February 12, 2009
Happy Birthday, Christina!
Today is Christina Ricci's birthday, one of my favorite actresses. Even though she's not yet 30, Ms. Ricci has had a long career in movies, some of which are Mermaids, both Addams Family movies, Casper, Sleepy Hollow, Prozac Nation and Monster. She has taken on some very oddball movie roles.
She has an unusual beauty some would say, but I think she's gorgeous.
Wiki entry on Christina Ricci
I noticed it was also Arsenio Hall's birthday, but who cares about him? Not me, and apparently not many others. (well, I bet his momma does, but...)
Reminds me of a joke:
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Arsenio
Arsenio who?
That's show biz!
iSerenity
NOTE to visitors: I've noticed quite a few hits on this post and will have to apologize to all who have found the link invalid. I don't have a clue as to why the website no longer exists.
From the website:
Welcome to iSerenity - ambient sound environments at your desktop for relaxation and solitude. 31 sound and image environments to choose from, and counting.
iSerenity takes you away from your usual desktop setting and delivers you via a variety of sounds and image environments to a tranquil, private and entertaining space. iSerenity offers the capability of a sound machine without the added expense.
I'm not so sure about some of these; a cricket noise makes me nervous, afraid that it will suddenly hop onto my face just as I drift off to sleep. (it's happened!) A hair dryer? I'd be counting the kilowatt hours like sheep as it droned on. The crackling noise of a fire would put me to sleep, but not if it was a fire that was from an overheated hair dryer.
I could probably get to sleep after I threw the typewriter out the window, though.
Visit iSerenity
February 11, 2009
Man vs. Tame
I'm a big fan of the shows "Survivorman" and "Man vs. Wild". The first is hosted by a Canadian man (Les Stroud) who goes off alone into the wild to survive. He lugs his camera equipment in and often leaves one to take a shot of him going off into the distance or climbing a cliff. After he gets done, he has to hike back or climb up or down to retrieve his camera gear.
"Man vs. Wild" stars a guy (Bear Grylls) who was once a member of British special forces. He has a camera crew follow him, so it doesn't seem to be as dangerous as what Survivorman does, but he DOES do some crazy stuff, like eating scorpions or crawling into a dead camel for warmth.
Still, there have been some criticisms of Grylls
February 10, 2009
Fly Swatter Game
Grab the fly swatter then whack as many flies as you can.
Hang it up to get your score.
Almost as much fun as the real thing, but without the mess.
Play Fly Swatter
