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Just sayin'...

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So.

START CATERING!!!!! *snicker*

OK, this is too good NOT to post!

(I looooooooove ICHC - I wish they'd let us have it at work [pout])

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I can haz coffee?

Um, or... Maybe not... LOL!

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Microsoft still doesn't get it...

Heh. Link thanks to my Beloved Husband...

Dave Barry's Year in Review... and cute kittens

Yep. This is a good way to spend New Year's Day - reading Dave Barry. Some highlights:

• Abroad, Fidel Castro steps down after 49 years as president of Cuba, explaining that he wants to spend more time decomposing. In selecting his successor, the Cuban national assembly, after conducting an exhaustive nationwide search, selects Fidel's brother, Raul, who narrowly edges out Dennis Kucinich.
• In sports, the undefeated New England Patriots lose the Super Bowl to the New York Giants in a stunning upset that confounds the experts, not to mention Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which had $38 billion on the Pats to win.
• In environmental news, Earth Hour is observed on March 29, when cities around the world display their commitment to conserving energy by turning out their lights for one hour. When the lights come back on, Detroit is missing.
• the International Atomic Energy Agency releases a report stating that Iran is actively developing nuclear warheads. In response, Iran issues a statement asserting that (1) it absolutely is not developing nuclear warheads, and (2) these are peaceful warheads. The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China convene an emergency meeting, during which they manage, in heated negotiations, to talk France out of surrendering.
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac invest $17 billion in an Herbalife franchise.
• Speaking of vegetables, the big scare in June comes from the Food and Drug Administration, which announces that tomatoes are killing people. A wave of fear grips the nation as supermarket shoppers stampede from the produce section, causing several fatal shopping-cart mishaps. At the height of the panic, with the tomato industry reeling, the FDA declares that, oops, the killer might not be tomatoes, but some other vegetable, possibly jalapeño peppers, but nobody knows for sure. Eventually everyone calms down, but not before a bank in Cleveland is held up by a man wielding only a stalk of asparagus.
• Speaking of trouble, the economic news continues to worsen with the discovery that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have sent $87 billion to a Nigerian businessman with a compelling e-mail story.
• Also troubling is the news from Iran, which test-fires some long-range missiles, although Iranian President Whackjob Lunatic insists that Iran intends to use these missiles "for stump removal."

... Oh forget it - just go read the whole thing; it's hilarious!

And now for more hilarity, I present to you... KITTENS AND COKE!!!!!

(Kittipurrs to Bayou Renaissance Man)

Ah, a day is not wasted when you can combine politics, cats, cuteness and laughter...

Happy New Year!

And Uncle Jay really pretty much says it best:

Yep. Another new year. Woo-hoo.

Chicago: Buy furniture from this store!!!!

(kittipurrs and image credit to Gateway Pundit)

I love it... I TOTALLY LOVE!!!!! IT!

Gentlemen, set your phasers on "mock-to-DEATH"! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Oh, I'd forgotten this video!

An oldie (in 'net age, anyway) but a REAL goodie!

The Mom Song:

An American Carol opens TODAY!

And I'm going to go see it! I was thinking that my closest theater was in Lynchburg, but my blog-sister, badrose, alerted me to the fact that it's playing in DANVILLE!!!! Maybe 'rose and I can meet up and watch together...

TWO WEEKS until An American Carol opens!!!

And I'm so bummed - I'm going to have to wait a little bit until it gets into my area, because - when I checked yesterday - neither Danville or Lynchburg (my closest "big" cities) will be showing it on October 3rd. [pout]

But, for those of you who WILL have it in a theater near you, make sure you GO SEE IT! And then come on over and tell me how fun it was (no spoilers - or not too many - please, LOL)

Here's the newest trailer:

And here's the first trailer:

Finally - FINALLY!!! - a movie that loves America instead of all the vile slurs that Hollywierd loves to sling at this great country....

Oh, and here's An American Carol's website...

