Despite the unfortunate habit of cheesily baring his aging chest, Evel Knievel was one of my childhood heroes. Him, Speed Racer, the Bandit and Underdog. It was a bit of a shock to read that he died today, not as a rocket-powered daredevil jumping over an Idaho canyon, but as an old man in an ambulance.
Sort of a sucky way to go, but man, what a life.
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Add comment November 30th, 2007
Ok, part of me hates to rag on this because, well, it is a charity auction. Project Paper Doll benefits the The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Celebrities fancy up little wooden paper dolls, and then auction them off on ebay to raise funds for sick kids.
“Shut up and let them do their good deeds,” you say.
“Yeah, but look at this one from Billy Ray Cyrus. How could I possibly let this slide? ‘Remember why your here.’ Is he serious?! And not just once, but FOUR times? Apparently we are NOT here to learn about contractions.”
8 comments November 29th, 2007
I have to admit, that I stop and look at my spam sometimes because, really, some of it is just hilarious. Which is why I love Linzie Hunter’s Spam One-Liners over at Thumbtack Press. Brilliant!
1 comment November 28th, 2007
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voila! hours of outdoor fun!
2 comments November 27th, 2007
I ran across these beautiful Storybook tiles and it reminded me of my friend, J., so I thought I’d post them on her birthday.
You know, because what are friends for, if not to point out really nice gifts for you on your birthday but then NOT buy them for you!?
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1 comment November 19th, 2007
Yep, that’s right — I didn’t think they could do it, but I’m thinking about buying a PRODUCT for my kids to make blanket forts.
Sounds odd, I know, but the Fortamajig (even with its unfortunate name) could be worth it.
The most annoying thing about building blanket forts? Yep, trying to get them weighted correctly to stay up. But this thing is made of lightweight ripstop nylon and has like 4 zillion straps and Velcro that you can attach to any chair, doorknob, large sleeping pet, what have you. So maybe I’ll be depriving my children of honing their physics and engineering skills a bit — but I’ll also not be running every 3 minutes to help fix the fort.
This does fall into that make it vs. buy it dilemma for me though. Especially when they put such detailed pictures of the layout on their site. The only thing stopping me is the mesh window — that’s one of the coolest features and I’m not sure I want to try to replicate it.
So maybe I’ll buck up and buy one. Justified with the old “it’ll be great for those long winter days” excuse.
1 comment November 14th, 2007
So for this experiment, we’ll need three things…
Ok, first shovel a clear area in your kid’s rom (well, yeah, this may take more than 90 seconds). Now, tape, tape, tape, tape… voila! You have a parking lot, worth hours and hours of fun!
Now, yes, that small inner core of anal/compulsivity still resides in me and was screaming, “DON’T TEAR THE TAPE, CUT THE ENDS SO THEY’RE SQUARE!” and “WHAT ARE YOU, INSANE? WHAT’S UP WITH THE UNEVEN PARKING SPOTS?” and “HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY LEAVE THE ENDS ALL SCRAGGLY LIKE THAT?” So just squash that down as best you can and do it quickly, before your kid moves on to something else.
And then go back and fix it later…
2 comments November 13th, 2007
Ok, Target is usually pretty good about the products and the design and the marketing and whatnot. But these Christmas ornaments here? They’ve been dubbed “Dangle Balls.”
Yep, that’s right…Dangle Balls.
Dangle.
Balls.
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Ho, ho, ho.
Add comment November 8th, 2007
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