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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Thursday!
Yesterday, I saw the cutest link, and I needed to share it with you. So today’s post is not very long, but you need to check out this buzzfeed link with adorable animals. If anything qualifies as a daily fluff, this does.
Enjoy! Happy Almost Weekend!
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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Wednesday! Wow, can you believe it’s Wednesday again already?
Anyways. Today, I’m continuing the series from yesterday, and writing about:
Yes, that’s my next set of “two” comparisons. You can either get slippers with high friction stuff on them, or not. The amount of non-friction stuff you get also varies.
These have their place. They are not always too objectionable, either. In fact, my main pair of genuine slippers has rubber soles.
There are several advantages to this type of slipper.
1) You don’t fall on wood or tile floors. That, of course, is usually a plus.
…Usually?
Right. Usually. I’m sure there are certain instances when people would want to fall. Gravity checks, for example.
Ok, you’ve got me. What are “gravity checks”? Is that when
Heavens, no! Gravity checks are a public service whereby a person limits muscle control in order to ensure that gravity is still working. At the same time, they also usually end up examining the floor.
You mean they fall down.
That’s a less graceful way to put it, but yes. So, rubber soled slippers make gravity checks a bit harder. But moving on.
2) Sturdy soles allow you to wear your slippers outside. This allows you to use your slippers as props for movies. After all, how are you going to film a movie in Suburbia if you can’t go get your newspaper in your bath robe and slippers?
That’s about it for the advantages of sticky soles that I can think of.
Basically, there are two advantages.
1) fewer accidental gravity checks, and
2) they take less room than the completely sticky-soled slippers. (Try saying that quickly three times in a row!) But it’s true. There are some slippers that have just a little bit of flexible, sticky stuff on the soles. These are still very compact slippers, and take less room than the full-rubber-soled slippers that cannot bend.
Aren’t these normally referred to as “socks”?
…They’re fuzzier than most socks. So maybe, but it doesn’t matter. They still have advantages. Such as:
1) SLIPPER SLIDING!! If you can stand on a slippery surface somewhere, you can also slide on it. Just take a running start, and… SLIDE! Fluffy slippers like that are the best for sliding.
2) Extra-Super-Hyper-Compact. These are slippers you can take with you anywhere. In fact, you probably should take them with you wherever you go, since they can also serve as packing material! Do you have a book you don’t want getting crushed? Pack your slippers around them! Do you want a pillow? Lean back against a slipper!
WHAT? No. Just no. That’s gross.
Ok, yeah. Maybe you shouldn’t use them as a pillow.
Packing material is still legit though.
So there you go, Fluffsters! I hope you enjoyed the analysis of this dichotomy of fuzzy slippers. Have a great rest of your weak!
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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Tuesday!
I don’t think there’s been enough fluff on this blog recently-
-I beg to differ-
-so I’m going to add more traditional fluff today. In other words, today is about:
Fuzzy slippers are fantastic. They’re soft, they’re warm, and they’re fluffy. That all combines to make a valid post, don’t you agree? Wait, don’t answer that.
Fuzzy slippers can be categorized in several basic ways. There are several sets of “two types”, and I’m going to go through the first one today.
Slippers that are animal-like. These are your traditional bunny slippers, Bear Paw slippers, or anything else that is reminiscent of an animal.
These are fun, since they give you a sense of nostalgia. You can pretend that you’re back in the days of yore, when people hunted to make clothes, and your shoes might actually have come from real, soft luxurious fur of an animal that would kill you if you don’t turn it into slippers first.
They can also lend courage. Would the monsters in the closet attack a bear? Of course not! So the monsters clearly wouldn’t attack you if you wore bear slippers.
Uh, the monsters in the closet don’t generally attack at all… And what about the rabbit slippers you mentioned?
Bunny slippers are also good. They can serve as decoys. After all, the monsters wouldn’t need to climb into your bed to get to you.
No matter what your style, if you’re looking for protection on cold winter nights, Animal Slippers will not let you down.
