Cool and Creepy Products

I am not sure if these things are in mass production, but I found this site that has a bunch of "Bizarre and Unusual Product Designs", some of which I thought were cool and would actually buy if I found it in a store! On the other hand, there were some that I thought were creepy or pointless lol. The one above was my favorite. I don't like milk, but I would buy it! See some of the other ones below.

Cool

Invisible Chair

USB Typewriter

"iRetrofone"

Dell Flipping Tablet

Bathroom Sink Aquarium - this one is borderline..

Creepy

Blood Bag Energy Drink...gross

Pillow Hands...not sure how I feel about this

I am not even sure what this is suppose to be, but it's creepy...

What other cool or creepy products have you seen or heard of?

StandOut Ads - Nemo 2

Not funny! I hope no kid ever sees this ad! LOL

No Pookie...Just Sanchez!!!

Above is the new love of my life. Well...I have had him for 4 months now, but it still feels new. His name is Sanchez and he is 5 1/2 months old (pictured above). He is a Husky-American Bulldog mix and is such a joy! He is the sweetest dog ever and loves everyone so makes it easy to take him places. I don't worry about him attacking anyone or even any other dogs. Honestly, it is usually other small adult dogs that like to bark and growl at him and he just sits there looking at them like they are crazy. I am so happy I was able to get a dog now that I moved and am home more. I still travel, but most of my travel is drive-able so I can stay at pet-friendly hotels and take him with me. See below for more pics starting from when I got him at 8 weeks.

I'M BACK!!!

I'M BACK!!!

So after a 7 month hiatus, I have returned to my blog!!! It has been rough to get into the mindset to blog after I went back to work following my surgery and subsequent medical leave. Between working and all of the changes in my life (more on that in upcoming posts!), I will admit I just did not feel like blogging. My bff and fellow blogger Lala has been bugging me for months to get back on it and I always said the same thing..."I will as soon as things settle down." Well days turned into weeks and weeks into months and now finally here I am. Lala started a new blog about health and fitness and I started to think dag I miss blogging! I have been keeping up with other blogs, but just have been neglecting my own. It may be a slow start since I have to try and fit this in with working almost 13-15hr work days for the next couple of months, but we will see how it goes. I have a lot to share so finding things to write about in the beginning will definitely not be a challenge. I look forward to getting back to it and if it's only to help get some stress relief from writing, I am fine with that. So stay tuned this weekend for some new posts!!!

Privacy Please! How Far is Too Far for Employers?

A while ago I was talking to my mom about social networks and she mentioned how some jobs require you to give them access to your social networking accounts in order to get the job. My initial reaction was...

Whaaaaaaat?!

So you know I had to look into it more because this just did not make sense to me. I came across this article in the NYTimes called Social Media History Becomes a New Job Hurdle. They talk about companies scouring the Internet in search of whatever they can find about you including "racist remarks" and "reference to drugs". One company found a prospective employee on Craigslist looking for OxyCotin! Another guy had a picture posted online standing in a greenhouse with large marijuana plants...DUMMY! I guess these people did not get the job.


They go on to talk about other incidents that have been found, but they also brought up a good point. Jobs are not allowed to discriminate against applicants on the basis of things like race, religion, disability, etc. However, this Internet snooping opens them up to find out things they aren't even allowed to ask you on your application. I agree that you shouldn't post anything that is not respectable on the Internet because it is ALWAYS there even if you think you deleted it BUT I also think jobs are going too far.


This article I found talks about a man who when applying for a job was asked to provide his Facebook credentials during the INTERVIEW. Are you kidding me? Jobs need to get real and stop trippin'! I personally do not have anything incriminating on any of my social networking sites, but I still find it unsettling that a potential employer would ask that of me. Sometimes I discuss PERSONAL and NON-CRIMINAL matters with my family and friends and I do not feel they have a right to have access to this. I don't trust them not to go through my messages and friends and just totally invade my privacy...no Sir...no Ma'am!

Do you think employers are going overboard?

StandOut Ad - Where’s your child?

I actually gasped when I saw this. Very saddening, but scary how serious it is!