Fun to the Filled to the Friday time, baby! It’s “Fun-Filled Friday” and here’s what I got for you this week:
A new “Video Consumer Mapping” study found that the average American spends eight hours in front of some kind of screen throughout the day…televisions, computer monitors, cellphones, GPS, movie theater screens, or other devices. Interestingly, you’d think it would be the younger generation adding up all this face time in front of a screen. But you would be wrong!
Although no children under the age of 18 were a part of the statistics in this study, people aged 45 to 54 averaged the most daily screen time at just over 9 1/2 hours. For those who are 65 years old and up, television viewing is seven hours a day! WOW! Of course, I can’t talk very much. After you add up all the blogging, e-mail, podcasts, YouTube videos, and other stuff I do with my various web sites online, several hours of television and movie watching with my wife Christine, looking at my GPS screen in my car when I’m driving, checking out my iPhone for e-mails and games, and the occasional Wii game playing, I probably rack up about 12 hours of screen face time a day…AT LEAST! EEEEEEK!
Perhaps I need to take part in the Earth Hour event coming on Saturday night at 8:30PM wherever you are on Earth. Have you heard about this yet? Here’s a quick little PSA about it:
Now, call me crazy, but how does turning off your lights for one hour at nighttime do anything to help resolve the global warming problem? I know it’ll make people feel good about themselves in the short run, but think about it people–what’s the point of doing something that really isn’t gonna make a hill of beans difference at all except for a few pennies of savings on your electric bill? I dunno about these kind of gimmicky activities for people to get all excited about solving global warming.
Nevertheless, here’s what it’ll look like for many homes and businesses who will be participating in the Earth Hour tomorrow night:
Have you seen the wooden spoon trick yet? I am DYING to try this with someone at a party or something because it is a hilarious practical joke to pull on someone who doesn’t know about it yet. Of course, by posting this video I’m letting more people in on the con, but it doesn’t make it any less funny to watch:
A few weeks back, I shared a controversial video of my gray cat Smokey getting pelted with a snowball that my wife Christine caught on camera. Today, I have another video of Smokey that is just as hilarious that I can’t wait for you to watch. She likes to sleep a LOT and when she does there is a plethora of snoring in the air. Check it out!
That’s one funny kitty! Finally, speaking of animals, have you seen the Baa-Studs 2009 act? This is one of the most incredibly choreographed videos I’ve ever seen in my life with real sheep making stunning scenes come to life on the screen. You’ll not believe your eyes watching this:
That’s it for this week’s “Fun-Filled Friday.” Send me your fun, funny, and frolicking submissions for future Friday posts by e-mailing them to livinlowcarbman@charter.net. Have an OUTSTANDING weekend everyone!!!
