Jack Goes to School!

8:53 am part 2
Originally uploaded by Baz Photo Girl.

I can't believe he's starting school! This is the cutest thing I've seen all week!

See more of Carries pictures of Jack's First Day HERE.

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Somedays I get so frustrated with my in-laws I just want to bang my head against this keyboard until keys are permanently indented in my forehead. (or fivehead as the case may be.)

You see, they were supposed to go away to Maine today, but no, they are going away tomorrow. I was so looking forward to having the late afternoon to myself to listen to my book-on-tape while having every window in the house open. Then I was looking forward to a relaxed dinner with no fear of interruption, perhaps watching the repeat of The Daily Show then maybe, just maybe having sex loud enough to cause the neighbors to wonder if they should be concerned for my welfare.

But no. Not tonight.

*sigh*

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Dylan!

He's 10 today!

Picture's from last weeks birthday celebration are coming soon! Stay tuned!

Artist of The Week...

...will be back next week.
Stay tuned for a special Birthday Announcement!

Because tomorrow is The Lords Day...

Be sure to get your hands on a set of Armor of God Pajama's! I shit you not my friends! These are for REAL.

Get them while supplies last, or before armageddon! Of course the kicker is that by law childrens pajamas are required to be flame retardent, so in case your little darling isn't a perfect angel and is destined to surf the lake of fire then worry not, your little one should be alright in these satin wonders.


I wonder if the girls set comes with a chastity belt? I wonder if daddy gets the keys... I am SO going to Hell... better get out the flame retardent nose plugs for dear old Kris.

Go figure...

You scored as II - The High Priestess. The High Priestess is a card of intuition, instinct and hidden knowledge. She knows all your secrets, you can hide nothing from her. Yet you will never know the secrets she herself protects.If well aspected in a Tarot spread, this card can indicate the use of intuition to solve problems; trust to your instincts. If badly aspected, it can mean suppression and ignoring of such instincts - following your head at the expense of your heart. II - The High Priestess 100% XVI: The Tower 94% III - The Empress 81% XIII: Death 81% VI: The Lovers 69% I - Magician 63% VIII - Strength 63% XI: Justice 56% XIX: The Sun 56% IV - The Emperor 56% 0 - The Fool 50% XV: The Devil 44% X - Wheel of Fortune 38% Which Major Arcana Tarot Card Are You? created with QuizFarm.com

Plan B

The FDA has finally approved the Plan B Emergency Birth Control medication without a prescription, but with a catch: they will only sell it to women who can prove they are over 18 years old. This is a purely political decision. There is no physical or biological difference between an 18 year old and a 16 year old... or a 14 year old for that matter. Perhaps an emotional difference, a difference in mental maturity, but no real biological difference to speak of.

Women of ALL ages get raped, molested, have condoms break and make poor decisions. Younger women are especially prone to giving in to pressure and doing things they may have not thought through. Their lack of emotional maturity leaves them open to being coerced into doing things they may not be ready for. I am speaking from experience here... I did some stupid things when I was younger and I got lucky. I didn't get pregnant, I didn't get any diseases... all I got was a broken heart and I consider myself DAMN LUCKY.

I believe, and correct me if I am wrong, that a large majority of unwanted pregnancies occur in women under the age of 20.

I don't think of this as pregnancy prevention, I think of it as abortion prevention. If a teenaged girl were to ask me to buy this for them I would in a second.




(I am SO going to get comments on this one.)

Cuteness Alert!

Kitten War!

Dreams

I had a really good dream ths morning. In the dream I had found a thrift store where everything was like new, and everything fit me... and it was all cheap! I found these awesome over the knee pirate boots and cool plaid mini skirt that never rode up and exposed my ass... and then I woke up.

Well, it was fun while it lasted!

Things That Cook My Noodle # 872

Why does THIS not surprise me?
Would it have been a problem if it was one of those "who's your baghdaddy" t-shirts?




I really need to go to bed.

I Need a Haircut

I need a haircut.

Badly.

I am leaning towards keeping it long, and letting it get longer. I may just get the dead ends cleaned up and keep the long layered thing going for a while.

I might not. I can't decide.

If anyone happens to find a picture of a haircut that may be suitable for my head please post a link to it and I'll seriously consider it. If I were truly brave I would let you all decide which style I should go with... truly brave or stupid. But I will consider any reasonable styles presented.


Hey! Not to bad a shot considering how late it is, how tired I am and how out of sorts I feel.

A Big Dump

I just wrote a wicked long entry about something that happened to me today, but because it happened at work I thought I probably shouldn't post it, so I trashed it. Well, not completely... but I won't be posting it here. I'll probably print it and glue in into my personal journal though.

Instead I'll treat you all to a link dump!
Enjoy!


These are surprisingly work safe... go figure.

