Showing posts with label SUC's Helpful Hints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SUC's Helpful Hints. Show all posts

Thursday, May 29, 2008

SUC's Helpful Hints: Moving Edition

When labeling a box containing sheets, towels, and a rolling pin, do not label it “Kitchen”. You can live without a rolling pin, but you can’t shower without a towel. Well, I guess you can shower, but you can’t slide pants across a wet ass.

The move is complete. In fact I’m very nearly unpacked. It was not quite the Rats of NYMH-style epic house moving adventure that I had preconceived, as there were no blood thirsty evil cats trying to devour me, (that I know of).

House warming gifts may be sent to:

Quiana von Awesome
42 Awesome Blvd.
Awesome Town, WA 29766

No wind chimes please, as we totally already have one.

Friday, October 26, 2007

SUC's Helpful Hints: Zombies in Plain English

Don't be caught with your pants down (*snicker*) during a zombie attack! Watch this informational guide to surviving an attack of the undead.


Thanks to Paul, finder of ridiculous internet ridiculousness.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

SUC’s Helpful Hints: Beat the Heat

1. Move to Seattle Norway.

2. Craigslist Casual Encounters
"Petite brunette seeking… anyone with air conditioning.”

3. Build nest made out of Otter Pops… in the freezer section at Safeway.

4. Stay at work. Watch movies on Netflix online, snack on pop-tarts from vending machine. Sleep under desk in cubical on a luxurious bed of TPS reports.

5. Make arrangements to meet your friends at a nice air-conditioned pool hall, then spend an hour in your air-conditioned car driving there and circling 3 parking garages looking for parking and then giving up, stopping at 7-11 for Ben & Jerry’s, and eating it alone. In the basement. Watching reruns of Scrubs.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Mother's Day

Just a reminder: Mother's Day approaches!
Mother's Day is Sunday, May (not math) 13th.
You should go buy your mother her card/present or order flowers ASAP.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

SUC's Helpful Hints: Musical Public Service Announcement

When you're feeling bored and blue,
watch out for the the munchies,
they can make you want to eat food
when you're not hungry.
Here eat this!
Here eat that!
Now you're not just bored you're fat!

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Pissing Contests Are Dangerous and Should Be Avoided

Steve and I were discussing state history and I assured him that I know more about the state of Kansas, than I do about my home state of Washington.

I challenged him to the Kansas state song. Home on the Range.

Which led Steve to assert that Washington State's Tree is the Douglas Fir. (It isn't, 'cause you're a loser, STEVE.)

Which led me to Wikipedia, which led to the Blueberry Muffin- The State Muffin. I shit you not.

Washington State symbols

The State song is "Washington My Home", the State bird is the American Goldfinch and the State fruit is the Apple. The State dance, adopted in 1979, is the Square Dance. The State Tree is the Western Hemlock. The State Flower is the Coast Rhododendron. The State Fish is the Steelhead Trout. The State Folk Song is "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" by Woody Guthrie. The unofficial Rock Song is "Louie Louie" by the Kingsman. The State Grass is Bluebunch Wheatgrass. The State Insect is the Green Darner Dragonfly. The State Fossil is the Columbian Mammoth. The State Marine Mammal is the Orca Whale. The State Muffin is the blueberry muffin. The State Seal (featured in the state flag as well) was inspired by the unfinished portrait by Gilbert Stuart.

Several states of the United States have a state muffin:

* Minnesota — blueberry muffin (GET YOUR OWN DAMN MUFFIN! Bastards.)
* Massachusetts — corn muffin
* Hawaii — coconut muffin
* New York — apple muffin
* Washington — blueberry muffin
* California — Poppyseed muffin
* Texas — chocolate chip muffin
* New Jersey — cranberry muffin

Other State Symbol Categories:

List of U.S. state amphibians
List of U.S. state beverages
List of U.S. state birds
List of U.S. state butterflies
List of U.S. state colors
List of U.S. state dances
List of U.S. state dinosaurs
List of U.S. state fish
List of U.S. state flags
List of U.S. state flowers
List of U.S. state foods
List of U.S. state fossils
List of U.S. state fruit
List of U.S. state grasses
List of U.S. state insects
List of U.S. state license plates
List of U.S. state mammals
List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones
List of U.S. state mottos
List of U.S. state nicknames
List of U.S. state poems
List of U.S. state reptiles
List of U.S. state route markers
List of U.S. state seals
List of U.S. state shells
List of U.S. state slogans
List of U.S. state soils
List of U.S. state songs
List of U.S. state sports
List of U.S. state tartans
List of U.S. state trees

At this point I think that we should rally around a new cause: Bacon, The Washington State Breakfast Meat.

crap you should know

Wakko's America, as sung by Wakko on Animaniacs (to the tune of Turkey in the Straw).

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indianapolis, Indiana,
and Columbus is the capital of Ohio
there's Montgomery, Alabama, south of Helena, Montana
then there's Denver, Colorado, under Boise, Idaho.

Texas has Austin, then we go north,
to Massachusetts, Boston, and Albany, New York
Tallahassee, Florida, and Washington, D.C.,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya' know?

Trenton's in New Jersey north of Jefferson, Missouri
you've got Richmond in Virginia, South Dakota has Pierre
Harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine,
and here is Providence, Rhode Island, next to Dover, Delaware.

Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt,
to Montpelier, which is up in Vermont
Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall,
and Kansas has Topeka, Minnesota has St. Paul.

Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in Nebraska,
and it's Raleigh out in North Carolina, and then
there's Madison, Wisconsin, and Olympia in Washington,
Phoenix, Arizona, and Lansing, Michigan.

Here's Honolulu, Hawaii's a joy,
Jackson, Mississippi, and Springfield, Illinois
South Carolina with Columbia down the way,
and Annapolis in Maryland on Chesapeake Bay.

They have wonderful clam chowder.

Cheyenne is in Wyomin' and perhaps you make your home in,
Salt Lake City out in Utah, where the buffalo roam
Atlanta's down in Georgia, and there's Bismarck, North Dakota
and you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.

Salem in Oregon, from there we join,
Little Rock in Arkansas, Iowa's got Des Moines
Sacramento, California, Oklahoma, and its city,
Charleston, West Virginia and Nevada, Carson City.

That's all the capitals there are.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Traffic Warnings for Seattle/Everett Metro Area Drivers

TRAFFIC ALERT!

In the coming months, some I-5 lanes and ramps will be closed for entire weekends at a time. Drivers can help by taking alternate routes, driving through Everett in the morning or at night or by using I-5 for only essential trips.

Here are the tentative dates we know about now and what you can expect:

January 5 – 8, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays) Without driver help, backups could be as long as 3 hours and stretch 17 miles northbound.
10 p.m. on Friday, crews will close the northbound I-5 right lane from Broadway to Pacific Avenue. The lane will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, January 8.
10 p.m. Friday, crews will close the 41st Street on-ramp to northbound I-5. The ramp will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, January 8.
This work is weather dependant and could be shifted to the next available dry weekend.

February 16 - 19, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
10 p.m. Friday, detour across Cascade View Bridge closes
10 p.m. Friday, 41st Street on-ramp to I-5 northbound closes
5 a.m. Monday morning:
1. 41st Street Bridge opens
2. 41st Street NB on ramp re-opens
3. Left turn onto 41st Street closes for 2 weeks (from the I-5 southbound 41st Street exit and the 41st Street loop ramp)

February 23 - 26 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
10 p.m. Friday, permanently close existing 41st Street loop ramp
5 a.m. Monday morning, open new I-5 northbound exit ramp to 41st Street

March 3 – 6, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
10 p.m. Friday, close I-05 southbound 41st Street exit ramp to tie-in new southbound exit ramp.
5 a.m. Monday, open new I-5 southbound 41st Street exit ramp

June 21, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
10 p.m. Friday, finalize work on southbound on ramp from 41st Street
5 a.m. Monday, open new single point urban interchange with 4 lanes operating. Remaining lanes will tie into City’s 41st Street widening project when it’s complete.

Tentative Schedule for Other Weekend Mainline and Ramp Closures

January – February 2007
Westbound US 2 ramp to southbound I-5 and the southbound right lane of I-5 from US 2 to Pacific Ave.
Ramp from northbound I-5 to eastbound US 2 and the right lane of I-5

March
On southbound I-5, the right lane in the vicinity of 41st St. and the exit ramp from southbound I-5 to 41st Street.

April
Exit ramp from southbound I-5 to Everett Ave/eastbound US 2 and the auxiliary lane.

May
On southbound I-5, the right lane and the on-ramp from Pacific Ave.
On northbound I-5, the right lane in the vicinity of Pacific Avenue and exit ramp from NB I-5 to Pacific Avenue

Monday, December 18, 2006

I'll see you in hell, Redenbacher!











Bad-ass.

So I was cruising the OSHA website because Workplace is saying that my not coming into work due to work NOT HAVING ELECTRICITY is called "vacation." I am pretty certain this is illegal and I want to have evidence when I go to my union rep and raise hell.

My initial search brought the following record up: "Flavorings-Related Lung Disease." The flavorings from microwave popcorn gave factory workers a rare lung disease, now dubbed "popcorn lung."

Popcorn lung.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Now, when checking the spelling of Redenbacher I came accross his wikipedia entry. For the dime tour, read on:

He earned a small fortune in fertilizer, but in his spare time, he indulged in an obsession he'd had since he was a child: developing the perfect popcorn. His wholesome image and folksy name confused many consumers, some even writing the company to ask if Mr. Redenbacher was a real person, and not an actor. He responded to this by appearing on various talk shows, professing his identity. (These were apparently really really exciting talk shows- maybe like Geraldo.)

On September 19, 1995, while in the whirlpool tub of his condominium in Coronado, CA, Redenbacher suffered a heart attack and drowned (wink wink nod nod- heart attack in the whilpool eh?). He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. (Is this chicken, or fish? Neither it's Orville Redenbacher!)

You never call, you never write....

Yes, I AM channeling your mother.

Before you all set out to travel for the holidays I would like to remind you to be sure to:

1. Have a car cell-phone charger.
2. Have your car's routine maintenance done before you leave-- and be sure your defrost, wipers, and all lights are working.
3. Bring blankets, snacks, and bottled water.
4. And of course, you should already have: flares, a spare, and a jack.

And don't forget to wash behind your ears!

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Are you under 27? Do you own a uterus?

There is now a vaccine to prevent HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) in young women.
HPV is very common and can be very serious. HPV causes cervical cancer, vaginal and vulval lesions, and genital warts.
You cannot get HPV from the vaccine and the only possible side effects involve fever or allergic reaction. It is a series of 3 shots. You need to be under 27 years of age. If you have insurance, it should be free.
Nobody likes shots, but I'm guessing that 3 shots is a bit less uncomfortable than cancer, lesions on your hoohaw, or genital warts.
Gardasil. Ask your doctor.