Follow Friday – Mid Mod Children’s Dishware

My mother recently brought me a treasure from my childhood: the old, discarded 1950s Mid Century Modern tin dishes that used to belong to my family’s Church nursery school room. I played with these, along with my sister and my cousins, and have vivid memories of playing with these with the children I babysat while their parents sang in the choir. Just looking at these reminds me of that room with its large playhouse and 1970s-era brown-and-gold hopscotch rug. The church had recently undergone a makeover, and many of the beloved relics of my childhood were disappearing and being replaced with newer models. My mom noticed these were on their way to the recycling bin and she saved them for me. (And Isobel, too, I guess.)

What is Follow Friday? It’s a Twitter meme that I have taken a couple steps further.  Learn more about it in my FAQ. See my nomination for a Shorty Award for Follow Friday here. You can read more Follow Friday goodness here.

alwysabridesmd Oh boy I just won an autographed baseball at work! Dreams really do come true!

BitterOldPunk Oh shit my library books were due back yesterday #thuglife

MassageByTed iTunes and the apple store are not doing the word “genius” any favors

mocoddle Lent is the time of the year when people really should return those books they borrowed.

milkglassheart bless! those 2 chicks making out sure have a lot of Twitter accounts!

pauldanke Vegas IS Mordor.

chickenscottpie Sometimes they make me put on pants and leave my house. It’s awful.

duckyouforever If I were going to worship any devils, they would be: punk rock, Oxford comma assholes, you.

premmeridian Was going to give up @skepptic for Lent, but she just stopped by my office. Catholic fail. Have to call the Pope to apologize.

morninggloria Lenten memories: when reading the Passion play one Palm Sunday, a kid misread “they lamented over Christ” as “they laminated over Christ.”

introvertedwife I managed to slice the top of my foot open with a dropped butter knife. I think that deserves some kind of an award.

HeathRobots Abstaining from cleaning house for Lent. You’re invited to my Hoarders-style Easter clean up party. If you find a cat skeleton, you keep it!

PoorRobin I cannot express the shame that I feel having looked out the window to see my father hoovering the 2 metric tons of cereal out of our car.

JRehling Y’all ready for Smash Wednesday, yo? -DJ Jazzy Jesus

sgnp Sometimes I like to fill a shopping cart, roll it up to a stranger, and say, “HAHA! I never wanted this food, dumbass!” #RealLifeTrolling

JerryThomas Studying asphalt to increase my street cred.

rstevens Never give a day the satisfaction of being the worst day.

wordlust I am reading a Bible in the Biblical sense. In other words, I am humping a Bible.

Angel__Bee I’m watching a man make love to his car on TV. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – God bless TLC

BtotheD One of my eyes actually improved since my exam last year. Over that same time, my girlfriend moved in. Guess it really did cause blindness.

badbanana I took my child to work almost ten months ago, people. Is there seriously not a Take Your Child Back Home Day?

woodlandalyssa My mom just sent me a Facebook message to ask what my underwear size is. I might have to defriend her.

sgnp Picked up my umbrella and a bow-and-arrow at the same time on accident and came up with an invention: Umbrella that is also a bow-and-arrow.

shariv67 One of the hardest parts of getting older is that some part of you is always in need of moistening.

sgnp Every person who isn’t a jerk to you is a gift.

SpaghettiJesus I’m pretty sure a “squatch” is a metaphor for mental stability, parental approval and spousal support. The search continues.

Mortimusgerbil And just like that, the internet has traumatized me once again.

TheEricGosselin Let’s all pretend that I don’t know what it feels like to pull hairs out of my nose.

MassageByTed The Facebook status “It’s complicated” means “I’m having sexual relations with a 2003 Toyota Celica.”

mikeleffingwell I don’t trust a car dealership that doesn’t have a shitload of balloons at the end of long strings.

jillsmo Some would say that my use of “motherfuckers” at the end of all my tweets is superfluous; to those people I say: fuck off, motherfuckers!

notthatkendall The secret to a good internet giveaway is giving away a panic room.

MassageByTed Every time I sneeze it’s three more days before I can exercise again. It’s unfortunate, really.

lolgop If you think being gay is a choice, you’re considering it.

PolyesterPony Men have periods too. It’s called low blood sugar.

wordlust You can rank all cake on a scale of chocolate to urinal.

Kasdorf My waistline’s doing a cable access show! Title ideas: Mr. Muffintop, Cavalcade of Regrets or The Hint o’ Lime Tostitos Helter Skelter Hour.

sgnp When I’m down, my daughter loves me unconditionally, especially if I feed her. This must be how folks with cats feel.

BridgetCallahan I misread Visine Tired Eye Relief as Visine Third Eye Relief.

bdzs “Santorum blasts Obama during Cumming rally” BEST HEADLINE EVER

DoubleBerg426 I’m getting really good at riding the escalator.

extranapkins In order to make people desire our food product, we need to create a mythical villain character who wants to steal the food for himself.

IamEnidColeslaw Money can’t buy you love but it can definitely buy you a sweet suit of armor and a dumpster full of nachos.

bottlekids Oh! I get it. Presidents’ Day is when everyone does their laundry, except for presidents.

EllieM72 Hey guys, at what age is it appropriate to tell my dog he’s adopted?

robdelaney Ugh, spent half my weekend taking an online class. But the good news is now I’m a chiropractor.

