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In the style of my “great reads” links to other blog posts, I thought I would periodically share random articles that catch my attention.  Round 1 begins now:

An exciting new ailment: Text Neck – Not only is this article a great example of the endless creation of new ailments, with a brilliant name for an ailment, I love that the author thinks the new ailment of which he writes is exciting.   This is my kind of facetious!

I have to say, I am not generally a fan of perfume or cologne – especially anything that smells very flowery.  But, I couldn’t resist sharing a link to information about this fabulous new invention – bacon cologne.

I think someone needs to find this guy’s kryptonite.

This last one, I’m including for my devoted reader, Bassa.  I am dying to hear what you think of this commercial.

More blog spam

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Some more gems…  I just can’t help it…

From hairremovalforall
“I love this site, countless occasions I go to web sites and they’re only stuffed with spam. Though, the website here is actual good quality”

Don’t you mean, countless occasions you go to web sites and stuff them with spam?

From Corliss Ontiveros
“Im impressed, I ought to say. Extremely rarely do I come across a weblog thats both informative and entertaining, and let me let you know, youve hit the nail on the head. Your blog is significant; the issue is some thing that not enough people are talking intelligently about. Im definitely happy that I stumbled across this in my search for one thing relating to this problem.”

I seriously want to know what issue?!?  What problem?!?  And, why would you search for just one thing relating to your problem?!?

From Miss Shively
“Im impressed, I ought to say. Quite rarely do I come across a blog thats each informative and entertaining, and let me let you know, youve hit the nail on the head. Your weblog is vital; the issue is one thing that not sufficient men and women are talking intelligently about. Im definitely happy that I stumbled across this in my search for one thing relating to this problem.”

I think Corliss Ontiveros and Miss Shively might be conspiring together…

From slot games
“Best Suggestion Of your Week: When going by means of airport customs and you happen to be asked “do you have any firearms with you?” don’t reply “what do you will need?””

Oh, man.  This one had so much potential.  I was really hooked as soon as I saw airport customs and firearms – why couldn’t you come up with a better reply?

From body acne treatment
“Aw, this was a very nice post. In concept I would like to put in writing like this moreover – taking time and actual effort to make a very good article… however what can I say… I procrastinate alot and by no means appear to get one thing done.”

Well, you don’t seem to have trouble posting spam on people’s blogs.

From adult acne treatment
“An interesting discussion is value comment. I believe that it’s best to write extra on this matter, it won’t be a taboo topic however usually individuals are not enough to talk on such topics. To the next. Cheers”

I don’t even know what to say to this one..

From Dennis Dutt
“Can I simply say what a relief to find somebody who really is aware of what theyre talking about on the internet. You positively know methods to bring an issue to mild and make it important. More people need to read this and perceive this side of the story. I cant consider youre no more well-liked because you undoubtedly have the gift.”

Hmm… “methods to bring an issue to mild”…  “I cant consider youre no more well-liked”…  Because there’s a double negative there, does that mean I’m well-liked?

More must-read posts

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Enjoy!

Carrie’s memories of summers visiting her uncle are beautifully written.

Graham’s ode to John Lennon, written on Lennon’s birthday is a great read.

I only wish I lived next to churches that made signs like the one in this post.  My God, what great material!  I have to admit, I don’t read the signs posted on churches around here – maybe I’ll start now…

Don’t read this if you are easily offended, but if you like a good expletive-laced rant, go for it.  You’ll be glad you did.

Paying it forward, or should I say, receiving forward pay?

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Claire Hennessey, of Crazy California Claire, named me as one of her three ‘Pay it Forward’ blogs the other day, and I’m grateful for the mention.  Claire and I connected through the Rach Writes Platform Building Campaign, and our connection has been the highlight of the entire campaign experience for me.  We have become critique partners, and I absolutely love reading and commenting on the memoir she has in progress.  It’s a very charming story and I’m excited to see where she takes it.  She’s also provided me some excellent feedback on a short memoir piece I’ve been working on for the past couple of months.  Thanks, Claire!  It’s great to have your support!  I’ll post my own version of Pay it Forward shortly, with my regular links to some great posts I’ve read in the past couple weeks.