Oh, NOOOOES! Monorail cat... DERAILS!!!

News at 11!!!!!!

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"One second Trig....you got some liberal on ya"

Courtesy of NewsBuster's weekend captionfest, and commenter oldarmy (comment was on Sept. 5, '08, at 1648 ET)...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Best Sarah Palin fact EVER!!!

Found over at MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy -

When death came for Chuck Norris, he kicked his rear, busted down the gates of hell and trashed the place. Sarah Palin yelled out “ONE! TWO!…” before she got to three, Chuck had apologized, cleaned up the mess and went to his room…

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I like the Free Online Dictionary!

I'd been using Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com (partner sites) for the longest time, but they went through some weird change a couple of months ago, and just don't seem to have the same... excellence as before.

Today, I googled a word ("peroration," which I got from Rick Moran's article about Sarah Palin over at Pajamas Media - love learning new words!), and came across a link to the Free Online Dictionary. I like - no, I LOVE it!

The front page is fun, too - besides the typical "word of the day" sort of thing, they also have a hangman game and also a spelling bee widget and a match up game. I think that's great - they all help you play AND learn at the same time. The match up game was interesting, because I had to think about how the words were put together (prefix, suffix, root) to get some of the possible meanings and then match them with really out-of-the-ordinary synonyms. Here, take a look (click to embiggen):

I confess, I'd never heard of about HALF of those words, but with a combination of using what I did know, the process of elimination, and examining word construction, I managed to get 100%! Go, me! ;-)

So, if you're looking for an excellent online source for definitions and word games, try out the Free Online Dictionary.

Now, I'm going to go prowl their thesaurus entries....

CLASSIC!!!

The BSOD monster still lurks, waiting to devour the next sacrifice:

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Yet more silliness from the absurdity that is my life...

Last night, a group of online friends started discussing who the original Federalists and Republicans were, and then totally jumped the shark. "Richard" (all names - except mine - have been changed to protect the guilty) started it, proving yet again that all roads (in our group, at least) lead to Monty Python, and interjected:

Because no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Of course, *I* couldn't let that pass - after all, he didn't quote the BEST part! - so I jumped in and responded:

Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

*snicker*

William then picked up the ball, and here's where things really go off the rails:

This is Ithildyn's fault!

My blog-sis, Ithildyn, posted this via Twitter:

It was so funny that the next episodes have been impossible for me to resist (I'm currently on #4). Please - watch them and be prepared to DIE-DIE-DIE laughing your a** off!

The rest of the episodes I've found are under the fold...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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What a great prank! I LOVE FailBlog!

Allah arrested!

*smirk*

Good for the South Windsor, CT, police... I mean, the "Almighty Supremebeing Allah" really is a menace!

(Kittipurrs to my darling blog-brother, Kender)

Who ya gonna call?

ZOMG!!! This is tooooooo funny! I love I Can Has Cheezburger so much... If y'all don't read it regularly, you are missing out on a wonderful laugh - actually, several - every day....

And, for those of you who don't get it (!!!!), check out Ghostbusters, OK? ;-)

Have you checked out Dr. Horrible yet?

Better hurry, 'cause he's all gone for free-view on Sunday the 20th...

Joss Whedon, of Buffy and Firefly fame (to name two), has done this for kicks and profit, and it's rather surreal... But I love it! It's too funny, and just odd... I guess I need to gratify my inner geek!

So, go check out Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog NOW!

OK, finally - the dreaded Hawaii slide pic!

Yeah, yeah, but it's a (first year) tradition (second year), and I have one fan who would be gravely disappointed if I didn't post it (yep, he's pretty weird... BWAHAHA!)

Hey, Raven! We found your boat...

*snicker* I tried and tried to e-mail this to the group, luv, but GMail's uploads are being kinda snicky for me...

Nevertheless, here she is:

Note her name... ;-)

Not ALL the Hawaiians are fooled...

