So this week's prompt were a no-brainer for me ... Prompt #2 was like catnip!Prompt 2. Write five "Incredibly Short Books". Some examples:
"Chemical Contraception Choices for Catholic Couples"
"Teenage U.S. Presidents"
"The Book of Female Popes"
"The 2008 Book of General Motors Profits"
Dan says, "The point is that the book is of zero size since the title is a contradiction with reality." (inspired by Dan)
This prompt has everything I like in a blog post -- brevity, silliness and fun! If it wasn't already in play in the Writer's Workshop, I would so steal this for Fun and Game with Jenners. Maybe if I wait long enough, everyone will forget about it and I can whip it out! So anyway, enough prattling, on with my Incredibly Short Books. Though as I wrote them, it occurred to me that I might be straying from the concept a little on some of them -- instead of having no content, I began creating books for which there would be no audience!- Haute Couture Crocs: Appropriate Crocs to Wear On the Runway
- The Morbidly Obese Girl's Guide to Supermodeling Careers
- The Successes of the George W. Bush Presidency
- Encyclopedia of Infomerical Products That Work As Good As You Think They Will
- The Directory of Little Kids Who Do What They Are Told The First Time
- Big Book of Lists Presents: Bloggers Who Don't Like Comments
- A Mother's Guide to Filling All That Free Time
- Help! I'm The Mother Of A Newborn Infant And I'm Sleeping Too Much
And just for extra credit, here is a photo equation to accompany Haute Couture Crocs.
I kind of got out of the habit of doing these Random Tuesday Thoughts, but this week I've got tons for you!
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As readers of my book blog will know, yesterday I began my experiment in Full Contact, Total Immersion Book Reviewing. For the next month, I will playing the new Game On! Diet (Subtitle: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own) with teams of fellow book bloggers. For more details, you can read my post here. But since this game/diet is going to dominate my life for the next month, I feel I need to write about it on this blog as well. So here are some of my random thoughts during the first day of the diet. - Three liters of water is A LOT OF FREAKING WATER! Each day, you are supposed to drink 3 liters (that is not a typo) of water to earn 10 points for your team. I managed to drink all 3 liters but I was literally peeing every few minutes. So I'm wondering, what is the point of drinking all this water only to pee it out every 5 minutes? So that toilet flushing you hear in the far distance? That's me. I'm going to have to think about Adult Depends if I consider going somewhere without ready access to a toilet in July.
- This diet is not for people without hands. You are supposed to measure everything using parts of your hands. Each meal you should have a fist-sized protein, a palm-sized carb or fruit and a thumb size fat. (And green veggies -- chow down as much as you want. If you want to eat five bags of spinach in one sitting, you can do that. No need to measure). I'm thinking of looking into getting some bigger hands attached to my body.
- I'm on a diet ... and all I got is a clean junk drawer. One of the things you are supposed to do is adopt one healthy habit and get rid of one bad habit. Inexplicably, I chose to work on problem areas of my house for 30 minutes each day. Why? I don't know. It has nothing to do with losing weight at all. But with the eating, the water, the exercise, I just needed something else. So I may not have lost weight, but my junk drawer looks fantastic.
FYI: I'll probably be writing about my experiences with the diet once a week on this blog and once a week on my book blog.*********
The Little One started summer camp last week. The camp is run by our local recreation department, and he is in the Preschool Camp for 3- to 5-year olds. Last week, they watched a movie called Space Buddies (I gather it is about dogs in space) and that was a big hit. Today, the Little One told me they were watching a new movie but he didn't like it. You'll never in a million years guess what the movie is. Give up? HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!!! Am I the only one that thinks this is NOT a good choice of movie to show 3- to 5-year-olds? The Little One said "The teachers (counselors) were really excited about the movie." Yeah... no DUH...because it is geared to people their age -- not yours! Do you think I should say something? And if so, what should I say?*********
The Little One is not a big TV watcher (thanks to me -- it was one of my goals of parenting, which is now kind of biting me in the ass as I kind of wish he would watch a little more TV when I need a rest.) Usually, he only watches for 30 minutes -- it is what he does while I made dinner. Today he was watching Transformers: The Animated Series and it had commercials and I couldn't fast-forward through them like I usually do. (How I love the DVR -- best invention of the 21st century!) So the Little One was watching the commercials and sure enough -- he instantly started getting hooked by the advertising pitches.
First, it was a collection of Blendy Pens or something. I'm cooking and I hear him say "WOW! Cool! I sure do want that. Mommy! Mommy! You get 30 stencils for free! 30 stencils!" I admit -- I started chuckling to myself. Then an ad for something called Wizard 101 came on. The Little One calls out "Mommy -- look! Wizard 101! How awesome. I want that." "What is it?" I ask. "Ummmmmm...I don't know," he says. Thank goodness there wasn't a commercial for one of those anatomically correct peeing and pooping babies.*********
A while back, I did a post about what people in different states and countries call drinks like Coke and Pepsi. It was tons of fun and I actually ended up learning something. About a week or two after that post, my college friend Michael5000 finally got around to reading the post and left me a link to this insane map that is entitled "Generic Names for Soft Drinks By County." Yes...you read that right ... BY COUNTY! Can you imagine someone doing this? The link is above if you want to check it out. I found it oddly fascinating. You can also submit your own data if you want. The web site is popvssoda.com. And people think bloggers have too much time on their hands!
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