Fwd: There are no ugly women – only poor women.
This photo below was taken at a competition in June 2008 involving 9 women for best makeover. They had every possible beauty treatment available to them over a period of 12 hours before the contest. Look at the before and after photos. Conclusion – there are no ugly women only poor women. The woman 2nd from the left won the contest.
Beer has the same effect….
160 – Valliant Effort
In the depths of the night he drew 1250 flowers and a message. It took hours.
In the morning the rain came and washed it away.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
That’s Not The Point
Jack: No! That’s still wrong.
Raoul: But the other one got greasy so I couldn’t wear it to the party. My frat brothers would laugh.
Jack: You think they won’t laugh anyway?
Raoul: They’re expecting it.
Jill: Just don’t mess this one up. It’s my last good dress.
Today’s theme is Greasy
Previously in Jack and Jill:
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55 – Armageddon
“Argh! I’ve had it,” said the creator. “If you don’t straighten out and fly right, I’m going to pull the plug!”
Not a soul listened in the market place. The merchants kept hawking their wares. The buyers shoved past the creator, ignoring him.
So he shut the computer down and walked away, never to open that program again.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
Inspired by Samurai Deeper Kyo
13 Things I Touched This Week
I’m still moving. I swear it’s a never ending process. It’s brought to light some things we packed away years ago. For instance:
1. A comforter I received as a gift when I was in Jr. High. It was used long and hard and became so badly torn it was no longer possible for me to mend it. I cut off a corner to remember it by and tossed out the rest.
2. My camera. Gotta document all this effort. 
3. A curio cabinet. Over and over. This sucker always seems to be in the way.
4. Dishes
5. A piano. I wish I’d stopped to take pictures of moving it, because we must have been quite the spectacle rolling this thing up the sidewalk and stairs into the house.
6. Endless quantities of wire
7. Even more endless quantities of boxes
8. Paint. Yeah, still.
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9. Glue, which I got all over my fingers. It’s ok if I can’t feel anything anymore, right?
10. Mattresses. Oh goody! I forgot we had those. At one point we had five of them stacked one on top of another. It was the princess and the pea. Only, I don’t think it was the pea that kept her awake, it was the way the mattresses jiggle with every motion. Scary. Seriously.
11. Encyclopedia Britannica. Remember those? I mean the hard covers, not the one that comes on a disk.
12. Even more books about people like Boswell and Freud.
13. Mail. Don’t get me started.
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Suzie’s House 226 : On the Observation Deck
Mrs. H., that’s what Gene called her and Tracy liked it so she called Ben’s mom that too, wanted to go back to the observation deck of the capital building because it was open even though it was supposed to be closed because it wasn’t even summer anymore. So they all went there. How Tracy ended up between Gene and the woman who said she was his mom was a mystery, but after catching the way the woman looked at him, Tracy was kind of glad she got in the way. And not just because of the guitar.
The Serialists of September 7th
So many good episodes to read last week! I love Kwee’s and Oldeggs and Ann’s. I settled on Julia, who’s Scorpius tale is gaining depth and momentum, though Kwee’s chilling developments…. Well I hope we see more this week.
This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put a direct link to the post(s) in the linky.
If you are not an author and would only like to read, then please leave a comment. I may feature you next week.
160 – Fire on the Mountain
It’s happened every year for a decade, but still it catches him by surprise when the valley fills with smoke. Everything smells like a campfire until the snow comes. He prays for snow.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Wrong. Just Wrong
Jack: You know, Raoul, the first time you got drunk and put on Jill’s dress was funny. The second time was a little weird. But now you wear it all the time. That’s just wrong, Raoul.
Jill: Yeah, you’ve stretched it out and it’s all wrinkly. Better have it dry cleaned before you give it back.
Today’s theme is Wrong
Previously in Jack and Jill: Cymbolism
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55 – The Artist
He does it late at night
when it’s hard to tell if the colors are right
spraying on the sides of walls.
If they caught him
they’d make him wash it off
and no one much would see his skill.
Tomorrow this train will roll
and show his name
to the entire country
if he doesn’t get caught.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
Have you ever played the word association game? In that game, someone will say a word, then the next person says the first word they think of. Each person who follows simply says what ever word comes to mind, based on the previous word.
For instance:
Person 1: red
Person 2: bull
Person 3: pasture
Person 4: grass
etc.
For the meme, it would look more like this:
Alice said excitement
Hootin’ Anni said thrill
Mari said ride as in roller coaster
Alice said I remember riding the “Batman” roller coaster in Great America. You dangled from it with your feet hanging down. There was a pile of shoes under it and a sign warning that if you lost them, you wouldn’t get them back. So my response is “shoes”.
As you can see, I’ve taken this to another level and adjusted it for blogging. Here are the rules:
1. Anyone can play, whether they have been tagged or not.
2. Include the rules and logo in your post.
3. Copy out all the responses that were made before you.
4. Link to each of the people who responded before you.
5. Put in your response. Your response can be as little as a single word or as much as 100 words. It can be a word, a phrase, an image, a song, a video, a story, or a short rant.
6. Tag anyone you would like to challenge to play this game. You do not have to tag anyone.
7. You can do this any time you run across it, even if you were one of the previous responders.
If you have done this meme on your blog, you are welcome to put your link in here. Be sure to link to the specific post, and welcome to the Association Association.
Want to simply jump in? You are welcome to start with the word “Excitement”, or to take off from any of the responses you find among the players listed below or from anywhere you see this meme.
Want to see if you can stump me? Post your response to any chain, then come here and tell me. I’ll do the next link on my blog. I bet I’ll can come up with something you didn’t expect.
13 Pictures of the Galapagos
Ok, this is my last post on the vacation pictures. By now you must all be thoroughly fed up with them. Consider this a kind of re-cap and the closing of the album.
1. Santa Cruz
