LISTENER: Falling in Love with Glaciers

I love this song.  It always makes me feel tight-chested.  They lyrics are gorgeous, and it’s just so beautifully done.  Enjoy!

SIDEWALK CHALK

Sidewalk chalk is a staple of childhood in the Shafer house – along with bubbles, slip-n-slides, and water guns. Our driveway is often covered with graffiti: aliens with fourteen eyes, giant scary spiders, kick-ass rainbows. Every single one of us becomes a Klimt, a Van Gogh, an Escher, a Michelangelo, when we’re squatted on the ground with a fat piece of chalk between our chubby little fingers.

But holy cow, guys. Some folks have taken this childhood art-form to a whole ‘nother level. And it is oh, so good.

Any childhood activities you’ve seen translated into grown-up fabulousness that have made you stop and stare in wonder? Share ‘em here!

Big grins,

Myn

The Reason We Celebrate…

Linus gets it.

Happy Christmas-time, dear friendlies.

Christmas, Coldplay, Christmas Lights

I love Christmas.

I love Coldplay.

I love Christmas lights.

Last year Coldplay did a song called Christmas Lights.

Stop looking into my soul, you boys across the pond!

Merry, merry, y’all.

*Christmas hugs*

Myn

Quick Giggle: How to Make a Baby Stop Crying

With another little one on the way, we’re gonna have to seriously consider getting ourselves one of these!  :)

Quick Giggle: Shopping for Idiots

Four words:

Ron Paul Workout Video

 

 

(p.s.  Big thanks to Shelly Stout for pointing me in the direction of this vid!)

Quick Giggle: Granny vs. Impatient Driver

It doesn’t matter how many times I see this, it always cracks me up.

Go, granny, go!

Silly Soapbox: Beer-Can Barriers

Sometimes I wonder how many of my so-called ‘problems’ are very much like this:

Seemingly impossible to fix from my perspective.  Laughable from the outside.  ”Stupid girl!  Why doesn’t she just knock the cans over and get her squeaky toy?”

Oh, the beer-can barriers of life!  The things we let the world convince us of!  The things we convince ourselves of!   *bangs fist on podium*  Let us take back our right to wide open spaces filled with squeaky-toy goodness!  Let us shrug off the shackles of the empty can and say the words every aluminum product fears: I will recycle you, mutha-trucka!

*takes a moment to regain composure*

What are your beer can barriers?  What kind of funny tricks do you make your pets do for a giggle?  Let’s chat.

Quick Giggle: Flight of the Conchords: Business Time

Oh, how I miss New Zealand’s second most popular folk parody duo.

Heineken: Commercial Perfection

I love good commercials. For a girl with a short attention span, commercials are like fried heaven on a stick. I especially love good commercials that feature good music.

Check out ‘The Entrance’ by Heineken. Clever, funny, and visually engaging, this commercial has me hooked from the get-go. Add in a little tune by the Asteroids Galaxy Tour, and you’ve got gold, Jerry! Gold.

What are your favorite song/commercial combos? Fave commercials in general? (And please, for the love of Pete and his pet raccoon, tell me that I’m not the only one who cries over the commercial for Google where the dad creates an email account for his daughter, sending her emails all the years she’s growing up, waiting for the day she can finally read and understand how much he loves her. Uh-oh. Pregnancy hormones coming on. The weeping is starting. The hubster is throwing me cautious glances. This parenthesis has gone on waaaay too long.)

Commence with the commenting!

(Hey, ps. If you like Asteroids Galaxy Tour, do something about it! Good music is meant to be shared! Tell your friends, buy their albums, go see ‘em live. Support the arts and the artists you love!)