tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91737822024-03-07T01:59:25.582-05:00The "Next Blog" BlogCompulsively clicking the "Next Blog" icon so you don't have to!Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-77254904590109641532010-04-08T03:33:00.002-04:002010-04-08T03:40:17.546-04:00It's our anniversary<a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:I7nNIgDeM9TckM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGprdCGSWnRca4HCw-Yyo_OZmu-FAGxH0_S-f57SlZvq16Tc6LG3KfVmPHqOzLJbZnaxPI-jctm2x2PztpMjhfWLHjWmKzn5XQZQrH7abJjz9EAZskY_sGeEqelpJOnGD4VysBNg/s320/pancreatic-graph-300x300.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 116px;" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:I7nNIgDeM9TckM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGprdCGSWnRca4HCw-Yyo_OZmu-FAGxH0_S-f57SlZvq16Tc6LG3KfVmPHqOzLJbZnaxPI-jctm2x2PztpMjhfWLHjWmKzn5XQZQrH7abJjz9EAZskY_sGeEqelpJOnGD4VysBNg/s320/pancreatic-graph-300x300.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>So our anniversary is really tomorrow but since we are having 28 people over to celebrate Christ rising from the dead we celebrated last night by going to a hotel and picking up Ashley from the airport this morning! It was fun even though I am still very much in pain and tired (I have a swollen pancreas due to a gall stone going through and can't eat real food yet). We chilled out and watched tv and movies and laughed and remember the last 13 years, married 12, dating a year before. We have grown and it so great that we are able to honest with each other and love being together even when I am a bummer and not feeling well.<br /><br />So now to the Easter plans. I am so excited although not able to eat much but family, laughter and remember God's greatest gift His son will be awesome. I am so glad my family is whole again and that we have each other! <br /><br />On a side note, I meet with a surgeon on Monday to see what the next step is, possibly the gall bladder out. <br /><br />From <a href=http://randomtok.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-our-anniversary.html>Random Thoughts of Kindness</a>.Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-23820506600490189082010-04-02T08:15:00.003-04:002010-04-02T08:20:20.094-04:00SupermuncheeYup! I think I'm back to my good old days...watching korean series again! ha!ha!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDc2Fanl_MGgdYzDPHAwuA4siYxC0ec0IVj5cB8b_zvnBvDmZ-RdhW31mk6oJcnR0ju2j9_vh8RBYVVgXcvZmbgBFW8-h5_fTtxE72LSnFyBc3ey_meOFjuykIN65XufiklCs8/s400/ohmylady.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDc2Fanl_MGgdYzDPHAwuA4siYxC0ec0IVj5cB8b_zvnBvDmZ-RdhW31mk6oJcnR0ju2j9_vh8RBYVVgXcvZmbgBFW8-h5_fTtxE72LSnFyBc3ey_meOFjuykIN65XufiklCs8/s400/ohmylady.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><i>Oh My Lady</i> - It stars Chae Rim ( from my fave Dalja's Spring) and Choi Si Won ( a member of the famous korean boy group, Super Junior). I must admit that even if I'm aware of the existence of Super Junior and I've watch my fave Sorry Sorry music video for a zillion times now, I really haven't noticed Choi Si Won until I watched the first episode of Oh My Lady. ha!ha! I guess there are just a lot of guys in the group that I failed to notice him. Anyway, after that, I immediately watched again SJ's music videos just to see Si Won. It's like watching the videos for the first time! ha!ha!<br /><br />As for the series, the first episode was so interesting and funny that I think I'm gonna get hooked with this one till the end. I'm also actually curious if love with blossom from these two people since Chae Rim plays a 35-year old divorced mother and Si Won plays a twenty-something Korean celebrity.<br /><br />From <a href=http://supermunchee.blogspot.com/2010/03/cougar-is-in-oh-my-lady-personal-taste.html>Cougar Is In</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-82256116352940832542010-04-01T00:43:00.002-04:002010-04-01T00:49:19.691-04:00Relative EsotericaFrom <a href=http://relativeesoterica.blogspot.com/2009/11/turpentine-and-truth.html target=“_blank”>Turpentine and Truth</a><br /><br />I was watching Warner Brothers' not insignificantly flawed but immensely atmospheric <a href=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039926/>The Two Mrs. Carrolls.