The New Green?

If you're not a fan of green beer for St. Patrick's Day then maybe Saturday Morning Beer will be more to your liking. It is being brewed for a limited time by Smartmouth Brewing in Virginia and is said to taste like Lucky Charms Cereal,not to mention it has both toasted marshmallow and dehydrated marshmallow bits but no actual cereal. Food blogs have written that it tastes like the best part of being a kid (sugary cereal) and the best part of being an adult (beer).  Oddly enough it's not the first time beer has been brewed with marshmallows so I assume it won't be the last. Orders have been pouring in from around the country but it will not be distributed outside Virginia.

Shocking

Today's post could go under the heading of learning something new or shocked and appalled,at least that's my feeling though I'm the first to admit I've never watched the Oscars and don't put much weight in "experts" opinion when it comes to acting and movies,but I digress. Maybe everyone else knows that the Oscar attendees are given goody bags every year and this year each bag contained goodies worth around $102,000. Though some of the items were kind of strange like the glow in the dark toilet plunger,others were things like trips to Greece which is also a bit strange when a person considers what kind of money these people make,but it is more about getting those people to use the services than it is about any kind of need or at least that is the reason as presented. A list of some of the goods follows.


Yeti Cooler filled with Jarritos and a donation of the soft drink to a charitable event of choice A MOTA Los Angeles membership and access for an additional three guests Limited-edition AP4GooD designer T-shirts Limited-edition Blush & Whimsy color-changing lipstick CBDRxSupreme CBD-infused anti-aging treatment Chocolatines handcrafted cocoa “jewels” CloSYS specialty mouth rinse and toothpaste A farm-to-table meal for two at Flora Farms in Los Cabos, Mexico Treats from Good Girl Chocolate Happiest Tee T-shirts and products Instytutum results-driven beauty gift box It’s a 10 Haircare hair dryer Knotty Floss dental products Kusshi travel makeup bag-slash-organiser A set of 15 Le Céline luxury eyelashes Love Is Stronger Than Hate tote bags and Stars of Hope cards Millianna jewelry A Malibu weekend getaway at the 3D Wellness Retreat MZ Skin liquid gold, antioxidant serum and gold-infused, anti-aging eye mask Nannette de Gaspé beauty products Celebrity chef-prepared dinner at a Nest Seekers International ultra-luxury listings Optimum Nutrition high-protein salted toffee pretzel crisp bars Organic Hair Care shampoo, conditioner and styling products One-year supply of Oxygenetix Foundation Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies Peta Agent for Animals Spy Pens Posh Pretzels gift box Rouge Maple 100 per cent organic maple syrup and gift set Grip-free safety dog leash Salix unisex all-natural, hair-inhibiting lotion Soul Shropshire candles Sue Phillips of Scenterprises custom fragrances and a visit to The Scentarium The Beauty Book for Brain Cancer by Darren Tieste The Green Garmento Gigantote and reusable garment bags Lapis lazuli bracelets from the TAPS for Hope Afghan collection Tru Niagen energising dietary supplements Vida Hair Growth products Three-month free subscription card to WSJ. Magazine Handmade ZuZu Kim Couture bow tie With all these goodies on offer, winning an actual Oscar almost seems like second prize now.

Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/oscars-goodie-bag-2019-gift-bags-full-list-mr-poop-emoji-plunger/

Map Quest

Actually I think Map Quest is a different thing than Google Maps but I couldn't fight the urge to incorporate the word quest into the title. Unless you live in extremely rural areas you've probably had a drive by from a Google camera car doing street view shots. I happened to notice the day they did my street but they are really fast so the people out there in the world who are pranking the street shots must be both mentally and physically fleet. Below are some examples frozen in time waiting for some unsuspecting person to view.

Simpler Times

Today's post is a look at some budding artists' offerings. One is a picture of a girl's mother she drew while she was in the shower with some unusual renderings...I'm particularly curious about the stripes across her lower legs,among other things. The rest are your typical? children's crayon drawings depicting common things as seen through the eyes of the artists. I must admit that my mother always went on about a drawing I did as a 5 year old of a spider being flown like a kite which now makes me wonder what that might have looked like.

Yogurt Lover?

