Out With The Old, In With The New
I had my hair done yesterday at Tu Moda Spa . My stylist Ruth has helped me over the ledge many times in the past few months as I try to grow my hair into a sassy bob. Fortunately, my hair grows fast and furious and I was never really ready to jump. I've just experienced the typical frustration of having bangs hanging in my face while I'm trying to type or that strange flip-thing that the left side of my hair does which makes me look like I was trying to style my hair in a cool way and it just went horribly wrong. As I sat down in her …
I'm Bringing Sexy Back!!!
If I was polled on the street by Worcester Magazine asking me which cartoon character I thought I might resemble the most...well, in a heart-beat I would say Velma. She's got the glasses, is brainy and wears a rockin' orange turtle-neck. She also has that blunt hairstyle which frames her face nicely, too. Unlike Velma, I'm not a solver of mysteries. I'm naive and will probably believe anything you tell me whereas Velma is suspicious of actions and words. So when you see Velma, just remember that if I ever had the op…
Pacman Fever
I was always one of those fortunate kids growing up that received really great presents from my parents. I never wanted for anything, but obviously there were a few toys that my parents didn't allow me to have that I always wanted: Easy-Bake Oven (cursed root of all my domestic woes in the modern-day kitchen), a Big Wheel (Mom thought I would roll out onto our dead-end dirt private street and get instantly terminated by a speeding car) and not letting me go see Duran Duran at The Worcester Centrum on their Seven & The Ragged Tiger …
Gloria J. Silva
My mother died on Wednesday night around 9:30pm. I was able to be by her bedside holding her hand when it happened. I'll spare the personal details of my experiences these past few months and share with you some of the things that made me who I am today because of the love and care of my mother: I always remember this one thing that my mom told me: No matter how bad you feel, there is always someone doing much worse. She loved music and listened to records all the time when I was growing up. Her favorite singer was Billy Joel , but she …
May the Spork Be With You!
Did you ever get cursed with using one of these little suckers when you were in school? Wanna bring some fun memories back to your friends this Christmas? If so, I'd love to suggest you purchase this Titanium Spork from ThinkGeek.com . Last Christmas, I bought my friend Marty a t-shirt with a spork on it that I found on CafePress.com . You pretty much can find anything on that website, but just the thought of Marty sporting a spork shirt tickled me something fierce. I'm wondering why we don't see Sporks more often? This gets me t…
Up to 4oz of Pleasure courtesy of TSA
My pal Jillian is planning an extended weekend trip to England in October. She is plagued with horrifying dietary restrictions as she must exist on a gluten-free diet. England is far more advanced with labeling and product availability so when she takes her annual trips to England, she's usually coming back toting 5 suitcases stuffed with food. Some people bring back perfumes, Jillian brings back flour. But with the recent restrictions on what you can bring onto airplanes these days, she doesn't hold out much hope on being able to sto…
Butter Boy
Butter Boy is a great invention. You place a 1/2 stick of butter into him and it makes it easier to slather the butter onto your ear of corn. Plus it's kinda cute! Available to purchase at PlumParty.com . Happy 2nd Day of Summer, y'all!
Wave N'Dry Dispenser
Friday found me sailing through Route 9 traffic and gliding up The Mountain to begin my workday. Little did I know what excitement awaited me as I entered our fourth floor ladies room to dispense my 6am cup of coffee. I rounded the corner to see a dolly of large corrugated boxes stacked about six high. I noticed the box showed a drawing of paper towels and the worker was discussing to his helper how many he had left to go." Odd. However, I was pleased to see the bright neon yellow "Closed for Cleaning" caution stick wasn'…
I wanna icarta
iPods are such useful little music players. The beauty of having an iPod is you can listen to your music privately so no one can make fun of your tastes in Olivia Newton-John or The Dead Kennedys . You can hook up attachments to take photos, use the iPod as a voice recorder and even hook up an iPod to your sneakers. But now you can even use your iPod in the bathroom. Ladies and Gentlemen: May I introduce you to the icarta ? It's a docking station, it's a toilet roll holder and it has speakers. Life just doesn't get any better…
Weather Anchor Winner: Todd Gross!!
My boy Todd Gross just won the category of On-Camera Talent Weather Anchor for the 29th Boston/New England Emmy® Awards. Ever since his sudden departure from WHDH Channel 7 news, there's been a void in my heart for this amazing weatherman. I miss him. But I'm completely thrilled that he's won yet another award.
Twinkie Cookbook
Here's a tip: If you're ever having a bad day and you can't seem to pull yourself out of it, say the word 'Twinkie' five times in a row and I guarantee you a smile. Let's try it together: Twinkie-Twinkie-Twinkie-Twinkie-Twinkie There. Feel better? Now if you really want to sustain the smile, you should go out an purchase The Twinkies Cookbook. The name alone should inspire the kid in you. Forget peanut butter and jelly, forget the fluff and don't worry about the mess. This cookbook will change your life. Check …
Leisure Suite Larry
There's this great website called Go Fug Yourself that I regularly visit on my newsfeeds. It's a website depicting sharp commentary on celebrity fashion. It's an addictive website because as an ordinary person, you simply cannot look away. Mostly looking at the snapshots of these helpless, fashion clueless filthy rich celebrities just fosters my day dreaming. I think about needing a life makeover in a weekend. It's too easy to pass the time thinking about what I could transform myself into if I had half their loot. And the i…
Shave Everywhere
A friend from work forwarded this website to me and at least a half hour was wasted laughing hysterically while watching the videos about this new ground-breaking personal grooming system. We thought this couldn't possibly be a real website. It had to be a spoof. But it isn't a spoof and you can actually get to the website from Phillps/Norelco by doing some careful digging into their site. No worries-here's how to do it: Click Here and then click on the Philips Norelco BodyGroom product that is located to the right of the webs…
Sounds Like...
