Nothing like peaceful music on a Sunday morning…
I’m diggin the ukelele cover Danny:
Star Trek – Bein’ Red – Filk song. It’s not easy being a red shirt:
My favourite is Gary Young and “Plantman”:
I was reading a book… ‘the history of glue’ – I couldn’t put it down.
- Tim Vine
by Amy Honey
Yep. That’s my post for today.
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
- Moliere
You should learn a different language and then in public, make a phone call to the weather guy (are those still around?) and just recite what you know. But make it sound really cool… like you’re talking about something important.
Even if it’s from Lesson 1
“Ingrid lives in Europe. She drives a car. She has a dog. Her favourite food is pizza.”
My suggestion is to learn something that’s not common in your area. That way the chances of someone understanding you are slim.
Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.
- George Santayana
No, no, I don’t suck the fun out of an atmosphere. I am drawn to fun looking things. Even if it’s a fun sign. I want to go in the building. I’m pretty terrible about it, but I have found some interesting places.
I’ve eaten at some pretty bad restaurants, just because I liked their sign. I’ve walked into some filthy stores, but their sign made them look so fun. I’m obviously deranged that I’m so drawn to them, but I would make a great test subject in a lab.
Next time you see something interesting or fun, why not stop in? Maybe you’ll gain an experience or two.
I can spend hours in a grocery store. I get so excited when I see food, I go crazy. I spend hours arranging my baskets so that everything fits in and nothing gets squashed. I’m really anal about it, actually.
- Cameron Diaz
One of my favourite places to be in the world is a grocery store. I love the sites, the smells, the sounds, and the glassy-eyed look on people’s faces. There’s just something surreal about the entire thing. Maybe it’s all the bright coloured packaging or the florescent lights… I don’t know. But to me each grocery store trip is a religious experience.
I wander around aimlessly most of the time, but when I’m on a planned trip… I shop very carefully. Reading the back of packages, picking the right size and price, and making sure I’m never in someone’s way through the divine aisles. I would hate to be someone’s barrier into the ethereal.
My favourite stores are the giant Krogers and local Farmers Markets. We have a lot of International Farmers Markets in my area, and while they seem to be packed day in and day out, therein lies a great opportunity to combine my 2 loves. Grocery stores and people watching.
Never trust a skinny chef
- My dad
My parents were already pretty old when they had me, so because they were raised in the 50s, Lawrence Welk was a typical guest in our house thanks to his weekly TV program. I dreaded it outwardly, but secretly, I loved it. The women in their pretty dresses, the dancers, the singers, the bubbles.. oh so many bubbles.
But there developed my favourite sound in the entire world. The sound of dancing shoes on the Lawrence Welk show floor. I don’t know what it is about that particular floor, but the sound is so crisp… I just looked forward to hearing that week after week.
Hear it for yourself. By the way.. Tea for Two is a kick ass song. 
Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don’t know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I’m a weirdo.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
I was going to post a link to a website that has a bunch of articles on there about conspiracy theories, overthinking, brainwashing, symbolism, etc.. and while I don’t subscribe to their beliefs I figured.. heey.. I’ll post about them anyways because it’s interesting and kind of weird.
But then I realized, why link to them? If I don’t like them, don’t agree with them, why would I intentionally draw attention to them? I think many of us do the OMGWTF and then tell everyone we know, and then those people are like OMGWTF and then they in turn bring more. Just what some people wanted originally. Attention. I’m not going to do it.
Instead.. I’m going to introduce you to Sara the Walrus. A saxophone playing, tango dancing walrus in Istanbul.
I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.
- John McGahern
I have a deep affection for all things in the retro era (mainly 40s and 50s) everything from fashion to furniture and culture to cheezy how-to videos they used to show in school. It just feels all so… wholesome. So that’s why I greatly admire Time Warp Wives.
Time Warp living… well, it’s best if they explain it:
“Time Warp Living Is a retro movement where both men and women have taken radical action to escape what they see as the hectic grind of modern life. Past eras had their share of difficulties. Could it be that these timewarpians have overly romanticized the past, or were those times really better than our own? You decide.”
The Dailymail did a feature on Time Warp Wives and it’s worth the read. Some harsh critics say these women are living in denial or that they’re sad because they’re living in a fantasy world. I’m not judging them at all. I think we should all do what makes us happy and kudos to them for living their dream. That’s something to be jealous of.
I’m not a real movie star. I’ve still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
- Will Rogers
Enjoy your Wheaties.. or Count Chocula… or Smurf Berries!
Must Pop Words – Spells words as they fall and collect, but don’t let it exceed 50!
The World of Seinfeld – An exhaustive list of all characters in Seinfield and their relation to one another.
The Wonderful World of Prison Inventions – It’s just not carved soap anymore.
Steal Our Ideas – These guys come up with ideas so you don’t have to. Feel free to implement!
By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow.
- Brian Ferneyhough
All your base are belong to us – it starts off so simply, but when you translate it to Japanese, back into English, back into Japanese, back into English, so on and so forth… it comes out “All members of the Foundation”
Some others that I had fun with:
I was in Florida, I was wrong, and T – Shirt
I work a long day of training in life
What is interesting is written?
For the women, dancing, or you need to learn to give the impression of the line? The length of this one will impress you!
What did you come up with?
