Links and Fun Stuff!

My animals are driving me completely out of my skull this morning! Legs can't seem to get enough attention, Roger keeps jumping in my lap and pointing those fingertips in my clavicle and Gown sits on top of the chair behind my head, nibbling on my hair and poking me w/ her fingers. This is the usual routine, but today I'm simply not in the mood! Do you ever get in that mood like, "Just leave me alone!" I realize they don't understand what my problem is but one day per year I get like this when I just want them off me. I'm not in a bad mood today -- I just feel like they are pushing me into a corner and today's not the day. Ordinarily I take their abuse w/ a smile because after all, they didn't ask to be born, I wanted them. You know what I mean. Okay, maybe I'm in sort of a bad mood -- I'm angry w/ myself over something. On to the links!

Runner dies after crossing finish line at Disney half-marathon. Witnesses claim he was heavily Animated and acting Goofy before the Rescuers took him away. LINK

Baltimore seeks hip, catchy slogan to draw tourists. Apparently "Watch our murder rate rise" wasn't catching on. LINK

Quentin Tarantino pissed off at James Bond producers for failing to contact him following his request to direct next 007 movie. LINK

Man with entirely too much time on his hands amuses himself by painting his house different colors when his wife isn't around. LINK

Viagra, Levitra and Cialis get the shaft when NFL, after thinking long and hard, decides to pull out of sponsor deal. Said a spokesman for Viagra, "That's nuts." LINK

Twenty-one percent of Americans surveyed think the best way to accumulate several hundred-thousands of dollars is through the lottery. LINK

I recently saw this ... thing on Jimmy Kimmel Live and since my great friend Shannon loves monkeys I of course had to investigate it. This is what I found:

"Alive" Chimpanzee So Real, It's Unreal!

* Amazing "Alive" Chimpanzee is a fully animated, life-size bust of the real animal.
* "Alive" Chimpanzee can see, hear and feel in ways that allow him to interact intelligently with you, your family, your guests...and with baffled strangers.
* Soulful eyes track movements using infrared "radar" vision; his ears have stereoscopic sound sensors; his skin reacts to contact with touch sensors all around.
* Four distinctive emotional moods include "Curious," "Happy," "Fearful" and "Feisty."
* Override his "natural" autonomous mode by using the wireless controller to communicate specific commands as far as 30 feet away.
* A Sharper Image worldwide exclusive.

Ooooooooh, feisty! I can scarcely think of anything more terrifying than a feisty chimpanzee! Shannon, I know you want one of these to keep you company when "Monkey" is at work so here's the LINK Oh no, thanks are not necessary. Your terror is thanks enough for me! Seriously, when I saw this thing on Jimmy Kimmel it was petrifying! Creepy.

Another Redneck Dog but not James' dog -- you know he got the Blue Tick triplets:



Just to refresh your memory:



And while we're on the subject:



You think that's funny? I'm the one lives here!

Later --