The Boston Globe shows you how to blow your mind free of LSD.

Gee, that seems like it would take all the fun out of it.

Now I’ll admit that these exercises sound like fun but didn’t all of these games run in an old issue of “Disney Adventures”? I could have sworn that my brother and I tried this stuff when we were kids and were appropriately amazed. Is the Boston Globe getting desperate for articles now that print news has fired nearly all real journalists?

Just the same, I’ll see if Tom wants to try it with me on  a Podcast and we’ll find out if unicorns and dead relatives speak to us.

“Oooo Glory, this is your mother. Why can’t you do anything with your hair?” Oh wait, that’s just Mom on the phone, again. Nevermind.

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2009 Weblog awards nomination time is almost at an end.

Nominations close at 10:00pm EST (9:00pm CST) tonight Monday, January 12.

I’m sure in all yourjourneys through the internet you have come across a few really notable blogs worth a HUZAH! or at leas a, “Hey, check out this website!” Now is your time to give a little love back and nominate your favorite blogs.

What You Need to Know

• A “weblog” is defined as a page with dated entries.
• The contest is open to any weblogs that existed for a period of time during the year 2008, so weblogs that were discontinued during 2008 are also eligible.
• Only one nomination form and one finalist voting form may be submitted per person.
• E-mail addresses are required to vote. You must use your own address and confirm the validation e-mail.
• If you attempt to submit a second ballot, your first one will be replaced.
• In the nomination phase:
  • URLs are required.
  • At least three (3) different weblogs total must be nominated.
  • There is no limit to the number of categories a weblog may be nominated for.
  • Nominees have to fit the category they are placed in.
• Weblogs may win a category over multiple years a maximum of three times.

Ok, seems pretty straight forward. So go check it out and see what you think! http://2009.bloggies.com/

-Glory

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I’m trying to wrap my head around this so why not come and join me in this endevour.

There is an entire website devoted to watching cute things falling asleep. Guess the web address. Yup, it’s http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org/ ! Looks like video after video of adorable creatures and babies falling asleep. Sometimes they are already asleep, are awoken by the person holding the video camera and then fall asleep, again. Seriously.

Videos of things sleeping.

Ok, it is cute. And many of the puppies, kittens and babies are so adorable. But I think the video on Sesame Street, “Everybody Sleeps” was better because I still cannot watch it without feeling all cuddly and sleepy. Therefore, Sesame Street is still awesome.

BTW, if you’re looking for a laugh click on the link on Cute Things Falling Asleep to “Sleepy Puppy 13″ just to remind yourself how much the Internets is serious biznes. LOL

Sesame Street – Everybody Sleeps

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Lesson #4 Friends are like bras, when you need them the most they’ll make you look your best but after a long day even the best can leave a pressure mark.

When times are rough go to your friends for support. When times are great, go to your friends to support them.

After your siblings and your parents, your closest friends are all you really have. The reason people say that you can judge someone’s character by his friends and his children is because in a positive, supportive friendship you will all help each other to grow and blossom. In a negative, twisted relationship all the friends end up slowly tearing each other down until there is nothing left but naked, throbbing wounded hearts. The job of a good friend is to fill in the companionship and support where family has left off. If that’s not happening are you really friends or merely acquaintances milling about together waiting for something else to happen?

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Lesson #3 True Friends love you for who you are, not for what you can become or what you can do for them.

Friends, real friends love the very essence of you. They have seen you make an utter fool of your self and still look forward to seeing you again soon. People who are truly your friends do not want to change anything about you that would conceal the real you. That is not to say that they wouldn’t be relieved if you would quit wearing sweatshirts when you go out for a nice evening on the town. But in the end if they had to choose between someone else and you with your ratty old sweatshirt you win hands down.

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2009 Weblog Awards Nomination time

Neato! BTW, if you should like what I do putzing around this blog please feel free to throw AskGlory.com into the hat. It’d be sweeter than baklava on a sunny day.

Masculinity Fail

OMG, a bug!

Sexual material seems to be one of the few products we still produce/make in America. At least this industry is still trying hard to stay a float.

I can tell you that 2008 was a very strange year novelty/DVD wise. All the prices jumped through the roof between June and August, prices normally go up through most of the novelty/vibe industry between October and January.

Then nothing was on sale for months. Nothing! Around the middle of November, things started to go on sale a little bit at a time until it rose to a fever pitch by the second week in December. This is unusual because most companies/store make their holiday orders from middle October to early November.

By early January, all Valentine’s orders are arranged if not already submitted. The entire industry seems so worried and fearful that they wait too long to hit the buying seasons and then lower prices so much they hurt. Chatsworth, California, take a deep breath and relax. Now smile, even if you don’t feel it and list five things you are grateful for.

