tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63803757490866215522024-02-20T09:20:35.437-06:00AwayWithWordsAwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-82253619835120475362008-05-05T16:34:00.002-05:002008-05-05T16:38:23.850-05:00Phlem Hampster<p><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3hs8cQfVT1U&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3hs8cQfVT1U&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;">Washington State has come up with a new anti-smoking campaign targeted at teens and young adults. The one above is their "phlem hampster" spot. I think it is rather odd to say the least, I get the point but it's a little too silly for me, but then again I am not in high school so it may not be targeted at me exactly. I guess it has some truth to it though, and having it set a the prom photo both is fairly interesting. Check it out.</span></p>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-83558141841835881152008-05-02T10:31:00.003-05:002008-05-02T10:43:05.869-05:00Megan's Coming!<span style="font-size:85%;color:#33ccff;">My best friend from home is coming to visit pretty soon and take in on Graduation celebrations, I am so excited! Megan is Canadian and went back to Canada for college. We see eachother once a year or so but she has never come to Texas. I am really curious as to what she will think when she gets here. She has never met any of my friends and I must my friends here are quite different from my friends at home. Megan has remarked I see different to her than I used to, but I wonder what she will think when she gets here.<br />I know when I started at SMU I HATED it was miserable. I decided to stick it out and I am glad I did, but I too think I have changed a lot from when I began. I am from Boulder Colorado which is a pretty small relaxed somewhat hippie town. Dallas is well somewhat pretentious and quite a lot bigger with quite different politics. SMU is its own world completely!<br />I have had a lot of fun over the past few years but there are some things I never have gotten used to. I still don't understand the whole trend of weighing 100 pounds dying your hair blonde and loading yourself down with designer accessories. But at the same time you can't live somewhere and not pick a little of it up.<br />I have always tried to remain myself, but it is hard especially in these years of change growing into adulthood. I think I still have my head on my shoulders but at the same time I don't think I even know who I really am.<br />This summer I am going to India, something I thought about pulling out from. I have decided to go and try to discover myself a little bit. I am fairly introverted and don't make new friends too easily. I have always been a little annoyed by most people and have never truly had the k knack for striking up conversations and sharing myself with others. I am planning to go on this trip and in my spare time find me. I want to take some time to see what really makes me tick. What I honestly like and enjoy versus what I think I like. It should be quite a trip.<br />Megan coming is quite exciting, but a little odd to me. To have someone come into your environment and experience it when you aren't even that sure of what is up is odd to say the least. I hope she enjoys herself. I can't wait for her to come.<br /> </span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-49734337793516767882008-05-02T09:33:00.001-05:002008-05-02T11:01:33.352-05:00Saving Money in Moments?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCILQwulX7IA09p6C3MQ0LiKKmrQajEDOTguqJeybP4vrvsvqA7K-LVRv1NV-nbbXMhlF9ODsess7tZbCOLs6qbjZoPoO0ptsu3S9CbBWDYEfUin6Uf8DohkwJ1HVuKfHY6bHMBSVqxSDf/s1600-h/art_airliner_ap.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195809321098122754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCILQwulX7IA09p6C3MQ0LiKKmrQajEDOTguqJeybP4vrvsvqA7K-LVRv1NV-nbbXMhlF9ODsess7tZbCOLs6qbjZoPoO0ptsu3S9CbBWDYEfUin6Uf8DohkwJ1HVuKfHY6bHMBSVqxSDf/s400/art_airliner_ap.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">So this is pretty cool! By slowing down airplanes just a little bit and adding one to three minutes to a flight airlines can save a ton of gas!<br />"On one Northwest Airlines flight from Paris to Minneapolis earlier this week alone, flying slower saved 162 gallons of fuel, saving the airline $535. It added eight minutes to the flight, extending it to eight hours, 58 minutes."<br />Saving fuel isn't just good for the pocketbook of the airline, it's good for the environment (well as much as flying can be in the first place) it saves the sky of some pollution. I guess JetBule began slowing down flights by just two minutes two years ago and estimates they have saved $13.6 million. What's also good is if fuel charges go down, ticket prices go down too! And it works in your car too, if you just slow down a little bit you will save yourself a few gallons and have a litle extra money to celebrate with!