Remember yesterday morning I took this picture of MY bench?

And remember I promised to go back that afternoon with my donut and decaf, after the sun had swung around for optimum light, to photograph the view from where I often rest my somewhat toned buttocks?

Well, here you go!

Blogging friends, wait until the leaves fill in! You’re gonna love that view even more!!

awesim, my jannie!! i luvs the bensh mutch too, as yoo kno, playing wit my skwirrle frends there.  but back to you, my jannie.

Thanks, BB!

And thanks also to  Wonderful Paige – a blogging poet and funny sweetheart –  for suggesting I photograph the donut!

yes, page iz almost as mutch awesim as me!

You’re BOTH awesim, BB!

Okay… so it’s not exactly MY bench.  But it sure feels like it.  

But moving right along…

… go, my jannie, go!  yoo so rokking todae.

Thanks again, BB!

Peeps, have you noticed my new “Spring Break Give-Away” button up yonder?  This ‘un…

Yep, things will be especially wild here next week in Funsterland!

FOUR prizes each day!!   Specifically…

–  7 Billy Collins poetry books (be sure to scroll down his link to read one of the most kick-ass poems ever written!)

–  1 Chris Edgar “Inner Productivity” book

– “Twitter For Dummies”

– “Blogging For Dummies”

– “Singing For Dummies”

– “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Singing” (comes with cd)

–  One each day of My “I Need A Man” cds (songs I wrote) Yes, 5 of my cds over the week!!

–  A Tori Amos fingerstyle guitar book (comes with cd)

–  That Jannie-assembled ”Railroad Lover’s Special”  :)

–  4 Marilyn Monroe B&W notecards, one with a slightly-different-but-still-perfectly-functional envelope

I’ll be picking the winners each day based on whoever leaves a comment that touches me deepest as to why they would like a particular item.

I will be posting pix of the prizes on offer each day too, of course!

Could I sell all these personal treasures on eBay and put the proceeds towards my Dream Camera? You bet your rootin’ tootin’ blog buttons I could!

But I’m GIVING them all away.

Because giving is good.

And so are you.

And I’ve been inspired by a very giving blogger to follow in her footsteps of generosity. (I highly recommend availing yourself of her RSS feed button — it’s free, easy and puts a smile on her lovely face.)

Toodles.  xoxoxo

(all park bench photos in this post were taken with my iPhone.)

I took this picture a few hours ago. Can you believe this picture shows the same bench, last early October?

Pretty radical, eh??

I plan to go back to my trail bench today around 5:00, relax on it with a decaf and a donut, and take a pic from it, to show you the other side of the tale.   The sun has to be just perfect, of course!!   Lighting is all, don’t you think?  How much attention do you pay to lighting in photos?

Tomorrow I’ll post the one I’ll be taking later today!  God willing, of course.

You gonna like it. A lot! (I think.)  (I hope!)  ?   :)  (and why the heck has my second smiley face gone awry?)

Whoo-hoo!!

xo

Welcome to another batch of my typos! With love from Jannie “Junebug” Funster (Funsterment Global, Daily Operations Manager)

1.  Where is that picture of my sister hanging from a bean in Canada?

2.  Being categorized as a humor blog is quite a cross to beer.

3.  Her favorite these days is masked potatoes with gravy.

4.  We’re expecting a really big crow at the Kung Fu tournament.

5.  Mist bloggers are the sweetest people I know.

6.  Your kind words fall upon very appreciative eats.

7.  Sunshine almost always makes me hugh.

8.  That video had me both laughing and frying at the same time.

9.  Just go to this link and scroll down a nit to see me.

10. Kelly and I have yet to get into the whole Happy Potter craze.

photo credit: photobucket

11.  Hope your music is gong well?

12.  Apparently, she fell down the stars and broke her ankle.

13.  One elephant was spraying water from its truck!

14.  For me, learning to sing has been a long long toad.

15.  I just made a little donution to the cause.

16.  We built an addition to the fat end of the master bedroom.

17.  If my cleavage ever shows it’s because someone is starting down my shirt.

18.  Your sweet words cute me deeply today.

19.  Jannie “Junebut” Funster.

20.  See ya lather!

(the pea, age 3)

If you’re new to my typo series, here are my earlier wanderments…
Funny Typos 14…Funny Typos 13… Funny Typos 12… Funny Typos 11…Funny Typos 10… Funny Typos 9… Funny Typos 8… Funny Typos 7… Funny Typos 6… Funny Typos 5… Funny Typos 4… Funny Typos 3… Funny Typos 2… Funny Typos 1…

And a post I fell in love with by The Mogul Mom about an hour ago…Tim Ferriss’s 3 Simple Blog Tips That Have Big Impact.

