Let the weekend begin!

Another successful HNT has come and gone! As usual, there were a couple of old-timers that dropped off the Nekkid rolls, and a good number of newbies. The guys are beginning to make their mark, creativity is high, and more and more people are joining in! Andi got a new camera–that should mean even better posts in the future! CindyLou is still basing her pics on whatever Darrel comes up with–and doing a very fine job! Bez continues to raise the bar–time for the step ladder! Lizabeth in Spandex–always a good thing! All in all, a great day. I’ve updated the blogrolls, but there’s technically a little time before Thursday ends, so I’ll clean things up in the morning if I need to. I’ve tried to comment on everybody’s, but if I missed you, I apologize. There’s just getting to be too many to keep track of! Keep up the good work, boys and girls!

I want to try something for the next “Half-Nekkid Thursday”. For those of you in the US, we’ll be celebrating the 4th of July this weekend. Beer, sun, fun, beer, road trips, beer….you get the idea. I’d like next week’s HNT pics to be patriotic, fireworks, picnics, brass bands, Mom & apple pie celebrations. Take your cameras out with you this weekend and be proud you’re an American! Let’s have some All-American HNT pictures! However, I draw the line on bottle-rockets-out-the-butt pics. Please. For those of you who don’t celebrate the 4th, feel free to take pics this weekend on your picnics/beer drinking/road trips or whatever you do this weekend!

On a personal note–many thanks for the concern for my eye problem! I have to confess though–the picture was taken last summer. It was a bugger then, but it’s fine now!

Everyone have a safe and fun holiday–even you Canadians! I’ve got gigs with the band all three nights out at the lake, so I hope to have some pics up at some point! Buckle up! Don’t drink & drive! Set on ground, light fuse, and GET AWAY! God Bless America!!

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iTunes: I Got You Babe, Sonny & Cher