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#009900;"></span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-61172202938222112022008-05-01T18:17:00.003-05:002008-05-02T11:02:58.374-05:00Preference Activity<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#663366;">So I was just looking for new writing activities online and I found this really simple one. Write down your favorite three books, movies, and music (well I am not really musical so I will pick a new topic) beverages.<br />Movies: Being There, Emma, and Defending Your Life<br />Books: Weiland, Choke, and East of Eden<br />Beverages: water, cranberry juice, and lattes<br />So I am doing this activity as I type so the next step is to try to find similarities in the genres.<br />I like books that follow one individual's life closely and in detail. The books themselves are realistic funny and sad at the same time. My movie choices are character studies as well with the exception of Defending Your Life which examines what may happen after death in a humorous and different way. My favorite drinks are all natural I guess, real maybe? When I look at my choices it appears I like wholesome, natural, and realistic things. I suppose it comes down to the fact that I wonder about life in real time terms, I’m not much of a fantasy person nor adventure really. My interests seem to point to more of an interest in psychology and how things work, why and not so much about what maybe, could be, or isn't.<br />What does someone else see? It's a fun exercise if nothing else try it on yourself!<br /></span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-83406150763576188712008-05-01T17:56:00.004-05:002008-05-01T18:12:17.574-05:00Throwing Babies Off Roofs For Luck?<span style="color:#993399;"><span style="font-size:85%;">You have got to see this video... it's strange how different cultures function and how their values and beliefs differ from place to place! </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/05/01/india.baby.toss.cnn"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993399;">http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/05/01/india.baby.toss.cnn</span></a><span style="color:#993399;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">In a ritual that would terrify most mothers, Indian villagers have cheered as screaming babies were dropped from a 50-foot temple tower. For 500 years, worshippers at a Muslim shrine in western India have continued the tradition -- a rite considered to bring good health and good luck to the children. The infants land and bounce on a bed-sheet held taut by men 50 feet below, and are quickly passed through the crowd to their mothers.</span></span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-91668550719373618922008-05-01T10:03:00.004-05:002008-05-01T18:11:39.738-05:00Cool Shirt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrt-3mEldFGq-vYv39sxeRPWewmWvufjgEnzUY3jJi09AD1u1Ms0X26ZiONR9ABDT9cri4TaYPacie8onfM1UMKGtg3M8Ct1BEae9SDB_EBO2zEcr4SZCGu3NX7N4-lXIK1VncLhIVvkhx/s1600-h/cool-shirt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195425445511140754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrt-3mEldFGq-vYv39sxeRPWewmWvufjgEnzUY3jJi09AD1u1Ms0X26ZiONR9ABDT9cri4TaYPacie8onfM1UMKGtg3M8Ct1BEae9SDB_EBO2zEcr4SZCGu3NX7N4-lXIK1VncLhIVvkhx/s400/cool-shirt.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">Here is a new shirt, it was originally designed to keep Racers cool, but I suppose it would work for anyone. The shirt pumps 40 degree water through 50 feet of tubing to keep the wearer cool. I would think it would be heavy, 50 feet of tubing with water! I may well be worth getting one though. I am going to India this summer where it is over 120 degrees so it may be worth trying to get one. I have no idea how much the shirt costs, but the price of comfort is often pretty high! I don't understand how the water keeps that cool of the size of the pump you have to hook it up to but it would probably making walking around a little difficult, maybe it would be warm from working an defeat the purpose of the shirt, who knows. Cool creative idea though!</span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-43642314224147806602008-04-30T17:37:00.002-05:002008-05-01T18:10:37.026-05:00Yet Another Case of People Who Should Not Be Allowed To Have Kids<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvshckH9DDZQ-L3lBJt3MJWv22jOkSf_N697l6xj_EmtQeMEY5ijGzxqW3KCLl5u5GJiB1-flQ2iAlMznGejJiENIsuoqci0Vpv7j55fxWmWO3HczsEwX9m7Z3ipbrhcj-xp6SC_GcQFt/s1600-h/creep.