Based upon my last blog entry, my friend Keith sent me this email... The subject line simply said: A better Einstein picture. It needs no further explanation.
Keith made this picture using www.Hetemeel.com
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Ha ha ha Keith! Very Funny!
Based upon my last blog entry, my friend Keith sent me this email... The subject line simply said: A better Einstein picture. It needs no further explanation.
Keith made this picture using www.Hetemeel.com
Thursday, February 23, 2006
What do I have in common with this man? Well, I can stick out my tongue...
Ok, so I'm no Einstein. For the past three months my television has been functioning from a visual standpoint but the audio feature was sadly lacking from several key stations, or sometimes there was audio but it was in Spanish. I do not speak Spanish. Some stations I received the audio for commercials but none of the programs.Well yesterday I was talking to my friend Jewel and mentioned to her that I had not been watching the Olympics as the audio didn't work on that station or several others for that matter.
"Oh" she exclaimed, "look at your remote control and hit the SAP button." The what-a-what button? I asked as I began hitting and clicking every button on my remote... And there it was, nestled right between the return button and channel 4... My "Menu/SAP" button. I clicked on it and was instructed by my genius friend to then click on the "stereo" option and.... VOILA! I had audio on all of my stations once again.
Brilliant. For 3 months I have been missing some of my favorite programs because late one night in a sleepy haze I must have inadvertently clicked that darn button! Please keep in mind that this tv is so old I just figured it had finally started to break down. All in all it's still a great tv, good picture quality, a big screen, and it has cool speakers that stick out of the sides.
As I said at the beginning of this post... I can stick out my tongue.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Three Cheers for Common Sense!
It seems to me that common sense is not as prevalent as it once was.
I guess the best way to know if you have common sense is if other people tell you that you do. I mean come on, how objective can we really be about ourselves? Isn't that like asking the people on HOTorNOT.com if they're hot? Or asking an American Idol contestant just before their big audition if they can sing?
Yesterday a friend paid me a compliment telling me that, in her opinion, I did possess this quality... Sure it would be nice to make People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people list or win a Nobel Prize, but since neither of these two milestones are likely to occur in my near future, this was a great compliment and a very reassuring thing to hear.
Maybe I should call my Dad and thank him. As a kid he would always say to me "Common sense tells you..." and would proceed to explain the logical order I should do something in. So perhaps common sense is a learned behavior? Nurture not nature.
Back to my friend though... She shared with me an old saying her Dad used to say to her that made me LOL!
"You know what they say about common sense... It's not that common."
I guess the best way to know if you have common sense is if other people tell you that you do. I mean come on, how objective can we really be about ourselves? Isn't that like asking the people on HOTorNOT.com if they're hot? Or asking an American Idol contestant just before their big audition if they can sing?
Yesterday a friend paid me a compliment telling me that, in her opinion, I did possess this quality... Sure it would be nice to make People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people list or win a Nobel Prize, but since neither of these two milestones are likely to occur in my near future, this was a great compliment and a very reassuring thing to hear.
Maybe I should call my Dad and thank him. As a kid he would always say to me "Common sense tells you..." and would proceed to explain the logical order I should do something in. So perhaps common sense is a learned behavior? Nurture not nature.
Back to my friend though... She shared with me an old saying her Dad used to say to her that made me LOL!
"You know what they say about common sense... It's not that common."
Monday, February 13, 2006
I Love Naila's Mom and Dad!
I found another soul mate recently... We are bound to gether not by fine cosmic threads but by marshmallow and chocolate! She loves her dog as much as I do and we both love Scotchmallows! If you've never tried them I highly recommend them. They're honey marshmallow with caramel and dark chocolate. LOL she and her hubby sent me a See's Candy gift card for Valentines Day! I crossed out each piece as I ate it! A whole pound of scotchmallows all for me! Thanks guys!
Thursday, February 9, 2006
I'm Thinking About Getting Schnockered!
I've never cared for alcohol... So I've never taken up drinking but recently I was introduced to "Ice Wine" at Straits Cafe and loved it! For those unfamiliar, ice wine is sweet. Very very sweet. Like Martinelli's sparkling cider sweet with a little bit of fizz in it. After a bit of web based research I learned that it is a French wine where the grapes are left on the vine until the first heavy frost. They are picked in the morning and are immediately pressed while still frozen so there is less water and apparently more sugar.After my first taste I decided to go buy a bottle. Luckily my sister had given me a Whole Foods gift card for Christmas that was burning a hole in my pocket so I took my gal pal Judy with me and off we went in search of my first bottle of booze!
We quickly realized our quest wouldn't take long. They only had two bottles to choose from. One was $19.99 the other was close to $54. My gift card was for $50 and being a novice to fine wines I figured I was only worthy of the cheaper one.
Sadly, despite my grand intentions to take up social drinking, my bottle of ice wine has become nothing more then a mere conversation piece. I bring it out to show it to friends and excitedly tell them how I plan to drink a big glass some day and get "schnockered" but come on, who am I kidding? The only thing that bottle is going to do is collect dust. (Actual bottle pictured at left)
Apparently for some of us... It's as hard to start drinking as it is for others to stop.
Monday, February 6, 2006
I'm on TV Today!
