Mugs O’ The Year Display Fashion Smarts

The Smoking Gun’s 2008 Mug Shots Of The Year.  Can you guess the recurring theme in each criminal arrest mug shot?

And befitting a year marked by a historic presidential election, the list reaches its apex with a group of suspects busted in the act of advocating change.

Image courtesy of http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1217081mugyear20.html.

Brain Test With A GIF

Are you right or left brain dominant?  Test your right versus left dominant brain with this gif. 

Image courtesy of http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html.

THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test … do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses logic detail oriented facts rule words and language present and past math and science can comprehend knowing acknowledges order/pattern perception knows object name reality based forms strategies practical safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses feeling “big picture” oriented imagination rules symbols and images present and future philosophy & religion can “get it” (i.e. meaning) believes appreciates spatial perception knows object function fantasy based presents possibilities impetuous risk taking

See:

• www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html
• http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=994_1197743323

Best Do It Yourself Speed Bump

Ever wish you could just instantly take care of those speeders that use your street as their Formula One racetrack?  Well, someone conjured this solution up already. 

Toom – BauMarkt home improvement center in Colonge, Germany (www.toom-baumarkt.de) came up with this idea and promoted in this commercial.

German Speed Bump

November 17, 2007

The Cat In The Hat On Aging

Email in circulation.

Now here is something that was not passed around the reading circle in school.  Hmmm.  An obscure Dr. Seuss release.  For the generations.

Ogre Gets Local Post Office Cat Evicted

There always has to be a sourpuss somewhere to spoil a good thing for everyone else.

Meet Sammy The Cat.  Former resident of the local post office in Notasula, Alabama.  Content to have a roof over his head, the patrons were likewise happy to have a pleasant fixture to greet them.  All except one, who complained the cat had no right to live on the premises since he did not pay taxes.  Federal at that.  So out went Sammy.

But in came his adoring fan club.  One rented a post office box in his name.  So  he will retain his residential rights at the P.O. after all.  And the ogre of Notasula, Alabama can go home and sulk in defeat.

Video and story of the genteel creature here at WKYC in Cleveland/Akron, Ohio.

Hat tip, Hot Air.

See:

• http://www.wkyc.com/news/watercooler/watercooler_article.aspx?storyid=104860&catid=91

Fat Issues

Obesity.  From serious to nonsense.  Is there an answer?

Kansas City Woman Told To Get MRI at the Zoo.

She was told that at 5 feet and 275 pounds, none of the MRI machines would hold her.  Carolyn says an assistant began searching for one elsewhere that would.

“So he suggested the Kansas City Zoo.  I thought, I know I’m big but I’m not as big as an elephant,” she said. “And my husband got mad.”