</a><br /><br />Sally Carroll (Barbara Stanwyck), having gushed into an upper-floor studio, freezes, instantly sick and horrified at the sight of Geoffrey, her artist spouse (Humphrey Bogart), assiduously and zealously going over a canvas with a turpentine-soaked rag.<br /><blockquote><b>Sally:</b> Geoffrey, what are you doing?<br /><strong>Geoffrey:</strong> Something I should have done weeks ago – I'm sick of looking at it – it was phony.<br /><strong>Sally:</strong> Oh, Sweetheart, you shouldn't have done that – you might not think it's so good, but someone might have bought it.<br /><strong>Geoffrey:</strong> Well, I don't care what other people think – it's what I think.<br /><strong>Sally:</strong> But you thought it was good once.<br /><strong>Geoffrey:</strong> That's why I know I'm slipping.<br /><strong>Sally:</strong> You can't always paint masterpieces.<br /><strong>Geoffrey:</strong> Well, I can always try.</blockquote>Barbara ... Babs ... Missy ... Sally – don't get me wrong – my sympathies are with you in the grand scheme of this little Warner Brothers drama. But your crazy, murderous, obnoxious, implacable husband is right, here: If you're an artist – heck, even if you're not an artist, but merely a person of integrity – you can't shove something out, to which you feel no sense of attachment or commitment, on the hope or assumption that no one will recognize its inauthenticity or feel its counterfeitness and that people will clamour to buy it, blinded by its slick, shiny veneer. <br /><br />Sure, you know they may buy it, purchase it, with money. But ultimately, in another more important sense, they won't buy it – they'll become aware of its absence of credibility. You know that – as an artist, a human being – and you can't be associated with something that is simply "product," statement without substance. Even if you have no pretensions to producing masterpieces, you can't put out intentionally small, modest things – you can't release words – that are just puffs, hollow. You have to omit – or keep the turpentine handy.<br /><br />Funny that a no-good bum but ego-maniacal character like Geoffrey Carroll could see this much.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zUUqaqEHbyo/SwTK3tCM7gI/AAAAAAAACYk/qnRvPP4bb2w/s400/TheTwoMrsCarrolls.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zUUqaqEHbyo/SwTK3tCM7gI/AAAAAAAACYk/qnRvPP4bb2w/s400/TheTwoMrsCarrolls.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-68376689630147517522010-03-25T19:15:00.001-04:002010-03-25T19:18:06.395-04:00Where are we now?<b>The Chaplain Candidate Valentine Party</b><br /><br />Here's a shot of the Chaplain Candidate Valentine Party. We had to dress like a couple. Ryan really wanted to go as Muhhamed but I told him he could only go with his one wife, not five. SO, we went as Abraham and Sarah--because I feel like I'm having twins! <br /><br /><img src=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaZxCXe1uTXg4HlaHIl8a4kn7GslAOAjIHl2O1BVkTDwflZl4Nsua0hhLUrkrjCH5tRP2fUCMI-zlqfAy9RJHFyLHnGos2-zRML_T7r2J_z6juIH4cfpTzq6B73HQxFgLgesq/s320/January-Feb+2010+011.jpg><br /><br />From <a href=http://wherearewenowwilliams.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-few-belly-shots.html target=“_blank”>Where are we now?</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-27884027543478779352010-03-25T04:48:00.001-04:002010-03-25T04:49:57.438-04:00All is temporary<b>It’s where they create the ghosts</b><br /><br />"You think I'm crazy? And if I say I'm not crazy, that hardly helps does it? That's the genius of it. People tell the world you're crazy. And all your protest to the contrary just confirms what they're saying."<br />"I'm not following you, I'm sorry."