YYYEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! March 22nd is, actually, National Goof-Off Day. Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goof off and enjoy every minute of it! (This is the cover of Susan Hawkins’ downloadable e-book about this holiday as posted at http://www.favoraffair.com/ihost-goofoff.html) ************************************************************************************* ©2012 H. Hiatt/wildninja.wordpress.com. All articles/posts on this blog are copyrighted original material that may not be reproduced in part or whole [...]
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It’s National Goof-Off Day!
Posted in Silliness, tagged Ferris Bueller, goof-off, goofing off, joke, kick back, National Goof-Off Day, relax, silliness on March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Automaton Tannenbaum
Posted in Silliness, tagged AI, artificial intelligence, automaton, automaton tannenbaum, Christmas, Christmas 2011, Christmas tree, Christmas video, dancing Christmas tree, downtown Kirkland, holiday cheer, Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland Views, Kirkland Washington, O Tannenbaum, RC, remote control, robot, robot tree, robotic Christmas tree, Roomba, self-propelled tree, stereo tree, tannenbaum on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Kirkland Views blog posted this video of a robotic Christmas tree appearing to drive itself around Kirkland, Washington: http://www.kirklandviews.com/archives/31000/. The letter to the editor that provides the details says: I… was walking my dog… in downtown Kirkland near Marina Park and was surprised to see a fully lit Christmas Tree spinning and dancing itself [...]
Stop Trick or Treating!
Posted in Silliness, tagged blood sugar, bucket, candy, costume, door to door, evil capitalism, evil capitalist, extended hours, fattening, greed, Halloween, junk food, manners, occupy, repeat trick or treaters, say thank you, stop trick or treat, stop trick or treating, sugar, thank you, trick or treat, trick or treating, Wall Street, world domination on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While out and about today I saw a sign that was worded the same as this one, which has a similar design. My first thought was “STOP TRICK OR TREATING!” as if this were some sort of protest against the tradition of knocking on doors to get sugary, fattening wrapped items. If it were worded [...]
Spiders & Sculptures
Posted in Silliness, tagged arachnid, bronze, cow, cow and coyote, cow and coyote sculpture, coyote, creepy crawly, dead things, devil, dressing statues, giant spider, Halloween, Halloween 2011, inflatable spider, Kirkland, Kirkland Washington, Market Street, Market Street Spider, sculpture on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every year this giant spider greets travelers along Market Street in Kirkland… …and this year some dedicated, mysterious people have been decorating the cow and coyote sculpture in downtown Kirkland for every holiday. I don’t celebrate the devil and dead things part of Halloween, but I admire the creativity that the cow and coyote’s costumers have. Stay [...]
Happy Towel Day!
Posted in Pop Culture, Silliness, tagged Hitchhiker's Guide, May 25th, Towel Day on May 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
May 25th is Towel Day. Have your towels readily available and display them proudly! http://www.towelday.org/ A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value – you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of [...]
Kitchen Dancing
Posted in Music, Pop Culture, Silliness, tagged Bach's Little, baking, band, Bernstein, bottomless microphone stand, broccoli, Caballo Pelotero, Can't Fight This Feeling, cashew butter, celiac, celiac disease, chef, citrus fruit, closet singer, cocoa nibs, Conga, cooking, cooking with kids, dairy-free, dancing, drums, drumstick spoons, egg-free, Falco, family cooking, Fell On Black Days, Fire Woman, food allergies, food allergy, Footloose, Forerigner, fridge, fugue, fun with food, George Clinton, Gloria Estefan, gluten intolerance, gluten-free, guitar hero, guitar spatula, Hal Sparks, harmony, hidden talent, high kick, Honda Civic, I Want To Know What Love is, joyful noise, Kenny Loggins, kitchen, kitchen dancing, kitchen rhythm, Kool & The Gang, Le Gran Combo, macchiato, Mahler's Titan, makeshift microphone stand, microphone tongs, Mix Stix, Open Sesame, orange juice, oyster sauce, Panama, pink guitar, Princes of the Universe, prosciutto, Queen, REO Speedwagon, rice milk, Right Now, Rock Me Amadeus, rock on, rock star, salsa, Sammy Hagar, sauces, seafood, self-conscious about singing, singing, singing in car, singing in kitchen, Son Cubano, Soundgarden, soy-free, spaghetti, spareribs, The Cult, Twisted Sister, Van Halen, wailing, We Want The Funk, We're Not Gonna Take It, Weird Al on April 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
HEEEREE WE ARE! BORN TO BE CHEFS WE MAKE SAUCES OF THE UNIVERSE (duh dun, dun dun, dun dun) Here WE belong Fighting for the rice milk– We have to make prosciutto for you all! In the privacy of my own car and kitchen, I am a rock star. Aren’t you? This culinary take on [...]
