My household now owns a Snuggie. It’s pink. So I won’t be showing up at any outdoor sporting events in it, but I was pretty stoked to finally have one. Though I laughed at the commercials, from the first time I saw a Snuggie I knew it was awesome and I wanted it. But now that I have one, I’m not so impressed.
The most disappointing thing about it is that it falls off if you walk around. I walked 30 steps from my family room to my kitchen and it fell off me as if it was an untied hospital gown. And, it’s not very warm as far as blankets or afghans go.
I envy the guy that invented it (and no, I’m not going to look it up). I’ll bet for years he drove everyone crazy explaining how we was inventing a “blanket with sleeves” because “ya know how when you are all cozy under a blanket and you need to change the channel or answer the phone, you can’t get your hands free?” And his family and friends all were like, “um, well …I just uncover myself and work the remote. It’s not that big a de’” …”No, no, no,” he protested. “It’s a pain in the rear-end, man. A blanket with sleeves, man. Everyone’s going to want one.” And whenever he left the room …I’ll bet they all howled.
Well, he now has the last laugh and he’s made a mint. I need a horrible idea that I can pursue with reckless abandon. But I’m comin’ up blank.
The other purpose of this blog entry (well, the main purpose) is to see if Kodak Easy Share Gallery now has pictures as permalinks that can be linked into blogs. Short answer …they do. And Flickr isn’t doing that for me anymore. Bummer.
Last year I read a really cool article about being a writer, and a guy bought all these composition books and filled them day after day, month after month, with ideas and pictures and idea-starters. And from that, he launched a super successful writing career. So I thought, “gee, I’m going to do that, too.” And I went right out to
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