Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all my blog buddies...

Our house will be the noisy one with the fireworks display.

Drop by for a cold one.

:-)

Monday Blues

The post-holiday Mondays are always the hardest...

Cat Blog Friday

For this Cat Blog Friday...

... a little Christmas frivolity from lolcats.

Happy Friday, everybody!

Greetings To All

Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours.

My Angel Dog

We have a special ornament on our Christmas tree this year... a German shepherd with wings and a halo.

As some of the readers of The BLOG know, we lost our beloved Dax in February and this will be our first Christmas without her.

Dax would go to great lengths to earn the words, "good girl", but she had a weakness for Christmas ornaments. We'd get home and often find a chewed up assortment. We learned to put the priceless ones near the top half and the expendable ones within her reach.

This year our ornaments hang safely on our Christmas tree, but I would gladly sacrifice a ton of them just to have our Dax back with us.

Sadly, we will have settle for knowing that angel Dax watches over us and waits for us on the Rainbow Bridge .


[The BLOG note: Hat tip to rgmb for sending me the Rainbow Bridge poem.]

Fashion Don't

A model wears a creation by Japanese fashion designer Junya Watanabe for his Fall-Winter 2008-2009 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris.

Ready-to-wear?

I don't think so... more like ready-to-throw into the nearest trash receptacle.

I'd love to hear what this fashion victim, er model, really thinks of this ghastly outfit.

Not So Happy Fan

A fan sits with a mushroom cloud decoration on his cap at the Detroit Lions-New Orleans Saints NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. New Orleans won 42-7 to drop Detroit to 0-15. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Yikes!

OK, today I'm happy to be a Bucs fans.

Cat Blog Friday

For this Cat Blog Friday...

... after the sad news from the Star Trek world this week, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight Lieutenant M'Ress, the feline relief Communication Officer of the USS Enterprise in The Animated Series who was voiced by Majel Barret Roddenberry.

It's Friday...

:-(

Political Dynasty

Records Show Caroline Kennedy Failed To Cast Her Vote Many Times Since 1988

Basically, Caroline has no qualifications for the office she's armtwisting, er, campaigning for, and now we learn that she has sat home during elections, including one involving the very seat she covets.

Oh, wait, she is a Kennedy.

That makes all the difference in the world.

Nevermind.

Majel Barrett Roddenberry 1932-2008

Majel Barrett Roddenberry Dies At 76

I was very saddened to read that actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and affectionately known as the First Lady of Star Trek died of leukemia today.

She had the distinction of being the only actor who, in various roles, had been in every dramatic incarnation the Star Trek franchise, including live-action and animated versions, television and cinema.

She recently finished her role as the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in director J.J. Abrams' movie "Star Trek," which is due out in May, 2009, her family said.

RIP, Majel.

Blue Blog Blago Blowback!

I don't watch Keith Olbermann's maniacal show, but I do like to keep up with his lunatic antics so on occasion I check the #1 Keith Olbermann blog in the world...
OlbermannWatch.com

That's how I found the above video of actual blue blog rants upset with any questioning of Obama about the Blago scandal. The rants, compiled by John Gibson, are read in dramatic fashion and illuminate the deep derangement of the left.

The post and comments can be found at: Dramatic Readings: Blue Blog Blago Blowback!

Franken Foul

Ann Coulter hits one out of the park with today's column...

One Plus One Equals Twenty Extra Votes For Franken

Are the spineless Republicans going to stand around and let Al Franken steal the election from incumbent Senator Norm Coleman?

Franken needs stopping now. Where is the action?

Hitler Cake

From the stoopid parents department...

Cake Request For 3-year-old Hitler Namesake Denied

Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because "no one else in the world would have that name."

Yeah, right and that's why your other children are named JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell.

And why you previously asked for a swastika to be included in the cake decoration.

I'm going to quote one of Mr. Cube's favorite sayings, "You can tell me the sky is green, but I'm not going to believe it."

