Why I Love Bill Maher

I have been a HUGE fan of Bill Maher's for many, many years. Check out his latest video blog below and don't forget to tune in when Real Time with Bill Maher returns this Friday, 8/29, at 10:00 p.m. (CDT) on HBO. You won't be disappointed.

Happy Birthday J9

Today is my oldest, dearest, bestest friend in the whole wide world's birthday. Happy Birthday Evil J9! It is also the 27th Anniversary of the beginning of our friendship. So, Happy Friendship Anniversary too!

I hope you enjoy this video. I have so many fond memories of this song from our Tops days. Makes me feel like busting a no-beat move every time I hear it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The Living Doll

For my dear friend Photo Guy. Enjoy!

I Give You China's Giant Bedpan

I have watched probably 50 - 60% of this year's Summer Olympics and snicker to myself every time I see the Bird's Nest. The Bird's Nest is Beijing's National Stadium and the site for all Track & Field Olympic Events.

I'm sure it is one of the largest stadiums in the world (Seating 98,000, I think) and it's probably some great architectural achievement for the Chinese, but I just can't get over the fact that it looks like a giant bedpan.

I think it looks nothing like a bird's nest. Behold the Giant Bedpan!

Emily

This is my dog, Emily (with her little sister, Lucy). I got her right after Mike and I divorced (mainly because Zach begged and begged for a dog) and she quickly became a member of our family. I know this photo is blurry, but I don't have many photos of her on my computer.

Even though she gets on my nerves most of the time, she really is a good dog. She's been very, very sick for the last several days and I'm pretty worried about her. She 7 1/2 which is (as you know) 52 1/2 in dog years.

UPDATED (08-23-08): EMILY IS DOING MUCH BETTER.

Heavenly Handfuls

Check out "Heavenly Handfuls."

I discovered these gross little dolls on Monday when I received a postcard mailer for these scary, little creatures in my weekly supermarket ad pack and was completely horrified.

The direct mail piece had a closeup of the Green M&M baby being held by the back of its neck over a small bowl of M&M's with the stomach rounded out to look like the M&M character. It immediately screamed "Eat the baby," and totally creeped be out. I (regretfully) couldn't find that shot on line and had already discarded the postcard. Damn!

The closeup below doesn't show just how mongoloidish these awful, little things are but will give you a pretty good idea.

Retarded candy babies. Creepy! Just damn creepy!

Yellow Finch

Check out the bright-yellow finch that was in my front bushes the other day.

I've been doing a great deal of watching out my window lately and have never seen anything like this guy.

It was pretty hard to get these photos 'cuz the darn thing was constantly hopping back and forth while doing this strange dance across the whole length of the hedge. I'm not a female finch, but I'm guessing that he was doing some weird mating ritual thingy.

You really can't tell from the photos but he was really, really tiny. Maybe only 2 1/2 to 3 inches tall but incredibly gorgeous!

Hope you enjoy my new visitor!