Blogs I've Noted
I've been guilty in the past of mining Blogger's "Blogs of Note" for material. Let's just say I havn't been charitable in my observations. Not any more. From now on a kinder gentler Gray Ghost intends to applaud those Blogs of Note for what they truly are...better than mine. Here's two I saw today
If It's Hip, It's Herehttp://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/Number one, love the name. It's clever and it implies authority right out the gate. Two, the site has got to be a swag gold mine, especially after Blogger's little boost. I think that's genius. Getting paid in swag is still getting paid.
The stuff on the site is interesting. Liked the furniture. Really liked the new age freestanding fireplace. Not in the menorah market but if I need one I know where to go. The fashion design out of paper was very impressive. Not sure it's not just art instead of fashion. High fashion can fool someone like me very easily in a "You're kidding, right?" kinda way. The dresses were striking, but you might also find them on If It's Flammable and Impractical It's Here. Best keep the paper dress models away from the menorahs and fireplaces.
I wonder if they can trademark the whole "If It's ____ It's ______" phrasing. They seem vulnerable to infringement like Toys 'R Us was from all the 'R us copy cats. Here, I'll do one..."If It's About Colon Cleansing and Penis Enlargement, It Must Be My Spam Folder". That could get ugly in a hurry.
One Minute Writerhttp://oneminutewriter.blogspot.com/The premise is to take the site's daily prompt and just jot something down in the hope that you become a better writer through the daily exercise... at least I think that's the angle. It makes me feel good to know there are hopelessly enthusiastic people in the world like the girl who runs this blog. It counteracts my relentless cynicism.
Her "comments" guidelines lead me to believe it's probably best if I not post there. Whenever anything is described as "family friendly", my question is...Who's family? Let's face it, what is PG-13 for one family might be PG-17 or PG-8 for someone else. In my case, Parental Guidance means instructing an infant how to operate the remote. Out of respect for the young lady, I'll play along over here.
Thursday's prompt was "
What modern technology would you have trouble living without?"Toilet paper. Is toilet paper a technology? I'll say toilet paper. By modern, do we mean after the dark ages up to satellite radio? I'll still say toilet paper. I've lived out of a car once so I've lived without everything else. I can't recall that I've lived without toilet paper. I can think of no alternative for it. Just your hand is disgusting. Any time your forced by surroundings to use some substitute from nature your hand usely ends up involved anyway and as previously suggested...that's digusting. The only other option would be to live a life half amphibian and the water is far to cold in the winter for that to be feasible. So...toilet paper.
There's my minute. I hope that's what they're looking for.
