Martha's Blog

(or stuff I don’t need, but think it would be fun to have)

You probably thought USB stuff was for computers, but you were wrong; I know I was. There are web sites that have almost anything you can think of for those USB ports on your computer.

Some of us still insist on keeping our favorite drinks handy while using our computers even though we know liquids are not good for keyboards. If you are like me, you may forget to drink your coke while it is cold and warm coke is ‘yucky’. What could be handier than a USB mini fridge to keep it cool!

Or how about a USB mini vacuum cleaner to get all the crumbs out of your keyboard? (Eating while sitting in front of the computer is really not a good idea)

Do you work in an office where the boss or whoever is in charge of the thermostat wants the temperature just slightly above freezing? You can get some USB gloves to warm your hands.

You can get a lava lamp or maybe some retro lamps. How about a motorized ashtray if you are a smoker?

A bigfoot cam, a pencil sharpener, FM radio and a host of other USB Toys are all available; just waiting to be plugged into one of your USB ports.

There is one thing that really might be handy, a CD destroyer! I have stacks of old CDs that were used to back up data. This could be the answer on how to get rid of them!

Martha

I used to think you couldn’t ruin chocolate. I was wrong.

There was an article in the newspaper recently describing this abomination!

How can anyone be so cruel as to cover bugs with perfectly good chocolate! What a terrible way to ruin chocolate!

Some so-called gourmet folks seem to think that it’s OK to waste perfectly good chocolate to cover ants, worms, roaches and other yucky things. I can’t imagine eating even one of those chocolate covered ickies! Even though I consider myself a chocoholic, I still draw the line someplace and that’s the line, no bugs!

Not only do these people who desecrate chocolate sell these so called treats, they even have recipes so you can make your own. Ewwwww! A Google search for ‘Chocolate Covered Insects‘ got over 800,000 hits!

Sometimes I think I really must quit reading the newspaper, but it’s such a good source of stuff to write about!

Martha

Nearly every modern home has one. For years this monster lurks, just waiting. Then one day when you least expect it, you are attacked!

If you have a dog, the dog knows this is a devil just waiting for you to let down your guard. The dog will bark trying to alert you; if only you will listen! Sometimes the poor dog is so overcome with fear of this beast he will just hide some place until the monster goes back to his lair, usually in a closet.

The monster in my closet finally showed his true colors one day not long ago. Fortunately I made the right move and escaped unharmed. I will now be on guard and hopefully this beast will not entrap me as it did my poor sister-in-law.

She did escape with only a broken bone in her hand, but now she is suffering from pain and bruises as well as an itchy cast. I think we have all warned her so that now she will leave the monster in the closet.

So for all you unwary owners of the dreaded beast known as a vacumn cleaner, beware! The long tail of the monster waits to wrap around your legs and trip you. (Worst of all, you actually have to use it before it will clean!)

Martha

I wonder just how many blogs there are on the Internet? I suspect the number may be in the millions by now. I think just about everyone who uses the Internet has probably thought about making a blog and there are so many places are available to put one with almost no effort. So even if just a small fraction of Internet users have a made a blog, well the number of blogs just about bloggles, I mean boggles, my mind!

I made another blog on blogger.com, but I really don’t post there very often. I plan to do better with this one!

I find the older I get, the more I rant about everyday stuff, like fashion (it’s awful), the drug companies and a slew of other stuff. So I will vent here.

So here is to my happy blogging!

Martha