My sister gave me a Netflix coupon that I just activated, last night, that just gave me one month’s worth of movies for free. I don’t have a lot of time for movie watching, but when I do have the time to sit down and enjoy some TV time it will be nice to be able to pick something that I really want to watch and to be able to watch it when I want to. There are tons of movies and TV shows to choose from, more than I expected to find. So for the next month I’ll be catching up on as many movies as I ca
More Winners
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam
12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there
16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men
A Skiers Paradise
I appreciate the guest post, Jewel Rodgers
Winter Park, Colorado is truly a skier’s paradise. With virtually no lift lines and a mountain that boasts mogul skiing at it’s best, this is a favorite spot of mine.
Once I load up the skies and dogs, set the home security alarm (home Alarm systems prices) and head west, I always find time to stop at Beau Jo’s pizza in Idaho Springs on the way. They have the best pizza and it’s a Colorado tradition. My drive continues up Berthold Pass (which can be dicey so check the weather reports) and back down into Winter Park. It’s an old skiers town. There’s nothing fancy here. No fur coats, no expensive accomodations, just the awesome mountain and a ton of snow! I like to go directly to Mary Jane. This is the mogul mountain. After a day skiing the bumps I’ll hop back over to the base of Winter Park and enjoy some groomed runs. Everyone is friendly and happy in Winter Park. There’s no pretense of anything fancy. We are all there to conquer the same thing…the mountain.
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2 Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone(n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid..
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon(n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit(n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug(n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor(n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.
Wonderful Rain Chains For Mother’s Day
I have the perfect gift to give some one like my late-mother for Mother’s Day or any other gift giving holiday would be good as well. I’ve never seen one before, although I’ve heard the term “chains rain” before. But as I was mindlessly surfing the net earlier this evening I was looking at some rain barrels that would come in handy around here, when I came across a site that sells the most wonderful looking rain chains. My mother would have loved the umbrella one and my old man would have really enjoyed the fish rain chain, both of which I’ve posted a picture of below so you can see how cool these babies are.
There are plenty more rain chains on the website that I found these at. Rainchainlink.com offers Free Shipping on all their orders, they also have a link to some pretty nice looking unique rain barrells that I was eye balling as well. Since we didn’t have much snow this winter we are being told that we can look forward to another summer that we have to watch our water supply and possibly have to comply with mandatory water restrictions like we have had to do on and off for the past decade or so.
Right now we may be sick of all the rain, but it is helping with some water issues that are literally right around the corner.
Jay Leno
One of the better acts on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show is his Jay Walking. I can only hope that these people are set up to act so ignorant and embarrassing. It does crack me up though, I have to say. I don’t usually stay up late enough to watch any of the late night talk shows but when I do it is always The Tonight Show on NBC.
The Evening News
I used to watch the news at least once a day, if not more, since you can almost always find a news program on 24 hours a day with pay TV in so many homes and businesses. But the past year or so I have gotten so disgusted with all the bad news overwhelming the majority of these news programs and I’ve stayed away from watching them. I can find anything that I need online, when I have the need and the time to digest it.
Cake Boss
I can’t believe that I have been watching the new TV show on TLC, Cake Boss. It isn’t normally the type of show that I would enjoy watching, but I do like cake! The show is about a large extended 2nd generation Italian family that runs a very busy and well known bakery in New Jersey. The owner is an inspiring baker that enjoys making the most outrageous cakes that people request from and pay dearly for and it is all filmed and narrated, an enjoyable hour to watch some times when there isn’t all that much on anywhere else.
The Dog Whisperer On Satellide TV
Thanks for the post from Stan Atkins
When I get the chance, I like to sit down and watch the Dog Whisperer on satellite tv. This is one of my favorite shows because I like dogs and want to know as much as I can about them. Cesar Milan works with dogs that other people would often give up on. I like that.
Casar can take a dog that is aggressive and make it into a good house pet in no time flat. There have been cases where he was unable to accomplish that right in the home of the person he was trying to help, but he didn’t give up on the dog.
Cesar has a place where he can take renegade dogs and introduce them to his pack of dogs. Most of these dogs were renegades too and with his help they have become good canine citizens who get along well with the others.
What Cesar does during his show is teach people the nature of dogs. This alone is a great way to help them learn how to train their own dogs. Once you know the way dogs think, you can do much more with them. He instructs the dog owners not to treat their pet dog like children because they interpret that as weakness and they will then try to take over the position of alpha in the pack.
Action Packed Super Bowl
So the Packers kicked some butt last night, I’m glad to say. This year’s Super Bowl game tuned into a great action packed evening that kept folks on the edge of their seat all the way through. It’s about time that the Steeler fans got knocked down a notch or two this year. Now let’s see what next year’s season will bring to us all.