September 30, 2011

• Lukewarm Links 9/29

  I can't sleep.  It seems the more I work on apples and stuff around the house, I see so much more that needs work and it weighs on me and even though I am exhausted I can't sleep.  I have canned about 17 quarts of applesauce so far and 16 pints of spiced pickled apples.  Tonight I am trying to make some apple butter although I didn't add my secret hallucinogenic ingredients.  I also have been dehydrating apples for chips.  tomorrow I have more to pick.  After this week I will never want to see another apple in my life or at least until I get hungry for one.  Link time.

  1.  A while back there was a milk advertising campaign that capitalized on the study that said drinking milk would lessen the effects of PMS.  Well here are some of those ads.

  2.  Many summers ago I had a job in a tourist town as a manager of a video game arcade.  It was such an awesome job but my workers made it so stressful.  I had the trailer park king who worked only half the time because of child custody battles, the Vietnam war vet who had flashbacks during work, the teenager with acne right out of The Simpsons, the Latvian DJ, the teenage drug dealer, and then there was the pinball king.  This guy would play pinball in the joint all the time.  It got to the point where he wouldn't listen when I told him he couldn't play and then I went to the owner and he told me to fire him.  I didn't get around to it because he quit because I didn't give him time off.  If I did it would've meant that I would've had to work for the rest of the summer without a day off, which I did because he quit.  Oh it was awesome...well anyway, here's a collection of classic pinball machines.  I had a South Park machine and a Harley Davidson machine.  So much fun.

  3.  One of the things I've disliked about advances in home theater technology is with every advancement, George Lucas fucks around with Star Wars.  Well he just released the Star Wars movies on Blu Ray and here are some of the changes.  You would've thought he'd take out the incest.

  4.  I found this article about how a Buffalo Bills fan took exception to an article written by a female reporter asking if the Bills really demanded respect after starting the season 2-0.  Well here are some of the things that were said by the Bills fan.  Now...who do I know on Xanga that's a Bills fan?

  5.  I forgot to post this last week but I was reminded once again that this week is/was Banned Books week.  Go to the mapping section to look at where banning has taken place near you.

  6.  People ask where I find funny photos...here's one place.

  7.  I was just talking about flipping the bird tonight and then I got thinking about other rude hand gestures.  Here are some for anyone considering world travel.

  8.  I think I found a scratching pad for my cats instead of the carpet on the steps to my upstairs.

  9.  This is a fun website.  It's a collection of songs people want played at their funeral accompanied with the youtube video of the song.  That may be a good homework assignment.

  10.  I enjoy cheeseburgers.  Lately I've been in a rut and haven't made any special ones...the perks of living in Wisconsin is that I get to try so many different kinds of cheese.  Well here is a collection of some odd cheeseburgers.  One of the best burgers I ever had was when I was driving through Indiana and this placed had burgers with peanut butter.  So good.  My last concoction was a bruscetta burger.  It was an italian seasoned burger stuffed with bruscetta seasoned cheese. 

  11.  I love when websites outside of Xanga link to my page.  Here's a page that discovered my tattoo posts.

  12.  A former student once gave me a book he found at a library used book sale.  He originally bought it because the library that sold it was near Little House on the Prairie and the book had a mark from the library in my hometown in Wisconsin.  The book was about space travel.  It was written in the late 50s/early 60s and they made all these predictions.  I remember it said that by 1980 we'd be living in colonies in space.  Well here are some other predictions for the future much like that.  #9 intrigues me but then I refuse to wear contacts.

  13.  If you didn't get a chance, here is Questions with My Cock, Terrible Tattoos, and my Tumblr.

  
  Commas are very important.
  
  Speaking of grammar...I found this on a former student's facebook.  I failed as an English teacher.
  
  When people come over to my house I like to yell, "OH SHIT, IT'S THE COPS!"  And people will start running out.  It's gets them every time.
  
  Yeah...that is a fail.  That's why I like to go to a meat locker where I watch them cut the meat for me.
  
  I wonder how much tickets cost to see Hugh Sale.   I hear he's quite the performer.
  
  They really do grow up so fast these days.
  
  And I completely forgot about Halloween and Charlie Sheen...this year Halloween won't be #winning.

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