for those living in office space

I found you a present. Well if you are stuck in a cubical like in Office Space, or if you have a jail cell of an office with no window. The latter is where I work, the former is the life of my sister stuck between McBetty and the big LL.

This new product will give you the feeling as if you aren't suck indoors with no hope of anything beyond your office walls or stand up divider. Enter the Bright Blind. Yes that is right folks, this is a device that attaches to your business and simulates a blinded window. Yeah you can really open up those blind or do anything else with them, but still:



Just think if you hung this on a divider and not even a real wall. That would be great. Stick it administration!

bad tan, time to rotate your shoe choice

Apparently my best friends have some on-going shoes issues in their marriage. One of them buys sandals and the other hides them so they can't be worn. I can't help but wonder if that might happen if this happens in the dog walking Crocs:

I never thought it was possible that taking off a pair of Crocs could make someone look worse. Turns out, true story.

political season, let's start the drinking games

Well we have officially entered political season, that means the GOP primaries are in full force. The politicko signs are up around town, the email and television ads are going, and things are about to get CRUNK for the rest of us.

I enjoy politicks much more when I create drinking games during the speeches. Like when BO says "Hope" everyone takes a shot. Like when Perry says "Brother" to Cain you take a sip of your beer. You can set up your own, and maybe check out these ideas for some inspiration.

Since it is the getting close to the intense politicko season, let's quick do a review of the most noteworthy drinking game:

Case and point #1: Sink your battleship and my liver in one great game

Case and point #2: The worlds larger beer pong game, where I'm positive that the big ball of death in the sky will warm all the beer before you can consume it.

things that made my day

Well today was a good day and there were plenty of things that made me happy:

• Watched the sunrise early this AM.
  
• Had 70 degree weather all day (downside=the big ball of death in the sky is coming back in full-force).
• Attended a s-m-r-t working-in-progress meeting on grounds over lunch with some people who I truly admire.
• Got a shit ton done in the office today! Check and check.
  
• Toured a new house tonight in anticipation for the big move of 2011. Please God let me have a vegetable garden.
  
• Tonight there's a full-moon and I'm sitting on my patio for the first time of the season.
• Slow cooked some pork chili verde all day. Is it sad that a good burrito totally makes my night?
• Some random guy said to me today: "Let's face it, I'm a fat bastard." How do you respond to that?
  
• Preparation for a visit-heavy weekend with McBetty, the big Brian, and Mr. & Mrs. Bling Bling. There is a good chance that someone will either be sleeping with me, on my couch and in my guest bedroom for the next 3 days. Phattie brunch at LL's B&B? Yes please.
• Helga surfaced in California and turns out she was in LA with no phone service. A visit to San Fran in March? OK, let's do it.
• A spirited MN-themed conversation (does 180 character posts count as a conversation?). I totally got 5 1/4 points....maybe!
  
• BBT is on tonight! Woot woot. I'm going to turn on my TV for the first time in 2 weeks tonight.
  
• Is almost Friday!!!
  

a little st. kitts update

Wellllll a big HELLO to all you 1) still working and 2) in cold(er) weather!!! Life is pretty damn good here on the island. We are bordering between 70-80's each day with a pretty wicked wind (thank god). Pictures and stories have been posted on facebook, so go stalk someone in my immediate family to see. Here are some highlights:

• I've swam/peed in the ocean everyday. I maintain that the Caribbean side (vs. the altantic-tity side) has no salt in the water, although there is no evidence to support such a claim!
• The ocean waves are high and strong to a point where I (LL of 6 feet and some muscle) got swept under the waves the other day. I took a face of floor sand and got some shells in my suit. This makes Momma B very very nervous where I'm not allowed to go to the beach by myself anymore!
• Momma B has a serious addiction to the computer/internet, to go along with the weather channel, which causes her to read things outloud to anyone within distance. Seriously she needs treatment.
• We are listening to Christmas music, and I have heard some Caribbean holiday tunes where they go "ho, ho, ho" with some steal dums. I liked it.
• We are taking taxis all over the island (population 38000) instead of renting a car, which means we have made friends with many of the local folks. All the taxis have saying on their cars, like "Jesus Take De Wheel." I'm going to start writing down the other good ones...
• We celebrated my parent's 42nd wedding anniersary the other night by going out to a nice restaurant. It overlooked St. Kitt's sister island, Nevis, and the water, and had the most decilious food....
• Our condo is slightly on the small side, where I've been rotating between sleeping on one of the patios (until I was eaten alive by bugs and now look like I have a disease), on the floor, and now the couch. Needless to say you can hear everything everywhere in the place as there are no doors, but three stories (everyone lean outward on the spiral staircase).
• We've been good drinkers, enjoying Carib (returned two 24 cases today!) and other island favorites like LL's homemade Pina Cola's. I think the earliest I started drinking was 9:30 AM. I still have 7 days more to get a better start time!
• There are palm trees everywhere and I've been planning a secret mission to get a coconut--they fall all the time! I'm going to judo chop one open (note: I know this is difficult, but a trip to a island wouldn't be complete without me almost chopping off a finger).
• Yesterday I went on a scenic train ride around the island with poppa b. I thought it was great, mostly because we saw wild goats!!! They were everywhere and I tried to put one in my purse hoping customs won't notice.
• I better understand the concept of "island time" because it is soooo f-ing hot that you have to walk with a slow swagger in order not to die due to the big ball of death in the sky.
• I found a whole CONCH in the ocean! This is a big sea shell, but what I thought was cool was that it was still in form and not damaged at all. But let me tell you, that thing stunk like something rotten 10x over, and it freaked me out because I was afraid something might bite me!
• My goal in card playing is still working well during our Euchre tournaments: "I never try to win but to just slow down the other team."
• The island is sooo damn expensive. No kidding, even with the exchange rate it costs an arm and a leg. I think I spent $12 on a box of Nature Valley granola bars yesterday because I was going to pass out....not surprisingly, Rum is super cheap!

Well this next week I will do the zip line through the rain forrest mountains, and get on a ferry to Nevis. We will see what else happens!