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phinnia linked to an article on how to grow your own loofah.
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I love this idea. Robin Hood Restaurants who ask the haves to pay a bit more, so that the have-nots can eat. But, it's a *request*, not a demand. And if you can't afford to eat there, you can exchange an hour of service to the restaurant for a meal.
Yeah, there are some assholes who'll take advantage of the situation. But, if you let the assholes rule things, all you get is...well, you know. *grin*
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Sometimes, my age freaks me out. I mean, I'm thirty-five. Isn't that the grown-up age? Aren't I supposed to have it all together now? Confidentially, I'm not completely sure what it is. I still hope to wake up and be normal. Not mainstream, just someone who doesn't need pills and a no-crazy light to keep me from falling into a black hole. Realistically, I know this is my reality and I have to live within it. Wishes are marvelous things and I throw them out to the universe whenever I get the chance, but one really shouldn't pin hopes on them. Better to be grateful one is living in an age where there *are* solutions that work, most of the time. Which is far better than *none* of the time.
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This spiral slicer gadget looks dead nifty. But, like the square (boiled) egg doohickey I got Veronika lo those many years ago, it doesn't seem to deliver on the promise, if one is to believe the reviews.
Of course, I *got* her the square egg doohickey 'cause it looked neat and was funny, not because I thought she had a burning desire for square eggs. It was also on clearance. Which, if you have a burning desire for spiral slices and aren't good with a peeler, is when I suggest you get this particular thingie. Still a nifty idea though.
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We watched Little Miss Sunshine on...Sunday (I believe) after Sam was in bed. *Great* movie...cannot recommend it enough. The little girl who plays Olive is *amazing*, as is the rest of the cast. Everyone was at the top of their game for this one.
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We watched That Thing About My Folks sometime on...Monday, I think. This is one of those sweet movies where the kid gets to really know the parent as an adult and they have an impromptu road trip. Peter Falk & Paul Riser as father and son, with Olympia Dukakis and Elizabeth Perkins playing their wives. Jeff and I were both happy we watched it.
~~~
I have deep love for Google Images, because I can plug in a name that's been bugging me and, nine times out of ten, the noun pops up and I can finally access the bit of my brain holding all I know about the person, place or thing.
For instance, I was reading an article at the AV Club about the first season of Saturday Night Live, which recently came out on dvd. The author mentioned the Louise Lasser episode. The name sounded familiar, but I couldn't figure out why, as she wasn't a cast member. So, I hit up Google Images, and found out she was the chick with the braids from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Which I have *never* seen. But, I knew it from the skits on The Carol Burnett show, which I watched every afternoon after school in the early eighties.
Sure, I could have IMDB'd her (and did), but the picture unlocked everything I needed, quickly.
~~~
If they ever release The Carol Burnett show in seasons, I'll be the first in line to get 'em. I don't want the "Favorite shows", I don't want theme episodes, I want the *seasons*, in order. I learned so much from that show...I knew all about Gone With The Wind and Sunset Boulevard *years* before I saw the movies, because of her skits. And I started watching her early enough that she helped me shape my idea of a woman. One who was smart and funny, unapologetically. Sure, the fabulous women in my family were teaching me that...but it's good to get input from the people outside as well.
It was on for twelve years. I had no idea. This is *another* reason the seasons should be on dvd. Hmmph. (Hey, whining in my journal worked with I Remember Mama...there's a precedent here. ;)
~~~
I like gadgets and the like, especially ones for the kitchen. What I *don't* like is the current (perhaps longstanding) trend of starting the commercial for a gadget with the "OHMYGHODS, doing {thingie} is so damn hard! How did we manage to {thingie} all these years?! AAAAAHHHH"
Like that Pasta Expresspiece of garbage gadget. (Pasta cannot *really* cook in a tiny bit of water. You get gummy, icky results.) Cooking pasta is not difficult. It has several steps and draining the water from the pasta can be dangerous if one isn't paying attention, but it isn't *hard* at all!