Habits

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In the past year, I’ve been told how long it takes to form a habit – twice, actually.  One person told me three weeks, and another person told me four weeks.  Well, I started this blog on August 5, and although I never said it, I intended to post every day.  Until this past Sunday, October 9, I’d only missed 3 days.  You’d think that regardless of whether it takes three or four weeks to form a habit, I’d have done that by now with my daily writing.  But, no.  And, I did have a stretch of more than four straight weeks without missing a post in there, so perhaps neither person is right.  In any case, I am determined to get back on track this weekend.  Thanks to the people that continued to visit despite my abrupt break.  More soon…

A pep talk in every drop (TM)

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I’ve been fighting off a cold this week, and it’s the kind that starts with a nagging sore throat and clogged up sinuses.  So, I went for the Halls.  Though I have half a dozen bags of Breezers, I was out of the real cough drops, and that’s what I needed, so I had to buy a new package of Mountain Menthol.  I was surprised to notice that Halls has taken a sort of fortune cookie/cheerleader approach to communicating with consumers with sort throats.  The wrappers are full of brief motivational messages.

– Tough is your middle name.

– Flex your “can do” muscle.

– Get through it.

– Seize the day.

– Impress yourself today.

– Nothing you can’t handle.

– You can do it and you  know it.

– You got it in you.

– Don’t try harder. Do harder!

– Put your game face on.

– Let’s hear your battle cry.

I’m not sure how I feel about this.  First, I don’t have a battle cry, and even if I can do it and I know it, that doesn’t mean I want to do it when I’m sick.  Sometimes I like to think “tough” is my middle name, but not so often.  My “game face” when I’m sick is non-existent.  Even when I do just “get through it,” most people know because I can be a pretty whiny sick person.

Maybe they’re just trying to be cute.  Then again, maybe their marketers think if they push us to keep going when we’re sick, we’ll need to buy more and more Halls because it will take longer to get better.  Either way, I go through stretches of semi-addiction to Halls every year when I get a cold, so these messages will neither make me buy their product more, nor will it make me buy it less.

I think I would be much more entertained, though, if the messages were more along these lines:

– Tell them it can wait.

– Threaten to cough on them.

– If you must go to work, pass us out in meetings.

– Your bed is calling you…

– Stay home!

– Show off your blue tongue.

Must read posts

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Tears, tantrums, salesmen, and shotguns.  Need I say more?

If you have not seen this video of “The King and Queen of the Techno Challenged,” go view it immediately.  It’s brilliant!  Thank you to Tamari Etherton for posting this!

A ton of us have blogged about the death of Steve Jobs.  I liked the quotes attributed to him in this post.  I also liked that some cool guys made the Retro Mac theme.  Not for everyone, but still, a cool tribute.

Simplicity at its best.

I like random.  In fact, I love random.  The concept of random, random things, random encounters, any kind of randomness – so I think I’m going to love this new blog.

 

I will likely be coming back to your blog for extra soon

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Well, guys, you’ll be happy to learn that I am exceeding expectations, creating something that is needed on the web, and have received not just a thumbs-up, but an enormous thumbs up for my labors!  Seriously, though – do you get blog spam like this?  It makes my day!

“I’m also writing to let you understand of the nice encounter my cousin’s girl experienced going through yuor web blog. She noticed too many details, most notably how it is like to possess an incredible helping heart to get folks quite simply fully understand specific multifaceted things. You really did more than my expectations. I appreciate you for giving the warm and friendly, healthy, educational not to mention easy tips on your topic to Kate.”

“You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be actually something that I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and extremely broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!”

“Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read something like this before. So nice to search out someone with some original thoughts on this subject. realy thank you for beginning this up. this web site is something that is needed on the web, someone with a bit originality. helpful job for bringing something new to the web!”

“Hey! I just would like to give an enormous thumbs up for the nice information you have right here on this post. I will likely be coming back to your blog for extra soon.”