Wow! My Home and Garden Television segment re-aired this morning! I just woke up and found many emails awaiting me from East Coast viewers who had seen my segment on HGTV's Crafters Coast to Coast! Here is the Link to my origami portfolio in case you missed it on the home page.
This is what HGTV's web site says about me:Stacie is a Japanese American who is very in touch with her roots - so much so that she spends hour upon hour creating origami cranes. Although she learned paper folding from her grandmother at the age of 5, she didn't come to fully appreciate it until adulthood. Now she spends her spare time creating highly detailed and stunning pieces of origami artwork, as seen in this beaded cherry blossom tree.
Friday, February 3, 2006
A Meatless Cheeseburger
I went to In and Out Burger last night for dinner.... I highly recommend the Grilled Cheese Sandwich which is a cheeseburger without the burger! Yummy.Fortunately for me the friend who went with me doesn't care for the fresh cut fries so much... So I ate mine and half of his! Bonus.
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Editorial
The Flirty Guide Blog is based on the opinions of Stacie Tamaki.
How can you get me to write about you?
My posts are organic in that I only write about things from my day to day life, past, and things I hopes to experience in the future.
I don't request topic suggestions and only rarely accept offers of sample products. See below for more details.
If you do contact me for Pete's sake please make sure what you're pitching has an iota of relevancy to the topics I enjoy blogging about most frequently. I'm neither a mommy blogger or a dating website so at least have the courtesy to be on topic with your requests.
Demands to be written about will guarantee you will not be written about so please don't go there.
I never host guest bloggers so please don't pitch me a request to create content about your company to post on The Flirty Blog.
Advertising
The Flirty Blog does not offer pay-for-post reviews, sponsored posts, banner ads or text links in the sidebar.
Gifts and Samples
While you can send me information, samples or invitations to events, this does not guarantee I will write about your service, product or event. If I do write about your product, service or event it will be an unbiased opinion highlighting both the pros and cons of my experience.
Unsolicited Samples will be donated to, sold or auctioned to raise funds for a person in need, not for profit or non-profit organization and will not be returned.
Invitations as per professional media guidelines The Flirty Blog does not view access to a featured event as compensation. If while attending said event I receive food, beverage or gift items that exceed $25 in value I will either disclose that I attended the event by invitation, pay for the public admission fee, or donate any gift items to a charitable cause.
Personal Gifts While the sentiment is appreciated, gifts will often not be accepted because in the eyes of some readers, they create a conflict of interest that impugns the integrity of the reviews I write. This policy is for your benefit. If I do accept a gift please know that I will disclose this in the blog post as required by the Federal Trade Commission.
Comments
Comments are moderated for content and are all individually approved. Comments that contain personal information (i.e. personal phone numbers, addresses, emails, etc.) will be modified and reposted minus the personal contact information for the safety of our readers. Comments containing urls and over self promotion as determined by the blog author will be modified with url's linking to the poster's name only.
Some modified comments will be marked as such text identical or similar to the following: This comment has been modified by the blog owner.
Comments that are Spam* off topic, contain profanity, lewdness, promote violence, hate speech or any form of discrimination will either be modified or will not be posted. (i.e. a single curse word will be reposted minus the offending word. A hate message will not be published.)
Comments that disagree with the POV of The Flirty Guide or another reader will generally be allowed so long as they are written with respectfulness towards the person you are disagreeing with.
Comments belong to their individual authors and the views expressed are not necessarily the views of The Flirty Guide or Stacie Tamaki.
*Spam Comments:
Spam is defined as including urls or company names to sites or companies that would be in direct competition with any of The Flirty Guide advertisers when no solicitation for information has been requested in the blog post.
Other wedding companies are welcome to leave comments and to include the url to their company website but only by using your first and last or your company name. Random strings of key words as your "name" will be modified.
Comments received using keywords as names will either not be published or the link will be removed.
Copyright
All content on this blog (with the exception of comments and photos with attribution given to an alternate source) are copyright © 2006-2011 Stacie Tamaki. All rights reserved.
Cross posting blog content online is permissible only under the following conditions:
1. With attribution/credit to The Flirty Guide.com or The Flirty Blog.com where the content is being used (i.e. not at the end of the post or bottom of the page)
Attribution is defined as a clearly visible, text, courtesy link back to the original page the content was posted on or www.TheFlirtyBlog.com. Watermarks on photos are not sufficient.
2. A Maximum of two images and one paragraph of content from any sigle post is allowed.
3. Copying and posting an entire blog post in its entirety is prohibited.
4. No commercial use or hard copy (print) reproductions of any type without written consent.
5. If a photo's attribution (photo credit) is to another website please contact that website for permission to reuse/share/distribute their image as they are the original copyright holder.
6. The Flirty Blog loves Pinterest so pinning with attribution is not only allowed, it's appreciated!
Disclaimer
The information on this website is for educational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute contracted, medical or legal advice.
The Flirty Guide does link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for the content or opinions expressed on those sites.
The Flirty Guide reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at any time.
Support
Your support will help to make the blog my full time job allowing me to write about even more interesting topics. It will also help to keep paid banner ads, that none of us want to see, off this sidebar :)
If you're not a shopper but would like to contribute here's a nifty little Paypal Link:
I, Stacie Tamaki, reserve the right to revise or revoke any of the policies listed below at any time. Last updated 12-26-2012.
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