Tuesday, January 13, 2009
25 facts that will rock your socks off
Okay, so like on facebook my friend Karissa like challenged me to like list like 25 things that like you may not like know about me. So, like here we go:
1. I am obsessed with watching re-runs of "The West Wing" and "Gilmore Girls"
2. I love the artificial flavor of banana but I only tolerate actual banana
3. I have 3 tatoo's
4. I once won a district spelling bee but I never made it to the "big show"
5. Post high school I managed a Santa booth at Christmas and had to call mall security on a irate mom
6. I slap my knee in really funny movies. I can't help it.
7. I am an uber klutz. Even my Wii fit knows it. It asked me "Do You Fall Down A Lot?"
8. Because I love dogs I seem to be a lost and stray dog magnet
9. I really like meat but feel guilty about eating it because I don't know how the animals were treated
10. Clowns scare the ever lovin' stuffin' out of me
11. Wal-Mart is my arch enemy
12. Jenny to Diet Coke: "I wish I knew how to quit you"
13. Thanks to my husband I have become an electronics snob. I don't own a DVR I own a Tivo, I don't have an MP3 player I have an Ipod, etc.
14. I never miss Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale because it's the best sale evah....
15. When I was in sixth grade I was so obsessed with the book "The Outsiders" I wore the cover and eventually the binding off
16. I played Mrs. Paroo in our high school production of "The Music Man"
17. I have my esthetician's license but I have let it lapse
18. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up
19. Do you like American music? I like American music.
20. I am very passionate about politics but I don't undestand why people insist on political bumper stickers. Especially since if your candidate loses it can be really hard to get off. I bet there was a run on goo-gone in Texas when the McCain-Palin ticket went belly up.
21. I am allergic to lillies
22. My Iphone was a gateway drug and now I am mac convert
23. Rachel Ray as a person annoys me but I like her cookbooks
24. I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies
25. I taught Sunday school for 5 years. Scary, huh?
1. I am obsessed with watching re-runs of "The West Wing" and "Gilmore Girls"
2. I love the artificial flavor of banana but I only tolerate actual banana
3. I have 3 tatoo's
4. I once won a district spelling bee but I never made it to the "big show"
5. Post high school I managed a Santa booth at Christmas and had to call mall security on a irate mom
6. I slap my knee in really funny movies. I can't help it.
7. I am an uber klutz. Even my Wii fit knows it. It asked me "Do You Fall Down A Lot?"
8. Because I love dogs I seem to be a lost and stray dog magnet
9. I really like meat but feel guilty about eating it because I don't know how the animals were treated
10. Clowns scare the ever lovin' stuffin' out of me
11. Wal-Mart is my arch enemy
12. Jenny to Diet Coke: "I wish I knew how to quit you"
13. Thanks to my husband I have become an electronics snob. I don't own a DVR I own a Tivo, I don't have an MP3 player I have an Ipod, etc.
14. I never miss Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale because it's the best sale evah....
15. When I was in sixth grade I was so obsessed with the book "The Outsiders" I wore the cover and eventually the binding off
16. I played Mrs. Paroo in our high school production of "The Music Man"
17. I have my esthetician's license but I have let it lapse
18. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up
19. Do you like American music? I like American music.
20. I am very passionate about politics but I don't undestand why people insist on political bumper stickers. Especially since if your candidate loses it can be really hard to get off. I bet there was a run on goo-gone in Texas when the McCain-Palin ticket went belly up.
21. I am allergic to lillies
22. My Iphone was a gateway drug and now I am mac convert
23. Rachel Ray as a person annoys me but I like her cookbooks
24. I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies
25. I taught Sunday school for 5 years. Scary, huh?
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Hardest Working Gadget
My husband is a self processed geek who loves gadgets so we have many in our home. Recently, it occurred to me that we have one gadget that no matter how much I abuse never seems to break. It is our television remote. To be more specific it seems to be all television remotes. I have never, ever broken a TV remote. I have broken many cell phones, blow dryers, curling irons, a set of rollers, a laptop, a portable home phone, a camera, an alarm clock , a can opener, a 13in TV, and a stereo (and many other things I am forgetting).
I find it ironic that the remote has survived since it's the gadget I use most frequently. I have sat on it, dropped it, spilled water on it, stepped on it, kicked it, thrown it, and one time the dog spent several mintues trying to use it as a chew toy. The remote just takes a lickin' and keeps on clickin'.
What amazing materials are TV remotes made from? Is the remote made from the same thing as the little black box inside of airplanes? Mine appear to be made from plain old plastic. Perhaps they are made from magical enchanted plastic and constructed by special elves.
I officially award the TV remote the "Most Durable Gadget Award" and in my house that really means something. If all gadgets were as durable then I am sure my husband would feel much more comfortable introducing them to me.
Yeah, for TV remotes!
I find it ironic that the remote has survived since it's the gadget I use most frequently. I have sat on it, dropped it, spilled water on it, stepped on it, kicked it, thrown it, and one time the dog spent several mintues trying to use it as a chew toy. The remote just takes a lickin' and keeps on clickin'.
What amazing materials are TV remotes made from? Is the remote made from the same thing as the little black box inside of airplanes? Mine appear to be made from plain old plastic. Perhaps they are made from magical enchanted plastic and constructed by special elves.
I officially award the TV remote the "Most Durable Gadget Award" and in my house that really means something. If all gadgets were as durable then I am sure my husband would feel much more comfortable introducing them to me.
Yeah, for TV remotes!
