Some humor to brighten your day!

This list is attributed to "The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational" where readers are theoretically invited to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Turns out the list has been around since at least 2005 and there is no mention of this contest on the Washington Post's website. It really is a great read regardless. Enjoy!

The 'winners':

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.


2. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an a-hole.

3. Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.


6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting "lucky".

7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido : All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

Additionally the list of alternate meanings for common words.

And the 'winners' are:

1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

3.. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4 esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.


14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men

Need Your Vote for Small Biz Grant Contest!

Wow. We are so thrilled to announce that we were selected as one of only 50 finalists in the Intuit Small Business Grant Contest. For the final stage of the contest I had to create a video that told my story and submit it to Intuit. It went live on their site on May 18 at 9:30am PST. Now, I need your votes!

Visit this link:

http://community.intuit.com/contests/asKDwGzr0qllvkab8P4pmk

And when you are ready to vote, click on one of the words, "inspiring", "useful" or "funny" (you can actually vote once in each of the three categories), you will be prompted to create a user name and password (for security reasons), then you will be able to register your vote. The internet votes will count as 40% of the overall voting for the Grand Prize and 4 runner ups. Please take some time and vote! Thank you so much!!

Payson

VitalJuice Newsletter - Make Your Life Juicy

The wellness newsletter for LA, New York and Nationally (from the same people that bring you Daily Candy) - Vital Juice - all the beauty, wellness, nutrition and fitness information you need to keep your life 'vital' and 'juicy'. We learned about this newsletter a few weeks ago and head over heels with it. And we were included, alongside of some incredible company, in today's feature, Lucky Charms. What an amazing honor!

The Strength Rune Ring is featured, and is a client favorite. The ancient rune "Ur", symbolizing strength and courage, is visible on the top, and the single word 'strength' is inscribed on the back, where only you know it is there. click for more information on the Strength Rune Ring, or click to read the 'Lucky Charms' entry and see what VitalJuice says about the 'divine strength rune ring'. While you are at their site, be sure to sign up for the newlsetter - its entertaining and educational - you'll be delighted!

Signs of Spring!!

A few weeks ago I saw just the beginning tips of some crocuses in central park where some leaves had been cleared away. We had some beautiful weather last week, and even though it's dipping into the 20's at night this week, the signs of spring are beginning to show up. The first flowers have begun to bloom - little while bell shapes ones. And the crocuses and daffodils shoots are getting bigger. Here are a few images from this afternoon, they're from my cell phone camera, so not terribly clear.

New Eco-Zine Features Eco-Friendly Jewelry Line

It is so exciting to be able to share this incredible new quarterly eco-zine with you. It's called "Sexy Green" and features, among many other things, the eco-friendly jewelry line "Transformational Jewelry". The Sexy Green Eco-zine is a wealth of information for the woman who wants to be part of high-fashion and still be true to her environemental position.

Transformational Jewelry is made from a very high percentage of recycled metals, making it one of the few truly eco-friendly jewelry lines available. The sterling silver jewelry is a minimum of 92% recycled, and the 14K gold a minium of 78% recycled (with higher karats having even higher recycled content).

Click to read more about the eco-friendly jewelry available in the Transformational Jewelry line.

Wanted to share something fun...

I am positively addicted to the serial fiction of Claudia Hall Christian, particularly The Denver Cereal!

Claudia is a friend of mine from the social networking world of Plurk, I guess I knew she was a writer for a while, but recently she posted some messages about launching her new book through print on demand. I wanted to support her, so I ordered a copy and hoped it would be good so I could be honest and tell her that I liked it (it's always a risk, you know...).

Well, I couldn't be happier! I LOVE the book, and have become an avid fan. I follow the daily updates to the www.denvercereal.com website, where the chapters are posted as 6-per-week daily installments. The only day you can't read a new installment of The Denver Cereal is Sunday...which I'm not very happy about...I want my fix! :-)

So, check out The Denver Cereal, you can download a copy for free, read it segment by segment online or get a paperback copy for a very reasonable price. If you do get the paperback copy, you'll find yourself turning to the website at the end because the story continues there. You can sign up to receive each day's segment via email too.

(Image is of The Denver Cereal book cover, used with permission of the author Claudia Hall Christian.)

Enjoy!

Update on Cold Souls Movie!

Cold Souls, the movie featuring Payson & Co., LLC jewelry pieces, debuted this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. It was highly anticipated and has successfully been picked up by a Canadian film distribution company. Click to read more about the Cold Souls movie and the recent aquisition.

Three individual jewelry pieces from the Payson Jewelry collection and the Transformational Jewelry collection are featured in the Cold Souls movie.

Image is from www.coldsoulsthemovie.com stills.

2009...

Happy New Year!

2009 will be an incredible year. It's guaranteed. As we progress through our lives, our world gets better and better, more and more amazing. If you question it, take a look back at all the negative things that have been foretold and promised in the century of the 1900's alone - and none of it has come to pass. In the 1970's we were told we would run out of oil and the earth would be so populated that there would be no food - within 20 years or so. That time came and went, and we continue to figure out amazing ways to expand and grow with grace and ease in our environment. Perhaps things are going just perfectly? Doesn't it seem at least as possible as that everything is falling apart? What if you focused entirely on how wonderfully everything is going this year? Or, just this week? Maybe even just today? How would your life change?