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195542736773027266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvshckH9DDZQ-L3lBJt3MJWv22jOkSf_N697l6xj_EmtQeMEY5ijGzxqW3KCLl5u5GJiB1-flQ2iAlMznGejJiENIsuoqci0Vpv7j55fxWmWO3HczsEwX9m7Z3ipbrhcj-xp6SC_GcQFt/s400/creep.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#009900;">Meet Josef Fritzl who admits to raping his daughter and fathering her seven children, sounds like a stand up guy right?<br />Mr. Fritzl forced his daughter under the influence of drugs and handcuffed into their cellar, where he kept her for over twenty years. He claimed she ran away from home although she was hidden in the basement all the time.<br />Some of the children he allowed to stay with her in basement to watch their mother tortured and repeatedly raped. Others he would leave on his front doorstep for him and his wife to later adopt.<br />When one of the children on the brink of death was taken to the hospital recently, Fritzl's misdeeds were finally uncovered.<br /><br />I cannot even believe how sick and twisted this is. Not only was he unfit to have one kid and should have been stopped-- he had seven more! His wife who lived with him the whole time never seemed to notice. Tenants in the house thought his behavior was odd and heard noises from the basement but never contacted the authorities. I know this man has serious mental problems, but those close to him should have taken note and tried to take some action! It's awful to hear about how cruel humans can be to one another, especially to their own children.<br /><br />To read more go to: </span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/01/austria.inquest/index.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#009900;">http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/01/austria.inquest/index.html</span></a>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-77178048402500785652008-04-28T22:06:00.002-05:002008-04-28T22:15:53.839-05:00Keep Your Kids from Stealing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzXS6fBK7npLENrzDuLusfTOJwueO7coqFAJF0eW8zxyn8ZG8DPsj5BeBF29Ai78rRZmuTVfl3jgFWg0bI2lB2VRKRoNg3CRYtbcOGT661tXe6PFVCevlroiCjC21RHB1Jf3aMj4Yq4fH/s1600-h/mama3.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194500683217737026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzXS6fBK7npLENrzDuLusfTOJwueO7coqFAJF0eW8zxyn8ZG8DPsj5BeBF29Ai78rRZmuTVfl3jgFWg0bI2lB2VRKRoNg3CRYtbcOGT661tXe6PFVCevlroiCjC21RHB1Jf3aMj4Yq4fH/s400/mama3.bmp" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:85%;">My mother forwarded me a series of photographs which shows what one woman had her son do as a punishment for stealing. The mother wrote on a sign “Hi I'm 13 years old. I steal I want to go to prison to be with my Daddy!" The woman took a lawn chair and sat while her son stood on the street sharing his sin with the world. I know if my mom had me do something like that I wouldn't steal again! I shared the e-mail with several friends and everyone had very different opinions about the situation. Some people were horrified that a mother would make her son publically humiliate himself, others though his mom did something positive for him by embarrassing him openly. It's truly a case of tough love I think, I don't know if I would be able to make my child do that. I'm sure he didn't enjoy the experience; if it kept him from stealing in the future I think his mom did something good for him.</span><br /><br /><div></div></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-69826659995980859692008-04-26T09:35:00.003-05:002008-04-26T09:49:21.365-05:00Why Should We All Have an Idea Blog?<p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">In class we have gone over the reasons why each and every one of us should have an idea blog, but I found a real story which shows a practical reason for keeping a blog.<br />Student James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone. Buck was covering an anti-government protest in Egypt when he and his translator were arrested. Using his cell phone Bunk updated his status on his blog simply typing "arrested." Because of his blog Bunk was able to get out of jail with the help from his friends on the outside. Buck's translator unfortunately had no cell phone or blog to contact his family with. Buck tried to get help for his translator but the two were separated. The government is saying his translator was released from jail on the 13th of April; sadly his family has heard no word from him and believes he is still in jail somewhere.<br />It's a bitter sweet tale for Buck his blog saved him, but could not save his friend and translator. If this story does not show the creative reasons for keeping a blog I think it shows the practical.