Tweetbacks: Mashable Post Inspires Innovative Twitter Service

Hmmm, I wonder if I can use this.

Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper

Oh, if only I had 10 friends to spare. Since I don’t, I’ll plan on making a yummy hamburger at home. Care to join me?

Twitter Avatars In Comments Wordpress Plugin

Is it possible to do this with the AskGlory blog?

Informant says John Gotti Sr’s neighbor, John Favara, was killed; dumped in barrel of acid

Note to self, never kill, purposefully or accidentally, any mob boss’ kid. If kid does die leave state as advised by neighbors. Don’t stick around to be dissolved in a vat of acid.

Did Rolex watches save Owen Wilson’s life?

I love circular logic! This really does remind me of the PR students I have met, “Facts? Who needs facts? Facts are boring and dull. Supposition is fun and exciting!”

BustedTees Semi-Annual Super Sale: 100 Shirts For $10 Each

Can anyone loan me ten bucks?

The Stories Behind 20 Muppet Favorites

I am a lifetime Muppets fan. When I was but a wee babe, my parents gave me a copy of “Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life” But neglected to tell me it was fiction! Why wouldn’t I believe that everything in Miss Piggy’s Guide was real? One of Miss Piggy’s rules was (paraphrasing), “Never put anything on your face that you bought from a hardware store.” This made sense to me! The Miss Piggy bubble burst around year three of my marriage but that’s a whole other bag of feed.

Despite my strange Muppet influences, even I am starting to think that the witty geniuses at Mental Floss have either too much time on their hands or they could find a cure for cancer if they would ever sit down and focus.

Crash the Inauguration

So tempting, but no. I swore off sleeping on other people’s couches after my dubious 21^st birthday party.

The Great American Condom Campaign

Free condoms, whee!!!

Nine Inch Nails Still Love Their Fans

I only like two songs involving Trent Reznor but NiN seems like nice people. And Trent is nice to look at in a Watership Down sort of way.

Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups

Area code maps and eclipse maps, oh my!

The WetSpots

Now, anyone who’s hung around AskGlory.com for any length of time has probably noticed that at the moments when I am most down a link to the Wet Spots video “Do You Take It?” pops up. If you like it too, link through and click on the music link. There you’ll get to listen to their new CD “Hello Kinky”, it’s good, real good. So good I don’t know whether to shake my moneymaker or touch myself.

Cranberry Lemon Squares

Cranberries and lemons together in one delicious cookie bar? Heaven!

Ok, too cool! Plus this is just feeding into my yearning for a Wii to exercise with. 

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Craft Corner Deathmatch
episode guide
 
http://budurl.com/deathmatch
 
I don’t have the Style Network or the Lifestyle Network where Craft Corner Deathmatch is on re-runs but the mere concept is enough to tickle my fancy. I have known a few dedicated crafters in my day and the mere idea of a few of these hard core crafters going toe-to-toe makes my imagination run wild. Do these crafty contestants sabotage each other by watering down the glue and mixing the glitters? Do they sneak in their own favorite brand of rhinestones to get that oh-so-distinctive sparkle? Exactly why do iPods need cozies, anyway?
 
Let me know if you figure out the answers.
 
 
Much love,
Glory

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Glory’s Mexican Cornbread

By Glory Fink

Vegetable oil cooking spray
2 cups stone-ground yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ cup dried chopped onion

2oz Brown Sugar
2oz butter/vegetable shortening
3 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 can creamed corn (15-16oz)
1 can mild green chilies (4oz) undrained

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray a 9” cast iron skillet (or 9×13” baking dish) with cooking spray.

Put the cornmeal in a medium bowl and sift the dried chopped onion, brown sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda into it. Stir well.

Whisk together the eggs and buttermilk in a large mixing bowl. Then add the creamed corn and chilies and whisk. Place the butter/shortening in the prepared pan and place the pan in the oven.

Combine wet and dry ingredients, stirring with a fork to get rid of lumps, but don’t overbeat. The batter will be kind of thin.

Remove the hot pan from the oven and stir the melted butter/shortening into the batter. Transfer the batter to the skillet, and then return the pan containing the batter to oven. Bake until golden on the top and crusty around the edges, 25 to 30 minutes.

Makes 16+ squares.

Nutrition Facts (approximate)

16 Servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories                                138

Total Fat                                5g

Saturated Fat                        2g

Polyunsaturated Fat              .5g

Monounsaturated Fat           1.5g

Cholesterol                          48mg

Sodium                                 358mg

Potassium                            113mg

Total Carbohydrate           21g

Dietary Fiber                         2g

Sugars                                    3g

Protein                                  4g

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