You just can’t make this stuff up.
If you know anything about DARPA, you’ll know that creating a James Bond mackerel is one of their least crazy ideas.
Recruiting fish and shrimp as espionage agents?
Why not. They’ve launched a brain computer interface and are engineering buildings that would grow and repair themselves.
After that, a Jason Bourne eel is child’s play.
I’m beginning to think Direct TV is screwing with me.
They know I’m stuck at home and subject to my husband’s absolute control over the remote during the quarantine.
The reason I know this?
All the quality programming they’re providing.
Last weekend?
It was Robbie the Robot in Forbidden Planet.
A classic the husband just had to watch.
Lucky me.
Have you hugged your robot today?
There’s a political party of beer lovers in Poland.
The PPPP… Polska Partia Przyjaciol Piwa. They won 16 parliament seats before breaking up into smaller factions. The Big Beer Party and the Little Beer Party.
You didn’t know that.
But I did, because….
I bet you didn’t know….
The unofficial mascot of Delta State University if the Fighting Okra.
But it’s true.
I once went 4 rounds with some fried okra… but I’m sure no one wants to hear about that.
I bet you didn’t know…
Snow angels originated from medieval Jewish mystics who practiced rolling in the snow to rid themselves of evil urges.
Maybe I need to try that the next time I want pie and ice cream.
I bet you didn’t know…
Horseshoe crabs are bled for medical science.
Horseshoe crabs use hemocyanin to carry oxygen through their blood. Because of the copper present in hemocyanin, their blood is blue. … Amebocytes from the blood of L. polyphemus are used to make Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL), which is used for the detection of bacterial endotoxins in medical applications.
Run crab….
Run!
I bet you didn’t know…
In Athens, Greece a driver’s license can be taken away if the driver is deemed “unbathed” or “poorly dressed”.
Good thing this trend never caught on.
I bet you didn’t know…
F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel This Side of Paradise was the first time the word ‘daiquiri’ ever appeared.
Rum… Paradise…
Makes sense to me.
Very glad I bought bird seed the last time I went to the store.
Because if this batch isn’t kept happy….
It could get ugly.
My SIL called a month or so ago and said she was redecorating a room in her house. Living in Texas makes her homesick, so she asked if I could make copies of some of my father’s Maine paintings and mail them to her.
My late father was the Vice President of a Wall Street brokerage firm who relaxed as a weekend artist. He loved nothing more than sharing his work…. so I happily agreed.
Sadly, my father died a year after he retired and only had a short period of time to paint when we moved from New Jersey to Maine. We were very close, but that particular year was hard for me. It was transitional…. and moving to a rural Island where the only way off was by boat was a huge culture shock for a 15 year old city girl. I was knee deep in silly teenage angst and didn’t spend nearly enough time with him.
Something I will always regret.
So when I started pulling paintings?
I was a wreck.
My father died 41 years ago….
But I cried like it was yesterday.
Grief.
Sometimes it never lets go…..
As a rule, my husband is not a reader.
At work he has to read dry as dust government documents and regulations all day long …. so for relaxation at home? It’s usually mindless television.
He does however keep a steady supply of magazines for perusing while on the throne.
And since my late aunt ran a department at Time/Life, Time magazine has always been a staple.
My question is….
Should I be worried by what he’s reading this week?
Who would invent such a thing?
What would make them think this was a good idea?
And why would anyone ever want to buy it?
Wonder what I’m talking about?
It’s this:
Yes.
You read that correctly.
Brewers in Poland have developed a fermented beer made from the vaginal lactic acid of beautiful women.
Doesn’t that sound yummy?
If you want to read more about it….. here.
The entire idea is as ridiculous as it is disgusting, which is why I had to blog about it.
Because if this crap has to rattle around in my brain?
I need to make sure it rattles around in yours as well.
Tell me….
Do you see it?
I look at it everyday and think, damn…. that’s just cruel.
Yes.
It’s the magazine bucket.
It’s mocking me.
Cheap knock offs.
We’ve all seen them, we’ve all cringed.
Here are some that might make you laugh as well.
Clearly these are Thin Mints fatter cousins.
Arm and Hatchet…
When you’re really serious about getting rid of refrigerator odors.
Big Fella?
Come on…. it’s like they’re not even trying.
Nut Master!
I can’t even…. 🤣 🤣 🤣
For those days when your hamburger needs more than a helper.
Sorry…
But my mind went to a bad place with this one.
I’m going out on a limb here and guessing this wasn’t made in Massachusetts.
And finally, from Wal Mart….. the king of knock offs.
Because no one could be bothered to think up a real name for it.
Ah, spring!
In Maine? We tend to do it differently.
Like last Thursday, when one of our woodchucks came out of hibernation and said wtf?
The deer weren’t too happy either.
And before we knew it, what was supposed to be a light flurry…..
Turned into a full blown storm.
Complete with heavy wet snow weighing down the trees..
And turning everything into a winter wonderland.
Spring.
It isn’t always green.
River's world..... 