</span></p>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-6342838838203676652008-04-25T13:06:00.002-05:002008-05-02T11:18:18.992-05:00Interesting Opinion<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#663366;">I just finished reading Mark Barden's new AdAge article "Be a 'David' and do More with Less" and it is interesting . The article says that economic uncertainty should make marketers challenge other products and brands. Here where some suggestions. Instead of cutting advertising costs try cheap new media forms, like method soap creating an ad on its product instead of elsewhere. Start a fight, like Miller did when it called Bud tasteless. Take advertising personally, by grabbing hold of peoples personal beliefs you can do a lot you can challenge people.<br />I thought this was interesting because with all the ad clutter and the recession it is harder to sell products. If you challenge someone (at least in America) they often pick up the challenge. If you tell an American they aren't doing something like Nike "just do it" they take the challenge and DO something. I had never thought of advertising as being challenging outside of comparative ads really, but it makes a lot of sense. These tactics may not work in other places in the world but Barden has a good point, at least in many categories. I mean even Kleenex kind of picked up this mentality by having people crying on couches being interviewed (you don't cry enough). Just and Interesting article that made me think a little.<br /> </span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-63948357115575680562008-04-20T11:43:00.002-05:002008-05-02T11:04:43.212-05:00Know How People Tell You To Get A Plant First....<span style="font-size:85%;color:#009900;">Ever heard someone say you should be able to have a plant and keep it alive before you get a pet, relationship, do something drastic? I can't!<br />I have tried to keep multiple plants alive and it is impossible! It isn't that I forget to water them, or even that I water them too much. I have sun in my place, TONS of it. It's a stable temperature inside, and when it's warm enough I take the plants outside. My plants will live for about 6 weeks; they will seem in perfect shape. Then I will wake up one day and they will be dead. I have NO clue why this happens or how!<br />I am glad I have not taken the advice to heart I have two cats ages 1 and 2 and they have been alive and healthy the whole time I have owned them. Last summer I worked as a full time nanny for an infant and she is alive and well too. I think this saying makes sense for someone who forgets to brush their own teeth or can't get up on time maybe. But I am a put together person, and I can't keep plants alive!<br />I would be more likely to agree to watch someone’s baby for a month than water their plants for 2 weeks because I know I would kill the poor plant. It's funny how that works. Maybe I need more to do with something than just watering it and making sure it has proper light? Who knows I am just saying that phrase should probably be tossed out!<br /></span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-92136425456480692052008-04-12T10:20:00.000-05:002008-05-02T10:27:43.554-05:00Dining in the Sky!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS21Cwt0oMEKPyOmddBRvn3kJrrK8oj8PcQOeLUvKXe8ijj-nSlmJzWSvCjR3e0Cqcuwebn5y8WcwoTQAffNTNndCkdhqjUiXJoaj2Qfpdp-mPuA3idzzkgLwbugQJXH2F-a4Fl4uWbPsn/s1600-h/sky3.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195801160660260338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS21Cwt0oMEKPyOmddBRvn3kJrrK8oj8PcQOeLUvKXe8ijj-nSlmJzWSvCjR3e0Cqcuwebn5y8WcwoTQAffNTNndCkdhqjUiXJoaj2Qfpdp-mPuA3idzzkgLwbugQJXH2F-a4Fl4uWbPsn/s320/sky3.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9dDcXy4TPysDUdxNwFBhatL2hrX3ydgr63A9Gu5QjBJe0sXuxF6F0avserpGpfQS-tpzrIcfmunvLdu6zxw3h8Av0ostUCwsTszwQY2OjTKo33CxmJj7tUkEl0QKFD5bly3_ZC-HzNjc/s1600-h/sky1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195800984566601186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 332px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px" height="190" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9dDcXy4TPysDUdxNwFBhatL2hrX3ydgr63A9Gu5QjBJe0sXuxF6F0avserpGpfQS-tpzrIcfmunvLdu6zxw3h8Av0ostUCwsTszwQY2OjTKo33CxmJj7tUkEl0QKFD5bly3_ZC-HzNjc/s320/sky1.bmp" width="331" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#330099;">Above are two pictures of a new Austrian restaurant in the sky. You are strapped into your seat and a crane lifts you up to the sky where your meal is prepared by two world class chefs who then serve you as you look down on the city. This is no cheap meal the cost for a group to go up for 3 hours about $15,000.<br />I don’t know how I would feel up there eating it would be pretty cool, but then again kinda terrifying! I once you're up I don't think you have a chance to get down until dinner is over, make sure you potty before going up...