2008 August

Harvesting of the Hair

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
by Terry

Well after almost two years of growing out my hair the time had come to donate it. Locks of Love will take almost any hair to help provide hairpieces to children that are balding because of medical treatments. All my life I have had short hair. Three inches long was I think the longest I had ever let it grow. To tell the truth I had the same hair cut for well over thirty years. When I heard about the Locks of Love program I toyed with the idea of growing it out to donate. Two years later and several tormented moments of me with the clippers in my hand debating shaving it all off some child will be able to go out in public and not feel awkward. Hair is a funny thing, it is interesting that people who have no hair feel embarrassed while males with long hair sometimes feel looked down upon. I know that towards the end of this experiment I began to get looks from people that gave me the feeling they were putting me automatically into a stereotype of the long haired hippie. Am I going to do it again? You bet, it is such a small sacrifice that I can make to help these children. Having grown out my hair and felt the eyes upon me I think I can now relate to them and have a bit more empathy for their situation in public circles.

Imperial units for the Fecal Load

Monday, August 18th, 2008
by Terry

I have heard the expression “shitload” an awful lot. I myself have used it many time but exactly how much is a shit load? Well that tomb of universal knowledge known as Wikipedia could not answer that one for me. So I turned to the next best thing… The Urban Dictionary. Here is what I found.

The base unit for fecal “loads”. Not a whole lot, but will still take a large amount of time to do or be really hard to carry
IE: That’s a buttload (aka shitpot) of comics.

The other fecal loads follow suit as such:
buttload x10 = assload x10 = crapload x10 = shitload x10 = fuckload.
Metric units are traditionally less, and between the said unit and the one before it.
IE: dude, that’s not a shitload. that’s barely even an assload. its like, a metric assload.

Other variations will end with the mythical “Fuckton” . I am not sure of the actual measurement but I believe it to be fuckload x10.

IE: I used to have a shitload of paperwork to do but now under the new management I have an Imperial Fuckton. To make up for it I am going to take a shitpot of post-it notes and staples home with me.

3 reasons why mowing the lawn is a good idea

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
by Terry

You never know what riches you will find amidst the grass. I had a neighbor once that found a car in his backyard after mowing. I found a car once, but it was a hot wheel.

Take your revenge on that long long “The Leaves of Grass” poem. Honestly how many pages can you write about grass. Makes me feel good to mow that stuff down.
You can sing to the grass as you butcher it “it aint easy being green”

Bored…

Monday, August 4th, 2008
by Terry

OK so this is what happens when I get bored on a Sunday morning. The direct comment from Noah was “your weird dad, where is my omelet?” So ya that worked out well for me. At least Carrie giggled.