Archive for June, 2009

You must wear drawers! You must not stink!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

I recalled seeing this ordinance on one of my daily Weird News widgets, but I didn’t comment on it because I’ve been so steenkin’ busy as of late.

So, I want to give a big Hooty-Hoo to Orange City Mayor Harley Strickalnd. He made mention of the a new ordinance in Brooksville at last night’ city council meeting.

Which brought it back to my attention.

I give you the city of Brooksville, who passed an ordinance to require employees to wear underpants and deo.

(I’ve known folks from Brooksville, so I can’t say this is unwarranted.)

Here’s the article in Hernando Today

(I so want to be hired as the Underpant Enforcer. Could you imagine having a government job enforcing underpants and stinky pits? How fabulous is that?!)

When the prospect of painting makes you cry

Monday, June 8th, 2009

I had a moment yesterday in what I’m calling my mid-mommy crises.

It all started with me staring at my absolutely disgusting walls.

When I started at The Beacon, my daughter was entering kindergarten, and my son was heading to middle school.

My walls were constantly covered in feet-prints and pudding. (Did you know the foil-lids for cups of pudding will stick, indefinitely, to a wall when applied by a middle-schooler? Did you know it takes a blow-torch to get it off the wall once it dries?)

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