<br />"Once you are called insane, then anything you do is just a part of your insanity. Reasonable protest, or denial. Fears. Paranoia."<br />"Survival instincts are defense mechanisms."<br /><br /><br />"Do you know how pain enters the body, Marshall? Do you?"<br />"It depends on where you hurt."<br />"No. It has nothing to do with flesh. The brain controls pain. The brain controls fear, empathy, sleep, hunger, anger, everything. What if you could control it?.. Recreate a man so he doesn't feel pain, or love, or sympathy. A man who can't be interrogated because he has no memories to confess."<br />"You can never take away all of a mans memories. Never."<br /><br />"Let me ask you, any past traumas in your life?"<br />"Yes. Why? Why would that matter?"<br />"Because it's your reason you lost your path. Your reason for your insanity. So when they commit you here, your friends and colleagues will say of course he cracked. Who wouldn't have?"<br />"They can say that about anyone. Anyone at all."<br />"The point is, they're going to say it about you."<br /><br />"I can get you off this island."<br />"Haven't you heard anything I said? You'll never leave here."<br />"I have a friend, I was with him yesterday but we got separated, have you seen him?"<br />"Marshall, you have no friends." <br /><br /><i>Read more at <a href=http://michaelswords.blogspot.com target=“_blank”>All Is Temporary</a></i>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-49670767200978248542010-03-22T01:03:00.002-04:002010-03-22T01:06:07.030-04:00Morning foal<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/4078074484_55eac6af0b_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 512px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/4078074484_55eac6af0b_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />From <a href=http://beewhour.blogspot.com target=“_blank”>The Crazy Rancher’s Wife</a>.Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-2707983155833124252010-03-21T00:20:00.002-04:002010-03-21T00:24:34.009-04:00The TorgersensFrom <a href=http://ourhalfdozen07.blogspot.com/2009/09/months-in-life-of-blog-slacker.html target=“_blank”>The Months in the Life of a Blog Slacker.</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0RC1T1QoVg3iGj_2X02hZvw_exXh5k2lHyH2KENQ6eludm7X6I7Vw6l3qW1xlOEZQ98uDqhN9nzq8uTzKbvykA8HHsKgplV3nU6EoXqysVaGqOOj-NKeaqL91r4xLtWVbBzz/s320/Stephanie+pictures+7.2009+243.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0RC1T1QoVg3iGj_2X02hZvw_exXh5k2lHyH2KENQ6eludm7X6I7Vw6l3qW1xlOEZQ98uDqhN9nzq8uTzKbvykA8HHsKgplV3nU6EoXqysVaGqOOj-NKeaqL91r4xLtWVbBzz/s320/Stephanie+pictures+7.2009+243.jpg" /></a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-40476171153864945242010-03-14T18:43:00.003-04:002010-03-14T18:45:19.767-04:00Pauliemac’s World<strong><em><span style="font-size:100%;">Passages of Time</span></em></strong><br /><br />My son's birthday was yesterday. He turned 12 years old. I have not seen him the past 11 years. The decision I made then was the right one for then, but it is not the right one for now. Yet I have to live with the consequences of the decision made then as the hurdles I have given to be a part of his life now are just too great for me to overcome. I hope his birthday was a joyous one and if he spent even one second wondering where his father is, I want him to know I am here and did think of him, as I do each and every day of our lives. Some may think it is impossible to miss a child you have not seen for 11 years, who was only slightly over a year old the last time you saw them, but it is possible. And very painful. One more burden to carry, one more desire left unfulfilled.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://pauliemac.blogspot.com/2010/01/passages-of-time.html" target="“_blank”">Via</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-11974477374367158782010-03-12T23:53:00.002-05:002010-03-12T23:58:08.883-05:00Walking backwards in TaiwanRandom of the Day: Friday after school I was taking my stuff upstairs when I looked down on the road and there was this guy walking backwards with his shoes in his hand, slapping his legs as he walked. I wonder what his reasoning behind doing it was...there are just somethings that people do here I don't understand!