Thanks to all of you who took the time to visit WEB WATCH in 2012.
For those of you who weren’t able to read Web Watch every day, here’s a quick look at what everyone took a look at while they were here.
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This holiday season, little girls all around the world were presented with pink gift boxes filled with costumes and plastic jewelry all designed to fulfill their every wish and dream to be a Princess.
And it’s reinforced with various “Princess” clothing, “Daddy’s little princess” bumper stickers, and more. Raising a girl to be self-confident in herself is one thing; to raise her to believe that being a princess is the end-all goal is another, which is why some people tend to take a negative view of the continual Princess merchandising deluge found in toy aisles everywhere.
Even so, there have been many variations on the classic Disney Princess stereotype over the years, whether it be COSPLAY, PHOTOGRAPHY, or FICTIONALIZED CONTINUATIONS of the classic stories, such as the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy
But with all the gender-endoctrination of princess-dom, there can be one way to make the life of a Disney Princess not seem as glamorous as it could be:
Game shows can run the gamut from educational (Jeopardy) to family challenge (Wheel of Fortune) to just plain silly (Double Dare).
And game shows have led to a number of common catchphrases that we still use today in other aspects of life:
- Come on down!
- X gets the square!
- Big money, no whammies!
- In the butt, Bob
Yet while we’re sitting at home watching and playing along with the contestants who are competing under-pressure, we KNOW that we always get the answers correct.
But under the pressure of the TV cameras, sometimes the contestants on the shows just get things a bit wrong.
Web Watch loves to participate in any gift-receiving holiday. Christmas, Easter, Hanukah, Arbor Day – you name it, if we’re pretty much guaranteed of getting a gift, we’ll embrace whatever holiday traditions we need to.
Yeah, getting too much stuff is never boring. And as we’ve said previously, we had all our holiday shopping done in just a few hours, but we may have missed getting the Ultimate Christmas Gift for those we were handing out presents to.
Of course, if you followed the OFFICIAL WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE RULES, then you know that sometimes you may be the one who brought The Most Coveted Gift Of The Year, or have been left with a zonk.
Web Watch loves a good pun.
Alas, “good pun” is also an oxymoron, as there are millions of people out there who think that the lowly pun is the worst form of a joke that’s possible.
It takes no thought, they say. It’s not funny, they lament.
Web Watch believes that these people are upset and angry because they didn’t think of the wordplay themselves first. Or they don’t get the pun in the first place.
Either way, puns are wasted on those folk. But that’s okay.
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How do you play with your dog?
You own a dog. But your dog gets bored, and decided to chew up your furniture.
Hey, it happens.
Dogs need seemingly constant attention and distractions to keep them occupied and entertained. While cats could care less about the humans they keep around to help get them tuna every once in a while, a dog craves interaction with their owner.
Everybody has a lookalike.
It’s one of the first rites of passage, from as soon as you’re born you’re instantly being compared to either your mother or your father.
“Oh, he looks just like YOU.”
“She has her mother’s nose, eyes.”
You can’t avoid the comparison – even as you get older people are always comparing you to celebrities they know.
If you’ve travelled to Italy, there are all sorts of souvenirs that you can bring back for your family and friends.
You can bring back some wine, some t-shirts, maybe even some olive oil or limoncello.
But Web Watch knows that these traditional gifts are not what you are looking for. You want to be unique, and bring back something more exotic that will have your friends shouting from the rooftops, “BEST. GIFT. EVER.”
And what is this magic item?