Do you spend a lot of time on Facebook? Twitter? Google?
Wanna spend less?
Personally, I enjoy my hours online…but I wouldn’t mind being more efficient about it. If you feel the same, check out this amazing infographic from quintly.com. It’s loaded with keyboard shortcuts — who knew?? — that will help satisfy your social media habit a whole lot faster.
Note: The Egg cannot boast such fanciness. But I’m working on it.
Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Life
Tagged efficiency, Facebook, Google, Humor, infographic, Internet, keyboard shortcuts, life, Twitter
I stole this image from my cousin’s Facebook page.
She was encouraging her children not to feel the need to follow what everyone else is doing — to strike out on their own.
I couldn’t agree more.
But here’s another thing to keep in mind — not only do we see the lone bird first, it’s far easier to take a shot at him. So if you take a different route, be prepared to defend your choice.
(Don’t worry — it’s totally worth it.)
Posted in Humor, Relationships, Family, Life, Commentary, Animals, Children
Tagged children, Facebook, Relationships, Humor, life, family, philosophy, commentary, animals, birds, do your own thing, individuality, follow your own path, defend your choices
What’s up with Dairy Queen?
They seem as fascinated with natural disasters as Quentin Tarentino is with blood and gore.
I’ve never really thought about it until today, when a friend posted a picture of a DQ Mudslide (left) on Facebook.
Looks tasty.
But then I realized DQ has Mudslides. And Blizzards. And Earthquakes.
And it makes you wonder what naming guru at DQ — or their agency of record — associates really bad weather with ice cream treats?
You gotta admit, it’s weird.
And probably weirder still that we don’t spare the names a second thought as we cram all that gooey chocolate sauce into our pie holes.
Posted in Advertising, Commentary, Food, Humor, Life, Restaurants, Weather, Writing
Tagged advertising, advertising agency, bad weather, chocolate sauce, cold front, commentary, Dairy Queen, DQ, DQ Blizzard, DQ Earthquake, DQ Mudslide, Facebook, Foods, Humor, ice cream, life, natural disasters, product naming, Quentin Tarentino, restaurants, weather, writing
I read it on Twitter, and Twitter would know:
It’s Throwback Thursday!
That means folks are posting old photos online and celebrating times gone by.
It’s appropriate to mention here because throwback photography of me has found its way on my Facebook page.
Today.
Why, you may ask? Well, let’s just say today is a bit of a ‘throwback day’ for The Sticky Egg.
Here’s to getting stickier and stickier!
Posted in Blogs, Humor, Internet, Life, Photography
Tagged backwards and forwards, blogs, Facebook, Humor, Internet, life, online photos, photography, sticky eggs, throwback day, Throwback Thursday, times gone by, Twitter
A good friend of mine always celebrates ‘Turtle Tuesday’ on Facebook.
(He posts photos and everything.)
Today I decided to take a tour of the Interwebs…to see for myself if it’s truly ‘all about turtles’ on Tuesday.
Rawwwwr contraire.
This little guy — and a few of his older and wiser friends — informed me it’s really…
Tiger Tuesday
And I am certainly not going to argue with that.
I’ll let you know if David changes his mind.
Posted in Animals, Blogs, Commentary, Friends, Humor, Internet, Life
Tagged animals, au contraire, blogs, commentary, Facebook, Facebook posts, friends, Humor, Internet, interwebs, it's a jungle out there, life, Tiger Tuesday, tigers, Turtle Tuesday, turtles
You know how you see something and think it’s a joke…but then it turns out to be a real thing?
That happened to me today on Facebook.
A good friend posted this cartoon:
I like a good fart joke anyday, so I could appreciate the humor. But then I noticed the logo and “Flatulence Filtering Underwear” at bottom right. That’s a joke, too…right?
Not even. It’s real.
The logo belongs to Shreddies, which manufactures flatulence filtering undies for men and women. These specially-made garments contain activated carbon cloth that help filter and eliminate odor.
Shut the french window!
