It’s hard to operate a remote when you’re asleep.
Fun for your Friday, number 18
Fun for your Friday, number 17
So, Schick keeps adding blades to their razors.
Why not 12?
(Just a holiday gift idea for that guy in your life.)
Fun for your Friday, number 16
Take a lesson from the cat, my child.
Our cat is the most relaxed creature in the world. He can sleep just about anywhere. He has to, in order to get his required 23 hours of sleep each day.
Fun for your Friday, number 15
My nephew Tijs (roughly pronounced, “Tace”) is an amazing artist. The apple does not fall far from the tree; his mom (my sister Amy) is an artist too.
When Amy sent me this little metal piece and his artwork, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities.
New toothpaste
Newer visitors at Shiny Bits of Life may not know that I also run The International Toothpaste Museum.
The latest paste is one of the most unique — from Lush Cosmetics.
And just to throw you off, I’m not showing the paste here but rather the shopping bag it came in. (Thanks, Amy!)
Fun for your Friday, number 14
I enjoyed seeing this dad with his three triplet sons — all on leashes and all with monkey backpacks. (I took the shot in Austin in March 2011.)
Name three bands or musicians that you hope to see live some day
I’m not going to answer. However, I will tell you one band I wish I had seen, back in about 1976... Little Feat. Their two albums, The Last Record Album and Feats Don’t Fail Me Now were incredible.
Alas, I won’t see them live now. I’m generally not into seeing old bands in their current forms. Most of the time, they are a sad shadow of their former selves. My son saw U2 a few weeks ago. I would have gone to that show, except for how I greatly prefer seeing live music in much smaller settings.
By the way, I would love to hear your answer to which three bands or musicians you would like to see. (And thanks to Plinky for that great prompt.)
Emergency chocolate
This bar appeared in our nearby Big Lots. I couldn’t resist.
You never know when you must have chocolate.
Poll results
I’m not sure if you saw that little link. If you click that link on yesterday’s poll, you can see the latest results.
I know you were wondering.
John Denver contest
Update: We have a winner! (See the end.)
You can win a free copy of a John Denver Greatest Hits CD — with Chinese packaging!!
To win, all you need to do is simply comment on this post.
Yes, it’s that easy. No tweet my blog, join my Facebook page, sell me your first-born child stuff.
This 2-CD set is brand new. It even still has the shrink wrap on it. (So I don’t know if John tries to sing his hits in Chinese. The winner will have to tell us.)
The lucky winner will be randomly chosen at 6 pm mountain time, on Thursday, April 14th. I’ll announce the winner on this blog post. (I’ll also contact them by email.) Sadly, I cannot ship outside the USA, as I’m too crazy-busy to make a special trip to the post office.
The winner, picked unseen out of a salad bowl by my daughter Rachel, is Carl Irby! Congrats, Carl!! The CD will be headed your way in tomorrow’s mail.
And special thanks to Elizabeth, who provided the inspiration for this post.