For Serious

Please please please please please, believe me when I tell you that THIS is totally for real.

I do believe this is one of the things that Al Gore invented the internet for.

Coversation Starter

So, if you have to go to a big family gathering this holiday, and you know you are going to get stuck conversing with some relative you barely know, I have some help for you, in the form of blind people who can see but don't know it.

Yeah, sure, starting a conversation, with the phrase, "I heard this story on NPR..." can make you sound (to some) like a pompous, overly liberal gasbag, but at least you won't get stuck talking to Great Grand Uncle Harold about his colonoscopy. (And I, for one, like overly liberal gasbags.)

As a vegetarian, I should be offended

But, for some reason, I find this to be highly entertaining.

NEW favorite thing....ever!

This blog makes me laugh.


And is my most favorite thing ever...for at least the next five minutes.

I've got a problem

I know you already know about them, but I have to post this because I am so totally, unrepentently, helplessly, hopelessly addicted to the gosh darn SHIBA INU PUPPY CAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I even know their names.

Help me.

Shout out...

to my brother and his blog.

Here's a recent post that I particularly enjoyed (and commented on).

I had only seen one of these before he posted it. I like the deer-in-headlights-"brainwashed"-by-natural-foods lady with the short hair in the first one.

Maybe...

...me and my family will be the only ones entertained by this, but I don't care. I'm posting it anyway.

If you can "name that card game," you win a no-prize. (Sorry about the Stan Lee ripoff.)

Schmabraham Lincoln

Olympic Adorability

Now that the Beijing Olympics are over, I think we all need to take a moment to appreciate the mascots for the NEXT Olympics, in Vancouver in 2010.

To me, the word "Quatchie" sounds like a euphemism for lady naughty bits.

New Jack Monster

Awww.....The latest monster du jour of the internet is ADORABLE.

This is how you know he is truly evil.

Old Favorite

I'm having a particularly stressful day.

Watching this video helped me lower my blood pressure for a minute.


I know this has already been heavily circulated around the web, but I really don't care because it still makes me laugh.

Toughen 'em up

From The Onion:

"Johnson & Johnson Introduces 'Nothing But Tears' Shampoo to Toughen Up Newborns

LOLBush

Click here for fun.

That's all I have to say about that.

"Real men don't use semicolons."

As someone who is a recovering semicolon addict, I found this article pretty interesting.

Also, I would like to state that I agree entirely with that last paragraph.

Big guy

I just saw that 3 men claim to have found the body of Bigfoot in Georgia.

The pictures they've released are creepy.

The news conference is TOMORROW AT NOON (California time).

You'd find it on your own..

if you googled "bend over George Bush beach volleyball."

That's what I've been doing 7 times everyday for the past 7 years, and IT FINALLY PAID OFF.

Aw shucks...

Looks like we've solved the mystery of the Montauk monster.

It really was a viral marketing scam.

Here is a link to the movie that was being promoted.

It will probably be a terrible film, but I do find something about a "carnie" movie appealing.

Bumper Cars

The second part of this story is way too fabulous to be ignored.

Time to be an English-major-nerd-type

This article/commentary is fascinating.

This writer (after you read the article you'll understand the awkward word choice) didn't realize that one of the manuscripts for The Canterbury Tales demonstrates the first usage of capitalizing the word "I."

Spread the hate

I know that at this point, declaring one's hatred of Crocs is kind of banal, but I don't really care, because people are still wearing them, and I still can't stand them.

Also, I only just learned of the existence of this blog.

Round-up and wind down

Gawker has collected pictures they received from viewers related to the Montauk Monster, and put it all together in "The 2008 MM Yearbook." For some reason, I like the raccoon one.

"Monty" update

This one is worth it, if only for the joy you can find from reading the comments.

Yup.

Montauk Monster-rific

I freely admit to being one of the many people obsessed with the Montauk Monster. I'm pretty sure I don't even care if it's real or not. I'm just enjoying the debate, and the fact that kind of credible news agencies are even getting into it. And, okay, maybe I'm a little creeped out because I live kinda close to Plum Island. Anyway, here's a round-up of some of the coverage I have found:


1. Gawker has been at the forefront of all this coverage.Here is where you can find all of their "Monty" posts.


2.You know it's real news if it's on FOXNews.


3. The monster has even inspired a beverage company to offer a reward for its slaughter. (I have to admit: I kind of REALLY want one of those t-shirts.)


4. Another blog just seems to be trying to summarize any information they can find.


5. One of my personal favorites so far: Garfield minus Garfield minus Jon plus Montauk Monster.


6. And finally, the TOTALLY FAKE picture, supposedly taken from another angle. Who do you think you're fooling?

Hot Dog Effects...

and Electro Worms are my personal favorites from this brilliant pictorial list.

Wrong Number

If you are going to dial a wrong number, good heavens, please don't do it on a Saturday night, when the occupants of the residence you are calling are likely to have had two margaritas a piece from Coyote Blue (that's the max they'll serve you). (And, yes, maybe they had a couple of Black Bosses AFTER getting home from the restaurant.)

Rollin'

Via wordsoup.com

AWE......SOME

As an English teacher and fan of grammar and usage, I could not resist this: