Can you tell the difference?

Epic fail.

Yet another "what were they thinking?" Award show moment.

The aHawaiian aWar chant

From 1968 and (sadly) not from the Aragon ball room.

Paint with Hate

It looks like a funny show. Thoughts anyone?

I finally got around to correcting this photo.

Freestyle translated for your pleasure

How to avoid the "Bystander Effect"

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were attacked in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses? I know I have thought what would happen to you if I attacked you in broad daylight in front of multiple witnesses..
Here is what is likely to happen.

You'll get attacked and no one will help.

People are more likely to get involved if they are the only one witnessing a crime however if there is a large group the "Someone else can help" takes over. The end result is no one will help you. Not even me. I'll point and laugh.

If you are being attacked and you can see people around you single one person out. Yell "HEY YOU IN THE BLUE SHIRT CALL 911!"
It forces them, by embarrassment of inaction, to leap into action and help. It can also be an important motivator for others within earshot as they are now forced to help you fend off your attacker. Try not to insult the witness as that may not result in help and may even cause them to join in on the attack "Hey FATSTUFF in the blue shirt dial 911 FUCKO!" Would be an ineffective plea.

Remember this the next time you are in a shopping mall, Truck Stop, Strip Joint or prison-yard... Wherever you hang out.

It can help you survive the attack.

End your week with Bang

Enjoy this little kareoke number. Just sing along to the words. It's easy!

Taffy in Back

Taffy in Back, originally uploaded by Atwater Village Newbie.

Debralee Scott, Twiggy and PAT AST!

All tucked behind Donna Summer.

Sarah Palin and the Beaver Round-up

Mother, Moosehunter, Remedial sportscaster.

It doesn't stop at Alaska

You Don't Have To Visit This Blog: The Sound Of Music (a.k.a., T'zlili Hamuzika) (1995 Israeli Cast) (Rodgers & Hammerstein)

You Don't Have To Visit This Blog: The Sound Of Music (a.k.a., T'zlili Hamuzika) (1995 Israeli Cast) (Rodgers & Hammerstein)

HELLBOY PSA

How to turn Levi into a creepy republican.

" Just place this under the boy's bed and he'll be one of us in the morning. Oh and did anyone remember to delete his MySpace account?"


Don't forget to stop by THIS Blog. It is a Goddamnnedhootandahalf.

Yes we've all seen it but listen closely this time.

"Three daughters and a son, born in a stable."


Oh and just to fuel the madness here is a picture of Sarah Palin just a few weeks before she went into labor in Texas
A few week before Her water broke and She drove out to DFW Airport to board a plane for Seattle, where she connected to another flight to Anchorage.
A flight in which the crew knew nothing of her condition nor did they detect she was in any stage of pregnancy.

(A check on Orbitz.com shows this one-stop itinerary to take anywhere from 9.5 hours to over 12 hours. That doesn't include wait time or travel to the airport.)

OK, so she makes it to Anchorage. What does she do THEN?

Well, instead of going to a hospital that has a neonatal intensive care unit (remember, she's in labor pre-term, and the baby has Down Syndrome), she drives an hour to the small town where she has influence. And voila! Baby born.

Was the baby's arrival listed on the hospital's web site, along with all the other deliveries?

No.

Sarah Palin says her doctor was an "expert". OK. So, an expert in obstetrics and gynecology -- which are the experts who monitor pregnancies and deliver babies -- is an OB/GYN. Was Sarah Palin's expert -- for this pre-term delivery in an already higher-risk pregnancy -- an OB/GYN?

No.

Was the doctor listed on the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center directory a few days ago?

Yes.

Is she listed there now?

No.

Has anyone seen a copy of the birth certificate of Trig Palin?

Not that anyone knows.

Was Bristol Palin out of school for the five months previous to the birth of Trig Palin?

Yes.

Why was she out of school?

Supposedly for mono, which she quickly overcame immediately after the birth and became pregnant. (Again?)

Yeah...
the picture was taken a few weeks before this all happened.

Oh wait then there is this picture taken 3 weeks before the baby arrived.

To be honest none of them look 3 weeks away from giving birth.
I think they snatched that baby! I think they were going to eat it and then this whole VP thing stopped them. For now.


By the way, how does a girl with MONO get pregnant? Way ta go MOM!

Animal cops:Noodles.

This is Soooooo Jane Lynch

Neverending Thursday

It was a Van Doncha know.


See the webpage here

1959 "Disneyland After Dark" Newspaper Ad

1959 "Disneyland After Dark" Newspaper Ad, originally uploaded by Miehana.

Thanks to Kevin Kidney for posting this.

Lets hear it for the big freaky fountain!