LaOrganista If you can’t talk about pooping with your friends or accuse them of pooping everywhere maybe they’re not your real friends. #JustSayin’

JayDirt_ And by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you, correctly.

badbanana Paleo Diet experts. If I chase a pack of pizza delivery guys off a cliff, can I eat the pizzas? (I’ll make jerky from the guys, obviously).

DoubleBerg426 If I’m ever walking through a tunnel with a torch, 94% chance I light my sleeve on fire.

adrienneMTK While reorganizing my office, I found Valium, an ancient chocolate bar, detailed Chemistry notes & lube. Felt like a prison scavenger hunt.

BitchyMcTits My reputation impedes me.

HouseTalkN I once thanked someone for “pooping by my blog!” #damnyouautocorrect

paleofuture secure your own flask before helping others.

jenstatsky My family crest is just a photo of someone letting it go to voicemail.

jberthume If I am still in my boxers it is possible that I got up and went right to work, forgetting pants. If I have put on pajamas I have given up.

Babe_Chilla Nothing like fresh dog vomit in the morning. Though if choosing, dog over toddler wins every time.

RideOrDiePudge Apparently “Hi Haters” is not an acceptable way to greet your fellow competitors in an Interdenominational Church Bake-Off.

JRehling I consider myself a victim and survivor of over 50,000 non-consensual conversations.

Coastiefish I missed a period in that last tweet. I hope I’m not pregnant.

Bagyants I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death my right to ignore it.

MassageByTed I get the impression that a lot of you are using yourselves for sex, and I think that’s selfish and wrong.

DannyDutch My bank lets me send a text message and it’ll text back with my balance. It’s a cool feature but I didn’t think the ‘LOL’ was necessary.

clearlyunwell I was eating in the food court watching a woman breastfeeding her baby. I couldn’t take it anymore. So I got up to get my own milkshake.

JRehling I’ll see your crying and raise you the fetal position.

lastgoodnerve In-laws have called off their trip. Just because I have a cold and am covered in hives. Chickens.

jillsmo We should change the Constitution to include the term “jackass” somehow.

slackmistress Santorum puts aspirin between women’s knees & Romney puts his dog on a car roof. Maybe Republicans don’t know where things go.

shinyinfo I’m thinking of a new emoticon, ||-D is happy Geordi La Forge. Y/N?

highlyirritable Sometimes I think I was put here on earth to do something special; to *be* somebody. Then I remember I keep cookies in my bedroom.

yoyology The State So Nice We Rape You Twice #VirginiaBumperStickers

louisvirtel I have pretty traditional values when it comes to ignoring bullies named Rick.

DrJenGunter A whole bunch of people unlocked the misogyny sticker in Virginia.

Caissie Shoving an aspirin in your weenie hole is probably also an effective form of birth control, fellas!

introvertedwife#FosterFreissPlanB: Drop an aspirin in a coke, shake it up, spray it up your vagina.

earlypaintbrush Waiting for OS X Nyan Cat before I seriously consider the switch.

michael_J_m00n The said “Lake Titicaca” on Jeopardy and I realized at that moment that I will never grow up.

JenO_Eh Husband found a pan flute app for his phone. Long story short, I’m going to need a pretty solid alibi and someplace to lay low for a while.

markleggett In a strange way, I consider myself to be the offspring of MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice, because they had sex and I fell out of Hammer’s butt.

elliemce I live every day in fear of accidentally becoming an internet meme.

milonguera “what’s the batman song?” “what’s darth vader’s song?” “why doesn’t batman have pants on?” … my day.

PhillySpells Apparently, if you put really good books in a box labeled “Do Not Read These Books,” the children will insist on reading them.

markleggett I will eat every aspirin on this planet if it means that women won’t have to keep their legs together.

MmeSurly Ugh, wish I could just win a Grammy so my arrest record could be erased.

robdelaney If you ask me to take my shoes off when I enter your house, I will go above & beyond & strip full naked because I’m a terrific guest.

wilw Kids, stay in school. And don’t be a dick.

LouisPeitzman LOVING Chris Brown’s new single “Turn Up the Music (It Drowns Out the Screams).”

TheBlackStar I am pretty sure if someone walked into my office and saw me right now, they would think I had a burrito orgy, but it was just one burrito.

hipstermermaid I’ve been waiting for my burger for over 20 minutes. This is what ‘The Hunger Games’ is about, right?

InGageGage U2 + 2 Live Crew = U2LiveCrew. With their hit song, “I still haven’t found that stupid whore”.

KelleysBreakRm If I were on America’s Got Talent, I’d dramatically walk to center stage dragging a fitted sheet, fold it neatly in seconds, then glide off.

pourmecoffee When is the all-female Congressional hearing on boner pills?

theneener 1st part of workout: Upper body. Use hand pump to air road bike tire because floor pump is in car which isn’t here. Calories burned: Anger.

mrlasertron Wrote an ios app last night that if another app tries to access your contacts it replaces it with 200 different spellings of the word ‘puke’

hipstermermaid Judging by the amount of phones I’ve dropped, I’d make a horrible parent.

EllieM72 Hey guys, at what age is it appropriate to tell my dog he’s adopted?

What is Follow Friday? It’s a Twitter meme that I have taken a couple steps further.  Learn more about it in my FAQ. See my nomination for a Shorty Award for Follow Friday here. You can read more Follow Friday goodness here.