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** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** No one should Laugh at Life! That's Life's Job - Laughing at us. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** According to Chinese Horoscopes it is the YEAR OF THE TIGER! G-R-R-R Here's a writer that will make you laugh! I swear she is Erma Brombeck reincarnated! Take a look!
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** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** I swear even in economic hard times I am such a giving person. I went out and found, just for all of you on tight budgets or negative budgets, or no budgets, all sorts of FREE STUFF! hehehe 1. Free Groceries Cash Card You get this if you agree to bag groceries at no pay for 5 years 2. Free Olay Professional Pro-X Anti-Aging Starter Kit You obtain this one if you agree to age overnight! 3. Free American Eagle Gift Card This is the airline expecting to be hijacked next. Way to fly! 4. Free Victoria's Secret Gift Card How many want to know what exactly Victoria's Secret is? Get the card and find out! 5. Free Bed Bath & Beyond Gift Card Well if you take a bath once in a while you may qualify for this one! 6. Free 54-inch Panasonic HDTV Actually what you get is the opportunity to WATCH the HDTV outside your neighbors house. 7. Free Exxon Gas Cash Card How much gas does $1.02 get you anyway? Well the site to go to is: http://yofreesamples.com/ If you are so inclined and are fully aware of the following disclaimer - NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE YOU FOOL!  |
| Give me an O Give me a B! What does it spell? ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Now give me one!  No, I haven't found anything - yet, but wanted to share some writing jobs I found for those of you interested. Both are from About.com and I got them amazed at what they wanted. Maybe someone out there has the qualifications for these two? The first: IS GONE! It expired! The second....nevermind it too expired. *sigh* I just got them 2 days ago and already they have been filled. Let me tell you about them so you can enjoy as I did. The first writing 'assignment' was TABLE TENNIS. The qualifications stated they wanted someone who was either (a) on the Professional Level or (b) a coach for a Professional player. I read it and thought - sheesh I don't even know how to type out the noise that ball makes!The other one was for Country Music. QUALIFICATIONS: The Guide should be a seasoned music journalist with a strong background writing about country music. Okay I laughed and wondered if just listening long enough to country music could qualify me. Like jobs where they want a PhD but will take 2 years experience instead. I was going to offer them up to the public here on WdC, but I am sorry - too little, too late. I actually said that to a date once...nevermind.... If I find other interesting jobs like those 2 which I don't apply for, I'll let ya'll know? See? I can even type country - that has to count for SOMETHING! |
| Did someone use this word to describe their blog? ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** If they did, will one of you let me know? I tried a <search>, (which on this site isn't a very viable method when looking for a word), but cannot find a blog with that for a header. When I created the piece, I was again playing around with words in my head. I am receiving two 'free' magazines courtesy of a bank who wanted my account. I didn't want the magazines. I don't want them. I donate them to my friend whose 3-year-old goes to day care / school. Oh - what are they? People and News Week, both pitiful examples of journalism but the alternatives offered were actually worse! Hard to believe huh? So, I got bored, started going through a People issue - just looking at the pictures mind you - and suddenly the word BLUG just popped into my head. So what exactly is this word, and what does it mean? BLUG [bluhg] -- noun A picture taken meant to entice the looker to actually read the article. The article, referred to as a Blugger, cannot be over 150 words, can be of no importance, and must have major Grammarical errors. HA! Now when I go through these magazines that word just pops into my head. Here a blug, there a blug, everywhere a blug blug. Sort of like a blurb got mixed into a glug. WOWZA! I found a play site the other day, which maybe some of you are aware of. It's so much fun in so many ways. You see, when using software like Photoshop you come across the strangest things to create. Some people out there create what is called 'Pixel Art'. It is absolutely awesome. Pixel by pixel they create people, buildings, almost everything! This site is a prime example of it - but best of all you get to 'Play' on the site. It is so much fun. I'll give ya all the link so you can peek at it. hehehe...like you aren't going to go play? yeah - right! http://www.comcasttown.com/ Be sure to play the commercials at the beginning as well. Remember all the art work, animated and not, were created pixel by pixel. I am so impressed. I cannot even make 'smilies' using that method as it drives me nuts! Emoticons here on this site are probably created this way. It is arduous and time consuming and takes a ton of artistic talent. Anyway go lookie see. Get back to me with your impressions okay? Good. |