The Simpsons! - A rather well done live-action Simpsons Intro.
James Earl Jones reads the Bible - I want to check this out of the library simply to hear Darth Vader read the part about armageddon.
Cow Parade Boston - Go see them before they're gone! Makes for a nice walk around town.
Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments - Something fun to do with the kiddos on a Saturday night perhaps? Or at a drunken party... OUTSIDE of course.
How to get into any combination padlock - Nifty trick if you have time to kill... guaranteed to keep kids busy for HOURS.
People are funny.
Gangsta Knitting
Star Wars on Earth
When Cosplay happens to good people
Another great prank!

More Ickiness

RATS! Thousands of them!

"Medicament"

I have been getting quite a bit of spam lately and sometimes, for one reason or another certain ones stick out. You know how the evil spam gods will rearrange letters in words so they still get the point across, but hopefully make it past your spam filters? Well, I have received spam with the word "Medicament" in the subject line so many times now I wondered if it should be a real word.

I would define Medicament as "when one accidentally takes too many or too few, including not taking any at all, of a medication resulting in hilarious or embarrasing effects"

For example: When Bob forgot his viagra at the whorehouse he found himself in quite a medicament.

So when I accidentally took two doses of birth control pills in one day and turned into a raving bitch for a few days I got myself into one hell of a medicament.

Years ago I found myself in another "medicament" days after having my wisdom teeth pulled. I had two pill bottles on my bedside table. One had penicillin, the other had percocet. I didn't have my glasses on and reached for what I thought was the penicillin, then got in the shower to get ready for work. When the shower started to spin and the water felt too hot and weird I staggered upstairs to count my pills... I knew how many penicillin tablets I should have if I had taken one that morning. Apparently I fucked up and took the a percocet instead of the antibiotic. There was NO WAY I was going to drive a car in that condition. I don't know to this day what I said on the phone to my boss, but I didn't go to work that day. I collapsed on my bed naked with conditioner still in my hair and drifted off into la-la-land. A "medicament" indeed.

So I declare right here, right now, that "medicament" is a word. Use it wisely my friends.

Photographer Joe Rosenthal 1911 - 2006

Joe Rosenthal won the pulitzer prize for this iconic photograph. He passed was two days ago. Full story HERE.

Anthony Bourdain

I'm a little late on this one...
Did anyone catch the episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations last night? I meant to watch it, but I didn't get home from work until 10 and I was hungry... so I made a quick dinner of cheese hot dogs (YUM!) then we pretty much started winding down for the night.

Anywho... this is the show where he gets filmed pretty much eating his way around the world. He happened to be filming in Beirut when the shit hit the fan and sort of got stuck there. You can read his full article about it HERE. You can also visit his website HERE.

Last nights episode was touted as "the episode he didn't intend to make" It apparently wasn't about the food as much as it was about the destruction and chaos of the Israel/Lebanon conflict in its early days. I fully intended on watching it, and I'm bummed I missed it. If anyone taped or Tivoed it could you let me know because I would really like to see it. Maybe they'll repeat it.

I didn't really know much about him until a friend mentioned him on her blog, and I happend to find a link to and read the article mentioned above a few days earlier. I think I may have to read Kitchen Confidential now... or at least listen to the book on tape.

Ick.

Bugs... creepy, crawly BUGS!

Artist of The Week!

This weeks Artist of The Week is Elizabeth McGrath!

Her 3 dimensional pieces are the best! I love the detail and depth of color she uses in her work. These pieces remind me of mexican folk art, which I have long admired.

Check out her website with its creepy-cool ouija board theme HERE.

Not pretty...

Ladies... let THIS be a lesson to you. Don't let this happen!
Though I know a few of you guys have been in this situation...

40 Years Ago Today...

40 Years ago today the Beatles played their last Boston area show.

Sorry Stan, I beat you to it!

I Am The Luckiest Gal In The World!

Because ten years ago today I married the Best Guy in the world! Happy Anniversary you big sexy thing!*









*This is the part where all of our friends go and throw up now.

What's in a name?

Dear Goddess,
Please hear me. If I EVER decide to breed and manage to produce a girl child PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not let me name her Courtney, Ashley or Britney.

Amen.

Seriously though, what is up with girls names these days? If I read another article about another pop princess wannabe with one of these names I may just scream. Is the silly name a pre-requisite for such a job? Or the cause of wanting such a career in the first place? Can a woman with one of these names in any other profession be taken seriously?

Really BAD tattoos

I thought some of you might get a chuckle from THIS.

Have the new TSA restrictions gone too far?

Or is it... Naked Air?

Artist of The Week!

And now back to our regularly scheduled program...

This weeks Artist of The Week is a local artist that goes by the name 5003.

His (or her) website doesn't give a whole lot of information about this mysterious person, but I love their work. I found out about them while investigating the sheep stickers I kept seeing all over the Longwood Medical area and Fenway area of Boston. Actually, I'm not even sure he or she is local, I am just assuming so because thier stickers are all over the place. For all I know they could be from New York or something, but I like to think they are local.