Guess Who

The Mask Of Jacko: Michael Jackson Steps Out In His Most Bizarre Outfit Yet

Flitting about town in an outfit designed to not draw unwanted paparazzi attention...

Yeah right.

Forensic Monster

The Monster Patricia Cornwell Created

Yikes, it has been almost twenty years since Patricia Cornwell's first Kay Scarpetta book, Postmortem, was published. Where does the time go?

Has anyone read the new one yet?

Tainted Search

Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results.

Google Cranks Up The Consensus Engine

Some of us have long suspected this... now we know.

Concensus is for our own good.

Dark Side Toast

From BilliontyOnethGeek.com comes this cool gadget for the Star Wars fan in your life...

Darth Vader Toaster

OK, that's cool, but I think I'll wait for the Enterprise toaster ;-)

Big Moon & Stars

Look Up Tonight For A Spectacular Treat In The Sky: Biggest Full Moon For Years Enhanced By Shooting Stars

The biggest full moon of 2008 is tonight and it will interfere a little bit with the annual Geminid meteor shower which is expected to peak on Dec. 13th and 14th.

OK, so you see 20 meteors each hour instead of 100, that's still an acceptable amount in my book.

Tonight, and for the rest of the weekend, is a wonderful opportunity to get outside and look up.

Cat Blog Friday

For this Cat Blog Friday...

... 'tis the season for political fat cats from Chicago.

Happy Friday, everybody!

Slimy Pols

Chicago Tribune reporter, John Kass, follows the daily escapades of the dirty politicians in the cesspool that is Chicago politics.

And Kass is asking some very interesting questions...

Man Behind Curtain Is Wizard Of Rod, Rahm

The powerful state Sen. James DeLeo (D-IL) has connections to both Gov. Blagojevich (D-IL) and Congressman Rahm Emmanuel (D-IL). Think of a vacant Senate seat and a soon-to-be vacant House seat in Illinois as a package deal.

Basically, we've just begun to scratch at the surface of the sleaze.

Please pass the popcorn.


[The BLOG note: Thanks to Lucianne.com poster, PLPointer67, for the heads up.]

Transparency In Government

Blagojevich Questions Censored On Transition Website

Obama's Transition site has launched a feature allowing citizens to submit questions, but not about Blagojevich...

BTW did you know that Mrs. Blagojevich was the Obama's realtor for the Rezko house and lot deal?

The plot thickens...

Tampa Dirt Bags

Owner Of Dog Used As 'Target Practice' Still In Disbelief

"Tampa police say one of three teenagers gathered outside the Scott home pulled a gun and fired at Lady, a 9-month-old pit bull mix about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officer Adam York said a witness saw the boys casually walk down the street and shoot the dog".

What can you say about this kind of evil act on an innocent animal?

I have some choice words for these teens...

Blagojevich Who?

Did Obama lie about meeting the now radioactive Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich?

Questions Arise About The Obama/Blagojevich Relationship

Oh, no he din't!

But wait, according to this Tristates.com article, Obama met with
Governor Rod Blagojevich on the afternoon of Novemeber 5th in Chicago to discuss Obama's Senate seat.

Who Will Fill Obama's Senate Seat?

Oh, yes he did!

A better question is, why deny a meeting that is clearly on the record?

Does Obama think we're stupid?

Oh, yes he does.

UPDATE: The article from TriStates.com entitled "Who Will Fill Obama's Senate Seat" has been removed. The Ministry of Truth assures us that it was never there in the first place because Obama told us we...er, he had no contact with Governor Blagojevich.

**Forget**

**Forget**

The Barbershop

U.S. Could Take Stakes In Big 3

In referencing the proposed bailout of the big three auto companies, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was quoted as saying:

"We call this the barbershop. Everybody's getting a haircut here, in terms of the conditions of the bill," she said, noting the likely impact on labor, bondholders, shareholders, car dealers, suppliers and executives. "The management itself has to take a big haircut on all of this."

