Not sure if I like this one quite as much as that classic holiday tale, Cock in a Box. But it’s still funny as hell.
If you click on the player you can make it full screen (why would Google make it so small anyway??)
Need some new Christmas music to get you in the spirit this year? How about some Barenaked Ladies AND Michael Buble singing togethere?!? Maybe some Brian Setzer Orchestra (love their holiday show!)? Can I interest you in some Viveladi Charlie Brown style?
Then head on over to Amazon and pick up your batch of FREE MP3s and enjoy!
The obligation of having to write daily just isn’t working for me. Granted, there are only 8 days left and I could quite easily finish up, but really, what do I get out of it?
Last year it was a big deal. A test if you will, to see if I could blog daily. I was all sorts of proud of myself when I finished. This year, not such a big deal. It really felt like more of an obligation. Then again, with three blogs and a massive contest event, it really was just another obligation.
Now that I’m pretty much settled in I’d like to go back to focusing on work. I have articles I need to write. Seminars I need to create. Audio files that need to be edited. Clients I need to work with. I’m really more excited to focus on all of that than creating some drivel just so I can say “ta da! I blogged today.”
So having said that, I join the ranks of my fellow bloggers and move on with my November and I promise you, no more sucky, obligatory, but-I-gotta posts. Can I get a WooHoo?!?!
We got home late last night, after midnight. By the time we went to bed it was 1:30 or so. Before we could even think about settling down, the cat demanded that we give him the attention he felt he deserved. Of course, by the time we went to bed, he was meowing up a storm to let us know that he wasn’t yet ready for bed.
We woke up far too early this morning, around 8:30 or so. Again, more loving with the cat. We headed out to breakfast (Mexican, yum – you don’t quite realize how much you miss certain flavors when you’re away). Then it was on to pick up the pupster. The cat saw us walking up the walk together and let out two big meows and ran to the door. As soon as we walked in the door, the cat was rubbing up against the dog welcoming him home and trying to snuggle with him on the couch.
From there it was back to bed for this bunch. All four of us fell back to sleep for two hours or so. I woke up so hot from having both boys snuggled up so tight. Well that and the fact that it’s 90+ degrees out. Why the hell is it 90 anything in the middle of November???
I feel a bit better. I’m not as congested as I was. There’s hope this might not turn into an infection yet. Then again, half of LA County is on fire and the smoke and ash in the air is insane. So who knows. I’m just thankful we didn’t come home to any fires in Griffith Park. That would have just been too much. We’re still waiting to hear from my BIL to find out how he is. There’s a mass amount of fire activity over in his neck of the woods and he’s just up the hill from all of it (with his exit on the freeway being closed on and off).
This has to have been one of the world’s most boring posts. To make it up to you, here are a couple videos from our trip around Dublin. If you listen closely you can hear the tour guide (see, I did get some Irish for you CurlyWurly).
More of our bus tour, this time covering the only remaining “old wall” of the Dublina and the Guinness area (I talk a bit through this one a bit, repeating what the tour guide says). Guinness bought up tons of acreage in the city and then took a 9000 year lease on it all. Wow.
PS – it’s not easy to shut off the Flip when you’re wearing gloves
I can’t even believe I’m considering this, but I think I’m going to do NaBloPoMo again this year. I really enjoyed the daily posting last year and well, I think I’m up for it. I’m not crazy, right? I mean it’s fun. And a great way to meet new bloggers.
Mind you, I’ll be on vacation for essentially 12 or so days (10 days + recovery time), but since I have to log in anyway to check on the ConstantChatter contest event (over 50 days of giving) I may as well take a moment or five and post an Irish photo or two or something, right? I mean, two birds, one stone, kinda sorta like, right?
Actually, the hubs broke it to me gently that I’ll need to log on to the contest site daily to officially “launch” each day’s new contest. He seems to think that I’ll want to check stats, but to be honest, I’ve never really been that kind of stats girl. But yeah, should make for a fun vacation either way.
Bet you’ll never guess what I’ll be doing every day during lunchtime – LOL.
Anyone else jumping on the NaBloPoMo board this year? Care to join me in the challenge? Don’t worry, you can make up your own rules. In theory, it’s just 30 posts in 3o days. I guess if you were dealing with insomnia and a creative streak you could write all 30 posts in one day. In my case, I’ll be taking advantage of pre-publishing some posts and posting photos while I’m on vacation (I had to do that a time or two last year as well). Then again, without the pre-pub, the air travel itself will cause me to lose a day.
And don’t worry, if you miss a day or so, no one will come after you, chastise you or make you feel bad. It’s all just for the helluva it. Make it up as you go along.
