It will be a while before I actually use these postcards, but I’m so happy and honored to have them!
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Month: August 2011 Page 6 of 7
A friend of mine recently returned from a trip to Denmark where he visited Legoland Billund. he brought me back some postcards, which is super sweet. And the thing that I am touched by is not that he saw something and thought to being it thousands of miles back to me. It’s that he saw a cool paper product and knew I would like it. It’s a hard thing to explain to people: I like paper. I love paper. I think I sat for too long by graphic designers at work who would smell paper. I don’t smell it but I do appreciate high quality paper and well crafter paper goods.
On today, August 6, celebrate Wiggle Your Toes day. I support a wiggle-your-toes sort of life whenever possible by sporting flip-flops or going around barefoot, despite the weather outside.
This photo was taken the day of my wedding. In February. In the snow. But those toes? Happily wiggling all day day.
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Tonight I had the pleasure of seeing the Decemberists perform in Cincinnati. It was the second time I’ve seen them and this time, thankfully, had a much better crowd. Unfortunately, Colin Meloy didn’t seem to feel well and so wasn’t working the crowd too much.
It’s such a weird thing. See a concert with a cruddy crowd and the band works their butt off to try and keep people engaged. See a concert with a giddily enthusiastic audience and the band takes it a little easier. (I can’t say I blame them though. Singing while sick? Sounds like hell to me.)
Jenny Conlee, aka Sparkle Pony, wasn’t with the band because she’s in treatment for breast cancer. Her temporary replacement did a great job but Conlee was definitely missed. (You can support Conlee and breast cancer research by buying this T-shirt.)
Sadly, this terrible picture was the best I could get with my phone. My hand always wobbles at the last minute!
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In my ongoing reviews of As Seen on TV gifts I have received, I want to discuss the effectiveness of the Gopher IITM. As always, I will be rating this item based on inventiveness, practicality and, most importantly, does it work.
But first, why in the heck was I given this?!? I am nearly six feet tall and have arms like a monkey. One of the last things I need is something to help me reach further. My grandparents used to have one of these in their late eighties. But I am not in my eighties.
There is one thing I can’t reach. My house has tall ceilings. I don’t know how tall … taller than normal though. We also don’t have air conditioning so we’re constantly using our ceiling fans. I can’t always get to the pulls on our ceiling fans and have to climb up on a stool or chair. Enter the Gopher IITM.
Standing solidly on the floor, I attempted to turn the ceiling fan on and off.
After about a dozen tries, I pulled it off. Honestly though, I don’t know how an older person (is it bad that I’m assuming they are the target audience?) could be steady enough and have the hand-eye coordination to pull this off.
I have since found a better use for the Gopher IITM. It scares the heck out of Biggie and that boy could use some exercise.
So how does the Gopher IITM rate?
- Inventiveness? I feel like these have been around forever, so not so much
- Practicality: Yes
- Does it work? Pretty well
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Every day on my way home I pass people doing Segway tours. (There’s a Segway store in downtown Cincinnati.) Whenever I spot the groups of people rolling around, I snicker a little. It’s funny! And yet, I’ve been intriqued.
Back in April I bought Wonder Boy tickets for us to do a Segway tour. I thought he’d think it was fun because he fascinated by Segways and loves the old TV show Arrested Development. If you’ve ever seen the show, you know that Gob Bluth had a Segway on it.
We finally redeemed the tour and I think it was a great success. Only I had so much fun that I can no longer make fun of people I see around town on Segways.
On Arrested Development Gob also some chicken noises that I think are weird, but which Wonder Boy loves. And so, because I love Wonder Boy, I share this.
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