A Big FU From Nature

Avery's Halloween Costume

He's Robin (As in Batman and Robin)
Griffin is Yu Gi Oh! this year and I will post his picture after Halloween. He was not modeling yesterday.

Humans vs. Stingrays (Humans - 0 Stingrays - 2)

Did you hear about the stingray that "jumped" into a 80 year old mans boat and stabbed him with the barb inthe chest!!! They took him to the hospital and he may survive. When they said the Steve Irwin thing was a freak accident and now this! They are coming for us. First one then two and then a hundred how many times does this have to happen before they start doing something about them. Be afraid. Sorry to my wife I don't have any pictures of the old man getting stabbed. Maybe I'll get lucky and someone snapped a few shots. I did my own version of what happened until then.

OMG I'm Back!

If anyone was wondering, i'm not dead. Just busy doing my thing, taking care of the kids and so on and so forth. I am excitied about the bears and hope they could do something this year. Rex was just awful this week. If anyone is interested I have some photos of Steve Irwin just before and after he was stung. When I heard what happened I didn't imagine him wearing kaki shorts on a scuba dive?

Why Do I Hate People?

Let me count the ways:
They are stupid, they can't drive, they only care about themselves, they are rude, they are ignorant, they smell sometimes, they drink and drive, they swear in public with little children around, they talk in the moive theater, they piss on the toilet seats, they TALK ON THEIR CELL PHONES LOUDLY IN A CROWDED TRAIN, they act like they are doing you a favor when they are working at a job, they don't like to listen to me rant, they talk like they know what you're talking about when you can see it in their eyes that they have no idea, they tell lies, they cut in line, they act stupid in order for it to benefit them, they speak another language about you in front of you, they don't know when to quit while they are ahead, they are stupid, did I mention that? I could go on but I'll leave the rest to you guys.

The Follow-up To Friday June 16th

Well my "Positive" Friday didn't go as bad as I thought it would. I drove into the city and let out one swear word but then reminded myself about being positive. I made it downtown in one hour, my day went fast I left work early, did a little afterwork work and got home in about 45 minutes. So all was not bad but it took alot of restraint. Maybe I will try this crazy experiment again sometime.

Friday, June 16th, 2006

This Friday I will attempt something so outrageous that I am not sure I will be able to pull it off. At the suggestion of a friend, that I need to stop being so negative, I will on Friday be positive for one whole day. Yes, I will not even say bad things about drivers or stupid people I meet on the street. We shall see how I feel afterwards (I already know though).

Duck X-ray reveals 'alien head'

CORDELIA, Calif. - The International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia plans to raise funds with an unusual duck X-ray. The bird came in with a broken wing, but when Marie Travers, assistant manager of the center, radiographed the duck, she was stunned to see a very clear image of what appeared to be the face, or head, of an extraterrestrial alien in the bird's stomach.

"Marie looked at it and all she could say was 'unbelievable,'" said Karen Benzel, public affairs director for the rescue center, which has been rescuing sick and injured birds for more than three decades.

Unfortunately, the duck died quickly and quietly of its injuries.

Initial reports from the center claimed the cause of the alien face was never determined, but Benzel said she was still awaiting results of a necropsy.

Either way, the center has come up with a way to turn its alien encounter into a fundraiser for the center. It will auction off the X-ray on eBay.

The one-of-a-kind image, which measures 17-by-14 inches, will be sold along with a certificate of authenticity. All proceeds will go toward funding the center's rehabilitation programs.

The auction begins Sunday.

Loving Your Pets To Death

Fat Animals Are COOL!!!

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is a nation of pet lovers but it may be loving its animals to death with pet owners passing on rising levels of obesity by overfeeding their cats and dogs, the country's main animal welfare body says.

Despite its image as a sports-mad country full of fit, sun-bronzed youth, Australia in reality is battling the bulge and challenging the United States as the world's fattest nation. The problem now extends to household pets.

Obesity rates for Australians have doubled over the past 20 years, with 62 percent of men and 45 percent of women now deemed overweight or obese.

The same trend applies to household pets, with an increase in the number of overweight cats and dogs being dealt with by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), and even one case of an obese pet mouse.

