The Paperweight of Life

A three parter

Those of you that have been neglecting your Coldplay I feel I you owe it to yourself to at the very least check out their video for their song "The Scientist." It's been out for quite a while and I haven't seen it lately but I was reminded of it today when I walked into Hardee's and "Clocks" was blasting over the speaker system. If you have the iTunes music store (which, if you believe in legal music downloads there is just NO better way to go...the cheaper services don't offer anything Apple's software does) you should click on the videos section and click on back towards the last pages. There you will find the glorious video of which I speak. (iTunes is a free download for Windows or Mac!!!!) I don't want to ruin the surprise for anyone who has yet to view it but its extremely clever and strangely emotionally moving. CHECK IT OUT.

For those of you that don't like cryptically soft "little english boy" rock I have another important announcement. It's time for the WilmingSloan NEW YEAR drawing contest!!! Here are the rules. All drawings must be done IN PENCIL with NO COLORING and be submitted either by a CLEAN scan or CLEARLY VISIBLE in a photograph. You may have seen the pictures I drew for the site a while back. I want to see what my readers can do. Be sure to darken your lines as much as possible or the white from the computer will bleach them out! The best drawing(s) will be prominently displayed with honor and all high marks on WilmingSloan with an original post by yours truly, (whoopty frappin' doo) sometime in the new year. Send your stuff to Link5001@aol.com with subject heading "Drawing Contest." Have them in by Jan. 1, or...really anytime after. Good Luck....ya filthy animals.

Does anyone else not understand what the big deal with the George Foreman Grill a few years back? Honestly, I don't care to use the thing but every once in a while. On the commercials they show that woman using the little fork "cleaner" to scrape the fat and grease off of the grill and WHAMMO! It's clean. This was never the case in my experience. I usually used the fork for about 1 minute and then threw it in the sink because it never quite got the crap out of the little raised pieces at the bottom. I'd then spend the next 10 minutes using half a roll of paper towels to get the solidified animal fat out out the cracks around the side and bottom. A good sponge bath never seemed to relieve that thick fatty coating. Then you're left to wonder if it's safe to cook with next time (3 months later) when you pop it open and that tacky crap is still there. Yeah, it makes a delicious burger but you spend more time cleaning than you do enjoying it. Oh well....I'm a sucker for ex-boxers with catchy sell phrases. "I WANT TO KNOCK OUT THE FAT GEORGE!!!"

It's always fun to shock yourself with disposable camera capacitors!