The Nekkidness Continues…

This is what happens when allergies and hay fever collide with tired eyes on a gorgeous summer night in Montana. It probably didn’t help that I was rubbing them silly, but I couldn’t even keep them open. We were lucky to get this shot! Being the socially responsible person that I am, I’m posting only a small picture. If you want the full sized one, click here!
~~~Be forewarned–it’s a scary picture!~~~

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iTunes: Powerhouse, Spike Jones

One, two, nine, eleventy-seven, …

Anybody heard why Haloscan has decided to quit keeping an accurate count of comments on random blogs? Damned inconvenient!

Nothing exciting

Started this post by using Blogger’s photo thing. I need to spend more time with it. I had pictures overlapping and text running over the pictures. I don’t think it’s supposed to work that way….

Took these pics a couple of days ago. The first is sunrise on the first day of summer. The second is later on during the day–the torrential rain that has been marking most of the afternoons so far.

As I was watching SVU tonight, I heard a great deal of noise coming from my slut bird friend’s place on the balcony. Yes, she’s been at it again, and at all hours of the day. And now her prospective lovers are lining up to get a piece of the action. The slut bird is a sparrow. I know that for a fact. This bird was next in line. I’m not sure what type of bird it is, but it ain’t a sparrow. But it’s definitely a noisy SOB! I’ve heard of “Whistle While You Work,” but this guy tends to get way out of control! It’s nice to know my slut bird friend will screw anything, regardless of race, creed or color!

New Blogger feature

Did you guys check this out? You can add pictures directly to Blogger, rather than uploading them someplace else first! You get picture size options and text wrapping options too! IT’S ABOUT FLIPPIN’ TIME! This is my first attempt using it. Hopefully this will keep fairly stable. It’ll certainly be a time saver! Read all about it on your Dashboard!

Explanations

Somebody asked what PeeMan was doing his business on. For me, it’s Safari–Apple’s browser. It’s far superior to IE or Netscape. Faster, less buggy, and an all-around good browser. I guess when you get used to something working so well, you just expect it to be perfect. It died on me with no warning late, late Thursday night. I suppose it was fate, because it had been a good week, and I wasn’t pissed at anyone/anything. Until then. So thanks, PeeMan! Firefox is definitely going to be checked out soon….

The alarm clock was a request from Moose, who’s been having to get up early this week. She has issues with her alarm clock. She needs to resolve them at some point, but in the meantime, this pee’s for you!

Clarification

There seems to be a slight misconception amongst some visitors and participants to “Half-Nekkid Thursday” as to what its purpose is. I’ve gotten comments and references that insinuate that the reason I’ve been pushing this whole idea is just a sneaky way to get girls (and guys) to undress. Can you believe that??? I’m hurt, offended and a little bit disappointed.

I have always maintained that HNT was a way for bloggers to meet new friends and venture outside their own little circle of bloggerfriends. The pictures are like advertising. THERE’S NOT ONE OF US WHO HASN’T SEEN AN INCREASE IN VISITS! THERE’S NOT ONE OF US WHO HASN’T ENJOYED THE GLOWING COMMENTARY THAT’S BEEN LEFT BEHIND!! AND I DOUBT THAT THERE’S ANY OF US WHO HASN’T GONE BACK TO VISIT THEIR NEW NEKKID FRIENDS!!! As proof of the increased visits–this is a chart of the visits to my site over the past 31 days. Guess what days show the spikes….

My point being–we are selling ourselves. And our own blogs. And it’s working! Some of us don’t need to do that, but enjoy it anyway. For alot of the rest of us, HNT offers a fun way to invite the rest of the world to check us out, and to make new friends, and gets us out of our own little circles.

To those who feel that there’s some other purpo……. DAMMIT! I almost made it through without laughing out loud! Of course it’s a way to get people to show some skin! Keep it up, people! We’re getting noticed!!

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iTunes: 25 or 6 to 4, Chicago

Exhausted!

I had no idea that HNT was going to be so time-consuming! I just spent the better part of 3+ hours checking posts, looking at comments, responding to comments, updating my blogroll, and trying to make sure that everyone got included! Then another half hour preparing this post, before Safari crashed on me (no Mac jokes, please!). AAAUUURRRGGGGHHHH!
Damned Safari!!

I think that the easiest way for you to keep up is to check my nekkid list in the sidebar. I’ll try to have it updated by Friday morning. If I’ve missed someone, please let me know! I think that we can keep up the peer pressure. Ian has promised that he’s got a bunch of lurkers ready to come out of the dark and join in. He does warn that they are “really butt ugly people”. I say, the more the merrier! I think that someone needs to talk to Katarina, Veronica, Stace, Amanda, Laura and Binsk. With encouragement, I think they’d be great additions! Your mission, should you choose to accept it….

If I were really on top of things, I’d actually give prizes each week. But I’m not. I can, however, load on heaps of praise like the sautéed onions on a York Bar swiss cheeseburger! Please remember, there are no losers on “Half-Nekkid Thursday”! My congratulations to the following:

• Most courageous post: There were alot of you in the running here, but I think the winner would have to be Bez (Crazy Cat Lady). She took the bull by the horns and ran with it!

• Most enjoyable post: I think that hippigirl claims this one. She’s drinkin’, gettin’ cool, and just became a grandma a few days ago!
• Best “cute” factor: Cathy claims this one. Nekkid little kids will almost always get an “Awwww….”
• Post that takes your breath away: I’ll do two of these–male & female. For male, Jason gets the nod. I’m told that the shoulders did it for him. On the female side, it’s going to be newcomer Summer. She’s the shizzle!
• Best use of props or sets: There’s a tie for this one. Robin wins for taking a picture that you actually had to go looking for half-nekkididity, when it was staring you in the face, and S! for a highly original picture that he claims came to him during his lunch hour. Both he and the billboard behind him are half-nekkid! Kudos to the newbies!

I could probably come up with more categories, but I have to get up in a few hours. Good job this week, boys & girls!

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iTunes: No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems, Kenny Chesney

HNT Guest Hosting

just.a.girl is on the road to Portland for the weekend, so I’m taking care of her HNT submission. I’m not quite sure what she’d write along with this, other than to note the belly jewelry. I guess you can leave comments for her here. She’ll get them. Be generous!

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iTunes: Hanky Panky, Madonna

HNT Strikes Again!

Geez–things are starting up already, and I don’t hit Thursday for another 90 minutes! Better get this done….

Thought I’d bump things up a level this week for “Half-Nekkid Thursday”! However, it ain’t me! Somewhere in the middle of this picture is a friend of mine. But that’s not the important part here. It’s the photo manipulation. If you have Photoshop or some other type of program, there’s all sorts of possibilities! And before the question is asked–no, this isn’t a bloggerfriend. It’s not Rachel, Moose or just.a.girl. Sorry! Here’s some other works of art–

There you go–who can beat that today? Let the games begin~~

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iTunes: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, U2