Monday musings and costume updates
The whole family is sick. Good times. So, in lieu of actual content (which requires actual thought), here’s a bit of randomness to kick off your Monday.
Happy Anniversary to my wife. I got her this cake in honor of our special day.
Actually, I didn’t get her that cake. While it would have been totally funny, I would be the only one laughing. Of course, I’d also be sleeping alone. But the real story of the cake is even WEIRDER. My friend sent me the photo, telling me it was for her 4 year old niece’s birthday. Yes, a 4 year old girl actually saw a picture of a cake like this and thought it was “cool” and requested it. My friend sent me a second photo of her niece standing over the cake and smiling cutely. I’ll refrain from posting it, so as not to invite the Department of Children and Families to swoop down on her niece’s house.
And before you ask, NO Dave, you can’t have a piece.
Post your Halloween pics
There’s still time to post your childhood Halloween pics. Anyone who posts their old Halloween pics, or pics of their own kids or animals dressed up for Halloween, let me know in the comments of this post,
On Halloween, I’ll post links to everyone who participates and will also post the best (and worst) pics.
Please don’t let this guy submit the best pic! Although, Sean will still have to submit another photo, as this is not a Halloween pic, but from something called 60′s Day at school…
at least that’s the story he’s sticking to.
My next war
For those of you who have been following Blogger Dad for a month or so might remember my declaration of war on McDonald’s. Well, that war is on hold during McDonald’s Monopoly game. In the meantime, I am launched a second war against another giant corporation – Pepsi-Cola.
First, the grocery shrink ray started hitting cereal boxes, ice cream and candy bars. It now takes two boxes of Golden Grahams to fill my cereal bowl, for God’s sake. Of course, that might be because my cereal bowl looks like this…
Now the shrink ray is zapping a bit closer to home. Pepsi-Cola recently shrank its 12 pack of 12 oz. cans to 8 packs in a few test states, including mine! What the hell? I NEED my Diet Cherry Pepsi but I am not going to start paying MORE for it. I hope the experiment fails miserably so Coke doesn’t get any bright ideas.
I’m a Twit
Sean (Writer Dad) Platt twisted my arm and convinced me to join Twitter. Yeah, I know, I waited a loooong time to join the party. The thought that anyone would actually care about what I’m up to every moment of every day is a bit unlikely. Also, the concept of sharing random thoughts seems a recipe for disaster for someone who declares wars on fast food corporations, but it could be fun. Of course, now that I joined, twitter will fall out of favor and be replaced by some other new “thing.” If you’re interested in reading my updates, rants and whatnots, you can check on the text box to the right. If you click below the tweet, you can even “follow” me – now doesn’t that sound like fun?
Namasté
Speaking of Writer Dad, his wife Cindy launched her new website, NamasDaisy on Friday. I drew the awesome chalkboard, but that isn’t the reason you should go. She’s a great writer, also. I look forward to great things from her.
Faster than a speeding bullet?
My Eight Questions interview series will return this Wednesday featuring someone who has been nominated for “hottest daddy blogger.” No, not me. I’m talking of course about Clark Kent’s Lunchbox.
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That’s actually KittyTown. Hey, Dave, are you at all scared that twitter is going to eat you? I’m going to have to ignore the tweets. It is so, so super distracting.
Writer Dads last blog post..Namasté
This is KittyTown, or are you saying the pic is? Nice try, if the latter. As for Twitter, I haven’t been on it much yet (given my schedule this weekend), so the tweets haven’t driven me mad yet.
Well only 1 third of my family is sick. My daughter has pink eye. Doc says we will probably catch it too. Hopefully he is wrong.
Hope you guys feel better soon.
orlund – You can avoid pinkeye so long as you NEVER touch your eyes. Easier said than done, of course.
Good luck.
@orlund: Don’t let your daughter touch you eye either.
@Blogger Dad: I think it’s called tweeting. And it’s scarily retarded. I can’t wait to go to the washroom, so I can tweet about it. Then delete it later.
@Writer Dad: Yikes.
Matthew Drydens last blog post..A Warm Place
That cake is hilarious! You gotta love kids though, so innocent. She just wanted a barbie cake, didn’t she?
Israeli Moms last blog post..The Secular Yom Kippur
Um, I too have the occasional war on big companies including Macdonalds, Maplin electronics and British Telecom, (all on my blog), to date!! I’ve grumbled about them all but it makes no difference, nothing ever happens to improve the situation. They are all just too big to care what you and I think!!
You’re right about getting less for your money. Also less quality too. It happens when we want food prices to be cheap. The food companies start putting less in a packet. Crisps now take up about a third of a packet!!
Grumble grumble!! Scribble.
Scribbles last blog post..Strange but True.
I just came back for another look at the cake. Oh, and I meant the picture was KittyTown. Yeah, yeah, stupid try.
Writer Dads last blog post..Pancake Wednesday
First – I hope everyone is feeling better.
Second – that cake should be sent to the blog Cake Wrecks (seriously!). I’m still laughing. http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/
My wife says she will join the cause against pepsi – her body is comprised of 43% diet coke
(editor’s note: you left out the word wife, I assumed that’s what you meant. If not, let me know and I’ll correct it)
CK Lunchboxs last blog post..Clooney & 12 Boston Creams
My son was a pumpkin last year for Halloween. I don’t have any good pictures, but this year he’s going to be a Jedi, and it’s going to be awesome. So, next year I’m definitely going to win this contest.
