Satire or Stupidity?

I can’t tell which this is.

Circular reasoning makes me dizzy.

At Your Age?

When they were 38 years old…

Poet Robert Frost sold his farm and used the proceeds to move to England where he could devote himself primarily to writing, and that made all the difference.

Dian Fossey became the first primatologist to be accepted by mountain gorillas in their natural environment.

French physician Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec invented the stethoscope as a way to avoid having to place the physician’s ear to the female patient’s breast.

Robert Fulton developed the steam boat.

Physicist Georg Simon Ohm discovered Ohm’s Law.

James Marshall discovered gold in California.

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon.

Earl Vickers started the Clockworks Project, in which he kept a detailed record of what he was doing and thinking each time a random timer went off.

Famous mathematician/songwriter Tom Lehrer recorded “An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer,” in which he commented that “By the time that Mozart was my age, he’d been dead three years.”

Roz Savage rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving behind a marriage, a job, a home, and a little red sports car. This adventure was inspired by a writing exercise in which she wrote two versions of her obituary: one in which she had lived a conventional life, and another in which she had lived the life she wanted to have.

Find out what people did when they were YOUR age…or add your kick-ass accomplishment and inspire others. Go Here.

Beat the Carnies

Ok, I promised Pamda I’d come back to my blog….poor neglected bloggy…

Here’s a cool one: How to Beat Carnival Games

So get out there this Labor Day and show em who’s boss! Think of me when you’re carrying around that huge not-so-soft teddy bear.

Your turn, Pamda!

Good News Bad News

Taking a break from Too Cool for a minute to tell you all…

I’M DONE WITH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hooray!!!!!

And…I got a letter from the Governor today. Yes, it was addressed to me as “Dear State of Illinois Employee…” Turns out they still haven’t agreed upon a budget and as of tomorrow, my paycheck is no longer guaranteed! Yayyyyy!!!!!!

Gov. Rod assure us that it’s someone else’s fault, so that’s comforting.

I swear, I was JUST about to set up an emergency fund! Yay!

Ok, that one didn’t really deserve a yay.

Well, back to the funnies soon enough. I have TIME now!

PostSecret

Sorry I’ve been AWOL…I’ve been busy. Life…then blog…then cats.

This is going to be a quickie today, but don’t let the lack of words fool ya – I LOVE today’s cool site, PostSecret. These folks have set up a system where people anonymously mail them postcards with a big secret written on it.

It’s good reading.

Panda Prison Break

Ok, maybe that last post about vinegar was a little lame. But THIS is some cool stuff! Go watch the escape over at YouTube!

Pandas…overrated? I think not.

Turn a Chicken Bone Into Rubber

Can you think of a reason to do this? I can’t. But I still really like THIS list.

Go check out this cool blog and learn about this and 61 other things you can do with vinegar.

(Photo from panix.com)

Dramatic Chipmonk Part II

Cat vs. Dramatic Prairie Dog

Kitten vs. Dramatic Prairie Dog

It just doesn’t get old.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Dramatic Chipmonk

I’ve been laughing for about twelve hours straight because of THIS VIDEO. By the 9th time I watched it I was laughing so hard I was crying.

Be sure you check out the Dr. Evil Remix, the Bond Remix, the Psycho Remix, and the Curses Remix. As usual, make sure your speakers are on. (Thanks, DH, for the additional links!)

If you’re obsessive (like me) and find yourself having fun with this little guy, go HERE and watch it over and over and over and over and over and over….

In The Details

Hehe…THIS is what I love about the computer age. It’s an audio, so be sure to turn on the sound. Click on the dollah bill below!

The 86 Rules of Boozing

After many years of working in bars, I can attest to the truthiness of THIS list by Frank Kelly Rich.

Here’s a sample:

If you are the bar’s sole customer, you are obliged to make small talk with the bartender until he stops acknowledging you. Then you’re off the hook. The same goes for him.

Never argue your tab at the end of the night. Remember, you’re hammered and they’re sober. It’s akin to a precocious five-year-old arguing the super-string theory with a physicist. 99.9% of the time you’re wrong and either way you’re going to come off as a jackass.

Drink one girly drink in public and you will forever be known as the guy who drinks girly drinks.

Go see the other 83!

Linky Linky

Hey! I got my first hit from Africa! Yippee!!!! Now all I need is Antarctica, and I’ll be able to call this blog “worldly”.

Onward to the cool links:

How To Tick People Off

Human Trivia

DropBoks: 1 GB Free Online Storage

Here’s a picture of the man I married. Isn’t he cute?

The Size of Our World

Hi Kids – Dr. Science here. Lanie turned over the control panel to me for a few minutes – she said something about reality TV and a pint of Ben and Jerry’s..I don’t know. Anyway, remember back in like 6th grade when you learned that Jupiter was really really big, but we’re so far away that it doesn’t look like it? Well go HERE and see what makes even the king of the planets look shrimpy.

Closing In

THIS is weird. Yet vaguely amusing. Turn on the sound.

Unusual Hotels of the World

I LOVE this. If I didn’t have to go to school and work and take care of cats and pretend to be normal I’d be traveling all over the world and staying in THESE hotels. This site helps you find amazing adventure hotels to stay in all over the world. There’s one where you can stay underwater with a big window looking into the ocean, and there’s one in Arizona where you can stay in a wigwam. I was so excited to show it to y’all that I didn’t even look at all of them yet.

This one looks fun:

It’s in Alaska – you can rent out a restored train car for the night! Way cool. The site rates it a “Wow!”

VideoStored

I’m not sure if this is legal…but it’s really really cool!

Go over to VideoStored - it’s a site that shows all kinds of movies, series, cartoons, videos, and standup comedy…for free! I don’t know if you need a broadband connection or not…but it doesn’t seem to take long to load.

I don’t know how they can do this, but they do. (So don’t tell anybody! Let’s keep it our naughty little secret!)

I think I’m gonna go watch What the Bleep. Again.

Sad But Funny

THIS is a couple years old now…but it’s really funny. And sad. But funny.

World Wild Foundation

Oh. Mah. Gahd.

Lookit this:

Guess what it is!!

I’m not gonna tell you…GO LOOK!

Feel Like a Rock Star

It’s typical of Americans to want Everything, Now, and Free.

THIS site delivers!

You get to feel really talented with little or no practice and in little to no time. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. You’ll move to the groove. Now, get over to Chord Studio and whip up a little tune!

Free Hugs

Aw…how much do I love THIS. Watch the video – bring a kleenex.

Join the Free Hugs movement – make the world a creepier nicer place!