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Sneak Peek of the Week of December 2nd, 2012

2 Dec

December 2, 2012

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It will be one of those weeks around bmj2k.com.

On Monday, this being the big Conspicuous Consumption Holiday Binge Buying Season, Allen Keyes turns his gaze, laser-like, upon some First World Problems we only seem to have in the Western Hemisphere. The Northern part, to be exact. (Sorry Mexico.)

On Tuesday it will be a day of either black armbands of mourning or joyous laughter of delight as we recap the last regular episode of American Chopper. After this week, all that is left is the 2-part Build-Off.

Then on Wednesday we have the justification for the picture above. It is a Tale of My Father, the first of what may be too many stories of my Dad, Mr. Blog Senior. This week’s tale takes place in the early 70’s and I can totally see Dad wearing that shirt. (He already had the sideburns.) But that would make that woman my Mom and now that picture is totally creepy. Maybe I should change it.

On Thursday we’ll open Larry Hagman’s will and see a few surprises within. Who knew Larry Hagman was such a big fan of Project Runway?

Then on Friday it is the Imponderable and frankly I can’t choose. Will it by Robosquirrel or the Serbian Vampire? Whichever it is, the other will be next week. (Which makes this also a Mini-Sneak Peek of the Week of December 9th! Bonus!)

Saturday Comics comes back to the schedule next week, featuring 10 favorite comics of all time. (Um, sort of. I bend the rules and sneak 15 in. Maybe this should be a two-parter.)

I’ll see you all next week here at bmj2k.com, and remember the password… YARTEX!

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Imponderable #71: England

30 Nov

November 30, 2012

Remember Pippa Middleton? Wasn’t she one of the Hobbits? I don’t know anymore and I didn’t care ever. Back when Prince Freddie and Princess Ungo got married, or whoever, she was there, I think. I never got caught up in the Royal Family Wedding Hysteria. In fact, and this is how my mind works, when I read the name “Pippa Middleton” this is what I thought of:

Hmm, perhaps the Imponderable should be “How does my mind work?”

We’ll save that for another time.

What a brain! From the “math is hard” school of little girl’s role models, here is some more of her advice found in online reviews of her book. These are real:

“Nowadays,” she continues, “I frequently celebrate Halloween over a supper with friends. It’s a wonderful excuse to let your imagination run riot with gory-looking food and special effects.” Among her suggestions:  “Stir witchy cauldrons of pumpkin soup; hang homemade spiders inside window nooks; string cobwebs on tables; and haunt gardens, attics, and stairways with ghosts made from sheets.”

This is a professional party planner, ladies and gentlemen. By her standards (use sheets to make a ghost) every eight-year old is a party planner too.

Seriously? Here is what I learned from her book.

1- Turkeys are big so they can feed a lot of people.
2- Boxes are good for keeping things in.
3- Halloween is a spooky time of year.

This is why she is more known for this:

than she is for this:

Just as a point of reference, here is that Peppa Pig that seems to be setting England aflame:

I still prefer Henrietta Hippo myself.

I guess the real question is why anyone would care what Pippa Middleton thinks about anything in the first place?

The question is Imponderable.
And also hypocritical given the fact that America may be the most starstruck nation in the world. But if I had to ask someone for advice about anything, I think I would probably ask Pippa Middleton before Khloe Kardashian.

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