</span></div></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-58537532942856453372008-04-10T09:51:00.000-05:002008-05-01T10:01:45.616-05:00Keeping You Safe?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytgkrL8xwbpPRXiKKmC9JQEfOywxhtAhklZRs60CpWsXxsGffFyjPWEpujJetkwqRy56Bn2gyrJ8gqOV1wCKaGd0NvvEyB1La9Q_LgzeP7EDzH-t5P7SiqyltbTcVG4KszQigb-WXAc0w/s1600-h/nose-plugs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195422524933379458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytgkrL8xwbpPRXiKKmC9JQEfOywxhtAhklZRs60CpWsXxsGffFyjPWEpujJetkwqRy56Bn2gyrJ8gqOV1wCKaGd0NvvEyB1La9Q_LgzeP7EDzH-t5P7SiqyltbTcVG4KszQigb-WXAc0w/s400/nose-plugs.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;">The Japanese have come out with yet another little device to keep you safe and healthy, nostril filters! The supposedly keep you from inhaling smog, allergens, dust, and other nasty stuff. The package costs about $15 for a pack of 8. They are the discreet alternative to wearing a facial mask. Although if you were sick in Japan it would be rude for you not to wear your mask. I have no idea how well they work, and would love a little more info about the, but I sadly cannot read Japanese. I would worry about one breaking off its little plastic stem and getting logged in my nose personally. I would imagine it would be quite embarrassing to have to explain that you got something stuck up your nose to a doctor once over the age of 6. If anyone out there is really paranoid about breathing in germs these may be the perfect solution for you!</span><br /><div></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-53366983797091942852008-04-08T00:29:00.000-05:002008-05-01T11:05:52.762-05:00Fibonacci Exercise<div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Here is a creative writing exercise I did using a Fibonacci Sequence. You arrive at the Fibonacci Sequence through a method of adding the previous two terms. Starting with 1, and adding the two previous terms to get each successive term, we end up with a sequence that looks like this: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55,... Each new part in the writing exercise has the number of sentences dictated by the sequence. Another twist is I had to use 6 random words throughout the words were ' trollop' 'dancing' 'lights fantastic' 'card' 'fatigue' and 'gaunt'</span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Why not sad trolop, your days are not through.<br />Keep dancing the way you always have. Though haggard from the years there is still more in store for you.<br />Your feet have not yet tired. Only a harlot could trip the lights fantastic the way you do. Your soles still shuffle as quickly as a deck of cards. Prance about from one man to the next, who can tell you it's not right?<br />Body worn and joints aching, you can still fool most. Though scraggly and gaunt the blush has not yet faded from your cheeks. Your step is that of a young bar-girl. A doctorate in the oldest profession is what you have my dear. You are still making money, and you know what that means.<br />You've still got it! You can still find a man who pays for the night. So why not smile and move your feet a little lighter as you wander the bar. Though fatigued by the years, no one has to know. Just keep dancing. A hustler to the end is what you are. Worry not the end is not near. So find a handsome Lance, one you're sure to please.<br />Wink at the man as he takes your hand. Remember to smile and flatter. Skip around a little bit before you give him what he's after. Take him upstairs and give him a dance only a professional could. Let him shuffle you for as long as he pays, then let him go. Be proud of yourself for your wonton work, and prepare for the next. Cruise the room, chat some more, have another drink. You still have years to go. Many more years of haggard dancing. Though your profession deemed the lowest, sigh not. For you sweet trollop do it well. So rejoice in work well done. And remember to keep dancing!<br /> </span></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-38442162109906803572008-04-02T10:33:00.003-05:002008-04-28T22:43:27.151-05:00Balloon Clothing<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjac6sRgAg6M187t9iMih64m3a0Y3K37326OJF1cj3uHBvhueekhpNtgk84OdO0OqBU1IdO3hIuIwl2aegh273QbMasNnlnVV0BaGs400PYF3a7tZ7PVMUvPudByRIkiXhHhvsG-AEPg0zf/s1600-h/balloon8.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194505433451566434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjac6sRgAg6M187t9iMih64m3a0Y3K37326OJF1cj3uHBvhueekhpNtgk84OdO0OqBU1IdO3hIuIwl2aegh273QbMasNnlnVV0BaGs400PYF3a7tZ7PVMUvPudByRIkiXhHhvsG-AEPg0zf/s400/balloon8.bmp" border="0" /></a> These women were contestants in a balloon fashion competition recently. There garmets are made soley of balloons! There were over fifteen designers who entered the competition. Who knew there was a balloon clothing culture! I can't even imagine creating those dresses. Sitting down in one of those dresses would ruin it I'm sure! I suppose the clothing is light weight though. Some of the designs were quite out there...