Here's a great totebag!!!

Movie review!

Well I have ben a bit lax about my movie reviews. But holy smokes have I found a few gems that I need to write about! Like this one: "Warning From Space".... I'll be the first to admit I was a bit disappointed when I watched the movie and there weren't any giant star shaped aliens with eyeballs for bellybuttons destroying Tokyo or any other urban area for that matter. Not one bit of stomping at all. They are actually human sized and friendly ET's warning us of an out of control planet careening it's way across the galaxy on an imminent collison course with our planet. Gosh that sounds scary, no? Well of course it doesn't happen since we (humans and aliens) put our heads together and figure out a way to destroy the rogue planet, but not before earthquakes, tidal waves and searing heat reek havoc worldwide. It was a great joy for me to know that we can work side by side with our newfound extreterrestrial buddies in stopping the apocolypse. Whew, I'll sleep good tonight. And so should you. On a side note, these aliens never blinked. Their eyes lit up but never once closed... Very strange indeed.

Good bumper stickers

"Don't hit my clunker - already been rear ended by present administration"

4 months til Christmas...

Today while basking in the uber hotness of a sunny August day I couldn't help but think of my favorite holiday! It's coming soon, Christmas is just right around the corner!! Soon our little casa will twinkling with millions if not billions of tiny cheery blinking and flashing lights, the tree aglow with more lights and shimmering tinsel garland. Cluttered to the point of exhaustion with sparkly glitter encrusted ornaments...Warms the heart, no? Seeing that I'm in the holiday mood and I do like a bit of seasonal nostalgia, I'd like to share with you some wonderful vintage photos of Christmases past....

This lovely tree looks as thought it crawled into the house via the chimney and is now trying to take over the coffee table. Perhaps it will conquer the living room next. So much for a Yule Log.

All I can think is that this one might be a photo from Australia. I mean who else would decorate their Christmas tree with boomerangs? Maybe they are bananas. Either way the poor tree has little to live for now. Sad enough to think it will die in a few short weeks, but to live in fear of that wallpaper while it waits for the angel of death... Life really is cruel sometimes.

Nowadays we keep an eye out for poisonous things. Is there lead in our paints? Our children's toys? Asbestos in our walls? Here's an example of what happens when you use 1950's tinsel on an unsuspecting Christmas tree. Evidently it dissolves it completely. Like water on a witch from Oz. Hope someone in that house had the presence of mind to move all those presents before the end.

I don't know about you, but this one really creeps me out. It looks as though it lurks in its dark corner, beckoning unsuspecting victims to come nearer with all those tempting gifts kept underneath it's branches. Like it's saying "come just a little closer my darlings...."

Now this is a happy little perky tree! Not lonely because he has his little bear friend to keep him company while the family is out celebrating at various Christmas parties. Although I do fear for this little evergreen, it looks as though it's about to be devoured by those horrendous drapes...

I AM THE TERROR THAT TWINKLES IN THE NIGHT!! ALL MINIONS BELOW MUST FEAR ME!!!! AND THAT MEANS YOU TOO CUTE PUPPY FIGURINE!!

I know it's exciting to go out into the wilderness to find 'the perfect tree' for your holiday. Perhaps it's some callback to our early history where we'd go out to hunt and gather our daily rations to live. I am the great hunter! Hear me roar! the proud owner of this tree must have belted out upon setting it up in the living room. But being a woman I can't help but think that there was a loving wife standing proudly behind this great hunter asking "Where the hell is the top bonehead? "

Yep, you're probably thinking that I need to get a life. Actually I have one. This is what I do to take a little break from it. Scary, no? :)