Friday, May 20, 2011

Gone by the wayside...?


sometimes, when not pondering life's deeper spiritual and philosophical questions, I get to wondering about every day, mundane and rather - yes - nonsensical things.

Take, for example, the following few not-so-mind-numbing ruminations:

Do women still....

wear hair curlers to bed?
or is this uncomfortable practice gone by the wayside?
no - not gone. it's still being done.

wear see-through (and shaped to the style of the shoe) galoshes over footwear?
or has this fashion statement gone by the wayside?
no - not gone. those plastic booties are now called overshoes.

keep their stockings up with roll garters?
have these oversized rubber bands, which are more like tourniquets, gone by the wayside?
no - not gone. roll garters continue to be available!

take heavy make-up cases as their one piece of carry-on luggage?
that bulky, unwieldy, little heifer of a bag still carted around, or has the practice of bringing it on board -- gone by the wayside?
yes - it has. the tradition of women toting their fully stocked, hard sided cosmetic train case to their seat with them on an airline flight has, for all practical purposes, gone by the wayside.
Way.

image: vermontcountrystore.com

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

the beauty of a line


road surface markers.
there are many types, made of various materials.
the markers i'm referring to in this post are the lines which serve to separate lanes on the highway.
sometimes they are painted on. sometimes they are raised bumps installed onto the surface of the road.

they are lines of demarcation, and such a simple idea, providing drivers with a sense of order to what would otherwise be total CHAOS.

if you aren't yet enamored of road surface markers - imagine, for a moment, as i have...
...zipping along in heavy traffic on a multi-lane highway...
and keeping to your own lane...

without them.

pretty scary.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Who IS that guy?

Monday night.
America.
8PM.
ABC/BBC.

His is the voice which announces the official start of each episode of Dancing With the Stars, as he states most enthusiastically:

'Live! - from Hollywood!'
During the course of the show, and prior to each dance number of the competition, he also introduces the individual couples and the style of dance they are about to perform.

Who IS that guy?



His name is Alan Dedicoat.
aka 'Deadly'.
aka 'Voice of the balls' (don't get too excited, this is in reference to the British National Lottery ...).


Dedicoat makes his living, primarily - as an out-of-sight announcer.

What it is that is so special or unique about his voice escapes me. He's certainly no David Attenborough (who as a writer & naturalist, has other credits to his name besides narrating outstanding documentaries) or Peter Coyote (narrator/writer/actor +).

But then what do I know?

So there you are.

More power to ya, Alan. For doing what you do and probably getting paid quite well for it.

Monday, May 02, 2011

what to eat while playing with fun fonts

fun wid fonts

Folks, cheap thrills abound here.
I'm lovin' me some fun new fonts.
Available here.
Free.

This is one of my faves.
No surprise there, right?