| On January 6, 2010? I don't know where I was because I just noted I missed that day writing in here. OH - wait! I know where I was. I was wondering what happened to the artwork I had created for Wednesday, January 6, 2010. It disappeared. Vamoosed. Vaporized. Vandalized. Virginialized. Gone. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** So, today I created something else. What you all have to know is when these are created they are 1920x1200 pixels. Slightly larger than the 400X400 we are allowed. Much is lost in translation. *sigh* Today's topic will not be politics. No. It will not be about current fashion trends in the front seat of automobiles speeding down a highway at 85 MPH. No. I will not be discussing the mating of cross breeds, like a tiger and a lion. If that doesn't sound like a scary mating ritual - whew! This doesn't leave me much.  Oh, I suppose I could divulge the secret of time travel, or the escapades of water monkeys but I think not. Anyone owned a water monkey? Whatcha name it? Was it a boy or girl? How could you tell? I'm thinking with all this cold weather the country is having we should discuss the dreaded SNOW DAYS. I don't like snow days. I don't like cold days. I don't like them here or there, I don't like them this I swear. I won't live in cold and snow. I won't shovel, push or blow. This would be one reason I moved to Texas. Warmth. HA! Okay even Phoenix is having coldness occurring and I'm told the people there are miserable in the 79 degree chill. Kids get snow days. Workers seldom do. How is that fair? I mean, if a kid gets the day off, so should grown-ups whether they own kids or not. If I liked snow, I am sure I would enjoy sledding on the white ice or skating on thin ice. I still skate on thin ice don't I? What do kids do on Snow Days? Spend it wisely? Surely not. I bet they don't sleep in. I bet they don't eat dessert all day and nap all afternoon. So why should they get a day off? Make em team up those huskies and mush on in to school. What? Teachers get those days off as well? Wait a minute. I thought teachers LIVED in those school places. Whoa. Okay, good thing I never considered being a teacher anyway. I have been told I would be a good teacher. "Um, Ms Anyea?" "Sit down - shut up - leave me alone!" No, that's no good for me. I would terrorize the little punks. Super Soakers are made of plastic and would get through those metal detectors right? Okay - see? Not a good occupation for me. I will stick with looking for being a CEO of a Coalition of Subservient Planets. I say everyone who can, should put forth a referendum to eliminate Snow Days. We can slip a paragraph in about how only working adults get them I suppose. What say ye? |
Z.˚rz  , whose Blog is terrifying enough, wants me - nah - commands me () to write about the top twenty things people are afraid of. Not what I'm afraid of - no - what 'people' are afraid of, in general type people. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Yes, it's January. True, it is a new year, but it is the same old thing come January. What can you expect? 1. W2's - which are always late arriving. 2. Filling out tax forms. 3. Seeing the mathematical mess at the end of your computations. 4. Finding a stamp. 5. Finding a mailbox that isn't damaged. 6. Getting a U.S. Postal Person to pick up the mail. 7. Getting a letter BACK from the IRS asking you to re-file, your taxes are now late and you currently owe the Federal Government $50,231.88 (they get to put cents on - we do not). 8. Calling the H.E.L.P. (Huge Error Loser Person) Line. 9. Talking to a Customer Representative (and you know their taxes aren't having any problems getting filed) 10. Finding out, after waiting three hours on hold, the number you called is only for the Dominican Republic and you cannot be transferred 11. Calling the next 800 number, waiting on hold for the next rep - which takes about 100 days or over your phone minute limit, whichever comes first. 12. Reaching another non-helpful Rep who immediately transfers you to their SUPERVISOR. these look sort of like the picture above 13. Having told your tax story again, being informed by the SUPERVISOR you again have reached the incorrect number and there is nothing she/he/it can do for you. 14. Being hung up on by above said SUPERVISOR with no new number to call. 15. Going on-line to ask for the correct number to call. 16. Receiving an e-mail back asking where you live currently. 17. E-mail again sent with appropriate information. 18. Receiving a new e-mail asking you to stay where you are. 19. Getting a knock on your door. 20. Opening door - to see ...... OOOOOOOOO How's that for scary? |
| ...of extreme trite-abilty. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** I don't know. I create artwork to push to write and everything seems to be in the color blue. I don't especially like blue, but that is what I keep choosing to use when I artify. I am sure I'll get over it. Did you know, however, that blue is one of the most popular colors. It causes the opposite reaction as red. Peaceful, tranquil blue causes the body to produce calming chemicals, so it is often used in bedrooms. Blue can also be cold and depressing. Fashion consultants recommend wearing blue to job interviews because it symbolizes loyalty. People are more productive in blue rooms. Studies show weightlifters are able to handle heavier weights in blue gyms. Okay that was trivia from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html and I do hope you learned something. So the job hunting goes on - and on - and on ad nauseum. It's a requirement of unemployment that a job hunter (that would be me) apply for a minimum of three jobs per week. Oh the first 3 months there was no problem. The next three it started to get difficult. You have already applied on this site for this exact job and how many times are you going to keep this up? I have taken to seeking out strange job search engines. youneedajob.com and justtakeajobatburgerking.com come to mind. But I persevere and have begun to apply for jobs which are rather out of my orbit of experiences. - CEO of a MediTek. - Overlord for a planet not yet discovered I mean really - I am running out of places to apply to. I went to the volunteer sites until it dawned on me that they aren't going to pay me anything. *sigh* So if you do have a job, please do not complain - at least to me. Or someone could adopt me and my two needy pups. I don't eat much - they do. Sorry have to be honest at least.By the way I did advertise another blogger  in my header. Go check her writings out. She has so much humor and talent it makes me JEALOUSWell I'm off, going back to re-evaluating my fifteenth resume revision. At the very least I am writing! |
