Six Neat Things

Another great title, right? I am beat, people. And I still have miles to go before I sleep. So, let’s hurry up and find some neat stuff, so I can read some feeds so I can go to bed, before I start seriously considering diet pills as an energy source.

Have you seen this? According to Greg, you should.

Oooh, so prit-tay. I want one.

Oh, I like this too, and of course I want to be one of the One Million for Christ.

Hahahaha, a new times table.

Interesting art, if you are into the surreal. And I am.

Did you know you could listen to klove online? Do you know what klove is? I guess that’s the first question, LOL. Give them a listen and see.

Here’s an comparison of acne treatments, if you happen to need help with blemishes.

Oooh, lookie at these papercuts. These things fascinate me.

Crochet tutorials! This is a handy site for me, LOL. Or would be if I ever took time to craft anymore.

Political Cartoons. Mostly conservative based, and pretty darn funny in a sad, sad way.

Holy cow, pour me a glass of milk while I try my hand at homemade oreos.

You know, I love me some Stumbleupon. I use it a lot, particularly on this blog. But I have a problem, and I am not sure there’s a fix for it! It seems like while I was offline, SU got filled up with sites that are not so great! Someone somewhere must have had some sales training or something that included info on getting your site stumbled via trades or what not, cause seriously. I used to be able to use maybe one in three sites, and tonight…..it was maybe one in ten. Do you know how long it takes to evaluate 50 sites per blog post? Too long, that’s what. /end rant

First things first, you need to take care of business, get your affairs in order, stuff like that. You can start here: insurance quotes.

Ooooh, this is slick. It’s a video of someone playing music on glasses. Totally cool!

Some amazing pictures of the the amazing earth we live on.

Interesting little optical thing called birds forever searching.

The author uses the word haunting to describe the American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial. Go read the words and view the pictures. Haunting doesn’t begin to describe. We must also add horrible.

A new look at Starry, Starry Night.

So, here I am with computer and internet at home, ready to start blogging for real again. This start and stop and stall and spurt is crazy making, isn’t? Maybe not so much for you, but I like blogging almost as much as I love a good shoe Sale. And people, that’s a lot of love. A lot, hehehe.

Anyway, let’s find some neat stuff, shall we? We can start with this bit of date data.

A study of the changes in ballet postures over time. Are we getting more flexible, or just more willing to injure ourselves?

Want a new wallpaper? Check out this one from National Geographic.

Another optical illusion. You know I love these!

And finally, more writing tips.

You know, right, that I am using my mother’s computer these days to type my drivel? The good stuff, too, mind you, don’t get me wrong, but I realize it’s not all Pulitzer Prize winning material. Anyway, the glare is bad on her screen when the sun hits a certain point in the sky. She normally keeps them closed in the down position, but right about now, we flip them UP to get rid of the glare. Not a bad trick with Cheap Blinds, and we never have to touch the curtains.

That’s today’s neat thing. A job. Of which I have one. And I like it. A lot in fact. Of course, I am fruity enough that I’ve always thought running a cash register was pretty glamorous. Now, I do that, along with other stuff which is even more fun than the register. I count pills and answer phones and sweep. And check people out. Cash, check, credit or gift card, it all means ka-ching.

You know, a hot real estate market is a great thing, if you are looking to sell. Not so much if you want to buy. I have a friend who is scouring the Wilmington NC real estate listings, trying to find a place to live, and everything is out of budget, even the 1000 square foot, three bedroom one bath dives. Nothing neat about that at all, but I’m allowed a pure rant now and then, right?

Ok, I try to keep my eyes forward, and look where I am going, most of the time. And I try not to get too excited about mundane things. But sometimes, I fail to do those things, and sometimes I fail to do them both at the same time. For instance, when I went to this site and saw their contemporary rugs. If it’s not showing the animal print rug when you get there, just let it scroll.

RAWR. I want it.

Spring is springing, finally. It was a balmy 54 here today, after not getting above freezing yesterday. My friend is ordering chicks. Soon people will be ripping off their patio furniture covers and planting flowers and vegetables.

You know the neatest spring thing, though? It’s the sound of the birds, silly. I don’t have a link for that. Go outside and listen for yourself.

So, the other day, a young man whom I like a good deal was in my room. I pushed the door closed so I could put up a pair of shoes, and he indicated that he thought I had a goodly number of pairs of shoes. So then I had to tell him that his was not even half my shoes. In fact, I have about a bazillion pairs, of all different brands, and about the only kind I need to finish my collection ore a pair of Louboutins and some Danskos. Anybody out there wanna help a girl out?

I really hope you are, because otherwise, life just sucks. There’s something about living in a soap opera that is just intensely amusing if you can take a step back and look at it from outside. Kinda like watching those spring plungers come down on somebody else’s hand, you know what I mean?

I’m still laptopless, still internetless, but I take great pleasure in not being humorless. And it’s working pretty well for me, LOL!