"It's a big problem, and quite reflective of what's happening in the human situation," said Mark Lawrie, the RSPCA's chief vet.

Australia is a nation of 20 million people, almost 4 million dogs, 2.5 million cats, 8.7 million pet birds and more than 12 million pet fish.

It has one of the world's highest rates of pet ownership at 64 percent of households, compared to 62 percent in the United States and 44 percent in Britain.

Lawrie told Reuters surveys had found that between 40 and 44 percent of dogs and more than one in three household cats were now overweight, due to poor diet and a lack of exercise.

Fat cats and dogs were more vulnerable to diabetes, arthritis, heart problems and liver disease.

Dogs most at risk were Labradors, Beagles and cross-breeds such as Labradoodles -- a mixture of a Labrador and a Poodle -- with household moggies more at risk than other types of cats.

The RSPCA said de-sexing and lower levels of exercise had an impact on pet obesity, but the key issue was over-eating.

"It's really the calorie intake and food that makes the big difference," Lawrie said, adding that many pet owners could not resist giving their animals food when they asked for it.

In Case You Were Wondering

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Bears killed and ate a monkey in a Dutch zoo in front of horrified visitors, witnesses and the zoo said Monday. In the incident Sunday at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park, several Sloth bears chased the Barbary macaque into an electric fence, where it was stunned.

It recovered and fled onto a wooden structure, where one bear pursued and mauled it to death.

The park confirmed the killing in a statement, saying: "In an area where Sloth bears, great apes and Barbary macaques have coexisted peacefully for a long time, the harmony was temporarily disturbed during opening hours on Sunday."

"Of course the habitats here in the safari park are arranged in such a way that one animal almost never kills another, but they are and remain wild animals," it said.

Witness Marco Berelds posted a detailed report on the incident, including photos, on a Dutch Web site. He said one Sloth bear tried unsuccessfully to shake the monkey loose after it took refuge on the structure, built of crossing horizontal and vertical poles.

Ignoring attempts by keepers to distract it, the bear climbed onto a horizontal pole, and, standing stretched on two legs, "used its sharp canines to pull the macaque, which was shrieking and resisting, from its perch."

The bear then brought the animal to a concrete den, where three bears ate it.

The zoo said it "usually wasn't possible" for keepers to intervene when an animal killed another.

The park plans now to move the Barbary macaques — which are large monkeys but often inaccurately called "Barbary Apes" — to another part of the park, it said.

Frickin' Funny Friday

What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work?
A stick.

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What do you call cheese that isn't yours?
Nacho Cheese.

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What do you call Santa's helpers?
Subordinate Clauses.

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What do you call four bull fighters in quicksand?
Quatro sinko.

What do you get from a pampered cow?
Spoiled milk.

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What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Frostbite.

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What has four legs, is big, green, fuzzy, and if it fell out of a tree would kill you?
A pool table.

How do crazy people go through the forest?
They take the psycho path.

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How do you get holy water?
Boil the hell out of it.

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What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall?
"Damn."

Gas Prices Suck

Avery gets a Haircut

The title says it all. Avery got his first haircut today.



Cute? Ain't he?

Sorry, I'm Lazy.

I have not posted on my blog and have gotten complaints from various people so I am going to try harder to keep up with it. Lets start a new subject: Why do so many people have to be stupid? Is it our schools or the way people are taught at home? I mean it seems to be getting worse. Now I know you can argue that being dumb and acting ignorant are two different things but both seem to be running rampant. Just my thoughts, maybe I'm angry?

The Hulk

I thought this blog is really funny. Its a blog written by the Hulk. I thought my brother would like this.

http://incrediblehulk.blogspot.com/

While were on the subject:

What is green and smells?

Hulk's fart.

Ha haha huah haww whoo, soooooooo funny!!!!

Sorry, a day late with these.

With Valentines we think of love and of course that's "Amore:"

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie

That's amore.

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When an eel bites your hand and that's not what you planned

That's a moray.

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When our habits are strange and our customs deranged

That's our mores.

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When your horse munches straw and the bales total four

That's some more hay.