<br /></div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194506859380708722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwgRjFfkt9oSknmO4DKprVRdZLlhW5tuobGskLsK1tPsAU-uXI1ykKEfWY7maHNNPLGCS41YMeBGknDE84QL7b3sW2N6AxKHC_UvkNzIE_6PehOGsZyRRfKwYI8VX1pBXhlrfvE11qtC_/s400/balloon7.bmp" border="0" /><br /><div>All the designs have to be made on the model for fit and to prevent popping! I wonder how long it takes to have a balloon outfit fitted to your body, I guess going to the restroom isn't a possibility from the time you are fitted until the show is over!</div></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-56498960484049634702008-04-02T09:44:00.000-05:002008-05-02T09:52:34.988-05:00Katrina the Popsicle Loving Cat<p><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QzIfZMWuJIs"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QzIfZMWuJIs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p><p>I have two cats Kingston and Katrina and they are two of the weirdest animals I have ever met. They both think they are dogs for some odd reason. Katrina featured in this video is an itty-bitty cat who believes she runs the world. She also LOVES popsicles; I mean she will attack you for one, which is what she is doing in this video. She doesn't like anything else frozen and is freaked out by ice cubes. I never gave her a popsicle as a kitten so I have no clue why she loves them so much. It just cracks me up that an animal, who isn't supposed to like something like a popsicle, will do anything for one. I guess I can't say she isn't insistent and she certainly seems passionate about getting it. I hope you find it as funny as I do!</p>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-86078055562455161012008-04-01T17:15:00.000-05:002008-05-01T17:19:33.015-05:00The Post Office Is Helping You Recycle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSal_xepeUlTrssB8YG3Ha6mQMIgfyvANn0tUsuIqbSfXJQWefLAPGisVuTW1rXSW2HUujml3Za9bpxMq2dlujSpU4ACXXBPLK3HwkBOynQWvaT6TP3zo63NNogECx1vdE7gCxAnH79ei/s1600-h/cellphonepile.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195536719523845554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSal_xepeUlTrssB8YG3Ha6mQMIgfyvANn0tUsuIqbSfXJQWefLAPGisVuTW1rXSW2HUujml3Za9bpxMq2dlujSpU4ACXXBPLK3HwkBOynQWvaT6TP3zo63NNogECx1vdE7gCxAnH79ei/s400/cellphonepile.jpg" border="0" /></a> The U.S. Post Office is providing free envelopes for sending away your old gadgets to a recycler – without having to pay for postage!Launched in 1,500 Post Offices in major cities the new “Mail Back” program sends your electronic junk to Clover Technologies Group, a company that recycles the bits into new bytes. If the electronic item or cartridges cannot be refurbished and resold, its component parts are reused, or the parts are broken down further and the materials are recycled. Clover has a “zero waste to landfill” policy doing everything it can to avoid contributing any materials to the nation’s landfills. Hey it's nice to know our Government is trying to actually help us recycle!<br /><br /><div></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-32766391852131786272008-03-28T21:50:00.000-05:002008-04-28T22:00:33.466-05:00The Newest Rage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlK2Zo_6AycKL-Ccg185P5b92ih8WSD1vpAaf4nHO2NfHcGtgOtQbwo2Gcp_ZNs3HyDwM8QTfwtPZitFXwcFA3r_GT9uzkI9XYjs2W-u7Hp1rXVlw4CwmNUlAcix8yoNn9-V45wzZskbr/s1600-h/shoes.bmp"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194494524234634514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlK2Zo_6AycKL-Ccg185P5b92ih8WSD1vpAaf4nHO2NfHcGtgOtQbwo2Gcp_ZNs3HyDwM8QTfwtPZitFXwcFA3r_GT9uzkI9XYjs2W-u7Hp1rXVlw4CwmNUlAcix8yoNn9-V45wzZskbr/s400/shoes.bmp" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"> <span style="font-size:85%;">The shoes to the left are one of the newest rages in Japan these days, talk about the pain of fashion! They look like torture devises to me, why would anyone ever want to wear these shoes! The heels are so high and you are waking on your toes, I would think that would be dangerous. can't imagine how long it would take for someone to get used to walking in those things, days I am sure. I think if I were to wear those shoes I would fall over and meet my death. It's funny the lengths people will go to just to be fashionable. I wonder if anyone has been injured yet, I remember a few years ago a woman in I believe Japan fell off her super-high heels and died. I wonder if they will eventually make it illegal to sell shoes which are a risk to someone’s life, maybe it's not a bad idea I'm sure it would be nearly impossible to pass though.