Dispatches: Links of the Week
Charity may begin at home, but that doesn’t mean it should never go elsewhere
How to make sure your resume gets ignored
The Blog Improvement Project is back for 2010! Task #1: Making a list of specific design/content changes to implement
>> Bonus Dispatch: A little Friday Fun from the Inbox
It’s been a while since I shared an e-mail from one of my relatives, so here’s a “21-Pun Salute” to start off the weekend, courtesy of my uncle!
2. When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
3. A thief who stole a calendar got 12 months.
4. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
5. The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
6. The batteries were given out free of charge.
7. A dentist and a manicurist got married. They fought tooth and nail.
8. A will is a dead give-away.
9. If you don’t pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
10. Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I will show you A-Flat miner.
11. You are stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.
12. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
13. When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
14. Police were called to the day center when a three year old was resisting a rest.
15. Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
16. If you take your laptop for a run, you could jog your memory.
17. A bicycle can’t stand alone. It’s two tired.
18. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
19. The guy who fell on the upholstery machine was fully recovered.
20. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
21. When she saw her first strands of gray, she thought she would dye.
“We All Have Our Limits,” via Not Always Right
I guess one has to draw the line – or the fig leaf (?) – somewhere…
Blogthings Quiz of the Week:
| You Are Ballroom Dancing |
 You are sophisticated and classy. Definitely not the type to be seen dancing on a bar.You are a bit old fashioned. You prefer dance to be subtly sexy, not in your face sexy. You are sentimental and nostalgic. You appreciate the beauty of old things. |
Yeah, I’m sophisticated and classy…till I trip on the stairs and drop food in my lap. But if I could dance worth anything, ballroom would definitely be my thing.
I love the puns! I may have to borrow a few of those!
I hope you get to go up to Santa Barbara this weekend. Enjoy!
Regardless of the weather (rain, I think I saw on the news), it has to be better than the nearly 2 feet of snow we're getting here. Congratulations and I hope you do get to go to Santa Barbara. (And thanks for the link, too!)
Alisonwonderland – Help yourself! I know puns are a love/hate thing, but I love them :-). Glad you do too!
Melissa – Yep, it's rain here. My son lives in DC, and I was chatting with him about the snow earlier today. At least we'll be able to leave the house.
Thanks for a great post to link to!
I hope the rain holds off for your trip to SB!
Jill (Softdrink) – Thanks, me too! But we're waiting till Sunday to improve our chances :-).
happy weekend and hope you enjoy SB. it's so beautiful there–we visited in 2007.
as for the puns–excellent! i'm always looking for new ones when i try to explain them to my students. they are tired of 'i used to work for coca cola, but then i got canned.' lol. or, worse: i used to work for victoria secret but then i got a pink slip. ugh. 🙂
I love the link about what not to do on your resume. It's actually kind of helpful, LOL! 🙂 And the puns- gotta love the puns.
Natalie – Both of those puns are new to me! Glad you liked these, though.
And I'm not sure if I've seen you comment here before…so it this is your first time, welcome!
Marie – I agree; the cover-letter thing is good pre-emptive advice :-).