| It is the Year of the TIGER! ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** General Predictions for the Year of the Tiger The year of the Tiger is traditionally associated with massive changes and social upheaval. Therefore, 2010 is very likely to be a volatile one both on the world scene, as well as on a personal level. Tigers who thrive on chance and unpredictabilty are best suited to navigating the many upheavals predicted in the year ahead. Those compatible with the Tiger — the Dragon and the Horse in particular — may also find 2010's erratic circumstances inspiring them to ever bolder action, and ultimate success. Those born under other signs will suffer, by degree, depending on how flexible they are to change. Those who can keep a steady hand on the helm may be shaken, but undeterred by the typically thunderous events foreseen in any Tiger year. Well! I was born in the Year of the Tiger so I'm safe! How about you? |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Does anyone remember hearing about "Metro Males"? Oh, you know a supposedly good-looking (at least according to the male in question), fashionable young (again the votes aren't in on that) man who pays special attention to style and taste who displays the levels of care and pride in their appearance which is usually associated with women; but who are not deemed to be homo-sexual and are secure (lock it down dude!) in their masculinity. Well I believe that expression has gone bye-bye. I hope that expression has gone the way of the dinosaurs at least. When it hit the general populace, I remember thinking how utterly stupid it was. Then a Country song came out that made me laugh every time I heard a female refer to male that way or a male describing himself that way. Can you guess what one? Let's see if any of you know Country music at all. I think that Advertising and Merchandising people have had more psychology courses than any shrink with that PhD after their name does. They know exactly how to present a word, an idea to the people and make it popular. No one in their right mind made that up did they? It's too silly. I personally appreciate certain slang terms as they make me laugh. Take for instance: Aisle Salmon - one who is moving in the opposite direction with their cart in a grocery store. Gets me every time. Now that expression sure didn't come from any ad agency do you think? That's from the people, by the people - the way it should be. HA! |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ...what would you decide to do? Your family has told stories of the haunting of the very bedroom in which you sleep. The tales are horrifying and make the hair on the back of your neck rise. Would you: A. Tell everyone they are full of moose poop and sleep there anyway? B. Take your cell phone and call a realtor to come out and list the house? C. Go to bed armed with garlic, a cross and a copy of a Stephen King's book? You are at the airport, waiting your turn to go through Security. The man ahead of you proceeds to take off his shoes and a horrific odor arises which instantly gags you. You know he has to have some sort of foot fungus and is now spreading it where he walks. When the Security Guard demands you remove your shoes, you: A. Just say no. After all it works on television ads doesn't it? B. Tell the Guard that Mr. Funkie Feet has a disease and you don't want to help spread it around. C. Turn around, leave the airport and seek out the nearest bus station. At least you won't be asked to remove your shoes! You have a co-worker who can only communicate in strange quotes. When you ask her out for a drink after work she tells you, "A friend is someone who's there when he needs you". A request for the salt shaker at lunch elicits, "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder". And when you point out an error she made in data transferring she exclaims: "I am nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I must be perfect!" How do you go about getting this woman to stop with the inane comments? A. The office is on the 35th floor - no problem. B. She has an obsession with caramels and if you used some Super Glue on one... C. Have more totally inane quotes for everyone of hers.   Making decisions is hard work. Adults are expected to make them all the time at the drop of a snow shovel. We don't get paid for the majority of decisions we make, yet to not make any decision is to allow the World and those other crazy humans to run over us. Wouldn't it be nice to have a magic genii to tell you what decision to make and what the exact outcome would be? |
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** I have been waiting to write this entry for so long! A whole year I've waited. Three Hundred and Sixty Six days of waiting. Oh. No? Hm. New Year that almost rhymes. Twenty-Ten should be used in a slogan like: "It's a Twenty-Ten All Over Again!" or "It's 2010 and no John Glenn!" Well something clever anyway should signify this year. Speaking of New Years, it is the season of RESOLVE. I mean everyone does it even the Pope. His resolve will be to not forget the Latin words to the Michael Jackson song "Thriller" I bet. There's a job that is a hard act to follow and be noticed. Whew. I wish they would pick more outstanding names so one could remember which one was the pope now. I think Pope Zotto would be good a name. Easy to remember. So, resolutions - what to pick this year? Personally I use resolutions I know I can keep. Last year it was to eat at least 1/2 pound of excellant chocolate each month. I did achieve that. Why pick stupid goals like losing weight or exercising or going vegan? All that does is stress people out, make them grumpy and the more grumpy they get the least likely they are to succeed. That is why resolutions last about 2 and a half hours I believe. Go my route and pick something you know you will do that pleases you. Why is it when you look up the 10 top resolutions they are ALWAYS the exact same ones? Are people really so unoriginal? Why not give up eating kidneys or drinking unsweetened kool-aid? I love original don't you? I think we should honor this rhyming year with originality. It needs something unique. After all it is the last year we have right? |
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