I was going to just post a single link to the year 200 as predicted by 1910, but then I started checking out the rest of the webiste of SadandUseless.com and decided to just make the entire website the focus of this post.
The entire site is jammed packed with great things..all perfect for wasting time.

Check it out by clicking here.

Wow. That was weird.

I live in Pennsylvania. We don’t experience earthquakes here ( I was told there was one ( a 4.0) a couple years back, but since I dont remember it I ‘ll pretend it never happened).
I was just sitting at my desk, then all of a sudden my desk began to shake. I’m embarassed to say it took me longer than it should have to realize my desk shouldnt have been moving. I also didnt give it much thought because there is construction going on in the office next door.

I hate to tell my boss, but between getting a notice that I may be getting laid off AND this earthquake, my productivity has just plummeted. All I’m thinking about now is 2012 Mayan crap.

I found a good article about the East Coast Earthquake. You can click here to read it.

When I was in third grade, my teacher had all of the students write messages with our names and addresses (not the smartest of things to do, but this was right before the arrival of the internet) that we then tied to balloons. The balloons were set loose in hopes that sometime in the future we would be contacted by whomever found our balloon message; about a quarter of the balloons popped with-in the first few moments of flight due to our release spot being directly beneath electric lines.

Twenty years later, I still haven’t heard anything. I never really expected to hear anything though, even at eight-years-old I realized the probability of someone finding my message and then trying to contact me was very small.

So, when I read stories like the one I found on Yahoo.com (click here to read it for yourself), I am reminded that I, too, sent out a message to a stranger and it gives me the ever so slightest of hope that mine will finally be found.

I have two email accounts; one for my everyday general use and one just for my aunt. My aunt is one of those people (you know what I mean when I say “Those” people) who INSIST on sending those ridiculous chain emails, “FWD: OMG This is the funniest thing and if you don’t forward God will kill a kitten!!!”.
Sadly, due to the major influx of middle-aged women signing up, even Facebook has been hit with this forwarded garbage.

I found a website called…wait for it…Forwarded Emails. I think this is either the den where the chain email monster sleeps or some museum of forwarded emails. Either way, you can have the joy of reading some of the best (and worst!) of forwarded emails without the fear of endlessly clogging your inbox (if you prefer to endlessly clog your inbox, they have an option where you can sign up to receive these forwarded emails…directly from Forwarded Emails.)

At this point you are probably wondering how the picture I threw up here and this post are related. The answer is, they’re not. Today was a rough day at work and I did some Google images search to find my emotions. Surprisingly, it was there.

Click here to see the Forwarded Emails website!

Stock photos are professional photos of places and people that companies buy for use in advertisements. That generic, happy looking family that came with the frame you bought and then decided that they looked better than your real relatives so you kept them in the frame and later told friends that those photos were of “Uncle Bob” and “Aunt Patty”? Those are stock photos. Pretty much anytime you see an advertisement with generic, happy people or everyday items nicely photographed…stock photos.

Click here for some stock photos that are a little strange. Have some fun trying to guess what they might be used for.

It’s really hard writing a blog filled with an infinite amount of awesome…especially trying to do it everyday. every other day. every month.
Somehow, I seemed to miss a few months…hmmm

Well, since it’s a new year (a month late), let’s put the past behind us and trudge forward into 11 months of awesome. Here! Here!

To get things started right, take a look of this list of the 6 Most Terrifying Items People Actually Collect (brought to us by the kind people of cracked.com). I would argue with the title, as I really don’t think any of the 6 items classify as “terrifying”, maybe “gross”, “weird”, “awesome” might be better words to describe them. (By the way, the site actually shows some plaster casts of naughty bits and might be NSFW)
Click here for more.

Below is a picture of one of these “terrifying” items, a sample of celebrity hair. OMG! Run for the hills! That person has celebrity hair!

Time Travel. I’ve often wished I could go back in time. Mostly I just want to jump back a few minutes or so and keep me from saying or doing something stupid, but sometimes I wish I could go back 100yrs. True, I probably wouldn’t like it, but sometimes I just feel like I don’t belong in this era, a previous one might be better.
Word of the day: Anachronism.