Oktober Fives last blog post..What Will You Do When You Find Out Who You Are?
As I got to thinking about it, you should start groups on Facebook for people to join in the fights against McDonalds, Pepsi and the sort. I seriously bet you’d get more than a few people to jump in with you.
CK Lunchboxs last blog post..Clooney & 12 Boston Creams
Ok, don’t let my boys see that cake, or they’ll want one. The little pervs.
ARGH! The Twitter thing, again! I pretty much resigned myself that I am going to have to take a day off work and sign up and figure out how to stream Tweets, and look up my favorite bloggers, and waste time answering, “What are you doing?”. (At least they don;t ask What are you wearing, that could get ugly for us work at homers.)
I’ll look you up when I get there.
Jamie Simmermans last blog post..No Regrets: Looking Ahead
Matthew – Yeah, I know it’s called tweeting. It’s just hard as a grown man to use that word without sounding a wee bit effete. Not that using a term like “wee bit” lends to masculinity.
Israeli Mom – Yeah, when I emailed my friend back about the cake, she seemed genuinely perplexed as to my reaction to the cake. I guess it was MY dirty mind that made the cake so provocative.
Scribble – Awesome, I’ll have to check those out. Perhaps we can start a multicontinental Revolution! Down with the Cheap Companies! Are crisps what we call potato chips in the U.S.? If so, our bags aren’t even ¾ full!
Writer Dad – nice try, buddy. KittyTown is gonna’ be ticked off at you!
Ck Lunchbox – Only 43%? Well, she’s just not trying. I’ll be happy to have another comrade in my war. I’ll check out that site, thanks.
Oktober Five – Thanks for stopping by. Sounds like a cool costume. The pumpkin costume sounds cute… well, unless he’s 16.
CK Lunchbox – Hey, that’s a good idea. I am so behind when it comes to the social networking sites. Of course, I’ll probably get my ass sued off, but hey, if you want to start a revolution, you have to be ready for lawsuits.
Jamie – LOL, I want one, too. Shh, don’t tell my wife. Or she’ll dump it on my head. Twitter is pretty easy to set up and they give you three options for putting something on your site. The flash one seemed least invasive, as the html coding said it could hang up your page load if Twitter is down, UNLESS you mess with the code. And, well, I wasn’t sure if their fix would work with WordPress. I’m only going to use it while I am either working on things which require little thought or while I’m killing some time waiting to fall asleep.
LOL, that’s a funny imagine: a 16 year old in a pumpkin suit. I’m sure it’s been done. No, he’s only 1 and doesn’t know better. We could dress him up as a the little mermaid and he’d just be happy to get the candy.
Oh this is so hilarious.
This is funnier than freaky Friday or what ever you call that thing you do on a Friday. Seriously, I cut a paragraph from my post today all about the mud-wrestling. Glad I did too. It’s not the way to discipline children.
BD if you’re going to use a cereal bowl that big you might as well hang it all and get a coracle.
CK Lunchbox – I can’t get cakewrecks to load at the moment. Some greedy swine must be using up all the bandwidth.
LMFAO @ Jamie for: The little pervs – and also – What are you wearing? Hahahahahaha
Also LMAO @ you Blogger Dad for: Not that using a term like “wee bit” lends to masculinity.
Happy anniversary you twit.
Dave Fowlers last blog post..The Hundred Square
I totally heart that cake. Wonder if I can get hubby to get one made for my upcoming birfday? Think it would make his day!
Just so you know BD and Dave, am sorting out Halloween in this household, so stuff for you soon.
No pix of me I’m afraid. I’m far too high brow for that.
Am setting up a feature on it at work and it’s the best fun getting all the stuff in from stores – you can just buy the best themed goodies these days.
Seriously Dave, if you do take part you are in for a treat my friend!
You should have your own house party (it’s a Friday night after all) and have witches punch and . . . anyway, I’m getting away with myself now.
Tara@From Dawn Till Rusks last blog post..Olay said this would make me look younger . . .
Dave: You are HIGHlarious! That cake pic gave me the out loud giggle snort that makes you know you are alive. I need that every day just like my 8 glasses of water and vitamins. Thanks again for the atta girl and the awesome chalkboard.
Oktober Five – Ok, in that case, it’s cute!
Dave- LOL, you know you LOVE the Friday FUNNIES, you freak! Ok, maybe it’s lame. From now on, I’ll dedicate Fridays to writing about bloggers named Dave Fowler. As for mud wrestling as a way to discipline children, no, probably not a good idea, unless you want a visit from your former co-workers. “Dave, we’d like to have a word with you. Could you get in the back of our car with the weird sounding siren?”
Tara – Well, if you don’t find SOMETHING with you, I do have that sexy photo you posted the other day of yourself in the mask.
Cindy – Thank you. I hope no water or vitamins shot out of your nose.
LMAO. I do. I love Friday Funnies. It’s the best day of the week!
Dave Fowlers last blog post..The Hundred Square