People have stuff/annoyances happen to them all the time. Somehow, these things happen to me more than most, oooorrrrr maybe I just notice them more. Either way, I almost always find them funny.....
Monday, February 12, 2018
Meep meep
Sony Pictures had to apologize
because an animated character
used blackberries
as weapons
in the Peter Rabbit movie
Seriously!
An animated character
(Peter Rabbit)
used a slingshot
to fling a blackberry
into the mouth
of Mr. McGregor
who was allergic,
who then went into
anaphylaxis shock
and had to give
himself an epi-pen.
In that vein,
I'd like the Acme company
to offer an apology
to the Road Runner.
for all of the anvils
they sold to Wile E Coyote
in his effort to have the
Road Runner for dinner.
@Sony @nj101.5
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Blue light special!
I had to get my license renewed.
Apparently they've changed things.
You're not allowed to smile anymore.
You have to have a "neutral" face.
And the guy made me take my glasses off.
I told him that was stupid,
because I'm never NOT
gonna have my glasses on.
He said that for facial recognition
they need me without my glasses.
I said, but I will ALWAYS have them ON,
I'm blind without them,
that for facial recognition
they'll need pictures of me
with them on.
Yeah, that didn't fly with him.
and he made me take them off.
He told me to stop smiling
and to look at the blue light.
I said, "Blue light?
Dude, I can't even see the camera."
#njDMV
Friday, February 9, 2018
Yeah, your food is rotten! Don't take it out on us!
Welcome to Butt Hurt Nation!
Where humor goes to die
Where you can't do, or say anything
Without offending someone.
Party City ran an advertisement,
A funny, maybe 30 second, advertisement,
Poking fun,
at the tastelessness
of gluten-free food.
Cardboard and glue-tasting
Gluten-free food.
Celiacs all over,
were offended,
demanded an apology,
and a boycott on the store.
And Party City caved,
apologized and pulled the ad.
Yet, we all know,
the ad was true.
Gluten-free food is hideous.
How about, instead of Celiacs
Getting mad at Party City,
They get mad at the
food manufacturers,
And demand better recipes
for gluten-free food?
Maybe they'll finally
get something edible,
And the return of their
sense of humor.
@partycity
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Black dresses, turtlenecks, and boobs
SEX
ual harassment
Got your attention?
Ok. So, everyone was
talking about the
the women who
wore black dresses
to the Golden Globes
in support of the victims
of sexual harassment.
but THEN wore the dresses
slit up to the Heavens,
or down to their belly buttons.
Or had every bit of breast
hanging out.
(Except for the part of the breast
that feeds the world.
As if THAT'S the shameful part)
When I saw the whole thing
on the news,
I admit, I thought it was
a bit hypocritical.
"Let's fight sexual harassment.
By looking extra sexy"
Until today.
I was getting dressed
You know, bra-less.
Since I had cancer
I have nothing to put in one,
so I don't need a bra.
But as I put on a turtleneck
it jogged a memory:
"Is it cold out, or you happy to see me?"
Anybody who knows me
knows I've always dressed
conservatively.
Nothing. sexy. ever.
that would draw attention
to the fact that
I was carrying around
A Pamela Anderson-sized chest.
So I hid it.
Well, as hidden
as any mountain could be.
Casabas. Bazoobies. Hooters.
9 lbs of chest.
I had them weighed
when I had the mastectomy.
That's what I carried on my front.
In my bra.
From the day I woke up with them,
(because I swear they grew overnight)
in 1978,
to the day I woke up without them,
in 2008, 30 years later,
I got sexually harassed.
For 30 years.
By bosses, boys, teachers, friends, boyfriends, boyfriends of friends.
Turtleneck
* "I was in the melon section at the Acme and thought of you!"
Button down shirt
* "Can I stick my face in there and motorboat you?"
Polo shirt short sleeve
* "What size bra do you wear?"
Sweater
* "Are those things real?"
Long sleeve crew neck
* "Can I feel them?"
