It doesn't get better than this. We as humans have found the pinnacle of success and happiness: ice cream cone shaped cupcakes. Its over guys, the war is won. There is nothing more perfect in the world. I am going to sleep so good tonight.



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"We're on a briiiidge Chaaaarliiie!"
Oh my. OH MY. This get me each time I see it. And even when I don't see it.

Ty Bobbeh. Well done.

MOM. THIS IS JUST FOR YOU AND THE OFFICE GIRLS:


Memphis Barbies

Mattel recently announced the release of 11 limited-edition Barbie Dolls for the Greater Memphis market:

Germantown Barbie
This princess Barbie is sold only at Wolfchase Mall. She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade Handbags, a Lexus SUV, a long-haired foreign dog named Honey, and a cookie-cutter house. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic Ken sold only in conjunction with an augmented version.

Bartlett Barbie
The modern day homemaker Barbie is available with Ford Windstar Minivan and matching gym outfit. She gets lost easily and has no full-time occupation or secondary education. Traffic-jamming cell phone sold separately.

Orange Mound Barbie
This recently paroled Barbie comes with a 9mm handgun, a Ray Lewis knife, a Chevy with dark tinted windows, and a Meth Lab Kit. This model is only available after dark and must be paid for in cash (preferably small, untraceable bills) ...unless you are a cop, then we don't know what you are talking about.

Houston Levee Barbie
This yuppie Barbie comes with your choice of BMW convertible or Hummer H2. Included are her own Starbucks cup, credit card, and country club membership. Also available for this set are Shallow Ken and Private School Skipper. You won't be able to afford any of them.

Horn Lake Barbie
This pale model comes dressed in her own Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a NASCAR t-shirt, and Tweety Bird tattoo on her shoulder. She has a six-pack of Bud light and a Hank Williams Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5 feet and kick Mullet-Haired Ken's butt when she is drunk. Purchase her pickup truck separately and get a confederate flag bumper sticker absolutely free.

River Bluff Barbie
This collagen-injected, rhinoplastic Barbie wears a leopard print outfit and drinks cosmopolitans while entertaining friends. Percocet prescription available.

Frayser Barbie
This tobacco-chewing, brassy-haired Barbie has a pair of her own high-heeled sandals with one broken heel from the time she chased Beer-Gut Ken out of Raleigh Barbie's house. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans, fake fingernails, and a see-through halter-top. Also available with a mobile home.

Midtown Barbie
This doll is made of actual tofu. She has long straight brown hair, archless feet, hairy armpits, no makeup, and Birkenstocks with white socks. She prefers that you call her Willow. She does not want or need a Ken doll, but if you purchase two Overton Square Barbies and the optional Subaru wagon, you get a rainbow flag bumper sticker for free.

Whitehaven Barbie
This Barbie now comes with a stroller and infant doll. Optional accessories include a GED and bus pass. Gangsta Ken and his 1979 Caddy were available, but are now very difficult to find since the addition of the infant.

Southaven Barbie
She's perfect in every way. We don't know where Ken is because he's always hunting.

Overton Park Barbie/Ken
This versatile doll can be easily converted from Barbie to Ken by simply adding or subtracting the multiple snap-on parts..... Memphis Barbies

I really feel that this tshirt would enrich my life. I am taking donations.

VALENTINE'S DAY TIME!

this is going to be a long one! Full of pictures and love and wonderfulness.

My FIRST Valentine: Piper Magoo Raspberry Beret

"Catch of the day!!"

Sometimes we dress her up to make her feel intelligent.

BRAINS

My 2nd and 3rd Valentines: Elib and Eliasib TWiNS

I really am not sure what is going on in this picture at all....

My Favorite Valentine: Natalie!!
We were so excited about the snow.

The TWiNs and Natalie took me sledding for the first time. I look terrified below probably because I was. It was a big hill.

I look happier in this one.Little Megan snow bunny =]

This Vday was the best ever with an element of the worst ever thrown in. School was cancelled which is amazing. I was quite excited to have Bobby ( my other favorite Valentine) over again and torture him with my cooking once again. On the way here he had a car accident because of the awful driving conditions. Luckily he was fine; his car, not so much. I was pretty much just happy that he was safe even though I wouldn't get to see him. I decided to go sledding with everyone to pass the time. He came up anyways, in another car, which while I was nervous for him driving again, made me very happy. We watched The Departed and made Pad Thai that didnt taste like Pad Thai with Natalie. It was actually really good. Then we talked about random things and explored varous ways to open bananas. It was a really good day, except for the accident and all.

I hope you all also had a great holiday!

I'm totally with you now; lets go somewhere warm.

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how did I end up with such a deformed dog? Can you imagine waking up to this every morning?


no, no, shes fine really. sometimes her ears get stuck. behind her head. shes quite special.

I love him and I need a fix.
Alain, my love, where are you?

ok, my life is officially complete at the very thought of this book. if you know me at all you know how exciting i find this.

makes me wanna do this:maybe a little bit of this too:

i might have just found one of my dream homes. 25 foot door. baaaaaahhhhhhh.........!!!!

