Holiday

As Seen on TV Gift Extravaganza. Day 2: Ped Egg

December 2, 2012 by robertforto Leave a Comment

Hey Guys and Gals, its that time of year again– The glorious over-exuberant, hyper-manic Christmas shopping season! If you are like me and love to lavish our loved ones, friends, and family with gifts and hate going to the mall to fight the traffic….

Hey wait a minute, now that I am living in the middle of no-where in the Great State of Alaska, the Mall of America, one of my favorite hang outs by the way, is over 4000 miles away, I will be forced to procure gifts by alternate means.

I have been known to order some crazy things in the middle of the night from 1-800 numbers and a guy named Billy on TV, so much so that my wife has hid my wallet on occasion.

[ Rewind: Gifts that NOBODY wants! ]

But this year, I am going to showcase some of the greatest gifts known to exist for sale at 2 am. Yes, my rabid reader, I am going to give you the gift ideas of all gift ideas. So sit back and relax, find those credit cards you stowed away during the Great Recession and warm up your touch-tone (or maybe even rotary dial) phone and order away.

I bring you 25 Days of AS SEEN ON TV GIFT EXTRAVAGANZA!!

The ultimate foot file. For smooth beautiful feet. Gently removes callous, dry skin. Over 135 precision micro files. Safe to the touch. Traps shavings, no mess. Bonus 3 emery finishing pads included.Colors May Vary.

Order yours today– but you’d better hurry Christmas is right around the corner. I bet you can’t wait to see the joy on their faces when they tear open the package and finding a Safety Gip Handle. Well look at it this way, it’s not a can of Simonize!

And hey, this will make the perfect gift if you have that special person on your list with the last name, Ryan…

Available today for $9.95 (plus shipping and handling, sorry NO C.O.D.’s)

As Seen on TV Gift Extravaganza. Day 1: Gyro Bowl

December 1, 2012 by robertforto Leave a Comment

I have been known to order some crazy things in the middle of the night from 1-800 numbers and a guy named Billy on TV, so much so that my wife has hid my wallet on occasion.

I bring you 25 Days of AS SEEN ON TV GIFT EXTRAVAGANZA!!

[ Rewind: Gifts that NOBODY wants! ]

Today’s gift is the Gyro Bowl

Gyro Bowl is the amazing spill-proof bowl that keeps food in place no matter how much your child spins, turns, dumps or drops the bowl. GyroBowl is specially designed to spin 360 degrees so that the open side always stays up, keeping the contents in the bowl and off of your floor. Gyro Bowl is completely kid-proof and virtually indestructible. GyroBowl is dishwasher safe, making clean-up a breeze, and comes with a snap on lid for easy storage of leftovers.

Order yours today– but you’d better hurry Christmas is right around the corner. I bet you can’t wait to see the joy on their faces when they tear open the package and finding a Gyro Bowl. Well look at it this way, it’s not a can of Simonize!

Available today for $10.95 (plus shipping and handling, sorry NO C.O.D.’s)

Groundhog Day, Ferris and Phil

February 2, 2012 by robertforto Leave a Comment

Not only is it a leap year but it also one of the coldest winters on record here in the Great White North. I don’t know if it is good or bad that ole’ Phil saw his shadow in the Keystone State today but I would bet that some wish he would have stayed buried in his little lair…

All joking aside, lets talk about what Groundhog Day truly represents. Only one of the greatest comedy film classics from the boys that brought you Ghostbusters. Enough said? Hardly….

One of my friends in college told me that groundhog day was one of the most spiritual movies ever made. Now that I am older, considerably a bit wiser, and liquid spirits are not clouding my judgement, I tend to agree with him.

Think about it: Hasn’t your life just become just another day of doing the same thing over and over? I think a lot of people live in groundhog day, doing the same thing again and again, not taking the best out of life. Just living without any consciousness. Not having enough time by their own fault, because time is a thing you can offer yourself by making other choices.

As the old saying goes: get busy living or get busy dying. I tend to enjoy the former. What about you?

So what are you doing with your life? Are you getting up every day at 6:00 to go punch the clock to work for “the man”? Or are you doing what you love? Doing what you are passionate about? Living life to the fullest or fulfilling your life with mundane emptiness?

As the great Ferris Bueller once said,

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Are you missing yours?

Hey, look at it this way, even if you are stuck in that cubical you can check into Foursquare at any location and use the word “groundhog” in your shout and you will unlock this years ultra-cool badge.