I was on vacation this week and purposefully took a break from my mother. We didn't get together this past Tuesday, but guilt got the better of me and I picked her up Friday night for an evening out. I figured she could use an airing from being in the nursing home all week. She reminded me that her wedding anniversary was coming up (May 31st) and told me, "You don't have to take me out to dinner if you don't want to." When my father died suddenly in 1998, I stopped counting their wedding anniversary because it's not …
Flicker Picker
I am always getting gifts at work from my friend Michelle. She is my official Bose benefactor. Here's the latest little gadget that she clued me in on. Really--sometimes I feel like I came from the backwoods of someplace weird. I never know about these neat little things. This is a citrus peeler. It cost $.75 from The Pampered Chef and this little plastic device lets me perfectly slice an orange like I'm a citrus surgeon. I love it.
Neapolitan Dynamite
Opened up my email today and received word from my sister-in-law Katie that Ben & Jerry's just announced a new flavor in honor of one of my favorite movies of all time-Napoleon Dynamite. Dare I pump my fist in the air and exclaim with great enthusiasm, "SWEET!" If you're wondering what they mixed together it's Cherry Garcia with Chocolate Fudge Brownie. But seriously--who cares what it is? It's freakin' Napoleon Dynamite ice cream. But wait--there's more new flavors to rave about and you all know how ex…
2006 Toy Fair
I keep a list of things-just like Earl-that need to be done to make my life better. This list is mostly things to do and places to go within the year--but there has been one thing that has been nagging me year after year since the inception of this list: Attending The Toy Fair in New York City. But the beauty of the internet is I can live vicariously t hrough others who actually get up off their asses and do things that are important to them--such as going to New York City on February 14th to see all the cool new toys coming out soon. T…
So Long Arrested Development
Last night was the 3rd and final Season of Arrested Development. It's the little show that could...but unfortunately didn't because it got cancelled. (The 3rd season was supposed to be 22 episodes, but FOX shaved it down to 13.) I suppose after watching my favorite clip montage of eldest son Gob doing his chicken dance (or what his father George Bluth Sr would call his "...tweety bird dance") you're not surprised to see why it got cancelled. But it was a critically acclaimed show winning multiple awards including an E…
Book Review: The Ha-Ha by Dave King
Imagine being a single, middle-aged man who can neither write nor speak but is perfectly average in every other aspect of his life. The reader is introduced to Howard Kapostash as he assumes responsibility of looking after nine-year old Ryan, son of his ex-girlfriend Sylvia who is being sent away against her will by her sister into a drug rehab program for an undetermined length of time. The sister takes care of the cat and Howard takes care of the boy who is not his son. Howard can’t communicate due to a severe head injury that occurred s…
For My Protection
Provided by Management for your protection. I find myself drinking much more water these days in an effort to get healthier and much leaner. A consequence of this lifestyle change is many, many daily trips to the bathroom during the day at work. I've got some time to think... You'll probably feel this is T.M.I. (too much information), but I have to admit that I'm not one of those fussy women concerned about germs in public restrooms. I reason there is no need to take precautionary measures such as using toilet seat liners becau…
Is It Live or Memorex?
It seems animatronic Chimpanzee's are all the post-holiday rage. It all began with the original Chimp sold by Sharper Image . My co-worker Andrew absolutely loved downloading the demonstration video showing both sight and sound features of this modern marvel all the way down to life-like chin whiskers. If he ever needed to interrupt the droning silence of work or lighten the mood of the office--he'd play the Chimp video and crank the volume. It always guaranteed a laugh. As we approach February, I thought it might be a good time to …
Supply Planner's FAVORITE TV Commercial
I am a Supply Planner at Bose in Framingham. Most of my friends have no idea what I do and when I attempt to tell them in my own words that I "...translate the Sales and Operations Production Plan into a time phased supply plan while executing schedules in a manner that factors capacity constraints with working capital goals while lowering the product cost through efficient production so that product is available, on time, to meet Customer needs, fabrication needs, or internal needs..." they get all glassy-eyed and translate my job…
Two Buck Chuck
Tomorrow is indeed a special day for me, but it's not because it's my 36th birthday. My co-workers are taking me out to lunch to celebrate my birthday at Ruby Tuesdays and we're topping it off with a Two Buck Chuck run to Trader Joe's. 'Course they are quickly finding out that I must have been living in a cave all these years because I didn't have a clue as to what they were talking about. I know they picked the restaurant because there was a Trader Joe's next to it. They patiently explained to me that Charles Sha…
He's MY Weatherman for LIFE!
At some point in December, Channel 7 (WHDH) decided to get rid of the amazing Todd Gross . He was their chief meteorolgist after old Harvey Leonard moved onto to greener pastures with Dickie Albert. I'm not sure why Todd was asked to leave, but regardless it was a huge mistake in my opinion. The thing that I love about Todd (and I can call him that because I have an autographed picture of the man) is how he always was working astronomy into his forecasts. It wasn't enough for him to report on the next full moon--he encouraged his vi…
Hi, I'm Kim.
I'm a grown-ass kid at heart who would totally cook a soup made of glitter featuring Play-Doh stars and floating Weebles. I liked peeling glue off my fingers in elementary school and still love Duran Duran. I own too many bottles of salad dressing, love reading books about vampires, consider myself an insatiable entertainment junkie, and believe a rainbow makes everything better. And I hate Select-A-Sheet paper towels.
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