A 90 year old New York man mistakenly ate a half a can of mint green paint thinking it was yogurt. His granddaughter explained that he eats about 7 quarts of yogurt a week and that the family can barely keep enough on hand to satisfy his habit. When the man was asked how it tasted he said it was better than the yogurt. Poison control said he should be fine,but the bigger question is since he is 90 maybe his family should be either more concerned about his mental state or maybe where they store their paint.

Dog Tired

You know those pictures a person can see on the internet where an animal or a vehicle is in an unusual place and they leave you to guess how they got there? I found one of a husky in California who got his head stuck in a car tire. The owner explained that he heard Bam Bam barking a different kind of bark and when he went to investigate found him with his head stuck in a spare tire. He called the fire department and police and finally a veterinary clinic about the problem. At the clinic they shaved his fur and sedated him and closely monitored his vitals as the fire department went to work with power tools to free Bam Bam. The best guess as to how he became stuck was he was chasing a smaller animal who in turn ran through the tire which trapped the much larger husky. Never a dull moment when you have pets.
 

Sign,Sign Everywhere a Sign

Have you ever wondered about the meaning behind some of the signs that can be seen at airports being held by friends? relatives? or sometimes strangers. I've only once ever had someone holding a sign for me and let me just say that my name was misspelled. The following are signs seen at airports:

Those Darn Kids

I was wondering why children are called kids and I still wondering. The most common answer is because they sound the same? the one I'd go with over that is from the German word for children which is kinder,but none of that has anything to do with today's post since it's about people's take on childhood.
There are three terrible ages of childhood-1-10,10-20 and 20-30. Cleveland Amory
It would seem that something which means poverty,disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely,but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. Phyllis Diller
When I was a girl I only had two friends and they were imaginary. And they would only play with each other. Rita Rudner
Have you any idea how many kids it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen? Three. It takes one to say,"What light?" and two more to say,"I didn't turn it on." Erma Bombeck
Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. Phyllis Diller

Big Pants to Fill

The Paris department store chain partnered with Kansas fashion brand to break a Guinness World Record for the biggest pair of pants. The jeans were roughly the size of a 22 story building at 215 feet tall and 140 feet wide,they are on display until this Sunday at the Mall del Sur in Peru. It took 50 people 6 months and 6 tons of fabric to complete the pants which will be converted into 10,000 shopping bags to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags. The previous record was set in the UK with trousers measuring 40 ft long with a 26 ft waist in May of 2009.

Reverting?

Today has kept circling back to emojis on me at every turn,first I was reading about Australia introducing vanity license plates featuring a choice of three emoji characters and how the Law Society president was concerned that it would cause problems for the police and the plate recognition systems that are in place,plus he thought the turd emoji should be included. Then I caught the end of a show where they were trying to identify what the different symbols actually meant and no one seemed to agree on any one meaning but it didn't matter because none of them were right. Then it hit me...we have come so far that instead of using letters or numbers to communicate we are going back to caveman days when they drew pictures to tell their stories. I suppose if nothing else it might ease the language barriers though I have more to say than can be said with emojis.

The following are emoji poems. I have no idea what they say.

Not Just Farting Around

A 37 year old woman was standing in line at a Dollar General Store when she noticeably passed gas which in turn offended a man who was also in line.An argument ensued and the woman took a knife out of her purse and threatened to gut the man. The man then called the law who found and arrested the woman for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill (not sure if they were talking about the knife or the gas). Bail was set at $2,500...did I mention this happened in Florida?

Out of Left Field

Retired baseball MVP Jose Conseco has started a new career. I'm guessing it is totally unrelated to his former job but maybe he was seeing more than baseballs and home runs? He is now offering to take out expeditions of people to hunt both Bigfoot and aliens...all that for one low price of $5,000!
“Spend the weekend with Jose for $5000 cash. Only 5 lucky individuals will get a golden ticket. Oompa loompas ain’t got nothing on Bigfoot. Travel in his custom RV to authentic alien sightings and proven Bigfoot habitats. Camp out in the wild. Tell stories and maybe meet a real Bigfoot. You never know what’s gonna happen with Mr. Canseco. (Food included) Only serious inquiries please. I will help you book your flights to Vegas and set itineraries. Thank you. Morgan”
Then again maybe he just has a really clever business manager,either way he's staying busy.