Monthly Archives: February 2011

Cat Gives Thumbs Up With Extra Digit

Cat with extra digit on paw proudly gives the thumbs up to the camera. 

Kitty, can you say how cool is it to be polydactyl?

Cat gives owners the thumbs-up

February 25, 2011

Carved Candle Art

Interesting.  Candle-making elevated to a new level. 

Carved Candles – Beautiful

December 28, 2009

Suspend Water From A Cup

Amaze and wow your friends.  Yourself too!

Amazing Water Trick! How to Suspend Water Without a Cup!

February 13, 2011

CBO Shows Stimulus Bill Costs $228,055 Per Job

CBO: Jobs Created and Saved By Stimulus Cost At Minimum An Average of $228,055 Each.  CNS News

Gleaned from the CBO’s very own report, Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output from October 2010 Through December 2010.

From his pen stroke to your wallet, President Barack H. Obama’s very own Stimulus Bill in easy-to-understand terms.   

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Pick Up The Mannequin Head On The Sidewalk

Don’t you just love a good prank?

Mannequin Head Drop Prank

February 23, 2011

Precarious Diaper Changing Area

Recognize this from the ladies room?

A new concept in changing diapers.  Change a diaper while teetering baby by the trash bin.   


“Diaper changing table.  ”
Image courtesy of http://i.imgur.com/bbz9r.jpg.

When the trash can is strategically positioned close to the diaper changing table.

Wisconsin State Is The Real Victim In This Economy

Yes, there is a reason to rein in public employee unions.  WP.

An excellent summary of the showdown in Wisconsin. 

With the 2008 financial melt down and heavy losses in the stock market, these trends all worsened. And now it is a time of reckoning. Voters, who understandably believe that they and not union bosses, control state government elected representatives who promised to reorder the relationship between government and public employee unions. Elections have consequences and so does math. Pretending that public employee unions are the victims and not a major cause of states’ fiscal problems is not going to wash. 

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Baby Gorilla Takes First Steps

Baby struggles, and Mama lends a hand.

The four month old gorilla born in October 2010 is starting to learn its own strength.

London Zoo’s Baby Gorilla Takes First Step!

February 14, 2011

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President’s Day 2011

President’s Day.  A day of sales?  Yes.  But not the primary reason for the federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of every February. 

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln kicked it off.  Posthumously of course.    Their birthdays in February became the impetus for bringing together a day celebrating American presidents. 

Some presidents may be best remembered for their massive likeness carved out from a mountain side in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  Others may be remembered for the more unusual.   

Martin Van Buren was nicknamed “Old Kinderhook” which was shortened to O.K. This began the use of the word okay.

During Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, a flock of sheep was raised on the White House lawn. The wool was used to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I.

William Howard Taft was the last president to sport facial hair with his bushy mustache. He was also the largest president in history at over 300 pounds, and legend has it that he got stuck in the White House bathtub.

O.K.  There you have it.  Some interesting bits of history weaved into a special, clean-cut holiday.


“Mount Rushmore.  George Washington.  Thomas Jefferson.  Theodore Roosevelt.  Abraham Lincoln.”
Image courtesy of http://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm.

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Simple Solutions For Daily Quandaries

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Also at Think Happy.

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

  1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.
  2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
  3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the shower.
  4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
  5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
  6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.
  7. You only need two tools in life – WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn’t move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn’t move and does, use the duct tape. 
  8. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
  9. If you can’t fix it with a hammer, you’ve got an electrical problem 

Daily Thought:

SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKYS. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.

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