But what if you’re looking for something stylish? Something you can wear outside, and use to celebrate the new day as you get your newspaper, and is stylish enough to not get you laughed at by the neighbors? That, my friends, is where the other type of slippers in this category come in.
Non-Animalian Fuzzy Slippers. For those of you who fondly remember your bunny slippers, or other animalish slippers, but need something more stylish, fear not! Solutions exist!
There are some delightful slippers that have no resemblance to animals, but will still protect your feet from the cold. They may not make as decent decoys for the monsters in your closet, but not everyone is cursed with closets linking to the monsters’ home dimension. In such cases, you can wear your stylish non-animal slippers, and still be comfortable.
Further, if your reason for avoiding animal slippers is that you dislike animals, there are solutions for you, too! Even if you have monsters in your room that you need to be protected from, you do not need to resort to animal slippers.
You could get hobbit-feet slippers, which are sure to lead you not only “there” but also back again. (“There” is an adventure, and “back again” implies safety.) You can get car slippers with working headlights, which would protect you from anything you might come up against in the night. You could even get cupcake slippers, which might provide an even better decoy for the Closet Monsters than the bunnies! Monsters’ greatest weaknesses are cupcakes, after all.
I’d never heard that about Monsters before… Do you even have monsterologists on your world?
…Uh… I’ll get back to you on that.
Well, that’s all for right now! I hope that you’ve started to learn a bit about slippers. After all, I personally think that everyone should have at least one pair of slippers.
Have a great day!
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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy last day of September!
I guess that is more reasonable than wishing people a “happy Monday…”
That may be true, but when has that ever stopped me?
…Good point.
Well, anywho. That’s sort of off topic for the post. Because, you see, this post is on:
…Which you probably gathered from the title. But oh well.
Yes.
1) September starts with an “S.” This might not seem like an interesting fact, until you realize that it’s the only month that starts with an “s”. In fact, it’s one of only two months to have an S in it.
2) It originally comes from “sept” which is a form of the word for serpent.
Uh, are you sure you don’t actually mean “septem” or “seven”, for the seventh month?
Yes, I’m sure I don’t mean seven. It’s not the seventh month, after all! That would just be silly to name it after the number 7, when it’s the ninth month.
No. You see, what happened was that it started off as serpent. Then serpent went to Srpnt, which really looked too much like “spent.” Due to a rise of anti-consumerism in the world, and possibly due to religious folks and the rise of Indiana Jones (and therefore a fear of snakes), the r and the n got dropped. It then went to spt. In order to clarify that the word was not “spat”, the people in charge of these things decided to add an “e” into the word. Hence, Sept. So we now have September. Which, when you think about it, sounds a lot better than “Serpentember.”
3) There are a number of traditional holidays in September. These include “Welcome Pumpkin Spice” day, held on the day when day and night are equal time. This is held in honor of the traditional vegetable flavor, in partial penance for all the junk eating we will do in the later months. By celebrating a vegetable this month, we pretend to be healthy and soothe our consciences.
So, I have not heard of that holiday. Given that I’m very good friends with Google, are you sure you know correctly about that one?
Positive. I’ve seen it celebrated. There’s even a movie coming out about it!
…I’m still skeptical.
Whatever.
4) All food that is orange gets you double bonus points in September, after the Pumpkin Spice celebration. Fact. Every goldfish cracker is worth twice as many points as it usually is. Same with carrots, pumpkins, fall leaves, and carrot cake frosting.
Now I know you’re making stuff up. Points for foods you eat? What is this? And eating fall leaves? Webmaster, can you please explain what you’re talking about?
…Oh, look at the time.
Well, Happy Last Day of September, folks! I hope you enjoy your orange foods and pumpkin spice, and avoid being bitten by one of the snakes this month was named after. Bye!
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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Sunday! I hope you have a fantastic week coming up.
I think I’ve mentioned “Simon’s Cat” before. If not, it’s a series of absolutely amazing animated cat videos. Whoever this artist is has captured essence of “cat” so well. You need to check out his other videos.
