I love my Roomba!

Posted by Kira on May 25th, 2008 filed in General

Now that my Roomba has been sweeping up after me and the cat for a year, I can’t imagine life without it.

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Most Honorable Son

Posted by Kira on May 17th, 2008 filed in General

This is my Uncle Ben - my father’s mother’s younger brother:
http://www.pbs.org/mosthonorableson/

Most of the time in my mind he’s just a Hershey Nebraska family reunion memory of the marathon poker games the men would play, and more recently the guy with whom my father goes to the Santa Anita racetrack. He is the person who inspired my father to enlist in the Air Force during the Korean War (well, that and his poor performance in college :-)).

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Forwarded e-mails

Posted by Kira on March 24th, 2007 filed in General

Sometimes, just when I’m about to ask my friends to stop forwarding e-mails, a forwarded message lands in my Inbox that amuses me. Sometimes, there’s a real winner in there. For instance, I recently received a forwarded message from a childhood friend. I almost didn’t open it because a message with the title “I licked a monster because Big Bird told me to and he’s my leader…” - even from a known address - is quite suspect. It’s a silly exercise, really, but it seems to be universally enjoyable. Everyone replied to my “I kicked a llama because I’m a Ninja” message (most amusing to me is that the person who sent me the message keeps llamas and I’m part Japanese).

So here it is. Copy and paste into an e-mail send it to your friends with a subject line created from the criteria - corresponding phrases.

Pick the month you were born:
January——I kicked
February—–I loved
March———I karate chopped
April———–I licked
May———–I jumped on
June———-I smelled
July———–I did the Macarena With
August——-I had lunch with
September—I danced with
October——I sang to
November—-I yelled at
December—-I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1——-a birdbath
2——-a monster
3——-a phone
4——-a fork
5——-a snowman
6——-a gangster
7——-my cell phone
8——-my dog
9——-my best friend’s boyfriend
10——-my neighbor
11——-my science teacher
12——-a banana
13——-a fireman
14——-a stuffed animal
15——-a goat
16——-a pickle
17——-your mom
18—- —a spoon
19——- a smurf
20——-a baseball bat
21——-a ninja
22——-Chuck Norris
23——-a noodle
24——-a squirrel
25——-a football player
26——-my sister
27——-my brother
28——-an iPOD
29——-a surfer
30——-a llama
31——-A homeless guy

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White——–because I’m cool like that
Black———because that’s how I roll.
Pink———-because I’m NOT crazy.
Red———-because the voices told me to ..
Blue———-because I’m sexy and I do what I want
Green———because I think I need some serious help.
Purple——–because I’m AWESOME!
Gray———-because Big Bird said to and he’s my leader.
Yellow—–because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange——-because my family thinks I’m stupid anyway.
Brown——–because I can.
Other———because I’m a Ninja !
None———-because I can’t control myself .

Now type out the sentence you made in the subject line and send it to your friends. Don’t forget to send it back to the person that sent it to you!

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