Today's Favorite

Relationship Advice

2008-11-28T23:19:00.000-08:00

My sister

2008-11-26T23:05:00.001-08:00

she's grrreeeat!

Twofer Tuesday #3

2008-11-25T23:03:00.000-08:00

This week we feature... Dangerous Jokes.

Q: What did the fish say when he swam into a cement wall?
A: Dam!

Q1: What happened when the cow tried to jump over the barbed wire fence?
A1: It was an udder disaster!

Songs with lyrics made from bumper stickers

2008-11-24T17:45:00.001-08:00

Q: What could be better than going to a concert of your favorite band, one where you know ALL the songs, and can sing along to them because they sing in your language?

A: Going to see a concert of a band you have never heard of before, but watch their YouTube video and kind of dig the beats, so then you go with some fun friend and have fun because even though the singing is not in your language, you can still sing along to the occasional chorus, which is something like "na na na-na-na-na" or "oh yea yea yea oh yea yea yea yea yea." And plus, the lyrics are all from bumper stickers, which is a good idea.

Can't Believe It

2008-11-23T18:42:00.000-08:00

It was a sad time for Today's Favorite (TF) and the World. From March 16, 2008 until now, November 23, 2008, TF ran out of favorites. It was like the day that music died, except substitute music with favorites. Now, we're bringing back music and favorites, all at once. Today's favorite is one of TF's most loyal readers, and we are excited! Thank you!

The Big Toe

2008-03-16T20:10:00.000-07:00

As you may have noticed, I've taken a little hiatus from posting. I just didn't have any favorites the past two weeks.

Just kidding! I always have favorite, just kept 'em to myself. Anyway, a favorite worth promoting is the big toe. You never realize how important the big toe is until you sprain it and can't really do too much with it in that sprained, swollen, and bruised state. So there, today's favorite is the big toe, and here's hoping that yours remains healthy and happy as long as can be.

Mixtape

2008-03-08T21:04:00.000-08:00

aka, the mp3 mix burned to cd. They're so fun to make! It's like choosing a soundtrack for a movie, except there's no movie, it's just life, so the songs are set to an unscripted series of events that might not always match the song in the way you anticipated. Want a mixtape? Let me know I'll make you one.

Twofer Tuesday #2

2008-03-04T21:40:00.000-08:00

In case you forgot, Tuesday is the day when I share two amazing, clever, funny, witty, laugh so hard you can't stop, jokes.

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#1. What do you call a country where everyone drives a pink vehicle??

A pink car nation!!

ha ha ha.

#2. What happened to the guy who lost his left arm and left leg in the accident?

He's all right now.

ha ha ha ha ha.

The Mollusk

2008-03-03T22:36:00.000-08:00

My sister tried to get me to like Ween for years. For some reason it took me a while to appreciate them. So this song isn't new at all. It's like ten years old. But I just found this weird lego video. And this song is just funny to me. I don't know. If you don't like it, just wait in anticipation for Twofer Tuesday, with TWO NEW JOKES!

Leap Year!

2008-02-29T16:48:00.000-08:00

There's an extra day this year. That's why I haven't posted on the 27th and 28th..

The Easy Chair

2008-02-26T22:11:00.000-08:00

Listen to "You ain't going nowhere" by Bob Dylan.

Vacations

2008-02-25T22:04:00.000-08:00

Yay for vacations.

The Talk Box

2008-02-24T15:18:00.000-08:00

Made famous by Peter Frampton (click the "click to hear the talk" button) and Sex with no Hands (the accordion-funk and retro-polka band).

(From Frampton's site: "WARNING: The only bad thing about the TalkBox is that it rattles your teeth around!")

Sez Common:

2008-02-23T11:08:00.000-08:00

Slow motion better than no motion

Swim!

2008-02-22T21:19:00.000-08:00

Pools are great, and so is swimming. Yaaay.

The Champagne of Punctuation

2008-02-21T20:38:00.000-08:00

If you had to choose your favorite mark of punctuation, which would you choose? I of course love the exclamation mark(!), but it's not my favorite; instead the semicolon wins this contest. A dear childhood friend of mine says, and I quote from personal correspondence, "I see the semi-colon as special; it is, if you will, the Champagne of punctuation." Quite rightly. Two independent, yet related clauses, joined as one. Ahh.

