Zipper sandwich

This pouch looks just like a sandwich, unless you get close enough to notice the zippers across the top of both slices of bread.  I thought it would be fun to put my Metro SmartTrip card in it.

Using the sandwich at a Metro fare gate

As you can see, it looks like I’m using a sandwich to get in and out of the Washington subway system.

I also used it to get out of the Metro parking lot, although it’s hard to tell from this photo.  But I liked the photo so much, I’m posting it anyway.  I want to thank Bob for taking these pictures of me, which put him at risk of looking almost as ridiculous as I did.

Using the sandwich to get out of the Metro parking lot

I bought this pouch at Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery, and General Store in Hyattsville, Maryland.  I highly recommend visiting Franklin’s.  They have many tacky treasures in their store, and lots of fun toys as well.  After shopping, you can have a brew and some good food.  If you can’t get to Hyattsville, many online stores sell the zippered sandwich, under the name “Yummypockets,” which come in taco, pizza slice, and chocolate chip cookie shapes as well.

2010 ALA Book Cart Drill Championship

Librarians can be tacky treasures, as was proven at the 2010 ALA Book Cart Drill Championship.  Dancing to choreographed routines, librarians pushed and pulled book carts to music, for the chance to win a gold, silver, or bronze book cart from DEMCO, the competition’s sponsor.  But I suspect most of them did it because librarians just want to have fun.  Since the American Library Association Conference was held in Washington, D.C. this year, I got to witness it for myself.

The first place winner was the team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science, “Dance of the Living Librarians.”  Their performance was mesmerizing.  Watch this video, and at the end, imagine the roar of the audience, which I did not capture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruvd9nzdiKs

The second and third place winners were almost as good.  In this video, I have the third place entry first, then the second.  I don’t have the names of these teams, and if I do find out who they are, I’ll post it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky7mCUUN630

Here is the YouTube channel with the official videos…much better quality than mine:  http://www.youtube.com/user/Circulatethefun

Happy Jerk-Off Clown

I don’t own this clown, but I saw it at a “Bawdy Music Concert” in Takoma Park on Saturday night, May 29, 2010.  It was one of the decorations in the restroom.

The performance featured the musical talents of Regina Dentata,  Lucy Snatch, Connie Lingus, Olivia Kumtwat, and Long John Skivee.  They claimed that the concert was to raise funds for the establishment of the Prostitutes, Entertainers, and Navigators Institute of Salvation (P.E.N.I.S. for short), but in reality the concert was a fund-raiser for Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra’s next album project, “Song of Solstice.”

The concert was an excellent opportunity to get one’s inner raunchiness out in one fell swoop.  We sang along to such classics, as “Friggin’ in the Riggin’,” “Blow the Man Down,” “Barnacle Bill the Sailor,” and more.  Even Joe Hickerson got up and sang a couple of numbers, the second of which had everyone participating, when they weren’t laughing.

Even the refreshments were naughty.  To see what I mean, check out the photos on my Flickr site:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/tackyjulie/sets/72157624049435101/

Videos:

See the Happy Jerk-Off Clown in action

See and hear the Ocean Orchestra