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2Cellos on Glee (spoiler alert)
Yes, that adolescent squealing you heard was me. I cannot believe it. 2Cellos performed Smooth Criminal on tonight’s Glee. The are a couple of Croatian hotties who also happen to be cello virtusos. You should check them out. I’m off to practice my cello. And being hot.
Pinterest Ate My Blog
Seriously. If you are not familiar, Pinterest is a visually lush Internet time suck. So instead of updating my blog, I spend my days posting or “pinning” pictures of pretty clothes or purple hair or cute puppies to a virtual bulletin board. I have a variety of boards which I’ve titled things like Awesome Hair […]
Celebrate ALL The Birthdays!
My daughter made me this birthday treat from brownies, frosting and a chocolate orange. It’s my favorite internet meme, which you may have seen in this post about using lyrics as a facebook status. So awesome. And so delicious now that I have deconstructed it – nom. We went to see American Idiot in Toronto, which […]
So, I Started a New Blog…
Ooohsomethingshiny will continue, of course, it it’s current absurd stream of consciousness state, but I will also be writing at onedietbookawayfromgoalweight. At One Diet Book Away From Goal Weight, I will be writing about an assortment of books, websites, apps, articles that I stumble over relating to diet, exercise, fitness. With any luck I will […]
Shark Dog? I’ll Show You Shark Dog!
We are hosting guest dog Molly over winter break: She is from South Carolina and is none too pleased with being required to go out into the cold to do her business, even though this has been a mild Buffalo winter. She complains about this frequently to The Management. She is a tiny little daschund and could not me more different from our dear, […]
The Wimminfolk Are Angry
One of the top searches on Oooh Something Shiny this week, number two behind Maya Sieber, in fact, was: “My husband does nothing every Christmas.” C’mon guys. Step it up. And ladies, if you want to share responsibilities, you can’t be all control-freaky. Your way and the wrong way are not the only options
At Least She Didn’t Name Him Kenny
Airline mishap leaves dog in Alaska If you thought it was bad when the airlines lost your luggage, how about them losing a beloved pet? http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/erie/airline-mishap-leaves-dog-in-alaska Maybe this is another reason to own purse-sized pets so that you don’t have to check Bowser with your Louis Vuitton. . South Park lovers (my husband is not […]
Cops: Drunk tried driving hurt deer to NY hospital
I don’t normally just cut and paste things from the news, but this is just priceless. Cops: Drunk tried driving hurt deer to NY hospital Police say driver’s blood-alcohol level was .16 Updated: Thursday, 22 Dec 2011, 12:08 PM EST Published : Thursday, 22 Dec 2011, 12:08 PM EST GREECE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say […]
People With ADD Should Not Go to Pier One
Not that I’ve actually been diagnosed or anything, unless you include every layperson I encounter. There is WAY too much going on in Pier One to focus on any one thing. It is, however, great fodder for Awkward Photojournalism. . I went in there with high hopes and walked out with almost nothing. I did […]
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