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUOgyDx27WOKWLkCOaNAwrWOvZSNhDyMnLrPglkVw2o0B8DpAQDtWRezCEIeTNHycjRCpNhXU8SQeBEVglbScWFeDnQiI53r3DvIxg8KMflWmJa4HjljUElBgih72GMKL2rjg/s400/P1010673.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUOgyDx27WOKWLkCOaNAwrWOvZSNhDyMnLrPglkVw2o0B8DpAQDtWRezCEIeTNHycjRCpNhXU8SQeBEVglbScWFeDnQiI53r3DvIxg8KMflWmJa4HjljUElBgih72GMKL2rjg/s400/P1010673.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />From <a href=http://betherdsadventures.blogspot.com/2010/03/walk-it-out.html target="_blank">Life With a Twist of Beth</a>.Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-54281019890842116052010-03-06T09:58:00.002-05:002010-03-06T10:03:52.365-05:00Other people's junk<a href="http://trueslant.com/johnknefel/files/2010/03/foxnewsprivates-300x228.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 228px;" src="http://trueslant.com/johnknefel/files/2010/03/foxnewsprivates-300x228.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Writer/comic John Knefel considers some other potential FOXNews poll questions <a href=http://trueslant.com/johnknefel/2010/03/03/foxnews-wants-to-know-if-youre-down-with-opp/#more-1035 target=“_blank”>here.</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-27238550625088779422009-12-06T20:45:00.002-05:002009-12-06T20:46:27.980-05:00Fair warning<a href="http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh64/soppedal/mayan.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 433px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh64/soppedal/mayan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-25587773877977624132009-08-05T21:45:00.002-04:002009-08-05T21:48:39.702-04:00Cake Wrecks<b>When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLv7ac-2xJHhCKz-hI4hAFSwVYxhfpz4KnpKUMBZ00pqXyxFXtasbEhyphenhyphenlZHQYEO0R8NA8_BjwQgxVyMfWSKU5J7hG_qNzPMyqZRjkF4e_F758u_SUu11MlmeP8TjEKJOpv6QLqw/s400/Meghan+R+.+lw+.+coffin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLv7ac-2xJHhCKz-hI4hAFSwVYxhfpz4KnpKUMBZ00pqXyxFXtasbEhyphenhyphenlZHQYEO0R8NA8_BjwQgxVyMfWSKU5J7hG_qNzPMyqZRjkF4e_F758u_SUu11MlmeP8TjEKJOpv6QLqw/s400/Meghan+R+.+lw+.+coffin.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Sample more Cake Wrecks <a href=http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ target=“_blank”>here.</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-21752784622663088952009-08-01T12:28:00.001-04:002009-08-01T12:32:58.926-04:00Yo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRz1wxf1LTzlWQiZuhNYGpLacuhESWqgGPzhA_zl7BcQTOQk1QBqSSARbLce2EwNra4unlGX93ToZpTMsdMJ1gq224ALZnRgZwgrudTnA96CcqmEG5S8nDbphU-rNaP8GEyprm/s1600-h/YO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRz1wxf1LTzlWQiZuhNYGpLacuhESWqgGPzhA_zl7BcQTOQk1QBqSSARbLce2EwNra4unlGX93ToZpTMsdMJ1gq224ALZnRgZwgrudTnA96CcqmEG5S8nDbphU-rNaP8GEyprm/s400/YO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365034057904132274" /></a><br /><br />(<a href=http://www.deadway-syazwan.blogspot.com target=“_blank”>Via</a>)Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-89355731555352557802009-06-22T05:28:00.001-04:002009-06-22T05:28:52.503-04:00Truly brilliant castingFrom <a href=http://www.funatico.com/articles/celebrity-simpsons-real-life-hollywood-cast-1955.html target=“_“blank>Funatico</a> comes some truly brilliant casting for a (hypothetical) live-action Simpsons movie. My two favorites are Willem Dafoe as Mr. Burns and Stephen Colbert as Weyland Smithers. Definitely check out Ewan McGregor as Bart, Dustin Hoffman as Milhous, and Steve Buscemi as Moe Syzlak.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.funatico.com/articles/images/thumbs/hollywood-celebrity-simpsons/stephencolbertasweylandsmithers.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 229px;" src="http://www.funatico.com/articles/images/thumbs/hollywood-celebrity-simpsons/stephencolbertasweylandsmithers.