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... PINOCCOBAMA!!!

Basement cat and his minions

You remember basement cat, right?

I Can Has Cheesburger

Well, here are his minions:

I Can Has Cheezburger

and

I Can Has Cheezburger

ICHC has the BEST lolcat funnies!

Halp!!!

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Oh, I LOVE I Can Has Cheezburger!!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

But - fair warning! - it's not politically correct, and the language isn't pristine... But this is hilarious! (Thanks to my friend, Tony, who e-mailed the link to me)

Now for something fun and cuddly...

... 'cause after the snark I've been posting this morning, I need a break! So, here are three LOLcats from ICanHasCheezburger which made me go

"Awwwwww...."

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"**giggle!!**"

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.. and "OOOoooooOOOO!"

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I guess I'm feeling all Basement Cat today.... ;-)

Chris Muir is a blippin' GENIUS!!!!!

Chris... I love ya, man...!

Yep. The GOP has more problems than simple copyright issues...

When danger reared its ugly head
He bravely turned his tail and fled
Yes, brave Sir Robin RINO turned about
And gallantly he chickened out
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin RINO

Apologies to Monty Python... And HUGE kittipurrs to Chris Muir, the genius who pens Day by Day!

Courtesy of the Darling Munchkin...

Cute, yes? We love the Discovery Channel!

UPDATE: Just for my friend, Janette:

It is the "real thing"... Especially with a splash of rum and a squeeze of lime, LOL!

Yet another reason that I just love the guy...

William Shatner, on himself:

In the book you also talk a lot about “Shatnerian delivery”. Can you explain?

I don’t really understand what it means, except when someone’s doing an impersonation and I turn to the person beside me and say, ‘Does that sound like me?’ And they guiltily nod ‘yes.’ Apparently it’s rhythmic. If somebody does me, I’m now aware they think they’re doing me. I’m aware of the tip-offs.

Your voice is really soothing in real life.

Are you going to sleep? Maybe it’s the subject matter.

His autobiography, Up Till Now, is available and looks like a fun read, and I hope it sells like crazy.

But anyway, I've always loved Shatner - he really is a good actor, it's just that I think he knows people like him best when he's really "playing" [sound trumpets] WILLIAM SHATNER!!!! [another trumpet ruffle, please], and so he indulges them. He knows how to laugh at himself, unlike most other actors these days.

Instapundit (where I found this article) updates his entry with a note from Bill Quick:

Since I know Shatner fairly well, and I’ve spent a fair amount of time with him, I can tell you that this is pretty much the way he really is. He’s not putting anything on here.

... Suddenly I'm getting the very scary and hilarious idea of putting Shatner in a room with Robin Williams and seeing just what kind of insanity they create....

All for now, except for this FANTASTIC and oh-so-Shatner video -

The CatHouse endorses a presidential candidate

He's tough.

He's stoic.

He has no patience for BS.

He's the right man for the job!

LOL, oh, I'd love this as a theme for the CatHouse!

I was whining to some of my Cotillion sisters that I wish that a) TypePad had more themes available, or b) that I had solid design/coding skills, because I'd love a theme which reflects my faith, my love of country... and cats.

Naturally, the Conservative Belle found a wonderful picture to start with:

I never thought an ALLIGATOR could be cute!!

But I saw this and went all "Awwwwww!"

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Time for exercise, little kitties!

Thanks to Cute Overload, we see yet another hilarious kitty video:

Oh, dear Lord, forbid!!!

Heh...

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Dying of a cute-overdose...

Oh, GAH!

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Ded. D.E.D. of a cute overdose... THUD!

TALENTED dog!

... and great trainer, too... You can see how much fun they're having ;-)

Kittipurrs again to the wonderful satanically adorable minions at Cute Overload...

We have elections - why...?!

A couple people - most notably the Beloved Husband - have forwarded this to me, and it's too good NOT to post *snicker*

We in Denmark cannot figure out why you are bothering to hold an election.

