My nephew, Camden, is in a Luvs commercial! He's the second kid (Lucas) and he's adorable as hell in it.
Tiny Dogs Who Think They're Big
Other than my mom and Ma, am I the last person on earth who still kind of enjoys AFV? If you don't know what that stands for, I'm not telling you and you're not better than me.
Jordan Schlansky on Conan
I know these clips are old, but there's something about this man (if he isn't an actor) that I can't stop watching. I don't mean 'cause he's good looking - it's just the way in which he speaks. Everything that comes out of his mouth is so eloquent and funny.
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Love this. Thanks for sending it along, Jenn!
First Podcast Appearance!
I was on my first podcast! And maybe that doesn't warrant an exclamation mark, BUT I THINK IT DOES! I'll forever be impressed by anyone I know being on a podcast or having their own, so I was pretty excited to be on this one. Give a listen if you care to!
A sincere thank you to Kate Wolff and Joe Santagato for having me on!
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Glutton For Gravy: One Man's Journey To The Bottom of the Boat
I'm here to tell you that dreams can come true. My brother, Gary, STARTED A GRAVY BLOG.
Maybe that doesn't seem big to you (and if it doesn't, we can discuss that privately later), but it's huge. He, more than anyone, knows about good gravy. And since it's long been listed among my favourite things to eat, I'm so excited he's started documenting his gravy travels.
He moved to Ireland earlier this year, so the posts will be focused on that general area - but I'm really hoping he'll continue it and expand the posts to wherever he travels from here on out.
How can an entire blog be devoted to gravy? How can he find unique ways to describe his experiences? Can various gravies really taste that different from one another? All I can say is that he has answers for all of these questions. And you should see for yourself.
Fury 325
The Fury 325 opens later this month at Carowinds and it’ll be the tallest and fastest giga coaster in the world and um, it looks amazing.
Kurt Vonnegut's 16 Rules For Writing Fiction
I just came across this list and thought it might be helpful if you're trying to write fiction.
"1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
9. Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about.
10. Do not ramble.
11. Keep it simple. Simplicity of language is not only reputable, but perhaps even sacred.
12. Have guts to cut. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent, does not illuminate your subject in some new and useful way, scratch it out.
13. Sound like yourself. The writing style which is most natural for you is bound to echo the speech you heard when a child.
14. Say what you mean. You should avoid Picasso-style or jazz-style writing, if you have something worth saying and wish to be understood.
15. Pity the readers. Our stylistic options as writers are neither numerous nor glamorous, since our readers are bound to be such imperfect artists.
16. You choose. The most meaningful aspect of our styles, which is what we choose to write about, is utterly unlimited."
Friends Furever
If you're like me and one of your top YouTube searches incorporates the words "animals who are friends," then you'll probably like this commercial as much as I do.
LiquiGlide
“LiquiGlide is the first and only company to create permanently wet slippery surfaces. There is no other durable solution that makes viscous liquids slide easily.”
Ummm, THIS IS AMAZING. If you're like me and have a billion questions, it's best for you to just go on over here for some answers.
Do you understand how cool an idea this is? You'll never waste a drop of anything again IN YOUR LIFE. Is it just me or is that ketchup video fucking mesmerizing to watch? It's so silky, damnit. You can watch other things slide out of glasses and tubes over here, ya know, if you're into it.
THE FUTURE!