</span></span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-42961659573353528142008-03-26T23:34:00.000-05:002008-05-02T11:40:54.486-05:00Tech Support<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Have you ever been on a call with a technician from outside the country, I know I have! Sometimes it can be quite annoying. I know the technicians are just doing their jobs, and speaking with an accent causes communication issues on both ends. This is a little joke for when you feel at your wits ends with one of those people...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Mujibar migrated back - and was trying to get a marketing call-centre job in - India .. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">The Personnel Manager said, "Mujibar, you are passing all the tests, except one. Unless you are passing, you are not qualifying for this job." </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Mujibar said, "Goodness gracious me, most beautious sahib, I am most humbly ready." </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">The manager said, "You must be making a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green." </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, "Mister manager, sahib, I am most dutifully ready for passing this test." </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">The manager said, "Please be going ahead." </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Mujibar said, "The telephone is going green-green, green-green, and I am pinking it up, and I am saying, 'Yellow, yellow', I am Mujibar speaking to you." </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#cc0000;">Mujibar now works as a senior technician at a large call center for computer problems. </span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-63851067204776373122008-03-23T10:01:00.002-05:002008-04-28T22:04:31.515-05:00Happy Easter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw0zarSGyO_iTNVn3u3V6lwwLTceknqIKbYUt8iepZOD7ElIwMZbieaE5TTSLxqFHgpr0dnh41158blCtwOHNwJDjoEPhp0zI_oNB4C_lkF8fffgkyDX60T3N9rRTTQL-TqKjiaYfHaDf/s1600-h/peep+show.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194497449107363106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw0zarSGyO_iTNVn3u3V6lwwLTceknqIKbYUt8iepZOD7ElIwMZbieaE5TTSLxqFHgpr0dnh41158blCtwOHNwJDjoEPhp0zI_oNB4C_lkF8fffgkyDX60T3N9rRTTQL-TqKjiaYfHaDf/s400/peep+show.bmp" border="0" /></a> Happy Easter all! I thought this was a funny photo, using peeps to show a strip club very creative if I must say so myself. It may not go over with your friends from church though.<br /><div></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-52848185811085978522008-03-22T16:50:00.000-05:002008-04-26T14:36:57.105-05:00The Crow and Kitten<p><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JiJzqXxgxo&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JiJzqXxgxo&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;">This video shows the unlikely friendship between a crow and a kitten, animals who are supposed to hate one another by nature. It's quite entertaining to watch, but it made me think more about human interactions. As humans we are programmed to like other humans interact and help one another. Despite the fact that we should be naturally inclined to get along we often do the opposite. We wage wars, lie, and intentionally hurt one another. It seems people often forget that we are one common species meant to get along in nature. Geography, culture, prejudices, and ignorance keep us from getting along as nature wanted us to. Maybe the crow and the kitten without the influences from other of their species should serve as an example to us, if different species can get we certainly should be able to too.</span></p>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-10593788376420467242008-03-20T20:18:00.001-05:002008-04-28T22:30:17.012-05:00A Room With A View<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6QhCBs-d2f1uLxPAZMLqsJUjqpIIC6o3Zo1cKIiZ8ShXZy5gF6N1J1ewDvhJzEFdBquY9NMOCyRJijx4FS_WgBgln-5O2jCP4lPKBJkl3-oSI0crY529EsnQlID2hdmRGZ_xXYPDX17Y/s1600-h/Florence+030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194501761254528338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6QhCBs-d2f1uLxPAZMLqsJUjqpIIC6o3Zo1cKIiZ8ShXZy5gF6N1J1ewDvhJzEFdBquY9NMOCyRJijx4FS_WgBgln-5O2jCP4lPKBJkl3-oSI0crY529EsnQlID2hdmRGZ_xXYPDX17Y/s400/Florence+030.JPG" border="0" /></a> I just returned from Spring Break in Florence. I was a lovely trip filled with walks, window shopping, art galleries, and fabulous dining! I took this picture from the window of my hotel room; it was a great view to say the least! My mother and had a great time it's so nice to get away for a while. We even made friends in