Fox news ran a fun little slideshow today on male celebrities and the facial hair they have sported in the past. Specifically beards. The premise is what would these beards say about their appearance and the celebrity to which they are attached. It got me to thinking: what would other accoutrements say about their functions of the stars. What would the polarized sunglasses of Jack Nicholson have to say? What would Leno’s chin say? It makes life more fun to think about these things every once in a while.

Any one remember the TV show Full House? That syrupy sitcom that introduced us to the twin vortex known as the Olsen twins? Fox news did a fantasy recast and their choices are quite interesting. Probably the best casting is Stephen Colbert in the Bob Saget role. This got me to thinking: which show would I recast? Who would be cast? So, I turn it over to you. What TV show would you recast?

Keeping with the last post, I decided to put another Star Wars related post up today.  This comes from Goldentusk, the genius who put together the LOST video I posted last week.  This is one of my favorite videos/songs from this guy.  Enjoy!

As the title should suggest, I am a huge Monty Python/dry humor fan. And since this is Friday, I figured I’d give you something funny for today. I stumbled upon this guy while surfing YouTube videos. He goes by the username of Goldentusk and what he does is nothing short of amazing. He takes instrumental theme songs from popular movies and TV shows and adds parody lyrics that describe the premise of the movie or show. Each one is unique and incredibly entertaining. Some of my favorites are his videos for Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Superman. To give you a taste of his creativity, I’m including his latest video for the TV show Lost. I have never watched the show, so I don’t understand the humor, but it seems to be real popular at this point, so I figured you might enjoy it more.

At least I laughed.  Apparently, according to msnbc.com, NASA officials discovered small amounts of cocaine in one of the facilities at Kennedy Space Center.  So, while the shuttles are getting worked on, the workers are getting worked up.  Don’t get me wrong, space travel is the future and it’s a dangerous undertaking, but the idea of NASA employees doing drugs is a little on the humerous side.

This idea comes from the heart today.  As a former teacher, my greatest joy is to help someone understand a difficult concept.  I ran into a problem in the public schools in that the kids did not share my passion.  It’s hard to teach someone who doesn’t want to learn.  That’s why I started blogging.  I wanted to share information with people who are willing to find the information and apply it to their own situation.

Since I’ve been blogging, however, I’ve noticed the need to lighten up.  Not every post needs to have earth-shattering information.  You try to do that every day, and you burn yourself out.  Have some fun.  Go off on a tangent every once in a while.

I’ll give you an example.  I was shopping for baby gifts for my niece when a lady nearby doubled over and started convulsing.  I got freaked since I don’t see that very often, but I went over to see if she was okay.  She looked at we with the biggest smile and handed me her cell phone.  On it was a picture of her grandson in mid-dive, two seconds away from belly flopping into a pool.  This lady had taken one look and started laughing so hard she doubled over.

See, go off on a tangent, tell a story, a joke, share a fond memory.  Give your readers a chance to connect with you personally.

I decided to do a little research last night for snow shovels and found this thing called the Sno wovel. It’s a shovel mounted onto a single wheel for easier lifting and snow moving. While it has some national endorsements for safety and ecological benefits, I wonder how effective it is. Does anyone own one of these things?

Rather than offering more advice, I decided to seek some out.

I was shoveling snow from my driveway this morning and in the process had this question pop up.  Has someone designed a snow shovel that will not push snow off to the side?  Here’s why I ask that question.

Whenever I shovel, the shovel pushes the snow not only forward but also to the side.  So when I get to the edge, I have a small strip of snow in the part of the driveway I already shoveled.  I then have to go back and reshovel that little strip before continuing.  I do this with every new shovel of snow and I feel like I waste time reshoveling.

Does anyone know of some kind of ergonomically designed snow shovel to keep snow from sneaking off to the side?

I was talking to friend of mine who does web site design in orange county about the accessibility issue I mentioned yesterday, and he sent me a link to some fun stories from the past year.  I read through them and started laughing.  There were some goofy headlines during this past year, and I wanted to share them with you.  View the funniest headlines from the past year here.