Netflix is... interesting

Apparently modern children's programming is a lot edgier than I realized

"I Go Up The Hill, And Come Back Down"

We have a big hill near our house that's perfect for exercise. It's almost exactly one mile from our front door to the top. Due to my health issues I can't always make it to the top, or anywhere near it.  Consistency is really important if I want to get anywhere. So sometimes just walking out the door, across the street, ten yards up, and then back down again is all I can muster. I don't feel badly about this, it's the best I can do,  and it's much better than doing nothing at all. But I can't help replaying this commercial for Planet Fitness every time I go. "I go up the hill and come back down..."

Victory Over Death

Hearthstone matches you randomly with another player at or near your level of expertise. This match was between me and a player named "Death" (You can see their name in the upper left corner.) I have now beaten Death, and so assume I am now immortal.

So, White Sunglasses Are A "Thing"

Today, while shopping for Greg's mom's easter basket goodies, I found some cute sunglasses. I tried them on while Greg was looking at something else, and I loved them. I asked him what he thought and he exclaimed "But honey! They're WHITE sunglasses."

I agreed with him, they were white sunglasses, and they looked great. "What's weird about white sunglasses?" I asked, confused. "If you like them you should get them." He said, avoiding my question. "I do like them, and I am going to get them, but seriously, what's the deal with white sunglasses?" Eventually he told me that white sunglasses "Are associated with 'douchebags' who think they're really cool." I rolled my eyes at this, I'd never heard it before. I thought it was just a "Greg thing"

Later I started watching "You're The Worst" and a few episodes in, this guy showed up

I had to pause it so Greg could come in and see it. "I love the glasses, and I'm not returning them, but I had to tell you that you were right, it IS a THING."

It even has it's own Urban Dictionary entry

"Sunglasses that tend to be worn by complete douchebags who think they possess what is called "swag"."

The show is great btw, good enough that I splurged on a month's worth of Hulu Plus. I really like Edgar. 

Yahoo Mail Has Auto Valentines

I checked my e-mail and noticed a cute little heart next to "Compose" 

Clicking on it led me to their new (at least to me) "Autocompose a Valentine" section. There are different backgrounds to chose from, including non-valentine's day options for birthdays and such. You can also select the style of valentine you would like to send, "Friendly Love" "Crazy In Love" or by far my favorite, "Out Of Love." This adds the subject line "Happy Valentine's Day?" and a random combination of pre-written gems like...

(My new favorite phrase "You look like I need a hug."

There's also the option to add one of four depressing gifs they took right from tumblr 

This was a great, if random, treat from a company that's been doing a lot of downsizing lately. Thank you Yahoo.

Gingerbread House

Dangit, Someone Else Already Thought Of That

Last night I dreamed that Greg and I were at the DOL getting our marriage license. When we got called up to the counter the woman said she wanted to talk to Greg alone. We were both freaked out by this and said "Um... no." So she gave in and talked to both of us. She said she wanted to see if she could interest him in "Marriage Insurance" to help pay for a divorce if he ever needed one. He was upset because "We're never getting a divorce!" I agreed and was also pissed because "This is clearly a scam. Who would ever get a divorce! You're just trying to scam money out of him!"

When I woke up I told Greg about my dream. After completely agreeing with DreamGreg, RealGreg added, "That HAS to be a thing, marriage insurance..." and looked it up. It's real folks, but it's called Divorce Insurance. I'm kinda disappointed actually, I thought I might have come up with a great new money making idea.

That's Not Fog Folks

On the drive home tonight our city is covered in a blanket of smog. A burn ban is in effect in our county "Unless it is your only source of heat."

Local news station says "Air pollution in those counties was at levels "unhealthy for sensitive groups" on Saturday." You think?

Thankfully the air's a little cleaner at our house thanks to the lower elevation. When the tsunami comes we'll regret it, but for now I'm glad we're so close to sea level.

Naming Produce Is Easy

This is the first year I've had access to fresh homegrown veggies. Greg helps tend three different gardens, so he brought home a few ripe veggies every few days this summer and autumn. After he brought home the first pumpkin, I impulsively named it "Robert". After Robert, we had the tiny casper pumpkin that I named either Marvin or Martin. But we can't remember which, so we've just been calling him Marvin/Martin, one word.

Greg isn't used to naming produce, and the somewhat inevitable result, eating produce you've given a name to. He's an amazing cook. Often making things from scratch like Chicken Balti, and Homemade Eggnog. So his desire to eat the delicious food is stronger than his squeamishness. But he has been acting oddly lately,

he decided the veggies need faces...

Poor poor Alejandro. You will be missed, but you were very yummy