30 posts in 30 days…you can do it.
Come on…it’ll be FUN!!!
I’m too lazy to write up a post. Just know that it was a great show. I loved Bono, Edge & BB rocking out to When Love Comes to Town. Check it out here on YouTube (wow, those kids in the rafters sure sang along a lot more up than we did on the floor).
And now, some photos – all photos are clickable to get to larger sizes. And there are more in my flickr. Just remember, this is the first time we’ve taken the new camera out to play so a couple of pictures aren’t that great…
A while back I was watching an episode of Monk. On this episode, the serial killer would always take his victim’s one lipstick. The whole time I was watching this (and now, months later) I can’t get over the one lipstick thing.
I don’t know about you, but I have a bit of a lip product addiction. I have a lip balm hidden in nearly every room and every purse, even the ones I’m not using right now. Then there are the glosses…I have one extra in my “concert” purse (just a wristlet that holds everything in one place – which reminds me, I need to add ear plugs to that bag) and another on the ready in my carry on bag.
In my current, every day purse I have the following lip products on hand (these will all travel from bag to bag):
Good Lord, now that I think about it, eight lip products (for a girl that doesn’t really wear much make up) does seem a tad bit excessive. I’ll blame it all on the economy and the economic principal known as the Lipstick Factor (even if I’ve bought many of these before our most recent recession…shhhh).
But of course, since it’s October and Breast Cancer Awareness month, there are many, many other cool products that are out. And they’re so cool and cute and well, pink, that I can rarely contain myself. Right now, I’m eying a Shiseido Think Pink lipgloss that according to Blogdorf Goodman is hydrating like a lip balm – two for the price of one…SCORE! Of course, the Shiseido counter at my local rinky dink Macy’s had no idea what I was talking about, so I’ll have to hit up a nicer mall.
How many lip products do you tend to carry? Am I alone in my lippie addiction love? Are you a one lipstick kind of gal? Or do you only do tinted blams or maybe glossies? Spill…I just might discover a new product 😉
Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.
Q. If you’re going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.
Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
Q. You’ve been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A. Don Knotts: That’s what’s been keeping me awake.
Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he’s married?
A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning.
Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.
Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say ‘I Love You’?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.
Q. What are ‘Do It,’ ‘I Can Help,’ and ‘I Can’t Get Enough’?
A. George Gobel: I don’t know, but it’s coming from the next apartment.
Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I’ll give you a gesture you’ll never forget.
Q. Paul, why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.
Q. Charley, you’ve just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I’m too busy growing strawberries.
Q. In bowling, what’s a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.
Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.
Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I’m always safe in the bedroom.
Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
Q. When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?
Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.
Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.
Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn’t neglected.
Q.Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.
Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
Q. When a ouple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver: I’ll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.
Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.
Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh
This list is based purely on business cards and two others I remember chatting with…
And for those nonbloggers
Off to a great start and having fun. Networking at it’s best 😉
Here’s a brief tour of my hotel room here in San Francisco. I’m waiting on my wine opener and crackers now – scratch that, they’re bringing me chocolate instead! Woohoo! Gotta love hotels with loyalty programs!
Trying to decide if I want to head on over to Fisherman’s Wharf on my own or just hang low today. I’ve never been to Fisherman’s Wharf (except to run out and squish a penny while we were zooming through my first time in SF), but I’m just not so sure I’m up for siteseeing by myself right now. Hello, it’s tea time downstairs right now and I just might meet fellow blogHers down there! I already introduced myself to the lady checking in before me. She’s not here as a blogger, but as a vendor. So there’s no stopping me now.
Then there’s the newbie party at the Westin (just mere stumbling steps away) tonight at 8:00. I’ll need to shower and change (even having a good hair day) before heading over. Oh and in hindsight, I wish I’d have brought my purse with me afterall instead of just the wristlet. At least tonight I’d have easily been able to carry my biz cards, my camera and my Flip.
And speaking of the flip, I’m just sitting her (the chocolate has arrived – will go great with my glass of Cab!!!) listening to the mighty Oprah (boring topic) and waiting for the video clip to upload to YouTube. Sure takes a while. Hurry hurry, I want to head downstairs for tea & sherry.
Crap, my wireless connection might be too slow for the upload. I called the front desk, they had me call tech support. I don’t have high hopes for getting a strong enough signal to upload. Guess I’ll be bringing my laptop with me tomorrow afterall. Grrrr. Maybe I should try again from tea & sherry downstairs – no go…they don’t use the same service downstairs. Double Grrr!
Video tomorrow then. Now, I’m off for tea and sherry.