But I just discovered last night that there was a very amusing one that I hadn’t seen yet!
…Oh, the horror.
I know, isn’t it? But anyways, here it is. I found it very amusing. (The cat tries to help his human pack.) It’s completely worth watching. Enjoy!
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Greetings, Fluffsters! I wish you all a joyous Saturday.
The online phenomenon you call “news” has been informing me that something called a “lightsaber” might now be a possibility. The article was moderately interesting, and seemed like it might be useful. You should consider reading it.
WHAT? Lightsabers might become a reality? Oh that is so cool!
If you say so…
This invention does bring up some interesting questions, though, if they are as fully capable as the lightsabers of the Star Wars franchise.
1) Craft saw companies would go out of business. A sword that can cleanly cut through metal can definitely cut through a piece of wood no problem. It would also have a much nicer finished edge than the metal cut.
2) Food could be more sanitarily made. I’m looking at you, people who use their knives to cut and eat food.
3) More limbs would be missing. Habits die hard, and I’m guessing a few folks would try to eat off the blade of the “knife” they use, never mind that the blade itself can cleanly remove your tongue. And face.
4) Pocket Lightsabers, anyone? You have to admit, that would be pretty cool. Useful, too. It would be similar to a pocket knife, but more easily transportable.
5) TSA would increase even more. Soon they’d need to do some sort of search to ensure that you aren’t taking a mini lightsaber on board the plane.
There are also some questions this raises, though. In the Star Wars universe, the guns are primarily light based. We also have proof that the lightsabers are able to block and reflect the substance of light. What would a lightsaber do to a metal bullet, though? Does it instantly melt, and therefore provide extra casing for the lightsaber? Does the metal vaporize? Would anyone using an extra wide lightsaber be protected from machine gun bullets?
All of these things might be worth considering.
I hope you have a good weekend, Fluffsters!
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Hello, Fluffsters!
Today’s post is very short, because it can be. I just discovered that you can buy a domesticated pet fox. For about $9,000, but they’re still for sale.
Does anyone want to buy me one?
Because this post seems to short without something else, here’s a very impressive video. There’s already a marching band version of “what does the fox say.” The video went up on September 14.
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Hello, Fluffsters!
Sometimes, I really don’t know what on earth the cooks where I am are thinking. Seriously.
I went to the dessert section, and this is what I saw:
“Lemon Dessert”. and “Key Lime Pie.”
“Lemon dessert”. And the most opaque, weirdest looking key lime pie I’ve ever seen. (The chocolate cake doesn’t look bad, but I’m not a fan of most mass-produced chocolate cakes. Especially from this place.)
I think the white stuff is the “lemon dessert.” I still have no idea what it was. But I figured it was fluff, and so I needed to take a picture of it, and try it. All for you, Fluffsters, and for the good of this site!
Your dedication to this site is heartwarming. And maybe gag inducing.
You have no idea. Here’s what the servings of the dessert looked like:
At least the maraschino cherry had the expected consistency…
The good news was that they actually tasted ok. The Key “lime” pie could have used much more lime flavoring, but it wasn’t bad. I’d give it probably about a 3/5 for flavor. If you need to pay for it, it’s totally not worth it. If you get it with your meal, however, you can go for it if you really want dessert. It’s not phenomenal, but the flavor was ok.
The Lemon stuff (the white fluff on the plate) was slightly sour and sweet, I think. In all, the flavor wasn’t bad. I’m not entirely sure I could have differentiated between the key lime pie, the whipped cream, and the “lemon dessert” with a great deal of accuracy on the flavor, but it didn’t taste bad. The flavor again wasn’t quite worth spending money on. (Unless it was a sorbet of some sort. That would likely have been worth it.)
The cherry was a typical maraschino cherry, fortunately. So it tasted moderately fruitlike, really sweet, and fairly synthetic. I love maraschino cherries!
