Life of Marie: KFC Double Down

Dear KFC,

It's probably a pretty strong indication that you have made a ridiculous product when you have to post the line "The new KFC Double Down sandwich is real!" on your website.

Sincerely,
Marie

PS- While I normally think people suing fast food restaurants for being overweight and/or unhealthy is ridiculous, stuff like this could make me change my mind. Do you not feel any social responsibility?

Life of Marie: More Resolutions

1. Learn to Sail Now that I live on an island, it feels like the perfect opportunity to learn this new hobby. Sailing lessons are booked and now I just have to find some cute boat shoes!

2. Read More With my discovery of the Kindle app for my iPhone I'm finding it easier to squeeze in reading time in my life. I've been reading more for pleasure (fiction) and will be adding a book review section to this blog. I have also been reading more books to enhance my knowledge base for work (Web Usability, Web Marketing, etc) and for my hobbies (Photography, Sailing, etc) which is surprisingly rewarding and not nearly as dull as I anticipated.

3. Get some Cowgirl Boots Even though I'm back in NY and my original roots, there's no denying that part of me is now a Texan. I plan on representing my Texan side while in Yankeeland by gettin me some cowgirl boots. I'm looking for the styles above, but those are sold out, so I will continue my hunt - look for a Savvy Shopper post coming your way soon!

POTD: The Armpit Sniff

Aaaaaand we're back with today's modeling lesson*.

Tip 1: Refrain from any pose wherein you appear to be sniffing your armpit. Please see above example.

*Disclaimer: I am currently not a model, have never been a model, and never plan to be a model. All modeling expertise imparted here is a combination of things learned whilst watching America's Next Top Model and common sense.

POTD: Bacon Baby

I'm seriously hoping this Bacon Flavored Baby Formula is an April's Fools Day joke, but in the United States of America...who can really be sure?

Cheese Festival!

The 6th most popular searched term on Pronto.com this week?

"Cheese Festival"

Heck yes. I'm glad people want to have festivals of cheese, but boy have you come to the wrong place.

Spam E-mail

Today I received quite possibly the best spam mail ever, it goes a little something a-like this:

"Hurrah my boy! She must have been a clipper. What is the matter with you? Why don't you get up and dance? What are the poor things to do?
We heard from Pearson to-day. That is why we have the fire.Shall we go down and shut it? Let me see!
But thou art my woman now. He looked at Pablo and grinned again. And you can love me? It is already hard to get food. With this face? You were all right at the train."

I'm not even angry that my spam filter fumbled on this one. That was an entertaining read.

Life of Marie: NY Resolutions

Now you may read the title of this post and think "Oh ok, Marie is making some resolutions now that she's moved to New York", but sadly, in this instance, NY does in fact stand for "New Years". Thusly, resolution #1 should come as no surprise:

1) Procrastinate less. Despite the the evidence to the contrary (Exhibit A = this blog post), I'm making some headway here.
2) Play more video games. Yes you read that correctly. As it stands my PS3 is almost exclusively used for streaming Netflix, which while fully awesome, is an egregious affront to my gamer sensibilities.
3) Get back in shape. This one is pretty much a given on most NYR lists, but my wedding led to my honeymoon which then flowed right into the holidays last year so I had to put this one on the list as cliche as it is. After a small amount of procrastination I have signed up for another triathlon and joined the Chelsea Piers Sports Center, so things are looking good on this front.