Thought Bubble Hair Barrettes---Always Listen to Your Pig-Puppet

Time for more linky love!

Always Listen to Your Pig-Puppet

Wait. Before I get going, I have to tell you that the only reason I even started reading this blog was based solely on the name of the site. I have a friend who goes by the name of "Mudpuppet," and it has always made me giggle....so when I heard that I should I always listen to my *Pig*Puppet, I immediately linked to it. I never did show my friend, but I've been reading it ever since.

Anywho, she recently posted about thought bubble haircilps and I found them quirky-worthy. There are several of them here so check 'em out yourself to find some that suit you.

There's a Hole in My Sidewalk--It's All About Choices

This is what I called blatant blog content theft....but I can't resist! After all, she stole the poem from the original author to post it anyway, right? And I'm giving her linky love, so it's okay, right? (Well, not so much, or all those splogs that link to the original blog, but whatever, I'm doing it anyway, hehe).

Pillows and Chocolate posted the poem below and I love it.

“There’s a Hole in my Sidewalk“, by Portia Nelson

Chapter 1.
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost…
I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter 2.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in this same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter 3.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in… it's a habit.
But, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter 4.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter 5.
I walk down another street.

Win a Blogging for Dummies book--Confession of a Housewife

For all you bloggers out there, this is your chance at an easy belated Christmas gift for yourself. Confessions of a Housewife is holding a contest where you have various ways to earn chances to win a copy of the book. You can:

1. Subscribe to her RSS feed for 5 entries.

2. Write a post on your blog about this contest linking to her blog for 10 entries.

3. Stumble this post for 2 entries.

What can be easier than that? Nothing. So go check her out for your chances to win. And if one of you win the book, you can thank me for tuning you into it later. ;-)

Cat on Cocaine is Creepy---But Recovers

A cat hissing at the camara, in a pet shop. When a pet cat was taken to a veterinary clinic in Australia with dilated pupils, a racing heart and agitated movements, it turned out to be high on cocaine and other drugs left around after a party. It recovered.

Ah, the things that can be found on Yahoo News. Geez.

Fluorescent Cats Glow in the Dark

This picture taken through a special filter in a dark room shows, a cat, left, possessing a red fluorescent protein that makes the animal glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet rays, appearing next to a normal cloned cat, right, at Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said.

Anyone have any thoughts on this? At first glance, the picture looks cool, but I just assumed it was some fancy lighting or creative photoshop. I had no idea that the cat was actually glowing because a fluorescent protein it was exposed to.....nor did I have any idea that the cats were cloned.

A Letter That is Slower than Christmas---or 93 Christmases!!

Here's a cute news story about a letter that was sent in 1914....but just now was found. The person it was to be delivered to has since passed away, but they delivered the Christmas card to a relative anyway. No one is quite sure where it has been for the last 93 years.

The Real Santa Claus---Not a Mean Impostor

After the mean/naughty Santa who wanted to spoil Christmas for little children, I thought this was a cute picture of Santa....he even has a reindeer with him! Here's the caption:

Santa Claus waves in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland in 2005. Christmas is hectic for all but particularly for Santa, who must live in Kyrgyzstan and make his rounds at lightning speed if he is to deliver gifts to all the world's children on time, a Swedish consultancy has concluded.

Nasty Santa Sends Mean Letters

This kind of story rather irritates me. If you're bitter with the world and you want to take your anger out somewhere, then find somewhere to do it. If you want to be mean, then fine, whatever. Nobody deserves this kind of randomness, but trying to ruin innocent children's hopes and dreams.....I'm sorry, but I don't think it's right to try to take a child's innocence, even if only in the form of a mythical elf who brings Christmas joy once a year, is just inappropriate.

So what am I talking about? Read the article. Basically, there's a program where people reply to kids' Christmas wish lists from "Santa." I don't know any more about the Canadian program that what is said in the article, but I remember the first time my little sister got a letter from Santa and it was priceless. Our own mailman/woman (they were a couple) would go through all the letters sent to the North Pole and respond personally to each. The twinkle in her eye when my mom read the letter to her was imply magical.

Someone decided to reply with nasty letters, though, and it's caused them to shut down the program until the offender is caught. There are only 8 days until Christmas.....quite unfortunate. :(

Christmas Spirit the Firefox Way

As Christmas approaches, I don't want to forget to post this. You should know by now that I adore firefox. Well Dave passed this along to me and I couldn't help but want to pass it on. Here's the main link so you can see and use the full version....think "desktop picture," hehe. And oh yeah, Merry Christmas. ;-)

(As for why my blog seems rather slow with posting right now, it's because I've been doing more behind-the-scenes type work. For example, my labels have been turned into a tag cloud thanks to this site. And I've been hanging out a bit more at a few different forums and blog sites than I usually do, hoping to do a little networking (read--socializing because it's fun). No worries...I still have plenty of quirky content to throw your way. Be ready to catch!)

Chain Gang Wears Pink and Buries Alcohol Abuse Victims as Punishment

Source

It's been a while since I've posted anything news related, but this was quirky enough to catch my attention. Yes, they're wearing pink, and yes, it's a real photo. Here's the caption:

Members of the Maricopa County DUI chain on a work detail as deputies gurad them Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 in Phoenix, Az.. Men convicted of drunken driving will don bright pink shirts and perform burials of people who died of alcohol abuse as part of a new chain gang in Phoenix. A sheriff's dept. spokesman said the DUI chain gang is the first ever that's dedicated to one type of crime.

What do you think? At first glance, the pink color seems like it could work well as a humiliation tactic. Sure, it's just a color, but it 'does' tend to have certain associations/connotations to it, so for those wearing the pink shirts, it could certainly have an effect. But would that effect help remind them not to drink and drive? Probably not. And it may or may not be an appropriate punishment for their crimes.

The second portion of that, though....performing burials of people who died of alcohol abuse? Uhhh. I'm not even sure how to comment on that, but I can definitely see it bringing up some controversial discussions. After all....should they be performing burials 'at all'? I can see families of the deceased questioning whether they are okay with convicts burying their friend or relative. Will they be donning those bright pink shirts and striped pants or will they be in something less...out there? Will it be done in chain gang form with several of them out there doing it? And all that aside, will it really encourage them not to drink and drive again?

Top 20 Most Useless Sites

The Top Twenty LEAST Useful Sites on the Web

The name pretty much says it all. Notice that it doesn't say these are time wasters....it's not just another list of addictive games to waste your time. They're literally sites used for, well, nothing!

Take Number 20 on the list, for example: www.purple.com It's purple. No, I mean it....it's not a site about purple...it's not a purple background with ads and text....it's not a site with lots of purple things on it. It's simply purple. Period. Lol.

Most of the other sites are slightly more entertaining than that, but most you wouldn't spend more than a few seconds on for a quick giggle, so check it out, hehe.

Customized Joke Teller--What Will it Choose for You?

Jester 4.0 is an online joke recommender that chooses jokes for you based on what it thinks you will enjoy. After rating 8 jokes, it will begin choosing other jokes for you to read. Personally, I didn't find many of the jokes 'that' amazing in the first place, but I loved the concept. Try it out and let me know what you think. Did it choose jokes that best fit your tastes?