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– Tiff
Tag: WTF?!
And Winter’s Not Even Officially Here Yet…
A couple of hours ago it was -35F including windchill, and we got a whiteout blizzard yesterday night, which was preluded by rain that froze on the roads creating a veritable metro-wide ice rink.
But besides this craptastic weather, I’m still leaving the house today. Costco’s calling my name!
“Video Courtesy of Shell Oil Company”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081124-giant-squid-magnapinna.html
Check out this video of a giant squid with ELBOWS, people. It’s seriously one of the most disturbing things you’ll ever see. Why is this video posted by National Geographic, and courtesy of the Shell Oil Company (taken from a camera set-up on an oil rig), worth watching?
A: It’s alive.
B: It’s really fucking long.
C: It looks like a bonafide alien.
Hmmm…maybe it is??
– Tiff
You Lose Gov’t Spray Paint Dude
Silly Quote or Accurate?
Here’s a quote I read in a clothing ad recently:
“Wear better clothes, live a better life.”
So, what do you think? Do you agree or disagree?
– Tiff
Yellow Nails, Baby
I realize it may be incredibly hard to comprehend, but yes, YELLOW nail polish is in right now. Look! Even Rihanna is wearing it! And guess what? I am too *smirk*
Call me a trend whore all you want. I actually like this trend.
Oh, and Happy Labor Day USA folks!
– Tiff
PS. Major announcement will come, assuredly, next week.
Orgasmatron!
Electrodes to the rescue once again!
Will this work if you’re teh paralyzed? That has yet to be seen.
But to sum up: The “ORGASMATRON” (best name evah! and no, it’s not a pervo superhero), aka officially, the Slightest Touch, is this wacky electrode device that you strap onto your legs that purportedly gets women to a pre-orgasmic state. Oooooh?!
– Tiff
Oh Noes! “China Girl” Hath Broke!
You know David Bowie is crying in a corner somewhere about this.
And yes, I realize I may be a bit late in posting this, but hell, it needed to be blogged about anyways. So listen to this SHIT:
“Liu Yan, who was part of the Silk Road dance (of the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremonies), fell more than three metres from a piece of scenery, landing on her head and back after a miscalculation by other performers who were supposed to catch her on a moving platform.”
And the shitty part? Well, the first part being the gov’t lied and said she just broke her leg, but damn:
“Sources inside the stadium told The Telegraph that Liu was left lying in agony on the set for more than 50 minutes before she was attended by paramedics because of the strict security cordon which had been thrown around the rehearsals.”
But hey, at least Zhang Yimou, the director of the entire opening ceremonies (the same guy who wanted 16,000 shirts to be yellow instead of blue two days before the ceremony, came to visit her in the hospital). “You paid such a great price for the Olympic Games and for our country. This made me very, very heart-broken. We are very grateful to you, and so is our country.”
She’s now a T11 para. One can only help wonder what kind of life, in any, lies ahead for Yan in the years ahead. It’s not like China is all over equal-treatment of people with disabilities. Poor thing.
– Tiff
A Wheelchair Secret Exposed
Ok, maybe it’s not a “top secret” kind of secret, or purposely hidden for that matter, but it’s definitely not a well known thing…
What in the hell am I talking about? The BEST way to charge your chair, that’s what. How long have you been using a powerchair (me? 15 yrs)? And even though I work in the disability industry, I just found out 3 WEEKS ago that your chair will get an immensely better charge if you leave the joystick on.
That’s right folks, those twinkling lights can double as a nightlight.
And your welcome! I know I just made your Saturday. Actually, thank Andy at Reliable Medical. I love it when my wheelchair fix-it dude actually knows what in the hell he’s doing.
– Tiff
Britain’s Missing Top Model
Stylish, sassy, chic … disabled?
Britain is airing a brand new model search reality show in July, specifically looking for models with disabilities. On a awful creative note, it’ll be called Britain’s Missing Top Model. They get no w00t from me for that lame show name.
Here’s the show’s tagline:
Eight young disabled women discover what it takes to be a model – but which of them will win a photo shoot and appear in a top fashion magazine?
Is this a marketing ploy? Is it a serious competition? My Brit friends will have to share their opinion with me after it airs, because unfortunately it’s damn near impossible to get BBC Three in Minnesota, unless you’e Stanley Hubbard.
Oh, and there’s one American on the show too. Her name is Jenny and she’s 22!
– Tiff
PS. I do give the show props for shedding light on the disparity of able-bodied vs. disabled models in the media though. Ok, that deserves a w00t…..”w00t.”