I am very close friends with two giant robots, Great Mazinga and Raideen. Lately Mazinga is always trying to take my phone to play Candy Crush. This morning, I woke up and found this photo on my phone. It's his first selfie. I guess he is putting it on his Instagram page. Robots grow up so fast.
Unicorns Rule #UnicornsRule on twitter
I don't pay a lot of attention to what is trending on Twitter. Usually it is a celebrity or One Direction member that I have not heard of. But today, I woke up to find #UnicornsRule was trending. This is finally something that I can get excited about. I happen to have an antique rare copy of Smith's Unicorn Etiquette Guide (out of print). It's written by unicorns for unicorns, unlike some of the more modern unicorn guides which are actually written by horses and in some cases donkeys painted white with a sad, droopy horn glued to their head. Here are the first seven Unicorn's Rules.
#1 Never wash your horn in salt water. It can eat away your horn's natural enamel. Only wash with Daizen brand mineral water
#2 When meeting someone for the first time always lower your horn to 45 degrees.
#3 If you receive a gift, always write a thank you note. E-mail is fine but hoofwritten is better
#4 Never comment on the shape of a stranger's horn. Every horn is beautiful in its way.
#5 Don't be a jerk. We are so rare that one unicorn's bad behavior can ruin the reputation of the entire species.
#6 Never say anything to a unicorn online that you wouldn't say to her in person.
#7 When running with horse, mule or zebra, never call attention to their lack of horn.
The many Noels, a Ken Tanaka Christmas Carol.
Oh hello. Chirstmas is the most Christmasy time of the year. It's a time for singing Christmas carols. I can't go door to door to reach everyone in the world like Mr. Santa does, so instead I have posted my Christmas Caroling video. You can sing along, it's a very easy song.
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Ken Tanaka's Bucket List
One of my very handsome YouTube subscribers was kind enough to get me a special Christmas present...a free Skype session with a Life Coach. I told the life coach all about my life and the Smiths and the new version of my book Everybody Dies that I finally finished. She said I needed to focus on what I wanted in my life, and where I wanted my life to go. Her main suggestion was that I make a bucket list. She said it would help me visualize my life goals. So this Boxing Day morning I woke up and started my list.
#1 Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch Happy Giddy Pail
I'm not sure if my life coach will accept a pail at the #1 position of my bucket list. She didn't really explain the rules very much. If it's not okay, I will make a separate pail list. This pail is advertised as being "ready for dumping". I like a pail or a bucket that is always ready to do some dumping even if it is gloomy outside or it has other plans, or it is suffering from the flu or cholera. Also, this was the only bucket with a face on it. With the other buckets, I wouldn't even know which side to talk to or give a kiss to. I think Melissa and Doug really are bucket geniuses. What a happy pail!
#2 Rubbermaid Brand Neat and Tidy Bucket
This is a classic white bucket that I think is very useful and well shaped. I think many people have a bucket like this outside int their yard, filled with some rain water and earth and little baby mosquito larvae. It's a good bucket, friendly and not pretentious.
#3 Metal Bucket Party Accessory
This is a festive party bucket, for when you are throwing the kind of party that requires a number of colorful buckets. They are made of metal, which is refreshing, and they come in some of the colors of the rainbow (but not all...because some rainbow colors are not identifiable to the human eye). This would have been #2 but it was not quite as tidy as the Rubbermaid Brand Tidy Bucket,and tidiness if very important to me when I'm choosing a bucket. Very important.
#4 Carrand 94102 Car Wash Bucket - 3 Gallon Capacity
This bucket is not only handsomely grayish, it's also made for a very specific purpose. It's a car wash bucket. Please do not try to use this bucket for fence painting, vegetable gathering, floor mopping or as a party accessory. This bucket is only to be used for car washing. Do not use it to wash a dog either, unless the dog is in your car...then it is okay.
Well, I only got to #4 and it took me several hours. I felt a lot of pressure to choose the right bucket. I don't feel any different about my life yet, but my life coach did say that the changes wouldn't happen right away. I guess after you've made a list of buckets you have to wait a few days to feel the effects. One thing I did learn is that making lists is fun. I'm going to make a list of marsupials next. Who do you think will be #1?
Kindle sale and Christmas Cats Hurray.
To show the holiday spirit , today I put on a Kindle sale of the Everybody Dies: A Children's Book for Grown Ups E-book. Click the amazon link above and you'll see it's just $2.99 ( previously was $6). This is the original version of the book which will only be available till 2-28-14. In May of 2014, the new harper design version of the book will come out.
Christmas is a good time for buying books, but it's also a good time to think about very small and handsome kittens. I mare this song and video of my friends kitties last year. They are bigger nows but still very frisky.
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Christmas is a good time for buying books, but it's also a good time to think about very small and handsome kittens. I mare this song and video of my friends kitties last year. They are bigger nows but still very frisky.
Follow @KenTanakaLovesU