The List

Hey kiddies!
If you really want to feel old try compiling a list of things younger than you!

Here is my list.

Disneyworld.
Rolling Stone Magazine.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The ATM Machine
Boeing 737’s
Redwood National Park
The Aswan Dam in Egypt.
911
Internet
MTV
Wal-Mart
Earthday
Commercial Jumbo Jet Service.
Nasdaq
Fed Ex
NPR
Pocket Calculators.
Soft Contact lenses
Microprocessors
HBO
Digital Watches.
All Video Games.
Fiber optics.
Skylab
Consumer Microwave Ovens
The Sears Tower in Chicago
Barcodes
Jetskis
Genetic Engineering
MRI Scanners.
Kevlar
Matt Damon
Pirates of the Caribbean (The Ride)
Bic Disposable Razors.
Betamax/VHS
Digital Cameras
Madeline Kahn's entire film and television career.
Laser printers
Apple Computer Company
Ink Jet Printers
The World Trade Center in New York
GPS
All Cell Phones
In Vitro Fertilization
Sony Walkman and all like-designed devices.
Snowboards
Magic Mountain
Fax Machines
CNN
AIDS/HIV
Post-it Notes
Jason Gould
All CDs And DVDs
Space Shuttles
The Hole in the Ozone Layer.
The Human Gnome Project
All Laptop Computers
The Nicotene Patch
Prozac




Why in my day…

Smallpox was a real disease and The Queen Mary was functional vessel.

Come on... you gotta love ANIMAL COPS!

So I get this apology to a hate post today

Hello. I am writing to formally issue an apology. I am sorry for
attacking you over something so petty. Although this may only lead to
me getting more revved up, the truth is I came across your commentary
on earth shoes because I have been on crutches for the past two weeks
(and I am sure you really don't care) but I was told that I was no
longer allowed to wear converse and had to invest in some nice shoes.
To top that off, I am incredibly disappointed in the country at the
moment, and although your political views are none of my business, I
am a liberal, vegetarian, going into environmental science and reading
your excerpt gave me the impression that you are a heartless,
republican, narrow minded asshole, and although it is entirely
possible that you are, that is none of my fucking business whatsoever.
So, I apologize for taking my frustrations with the environment and
my currently crippled physical condition out on you. Five years ago
when I thought I was a punk rock, chaos loving, 16 year old, I am sure
I would have found that blog rather amusing. So now, I am a hypocrite
and a prick, and I will blame it on pms and get on with it.

(name removed)

P.S. were you offering me a hug? just kidding. I really am sorry.

Neverending Thursday

It was a Book Donchaknow.



In Michael Ende's most well-known novel, Bastian Balthazar Bux is a lonely, overweight boy whose mother is dead and whose father is so wrapped in grief he barely acknowledges Bastian's existence. (Oooo I really want to see this on the big screen I hope this gets made into three movies, a series, a cartoon and more someday!)


Read about the book here.

Oh my. Next weeks neverending fiasco is a doozie!

Atomic Wednesday

What do Ruth, Dixie, Shasta Butternut, Seersucker and Mink all have in common? Aside from being "Drag" names they were all names of nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site between 1951 and 1962. A total of 928 atmospheric and underground nuclear tests were conducted at the NTS and each of those tests were christened with a name.
Beginning with Trinity, the first atomic test in 1945, nuclear tests were all assigned code names as a security measure during wartime operations. Test planners and scientists assigned seemingly innocuous code names or inventive nicknames to each test. It is a shame that the names given were not reflective of the devices power or destructive abilities. It would seem fitting to blame your cancer on something that was called "Devastator" instead, you get to blame it on something called "Butternut."

Although the names may seem ironically whimsical, there was a "formal" procedure by which test names were approved. A list of possible names was submitted for internal review, where inappropriate or previously used names were removed form the list. The remaining names were then sent to the U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington D.C. here the final approvals were made in coordination with "other" government agencies. The approved lists of names were returned to the NTS for future use.

While most of the names met with approval, there was one notable instance of a test name rejection. In 1969, Loa Alamos National Laboratory conducted Operation Mandrel, A series of tests names for grasses such as Seaweed, Jorum, Mintleaf and Cumarin. A proposed name of a test to be conducted in October of that year was "Ganja". Officials decided that calling a nuclear test after the most popular recreational drug of that year was not a good idea and changed the test name to "Milrow," a seismic calibration test conducted in Amchitka Alaska. (These test were deemed too large to occur in the continental U.S. so thank God for Alaska.)

Milrow along with two other test, Long Shot and the devastating Cannikin, not only caused irreversible damage to the island, they alone were responsible for the formation of Greenpeace.
So, I guess something good came as a result of the nuclear program.