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Archive for April, 2004
Classified AdFrom today’s classified ads in the local newspaper: “WANTED: Young man to mow my lawn, clean my pool and pluck all those pesky weeds from my yard. Must look good without shirt or shoes. Stop by for personal interview.” YesterdaylandI was checking out a site called Yesterdayland which talks about closed attractions at Disneyland. I was reading through some of the experiences posted on there and a few made me laugh, so I thought I’d share: “When I was small, I was standing in line for “Flight to the Moon,” and an old woman came up to a Disney employee standing outside the ride. Her question to him was, “Does this land in the same part of the park from which it leaves?” The story has been a standard in my family for decades.” “I often tell the story about our return trip to DL in the early 80’s. We lived in California in the 60’s, and went to DL two to three times a year. When we (Mom, Dad, and I) returned in the early 80’s, my mom wanted to ride the mine train. She and my father walked where they remembered it was, got in line, and then made it to the train. Mom got in, then Dad, and suddenly, a bar went down over their laps. Mom looked at Dad and said, “I don’t think this is the same ride!” Understand, Mom never rode a roller coaster in her life. The carousel was as fast as she ever wanted to go. But here she was, stuck on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, not the Mine Train. Dad’s arm eventually healed from the claw marks where Mom held on to him, face buried in his shoulder, for the entire ride. Afterward, Dad found a nice quiet bench where he took Mom, and where he spent about 30 minutes trying to convince her that she had not died. When they found me later, and told me what happened, I laughed for a solid 5 minutes.” Take a look at the site if you have some time, specially if you have been to Disneyland.
Curses!My site’s traffic report:
The Jesus LadyA little while ago, I wrote an entry about who I now call “The Jesus Lady”. She went on and on about how I just had to see The Passion of the Christ because it is a movie about Jesus, a story in the Bible. What I didn’t say was that a few days later, she sent me an email talking about how the laws in this country are based on the 10 commandments. I replied with a link to an article from a guy who analyzed each of the 10 commandments and how they apply to our laws. It’s a good quick read. She replied by saying “judgement day will come for all of us!” to which I replied “I’m going to Disneyland, have a great week!” Well, today I get another email from her. This email is titled “Middle East Mystery?”. This lady emails me several jokes, most of them are good enough for a smile. But this one started with “everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide” and then it goes on to list some reasons. It, of course, starts with “no Jesus” and then it moves on to things such as: Wow, are you laughing already? Because I can’t stop! My stomach hurts and tears are just coming out of my eyes. So I sent this email back to her: It wouldn’t surprise me if she stops talking to me now. Not that I’m proud of that, she is actually nice and I have enjoyed talking to her for the many years I’ve known her. Now that I look at her email again, I see that another item was “No lobster, No shellfish”. Maybe I should have replied to her with Leviticus 11:9-12 which says: Or maybe with Deuteronomy 14:9-10 which says:
Pink iPod** UPDATE ** I fixed the link and now it works. And, curses! I wasn’t expecting to like the pink one this much. Finally I have been able to find a picture of the Pink iPod mini. I posted links to the other colors right here. Let’s help Kendra!Kendra got a “One Free Song” cap on her Pepsi. Unfortunately the 2nd row of letters is completely unreadable. Could you like to help her out and try to figure out what those 5 letters are? Post them as Comments. She’ll then try them and report back. Isn’t this fun?
Sneak peeksI’m sure most “regular” people do not notice, but more and more ads start featuring gay people/couples. It’s usually very subtle and usually extremely quick. Unless you are “in”, you probably won’t think any of it. I was watching TV during my lunch break and I saw a T-Mobile commercial where couples realize that they’ve spent most of their air time talking to each other. And you see couples saying “you!” to each other as they realize this. One of the quickest scenes is that one of two guys.
The guy in the blue shirt says “you!” and then it switches to another couple. It’s real fast. Only one of them says “you” (as opposed to all the other scenes where both of them say “you”) but I think it’s cool. Obviously T-Mobile knows what it’s doing. Catering an untapped market without getting all the usual suspects all upset and stressed.
iPod mini picturesIn my previous thread about the iPod mini colors, I asked you to help me choose a color. The responses were all over the place. I’ve been trying to find real world pictures of the iPod minis and this is what I’ve been able to find so far: I have yet to find a pink one. So I’ve decided that I do not like the gold one. The silver one is cool, but too “blah”, I gotta have some color. I’m rather indifferent about the blue one. I like the green if it’s as rich as it looks on that picture. I’m hoping to find a picture of the pink one and make a decision. Like Kendra said, pink is the new black. Call now!I came across this phone number and I thought that maybe you should also call it. 1-877-LOST-GUEST
Something went wrongYou must see this video. For some reason, something went wrong and the laws of natural selection were not enforced. If I were the driver, I would have had a hard attack.
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