Aside from the commonly argued point of time travel even being possible, I want to know where/ when I can get my time travel necessities. I need a convenient one-stop-time-travel-shop, where I can get everything I need for time travel.
Enter The Time Travel Mart, “Whenever you are, we’re already then.”
Really.

Click here to see more photos from the Time Travel Mart.

But, the coolest thing about this place is that the storefront is just a creative conduit for donations, their real business is as a non-profit free writing and tutoring center for kids.

Frances L. said this about the time travel mart,
“Time Travel Mart is a great place to get kitschy souvenirs and fun little items to help brighten up someone’s day or decorate your apartment with funky things from eras past. It’s a GREAT CAUSE and the chapbooks, newspapers, and other written materials that are published through the organization that are WRITTEN BY STUDENTS are definitely worth a few of your hard-earned bucks. If anything, the books in this store alone speak for the greatness that is 826, so if you can’t get passed the dinosaur eggs or the funky 70s sunglasses, then you’re missing out on the important thing about this store: to help fund very-much needed programs and to help nurture and support a child’s curiosity and creativity.”

And the best part, this isn’t the only one.
There’s a Pirate Supply Store in San Francisco, Space Travel Supply Store in Seattle, Superhero Supply Store in New York, The Boring Store (which is a “front” for the Secret Agent Supply Store) in Chicago, a Robot Supply Store in Ann Arbor, and a Bigfoot Research Center in Boston.

Click here to go to 826’s website to check out all these cool “stores”!

I am generally a very inquisitive person; I just like knowing things. My favorite subject is word origins…but finding out odd bits about anything can entertain me.

Did you know that wild bananas have massive and hard seeds? I didn’t. I just took for granted the whole “cultivating/ selective breeding” thing that goes on with most of our foods.
Click here to find 10 food facts.

I didnt have Legos when I was a kid. Not because I am so old that they didnt exist back then, but because no one ever bought them for me. I remember going to a friend’s house thinking, while playing with their Legos, how much fun I could have if I had my own.
No matter what I built with them we there was never enough pieces to complete my project. Oh, what fun you can have with an unlimited supply of Legos.

Click here to see other great Lego creations.

I really like working at my job (secretary, hiho!) the problem is…I don’t get paid enough. I know this sounds like a problem everyone has, but since the “financial downturn” my hours were reduced (at least I didn’t get laid-off) and I had to work a second job to make up the difference.
I loathe going to my second job (Cheese Shop! That picture I used makes so much sense now!) but the employer is way decent and sadly, because of bi-annual raises, I’m making nearly as much there (per hour) as I am at my secretarial job (btw…I really dig the secretary thing….like, for realz)

Since the cut-back I’ve been on the job prowl, looking for THE secretarial job of my dreams ( I only dream of working one job!).
Dozens of interviews later…I’m still the secretary with extensive cheese knowledge (why yes, that report would go splendidly with the 5 month aged Manchego…or better yet, the Stilton).

I thought I would post some helpful information for any fellow job seekers; It’s a list of 8 things prospective employers aren’t allowed to ask you (by law!). Check it out by clicking here.

Now that summer is coming to an end, and the harvest has been…harvested, it’s time to think about what to do with your bounty. Many people will try to give away their produce, and some mean to eat it but never get around to it before said garden delights rot. The smart people will save their food stuffs by using the age-old practice of canning/ preserving.

Just a few generations ago, people did this regularly. That was the only way to eat summer’s green beans in February. Now with our super-mega grocery stores, we have access to every fruit and vegetable, whether there are “in season” or not. The practice of canning has become an antiquated tradition that the majority of people don’t even know how to do.

I grew up with a mother that made her own jellies and jams, and an aunt that cans the contents of her garden so that she can enjoy them year-round (she never buys vegetables in the grocery store!).

While canning items was something I grew up watching others do, I never did any myself. I had wanted to in the past but never got around to do it. I moved into my house in the winter and was completely surprised, come Spring to find a blossoming pear tree in my yard. The pear harvest was overly abundant and I was left with buckets of sweet pears and nothing to do with them.

