Down the Rabbit Hole

Have been trying to get in contact with the company who I ordered a birthday present for a friend off of.  They're in the UK, it's not that far away.  I want my friend's birthday present, if only so I can give her her very cool birthday card.  

Anyway, whilst I was surfing I found this:

http://mocoloco.com

I'm not sure whether it's a calender with a vase or a vase with a calender.  Either way, it's very cool.  You can put the month's relevant flowers into the handy vase.  

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,
I've been a good mammy for most of the year. I've fed, driven, cleaned and cuddled the kids on demand. Gone to the doctor's surgery more than the doctor has. I've sold God knows how many calanders, cakes, tickets, and . . . sorry, what were the school looking for again?
I was hoping you could spread my list out over the next couple of years, since I had to write this letter with # 3's crayon. On the back of a TK Maxx receipt. In the loo! I mean, who knows when I'll find enough free time in the next 18 years (or a pen for that matter - finding the crayon was a fluke. I wouldn't mind but I've been tripping over pens for weeks now but the minute you need one? Yeah!)
Sorry Santa, here are my Christmas wishes:
I've already written to you about the need for an arse that isn't misshapen and broken but I'd also like a new pair of legs that don't ache (any colour except purple - gotta pair of those) and arms that don't hurt and flap in the wind but are strong enough to drag a screaming child out of the supermarket.
Also, a waist? Please? I lost mine somewhere, think it was around the time of # 3.
If it's not too much trouple I'd like smearproof/finger proof windows and a radio that only plays proper music. A telly that doesn't show any programmes with talking animals or tools and a fridge with a secret drawer somewhere so that I can hide in it and talk on the phone.
On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says 'yes mam' to boost my mammying confidence along with three boys who don't fight and at least one pair of jeans that I can put on without lying flat on my back and wriggling like a mad thing.
I could also do with a recording of chanting hippies chanting 'don't eat in the playroom/sitting room/bedroom' and 'take your hands off your brother' as my voice seems to be out of the boys hearing range and can only be heard by the dog (who happens to be a nervous wreck these days).
If it's too late to organise any of this I'd settle for time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning. Or even the luxury of eating my dinner at a pace slower than that of speedy gonzales. Oh and a cup of tea that doesn't get microwaved a minimum of 3 times. Ick!
It would be really helpful if you could coerce the boys into helping around the house with being threatened or bribed 0 as if they were bosses of an organised crime family.
Well Santa, #3 has caught up with me in the loo, I think he wants his crayon back.
Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catch a cold.
Help yourself to biscuits on the table but try not to eat too many or leave crumbs on the floor.

Yours with love,

Niamhxxxx

It's grand

Found this brilliant website, really, really made me laugh.  Here's the print:

and here's the blurb:

Screen printed in Ireland by a big Irishman.

This is a reproduction screen print of an Irish State poster originally issued by An Oifig tis 'gránd (the propaganda department during the last emergency). An unconfirmed report from inside government buildings said the poster may be reissued soon. 

LIMITED PRINT RUN OF 42,000,000,000. GET YOURS NOW. WHILE STOCKS LAST. HURRY!! 

One euro will go to the state for every poster sold, the ultimate goal being to sell 42 billion posters worldwide, thus halving the debt incurred by the banking crisis. A weekly count of monies earmarked for the state will be tracked on the Keep Going facebook page.

The Recession is affecting EVERYONE

Troopers are among the hardest hit by the economic turndown. The unemployment rate among all troopers rose to 8.8% in October, according to government "figures", well above the galaxy unemployment rate of 5.2%.

"I do not fear the dark side as you do" says Vader Knievel to the scared Stormtrooper

Get your fabulous secret life of toys here.  There are definitely 2 or 3 people in my life who will rock out if they get these for Christmas.

Economic downturn hit everyone on the past year, and the clone troopers are just another victim of the hard times. Replace by CGI and animations many of them didn't have other choice but to hit the streets.

Defrosty the snowman

It's cold and wild out there.  Mostly wild but . . . poor Frosty.  Discovered this great site www.perpetualkid.com whilst rummaging around LTG's site and have spent far, far too long on it.  But check this out.  Poor Frosty's melted.  It reminds me of a Pixar Short cartoon where the snowman in the snowglobe wants to hook up with the cool hula dancing chick.  Anyway, I digress (again).

Poor, poor Frosty.

Ninjabread Men

I saw these on another site (the awesome www.losethatgirl.com) and ltg rated them very, very highly.  So do I!  How cool are these?

Mix Tapes

Don't know about you but when I was younger, anytime from 15 to 2something me and my mates used to both write each other letters and make mix tapes for each other.  I still have most of them upstairs.  Constantly fascinating the kids with this wonderful technology.  So, imagine how impressed I was to see this when I was in London last week?

Basically, you add your own mix to the usb stick.  Then you put the stick into the cassette packaging and write whatever you fancy on the cover and there ya go.  The noughties verysion of the mix tape.  I love it.  The one the boy bought holds enough music to fill a 90minute cassette, only you don't have to turn this over.

I'd also like . . .

I'm a huge fan of Anthony Burrill's work.  He does some great prints, one of which I am very happy to own a signed copy of.  Saw this and really fancy it so . . . if anyone can find a copy of it for me I'd be very happy.  Very, very happy.

Check out his work, have linked him in above.  It really is impressive stuff.  I also want one of these, and I hope you get the irony of it all.

Love this

When we were hanging out on Columbia Road, as you do, we nipped into one of the little shops and this picture was hanging on the wall.  I really wanted D to buy it but he said it was too expensive etc. etc.  But isn't it deadly.  It's by a fella called Mr. Bingo and his stuff is worth checking out.

Steampunk

I've been asked to make a cool cake.  Anyone out there heard of steampunk?  Go look it up, you'll be there for hours, I know this for a fact 'cos I'm flicking backwards and forwards as I type this.  As I understand it it's about making electrical things, think laptops, phones, blenders etc., look like they run on steam, cogs??  Not exactly sure, am still looking into it.  Tell you one thing though, I'm hooked.  I love steampunk.  Incidently, the item below . . . it's a cake!!  Imagine.

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