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When Othello's poor wife, she gets stabbed with a knife

That's a Moor, eh?

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When a Japanese knight used a sword in a fight

That's Sa...mur...ai.

The Baby

Avery likes the Beastie Boys.

What's Up?

How is everyone out there? I am having a nervous breakdown mostly because of my job and need to be medicated, but besides that, everything's peachy. Isn't it funny how you can become so complacent that you ignore how bad things are. I have been at this crappy job for 13 years and for the past 5 or 6 it's been getting increasingly worse. But it pays the bills and feeds my family so I fought it out. But now I found out that they are trying to get rid of me because according to them I get paid to much money and don't have a college degree. So now I have to get up every day knowing that they are going to mess with me and do whatever it takes to get me to quit because they don't want to pay unemployment if they fire me. So they are giving me so much work, it's impossible for me to finish and in turn they are writting me up. Gotta love Unions. Well that's my sob story and I'm just waiting around to get fired because I'm not going quit, but its killing me slowly. Any gripes of your own?

New Look

I didn't care for the look of my blog so I'm trying out this new one. I like it on the left better. That didn't sound right.

Joke of the day.....

Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man he meets, "Do you want to go to heaven?"

"I do father."

"Then stand over there against the wall." Then, he asked the second man, "Do you want to got to heaven?"

"Certainly, Father."

"Then stand over there against the wall." He walked up to O'Toole and said, "Do you want to go to heaven?"

"No, I don't Father."

"I don't believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?"

"Oh, when I die, yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go right now."

DAMN!!!!!!!!!

Why Brian, Why!?!? Our Defense Stunk. I think we should have won that game damnit. I removed that last picture because my wife accused me of stealing it from her blog when I took it off of the bears website.

Enough Said. I will be in a period of mourning for the next week or so.

You Gotta Read This, I love This Stuff!

Cat Apparently Called 9-1-1 After Owner Fell From Wheelchair

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man who fell out of his wheelchair says his cat apparently called 911 for help.Police received a 911 call from Gary Rosheisen's apartment Thursday, but there was no one on the line. When they called back and got no answer, they decided to check things out.In the apartment they found Tommy the cat lying by a telephone on the living room floor. "I know it sounds kind of weird," Officer Patrick Daugherty said. Rosheisen was unable to get up because of ministrokes that disrupt his balance and pain from osteoporosis. He also wasn't wearing his medical-alert necklace and couldn't reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help. Rosheisen said he got the cat three years ago and tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck. The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons -- including a speed dial for 911. "He's my hero," Rosheisen said.

What Song?

"I spoke to the mountain and listened to the sea".
Anyone? Hint - It's a 80's alternative song.

My Baby

My baby slept for 10 hours last night! I am NOT kidding when I say that is the longest he has slept since he's been born. He is 8 months old now. I shouldn't celebrate too much we'll see how he sleeps tonight. Woo Hoo, la la la, zippity do da, da da dadada.

Ok, Let Me Throw This One Out There

I know I am going to sound like a old man when I say this but what ever happened to saying goodbye on the telephone. I talk to people all day on the phone and only like 20% if that, say goodbye when they hang up. I get offended when that happens and I'm starting to take it personal. That is almost as bad as going into a store and buying something and the cashier doesn't say thank you. What the hell? Didn't I just contribute to your salary? You could at least say thank you when you give me my change. Holy crap it makes me mad. Arrrggghhh!!

My Children

Just so you know (most of you who know me, already do know) I have two children. They are wonderful and smart and six years apart. Hey, that rhymes. Well they, including my wife are the lights of my life. That is usually where the light ends but they keep me going. Many people might say I am "crabby" and "Don't like people" or "Hates to drive" we could go on for a while but I'll leave that to another post when I start ranting. Here's the kids:

The Way I See It

Well, this is the way I see it. This is my new experiment with the internet. I know I am a little late with the blog thing but better later than never my pappy always used to say. First off I never had a Pappy, second off I thought I could keep in touch with friends and family and view my slightly askew thoughts about the world and just about anything and post them here. I hope everyone will be brutally honest, I like it that way.