The consistency of the things, however…
The key lime pie was a little thicker than I was used to, but it was ok. Combined with the flavor, though, and it’s only worth getting if you’re really in a mood for dessert. Or writing a fluff blog, like I am. It would certainly not be worth spending extra money on.
Fortunately, there’s not much anyone can do to maraschino cherries. That was about as expected, and probably the most normal, least synthetic thing on the plate. I’d spend money for that type of cherry. Maraschino cherries are fantastic! (And so consistent, too!)
The “lemon dessert”, however? Well, I don’t think words can do it justice.
I would probably give that dessert about a 1.2/5. It didn’t taste bad, it just was very… weird. And had a bizarre consistency. I’m not sure I even noticed the flavor, the texture was so different. I would not recommend getting it, even if it’s included, unless you’re a) masochistic, b) writing a blog about food / fluff, d) always curious to try new culinary… “experiences”, or c) both.
I sort of expected it to have a whipped cream or cool whip sort of consistency. It didn’t. It was practically impossible to describe. So here’s a video of my actually using a bit of pressure on the spongy, almost gelatinous whipped substance. Enjoy?
Happy Thursday!
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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Wednesday!
Today’s post is in part inspired by an event or more from yesterday… So, here are
1) It’s the morning. If it’s the morning, you need coffee. No questions asked.
…Wait. Even if it’s 4:00am? When you’re supposed to be asleep?
…And that’s why I try to add qualifiers to what I say. Because when I don’t, stuff like that happens. Yes, Fluffy, you’re right. So, let me rephrase that:
1 b) It’s morning and you’re supposed to be awake. There. Better?
For now.
Good. Moving on, then.
2) You’ve got a long day ahead of you. Coffee is always a good option when you’re facing a long day. Even if it’s the middle of the afternoon.
3) You’re dealing with allergies. I don’t know how, but coffee (especially caffeinated coffee) actually helps relieve allergy symptoms. Crazy, huh? AND coffee has anti-oxidants!
4) You accidentally pour the creamer into the trash can and start to put the mini carton into your cup. That’s definitely a sign that you need the coffee.
5) You don’t have the mental capacity to decide between coffee and tea. If you’re having that sort of problem, you definitely need coffee.
There you go, Fluffsters! Five ways to tell that you need coffee. Happy Wednesday!
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Hello, Fluffsters!
I know that this post is a bit late in coming, but better late than never, right?
Anyways. A bit less than a week ago was National Talk Like a Pirate Day for the USA. That’s always fun. In honor of that, I changed my Facebook language to “English: Pirate”, and I love it. So, here are:
1) Poke Wars. You no longer poke people. Instead, you “swashbuckle”, or “return fire.” Also, the people who poke you “stab & skewered ye!”
2) The name of the site. No longer is it facebook. No. It’s “Ye olde Facebook.”
3) Units of time. No unit of time stays the same. Seconds are “grains ‘o sand”, minutes turn into “Shots ‘o rum ago.” Hours are “turns ‘o yer hourglass”, Yesterday = “before last sunset”. After that, they piratify the months. (Septembarr, Arrrgust, Jul-aye…) It’s cute.
4) Personal info and media. Your timeline is your captain’s log. Your profile picture? That’s your “Jolly Roger.” You can update your portraits, videos (on the home page) are “bewitched portraits”, and your friends are “me hearties.” Statuses also are “update your plunderin'”.
5) Events. Events are “Grog Fests.” This would probably be very inappropriate if you are doing something like inviting someone to a memorial service. Except for that, though, it’s quite amusing.
6) Communications. Messages are “Bottle[s] o’ messages.” Any status that you update from your phone, also, is from your “pocket parrot.” Great, isn’t it?
Aren’t those great little updates? Fairly straightforward, and so much fun! I didn’t even list all of them. I highly recommend changing your language. At least for a bit. (You can find it under settings [which is the little gear thingy up in the upper right hand corner] and going to account settings. There you’ll see an option to change your language. That’s where you select your language.)
Well, happy Tuesday! I hope you have a wonderful day.
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