Workplace perks and Max Headroom

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It has been well publicized that many tech companies offer crazy perks to their employees, probably for a host of reasons.  Pool and foosball tables, video game rooms with PS3, Wii, XBox.  Some of the flashier employers in the Bay Area offer meals, even on-site dry cleaning, haircuts, chair massages, and fitness facilities.  Some people say these perks help keep people at work longer, while others say they are necessary simply to attract the best talent.  When I started my new job, I didn’t expect any perks like this because it’s still a small company, and I was right – there are no relaxation lounges, spinning classes, or laundry facilities, but, they do give us a few things – Starbucks coffee with a variety of extras – milk, half and half, raw sugar, sweet & low, etc.  Friday mornings bring bagels, cream cheese, fruit, and lox, and the fridge is always stocked with Coke and Diet Coke.  I think there might even be orange juice.

I rarely buy soda to drink at home, but I have long been a fan of Coke – I never did like New Coke as much as Classic Coke, except during the days of Max Headroom, when it was cool to take the taste test between Pepsi and Coke in the mall.  If you picked New Coke, you got a Max Headroom poster and other junk that I used to decorate my bedroom walls, along with cutouts of Ralph Macchio and Kirk Cameron from Tiger Beat or whatever the teen magazine of the day was.  Anyway, now I drink coffee all morning, but switch to a can or two of Coke in the afternoon.

It reminds me of my uncle.  I have never known anyone that likes Coke as much as he does.  In fact, his son’s first word was Coke.  We were all sitting at the dinner table, and my young cousin was somewhere around 2.  All of a sudden, hands flailing in his high chair, he yelled, “Coke!” in the sort of clipped voice of a newly talking toddler.  The rest of us laughed, so he repeated the phrase over and over and over.  My cousin is now out of high school, and I have no idea if he turned into a Coke drinker, but I’d be surprised if he didn’t, what with all the Coke my uncle always had in the house.  I do believe that nothing beats Mexican Coke, though.  They still use real sugar instead of corn syrup, and it is so much better.  Not to mention that drinking from a glass bottle is more reminiscent of youth and hot summers, whether or not you actually drank Coke from a bottle back then.

Interference

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I knew it was coming.  This new job is draining me of most of my energy, not to mention my time.  I shouldn’t complain – there are still way too many people in the world that can’t get a job these days.  But, I’m sitting here yawning endlessly, determined to get at least a quick post out, and realizing how much harder this is going to be to keep up with.  It’s not that I dislike the job – at least not yet.  It’s only been a week.  It’s that there aren’t enough hours in the day.

So, lacking anything of substance to share tonight, I chose to surf a few weird news websites.  I’ve mentioned before how odd some of the news stories can be from the corner of the country I hail from – Wisconsin.  I used to get my fix for these improbable stories at Odd News, but they don’t have a search feature, and that annoys me because I want to be able to search on Wisconsin, or Sheboygan – which currently has a mayor that refuses to leave office although he recently went on a drinking binge, got in a fight, and passed out in a bar in a nearby town.  Tonight, I stumbled on NEWS of the WEIRD, which looks very, very promising.  One search on Wisconsin, and I found so many brilliant stories it was hard to choose which one to share here.  Here’s one that ties in nicely with Sheboygan’s drunken mayor, though.

“Prevailing medical authority 20 years ago warned that few humans could survive blood-alcohol readings above .40 (percent), but in recent years, drivers have rather easily survived higher numbers (curiously, many from Wisconsin, such as the man in February in Madison, Wis., with a .559). (In 2007, an Oregon driver was found unconscious, but survived, with a .72 reading.) The plethora of high numbers might indicate mistaken medical teaching, or nonstandard machine measurements — or an evolutionary hardiness in American drinkers. [Star Tribune (Minneapolis), 2-15-2011]” (copied from http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/nw110508.html)

In Wisconsin, I’d have to say I vote for “evolutionary hardiness” – how else do you expect people to keep warm in the winter?

Any great stories from your neck of the woods?