why try to impress? Why try to be more?
Why try to be better than you were before?
What need do you have, to prove who you are?
Just being proud of yourself is the best thing by far.
Their opinions don’t matter, it’s how you’re feeling inside,
stop trying to impress, live your life with pride.
Being true to yourself is the best thing to do,
as long as you’re living, be proud to be you.
Enjoyed this TED presentation today, maybe Wilson already shared it, can’t recall. Still, really cool stuff.
I’m not a fan of guns, and would think that most reasonable people would agree that guns in schools are a bad idea (Remember when the pro-gun boys showed up on the blog to have a say and hilarity ensued? Good times.).
It seems that some school boards have a no toy gun policy to support the no real gun thing, which probably makes sense to most folks too. Some toy guns look pretty real, and that could result in mistakes and tragedy.
Still, sometimes you just have to wonder what some folks are thinking: a fourth-grader got hauled into the principal’s office in New York for playing with his LEGO in the school cafeteria (the horror…), one piece of which was a 2 inch toy gun. The principal (decided her life was in danger and) ended up threatening the boy with suspension. Here’s a chilling picture of the murderous weapon with which she was threatened.
Um ya.
This is exactly what the folks who wrote the policy were thinking, I’m sure. You know what else? I’m thinking they should remove all of the capital “L” magnets from the kindergarten rooms because if those suckers ever fall over just so, my god! It’s a perfect replica of a Luger, and it’s pointed right at Timmy! Heaven help the poor kid that tries to pick it up, he will probably be swarmed by three cops.
Sigh. Doesn’t this sound a little nuts? I mean, a LEGO gun? Even the kid’s police officer father thinks they went a tad far beyond reason. The mom is thinking of suing, and I say go for it.
Here’s the whole story.
I’m having a hard time believing this one, but there’s been some coverage of this story today for some unknown reason. Apparently the cold winter weather in the UK has prompted the Holiday Inn in London to offer “human bed warmers” as a service to clients. Yes, for a fee you can pay for someone to get into your bed (before you are ready to turn in) dressed in “an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit”, AKA “Teletubby” to pre-warm your bed for you. Apparently this individual will then leave the bed toasty warm for you to climb into. Um, ick.
“The new Holiday Inn bed warmers service is a bit like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed,”
Yes, sure, if your hot water bottle at home is a barely employable guy named Ed. Seriously, this can’t be for real, for several reasons.
1. That’s nasty and creepy, and for many of us the embodiment of a nightmare.
2. Isn’t that why they have maids? To avoid that hotel “I’m climbing into this bed just after a stranger got out of it” sensation?
3. For an extra $20 you can have the “Dutch extra special” where Ed eats a can of beans just before climbing between the sheets…
4. So, juust before bed, you call down and have Ed come up, scuffling his oversized fleeced feet along the carpet. With a nod, he passes you when you open the door and climbs right into bed, pulling the blankets up to his whiskery chin. Uncertain of what to do, you continue with your evening, climbing onto the bed beside Ed and restarting the movie. Ed says: “Oh, I love Planes, Trains and Automobiles! This part is hilarious… You gonna finish those Doritos?”
Perhaps there is another angle to this I am not getting. Anyone?
Saw this on Neatorama first.
Extra bonus: I have had this job for 10 years now, but I have a very small clientele, just one bed actually. We have talked about it before…
Extra extra bonus: …and now you know why no-one wants to wake up with Bed Ed.
Rather late on wishing everyone this, but hopefully everyone is having a great holiday. Ours was spent in a slothful state, food and drink and sleep and that’s just dandy. It was the most relaxing and wonderful Christmas we have had, probably ever.
Have a great one, will be posting something again at some point, I’m sure.