Pick me up from Pete

Pete heard through the grapevine (kidding, it was from me, cause I was whining) that I was down, so he sent me a link to this great post called LAWYER DOG!

Thanks, Pete!  A corgi lawyer was just what this Monday afternoon needed.  More Lawyer Dog gems, here.

Could be worse

When I was a child, Reading Rainbow was my jam - and James Stevenson's Could Be Worse! was one of my very favorite books from the show.  In it, a grandfather spins a wild tale of misadventures, from an encounter with an abominable snowman to being chased by a blob of preserves, to make his grandchildren feel better about their current problems. On a day when I am feeling down in the dumps and being, I'm sure, insufferably whiny, I thought it prudent to make my own version of ways things COULD BE WORSE!

I could be on an airplane next to a fat dude with no pants:

That would be worse.

I could be employed as an elephant poop collector:

That would be worse.

I could still have my unibrow:

That would be WAY worse.  That thing was awful.

I could be Tyler Clippard.  EMBARASSING!



Oof.

Y'all got any other ways things could be worse?  Share them in the comments, please!

TGIF, y'all!

Several folks sent me this fantastic post from Buzzfeed called '33 Animals Who Are Extremely Disappointed In You.'  It was an enjoyable group of photos full of cute animals looking grumpy - but I also found it to be a great representation of what I looked like throughout this week!

Here's me on Monday:

On Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

And now here's me, today, on Friday! 

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Clean up!

This nice corgi is doing a great job of sprucing himself up for spring!



Sydney sent me this, naturally.  If it's a great dog video or pic, Syd is gonna find it!

From the files of truly awful commercials

Speaking of public (and ought to be illegal) dumping, have y'all seen this totally horrific Luvs diaper commercial where babies take giant cartoon poops and get rated on them?



IT IS DEPLORABLE.  I may hate it even more than those Charmin commericals, which are a disgrace to both toilet paper and bears.  Luckily I am not the only person who thinks this diaper commercial stinks to high heaven.  From Time magazine:

A Consumerist reader poll officially declared that Luvs Diapers’ “Poop, There It Is” commercial is the Absolute Worst Ad in America.


The ad, which features an animated baby talent show where the judges assign scores based on how much fecal matter each of the three grunting tots can dump into their diapers, earned slightly more than 32% of the vote.

Parents, do not buy these diapers, and if your child is really crapping that much, return it to the store and demand a new model, cause there is something wrong with it. 

When you gotta go...

DC neighborhood blog Prince of Petworth has just shared this sign someone posted in the Mount Vernon area, which is not too far from my place.

I've only seen someone poop in public* once, but I see people pee in public quite frequently.  What's the strangest thing you've seen someone do in broad daylight in front of, as we like to say down south, God and everybody?

*I recently proposed to Sam that we get rid of some furniture by leaving it on the sidewalk with a 'free' sign on it and he said, "But that's illegal dumping!" and I lol'd so hard cause I have the sense of humor of a 12 year old boy.

Tumblr Time!

Oh my goodness.  It's been some time since we've had a truly hilarious Tumblr featured on OEIA, but thanks to my buddy Lindsey, that drought is now OVER.  Presenting... Old People Writing on a Restaurant's Facebook Page!!!  A few highlights:

I could go on all day.  Just go read all these, because they are all hysterical.