On one side, you have a bitch who is a lawyer, married to a lawyer, and a lawyer who is married to a bitch who is a lawyer.

On the other side, you have a war hero married to a woman with a very nice figure who owns a beer distributorship.

Is there a contest here?"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Heh.

Of course, I suppose that means I'm going to have to check out the series...

Engineers explain cats...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I love it!

Kittipurrs to the wonderful, craZY people over at Cute Overload...

Well. Mom will be pleased...

But I'm thinking that this widget doesn't really scan the whole site... I would've expected about a 2% (if the average is about 9% as they claim) for me...

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I mean, I know I let loose with a "damn" or a "hell" occasionally... ;-)

"Earth Hour"? Pfft!

On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.

Nope, I don't believe that I'm gonna join the tree huggers on this one. Jim Hoeft points to Doug's suggestion at Below the Beltway -

I think I’ll have to make sure every light in the house is turned on.

I'm standing in solidarity with my Virginia blog-brothers... In fact, here's a video that fits the situation beautifully, I think *snicker*

UPDATE: Apparently, there's some difficulty with the video... If THIS doesn't work, just search Google videos, and I'm sure you'll get a hit... ;-) [/update]

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GAWD, I love our Marines!!!

I have NO IDEA whether this is true or not (OK well, so it's FALSE, darnit - but it's hilarious nonetheless!) Thanks to my friend Tony for forwarding it to me...

Top this for a speeding ticket!

Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar.One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill.

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300  miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then turned off.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.

Back at the CHIPs Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to  the USMC Base Commander The reply came back in true USMC style:

Thank you for your letter. We can now complete the file on this incident.You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming  signal back to it, which is why it shut down.

Furthermore, an Air-to-Ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your equipment location.

Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position.

The pilot also suggests you cover your mouths when cussing at them, since the video systems on these jets are very high tech. Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar. It appears the filling is loose.

Also, the snap is broken on his holster.

Thank you for your concern.

Semper Fi.

And even if it IS false, I could SO see the Marines sending that sort of letter... ;-)

DEMON COWS!!!!

We went on a family walk last night... Perhaps I should have brought a cross and some holy water?

They kept coming...

Closer and closer...!

AIIIGH!!!!

LOLcats RULE!

I'm going to have to keep this one - I just KNOW there'll be times when it will be a perfect commentary on various events...

*snicker*

Enter the ICHC online Poker Cats Contest!

This... is just SO wrong...!

... I don't know that I'll ever be able to listen to Deep Purple again...

(**hiss**MEOW!**spit, spit** to K-man, who I will never forgive! LOL)

Don' MESS wit' me, bro'!

What military aircraft are you? EA-6B Prowler You are an EA-6B. You are sinister, preferring not to get into confrontations, but extract revenge through mind games and technological interference. You also love to make noise and couldn't care less about pollution.

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Got this from the Military Motivator... You're not reading it??? SHAME on you!!!!

Ch-ch-ch-changes!

My friend Kender sent this to me...

I LOVE IT!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

UPDATE: OMG, he's on a roll!

glumbert - THX for the Eyes

RINOplasty indeed!

OK, yet another entry in my long-time love-fest with Chris Muir of Day By Day:

Can you say, "NAILED it!"?

From gossip I've heard this morning, Guilianiis set to drop out (thank God), but there's still Romney, Paul and Huckabee - what is a Conservative woman to do? I don't like ANY of the candidates... Although it is a possibility that I dislike Romney the least. Maybe. Perhaps. If I can control my nausea.

*sigh*

I had a conversation with a friend the other day, and he suggested that if the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party got together, then maybe conservatives would have a candidate. Of course, he continued, the explosion from that melding would probably rival a multi-gigaton nuclear bomb... (edit/update - and I'm not at all enthusiastic about eithers' stance on foreign policy...)

[headdesk]

I fear for my country. I truly do...