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What Flower Are You?

What I love about this “test” is that using a bunch of irrelevant questions, they come up with categories which identify what kind of (totally random) flower you are. Total HOOT!

The results appear unreliable and the percentages add up to more than 100%. Have some fun.

You can take the test HERE at What Flower Are You?

Your Score: Water Lily

You scored 56% exotic, 52% fragile, and 72% complex!

Traditional flower symbolism: purity of heart, wisdom, eloquence.
Your opposite is the Calla Lily.

Link: The What Flower Are You? Test written by gnomee666 on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

December 9, 2007 Posted by | Blogging, Entertainment, Experiment, Humor, Random Musings | 9 Comments

Wish it Were Real!

Found this in the market . . . would that washing away sin were this easy!

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Found this, and another soap called “Cleaning up for Jesus” at the soap store across from Emmet Watson’s.

December 5, 2007 Posted by | Arts & Handicrafts, Humor, Joke, Seattle, Shopping, Spiritual | | 8 Comments

Rain Rain Go Away

Seattle has had a record amount of rain – the second largest amount in one day in the entire history of measuring rainfall. Roads are flooded, traffic is gridlocked, and my sister is continuously sloshing out her flooded lower story, a grinding, thankless job. It’s a mess.

Funny Pictures
moar funny pictures (photo from I Can Has Cheezburger)

December 4, 2007 Posted by | Humor, Living Conditions, Seattle, Statistics, Weather | , , | 2 Comments

Not Your Kuwait Parking Lot

When I first arrived in Kuwait, two very kind Kuwaiti ladies helped me take care of an important errand, showing me exactly where to go, who to trust, etc. Their kindness to me moved me greatly. As we left, I said “you have been SO kind, I insist on paying for parking” and they totally cracked up, almost limp and helpless with laughter, and then they explained to me that parking would cost 150 or 200 fils (around 50 – 80 cents).

In contrast, here is where we parked to go to the Pike Place Market:

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December 1, 2007 Posted by | Bureaucracy, Community, Humor, Kuwait, Living Conditions, Seattle, Shopping, Social Issues | 9 Comments

Signs, Signs

I love signs. The very first sign I remember photographing was in Kenya, where it said “Elephants have the right of way.” This is a couple signs we came upon while walking along the waterfront, and it occurred to me that in this very law-abiding community, there were all kinds of signs telling you what you can’t do . . . LOTS of them!

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And because we ate at the Rock Tavern, I keep hearing this song going through my head and thinking my sign says “Thank you very much, Lord!”

December 1, 2007 Posted by | Arts & Handicrafts, Communication, Community, Cultural, ExPat Life, Generational, Humor, Living Conditions, Seattle, Social Issues, Spiritual, Travel | 2 Comments

Seattle Holiday Humor

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(A coho is a kind of salmon.)

November 29, 2007 Posted by | Arts & Handicrafts, Eating Out, Holiday, Humor, Local Lore | 9 Comments

Mom, Please Don’t Leave Me!

I am taking care of my sister’s cats while she and her husband are on a short vacation trip. As they were leaving, Wally, the diabetic cat, begged her not to leave him with me:

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He is one of the easiest cats in the world to take care of. He knows when he needs his shot and he doesn’t run and hide like my own sweet little cat used to do when it was time for her shot. Wally hangs out around the refrigerator, where his insulin is kept, around time for his shot, and purrs when you give it to him. What a sweetheart.

Once my sister was gone, he got along with me just fine. 🙂

November 24, 2007 Posted by | Diet / Weight Loss, Family Issues, Health Issues, Humor, Pets, Seattle | 9 Comments

Macy’s Parade Cat

*dying laughing*

funny pictures
moar funny pictures

From, of course, I Can Has Cheezburgers.

November 22, 2007 Posted by | Humor, Pets, Thanksgiving | 4 Comments

Thankgiving Invitation

Adventure Man and I will be attending different Thanksgiving Events this year, the first time ever. Here is the invitation to the event he will attend:

Thanksgiving!

•HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
•A THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION IS AT HAND
•A TIME TO GET TOGETHER TO GIVE THANKSGIVING, TO VISIT, TO CELEBRATE AND OF COURSE, TO EAT
•COME ONE AND ALL, COME EARLY TO THE THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION (usually the gathering starts around 9:00am)
•EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND BRING ANYONE YOU CAN GET TO COME ALONG
•COME EARLY, STAY LATE
•WE’LL HAVE THANKSGIVING LUNCH BETWEEN
1:00-1:30 PM
•THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FOOD PREPARED EARLY, IN CASE THE CHILDREN NEED TO EAT
•HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE PLENTY TO SNACK ON BEFORE THE MEALTIME
•KIDS BRING YOUR BATS, SOFTBALLS, KICKBALLS, FOOTBALLS, ROLLER SKATES, BIKES, SCOOTERS, ROPES OR WHATEVER
•Stay and Enjoy the leftovers for supper!!

WHEN: THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2007

(Oh what fun!)

November 16, 2007 Posted by | Adventure, Cooking, Cultural, ExPat Life, Family Issues, Florida, Friends & Friendship, Generational, Holiday, Humor, Kuwait, Thanksgiving, Travel | 7 Comments

Everybody Needs Somebody

funny pictures
moar funny pictures

How amazing. How adorable. From today’s visit to I Can Has Cheezburger.com

November 14, 2007 Posted by | Humor, Living Conditions, Pets, Photos | 11 Comments