Telesmutties

Back in like '97 I purchased a talking Telletubbie--Po is her name. Po is the littlest and cutest Tellietubbie--that's why I bought her. She still works to this day. I'm glad I didn't cave to my wife's demands to throw Po away because my daughter absolutely adores her. Anyhow, my boy Nickles freaked out when he saw Po and said "Oh no way, you've got the banned Po that speaks perverted sex talk when you squeeze her!" I had no idea what he was talking about. Watch this video and tell me if you hear it:
Did you hear anything remotely sexual? He says people heard it as "faggot, faggot...faggot, faggot...faggot, faggot, bite my butt" and that it set off a firestorm of controversy. I never heard it that way until he pointed it out.

Dry Idea

Remember this deodorant (sorry for low-res)?

It was the brand my dad favored during my formative years. Not sure if it's still available. I usually opted for Right-Guard or Old Spice once I became capable of generating funk. My nephew, who's 16, prefers Axe. It amazes me how this brand has cornered the market for his age-group. They really did seem to fill a void though; no other underarm product was speaking to this demo until Axe came along. "Girl-approved hair." Brilliant. Anyhow, speaking of grooming, I've recently made a big decision involving mine: I will no longer purchase my hair product (Crew Pomade) which I have been using for the past 15 years; I will now opt for the dry look. Why? It became cost-prohibitive (sixteen bucks for a small 8 oz container!) and I just started to feel that it didn't look good anymore. This is a 180 degree turnaround; before I couldn't leave the house without it. So I decided to let you fruits decide. Which is better? With pomade:Or without:

Man-to-Man Smiley Faces

Are they gay? I was about to send one to a colleague but thought twice and deleted it. Was this the right move? Discuss.

Meditation

Just started doing this recently because I'm such a neurotic bugged-out freak. The path I've chosen is a simple one: breath-counting. How many breaths would you guess I took during my 15-minute session? One hundred and four. Wouldn't you think it would be in the thousands?

Isn't this pic I found on the internet totally crazy sexy cool? Actually, it's none of those things. Well, maybe it is crazy and cool; not sexy though. You could say it's "foxy." Anyway, I mainly find it just sad and pretty.

Weird Buddies

I have a bit of specialized knowledge when it comes to odd celebrity friendships. This one won't surprise US Weekly readers--50 Cent and Val Kilmer:The late Dom Delouise and Burt Reynolds:The two of them were also friends with Jim Nabors together. Seal and Boris Becker were best friends in the late '90s. Not sure if they still are. Unfortunately can't find a pic on the internets. Johnny Carson and Michael Landon were also best friends when they were alive. Jimmy Stewart was Johnny's No. 2 BFF I think.

Morning fix

Cream or sugar? No thanks, but I'll take some Hobo Std., please.

When I first started messing around with photoshop and checking out fonts, this one really jumped out at me. I didn't know that "Std." meant "Standard," to distinguish it from the bold, condensed or oblique versions; so I thought this was Hobo sexually transmitted disease. Anyhow, I noticed the Hobo Party Bus around town the other day and realized they used the font for their logo.First off, wrong choice of font (actually, hobo is always the wrong choice of font, unless you're designing something like water balloon packaging); and next, why do you have to name the business after the font? It doesn't fit at all. Just very little imagination used here, in my opinion.

Weirdest photo ever taken of me

My wife framed it because it cracks her up so much. Looks like a different person, doesn't it?

Idea for online dictionary function: whenever you look up a word, there should be a prompt that gives you the option to store that word. That way you could easily go back and review your new words.