Take the Bait!

One of my favorite websites/blogs, Neatorama, has a "Name That Weird Invention" contest in which you, well, name a weird invention. I was inspired by the swim/fishing gear to the left and entered. Alas, I did not win, but my entry was mentioned by the artist, of which I am oh-so-proud! Three guesses which one is mine, and if it takes you more than one guess, you don't know me at all!

The artist, Steven Johnson, said, “I was blown away by the cleverness of many of the names. I also noticed that a well-conceived name made my art seem funnier!” So he wanted to recognize these entries as Honorable Mentions: The Flopcatch, Masterbaiters, Toe Tacklers, Self Contained Underwater Baiting Apparatus (SCUBA), Flipplures, Trollfins, FlipperDippers, SCUBait, Flip-o-bait, Flip Service, Kickbait, Flipping Hookers, Toe-Bait-O’s, and Stuck in pro-bait.

Here's the link for the Neatorama home site. Check it out!  http://www.neatorama.com/

Haiku for You

I've been practicing my writing (you have been my guinea piggies!) by doing these writing exercises

She always steals my ideas!

every Monday from the blog  "52 Weeks of Wordage" 
http://52weeksofwordage.blogspot.com/

You have to write something about a picture. It can be as small as a caption or a long as a short story.  Every week, several winners are posted, and this week, I WAS A WINNER! Click on the link to see my haiku (by Lolamouse).

http://52weeksofwordage.blogspot.com/2010/09/stefers-great-and-horrible-awful-no.html

I'm a Poet and I'm Cognizant of It

I can write Haiku
Won a weird book and bookmark
Thank you Gama Go!

More contest schwag! Gama Go (great Ts, hoodies, accessories, bags, etc.) had a haiku contest, and I got runner-up! They even mentioned my blog and included a link, so here's a link to their awesome site: http://www.gama-go.com/?Click=1346513429

I Have the Mind of a 4 Year-Old!

A big raspberry to all those people who've told me that I'm wasting my years of education by not having a paying job! I just won the second official Neatorama.com "Decipher the Doodle" Contest and scored a T-shirt from the Neatorama shop by astutely deciphering the meaning behind this drawing by a 4 year-old:
It's obviously depicting the happy child and a pet turtle in its home environment. Who says I don't use my training in child development and psychology?