In just the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen a stiletto go through a rotted floor, a platform sandal slip off in a mud puddle and a pair of leather pumps ruined my red clay.
Why would anyone turn up at a construction site in frivolous shoes? They should have been wearing steel-toed work boots.
I’m convinced this has to be a directorial decision. I can believe that women who are supposedly actively involved in the house-flipping business would not have the good sense to arrive in proper footwear.
…I am befuddled…
Update: it’s come to my attention that these tampons come with resealable wrappers. I can see how this could be a concern because improperly sealed rappers return as holograms.
I heard part of an NPR story this morning about VC in Silicon Valley and I was wondering why the Viet Cong would be interested in investing in startups.
Hi! I'm Spenser
We didn’t last long as a dog-free house. We missed Sharkdog (Akeesha) too darn much to come home to an empty house. This is Spenser. Spenser is a 7 month old long-haired Dachshund from South Carolina. He was rescued from a high-kill shelter by Furvever Dachshund Rescue. We have a family friend who is a dog lover and doxie foster in Clemson, SC. She posted his picture (he was named Bo) and the “we need to get this dog” campaign began in the Oooh Something Shiny household.
My better half wanted a break from dogs, which made sense on every level, but Bo was just irrestible. Our daughter’s powerpoint pushed him over the edge. (Her mad Powerpoint Skills predate the recent commercial by about 7 years. She created a PowerPoint Christmas list when she was 12 and remains to date one of the most skilled PowerPoint users I have seen).
We drove the 13 hours to Clemson on Saturday and returned on Sunday. I decided to rename him when I read that it’s a bad idea to name a dog Mo or Snow or Beau, because it’s too close to No and confuses them. I came up with Spenser after the Robert B Parker detective. One of my favorite character from one of my favorite authors. I had some selling to do on the name, but my entire potential name list was pronounced nerdy and my husband was convinced with every name that I came up with after Spenser was an attempt to come up with something even worse so that he would agree to Spenser. He looks like a Spenser though, doesn’t he?
I took yesterday off for some basic training (Did you know that adopting a dog doesn’t meet maternity leave requirements??). Spenser learned his name quickly as well as Sit! and Leave It! We tried lay or down, but he keeps just looking at us like “Look, I want to make you happy and I really want that treat, but I have no idea what you’re getting at.” I’m working on Stay now and we’ll see what’s next after that. He is a really quick study.
I referred to him as Fedora dog, because the night we picked him up, he tried to sleep on our heads. He hasn’t tried that since we’ve been home, but that may be because with no other dogs in the house, he doesn’t need to prove himself to be “Top Dog”
Expect many more Spenser stories to come.
1. Have a surprise party for someone. Invite many guests. Turn out the lights and Yell “Get Down! He’s here!” After about five minutes say “Sorry. False alarm.” repeat at least 10 times.
2. Secretly take a container of chocolate pudding into the stall in a crowded restroom. Maybe something like a stadium facility. Pour the pudding all over your hands. Matter of factly exit the stall and wash your hands. Don’t make eye contact. (smearing your hands on surfaces or muttering “what a mess” optional).
3. Oldie but goodie. Place a small piece of a Post-It note on the bottom of someone’s computer mouse, covering the ball or optical eye. Job security for the IT department.
Post your best practical jokes in the comments section.
So apparently, Indianapolis’ greatest concern about hosting this year’s Superbowl is their recent rash of Exploding Manhole Covers
From the Washington Post:
“One concern has been a series of explosions in Indianapolis Power & Light’s underground network of utility cables. A dozen underground explosions have occurred since 2005, sending manhole covers flying.
Eight explosions have occurred since 2010. The latest, on Nov. 19, turned a manhole cover into a projectile that heavily damaged a parked car and raised concerns about the safety of Super Bowl visitors walking on streets and soaring above the Super Bowl village on four zip lines installed for the festivities.
Since December, IPL has spent about $180,000 to install 150 new locking manhole covers, primarily in the Super Bowl village and other areas expected to see high pre-game traffic.
IPL officials say the new Swiveloc manhole covers can be locked for security reasons during the Super Bowl. In case of an explosion, the covers lift a couple of inches off the ground — enough to vent gas out without feeding in oxygen to make an explosion bigger — before falling back into place.”
It looks like the commercials may not be the only interesting thing about the Superbowl this year.
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.
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 And Makeup or Random or Smartassery.
I’ll try to break away to post more here.
all the brownies!
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 is a musical based on the music of Greenday. ( I am working on Boulevard of Broken Dreams and soon 21 Guns on my cello) This is their very first stop on their post-broadway run.
Here are some cool things that happened on January 9:
2011 A Border Collie has reportedly learned 1022 words and can act in accordance with the citation of those words
2007 Apple Computer unveils the revolutionary iPhone
1998 Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
I’ve always been annoyed that I share my birthday with the likes of Richard Nixon and Dave Matthews, but ladies and gentlemen, there is a new contestant. Today is Kate Middleton’s 30th birthday, so I have that going for me. Which is nice.
Ooh Something Shiny! 