Today's Haiku (.com)

2008-02-19T21:17:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite joke sites (you can seriously spend hours on this site), offers Computer Haikus.

Here's my favorite:

A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

I wrote this Haiku:

A favorite a day
Keeps all the doctors away.
Hey! Don't walk away!

But all of this boils down to the fact that it's about time to start a new Haiku Community - TodaysHaiku.com. It is a collaborative Haiku Collective -- please let me know if you'd like to join - simply email todaysfavorite [at] gmail.com! The basic premise is this: Today's Haiku offers the first two lines (a 12 syllable commitment), and all of our readers will write their own final line in the comments section. Check it out. Today is its debut.

Twofer Tuesday!!

2008-02-19T20:25:00.000-08:00

Pretty much the chillest thing on every classic rock station is the "Twofer Tuesday!," in which you hear TWO songs, back to back!, by the same artist. It's like hearing "I'm Goin' Down," by Bruce Springsteen followed by "Dancing in the Dark." Or Supertramp's "Logical Song" followed by "Give a Little Bit." Pretty great, right?

Here at Today's Favorite, we don't have our classic rock record collection digitized and ready for the internet. Instead, we have JOKES! And great jokes at that. Here's to the Twofer Tuesday, Today's Favorite flava.

2 Mailmen Jokes that my sister wrote herself:
What do you call a mailman's house before he puts on deodorant?
A B.O. Box.

What do two mailmen do when they get really angry at each other?
They mailbox!

Hahahahaha. Just in case that didn't do it, I'll give you a bonus:
Q: How do crazeee people go through the forest?
A: They take the psycho path!

This might be a regular Tuesday feature if you guys like it. Just let me know.

Pocketed Coil System

2008-02-18T20:02:00.000-08:00

I used to really want a Tempurpedic Bed (with the NASA memory foam! Wow!). But because they are rather expensive, I didn't spring for the purchase. I convinced myself that foam is a fad, and instead sprung for springs, in the form of the pocketed coil system. So, I now sleep tight with a Simmons Beautyrest - making for restful, foamless nights.

Noodles!!

2008-02-17T20:48:00.000-08:00

In particular, pho ga (chicken noodle soup, Vietnamese style).

Childhood Friends

2008-02-16T19:13:00.000-08:00

It's always nice to reconnect with people you've known since you were five. Especially in a bright yellow Mini Cooper Zipcar! Woo hoo. Listen to a song written by another childhood friend. (If you're familiar with Niskayuna, you'll like it - there's references to Crossgates, NiskaDay (best day Eva!!), and Union Street.)

Carpooling!

2008-02-15T22:24:00.000-08:00

Apparently, according to a 2000 report, and another 2007 report, people in California really don't like to carpool. This week I've been a passenger in the carpool lane in three communting instances, and it felt pretty good. But in reality, the carpool lane isn't all that effective, as these studies conclude, "As currently operated, the HOV system does not meet its goals except in uses."

Ideally, a carpool lane should reduce emissions, encourage people to carpool, and improve highway flow - by getting more vehicles and people through the carpool lane, per hour. Our carpool lane apparently does none of that, especially not encourage people to carpool.

Despite this, I still think you should carpool! (I know, I know, it's easy for me to say - my car got stolen and I don't drive... but still.)

more than stretching

2008-02-14T21:37:00.000-08:00

Yoga is more than stretching. It's like 30 push-ups in an hour, too. And breathing and focusing, and it feels sooo good. I recently started Ashtanga yoga, and it's sooooo good! Best yoga I've done. You learn and add to the sequence, and go at your own pace, your own breathing. I think it will make me a better breakdancer, too -- all of the balancing on ones hands. (I can't do the pose in the picture yet.) So, I'll keep at it. Check out Mission Yoga in SF for fantastic classes with Chad and Devorah.

Blueberry Tea

2008-02-13T22:14:00.000-08:00

This tea is really good.

Singer-songwriters

2008-02-12T22:48:00.000-08:00

Adam Day is one and he's pretty good. And plus posting him let's me give another shout out to I-Town (Ithaca, NY, pretty much one of the chillest (and chilliest) places eva), where he's based. Enjoy a song of his! My favorite line, "It's ok to cry - cuz I've got blue eyes, too." How cute.