Italy with two designers from a boutique; they are funny guys. One of the things that struck me while we were there is the huge population of American students studying abroad. Sadly I did not feel like they represented our country well at all. They were for the most part rude and extremely loud. No one was trying to speak Italian nor did they seem to have any interest in Italy. I overheard multiple conversations in restaurants that the students were having (partly because of how loud they were) and they were often spouting incorrect facts about history, art, and politics. It just seems strange to me that you would go to a foreign country disregard their culture and generally give a terrible reputation to American students it general.AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-60204340230016289412008-03-13T16:22:00.000-05:002008-04-14T19:27:28.968-05:00Maennergarten<span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Here is an idea that has proven successful in Germany, I wonder how it would go over here in the U.S.?</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;">"A German bar has come up with the perfect answer for women who like to shop in peace without the stress of moaning partners - a kindergarten for men.For a mere $11.80 a woman can dump her husband at the Noxbar in downtown Hamburg, while she can get on with her shopping.The woman can shop till she drops in the city's attractive boutiques, while her man is kept fully occupied and amused at the play pen for grown ups.The men are given a name badge and treated to a hot meal, two beers, televised football and games. Two trained 'nurses' are on hand to look after them. There are also plans in the pipeline to introduce miniature car racing.The 'Maennergarten' has proved a big hit in Hamburg and could be the start of a whole new movement across Germany and the rest of the world, to take the stress out of shopping for both sexes.Demand was very brisk in the first week of opening, no less than 27 women got rid of their partners there on Saturday. They are allowed leave the men there until 6 pm before collecting them to help carry the shopping home.The idea for the men's crèche came from a female customer who was too stressed shopping with her husband and wanted a way to shop in peace."</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;">I guess I don't quite understand why the husband wouldn't just stay home while his wife shopped. It's actually a funny solution for women who don't want to deal with their husbands while shopping.</span>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-34997513961394401672008-03-10T21:33:00.002-05:002008-04-28T21:44:42.638-05:00Fat Americans<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRf9a33YwdNzph45gfY50CBjXRQ60ce-i1E2wJcsABheBZTBQts23RketBbAyYXq8_5XC-YERIPlqLyFxaWqCGuo0hpAZAE15Z-1IBAUt-4nl-_0QZVdYcXUAnMqEqjcUhcNB-t4f6qGK/s1600-h/david+in+america.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194490113303221506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRf9a33YwdNzph45gfY50CBjXRQ60ce-i1E2wJcsABheBZTBQts23RketBbAyYXq8_5XC-YERIPlqLyFxaWqCGuo0hpAZAE15Z-1IBAUt-4nl-_0QZVdYcXUAnMqEqjcUhcNB-t4f6qGK/s400/david+in+america.bmp" border="0" /></a> Michelangelo's famous statue, David, returns to Italy this week after a successful 12 week, 20 city, US tour.<br /><br />Why is it that America is the most health crazed county in the world and also the fattest? There is a disconnect between what we desire and what we see as desirable. It is as if we feel we can get away with cramming our faces with fast food as long as we occasionally buy a new diet book or organic fruits and vegetables when we are at the market. What will it take for Americans to live up to their goals and do something positive for themselves by actually being healthy? Our obesity rate is rising and more gym memberships are sold each year. As a nation we need to actually go to our gyms and stop visiting pizza hut our health is on the line!AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380375749086621552.post-55319924535979427282008-03-09T19:17:00.000-05:002008-04-14T19:19:00.827-05:00September 11th Divorce<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCnnKKizEQ9MaVjOWnASx5NEAhwC58RWbrqOARjLEEmZaWTSHxgtRCaLl1HVV7rppImFAFmKs-Zx_hhKjQpj3Zu6mbY1EK3PZ2GHIullRgcmAZUkiz02obxohGXRTbRHXJ-0AHtM1y2Yf/s1600-h/wtc_divorce.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189259703441592114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCnnKKizEQ9MaVjOWnASx5NEAhwC58RWbrqOARjLEEmZaWTSHxgtRCaLl1HVV7rppImFAFmKs-Zx_hhKjQpj3Zu6mbY1EK3PZ2GHIullRgcmAZUkiz02obxohGXRTbRHXJ-0AHtM1y2Yf/s400/wtc_divorce.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>AwayWithWordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862537273906005927noreply@blogger.com0