Or the new cd/dvd opener. It looks interesting and would probably make life a little easier if one opened lots of cd and dvd packages. But, they *are* openable...people have been managing to open them for ages now. We don't *need* the opener (which looks a bit bulky. I'm currently on the lookout for a keychain cd opener, to replace the one I lost last year), it's just something that would be neat to have.
Isn't there *someone* in marketing smart enough to design a campaign around "This would be neat to have!" rather than "This is hard, thank ghods {gadget} has been invented!"?
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Sammy and I were involved in an online taste test for a new kind of pop tart (shhh. It's a seeeeeekrit). They sent us the stuff and we filled out a sheaf of papers while we ate 'em. Then they sent me a link and I'm inputting the data.
They mainly want the child's answers...but they seem to have forgotten that she's a little kid. Most of the answers are the 1-5 type, one being "loved it" and five being "hated it". There's nowhere to put "Didn't notice/don't care". They asked if the filling was shiny enough. She didn't actually *notice* the shininess of the filling, but I told 'em it was okay. I figure, if it was too shiny, she'd have said something.
Very silly. But, hey, free pop-tarts. Okay, they weren't the brown sugar kind, but they can't *all* be the brown sugar kind...especially since Jeff really likes the chocolate kind and I'd hate to make him cry.
~~~
And I just want to say that I killed a really, really hard monster in Adventure Quest and it was really mostly luck and good spells, but I did and I was proud and nobody cares but me, but that's okay, 'cause I'm a doer. Totally.
Yes. I even snark myself. Hands up, those who are surprised.;)
~~~
Damn but I'm chatty.
~~~
Oh yeah! G4 has done something I thought impossible. They've made ST:TNG (head of my list of favorite shows *ever*) unwatchable. The bastages. They did the same thing to TOS, but I figured I could ignore the shit around my show. No luck. And, in case anyone from G4 is reading this, the 2.0 shit is *just* as stupid with TNG as it was with TOS and if you do it to the three other live action ST series, it'll be stupid then too. That's 'cause it's a *very* stupid idea and I can't believe you actually brought it back. Ya schmucks. (They have the action in a little screen in the middle, with a fake stock exchange on one side, people answering foolish questions underneath and something (undoubtedly idiotic) on the other side. Too many things going on and none of it really connected to the show.)
This is why I love dvds. And why acquiring the complete TNG in the coming year is one of my goals. Now that the seasons are reasonably priced, it may be one of the doable goals too. :)
~~~
Hmm...short nap in the chair probably isn't enough. More sleep upstairs now.
phinnia linked to an article on how to grow your own loofah. ~~~
I love this idea. Robin Hood Restaurants who ask the haves to pay a bit more, so that the have-nots can eat. But, it's a *request*, not a demand. And if you can't afford to eat there, you can exchange an hour of service to the restaurant for a meal.
Yeah, there are some assholes who'll take advantage of the situation. But, if you let the assholes rule things, all you get is...well, you know. *grin*
~~~
Sometimes, my age freaks me out. I mean, I'm thirty-five. Isn't that the grown-up age? Aren't I supposed to have it all together now? Confidentially, I'm not completely sure what it is. I still hope to wake up and be normal. Not mainstream, just someone who doesn't need pills and a no-crazy light to keep me from falling into a black hole. Realistically, I know this is my reality and I have to live within it. Wishes are marvelous things and I throw them out to the universe whenever I get the chance, but one really shouldn't pin hopes on them. Better to be grateful one is living in an age where there *are* solutions that work, most of the time. Which is far better than *none* of the time.
~~~
This spiral slicer gadget looks dead nifty. But, like the square (boiled) egg doohickey I got Veronika lo those many years ago, it doesn't seem to deliver on the promise, if one is to believe the reviews.
Of course, I *got* her the square egg doohickey 'cause it looked neat and was funny, not because I thought she had a burning desire for square eggs. It was also on clearance. Which, if you have a burning desire for spiral slices and aren't good with a peeler, is when I suggest you get this particular thingie. Still a nifty idea though.
~~~
We watched Little Miss Sunshine on...Sunday (I believe) after Sam was in bed. *Great* movie...cannot recommend it enough. The little girl who plays Olive is *amazing*, as is the rest of the cast. Everyone was at the top of their game for this one.
