I have a fascination with prepositional phrases as well as words containing the letter “z”. So that’s why my page is called “On the Fritz”. And a plus - it’s just plain fun to say! Enjoy scrolling through my links, photos, and jottings.Tumblr (3.0; @onthefritzwithjj)http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1817375&fullscreen=1" width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1817375&fullscreen=1" /></object><br/><br/>Worse than a fanny pack, perchance?http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/36283815http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/36283815Wed, 28 May 2008 00:04:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/BxPwLjQxM9939h7l6Ci0mN0W_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>(via Cindy)http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/35520022http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/35520022Wed, 21 May 2008 02:35:09 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/BxPwLjQxM880qolvb4kLcHxh_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>I snapped a shot of this insect, which was perched on my bedroom wall. I’m not gonna lie, it really wigged me out!http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32817046http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32817046Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:58:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/BxPwLjQxM87x8dbc2EVv7ta8_500.gif"/><br/><br/> To AmJo, with love.http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32810170http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32810170Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:20:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/BxPwLjQxM87wms2sHtzPIC3e_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32809286http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32809286Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:03:32 -0400<p>An interesting tid-bit, which I type as I sit here with my 7-Eleven mochaccino at 11 pm. The following is from my ever-so-entrancing “2008 Word Origin Daily Calendar”, which all you dorks should definitely get for the ensuing year.</p> <p>“7-Eleven:  in 1927, an employee at the Southland Ice Company in Dallas, Texas, began to sell bread, milk, and eggs on Sundays and at night when regular grocery stores were closed.  He named the impromptu store ‘Tote’m.’  Southland went on to establish other stores in Texas, open from 7 am to 11 pm, and renamed those stores to reflect those expanded hours in 1946.  The name remains, even though most 7-Eleven stores are now open around the clock.”</p>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32808975http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32808975Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:58:00 -0400“But San Diego *IS* Lego Land!!!”<br/><br/> - <em> Will, Age 4</em>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32189192http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/32189192Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:15:37 -0400<a href="http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/17753119.html">Woo hoo! So I wasn't just crazy this morning ...</a>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31899045http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31899045Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:19:43 -0400<a href="http://paktocon.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=33">"No Swimming Allowed" is a must read!</a>: Now I only want to visit the Oregon coastline … a little bit more than before.  Dangerous, you don’t say!http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31322940http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31322940Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:47:19 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4K7T7XNwkOs"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4K7T7XNwkOs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>You say you have no space for a piano?  Think again.</p> <p>P.S.  Job well done, Ben! </p>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31322299http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31322299Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:36:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/BxPwLjQxM7kz74yysJltzAfr_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31210952http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31210952Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:56:59 -0400“You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”<br/><br/> - <em>Richard from Texas</em>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31143673http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31143673Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:50:50 -0400<p>This is an actual letter from an Austin woman sent to American company Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products. She really gets rolling after the first paragraph. It’s PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best webmail-award-winning letter.</p> <p>Dear Mr. Thatcher,</p> <p>I have been a loyal user of your ‘Always’ maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I’d probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I’d certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can’t tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there’s a little F-16 in my pants.</p> <p>Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from the curse’? I’m guessing you haven’t. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I’ll be transformed into what my husband likes to call ‘an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.’ Isn’t the human body amazing?</p> <p>As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you’ve no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customer’s monthly visits from ‘Aunt Flo’. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it’s a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend’s testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey’s Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy!</p> <p>The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants… Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: ‘Have a Happy Period.’</p> <p>Are you f——— kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness, is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you’re some kind of sick S&M freak, there will never be anything ‘happy’ about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don’t march down to the local Walgreen’s armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.</p> <p>For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn’t it make more sense to say something that’s actually pertinent, like ‘Put down the Hammer’ or ‘Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong’, or are you just picking on us?</p> <p>Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bullshit. And that’s a promise I will keep. </p> <p>Always…</p> <p>Best,</p> <p>Wendi Aarons</p> <p>             Austin , TX</p>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31141441http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/31141441Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:28:39 -0400“Mouse Potato: A couch potato is someone who spends his or her days staring helplessly at a television set, and a ‘mouse potato’ is someone so captivated by the computer that he or she seldom travels far from it. The term came into use in 1994, about the time several game enthusiasts around the world died after spending marathon sessions before the computer without food or sleep - ‘mouse potatoes’ par excellence.”<br/><br/> - <em>The Word Origin Calendar, entry for Thursday, March 20, 2008.</em>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/29437169http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/29437169Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:47:49 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eVeyLr2fGNA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eVeyLr2fGNA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Wear your favorite sweater today!http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/29394734http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/29394734Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:02:30 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/BxPwLjQxM6r3fspbSAS7wgcp_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Interesting.  Reno’s participation in a huge (international?) march against Scientology.  I happened to be driving by with a camera…http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/29258904http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/29258904Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:03:31 -0400<p>“Untitled”</p> <p>See me slide, over the concrete, so smooth and sleek and slick!</p> <p>It helps me to glide ever so wide, and do my fancy tricks.</p> <p>When the music plays, I could feel all day, as though I’m a part of it.</p> <p>I skate real fast, and then at last, I do my triple-toe lutz,</p> <p>But as I land, I’m afraid my hand has gotten in the way.  I’m such a klutz!</p> <p>I settle down upon the ground - I think it’s time to stop.</p> <p>But tomorrow is another day, when I will glide and slide and hop! </p>http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/28315520http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/28315520Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:08:31 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pUru7nSyKxQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pUru7nSyKxQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Craving some orchestral beer?http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/28056331http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/28056331Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:43:41 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/BxPwLjQxM680sji4B5TV7ntX_500.png"/><br/><br/>Mmm, I need a tea cup this size today.  Ack, sore throat.http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/28056295http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/28056295Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:42:23 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=141284&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=141284&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=141284&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/>(-;  .nwonk evah ton yam uoy gnihtemoShttp://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/26786462http://onthefritzwithjj.tumblr.com/post/26786462Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:46:37 -0500