These are a crazy, silly and awesome design improvement for Reebok (who generally are lame). They are official Monopoly shoes. I have to say though, as cool as they are, I’d still never wear them. Would you?
Author: Jill
Hi, I'm just a crazy writer who spends too much time online.
Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“I wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.” Daily Goodness
Tony Curtis
Fact of the Day:
The first VCR, developed by the Ampex Corporation in 1956, weighed nearly 1,500 lbs. It took another 15 years before a version small and light enough for home use hit the scene. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
National S’mores Day…nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom
Link of the Day:
Harijuku fashion in Japan is awesome, here’s a great gallery of all the goodness.
Wanna Star in Anime?
These extra wide contact lenses are the ulimate in weird sexiness. I love them!
Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“The perils of duck hunting are great – especially for the duck.” -Walter Cronkite
Fact of the Day:
The first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel wasn’t a young male daredevil, but rather a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Frank Zappa Day -so rock out with your rooster out….wait a minute!
Link of the Day:
30 silly robot laws by Asimov. If you don’t get them, don’t feel bad, you’re just not ever allowed to call yourself a geek.
Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” -Warren Buffett
Fact of the Day:
A report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1995 indicated that between 1978 and 1995 no less than 37 deaths in the U.S. were credited to vending machines. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Sneak Some Zucchinis Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day –and 8/8/8
Link of the Day:
Nine facts you may not know about the statue of liberty.
Gentlemen, I know it’s hard for you to maintain perfect facial hair, but inventing a “bowl haircut” for your face, aka the GoateeSaver is not the solution. How does it even stay on your face? Is it uncomfortable? Do you look like a complete tool, during and after use? Wait, I can answer that one…yes!
Weird Link Contest #1
Time for the second contest ever here at RTD. This time, it’s a weird link contest. You have a week to submit the link to the weirdest site via the “submit a link” tab, in the comments section here or via email toadmin@ruethedayblog.com. The winner will receive Choke, written by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club. And one random participant who also signs up for the RSS feed will win a random cd of my choice…how exciting.
Be sure to include your REAL email address so I can contact you if you win.
All links I like will get featured on RTD and the winner will be chosen exclusively by me mwahahahaha. If things go well, we’ll do this again.
Grossly Awesome
Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“Work and pray, live on hay, you’ll get pie in the sky when you die -That’s a lie!.” –Joe Hill -Thanks Neatorama -BTW, if you’re a bit of a logophile like myself, you’ll love learning where the expressions we use everyday come from. (I know, I’m a nerd.)
Fact of the Day:
There were twice as many speak easies in 1930 than there were legal drinking establishments prior to prohibition. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
National Lighthouse Day -they can be fun to visit.
Link of the Day:
50 Animals Smooshed against glass. ADORABLE!!!!!
Lion Loves His People
I know it’s been circulating a while, but thanks to my company’s wonderful habit of blocking YouTube, I only now got to watch this video.
And tears welled up. If you haven’t seen the story of Christian the Lion, then watch and enjoy!