Wouldn't you just love to see the House and the Congress members get haircuts too.

Palm Pistol

Medicare To Cover Prescription Handguns?

OK, I admit that I thought this was a joke when I first read it. How much of a deterrent is something that looks like an asthma inhaler?

And, it's only capable of shooting one 9mm bullet.

Hmmm, I hope grandma is a good shot.

Forrest J. Ackerman 1914-2008

I was very saddened to hear of the death of Forrest J. Ackerman this week.

Sci-Fi's No. 1 Fanboy, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies At 92

In tribute, I'm going to re-read his Ackermanthology!

RIP, Mr. Ackerman.

Sidney Brooke Simpson's Father

OK, when my blog readership quantum leaped from 182 page views today to 1,014, I knew there was something Simpson going on. Really. It never fails.

O.J. Sentenced To As Much As 33 Years For Robbery

People, it is true. I kid you not.

Sydney Brooke Simpson is a powerful hit magnet for your blog.

I don't know why, but it is.

Cat Blog Friday

For this Cat Blog Friday...

... a cat blogger.

What's next? Cat bloggers blogging about blogging?

;-)

Happy Friday, everybody!

Like Buttah

Obama's Hands "Soft As Butter" Says Philly Gym Rat

*barf*

Hang on, people. The media's lovefest with BO is going to get worse before it gets better.

About Blogging

Blogging about blogging does give off a whiff of pathetic loser, but the truth is we all want to increase traffic to our blogs. One way to achieve that is to make your blog interesting...

... because people love interesting writing.

Chris Brogan has compiled a list of excellent suggestions to improve your blog.

40 Ways To Deliver Killer Blog Content

Now, isn't that something completely different?

Above It All

Papa Frank started it with his Schoolhouse Rock post.

This is one of my favorites from Sesame Street. I wanted a cool fez with a propellar on it that would let me fly...

above below it all!

Seraphic Senator

The $621 million U.S. Capitol Visitor Center opened yesterday. The facility, built under the Capitol's east grounds to make it unobtrusive, features exhibits, orientation theaters and a restaurant.

Reid: We Won't Smell The Tourists Anymore

Thank goodness the saintly Senator Harry Reid won't have to suffer the malodorous stench of the huddled masses of visitors to the Capitol anymore. You know, the visitors who very likely voted his sorry ass into office.

You know, for an unqualified twit, Reid can be quite arrogant. God help me, I can't wait for the election that sends him packing.

Deadly Euphemisms

Two articles caught my eye referencing the Mumbai Atrocity and both involve political correctness on the part of Western commentators and their inability to report on the real nature of the Islamic enemy that the civilized world faces.

Mumbai: Deadly Media Euphemisms

The Mumbai Atrocity Is A Wake-up Call For A Frighteningly Unprepared World

The Mumbai atrocities can happen in any city in the world. And if our media sources can't even agree to call these monsters terrorists, then we have an even bigger battle ahead of us.


[The BLOG note: photo via Murphy Klasing's Conservative Blog ]

Late Cat Blog Friday

This makes up for missing Cat Blog Friday during the Thanksgiving break.

I'd wish everyone a Happy Monday, but it just doesn't ring true.

Conjunction Junction

Spectacular Conjunction

Tonight, a slender 10% crescent Moon will leap up from the horizon to join the super-bright Venus and Jupiter.

Tomorrow, Dec. 1st, will be the best night of all. The now-15% crescent Moon moves in closer to form an isosceles triangle with Venus and Jupiter as opposing vertices. The three brightest objects in the night sky will be gathered so tightly together, you can hide them all behind your thumb held at arm's length.

So get out there people, and look up.

Who You Looking At?

My family is coming over for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow and I may be too busy to post, so I'll take the time to wish all my blog buddies and their families a Happy Thanksgiving Day.

And I'll leave you some words of thanksgiving from Ralph Waldo Emerson...

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.

Cheers from the Cube household.

