Gypsy Girl Writes

It seems to be taking me forever to read this book, not because it’s long or a hard read, but because I have had so many other distractions. I am, however, just over halfway through and finding it hilarious. I have actually found myself laughing out loud.

If you have yet to buy this book I suggest you head on over to Amazon.com and get yourself a copy (book, kindle, other formats available). Rob Kroese (author) has just lowered the price to an amazing $1.99 over at Smashwords!!

You can find out more about this amazing book over at the Mercury Falls website, there you can connect with the author via Goodreads, Facebook and Twitter. You can become one of the many fans of Mercury Falls on Facebook (it has it’s own page!).

And finally, last Sunday (11/15/09) Rob was on Good Day Sacrament0 being interviewed about his book. You can watch the interview on the Mercury Falls site as well as his blog Mattress Police (where he started out).

Oh! And he’s been doing blog tours, they’re almost at an end though. You can read all about them at the Mattress Police blog.

I just received my copy of Mercury Falls by Rob Kroese, the same guy that authored the site mattresspolice.com (funny site!). I haven’t been able to sit down and put in some quality reading time yet, but what I have read is pretty funny.

If you’d like your own copy head on over to Amazon.com, Mercury Falls is available in paperback and on Kindle. And I’ve heard whispers about a PDF version coming available.

I’ll be giving a complete review of Mercury Falls and possibly an interview with the author. Stay tuned!

Yes, we’ve gone 7 months with no microwave. Yes, it’s by choice.

We are eating much healthier and enjoying our food more. No more crispy-to-burned edges or scalding hot middles. Our meals are cooked evenly all the way through and taste excellent. We also don’t have to worry about all the preservatives that are in the ‘microwave only’ food that we used to get.

I will have to admit, the occasional pot pie that takes 35 minutes to cook in the oven is someone irritating, but in the end it makes me ask, “do I really really want to eat that?” Usually, it’s a big NO.

Tuesday we were walking through the grocery store and my daughter and I had the following conversation. It still makes me giggle…

Me: So, you want some microwave popcorn?
Her: Ya, as a matter of fact I do. How am I gonna pop it, with my butt?!
{she walks down the aisle}
I just stand there, unable to speak I’m laughing so hard.

Boiled eggs for egg salad last night, here is Jamie (my daughter) and my conversation…

LAST NIGHT:

Her: Ewww. Who took a crap in the kitchen?

Me: No one, I boiled eggs for egg salad

Her: Man, that stinks… smells like butt

Me: I know, I almost puked shelling them

TODAY: (text messaging)

Her: Hows yur ass sammich

Me: OMG LOL I dunno. Didn’t smell asslike when I made it this morning

Her: Haha my room smelt like that all nite!!

Me: Mine too. Blech

Her: Yeahh Ewwie lets not do that again

Me: LOL Ok

*Note: For those of you that don’t know:
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
OMG = Oh My God

I read dooce.com daily and sometimes her posts crack me up, sometimes… not so much. Today I was catching up on my blog reads when I read her post from Monday, “Two brief anecdotes“.

If you’ve got children or have had exposure to small children that are learning what is and is not appropriate to say, I promise you will laugh ’til you cry!

Out of the mouths of babes…

While pilfering through another blog I came across Overheard in New York. I was almost afraid of what I might find, I took a chance and went in for further inspection. Some of the things I read had me giggling for several minutes, other things… not so much. As with any site, each post is either a ‘hit’ or ‘miss’. Here’s a sample of what you’ll find.

Not Knowing CSI Has No Secret Agents
Kid #1, sharing iPod with kid #2: Hey, it’s the CSI song!
Kid #2: (laughs) Yeah.
Kid #1: It’s like we’re secret agents!
Kid #2: (laughs) No.
Kid #1: Yeah! It is.
Kid #2: No… It’s like, we’re stoners on the subway listening to The Who.

–F Train
via Overheard in New York, Jun 16, 2008

Go check out some of the other entries, you may laugh so hard you cry!

Yes, it’s true… according to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

While having my morning coffee I was reading the featured  headlines on yahoo.com, and one of them happened to be “Fans are angry after a congressman instructs aides to get inoculated before a trip to a NASCAR race.” I figured I would pop into that article to see what all the hub-bub was about.

After the first few lines I found myself almost spewing coffee all over my laptop screen. I’m sorry, but when you are reading along what seems to be a serious article and then you come across.. “Ya’ll got the cooties”, you are bound to have some sort of reaction. For me, it was laughter and almost certain death to my laptop from a good coffee soaking.

I did read the whole article, slightly facing away from my laptop, just in case. It’s a good thing too. I laughed several times and nodded at the accuracies of most of the NASCAR fan descriptions (foregoing their weekly shower).

Now, I am NOT a NASCAR fan. I personally think watching cars go in circles for hours is boring, but that is just my opinion. Figure 8s where they randomly smash into each other, now I can get into that.  I can also appreciate a good demolition derby.

Ok, back to the article. I recommend this to all of you, NASCAR fan or not. I found it rather entertaining.

Kudos to the reporter!

Tonight’s channel surfing session landed me on Comedy Central watching the truly hilarious Jeff Dunham and his many puppets. I have seen this guy many times, and each time his act brings me to tears from laughter.

The first time I saw Jeff Dunham and his puppets, which then consisted of ‘Peanut’ and ‘Jose, the jalapeno on a stick’ was about 15 year ago. I had never laughed so hard at a comic. Now, he has several puppets, appears on Comedy Central and even has DVDs out (I’ve ordered mine!!).

If you get a chance, channel surf yourself to Comedy Central and check Jeff out. You won’t be disappointed. And trust me, you’ll forget his little friends are puppets!!! Oh, you can catch some of his stuff on YouTube, but it’s never good quality picture and you don’t get the hole thing. Go to Comedy Central and save yourself the hassle.