Sometimes Life Just Hands You The Awesome

Not one, but TWO good looking, muscular, genuine Scottish guys in kilts, snuggled right up to me.

Book of YES: Shatner Edition

William Shatner interprets "Rocket Man"

Drink in the awesomeness, my friends. Rock out to the 1970s instrumentals. Note Shatner's dramatic pauses. Revel in his over-acting. Giggle like a schoolgirl when you see the drug reference at the very beginning that he got past the censors (Mom, I'll explain it to you later).

Enjoy.

Problem Solving

I knew the Duluth Trading catalog we got at work the other day was something special as soon as I saw the cover image.

I've never thought of Plumber's Butt as a scourge on our planet, but the folks at Duluth Trading have, and they've figured out how to "restore modesty and decorum" by preventing "rear exposures that upset clients and neighbors." Thank goodness.

That's not the only problem the they can solve:

76%? Really? I'd have guessed more like 100%.

According to a friend at work, this company's products are terrific. I don't know if he's had a need for the "nose hair secret" solution. Maybe he purchased the Anti-Monkey Butt Powder or the "Ballroom Jeans" (quotation marks theirs). I didn't think it would be polite to ask.

So, two things:

1. I want a job writing copy for this catalog.
2. This goes in The Book of YES

Genius

The other day, the Army Dude and I were discussing the need for a new "book" to compliment the Book of Wrong. It became clear that the Army Dude has been downloading a lot of 18th century literature on his nook, because his suggestion for a title was incredibly long. If you think that the idea of using the Title: A Wordy Explanation of What You Can Expect In A Book With This Title format was invented in the 1990s, you are misinformed. Ben Fanklin and his buddies were busy writing books and pamphlets back in the 1770s whose titles followed the same format. Maybe they were still excited about the invention of the printing press; I don't know what was going through their minds. Army Dude has been reading Thomas Paine lately. I don't know what's going through his mind, either.

In the spirit of our forefathers and their long-ass titles, I've decided that the new "book" shall be called The Book of YES: Being a Compendium of Things Wonderfully Strange, Laughably Great, Inherently Terrific, and Generally Awesome.

The first entry into this book is the subject of the picture above: David Rees' Artisanal Pencil Sharpening Inc. For $12.50 each, David will hand-sharpen your number two pencils and send them back with a bag of the shavings and a Certificate of Sharpening. Really. Apparently, he's getting orders.

Check out his website. This definitely goes in the Book of YES.