~~~
We watched That Thing About My Folks sometime on...Monday, I think. This is one of those sweet movies where the kid gets to really know the parent as an adult and they have an impromptu road trip. Peter Falk & Paul Riser as father and son, with Olympia Dukakis and Elizabeth Perkins playing their wives. Jeff and I were both happy we watched it.
~~~
I have deep love for Google Images, because I can plug in a name that's been bugging me and, nine times out of ten, the noun pops up and I can finally access the bit of my brain holding all I know about the person, place or thing.
For instance, I was reading an article at the AV Club about the first season of Saturday Night Live, which recently came out on dvd. The author mentioned the Louise Lasser episode. The name sounded familiar, but I couldn't figure out why, as she wasn't a cast member. So, I hit up Google Images, and found out she was the chick with the braids from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Which I have *never* seen. But, I knew it from the skits on The Carol Burnett show, which I watched every afternoon after school in the early eighties.
Sure, I could have IMDB'd her (and did), but the picture unlocked everything I needed, quickly.
~~~
If they ever release The Carol Burnett show in seasons, I'll be the first in line to get 'em. I don't want the "Favorite shows", I don't want theme episodes, I want the *seasons*, in order. I learned so much from that show...I knew all about Gone With The Wind and Sunset Boulevard *years* before I saw the movies, because of her skits. And I started watching her early enough that she helped me shape my idea of a woman. One who was smart and funny, unapologetically. Sure, the fabulous women in my family were teaching me that...but it's good to get input from the people outside as well.
It was on for twelve years. I had no idea. This is *another* reason the seasons should be on dvd. Hmmph. (Hey, whining in my journal worked with I Remember Mama...there's a precedent here. ;)
~~~
I like gadgets and the like, especially ones for the kitchen. What I *don't* like is the current (perhaps longstanding) trend of starting the commercial for a gadget with the "OHMYGHODS, doing {thingie} is so damn hard! How did we manage to {thingie} all these years?! AAAAAHHHH"
Like that Pasta Express
Or the new cd/dvd opener. It looks interesting and would probably make life a little easier if one opened lots of cd and dvd packages. But, they *are* openable...people have been managing to open them for ages now. We don't *need* the opener (which looks a bit bulky. I'm currently on the lookout for a keychain cd opener, to replace the one I lost last year), it's just something that would be neat to have.
Isn't there *someone* in marketing smart enough to design a campaign around "This would be neat to have!" rather than "This is hard, thank ghods {gadget} has been invented!"?
~~~
Sammy and I were involved in an online taste test for a new kind of pop tart (shhh. It's a seeeeeekrit). They sent us the stuff and we filled out a sheaf of papers while we ate 'em. Then they sent me a link and I'm inputting the data.
They mainly want the child's answers...but they seem to have forgotten that she's a little kid. Most of the answers are the 1-5 type, one being "loved it" and five being "hated it". There's nowhere to put "Didn't notice/don't care". They asked if the filling was shiny enough. She didn't actually *notice* the shininess of the filling, but I told 'em it was okay. I figure, if it was too shiny, she'd have said something.
Very silly. But, hey, free pop-tarts. Okay, they weren't the brown sugar kind, but they can't *all* be the brown sugar kind...especially since Jeff really likes the chocolate kind and I'd hate to make him cry.
~~~
And I just want to say that I killed a really, really hard monster in Adventure Quest and it was really mostly luck and good spells, but I did and I was proud and nobody cares but me, but that's okay, 'cause I'm a doer. Totally.
Yes. I even snark myself. Hands up, those who are surprised.;)
~~~
Damn but I'm chatty.
~~~
Oh yeah! G4 has done something I thought impossible. They've made ST:TNG (head of my list of favorite shows *ever*) unwatchable. The bastages. They did the same thing to TOS, but I figured I could ignore the shit around my show. No luck. And, in case anyone from G4 is reading this, the 2.0 shit is *just* as stupid with TNG as it was with TOS and if you do it to the three other live action ST series, it'll be stupid then too. That's 'cause it's a *very* stupid idea and I can't believe you actually brought it back. Ya schmucks. (They have the action in a little screen in the middle, with a fake stock exchange on one side, people answering foolish questions underneath and something (undoubtedly idiotic) on the other side. Too many things going on and none of it really connected to the show.)