I am on another blog posting binge tonight. In some ways I want a certain someone to have something to read tomorrow at work. My last post a few minutes ago was over something very small and tiny that has become a huge interest to me. This post will be about one of my biggest interests: NEBULAS! I have included a few of my favorites below, and you really do need to click on them to make them bigger for the full experience.



This is the Horse Head Nebula. There are a ton of pictures of this baby. You can make out a sortof horse head shape along the bottom. It is one of the most famous nebulas.


This isn;t the horse head nebula and I don't even know what this is caled. But it looks more like a horse head than the Horse Head nebula.


This is the Witch Nebula. It isn;t as bright as the previos, but it is so complex that I think my mouth drops everytime i see it.





This is my ALL TIME FAVORITE nebula. Probably my all time favorite space anything really. This is the Fox Fur nebula and it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. For that reason it gets two pictures on my blog. It is named because it resembles the fur of a fox (o rly?) The texture reminds me of paint strokes.



I don't really have a huge interest in studying space beyond just admiring the visuals but I really would love to make a telescope. I have the specs saved on my computer, but I feel like the whole thing is just really above my abilities. Hopefully someday I can pull something like that off. There really isn;t anything like driving out to nowhere and looking through a telescope. You find a planet or a certain constellation and it doesn;t matter that someone else already discovered it because in that moment YOU discovered it for the first time. Good feeling. I sually have to remember to breathe again. I remember seeing my first shooting star (with my naked eye) right after I defiantly asked God for proof that he was there at all. Immediately a star shot off in the sky where I was looking. I have never wondered that again. After almost wetting myself I felt at peace. Anyways, the Northern Lights is also on my to-see list. ALSO! There should be some meteor showers coming up this year that I simply must see.

Life is beautiful.

Bob has opened my eyes to a new world of amazing. Little cities are inside every electronic I own! I have a new and probably unhealthy fascination with these computer board things:


I gave my old Ipod Mini to Bobby (more on this @ http://bobbermani.com/blog/) on the condition that if he could get it to work he could have it. I remember when I first got that ipod (my first) and how happy it made me. It makes me feel good to now that someone else will be getting use out of it. Anyways, the problem with it was a common one for older ipods; the battery is completely shot and won't hold charge. Apple will fix this little problem for you if you send them in some $$$. But why would you do that when you could just rip the thing open yourself?! After feeling the smooth aluminum in my hands I handed it over to Bob and eagerly watched him gently pry it open. Inside was one of the most amazing thinsg ever. I had seen computer boards and such before but this one was special. It was so tiny and immediately reminded me of what the ground looks like when you look out an airplane window. He let me stare and study it for a few minutes (he didnt even get annoyed at my wonder, even though he sees this stuff all the time). I felt like I had just discovered a new island or a teasure map. Something about this whole experience struck a chord in me. Anyways, to commemorate this experience I have made the town of IpodMini. Click below to make it bigger. And think I'm nuts if you want. I know someone who doesnt.

ANOTHER Decor Post!

I really like the big worded graphic art pieces I have been noticing recently.

Some really wild color combinations. I think this might be a new big thing in interiors. I love the ideas, but find myself wondering if they get old soon. Brights always go stale before neutrals.

And my old standby; black and whites.

i drooled at this:

someday this door will be mine.

This is from weather.com. I am going to bold the things I find either

a) disturbing

b) frightening

c) just plain dramatic

my initial reactions are in gray and italics. Enjoy.

...WINDY AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO INVADE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. (invade? what in the world. it is like an army? an evil cold army planning our DOOM?! TERRORISTS.) VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH READINGS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS (O RLY?) ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. THE EXCEPTIONS WILL BE TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO (thank goodness some fortunate souls will be able to feel the warmth of a nice near zero day...)WELL INLAND AND

IN THE LOW TEENS ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. THESE FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL YIELD WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO MINUS 10 ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. (AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!)

THESE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS. (I shall not leave the indoors ever again. weather.com has spoken)EXPOSURE TO COLD CAN CAUSE LIFE THREATENING HEALTH CONDITIONS. (OH NOES!) AVOID SERIOUS CONDITIONS SUCH AS FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA BY KEEPING WARM. MAKE SURE TO WEAR A HAT...HOOD OR SCARF ( HOOD?! but the Bostonians might think I am a terrorist or a bomb looking device)

...AS MOST HEAT IS LOST THROUGH THE HEAD. (that just sounds wrong entirely.) ALSO...WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING (thank you, weather.com, I will be wearing ALL of my clothing)...AS LAYERS PROVIDE BETTER INSULATION AND WARMTH. IF YOU OR A PERSON YOU SUSPECT IS SUFFERING FROM FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA...SEEK MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY OR CALL 911. (don't piss me off or I will call them and tell them you have frostbite AND that you are a terrorist; you dont want to mess with me cause 10 dollars says they arrest you.)

I love the winter. Just like George Bush loves the google.

thanks for not getting mad at me when I rolled the window all the way down in 2 degree weather. even though the window gets stuck in the winter. that was nice of you. and thanks for serenading me with the violin. it makes me smile. . i didn;t want yogurt, but thanks for asking. and thanks for loving sharks. you LOVE them.

"all our work is based on three simple rules;
always start from scratch,
find the core of the issue,
dare to be different"
louise campbell