January 31

Hasn’t this been quite the week?  The eastern half of the country was stuck in their snowed in cars, offices, and schools while out here in the desert we had to deal with record high temperatures of 81 degrees.   Oh, wait, maybe we shouldn’t mention that?  Kinda sounds like we’re bragging right?  Possibly – but it was only 81 degrees for five hours.  Does that make it better?  No?  Still too soon?  For all of you folks in Georgia who wanted to know what happened to global warming it’s out here in Arizona – you can stop looking for it.  While the Sisters tormented their third sister in NJ over the weather, here’s some stuff we found funny/fun and if you’re not frozen solid – you might too.

1. A festival we should know about. Amy and Ava are always on the lookout for a new dessert delight.  Somehow there is a Donut Fest in Chicago every year that we don’t know about, but the big hit this year was the  “doughscuit” sister to the glorious  Cronut  – which we’ve mentioned before.  One Donut Fester called it “life changing”.  We’re all about life changing pastry.  If you’ve ever wanted to be friends with the Sisters now is the time to buy our “love” by bringing us some doughscuits.  Just let us know what time you’ll be by and we’ll have the coffee ready.

2. Kitty Extravaganza. No shock that the Sisters love cats based on all of the cat videos and pictures we post here.  We love them.  LOVE.  They’re very entertaining just like us.  At first, this story made us a little sad but we tried to see the bright side of the “Meatball” the cat tail.  Meatball is a 36 pound cat.  One animal control worker said, “Biggest cat I’ve ever seen.”  We wanted to go pick him up and bring him home.  When we called the shelter we were asked to send a picture of ourselves.  Normally, we’d refuse but we really wanted Meatball.  The call back was bad news.  Them – “Ladies, we appreciate your volunteering and all but we’re looking for a home that will put Meatball on a diet.”  Us – “We know everything about dieting!” Them – “No, a diet to lose weight.”  Well damn – that will teach us to blog about donuts.

3. Perhaps a nice retirement IRA?  We’re always entertained by “too crazy to be true” stories that are true.  A lady in Omaha (that’s middle America, folks) had 1 million dollars seized from her car during a traffic stop.  1 million cash.  CASH.  It seems that the cops had no right to seize it and now need to pay her legal bills.  Here’s where she got it – it was her entire life savings earned over about a dozen years as an exotic dancer.  We were curious about how that would shake out hourly.  Exotic dancers work about 6 hours a day 5 days a week (don’t ask where we found that – it will all be in the news when the FBI finally picks us up).  Assuming two weeks of unpaid vacation, but no legal holidays, she made about $55.56/per hour.  That’s not too bad for a job you don’t need to go to college for right?  Maybe she should think about a bank account or, at least, a nice mattress to keep it in.

4. Not next to the Pretzel guy either. Quite often we’re perplexed by what makes other people think something is a good idea.  There is a mannequin manufacturer now making mannequins with “thicker waists, saggier breasts and back fat”.  WTF???  We’re all for realistic size mannequins because we’re realistic size women but REALLY?  Back fat?  That’s just gross.  We don’t want to see that at the local mall next to the Cinnabon shop.  If we can squeeze into control wear so can those mannequins.

5. And she’s not even naked! Under the heading of “more jobs the Sisters didn’t know were jobs” comes this gem: A woman who makes 9K a month eating front of her computer camera.  It’s exactly what it sounds like.  She start eating at around 8PM and goes for hours and people send her tips.  “People enjoy the vicarious pleasure of my online show when they can’t eat that much, don’t want to eat food at night, or are on a diet,” Seo-yeon told Reuters.  That’s $51.92/per hour.  Not as lucrative as exotic dancing, mind you, but more along the lines of our actual skill set.  The Sisters have been eating daily all their lives for free!!!