This is an insult to the memory of every GI who died liberating Italy!

And it's just damn scary!

A Monday morning fun waste of time!

Current View of the Earth from the MOON!

Current View of the Earth from the SUN.

Pictures of the Northern Light/Aurora Borealis.*

*As we approach 2012, the aurora will be visible further south -- including in New Mexico just for Moni!

Oddly, this keeps getting worse the more of the article that you read!

Judge dismisses animal cruelty charges against police officer Robert Melia for sex with cows

I have not felt very good lately. On the other hand...

Woman dies after catching fire during surgery

Man is fatally shot during his gun safety lesson

There seems to be a lot of gun-safety lesson deaths:
Phoenix man killed in gun-safety demo

Fort Lewis soldier killed in accidental shooting while teaching wife gun safety

sick

am i

I kid you not...

The lobby of our local post office has all those new self-service contraptions--and an attendant to explain how to use them. (1) Are they not missing the point of self-service? (2) I want my school taxes back!

People with talent are so annoying!

Artist creates famous landmarks from around the world out of six million toothpicks.

Read Story, More Pictures

Famous tongue twisters

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
2. Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
3. Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
4. Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
5. Clowns grow glowing crowns.
6. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
7. Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.
8. Stupid superstition!
9. He threw three free throws.
10. Willy's real rear wheel.
11. Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.
12. Preshrunk silk shirts.
13. She had shoulder surgery.

20 most bizarre Craigslist adverts of all time

This is one of the least strange! CLICK HERE

It was TV's Golden Age.

Writer Larry Gelbart, who developed the hit television show "M*A*S*H" that uncovered a rich wellspring of comedy and pathos in war, died of cancer on Friday at age 81.

Gelbert got his start on Your Show of Shows, and early TV hit. It was a live 90 minute comedy variety show staring Sid Caesar. No cue cards were used.

In addition to Caesar, the show starred Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, and Imogene Coca.

Your Show of Shows was also responsible for bringing together one of the best comedy writing teams in television history, including Lucille Kallen (the inspiration for Sally Rogers, played by Rose Marie on The Dick Van Dyke Show), Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Michael Stewart (Bye Bye Birdie, Hello, Dolly!, 42d Street), and Larry Gelbart.

Spin-offs include: A TV show (The Dick Van Dyke Show), a movie (My Favorite Year, produced by Mel Brooks), and a play (Laughter on the 23rd Floor, written by Neil Simon).

NBC destroyed the original Kinescope recordings of the show but clips saved by the cast were made into a movie (Ten from Your Show of Shows) and a DVD (The Sid Caesar Collection).

No, it's not a fake, but you can fake it if you want!

The Whole Nutty Story

Add the squirrel to your own photo.

The English spell "curb" as "kerb" -- here are some others:

chili -- chilli

draft beer -- draught beer

gray -- grey

liquorice -- licorice

phony -- phoney

pajamas -- pyjamas

plow -- plough

story (of a building) -- storey

tire -- tyre

The test will be Thursday.

Life has passed me by, Part 23

My car went in last week for its annual oil change. I had a loaner car. It was a new model with just a few miles. It had no gas cap, just some kind of contraption that you stick the nozzle into. Who knew such things existed?

Am I the only one on the planet who did not know that Microsoft no longer sold Money? I used Money for years but switch to Quickbooks because it will print deposit slips. They killed Money!

Pennies, which I assumed were made of copper, are actually 97.5% zinc, but nickels are 75% copper. I'm so confused.