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Archive for November, 2008

This pregnant anaconda was killed and cut open.  The villagers found 70 eggs and displayed the baby anacondas.

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It would be funny if he actually dressed as Indy or Han for a Halloween party.

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• After living through the Dave Campo era with three 5-11 seasons, I always considered a sixth win by the Cowboys a successful season.  It’s gotten that bad.
• I remember in the early 90’s when the Cowboys had trouble selling out Texas Stadium and I think Kroger use to jump in and buy the remaining tickets for the public so the game can be televised locally.
• If you are interested in bidding for a piece of Texas Stadium, here you go.  Everything, and I mean everything is up for sale.
• I found a new TV show Sunday night that might rank 9 out of 10 on the unintentional comedy scale.  It’s basically a dance-off competition that at first I thought was an SNL or In Living Color Skit.  There’s more about the show here along with a video.
• I watched a JFK special on PBS last night and forgot that Jim Lehrer use to work for the Dallas Times Herald.  I think it’s interesting that both he and Bob Schieffer (a Fort Worth Star Telegram product) have moderated presidential debates in the last two elections, maybe more, but that’s what I remember.  Not bad for a couple of good ‘ol boys.
• From reading this article, I learned that Obama will be giving up his Blackberry, why presidents don’t email, and that he will most likely be the first president with a laptop.
• You know the end of a presidency is near when there’s pardon talk.
• Focus on the Family will have layoffs.  Link
• An Etch-A-Sketch that draws out the time and erases itself.  Link
• I Voted for Two – there’s more than one way to interpret that photo.
• Ten Cars That Sank Detroit.  Link
• Ten Cars That Could Salvage Detroit.  Link
• If you are a fan of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, you might like Sheldon Shirts.

That there are plenty of mens clothes at the Oprah store.

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If you are a woman that just can’t break up with your boyfriend, buying one of these Harpo Studio shirts just might do the trick.  But then again, it would make a great gag gift.

And if you are a mother of a newborn, you can annoy your husband by dressing your child (especially a boy) up in Oprah baby gear complete with the O logo.

Oh, and if I ever come home and DogGeeding is dressed in one of these, WifeGeeding will have some explaining to do.

25 kilometres away from Vilnius, 5 meters below the ground, and you find yourself in the USSR. Here you can avail of the opportunity to be transferred to the past and become a citizen of a totalitarian state. Upon arrival you will be met by guards with dogs. Having waved goodbye to your belongings, currency, cameras and mobile phones, you will put on a Soviet threadbare coat and dive into the life of a USSR citizen, full of tension and social peculiarities. You’ll be taken to the maze, watch TV shows and shops of 1984, be interrogated in a KGB office, learn the anthem of the USSR and get used to wearing a gas mask. You’ll dance to the music of those times and will make a Soviet dinner yourself. Leaving the bunker you will receive a special certificate and a unique present from the Soviet times.

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In this pdf you will find that the Naughty stores say things like “Happy Holidays” and that the Nice list contain stores that say “Merry Christmas.  This is the 2008 version.

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It appears that two wholesale stores are at opposing ends, and maybe a little out of date.

لاCostco – Web site does not appear to celebrate Christmas. References to “Christmas” are for the items named by the manufacturer.

√Sam’s Club ~ Web site: “Gifts 2007,” “Trim a Christmas Tree,” “Christmas” items.

The British Government has come up with a two-tiered plan to solve the problem of overcrowded cemeteries. The Times has reported that after 2009, city councils will be permitted to dig up graves and rebury coffins deeper to make space for a second burial on top.

Only abandoned graves dating back more than 100 years would be considered for reburial under the new plan, and graves would be reused only if there were no objections, religious or otherwise, from family members.

Regarding the headstone, a second inscription would be added to the original but, in cases where the existing headstone is damaged, only the newer inhabitant would be recorded.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Georgia, Handsome Dan, Curly and other pit bulls rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation are getting a shot at fame as stars of a line of boutique red wines.

The Vicktory Dogs Wine Collection features colorful portraits of 22 dogs confiscated from Vick’s Bad Newz Kennels that now live at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southern Utah.

“As a signature collection, it’s through the roof,” said Matt Hahn, co-owner of Carivintas Winery, a Southern California company that combines wine selling and philanthropy.

Each bottle includes a portrait of one of the dogs on the label. On the back, instead of a description of the wine, there’s a brief story about each four-legged friend.

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View a slideshow of his art here.

Astronaut Don Pettit created an astounding video using a sequence of still images he shot of the aurora borealis from the International Space Station.