Fun Flirting With Naughty Ecards
March 31, 2008
Some people appreciate a touch of naughtiness in their lives-nothing too overly dirty, but something a tiny bit risqu that makes them smile. For them, video ecards are just the ticket. Wildly funny, irreverent, and sometimes just plain bizarre, there are some to really tickle your inner playboy (or girl!) Not all of them are naughty ecards, of course, though there are plenty of them to keep you snickering for a while as you browse through the selections. One of the funniest simply shows two individual... Read more »
Goofisms: The Worms Have It!
March 29, 2008
Big Oil, the meat industry, chemical fertilizer manufacturers and queasy people everywhere are shaking in their boots due to recent scientific and agricultural innovations brought about by worm farming. The buzz is: worms may well save the planet. Consider: worms are one of the easiest animals in the world to farm, and all you have to do to harvest 100% organic meat is to raise earthworms in organic soil. Home worm farms are a breeze to set up; they compost your fruit and vegetable waste and your... Read more »
Is It Really As Good For The Gander?
March 28, 2008
When I got married, I got a life partner. My husband got a housekeeper and a cook. He also got a laundress and a social secretary. After we had children he got a nanny to take care of them - a nanny who didn’t get days off. This explains why men remarry sooner after divorce. Unfortunately, second marriages are statistically less successful than first marriages; and third marriages are statistically less successful than second ones. Obviously, good help is hard to find. In the job market it’s... Read more »
Don’t You Hate Feeling Taken?
March 28, 2008
Once a year we feel taken by the IRS. Last year, however, the IRS issued a consumer alert to prevent us from feeling taken by surprise. The alert warned about an e-mail scam offering $80 for participating in a customer satisfaction survey. Among other things, the survey asked for social security number, bank name and credit card information - information helpful in withdrawing funds, making credit card charges and getting loans. I may be blond, but I think I’d be suspicious if the IRS cared... Read more »
Who Knew Pyrotechnics Is A Hobby?
March 28, 2008
A hobby gives us a chance to do something the best we can; but because we’re not being paid to do it, no one tells us we’re not doing it well enough. My grandfather’s hobby was collecting. He collected coins and stamps and guns and clocks. I didn’t get the collector gene. The three, glass hearts on the coffee table aren’t a collection - two looked too few. The four drawings by the same artist aren’t a collection - they’re bad judgment. In fact, judging by... Read more »
Do Old Sayings Still Mean What They Say?
March 27, 2008
One of my grandmother’s favorite sayings was don’t borrow trouble. A rain cancellation, a bad medical report, an unwelcome guest - she didn’t believe in worrying about something that might not happen. According to Grandmother, when you borrow trouble, it’s hard to return. As a child, I not only borrowed trouble, I used it to make mountains out of mole hills. Rain on the day of my school picnic, a “B” on an exam I thought I’d aced, a pimple on prom night;... Read more »
Why Aren’t Things What They Seem?
March 26, 2008
In today’s world not everything is what it seems. The reason the bowl of cereal in the TV ad doesn’t look soggy could be because the milk is actually wood glue. The bubbly champagne could look like a party in a glass because it’s been sprinkled with aspirin powder and the festive frosting on the cake could look picture perfect because it’s been coated with hair spray Sometimes the food in TV ads is food for thought. Although imitation is supposed to be the sincerest form... Read more »
What’s The Lowdown On Dental Hygiene?
March 25, 2008
If the tooth be told, George Washington’s dentures weren’t made of wood. They were made of bone. There have been vast improvements in dentures since then, but this has had a negative effect on the world’s political situation. Now it’s much easier for world leaders to bite off more than they can chew. Today’s process of whitening came too late for world leader, Mao Tse-Tung. His pearly whites were supposedly green. Mao said that he didn’t brush them because tigers... Read more »
Is It To Die For?
March 25, 2008
My grandmother didn’t understand why people described things as “to die for”. She thought something really liked should be something “to live for” - like chocolate. Chocolate is a socially acceptable addiction. It’s a multi-sensory addiction that appeals to taste, smell and touch. Because it also releases chemicals similar to those released when in love, it’s a hard-to-fight addiction - but I’m going to try. The Toad-Ally Snax Company drizzles chocolate... Read more »
Detroit Nightlife
March 21, 2008
Detroit Michigan has long been thought of as a city of nightlife. This is mostly because of the legendary status of Motown, the birth of the musical era that would inevitably change the musical world, as we know it. Today, the lights never go out in downtown Detroit and it has become one of the most popular, as well as the most varied, of nightlife spots in the United States. The city literally has hundreds of popular clubs and bars that people travel hundreds of miles to visit, and in some cases... Read more »