This is why I love dvds. And why acquiring the complete TNG in the coming year is one of my goals. Now that the seasons are reasonably priced, it may be one of the doable goals too. :)
~~~
Hmm...short nap in the chair probably isn't enough. More sleep upstairs now.
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And I'm 51, and I'm not normal, though I'm healthier than I was at 40. (But I need my sleep more, and my aches and pains heal more slowly. Sigh.)
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The only thing I watch on that channel is "Cheaters," and even that's hard to stomach, since they edit and rework the damn episodes so heavily.
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I actually remember watching MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN during it's original airings here in New York when it came on after the 10 0'Clock News. Believe it or not there was even a moderately successful Mary Hartman rap song.
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But they did screw up Star Trek...TWICE.
I will say this, SPIKE is a better "MAN" channel than G4 will ever be.
OK. I'm done.
OK, I'm gonna need to hear that...
I, too, remember Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, viewed in my case from Alabama. If there's a rap song about her, I NEED IT!!!
Several times I thought about dressing as Mary HArtman for Halloween, but thought it might give up my age too easily. Tee hee.
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LOVE the Robin Hood restaurant thing!
I am not so much freaked out by my age as I am by how settled I am. I had all that time to think, you know, and I'm so satisfied with my conclusions on everything that it's real work to come up with something to think about anymore. :P
*hopes for Carol Burnett seasons, too* I'm still doing the happy dance over Muppet Show seasons, although they could get off their bums and get season 2 out any millisecond now, thankyouverymuch. :P
Hee! I go on about the "OMGHOWHAAAAAAARDITUSEDTOBE" thing practically every time I see one of those commercials. Don't try so hard, people. If it's a good product, then it's a good product, and we don't need to pretend it's saving us from THEHORROR. Really. Especially when the price is perfectly reasonable (and no, it does NOT seem more reasonable because you pretend that someone would actually pay X-Ludicrous-Amount for it, either.) Just sayin'. :)
Of course, the survey is just proof that marketing people live in their own little world. ;P
Go, you!
*is glad she doesn't watch G4* TNG (except for seasons one, which I have) has been sittin' on my wishlist for ages now. I want my kid to grow up seeing the TV that was important to me, you know?
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Amen.
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I hope not - if it is, I'm running late.
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Love the Robin Hood Restaurant idea...and I wouldn't mind washing dishes for an hour if the meal was good. :D
Most gadgets I can do without. For instance, the cake decorator and the cookie press I got from Papmered Chef make life HARDER, not easier. Same with that little hand chopper. *shrugs* Granted, there are some gadgets that do help, but most just eventually take up valuable space. *hee hee*
I'm all for snarking myself. *lmao*
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(I also have one of these (http://www.applesource.com/peeler.html) specifically for apples. It violates my no-moving-parts ethos, but boy, does it make producing applesauce easy!)
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If you're first in line for "The Carol Burnett Show", I'm second. And I hope and pray that "WKRP in Cincinatti" comes out someday.
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Love you. :)
May the Tots be with you
Darth Tater made the list on account of America having so much food that we make toy food. And we gave a vegetable a face and a wardrobe.
Re: May the Tots be with you
Heh.
Besides, it's plastic, not real food.
Live Long and Prosper
He didn't love Battlestar Galactica, but liked it ok. He enjoyed watching Pa Cartwright helm a starship, but thought the plots were too soap opera.
He totally loved "Salvage I", even though it only enjoyed a short run during my childhood.
Dad prefers his Future Fiction shows to be optimistic, like Gene Roddenberry's stuff. He cares not for post-apocalyptic Captain Bringdown stuff like the Alien franchise.
He's not a Trekkie so much as Trek Snob. So I guess I come by it honest.
Sure wish I had a ST:TNG LJ Icon. I'll have to get Jeeves on that right away.