It was by sheer accident I found this website on canning, FoodInJars.com. What I like about it, is that Marissa, the blogger, makes small batch canned goods- something that could be done in a few hours as opposed to the traditional all day canning spree. That night i made and canned 2 pints of pear sauce…all within an hour and a half. I was hooked.

If you are a first time canner- or even someone who has been doing this for a while, I suggest you check out her site. She not only lays out clear instructions, but also gives some hints about what would be good with your canned product. She has some great recipes and some additional links to some nice pages. Click here to check it out.

A couple days ago, at a county fair, I paid a dollar to see a “little person”. While some of you may argue that this was wrong and that I’m a bad person for doing this, the advertisement poster for this person was too incredible to walk away from. She was being billed as “The World’s Smallest Woman”; a fact I didn’t check by asking to see some documented evidence. I don’t know if she was the world’s smallest woman, but she was pretty small. I can’t remember exact numbers, but she was only twenty-something inches tall.
I felt a little weird just standing there gawking at her so I made some small talk. Turns out she is from Jamaica and has an average size daughter and 10 grandchildren.

This made me think…there are and have been a lot of other people who were incredibly small or tall, or who have some oddity that makes them different. Through most of history these people earned a living by putting themselves on display for people to look at. I find that honorable. Even though they could not work in the conventional sense, they managed to find a way to make a living. Granted, when the most well known of these people were doing this, government assistance did not exist, but trying to work instead of looking for a handout is worth noting. Oddly, many of these people ended up becoming quite wealthy. Most came from lower class families and by putting themselves on display, they made more money than if they were born “normal” and had a regular job.

Click here to see more of these people.

Click here to visit the site where you can read about P.T. Barnum’s American Museum- the historic place of employ for some of the most famous human oddities.

Ahh…the past. Some may view these ads as decidely sexist… to me (I am female BTW), these ads make me smile. I’m not going to say anything more about them…you’ll just have to check them out for yourself.

Click here to “check them out for yourself”.

In case you haven’t read my previous article ( the one about the crazy couches), let me tell you I like weird/ unique furniture. All of them are pretty much out of my price range…and most are out of my taste range…but all are different. Below is my favorite bed. Click here to see the rest!

Today I had some option as to what I would make into my “official” post on FunnyYouShouldMentionIt.com. I, of course selected the story about an animal. Tomorrow, I’ll post the runner-up.

This is a love story; the love of a bear and a peanut butter sandwich.

Once upon a time a bear broke into a parked car…looking for his true love, a PB sandwich, which was trapped in the backseat. The bear managed to get into the car, but the door shut, trapping the bear inside. The bear then managed to kick the car in neutral resulting in the car rolling down a the hill colliding with some shrubs. The bear panicked and wrecked the car’s interior in his attempts to escape. Finally, the bear beeped the horn, which alerted the neighbors, and police were able to get him out. The end.

I’ve seen bears ride bicycles, I knew it was only time before they would move onto riding in cars.

Click here to read the real article.

My husband and I used to live in a little house; it was around 400 sq. feet. For the year we lived there, we did live on mostly necessities, but we also had a storage locker which the rest of our belongings were in. It was nice because, when we needed something we would just go to the storage place and pick it up, or if we needed to store out of season items. But I would often time think that our life would be so much simpler if we could “downsize” and only have things we truly needed. Everything could fit into the house and we wouldn’t need the storage locker we rented. Even though we now live in a regular sized house, I think back fondly of our time in the “little house”. I think that living in that house was the closest I’ll ever get to living a “simple” lifestyle.

I know I could never live in a little house like this (video below). Well, perhaps if I were single I could do it…but not now. These houses were designed by Jay Shafer, who himself lives in his own creations. He’s not the only one making these homes and I have included links to the other sites…which you can access by clicking here, here, and here.

Click here to visit Jay’s tiny house website.

I also included a video for a foldable house which claims you can live in it within hours of construction.

