Six Neat Things

I give. Uncle! NUFF! I must have internet, and internet I shall have. On Tuesday. I finally made the call tonight, after I realized there was no way to get the amount of work I have to do done without being away from home way more than I want to be. I feel like I haven’t seen my kids in a week, between needing to use the internet and helping Mama with Christmas stuff.

Now, I still won’t have my own machine, but I can download whatever I need to dh’s and that will still be batter than having to leave home, right?

Purging my life of internet was a little bit like using Orovo detox. I feel like I have clarified some things for myself, and I hope to be able to maintain a reasonable balance once we have internet back on.

Tap, tap, tap. That’s the sound of my foot hitting the floor repeatedly. And the druming you hear is my fingertips on the desk, because I still don’t have my machine back with my blogging tools. I never realized how handy, nay, essential some of my programs and add-ons were until I tried blogging without them. It’s not so good. Not so good at all.

The good news is that when I use my mom’s machine, I don’t have to wear my eyeglasses because her font is set larger than mine. Some of the machines at the library require magnifying glasses, though. /end whine. But I will be really glad to get my machine back. Maybe for Christmas, LOL!

I went shopping today at the outlet today. Man, they have the most amazing things there. I like to go in the shoe stores, the kitchen stores, the shoe stores and the candle stores. Today, we saw a little measuring cup that is adjustable. You just slide one end of the cup in and out to increase the capacity. Pretty cool, huh? And I might as well admit that silicone kitchen tools still fascinate me. How can they possibly not melt?

But you know the best part about a shopping trip like today? Besides the shoes, I mean? I walked so much that I won’t have to worry about treadmills for at least a week! Yay me!!

I didn’t receive a single penny after my post on Monday. I didn’t expect any, truth be told. This economy is so bad, it’s like everyone’s wallet is on diet pills, including my own.

I know my own shopping habits have changed! I used to go into the store to pick a couple of things, and then browse around until I found a few more. Now, I go in for what I went after, pay for it, and leave. I avoid adding more stuff to my cart as if “more stuff” spelled “leprosy”. If you are feeling the pinch, and it’s a bit tighter than you’d like, you can get some tips here: beingfrugal.net.

Back in the middle of November, the 18th to be exact, I posted that I hoped to be back sooner rather than later. Ya’ll it is seriously later, and my computer is still seriously OUT FOR REPAIR. I am having a friend do it for me, and he is cutting me an awesome deal, and fronting me the part, so I can’t complain, but man does it ever cramp my blogging style to not have my own machine. (Feel free to donate to my cause, HAHA!) (600 bucks would do it, HAHAHA!) (Not joking.)

In the meantime, it is difficult to find great sites to tell you about, and so I will soon be reduced to introducing you to the blogs in my feed reader, along with sites for small business franchises and such. So..send money. Or wait patiently, like me. (That was a joke.)

Man, oh man, let me tell you upfront that this is a linkless post. My computer is out being repaired, and so I have to use Mama’s (who doesn’t have stumbleupon, and also doesn’t want me sitting on her computer all day) or the library’s (which also doesn’t have stumbleupon and also limits my time). Consequently, I spend very little time surfing, and no time stumbling, and that is why I am not posting.

Do not despair. I will return. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Gene Autry had a code of ethics. Also a bio here.

More quotes, but this time in blog form, so you get new ones every couple of days.

A collection of fairy tales. You can print them out from pdf’s. There are some nice old ones here.

Ooh, this page catalogs lots of Folklore, Myth and Legend resources. You could stay busy here for years.

Funny, unless you happen to be easily offended: Customer Service Calls to God

What a neat idea. No, seriously. Go look at it! Notice the barefoot part!

Gorgeous Moon!

Some great quotes. Believe it or not, “Dance like nobody’s watching” did not begin as a country song!

Yumm! Cheesy Garlic Biscuits. I love cheesy garlic biscuits. I love them so much, I would go to Red Lobster just for the bread!

Think you know what Shakespeare meant? Check again.

This picture happens to be worth about 100 thousand words. Or is that 700 billion?

Food carvings, totally cool!

Have you heard about this book, Eunoia? Each chapter is written using only one vowel. I would not think such a thing was possible, but it is, and from the excerpts it looks more than half decent.

A collection of photographs: Most of these are just good interesting photos, but a few are disturbing. Still worth a look!

Cool origami trick with a weird commercial prelude.

Original fairy tales, not for the squeamish.

Hand feeding hummingbirds. Yes, seriously!

An alternative energy source.

This is so true. I want one in 43 different colors.

Amazing movie facts, including the one about Jean Claude Van-Damme, who also has a very big brain.

An incredible photo.

Some of these folks should have kept their mouth shut.

Why everyone loses the silence game.

Stuff to do with books besides reading them.

See how your all time favorite stacked up at the All-Time Worldwide Box Office. I was surprised by the winner.

Optical illusions! This page comes with a disclaimer that it could make you sick, LOL!

Muhahahahahahaha. Must. Control> Laughter. Democrat Halloween.

Photos that changed the world. Oh yes indeed, they did.

Interesting look at the Greek Gods.

How many presidents can you name in three minutes?

You must see this, you simply must. I’ll wait, go now.Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie.

I thought I knew what a play on words was, until I saw this one.

Umm, WHY is Obama out of money? This is crazy! Cause he’s also charging for his campaign signs! Crazier yet, people are buying them!

The stories behind some of my favorite stories.

Go write your own refrigerator magnet story.

Want the blues?