Whoever this person is they will go far. I only wish their website had a little more info on them, a small bio perhaps, or where to see their work.

The sheep make me smile.

Hey Ladies! Check out this Charming Fellow!

HERE is a great catch!
Too bad he'll steal all of your pantyhose when you aren't looking.
I think I recognize him from somewhere.

F-R-E-A-K.....

New Photos!

I am slowly catching up on photos!
Here's the latest:

- From Monument to Masses Show
- Chillin' with Stan and Taki
- An Evening with Fraser
- Maria and her Gang
- Saturday Silliness Parts One, Two and Three!

More coming soon! Stay tuned!

Feeling less funky...

Okay, I took a shower... ate something... started some laundry and have been editing photos for a while. I'm feeling a little better, but could easily slip back into funkytown.

feh.

I must get the funk out. Maybe it's not a funk? Maybe I am just bored? Hmmm... No... this is definately a funk. *sigh*

I am resisting the urge to go sit outside and play SimCity on the patio. Until I get used to the new tool it will remain a toy. Though, perhaps using it as a toy is the best way to become accustomed to it? That sure worked with the Wacom tablet... thank you Zuma!

Stay tuned for more funking updates...
Back to my photos!

Perseid Meteor Shower!

For the next three nights try and get outside somwhere dark and look up. This is the weekend of the most impressive meteor shower of the year and you don't want to miss it!

Gettin' Funky...

...and not really in a good way.

I am in a bad funk this morning... all week as a matter of fact. I know this is just a hormonal/full moon mood shift, but it's hard to shake. I have slept in every day this week and have gotten NOTHING done that I wanted to. I have no energy. I feel fat. My house is a mess. WAH.

I need to take a shower and eat something. That usually helps.
Maybe go for a walk.

Blogging from Bed!

Welcome to another episode of blogging from bed. It's been a while since you all were in bed with me, but now that I have this new laptop up and running I can blog from bed once again.

I am too tired and achey to really write anything. And the bottom of this thing is getting uncomfortably hot. Hmmm... Ron suggested I press the hot laptop against my achey, bloated abdomen to help relieve cramps. I am considering this.

It's a full moon tonight.

Um....

Can't really think of anything to say. Can't get to sleep either though.

And I am damn sure y'all don't want me to go on and on about, well, feminine aches and crabbiness. Because I can y'know... I am fully prepared to do that.

I should try to get some sleep. I really should.

The novelty of blogging from bed hasn't worn off though and I am trying to think of something clever and witty to say.

Trying and failing.

Goodnight then!

Mel Gibson

I threatened to go on a Mel Gibson Rant, and here it is.

Can you believe that people are actually defending Mel Gibson? And Jodie Foster of all people! In Patrick Swayze's case this is probably just a misguided attempt at re-launching his career, but Jodie?

Oh Jodie.
Jodie, Jodie, Jodie....

Mel's been trying to persuade people to his way of thinking about many things for some time now and now that he is saying something that people are actually listening to he declares that he was drunk and he didn't mean it. Yeah right. A coworker of mine says and I quote "A drunk mans words are a sober mans thoughts"

Ever get really drunk and said that you thought someone was ugly, stupid, a jerk or anything else unflattering? Ever get caught by the person you were talking about? We've all done it, and felt like shit after, but we generally meant what we said. You know it, the recipient knows it and many people have lost friends over it. It's a hard lesson to learn, but we all learn it one way or another. So don't you go and try and tell me, Mr. Gibson, that you are not an anti-semite asshole, mmmmkay?

Artist of The Week!

This weeks Artist of The Week is Max Cannon,

creator of the fabulously twisted strip

Red Meat.

If you have never read this series before, what are you waiting for?

I think I am in love with Bug Eyed Earl.

File under Huh?

Now HERE is an interesting idea.

It's Here! It's Here!

My new 17 inch MacBook Pro has arrived!

Now to figure out how the darn thing works.

Artist of The Week!

Artist of The Week is delayed due to sheer laziness.

Kevin Corazza is apparently a thieving asshole.

But I'll let y'all read about it for yourselves HERE.
If you use Flickr, this may be of interest.

Because I live to entertain you people!

The Top 10 List of Unintentionally Worst Domain Names.

Three of my photos of the giant baby head in Canada can be seen on a news sharing site called NowPublic.com. The article they are used with can be seen HERE.

Now I just wish they hadn't automatically used my Flickr login name as the default username, because I can't seem to change it and it would have been nice to use my real name here. Ah well...

Dog destroys £40,000 Elvis teddy

Full Story HERE.
Thanks Carrie!

What Jeff Killed!

Got a cat? Like cats? LOVE cats?
Check out What Jeff Killed!

Warning: graphic images of dead things.

Freeeeeeeeee-DUMB!

I was considering going on a Mel Gibson rant... and I may still do that at some point, but for now you will just have to enjoy THIS.