Freshdirect.com, my favorite website for ordering groceries in the neighborhood, posted this ‘goodbye to summer’ today on Facebook.
I love the sentiment — the poster’s graphic look and feel, too.
But they can’t honestly be suggesting that my popsicles, fudge bars and toffee crunch bars — all reduced fat and sugar-free, of course — should be packed away with my summer clothes and flip flops….
Not even.
I find popsicles refreshing year round. They are the perfect light dessert — that little taste of sweet that doesn’t linger compared to heavy cakes and pies.
They aren’t seasonal. They’re sensible.
Of course, I feel much the same way about soup — love me some soup any time of year, especially in summer. When the AC is cranked in public buildings, soup is the best way to warm up.
Turning up the thermostat also works.
Let’s give food a chance.
Posted in Commentary, Food, Foods, Humor, Life, Weather
Tagged air conditioning, carryout, commentary, dessert, end of summer, Facebook, fall, flip flops, food, food stereotypes, Foods, fudge bars, Humor, Internet, life, low fat, popsicles, poster, seamless.com, soup, sugar free, summer, summer clothes, takeout, thermostat, toffee crunch bars, weather
Today is Star Trek‘s 46th birthday.
Google made them this way cool doodle.
I didn’t get them anything.
But to be fair, they didn’t post their birthday on Facebook…so I’m just now hearing about it.
I do wish them many warm regards. They are younger than I thought. I hope they don’t take offense at that comment. It just seems like they were always on the air when I was a kid.
I started watching Trek at first because my brother did. I thought he was cool. I wanted to be cool. So I watched. Then it was about the series…so much so that when Star Wars came around, I boycotted it on principle.
We’re talking serious Trekker.
When I worked at Hallmark Cards, I developed a line of Star Trek cards. I even did a focus group on Deep Space Nine — got a bunch of guys from IT to help me flesh out the offering.
Good times.
Happy Birthday Star Trek! Live long and prosper.
Posted in Commentary, Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Life, Movies, Television, TV
Tagged birthday, boycott, commentary, Facebook, focus group, Google, Google Doodle, Hallmark Cards, Humor, Internet, IT guys, life, live long and prosper, Movies, on the air, resistance is futile, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek greeting cards, Star Wars, Television, Trekker, TV, warm regards
Last night a good friend posted on Facebook that she was “kind of addicted” to the Olympics.
We should start a support group.
But she did mention a rather unique obsession — the athletes’ nail art.
I’ve noticed that, too — specifically on the swimmers. We’re not just talking red-white-and-blue, or gold-silver-and-bronze color palettes; that would be kid stuff in London.
No, these athletes are sporting their country’s flags or the London 2012 logo in intricate, painstaking detail.
I have to admit, though — I assumed these too-cool nails were manufactured, stick-ons or polishes like the ones I have seen in stores lately. I couldn’t imagine someone doing them by hand, or the athletes sitting still for it.
Well, what do I know?
Posted in Art, Commentary, Design, Fashion, Humor, Life, Olympics, Sports, TV
Tagged art, country's flag, design, Facebook, Fashion, fingernails, gold silver and bronze, Humor, London 2012, nail art, nail polish, nailed it, Olympic athlete, Olympic logo, Olympics, red white and blue, Sports, stick-on nails, swimmers, Television, TV
Why, hello there
Today was a tired day.
I got home after midnight following a business trip to Dallas, and was too wired to sleep. So I ended up only getting four hours. That made Carla cranky.
Then I saw this guy.
I follow their work on Facebook and encourage you to give them a look as well. It is inspiring.
And just one look from the King helped put my day back in the plus column.
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Posted in Animals, Commentary, Humor, Internet, Life, Philosophy
Tagged abused animals, animal rehabilitation, animal rescue, animal sanctuary, animals, business trip, California, charity, commentary, Dallas, Facebook, Humor, Internet, King Duke, lack of sleep, life, nonprofit organization, philantrophy, philosphy, The Gentle Barn