So, it seems that almost every time I go to a website on a mobile device these days, I am constantly nagged about installing a new app that will give me all the latest goodies. Please, just stop. No, really,…
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I Don’t Want To Belong To Any Club That Will Accept People Like Me As A Member (or Do You Want An App With That?)
Tagged with: annoyed, complaining, corporations, Loyalty program, miscellaneous, random nonsense, snarkiness
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting
Carrot Cake Muffins
It’s my one year blogiversary – Let there be cake! In the spirit of doing random things for their own sakes and since you’ve all broken your New Year’s resolutions already, here is one of my favourite things: Carrot Cake…
Tagged with: Bake, Cream cheese, cupcake, frosting, miscellaneous, muffins, random nonsense
Posted in Be Crafty, Blog
Posted in Be Crafty, Blog
One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Pleasure (or You’re Not Going To Throw That Out Are You?)
So, I have to admit – I have a fondness for other people’s junk. Since I was young lad, I have loved pouring over garage sales, thrift stores, and especially second-hand bookstores. Granted there is a lot of useless trash…
Tagged with: books, Charity shop, geek, inspirational, miscellaneous, random nonsense, YouTube
Posted in Blog, Insidious Inspiration
Posted in Blog, Insidious Inspiration
Bras, Mixed Drinks, And Dead Celebrities (or Let’s Get The Party Started)
So, I’m tidying up and I come across this book, The Art of Mixing Drinks (Bantam Books) originally published in 1957. I forgot when and where I got it (for obvious reasons, probably) but I couldn’t help leafing through it…
Tagged with: Bantam Books, celebrity, comedy, drinking, drunk, Google Books, humor, miscellaneous, mixed drinks, party, random nonsense, silliness, underwear, Uplift: The Bra In America, War Production Board
Posted in Blog, Reviews
Posted in Blog, Reviews
I’m Not Procrastinating, I’m Blogging (or Why Do I Do This To Myself?)
So, it’s been a while. I’m not ignoring you fine people out there; I just ran out of things to say. A lot of people blog about their daily lives, but mine has been pretty boring. I’ve gone into hibernation…
Tagged with: Blog, complaining, miscellaneous, random nonsense, silliness, writing
Posted in 3(Blah) + 3(Yada) = (Blog), Blog
Posted in 3(Blah) + 3(Yada) = (Blog), Blog
Dictionary.com Takes A Huge Dump On Nerd Culture (or Let’s Get Hashtag Epic Fail Trending)
WARNING: This post is tl;dr and contains much snarkiness and nerdiness. I have used both the dictionary.com website and the app for a while now, mostly when I want a quick second opinion about a definition, and I am not…
Tagged with: annoyed, Blog, complaining, culture, dictionary.com, geek, humor, miscellaneous, nerd, random nonsense, satire, silliness, snarkiness, whining, writer, writing
Posted in Blog, Word Nerd
Posted in Blog, Word Nerd
Tea With The Drama Queen (or It’s Not A Tumor)
So I woke up this morning with a headache, so my first thought is, of course – brain tumor – because it couldn’t just be a headache. There must be some underlying, devastating cause for me to be in so…
Tagged with: Addiction, Caffeine, Cigarette, complaining, Health, inspirational, Nicotine, random nonsense, Smoking cessation, Substance Abuse, Tobacco, whining
Posted in Blog, Insidious Inspiration
Posted in Blog, Insidious Inspiration
The Five Stages Of Writing (or I Feel Your Pain)
Like dealing with grief, writing also has five stages. STAGE ONE – Caffeination Most writing begins with some sort of stimulant. Much writing is done late at night because writers are so easily distracted during the day and fail to…
Tagged with: Blog, books, comedy, complaining, cupcake, humor, miscellaneous, random nonsense, satire, silliness, snarkiness, truth, whining, writer, writing, Writing and Editing
Posted in Blog, Word Nerd
Posted in Blog, Word Nerd
Verbatim Gibberish 