Monday, November 28, 2011

show that you give a puck about indie film- donate to my project & win free hockey tickets!

Win a free pair of tickets (the $75 seats!) to the LA Kings, Florida Panthers hockey game (on Dec 1st). The first 20 people who donate to my kickstarter page by Nov 30th (COB) will win! http://kck.st/uGZa1l

From: http://ping.fm/EdzNw

Friday, November 4, 2011

Judy Speaks on EBay!

Judy Speaks!

Now you can have your very own personal copy of a rare live performance on DVD-- via EBay

From: http://ping.fm/DeOEm

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Qumran on a Kindle�? The Dead Sea Scrolls Go Digital

Qumran- on a Kindle®? The Dead Sea Scrolls go Digital

It’s 2011 & you can now read the Dead Sea Scrolls online, or on an iPhone, or an iPad, or a Kindle. Believed by most scholars to have been written between the years 100 BC and 100 AD, these priceless scrolls are now digitized and there for the examination of anyone.

The Bible? There’s an app for that.
And, as is most often the case with anything that’s really BIG news, we have a shepherd boy to thank. The year was 1947, and the first seven of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a cave by a Bedouin shepherd boy, totally by accident, while searching for a sheep who had strayed from his flock.

(I know, RIGHT? It’s so perfect. If Spielberg had made this story up we’d all be like, “Come on, Steve. Really? It’s a bit precious, don’t you think?”) But it’s true!

From: http://wp.me/pTuOm-FE

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Penny Gets A Makeover in 2011.

Anyone else notice that the penny got a whole new look in 2011? I sure didn’t. Til yesterday. Once I realized how different this little copper-colored coquette looked, I felt horrible for not noticing. Maybe it’s because I’m a woman, or maybe it’s because of my latent Catholic tendencies, but I actually felt GUILTY that I didn’t notice Penny’s new look all year.

"Does this new design make my backside look fat?"

It’s as if Penny finally got fed up with being ignored and rejected in favor of larger denominations, and came home w/a new hairdo. She stood there waiting patiently for me to say something about it. And finally, forced to fish for compliments, she said in PMS-laden tones:

PENNY: “Notice anything different?”

ME: “Huh? Oh. Uh, I dunno. Did you, uh… do somethin’ different w/your hair?

PENNY: ”UNBELIEVABLE!! You barely notice ANYthing anymore! I don’t know why I even bother! I honestly don’t! You’re always off chasing those nickel & dime whores, while I sit in the bottom of that dark, filthy, kleenex-filled purse just hoping to see the light of day. I remember a time when you used to dig underneath sofa cushions just to hold me in your hands!

ME: “Well, lil Penny, in the words of Dorothy, ‘Don’t cry. You’ll RUST if u cry!’ Your new look is just adorable. Seriously. And with the economy in as bad a shape as it is, I have a feeling you’re gonna start turning heads (and tails) again real soon, if not in the U.S., at least in Greece.

And be comforted, dear Penny, by this thought– when the world seems to have forgotten you even exist? Good old Honest Abe Lincoln will always be proud to go everywhere you go, cheek to copper cheek.

From: http://ping.fm/cJgfa

http://marybirdsong.com/2011/10/penny-gets-a-makeover-for-2011/

http://marybirdsong.com/2011/10/penny-gets-a-makeover-for-2011/

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Your Kid's Very First Affirmation

Sometimes when trying to poop for the first time on a "big girl" potty, a gal can really get down on herself if she doesn't get it right away.  She might even have great success but then have a horrible backslide and feel like she is a total FRAUD.  If this happens,  just look her in the eye, and say the following with her.*  
*Or him.  I won't allllllways use the feminine gender.  I'm gonna be alternating pronouns on here a lot. That way, your kid will become the coolest feminist toddler out there. It'll almost be like Alan Alda and Gloria Steinem personally potty-trained your child.  You're welcome.