Seven Poms A Firefighting

Seven Pomeranian dogs wear firefighter costumes during a fashion show of the Dog Olympics at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo.

This photo made me laugh. I can just imagine my dog niece, Lulu, wearing one of these outfits.

Obama Trek

The guys at Political Machine have combined two of my favorite subjects -- politics and Star Trek -- into some essays.

Here's one:

Star Trek 2008: The Wrath of McKhain

I don't agree with their politics, but the Photoshop work is outstanding.

General Chang cracks me up.

Potter Plates

HEDWIG1 is a personal favorite that happens to come from Florida, but the gallery of Harry Potter license plates come from all over the world...

Harry Potter License Plates

Cool.

Which one is you?

Zodiac Revealed?

OPORD Analytical Founder Unmasks ' Zodiac' Killer

True crime buffs and fans of cryptography will enjoy the report; a long but fascinating read...

The Zodiac Killer

Conclusion: Gareth Penn is the Zodiac Killer.

UPDATE: From the Wikipedia entry:

Gareth S. Penn (1941- ) is an American author and amateur detective. Penn was among the first non-experts to focus effort on the famous Zodiac Killer case. He published a credible theory about the killer's motives, publicly accused a noted UC Berkeley public policy professor of the crimes, and labeled himself a one-time suspect.

Did he do it?

Your guess is as good as mine.

"

Copernicus ID'ed

The Kronenberg Foundation in Warsaw has created a computer-generated reconstruction of what astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus may have looked like on the basis of a skull discovered in the cathedral in Frombork, northern Poland.

Polish and Swedish researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton they have found with that taken from hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.

Woot!

This is cooler than cool.

This is the kind of stuff that keeps me enthralled with science.

Breaking Mariah

Some may call the wind Mariah, but in one Florida classroom, breaking wind may get you arrested...

12-Year Old Arrested For Deliberately Breaking Wind In Class

What has that child been eating... Beef-A-Reeno?

Mind Reader Dog

This is my dog, Elke (yes, as in Elke Sommer) and she is a mind reader. I don't know how she does it, but she often manages to be right in the way of where I will be even before I know I will be there.

Amazing.

Take your mind off the stock market and share a silly pet trick...

Cat Blog Friday

For this Cat Blog Friday...

... a cat who got back... and front, and everything else.

;-)

Happy Friday, everybody!

Crafty Crafts?

Some, like the Bacon Lamp, are humorous...

Others are a bit disturbing...

See the whole crafty collection at:

Craftastrophe.net: Because Homemade Isn't Always Pretty

Just some more Internet weirdness.

Back Is The New Boo-Tay

Michelle Obama demonstrating the size of her butt?

No, that would be in bad taste, much as this article from Salon...

First Lady Got Back

I'm not a fan of MO, but the woman does have feelings.

KoolAid Anniversary

30 Years Later, Survivors Remember Jonestown Massacre

It's hard to believe that this was 30 years ago!

Where does the time go?

Boldy Peeing

George Takei, Mr. Sulu from the original Star Trek series, shown here with an obvious Trek fan, has incurred the wrath of the producers of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! for inappropriate peeing.

Producers' Fury At George Takei For Boldly Going Where He Shouldn't Have

What can I say? When you gotta go...

Obamalot

A Giddy Sense of Boosterism

The MSM's lovefest with the Obamas is more like Barfalot to me...

Hypoallergenic Dog

Heh heh.

Climate Chicanery

NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run by Dr. James Hansen, Al Gore's BFF in global warming, and is one of four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures, announced that last month was the hottest October on record.

Except it wasn't.

The World Has Never Seen Such Freezing Heat

Are you going to believe these scientific quacks or your own lying eyes?


[The BLOG note: photo via JunkScience.com a worthwhile site to visit.]

Obama Pooch?

Peru Offers Bald Dog Of Incas To Obamas

Will the Obamas accept the hairless and often toothless Peruvian pup?

Does anyone give a flying Fido?