GUEST POST BY GABBY THE FALL FESTIVAL
There was a Fall Festival at school today I first went to the sign that said sandy candy.We got a tube and filled it with sand-like candy.It was differnt colors.Next, we went to a table with hair spray and tatoos.My hair was:red, blue, and green.I had a candy corn tatoo that washed off like the rest did. Now, we went to a sign that said bobbing for doughnuts.Gage bit into a plain doughnut Ashley bit into a choclate doughnut and Hannah bit into a plain doughnut and I bit into a choclate doughnut.
Read moreGUEST POST BY GABBY DAD IS FUNNY
Dad is funny.He played a trick on my sister.He says somthing like "Guess what?"Ari would say"what?"Dad would say"Chickenbut!"
GUEST POST BY GABBY JAKE IS CRAZY
My brother Jake, is crazy!In baseball he ran with his jaw open and his arms in the air!He whacked my dad with a bat!He even says funny things like the"Cheese Cake Factory"He said"Mabye they surve cheese cake!"Jake is crazy!
GUEST POST BY GABBY MY CAT MILO
I have a funny, fuzzy, cat.His name is Milo.One time my mom stuffed him in a trash can!He is one.I like to pet him.
GUEST POST BY GABBY SHARK SCALES
Sharks don't have fish scales!What kind of scales do they have then?They have:Dermal denticles.Pretty cool huh?There scales are't even smooth!If you rub them the wrong way you will get a cut!
SCAM CALLS FROM CARD SERVICES
I just got a phone call from a "private caller" (that is, with no caller ID information) and heard a recording from "Card Services", who claimed that my credit card's interest rate was about to go up and to press 9 if i wanted to lower it to 6.9%. Being bored, I pressed it. Caller: Hi, would you like us to lower your interest rates? Me: Who are you with?
Read moreI GUESS I DO REALLY HATE SHOPPING AT WAL MART
Jen and I were in Kansas City for a convention when Jen decided to exchange some newborn-size diapers for a larger size. Unfortunately, we'd left the receipt at home (because we don't make a habit of carrying around receipts for every bit of baby gear we take with us) and that completely flummoxed the Wal-Mart staff. When all was said and done, I had to give them my driver's license so that we could make the 26-cent swap between two unopened, undamaged packages of baby diapers.
Read moreYAM NO MORE
Back in my Amiga-using days, I had an email program called YAM. It was excellent and ubiquitous; almost everyone used it. It had three unique features: You could configure it to embed small bits of personal information in outgoing emails, such as your birthday. When it saw these bits in email that other people sent to you, it could add the information to your address book. It had an option to automatically send a "happy birthday" email to everyone in your address book on their birthday.
Read moreMY ECCO SHOES ARE JUNK
I bought a nice looking pair of Ecco shoes a couple years ago. Actually, they were probably the nicest shoes I've bought before or since. I don't have a reason to wear dress shoes often, but when I did, they looked nice and I was proud to have them. About a year ago I noticed that the soles were starting to come apart. I wrote to Ecco to ask for advice, got a short reply along the lines of "we received your message and will get back to you soon", then nothing.
Read moreWINNING BY ANY MEANS
I was walking through our house when I saw Jake. He was watching me stone-faced with eyes open wide and bugged out. In our house, that means one thing — staring contest. I returned the stare as I walked nearer and bent closer to his level. Closer. Closer. Until he reached up and poked me in the eyeball and yelled, "you blinked! I win!" Yeah, he got me: I definitely blinked.
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