Three Horses Neighing at the Moon

It's true, a t-shirt sold on Amazon.com became a sensation when testimonials began to appear, attributing fantastic powers to it. A college humor website picked up the story, and the news spread all over the internet.

The garment in question is a black t-shirt bearing the image of three wolves howling at the moon. Ah, such mystique. How could we ever hope to capture the romance of this scene?

Then we knew. The ultimate chick magnet is a horse, of course! Just ask Nell Fenwick, of Dudley Do-Right fame, seen on the left with her true love (Dudley's horse).



The horse is a beautiful and strong creature, noble, majestic. The grace of a running horse racing across the plain -- ah, it makes a girl long to be the young Elizabeth Taylor in "National Velvet."

Seriously, at a horse racing track, many of the patrons are male, but there is no shortage of female mutuals tellers. And what are these women thinking about? The horses, of course!

I mean, the horse is undeniably the supermodel of the animal world -- but it's the Ferrari, too! Rippling muscles, a coat like satin, beautiful eyes. Fast, strong, beautiful, sexy.

Inspiration.

Who needs a shirt covered with furry carnivores? A real chick magnet wears a t-shirt with three horses neighing at the moon. Think of the possibilities.
We just happen to have just such a garment, in a variety of colors and sizes, from a baby tee to a size 3X-Large. We also have this nobel trio of animals on buttons, hats, throw pillows (for the couch or the bed in your crib), and more memorable gear.



Men, you need to get this shirt to attract women. Or get one to give to your lady love. She'll know you really understand her!

The Three Horses Neighing at the Moon t-shirt can be found in the Just for Fun section at Lorilei's Artist at Work. Better get one now, before you get stuck wearing those wolves all summer.

Parking Wars and other games -- you're addicted to WHAT???

P.L. is not yet the owner of a car. She doesn't even have her driver's license. But she routinely parks vehicles of varying shapes, sizes, and colors in streets -- often illegally -- and then attempts to move them before they are ticketed or impounded. Even stranger, she takes delight in writing tickets on her own friends' cars!

What madness is this? It's Parking Wars, an online game she plays through the social networking site Facebook. The game was inspired by the A&E television series by the same name. P.L. has several friends and a few unknown neighbors who compete to get badges and higher scores by outwitting each other. (They also help each other, as P.L.'s best friend Emily could tell you!)

Of course, P.L. has now adopted Pet Pupz and Cute Catz, and the Hatchery Eggs which turn into funny little monsters when she and others nurture them.
She has planted a Lil' Green Patch so she can tend environmentally-friendly plants and help friends with their own virtual gardens. She sends hugs, wild animals, and SuperPokes to others, so she always has a lot to keep her busy when she gets online.

But probably the most annoying thing she has done with all these social networking games is to infect me with the darned things. Weren't Solitaire and Bejeweled II Deluxe enough? Now I have to check my account, even before I open my email, to see if someone's parked in an illegal zone on Lorilei Street. Worse yet, I have to worry that the parking signs will have changed while I was away, and someone may have ticketed one of my cars. Oh, no! Another violation!




What can be done? I'm sure the fever for the game will cool after a while. In the meantime, it's all good fun that keeps us off the streets -- so to speak.








I'm making a new mousepad for P.L.'s computer desk with the Addiction to Online Games design on it. In fact, she's getting a t-shirt like this, too. You can get one to remind yourself (or your roommate) to get back to work! You can check your cars after a few hours, as a reward for keeping on task.
(That's right. It's only a game....)

Now Accepting Applications for New Daddy

It's a fact: more and more children are being raised in single-parent families.
Most custodial single parents are female.
You can say kids get married too soon, you can say children shouldn't give birth to children... you can say any number of things regarding this single-parent phenomenon, but it will not stop it from being true.

Teenage pregnancy aside, this can still happen to anyone, at any time. It happened to me, after several years of marriage and three children. Now it is happening to my daughter. Although she is a mature young woman, with nearly 10 years in the US Army, and she first met her husband when they were in grade school together, she has recently become the single parent of her own little boy.

My daughter is braver than I am. When my marriage ended, I said I would never love anyone again. She is in no hurry to be romantically involved, but she isn't going to hide in a shell the way I did.
This design is inspired by my daughter and my little grandson, who both deserve to have someone else to love them. -- Maybe not tomorrow, but some day in the future.

Now accepting
applications for
new daddy.
Please send current
resumes to Mommy

Generally speaking, this design shouldn't be taken too seriously!
But, still, you never know when the right person might see this and arrange for you to meet their husband's brother, or whoever.
There are good men in the world, too, you know -- the kind you want your son to be someday.

RAH, RAH, school sports!

Forget the fact that it's 90+ degrees outside, and that the football field turf is a lovely shade of brown. Time to return to school! We are so excited.

In this great land of ours, team sports have always been a popular form of entertainment. Millions of dollars are spent on football, baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, and other competitive pastimes each year.
Teams with names like Warriors, Tigers, Indians, Lions, Vikings, Dragons, Senators, and various other scary people or animals, meet on a field or court to knock the stuffing out of each other.

But all good things must come to an end.
There is a new trend toward instilling in our youth the idea that good competition is clean, wholesome, and non-violent. Certain war-like names are quickly dropping out of vogue.

One of the first new teams is Daisy Meadows High School's Butterflies.
P.L. is pleased to show her support of this team this year. You, too, can support non-violent contact sports (and other pastimes) by wearing , carrying, or giving away (as gifts) these mementos of these courageous folks.
Makes your heart swell up with pride, doesn't it?