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Recently I told you one of my ideas for cool shirt designs that have foreign phrases that would make the wearer look stupid. Well, I've found a guy on eBay who is selling some cool shirts, including this one and this one. And while we are talking about shirts, this gal also has a very creative idea regarding clothing for the workplace.
Alright folks, I've been dissed one to many times by the man who calls him self Der Iron Chef. It was one thing when he questioned my ethics and standards in regards to my stance on Starbucks, but then he has berated me because I give him eProps for every word he says. And for those who have seen the front page of my website, might find this post of his slightly interesting.
Occassionaly on Sunday nights a few friends come over for a few games of Euchre. Normally not much happens, with the exception of Herr Bah losing (except when we played against Claudia) and Drew laughing at pretty much everything. Well, tonight was a rare night. There was no full moon out, so we don't know what the explanation/excuse might be, but at one point Herr Bah decided he wanted to wear the lederhosen that was hanging on my wall. Thankfully my camera had juiced up batteries. So without any more words I present to you the photo that I highly recommend setting as your desktop background.
Ok, I'm not begging for pity, but this has to be one of the worst of the celebrations of my exit of the womb since some grade school memory that I probably have blocked out. Let me give you a run down of the day....
Well kids, it is that time again when Ryan goes surfing around the web and picks his favorite entries from this weeks blogger idol. So in no particluar order I give you my top four for the week...
So last night was an event at the school where various staff members went in disguise in Basel and the students had to find them for clues to solve a mystery. Well, as another staff member and I were hanging out incognito on the street with the main movie theaters, we decided to spend a part of the time having dinner at an asian food place called Mr. Wong. Well, she went and got her food first, so I could stay on the street so kids could see me. When she came back she handed me a coupon that she got for a free beverage. I then went in and got my food, and what I thought would be a free beverage, although the fine German print said only at their new location at the train station. When I handed the nice lady the coupon, not reading the fine print myself, she said "You have the wrong, Wong," which sounded way too funny with her accent.
Ok, one of the joys of going to see a movie in Basel, Switzerland is assigned seating. Yes my friends, you not only get a ticket to the movie, but a specific seat. To me this is great as you don't have to worry about having your group broken up into multiple rows.
Well, somewhere I went all wrong. See during college I spent my prime dating time working at a radio station trying to get somewhere in the industry. Then after college I spent part of my time working at a butcher shop, and let me tell you that smelling like ham twenty four hours a day does not attract the kind of women I was looking for. Then I decided to leave America and spend a few years on the mission field. Well, while there were a few ladies in my area, I was too busy doing the task at hand. Silly me. Heck, I even tried to make a step in the right direction by posting an online girlfriend application.
It is time for another entry into the Blogger Idol world. For those who want to know more about Blogger Idol, read the post below this one. Otherwise continue on, as this weeks' theme is "Spirituality," and as a professional Christian I know all about this one. Ha.
Alright, many of you who read this blog on a regular basis know that I take part a weekly thing called Blogger Idol. For those of you who are not in the know, it basically is something that several bloggers take part where some Australian tosses out a theme for the week, and many respond to it. Several then will post their top picks of the week as a sort of a tip of the hat. There really is no competition, but just a fun way to connect to some other bloggers out there, as well as laugh and learn from them. There is a current poll to see if it should continue or not. I for one think it is a good thing. And before I submit an entry for this week, I want to challenge all those who read this blog to join in the fun. Especially some of you BFA folks, what you 'fraid of. So if you got a blog, head over to Blogger Idol. and join in the fun. Sure you'll be a little late, but that really doesn't mean anything. And if you don't have a blog, get one dang it, then join the fun.
Ok, so I was checking some car rental places, just to see what it would cost to rent a sports car over here in Europe. I figure while I'm over here I should take advantage of the combination of high speed limits and beautiful countryside. As I have a German license, I have come up with a great idea. As the price of some of the cars is a bit much, I am willing to drive someone around in one of these cars, preferably the top one. All you have to do is contact me, and provide a check for the rental of the car. I'll pay for all gas costs during our trip. Sounds like a great deal right.
A big thanks to those who liked my post and included it into their top picks for the week. Here is my list of favs.
Recently a friend of mine challenged me on my anti-Starbucks stance. So I decided to do a little research to back my views up, and to stick it to the man. My misinformed friend thought that all of Starbucks coffee is fairly traded. Well, got news for the boy. In fact it appears that only one blend of coffee at Starbucks is fairly traded, according to their own website.
He is Risen.
Well, if you are too cheap to buy me the Aquariass, and don't want to place an order for George Foreman's Inspirations, then how about you place an order for an Imaginary Girlfriend. Yep kids, you now can have that imaginary girlfriend you have always wanted. Are you the dork, like two of Anthony Michael Hall's characters, who has claimed he had a girlfriend in Canada. (I'll give extra points and a mention in a future blog entry to the first person who can name both the movies and characters names. - Extra points if you can name the general location in Canada)
While looking over the Blogger Idol entries, I came across this blog, where they linked to the Aquariass. Now, if you haven't clicked the link for the Aquariass, you probably are wondering what in the world is this, let alone why would someone spend $800 for one of these? If you are a linguist, you probably have split the word up into Aqua and Riass, and wondered what in the heck is Riass? Or if you are like some of my friends, you split it up differently, which would give you a better idea of this fine product. For those too lazy to do a little link clicking with their little fingers, the product in question is a toilet aqaurium. Cool huh. Again, my birthday is coming soon....
Ok, I've had this idea for a few years about printing up shirts in foreign languages with phrases like, "I'm a stupid tourist," and "I'm a dork who paid way too much for this shirt." I've thought that people would buy them just because of the foreign words, especially if they would be in a langauge like Korean, Chineese, or any other artistic looking writing style.
Will someone please order me a copy of George Foreman's Inspirations? According to the site:
I was having dinner with Drew, Bah, and Claudia the other night. The discussion hit the subject of the Bro or Mansiere, as discussed in Seinfeld episode 104. At that point, I tossed out the concept of MANties, not to mention the fact that they existed.
Well, we knew there would be a next movement in the worship music world. It appears the next step is moving to animatronics in a sort of Chucky Cheese meets God kind of way. I'm just surprised that this didn't happen sooner, as I've been in some churches where I thought that it was only a matter of time.
This is the rough translation (using babelfish) of who was at the other end of the telephone call today. Sure, I know that telemarketers abound in America, but today I got my first German telemarketing phone call. I guess one in six years is not bad. But the next one will suffer the consequences.
Marge Simpson once said, "Dear God, if you spare this town from becoming a smoking hole in the ground, I'll try to be a better Christian. I don't know what I can do... ummm, oh, the next time there's a canned food drive, I'll give something the poor something they'd like instead of old lima beans and pumpkin mix." This quote makes me laugh, as I know many people who give the canned foods they bought but never would eat to charity food drives. But some lima beans are nothing compared to what I saw this last week.
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