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://www.funatico.com/articles/images/thumbs/hollywood-celebrity-simpsons/willemdafoeasmrburns.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 229px;" src="http://www.funatico.com/articles/images/thumbs/hollywood-celebrity-simpsons/willemdafoeasmrburns.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-1602815071434742292009-06-07T18:02:00.003-04:002009-06-07T18:13:28.431-04:00Dialing for Jesus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bKmyohxPa-TWsICBXzWsT91jRqwjUzVANvKeZiJEMjRR0tMGtNXJ7xeIcaaAR4HbpXteg-v8G5SqCdQyF1jgwbJQUMpZD-1zt83TtIOwT_ezhNhwRxidN5AMT4qsxVMbjmpb/s1600-h/phone_salib.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bKmyohxPa-TWsICBXzWsT91jRqwjUzVANvKeZiJEMjRR0tMGtNXJ7xeIcaaAR4HbpXteg-v8G5SqCdQyF1jgwbJQUMpZD-1zt83TtIOwT_ezhNhwRxidN5AMT4qsxVMbjmpb/s400/phone_salib.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344712110993376322" /></a><br /><br /><a href=http://www.hisgraceisamazing.com/ target=“_blank”>Via</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-44422307800314516262009-06-05T00:41:00.002-04:002009-06-05T00:48:36.072-04:00How we say hello<b><i>Famapa lives in London, England, and Sandra in Gothenburg, Sweden. Each week one chooses a theme for their pictures -- with surprising outcomes.</i></b> <br /><br />Click image to enlarge.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEm0Sy0dyru8dz18uPQEnb1VrOeD_WnNjIhu1_pv87hpm02c2fsFIBKeVSO-LGcQ3yZrgqWQQ-yz161RzJs5Hyjl3z6c-dBZPQBTsQ6OnVRlRtmCIVOdUKV1OXOIn-R9PrYcb/s1600/04_05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 405px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEm0Sy0dyru8dz18uPQEnb1VrOeD_WnNjIhu1_pv87hpm02c2fsFIBKeVSO-LGcQ3yZrgqWQQ-yz161RzJs5Hyjl3z6c-dBZPQBTsQ6OnVRlRtmCIVOdUKV1OXOIn-R9PrYcb/s1600/04_05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Stop by and say hello to <a href=http://howwesayhello.blogspot.com/>How We Say Hello.</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-8851104764558521982009-05-30T21:34:00.002-04:002009-05-30T21:37:15.672-04:00Life Lesson No. 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPVlGveJC0sbUzVtQkvoFQyTXkUZxc1uIucj_UU80z4pdf6YH78UH3uKPamKribEq2jDuVAWUaRAkXCZ4GJ33zDm6KsmIalsJp384MoeKpkRaXM0thhXFerWRC6i1Q8arFrmp/s1600-h/Todd+Gandhi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPVlGveJC0sbUzVtQkvoFQyTXkUZxc1uIucj_UU80z4pdf6YH78UH3uKPamKribEq2jDuVAWUaRAkXCZ4GJ33zDm6KsmIalsJp384MoeKpkRaXM0thhXFerWRC6i1Q8arFrmp/s400/Todd+Gandhi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341795788232024882" /></a><br /><br />Via the <a href=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/035ad36fbe/life-lessons-with-jon-lajoie-from-jon-lajoie target=“_blank”>whimsically fractured</a> Jon Lajoie.Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-40916005782401715712009-04-24T05:36:00.003-04:002009-04-24T05:49:27.672-04:00Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHv_3F7SG71-LgZB1gX_Teq6_vrQKFnrFQmyNuLMg0mWzWbFEulCVR_Y4fdsmks5jgggjeBVeBSQdsQO28iarkxFIRck-JaEuJNmtYaKUL7Oq-DEvzT-O-0lRXGUZwubvuLnH/s400/Zombies.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHv_3F7SG71-LgZB1gX_Teq6_vrQKFnrFQmyNuLMg0mWzWbFEulCVR_Y4fdsmks5jgggjeBVeBSQdsQO28iarkxFIRck-JaEuJNmtYaKUL7Oq-DEvzT-O-0lRXGUZwubvuLnH/s400/Zombies.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><b>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!</b><br clear="all"><br /><br /><b><i>By Seth Grahame Smith and Jane Austen</i></b> <br /><br /><a href=http://www.anobii.com/books/014f680b694a9e5302/ target=“_blank”>Book Description</a><br /><br /><i>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</i> features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead.<br /><br /><i>[Yes, it is a real book. It even has more than 50 customer reviews on Amazon.]</i>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-42987187233107760312009-04-19T22:32:00.002-04:002009-04-19T22:33:29.818-04:00Fail faster. Succeed sooner.