Posts Tagged ‘postaday2011’
have a bowl of failure.
At a thrift store recently (the one with the d-bag), my friend and I spotted these beauties. As I said on Facebook – Becky: Perfect if your wedding theme color is ecru. And if you’re serving cereal. Jeana: I would totally go to an ecru themed wedding that served cereal. Becky: come to think of…
Read Moreworst camera ever made
It’s the Polaroid X800. Horrible design, horrible interface, doesn’t work, is bad. The most grievous violations: Packaging does not indicate what additional items to acquire to make it work (batteries, MicroSD card) Does not have a wrist strap or place for a wrist strap — on a camera that is intended to be under the…
Read Morea widow’s story
Another monthly challenge to myself: read a book, and report on it here (to keep me honest.) These will not be terribly in depth or insightful reviews. Here’s April’s. I couldn’t face another book of fiction so I went for this memoir, which is something I’ve wanted to read since before it came out. Oates…
Read Morekayakky
Finally, the kayak post. I’m not even going to apologize for the crappy, foggy pictures from the Worst Camera Ever Made (underwater edition). Any quality of pictures cannot recreate the fabulousness of this trip. However, it started off rockily. I inadvertently dressed completely matchy-matchy — my shirt, backpack and water shoes all contained the same…
Read Moresespe means knee
After more than an hour with a highly experienced technogeek and many swear words later, I finally managed to get my pictures out of the the Worst Camera Ever Made, the one that will get its own blog post soon. It was an underwater camera, a great idea (in theory) for the kayak portion of…
Read Moreproof positive
Here is a proof that I’ve been kissing frogs (and liking it) lately, as mentioned in my mini man marathon post. Yes, that’s an unflattering pucker pose of me, and that little rock-looking thing in the middle of the picture is a real frog, encountered on a recent hike. This particular frog was too smart…
Read Morememo to you, d-bag
Hey there, Mister Loudmouth. Thanks for deciding to come on in to the thrift store, where my friend and I are enjoying a much-needed recreational respite from the intensity of the past 24 hours. Thanks for setting your spiky-haired head on your wiry shoulders and marching in in that weird, highly-controlled way that just transmits…
Read Moresudden storm
A good friend of mine just received word, the bad word — the “Big C” word. She was treated for a different kind of cancer (the little c), and now she’s got another kind of cancer. And the suckitude just ramped up, up, way the fuck UP. As I am not the friend that will…
Read Moregoing through the motions
It has been a whirlwind week-plus. My socializing skills are now depleted. Imaging a blinking red life-force bar above my head. I also ate a substantial amount of seafood tonight (to which I’m extremely sensitive). Don’t ask why; I had a “what the hey — I’m feeling healthy!” moment. Now I feel not so healthy.…
Read Morerise and shine
This is a screenshot from an ad that popped up while I was playing an online game. Is it just me, or is that kind of a violent image? Which, actually, is quite apt — if I was confronted with an idiotic, anthropomorphic pastry treat first thing in the morning, I’d hack its little head…
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