November 2010
October 2010
American Holidays - A Mysterious Omission...
Every holiday in the U.S. is designed to help one or more industries. It’s the American Way. Here are the major U.S. holidays and the industries they support.
New Year’s Day - Alcohol
Martin Luther King Day - ?
Valentine’s Day - Greeting Cards, Candy
President’s Day - Linens
Memorial Day - Flags, Hot Dogs
Independence Day - Fireworks, Flags, Hot Dogs
Labor Day -...
Tale of a plant
I’ve been ‘in transit’ the past few months. But I’m getting settled into my new apartment, and I asked my son to bring by some plants he was holding for me. He had taken them to his mom’s house to keep them and water them for me a few months ago.
So I got a call from him. Bad news about the plants. He hadn’t watered them in a few weeks, and his grandmother went...
Cooking with Gas!
Thanks to @mabelmoments I now have Disqus comments on my Tumblr page. Woo! Thanks, Mabel! :-)
British Nurse Turned Off Quadriplegic's Life... →
This guy is a quadriplegic and was concerned about serious mistakes made by nurses operating his ventilator, but no one would do anything. So he installed a webcam to record any mistakes, and, a few days later, a nurse turns off his ventilator and he goes without air for 21 minutes.
She was so dense she didn’t even know to use the resuscitation bag on the hole in his neck, and, instead put...
Disney May Cut Keith Richards from 'Pirates 4'... →
theoriginaljoefisher:
I love this. Someone at Disney was like “Wait, Keith Richards did drugs? The guitar player from the Rolling Stones. HIM?! Well how can we keep him in this movie about comical thieves and rapists shooting guns and killing each other with swords?! IT’S A FAMILY MOVIE PEOPLE!”
View From Inside A Tornado →
Check out this video taken right where a tornado was touching down and tearing roofs off of houses. Whoa.
(The video after that one shows the damage done, houses flattened, etc.)
“I’m in love. And it’s the real deal, like ‘keep the...”
– Laurie, on “Cougar Town”