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ71WsyaHE8ittPs1z_BiwNgchTCtCMG0PRtiNFO0kFCv_S62bPF6ZyqfvOZL-UoSz3o99iyXO_hITGSufGXrpahyo79nZtrx5iKwUmTVcqcPUECQHzdQpEKcGjWNnKcOh3pfW/s400/fail-faster-succeed-sooner-420.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ71WsyaHE8ittPs1z_BiwNgchTCtCMG0PRtiNFO0kFCv_S62bPF6ZyqfvOZL-UoSz3o99iyXO_hITGSufGXrpahyo79nZtrx5iKwUmTVcqcPUECQHzdQpEKcGjWNnKcOh3pfW/s400/fail-faster-succeed-sooner-420.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />From <a href=http://andrashidvegi.blogspot.com/>Fail faster. Succeed sooner.</a> [Hungary]Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-44300580929637219852009-04-12T23:45:00.001-04:002009-04-12T23:46:53.567-04:00Scene at Trader Joe's<b><i>From <a href=http://shayera.blogspot.com/2009/02/scene-at-trader-joes.html target=“_blank”>Excuse the Mess, That Was Just My Head</a></i></b><br /><br />Me, in pipe line (12 items or less line), with 1 (one) can of soup in my hand.<br />2 people in front of me. Each with about 5 or 6 items in their baskets.<br /><br />Me: (thinking own thoughts)<br /><br />Woman in line behind me: (tapping shoulder) Excuse me? I'm talking to you. Can i get ahead of you? I'm in a hurry. (I look at her cart, she's got about 18 items). <br /><br />Me: I've got one can of soup. This is the express lane.<br /><br />Woman behind me: I'm in a hurry.<br /><br />Me: ::blank stare::<br /><br />Man behind her: Are you kidding?<br /><br />Man in front of me: Wait, that's all you have? Go ahead of me.<br /><br />Woman behind me: So I can't go before you? ::Grabs cart and gets out of line. Hitting me in the hip as she huffs off.::<br /><br />Me, to man in front of me: Thank you, you're very kind.<br /><br />Man in front: oh, hey no problem.<br /><br />(Smiles are exchanged.)<br />I check out.<br />Cranky woman has also finished checking out and is walking out at the same time I am.<br />I'm ignoring her.<br /><br />Her: (hissed through teeth) Bitch.Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-21597075726361991532009-04-05T04:08:00.001-04:002009-04-05T04:10:34.317-04:00Public Domain TheaterToday’s feature, <a href=http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/relaxed_wife.php target=“_blank”>The Relaxed Wife (1957)</a>, is a surrealistic public service presentation via Roerig and Pfizer. Just think of Mr. Bean, freaked by his Dali-esque living conditions, discovering that he can achieve <i>ataraxia</i> by taking a substance that looks suspiciously like crystal meth but is really a tranquilizer. Oh, and wifey gets hooked first. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiBXM8ia_3l7-NS39jiobiTpAjrxWkvqm9S3-GCNuDqVopRys9LnZBRZkoD_gFUTH87xFC7SGLcicueU0yOHirt_HyhYinmBjX4RIRltuVwi3KfSnE-GPC0mGJSrV8s_CfMFioQ/s1600-h/THE+RELAXED+WIFE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiBXM8ia_3l7-NS39jiobiTpAjrxWkvqm9S3-GCNuDqVopRys9LnZBRZkoD_gFUTH87xFC7SGLcicueU0yOHirt_HyhYinmBjX4RIRltuVwi3KfSnE-GPC0mGJSrV8s_CfMFioQ/s400/THE+RELAXED+WIFE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321113609512402978" /></a><br /><blockquote><span style=color:navy;><i>Of all the states throughout this nation, <br />the happiest by far <br />is the state of relaxation.<br /><br />They’ll be fewer breakdowns and insomniacs <br />when more of us <br />have learned to be relaxed.</i> <br /><br /><b><i>Remember: If you have tension problems, discuss them with your doctor.</i></b></span></blockquote>At the conclusion of tonight's feature presentation, please exit the theater using the rear exit doors, depositing all trash in the receptacles located next to each exit door and in the main lobby. Thank you!<br /><br /><br />Cross-posted at <a href=http://scriptoids.blogspot.com>Scriptoids.</a>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-57366286612477471732009-04-04T05:43:00.002-04:002009-04-04T05:46:39.944-04:00Revenge of the GRE<i>[NOTE: The Graduate Record Exam is the hellish rite of passage for college students who, facing the prospect of actually leaving their dorm rooms, decide they’d like to spend another 4, 5, or 6 years in campus housing.] </i><br /><br />I used to think I was a pretty smart guy. Then I took the GRE.