Growing up, I rarely got the must have toys my peers were playing with. Mostly, because of finances, but sometimes I didn’t even want those toys anyway. I ended up playing with a lot of hand-me-downs and cheap alternatives to “in” toys. I do recall, though, one Christmas when I received Toobers & Zots (which was the must-have toy of that season. Now, I don’t think anyone even remembers them!)
I had a lot of fun, as a kid, playing with all sorts of toys, and sometimes I even made my own. I think kids just like toys. It doesn’t matter what they look like. Given the choice between sitting around being bored –or- playing with a malformed, GI Joe knock-off…kids will pick the latter.

Which brings me to these toys (below). While most of them are just unusual, others are downright weird or really inappropriate (warning: an awful lot of the toys from the first link are rather phallic looking.).

Click here to see more.
AND…click here to see even more! The second link is far better because it is a blog about the wierd toys..i feel it’s more interesting.

Click below to buy Toobers & Zots…

Day 7 of my 7 Day Promise, I can’t believe I’ve made it! It was hard…especially on the weekend…to remember to post something…but I did it.

I know you’re probably thinking that now that this 7 Day Promise thing is over I’ll resume my sporadic posting practices. For your information…I am planning to keep this up. This 7 day thing didn’t kill me…so the very least I can do is post something Monday – Friday. You can thank me later…or you can thank me now. You’re welcome.

As a kid, I would always accept balloon animals from strangers dressed as clowns. There is something magical about the ability to transform a normal balloon into something like a giraffe or a flower hat or even a poodle. No matter the balloon sculptor’s skill level or ability, children will line up for miles to get a balloon animal. I’ve seen it with my own two eyes.
As a kid I might have been impressed with getting a balloon wiener dog, but as an adult I need something a little more amazing to get me excited about balloons. I would gladly wait in line to get one of these balloon sculptures (below).

Click here to go to the website and/or click here to go to another balloon sculpture website.

I just thought I would let you all know that this is my 60th post AND today is day 6 of my 7 Day Promise. Wrap your mind around that! Yeah, not nearly as exciting as it I’m trying to make it seem. But this (below), this is exciting stuff!

Candwich. It’s a sandwich in a can. I’m not sure why we need canned sandwiches…I guess the old fashioned non-canned varieties were just too hard to transport? Candwich comes in three flavors: peanut butter with strawberry jelly, peanut butter with grape jelly, and….get ready for it…barbecued chicken. One of these things is not like the other. I cannot believe that these would taste good…especially the BBQ Chicken. Click here to see the product site.

I know you are probably saying to yourself, “hey! The title said Candwiches and fraud! Where is the fraud?”
And while I want to reply “right here” and end this article…ha ha…I do want to share with you an odd story. This is like getting two posts…in one!

A major financier is being sued for fraud after collecting monies to invest in commercial real estate loans, only to take the money and invest it in Candwiches. Wow.

“The guy raised the cash for his investments by telling investors that he would use their money to make commercial real estate loans.

“In all, Travis L. Wright raised $145 million from 175 investors between 2001 and 2009, according to the suit. He only invested $6 million in the kinds of things he said he would be investing in.”

Besides investing in Candwiches, he also he put money into a company that sells rose petals with text printed on them.

I have come up with some pretty sketchy get-rich-quick schemes and sure-to-be-a-hit products( I once packaged cleaned rocks for people to use in their bath. It was supposed to be a “natural” bath experience. As it turns out, no one is interested in bathing with rocks.)…I can even tell that these things aren’t worth the money he probably invested.
Click here to read the article about this investment fraud.

Wow. Day 5 of my 7 Day Promise…I had no idea I would actually make it this far!
I’m a quitter…and I really would have guessed that I would have given up on this ambitious posting schedule.

Soundtracks make or break movies, in my opinion. Some very calculated and thought out maneuvers are made to pair the video with the RIGHT music. It doesn’t always work they way the filmmakers wished either. Just changing the music can really alter the tone for the movie.
Here is a video clip of Close Encounters of The Third Kind with a little musical tweaking. Go to YouTube and look up the other “inappropriate soundtrack” videos. I can’t promise that they are all good…in fact some of them are a little hammy..but it’s entertainment enough, and that’s all that matters, right?