Showing posts with label yikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yikes. Show all posts
Monday, August 11, 2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Fit-tastic! Friday Links (weird news edition)
Three links today, all weird, one completely unrelated to health and fitness:
#hotguysonthenyhalf -- Huffington Post
Courtney Love found the missing Malaysian plane! -- cnet.com
"Ugliest Runners' Feet" (click at your own risk...) -- Runner's World (Seriously. Only view if you're prepared for some really nasty blister shots.)
#hotguysonthenyhalf -- Huffington Post
Courtney Love found the missing Malaysian plane! -- cnet.com
"Ugliest Runners' Feet" (click at your own risk...) -- Runner's World (Seriously. Only view if you're prepared for some really nasty blister shots.)
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Pinterest Masterpieces aka WTF THIS ISN'T REAL FOOD
I have a love-hate relationship with Pinterest. I love finding new recipes. I hate logging on for a minute and finding myself craving a rich dessert immediately. I love seeing witty posters and word art other people pin. I hate feeling like I'm wasting time scrolling through a jumble of makeup tutorials and meticulous wedding ideas. I love getting quick workout ideas. I hate the "5 minutes to flat abs!" captions.
What mostly makes me laugh, more than a picture of a cat with a funny caption, is when I see someone pin "clean eating ideas!" and "10 moves to shed pounds fast!" followed directly by a recipe for a sugary processed dessert monstrosity.
Why? Why would you submit yourself to this?
Please no. "But it's sooo good!" Of COURSE it tastes good. Look at it. YOU CAN'T EAT ALL THE THINGS.
None of this is even real food. So you want cheesy bread? Sure, go use some wheat dough and some real cheese. But this? This isn't food.
Caption: "Candy corn stuck in cookie dough center for candy corn on the cob!"
What mostly makes me laugh, more than a picture of a cat with a funny caption, is when I see someone pin "clean eating ideas!" and "10 moves to shed pounds fast!" followed directly by a recipe for a sugary processed dessert monstrosity.
Why? Why would you submit yourself to this?
Please no. "But it's sooo good!" Of COURSE it tastes good. Look at it. YOU CAN'T EAT ALL THE THINGS.
None of this is even real food. So you want cheesy bread? Sure, go use some wheat dough and some real cheese. But this? This isn't food.
Just remember, friends don't let friends eat chemicals pretending to be food.
Friday, May 31, 2013
PRANCERCISE
A month without posting? That's how I roll.
If I'm not at work, I'm at the barn or running or on the AT or at the gym or scrambling trying to get something, just something, done.
I wish I could take a week off, go to an empty house on the beach, and just read and cook and run and be alone. Second best: tell everyone I'm gone for a week and just hide.
Anyway, if that won't do, prancercise surely will!
Prance it out, people. I already did a lap around my office and it was a hit.
If I'm not at work, I'm at the barn or running or on the AT or at the gym or scrambling trying to get something, just something, done.
I wish I could take a week off, go to an empty house on the beach, and just read and cook and run and be alone. Second best: tell everyone I'm gone for a week and just hide.
Anyway, if that won't do, prancercise surely will!
Prance it out, people. I already did a lap around my office and it was a hit.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
ridiculousity
Recent observations of human intelligence:
I stopped by a favorite consignment shop after being at the barn all day. I kept getting inquisitive looks from a mother/daughter pair, something that happens pretty regularly when I go anywhere in public in my riding garb. And usually dirty and covered in horse hair. We were both near the front about to purchase our items when the daughter finally said to me, "Those leg cover things are really cute! Where did you get them?"
I was caught off guard, never having been complimented on any riding gear by a non-horsey person, so I responded, "Uh... well they're half chaps. For riding. They're in any riding catalog or tack store... I mean they're not really a fashion thing, they're for riding." "Well they're really cute!" The mom butted in and said, to the daughter, "Well you like riding bikes, right?".
What? Have you ever seen anyone riding a bike? Do they wear tan pants and heeled leather boots and a 'leg cover'?
"No, not bikes, for horses."
Blank stare.
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As seen on ebay:
"2011 NEW MODE JP BRAND cycling Jersey bib shorts set"
In their defense, the Pearl Izumi logo does look like a J and a P...
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I love love love REI- they have a wide range of products and their garage sales have AMAZING deals. However, they may not be the best people to go to as far as product knowledge goes. Their employees are expected to be masters of way too many things and it can be hit or miss on who you get.
Case in point:
REI worker asked me if I had any bicycle brand preference. I responded that my other bike was a Specialized, so I have some attachment to that brand. He told me this may prove to be difficult because Specialized went out of business.
"What?! Are you sure?" "Yep, the whole company went under." "Huh. You'd think I would have heard about that." "Yeah it happened about 4 or 5 years ago."
Interesting, considering the Transition I had was only 2 years old. And that the other stores we went to that day were stocked with the new 2011 models. Way to be, REI guy, way to be.
I stopped by a favorite consignment shop after being at the barn all day. I kept getting inquisitive looks from a mother/daughter pair, something that happens pretty regularly when I go anywhere in public in my riding garb. And usually dirty and covered in horse hair. We were both near the front about to purchase our items when the daughter finally said to me, "Those leg cover things are really cute! Where did you get them?"
I was caught off guard, never having been complimented on any riding gear by a non-horsey person, so I responded, "Uh... well they're half chaps. For riding. They're in any riding catalog or tack store... I mean they're not really a fashion thing, they're for riding." "Well they're really cute!" The mom butted in and said, to the daughter, "Well you like riding bikes, right?".
What? Have you ever seen anyone riding a bike? Do they wear tan pants and heeled leather boots and a 'leg cover'?
"No, not bikes, for horses."
Blank stare.
--------------------------------------
As seen on ebay:
"2011 NEW MODE JP BRAND cycling Jersey bib shorts set"
In their defense, the Pearl Izumi logo does look like a J and a P...
-------------------------------------------------------------
I love love love REI- they have a wide range of products and their garage sales have AMAZING deals. However, they may not be the best people to go to as far as product knowledge goes. Their employees are expected to be masters of way too many things and it can be hit or miss on who you get.
Case in point:
REI worker asked me if I had any bicycle brand preference. I responded that my other bike was a Specialized, so I have some attachment to that brand. He told me this may prove to be difficult because Specialized went out of business.
"What?! Are you sure?" "Yep, the whole company went under." "Huh. You'd think I would have heard about that." "Yeah it happened about 4 or 5 years ago."
Interesting, considering the Transition I had was only 2 years old. And that the other stores we went to that day were stocked with the new 2011 models. Way to be, REI guy, way to be.
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