<br /><br />Ever since that heinous experience eight years ago, I've always gone out of my way to counsel any friend of mine who is getting ready to take the test: <br /><br />"Keep in mind, it's a test to get you into <i>grad school.</i> It's not like the ACT or the SAT," I'd say. <br /><br />"It's designed to take top-tier students and spread them out on a measurable spectrum," I'd say. <br /><br />“Don't worry, it's <i>supposed</i> to be a ruthless, masochistic assault on your sense of self-worth as an intelligent human being that will kick you to the academic curb thinking your only sensible career option is to be first assistant to the guy scraping congealed grease off the floor at Denny's," I'd say.<br /><br />I never got an exact count, but I felt like I got about 20% of the questions right on that stupid test….<br /><br />Two weeks ago I took the GRE again.<br /><br /><b><i>Read the rest of the story at <a href=http://woundedmosquito.blogspot.com/2009/02/gre-blues.html>Wounded Mosquito.</a></i></b>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-87741131952204584832009-04-03T03:51:00.002-04:002009-04-03T03:54:19.379-04:00Mustaches of the Nineteenth CenturyFor an extraordinary collection of era-specific mustaches and invaluable resource links to mustachiana, there’s no better blog than <a href=http://mustachesofthenineteenthcentury.blogspot.com/ target=“_blank”>Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century</a>.<br /><br />From the opening page…<blockquote><span style=color:navy;><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gcZjegZmPVNL-1Bf7Ekdmzwsupu5Fmuq_wD_8byAzde9OpKPCD15c5Y_4RJaycUsWpI7RMeW2iIW0F6LQGnsrSS5c32A_S4wJtnl3ZIZqBHdM2RDDAt6ePulYn5iIeGhBrzy/s320/gerin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gcZjegZmPVNL-1Bf7Ekdmzwsupu5Fmuq_wD_8byAzde9OpKPCD15c5Y_4RJaycUsWpI7RMeW2iIW0F6LQGnsrSS5c32A_S4wJtnl3ZIZqBHdM2RDDAt6ePulYn5iIeGhBrzy/s320/gerin.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><b>Dear Gentle Reader,</b><br /><br />Many of the following pages have graphic and clear images of the masculine mustache in all its forms, both sublime and grotesque. My intent is not to shock or titillate, but merely to inform on the subject. The Nineteenth Century gave us many things, but above all it was a hotbed of facial hair experimentation and this is but a poor sampling of those many lost forms.</span></blockquote>Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-81049818365996395872009-03-26T01:50:00.002-04:002009-03-26T01:53:20.207-04:00This is SPARTA!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZL8_GgpA1WPPwjQz4_WaBezZUm-MEMk7cUEU-Xth67qsgY7KtSZOBsX3N7W2McYFXdBtBAemPyHSLf4T3gv7VIxul0QSA40JlU4SrCHvN05cJxDnwts9ECTrFj9-rhHWB1uvO/s1600-h/SPARTA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZL8_GgpA1WPPwjQz4_WaBezZUm-MEMk7cUEU-Xth67qsgY7KtSZOBsX3N7W2McYFXdBtBAemPyHSLf4T3gv7VIxul0QSA40JlU4SrCHvN05cJxDnwts9ECTrFj9-rhHWB1uvO/s400/SPARTA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317370131379716450" /></a><br />Bragster is Jackass meets Facebook. Yeah, just think about that. People who have taken on the <a href=http://www.bragster.com/dares/305431-scream-out-this-is-sparta-in-the-most-inconvenient-place target=“_blank”>This Is Sparta</a> dare have uploaded their acts of courage. Go visit.Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173782.post-39801824637152801452009-03-25T02:12:00.002-04:002009-03-25T02:13:20.296-04:00Munch-kin<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RQji1g8EbAw/ScBBDOxXgPI/AAAAAAAABH8/tebLqvfJet4/s400/IMG_0037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RQji1g8EbAw/ScBBDOxXgPI/AAAAAAAABH8/tebLqvfJet4/s400/IMG_0037.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />From <a href=www.msjuliesartschool.blogspot.com target=“_blank”>Ms Julie’s Art School</a>.Grace Nearinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.com0