Henley shirt
* "You brought the girls out!"
Hoodie
* "How do you carry those things around all day?"
Crew neck sweatshirt
* "Can I put this tray of food on there?"
Conveniently brushing against me.
Conveniently touching me.
Sending me outside for things in the cold, to come back in with tell-tale nipples.
See.
It doesn't matter
what you wear.
Boys are boys.
Men are men.
And
Boobs are boobs.
As long as they thought
that there were boobs
hiding under my clothing,
I was getting
sexually harassed.
So. To the women
who took their boobs
and let them fly free.
And slit their dresses
up to Heaven
I say "Good. For. You "
We can hide them
or we can flaunt them
It shouldn't matter.
It's not something
that we should have to
worry about.
It's part of who we are.
We have no control over it.
We shouldn't have to dress
so that somebody else
doesn't react to it.
That's on them.
Not on us.
I spent thirty years
covered up
so that I didn't
have to hear abuse.
But.
I heard it.
I felt it.
I got it.
Anyway.
So.
From now on
keep your hands
and your words to yourself.
We don't want them.
You big boobs.
#Timesup
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Happy New Year 2018!
Other than the beach, my favorite thing to take pictures of is the moon.
So of course I'm excited that this year is starting off with a full moon.
AND, on January 31st, we're having A FULL, SUPER, BLUE, BLOOD, MOON, with a total ECLIPSE! It's like the best of everything a moon can be......
We only get to see a partial part of the eclipse early (6:30am) in the morning, but you know where I'll be.
Toasty in bed. What the hell. It's January. No. Probably, down at the Delaware trying to get some shots of it.
Sometimes, it's the little things that make life worthwhile. You just don't realize it until after they've happened. Happy New Year to everyone! Hope you're as excited about things to come as I am!!!
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Merry Christmas! (No X allowed!!!)
This may be a repeat)
An honest question.
Why is Christmas so offensive that people can't look at the written word, or hear it being spoken? Sales clerks arent allowed to wish you "Merry Christmas" anymore lest they offend you.
I understand that some people aren't Christian, that's fine, but what is so offensive that we can't enjoy it?
Do they think that by saying Merry Christmas, people are trying to convert them to Christianity?
I will say one BIG pet peeve of mine, is the word X-mas. Yeah I know "X" stood for Christ in days long ago, but you never hear that anymore. The word "X-mas" is only used now because people are too lazy to write the other 5, (that's right, 5) letters. They're taking Christ out of Christmas because of laziness.
But I digress.
Other than the fact that we start decorating at Labor Day, it boggles me that people make such a fuss about saying Merry Christmas.
I really think it's tiny, petty people who have nothing better to do with their time than to find offense with everything. Protesters and activists, are harming their credibility, by continuously trying to find something to turn into an injustice. If everything is offensive, what is appealing?
If someone wished me "Happy Hanukkah" or "Ramadan", it wouldn't even register. My ears wouldn't bleed. But God forbid the schools even call it "Christmas break" anymore, or "Easter break". These party poopers act like you tried to kill a puppy.
They're probably the same people who, on Halloween this year, tried to have an ordinance passed in their town that people could only give out nut free candy. Which means no chocolate. Seriously? A Halloween without chocolate????
That's like taking Christ out of Christmas!
Friday, October 6, 2017
United I stand
I went to the gym today.
First time in years
I'm trying to do PT
to get so I can stand up
for more than 2 minutes at a time.
When I got home,
I poured myself
out of the car
and I could hear,
from the field
around the corner
a girl starting to sing
The National Anthem.
So I took my hat off,
and I stood
right there.
In the street
A block away
and listened
to her sing
The National Anthem.
Because that's what you do.
You stand.
And this girl?
She was singing
like she had something
to prove.
My legs
were jelly.
I was shaking,
and jiggling.
But I stood.
Because that's what you do
You stand.
when someone
is singing
The National Anthem.
#unitedwestand
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