Mogul Mom quotes Tim, “Why should [your readers] subscribe to your blog posts, newsletter or free ebook? What do you offer them? Exclusive products? Advance notice of sales? Discounts? Free shipping? Fresh content they can’t find anywhere else?”

This so inspires me to revamp my Suscribe Page to reflect the WHY of subscribing here. And maybe you can help me with it!

Is “Ye Olde Jannie Funster Blog” subscription-worthy?  And if so, why??   Please share any ideas you have, however nutty they may seem.  Don’t be shy — just let them fly. We’re all friends here.

And whichever ideas I use from your comments, I will credit you for – and link you up FOREVER on my Subscribe page!

Whoo-hoo!!!

(I could use some help with my still-lame About Page too, but I guess that can wait for another day.) 

So…?

Do you have fleas you can’t get rid of?
Nothing but bread crusts twice daily?
A board bed? One thin blanket?

Neither do I!! So let’s dance.
And write letters. And sing songs.
And fling our love to the stars!

(The alternate last line is, of course,
And fling our “bras” to the stars!)

Friday Flash 55 For The G-Man!

One by one the guests
stagger from the stars
into my comment box,

some bundled up in
garlands of little birds
laughing and dancing,

some robed in oceans
of late summer sunset.
Others in sepia scenes.

Some wear hats made
of rainbows, and socks
knit from lilies and lace.

Some smell like lilacs.
Some smell like lemons.
Some smell like the light
of the newlywed moon.

Two or three smell like
full length leather coats
not worn since 1975.

Some carry trays packed
with pies and maps and
freshly baked dreams.

Some carry only a rose.

Some flounce in early
with explosions of lupines
dripping from their hair,

to sway by the fire, then
float through the crowd and
slip out my music-room door.

Some limp in after midnight
soaked in beer, to swirl into
my heart and my soul and my
coffee mornings forever.

Others drift away in the fog.

But whoever the sweeties
– from whatever planet,
the more the merrier here!

– The End  

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(If you liked this poem, why not hug somebody today?)

And friends, all these new poets linked below are hereby blessed with the “Jannie Funster Lucky Lupine Poetry Award” … Whoo-hoo!!!

I hope the honorees will leave a new poem on their blogs, linking Lupine Loving Jannie in the post, then pass the “Lucky Lupine” award on to as many poets in the universe as they can find!!

And the awards go to…

Jingle!

The Doubtful Poet

William’s Poetry Blog

Art Is My Religion

You Are Never Alone

Way Station One

Jaymie Thorne

Chocolate High

The Book Of  Noha

Beyond The Blog

Fiveloaf

imaGINAtions voice

Poems For All Occasions

the wisdom of gavroche

Moon’s melancholic mumblings

(I may be adding more poets to this list over the next few days (edit: decades) as I discover them!)

xoxoxoxoxo

Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and your blog was gone. Totally gone. Forever.

How much would you pay to recover your site? $500.00?  $1000.00?  Thousands?   A LOT more thousands?

I’d probably pay at least several hundred bucks to get all my precious bra-flinging tales and your wonderful comments  back.  And all the contact information contained within my blog — lost? Devastation.

Hey, don’t believe a malicious hacker would ever try to get into your blog? Think again. A site attacker does his evil deeds…

• Because he can.
• Because it’s there.
• Because it’s thrilling.
• Because it’s a challenge.
• Because he thinks it’s fun.
• Because he can brag about it.
• Because he’s training for bigger attacks.
• Because he doesn’t like you or what you stand for.

But blog invasion can be prevented in the first place!

Today one of our own, and a really good guy — John Hoff — is launching his “Wordpress Defender” Blog Security E-Book with its companion 1.5 hours of video on how to implement many of the security features.  There’s even a bonus — an affiliate program through E-Junkie to earn “Wordpress Defender” owners a 40% commission. Cool, eh?!

John learned the hard way from his wife’s site vanishing that he never ever wanted himself or another person to go through the agony and the fury of a hacked site.  So he poured his heart and soul into writing this 150 page book and producing the videos.

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Most of us put off blog security.  I know I did.  Don’t YOU put it off, PLEASE!!

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Other respected bloggers who recommend  Wordpress Defender Blog Security E-Book …

Barbara Swafford of Blogging Without A Blog

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Hunter Nuttall — Personal Development For Polymaths

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