Blog O' Hilarious, "Bude!"

Here's what I've been reading for the last hour instead of getting anything done... read his blog quickly now, before he's filthy rich in Hollywood and you have to pay for the privilege.

The Blog O' Cheese

Time's Best Blogs of 2010*

*shouldn't it say "so far" or "the first 1/2 of..." ?

Time magazine's lists of best (and worst) blogs.  I think I just missed the cut...

Tilt-Shift Photography

Very cool -- looks like a miniature, but it's not!

Stormtroopers' Day Off

These are hilarious, and gotta admire the dedication -- I would have lost interest after a few weeks...

Stormtroopers 365   or   Techi.com

Home Decorating with Sharpies

very cool... did his mom yell at him for writing on the walls?
And is that R2D2 in the corner?

U.S. Presidents vs. The Super Bowls

Pitting the Presidents against the Super Bowls, leading up to this season's confluence: SBXXXXIV vs. Prez #44


funny, yet informative.

not sure "confluence' is the correct word...?

My new favorite mom/writer/DNA-sequencer/LEGO-builder ...

"Mi no save"

"I don't understand" in 250 languages...

I guess "Do you have to pee?" would be another important one to print out...

Wordle

Ok, very cool... found this courtesy of Bonnie -- just put in your text and it gets all creative on ya...




It's called Wordle , and you can click on my picture then on my pseudonym and see what I did instead of homework for several hours tonight...

I don't recommend jumping their homepage with small children, or large immature ones either, since nimrods like to play with bad words...

art as authority

this is the guy (the one getting inked as part of his art show) who teaches us how to do the art classes for the boys' school...

http://artasauthority.com/

I haven't really checked out the site yet, so I take no responsibility... there is a nice article on him in Sunday's U-T though...

update:

I am honored to have a celebrity visit my blog, and a comment from the artist himself, Kevin Freitas:

"The blog, artasauthority.com is user friendly and user safe and covers a lot of what's going on in the arts in SD. I welcome everyone to check it out and leave a comment, if they so desire. The exhibit downtown at Simayspace Gallery that I organized and curated (and where I was inked), is within the confines of the Art Academy of San Diego, and is open until April 25th. Please visit. Thanks!"

So go. Get some culture in your life.

Literature-Map

this is cool -- put in an author you like* and it will show you others close in style you might like...

http://www.literature-map.com/

I would never have connected Emily Dickinson and Fannie Flagg with Michael Chabon, but it seems worth investigating...


*or dis-like, if you want to avoid similar authors...

40 reasons...

"40 reasons not to spawn"

Saw this interesting article, and my first thought was:
She could only think of 40?!?!?

Sheesh, my kids give me 40 reasons before we're finished breakfast, and another 40 before I kick 'em out of the truck in front of the school... if they're lucky, it's their school... But that's why they make backpacks with pockets for maps and compasses, right?

The two lines that caught my eye:

The child is a kind of vicious dwarf, of an innate cruelty.

...maternity-leave provisions (16 weeks at full-time pay) and healthy cash payments for additional children (1,000 euros a month for each child after #2)

Ok, I don't know how much a Euro is, but it's gotta be alotta coin to be worth childbirth* -- and 4 months pay is plenty to provide the "vicious dwarf" with his/her own cable TV and a lock on the door...

You know I'm just kidding, the author is both French and wrestling with issues. So I made my own list, and realized I shouldn't count "no peace and quiet" for #'s 2, 5, 16, 21, and 32 through 39... and that most of the spots left on the list were taken by variations of either "the killer of desire/must check 12 times to make sure door is locked" and "it costs how much???" ...so I guess mine aren't that bad, and I'll keep them (the kids, not the reasons), despite being Frenched out of the 16 weeks pay...

...and, as of on cue, Son #3 just provided me with reason #41: they get in the shower wearing socks and a sweatshirt.

*I make no pretensions to knowing even the slightest idea regarding the pain of childbirth, and do not wish to be construed in any way as minimizing said pain. My hat is off, and all important parts tied tight, in respect for the anguish mothers endure to bring children into the world. But c'mon, for the right amount of zeros on the check, you'd do it all again, wouldn't you?

500 years of women

Very cool, if not a bit disconcerting with the floating, morphing head and all...

how many can you recognize?


http://historyiselementary.blogspot.com/2007/08/wordless-34.html

Super Librarian

Wow. Talk about lost in a good book(blog)...

http://shellysbooks.blogspot.com/

don't rush.

make some tea, spend some time.

Satan Claus?

http://wikidumper.blogspot.com/


makes you change what you want to ask him for, doesn't it?

not what you think...

title reminds me of a movie I saw once, but it's actually an extremely entertaining blog I feel, in my heart of hearts, you should go read right now.


http://boobsinjuriesanddrpepper.blogspot.com/


right.
now.


go.

What were you doing....

10 years ago today?

You were watching Jordan lead the Bulls, Aikmen and the Cowboys, and wondering if the Yankees could get back to the World Series in the next few years... you probably went to see Fargo or Jerry Maguire, heard Seal's Kiss From a Rose for the first of 6 million times, and wondered if Tupac had recorded anything new before he was shot... you wondered if Tyson vs. Holyfield would be exciting, and you cast a vote for President Clinton, wishing him a smooth, uneventful second term.

For some reason I don't remember any of that stuff, because ten years ago today I was nervous, excited, so happy my cheeks hurt, and walking down the aisle of the Graceland Wedding Chapel to marry The Most Wonderful and Beautiful Woman in The World... and while we had planned, 10 years, 2 kids, and a mortgage ago to spend this glorious anniversary celebrating among the lights of Paris, I hope she knows how blessed and lucky and privileged I feel to be her husband, and to be able to tell her Happy Anniversary no matter where in the world we are.

http://www.gracelandchapel.com/index.html

http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/

50,000 ?!?!?!?!?

There is no way I'll ever finish, but it looked like fun. And it's another excuse to not finish the laundry.

http://www.nanowrimo.org/ or http://www.nanowrimo.org/userinfo.php?uid=156310 *

so join me, or give me ideas. Lots of ideas.


I am trying to just write, no thought to grammar and sentence structure, apologies to Mrrs. Strunk and White, and as you can to tell no thought to an actual plot or sensible storyline. I am trying not to read what I write, but if I try not to spellcheck I get hives and a twitch in my right eye.

* if that doesn't work, look under Authors for JK2006

It cleaned itself

Please go here, you'll laugh.
no nudity, I promise, despite the title.

http://thewetnoodle.blogspot.com/


This dude's hilarious. And now I've used the word "hilarious" twice in 15 minutes, and I never use the word "hilarious". I also never know where to put the period, inside or outside of the quotes?

and while you're at it, check out Dylan's newest, especially Rollin' and Tumblin'.