but no one has got it yet. I may have to post a couple hints.
You can watch the little video here.
*Thanks to my friend Pam for taking the still shots off the video!
I keep wondering about this NaBloPoMo thing: if each of us is trying hard to keep posting every day, how do we have time to read each other's stuff? I have run across some cool people at the NBPM site (Hi Stella, Sweetisu and Mad Goat Lady!) and wish I had time to visit their sites, read their posts, devour their archives...I'm hoping to get back to them and use the NaBloPoMo site as a great place to go back to when I'm done with this month of excessive-filling-the-internet-with-my-own-navel-gazings. Not that I need to add to my blogroll, which currently clocks in at a real-life-precluding 117.
Today, in this wonderful weekend of relaxing and cleaning up after Thanksgiving, getting decorated for Christmas, and designated hanging out time, I caught up on a couple of favorite blogs that I have let build up in the list: Que Sera Sera and A Little Pregnant. Why do I steer away from some of my favorite blogs, yet feel compelled to check some train-wreck-cringe-worthy sites every day? I have no idea. I have a feeling it has to do with the sheer number of blogs I read. Similarly, I will often go a Very Long Time without calling or contacting some of my favorite real-life people. Again, I have no idea why.
I would say, "Hey, leave me a link to your favorite blog in the comments!". However, I'm not sure I could possibly handle another one. Except yours, of course. Yours is awesome.
Surely it was made with me in mind! So today I point you to one of my all-time favorite blogs: Smitten Kitchen. Her latest entry is Pie Crust 101 with her new favorite: Vodka Pie Crust. I can't wait to try it.
I'm not much of a meme-r, but I love Defective Yeti, I love words, and I'm a maven. Therefore, there was no way I could resist taking this quiz and posting my results. I encourage you to try it too. If you do, leave a comment with a link to your blog. (Jen the Knitting Queen, I'm looking at YOU!)
The editors of the American Heritage dictionary recently compiled a list of "100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know."I always like to check out lists like this, and see how many of the entries I am already familiar with. The answer is, invariably, "nearly all of them." Not because I have a stellar vocabulary, but because I cheat.
Not on purpose, of course. But, when performing this exercise, I'm always struck with "well that's what I meant" syndrome. You know how it goes. You see the word, you say to yourself "that means X," you check the definition, and when it turns out that it actually meant Y, you say, "ah, well, that's I meant. And, jeeze, X and Y are practically the same thing ... so, I'm going to give myself this one." By the time I'm done, I have magnanimously "given" myself all of them, and have no idea how many I actually knew before I started.
So this time I tried something new: I wrote down my definitions first, and then compared them to the actual definitions afterwards. (and then he wrote a cool utility so we could do it, too)
from Defective Yeti
I also usually give myself more points than I deserve by saying "sure, that's it". It was fun to have the quiz keep me honest. I find it is so interesting how contextual my knowledge is. I have learned most of my vocabulary through reading, where I can get the "gist" of a word without understanding it completely. Or, apparently, with gathering the opposite meaning. The acquisition of language is fascinating to me.
Here is the overview of my results:
I knew the words in green; I did not know the words in red. In total, I knew 20 of 25.
Details of my results are after the jump...
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Amy wrote a beautiful post entitled *"Crisis of Faith and Salsa" that I think typifies many of my generation's experiences with God. Like many, she grew up in a Christian home and no longer identifies with the religion. She had an experience this Sunday that spoke volumes to her. It is insightful and inspiring. Here's an excerpt:
I wondered what happened to my faith and my fervor and my absolute belief in the Bible and the existence of God and heaven. I wondered when everything got so messed up for me, and why I have such ambivalence to the idea of putting on some nice pants and going to church on Sunday.The church family's little boy spilled some rice, and the young man handed them his extra napkins.
I wonder if he'll ever know how much his actions spoke to me this Sunday.
I am reminded of this:
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)
If we have not love, we have nothing. Feel God's love for you. Revel in it. Then you can't help but spill it out on to others, like the man in Amy's post.
In the sky (finally!), and coming soon to a Science Fair near me:
We've been busy here doing Henry's Science Fair project but I'm really proud of him (and me) and of the result. I was determined to have this project be his and at his level, which meant I needed to learn the fine balance between instructing and taking over. I used to teach (8th grade), so it's always fun for me to get back in that mode. I also love fostering Henry's creativity and helping him pursue his passions. He loves science, and space is his current favorite thing. So, we signed up for the science fair and researched the sun.
I decided early on we were going to do a "report", not an "experiment" and even went through the trouble of clearing it with the coordinator. (Yes, I'm a teacher-nerd. In 8th grade, we do NOT want reports, we want analytical research papers or experiments, using the scientific method. I thought a "report" was exactly suited to this project for Henry. To make it an experiment or an analytic research paper would be way over a Kindergartener's head, which would therefore make it MY project by default.)
Henry and I read lots of books, talked about his questions about the sun, and then answered them. He could tell you every bit of information that's on his science board (this was very important to me). He learned a lot and is eager to talk about it. (Did you know that the center of the earth rotates faster than the poles? Scientists think this may be what causes the solar flares......... Also, did you know the Earth rotates around the Milky Way once every 225 million years?)
I'm proud of him, and proud of us. The only bittersweet thing is that I'm ditching the actual fair to hang out with Jen. I'll let Daddy wander the high-school gym with a distractable and mischevious 2 year-old in tow. Hopefully Peter won't wreck any projects before they're graded....
One cool thing we found is a website where you can find a picture of the sun taken almost every DAY! So Henry has a picture of the sun that was taken at 6:32 THIS EVENING. Wow, the internet age has changed everything! I was telling Henry that we didn't even have a computer when I was his age (nor a typewriter). If I had wanted a picture of the sun, I would've had to call the observatory, and they'd have to print and mail me one. It would've cost a lot and taken WEEKS. And here, a picture, not more than an hour old...just for the clicking. Yes, I'm a geezer, but a wild-eyed-with-wonder geezer.
Thanks to Mindy for this hilarious find. Yes, it's an ad, but it is very funny.
The final result looks a little too much like my actual van....
Duct tape is the perfect way to say "Sorry fellas, this lady's GOT a man!"
I haven't seen anything this funny since we "discovered" Arrested Development.
This episode is just as pee-your-pants hilarious.
Who knew rabid squirrels were unionized?
