I hate lying global warming boneheads...

This is a good editorial. The global warming people have irked me for some time now, with their panic-mongering and BS. I've always maintained that if you want to stop global warming you need to put mufflers on volcanoes and stop plate tectonics. Listening to Al Gore won't save you, that loser won't quit cheeseburgers for his cashcow, ooops, I meant "cause". It's like everything else in life - fear and guilt generate large amounts of cash. Follow the money!



http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/

Eat, drink and be merry!

Got it?

The Official "I Just Want a Kitty" Car

I wonder if it purrs when you put it into park?

Godzilla rules over all....

Happy Halloween!

Yongary! Eat the annoying kid!!

Who said the Japanese were the only ones who could make monster movies? Tonight in our "Around the world to meet new monsters" tour we meet Yongary. Though he is not dissimilar to Godzilla, as he does breathe fire, stomp on cities and gratuitously break things, eats oil and gasoline for strength, but he has one thing going for him that Gojira doesn't: a horn at the end of his nose... That blinks. I kid you not. It blinks. His beak blinks. This is Korean monster cinema at its best, yes you read that right, this cinematic masterpiece is from Korea.

Yongary does have some limitations though for one thing, his fire breathing mechanism works only for short distances which was quite unfortunate as he could have taken out the annoying lead characters in a chopper early on which would have improved the film immensely. His second limitation was his fascination with helicopters. Ooo a whirly birdy! Let's follow it to our doom! His third and last limitation was that he dies at the end, so much for a sequel. It was a most ignominious death too as he died half in and half out of a river, but happily he was able to take out one last bridge for the viewers enjoyment. Leaving his business end in a river he shuffled off this mortal coil leaving behind what was supposed to be blood in the water I guess, but age has deteriorated the color of the film somewhat so the red blood was more like brown diarrhea... Thus leaving the viewer thinking he crapped the river when he went the way of the dodo. Just a final indignation after being shot and poisoned to death.

One other aspect of the film that is not unlike some Godzilla movies - the obligatory annoying pre-pubescent know-it-all child in a starring role, UUGH! I hate that aspect about these films. It leaves me to think that all Asian children have level 7 security in their respective governments. I mean really, if I tried going the places these kids seem to just walk in I'd be shot dead on the spot and then arrested. And yet these scruffy little rascals always seem to save the day. Honestly I never like when the monster dies but at least I was spared from a final scene where some idiot kid is waving to a monster exiting stage left crying "Good bye Yongary! Thank you! Please come back. I love you!!" Or any other disturbing, annoying and nauseating sentiments. Whew saved, but just barely. Strangely enough, the annoying child in this film was in the weirdest part of the film - where Yongary hears music and just starts dancing to it. I mean busting a move to some hip late 60's rock n roll tune. Like yeah baby, you're sooo groooooovy!

Something I have learned watching these kinds of monster flicks is that Japan and now Korea evidently have helicopters and jet planes with the shortest turning radius's in the world. I mean those babies can literally turn on a dime! But when all is said and done this one is actually quite watchable, if you can get past the love crazy adults, an annoying child, and a death scene that would make Norma Desmond proud ~ until of course, the unfortunate pooping sequence...

Love this kitty's face!

Oktoberfest 2009!

Here's a little shout out to all the folks drinking their hearts (and wallets) out in Munich Germany as we speak. Happy Oktoberfest to you & drink a few for me!

Enjoy a yodel!!

Starry Starry Night...

I just love this photo. All I know is that this is someplace in Nevada. Nice, no?

Look at all those stars... Quite dreamy.

Bhutan 6.1 earthquke

Magnatude 6.1 earthquake hit Bhutan today. I found this map on the USGS website showing all the earthquakes that have happened since 1990 (the little circles). The star icon is today's quake, quite a busy subduction zone.

Feeling like a noshy?

Men, women, age and looks.

OK, I'm just putting this out there. A bunch of us got into a conversation at work today about "older men" (Sadly "older" is really not that much older as I am sliding helplessly and unstoppingly towards 40 at this very moment... But I digress.) So up of course came the topic of how men seem to become more handsome as they age, well, some do at least. And women are not always so fortunate. Of course there are always exceptions. So I have decided to illustrate what I mean, of course, me and all my pictures here. Without further ado; "Three men who have aged well in my opinion":

Sean Connery

Tim Curry

William Boyd

I'm sure there are more but I can't think of anyone else at the moment. Some day I'll have to do the same for ladies who have aged well, but for now here are the fellas..

Speaking of gardens...

Can you believe these sunflowers?! Some fellow in Germany got his to grow upwards of 24 feet tall... WOW! He is probably going to be in the Guinness Book for these tall blooms and this photo shows the mayor officiating the measuring. My sunflowers got to about 1 foot tall and bloomed small carnation size blooms and that was it. Bummer. I'd like to know this guys secret! Beer maybe? ;)

Gardening Tip

I tried to grow ducks this year in the garden but it didn't work.

They wouldn't sit still long enough to take root.

A word of kind advice

Here's something to think about the next time you're out at night driving with your sweetie: Check the back seat for Saucermen BEFORE you get in the car. And wear a sweater too, it might be too cold to go out topless...

Welcome to Canada!

Some people are very clever, this is quite adorable and well done. According to the author, the beaver got away unharmed too. Whew! This is from Youtube and the person who posted it is called klaatu42, it's been there for 6 months and has over 1.2 million views.

Dreams of a little girl...

I found these photos on Ebay the other day and had to save them. I had forgotten how lovely Diana was back in 1981 when she posed for these portraits. I have been a fan of hers since I was 10 and I remember getting up at 3am to watch the 'wedding of the century' live on TV. What a day. To a young girl like me the thought of princeses and princes and castles and horsedrawn carriages was all quite amazing! Could these things really be true?! As we all know happily ever after isn't gauranteed to anyone even beautiful princesses, but what a lovely dream it was, no?

Would you buy a croc from this guy?

It's amazing what photos you can find out on the www.

I guess this fellow is the original 'croc hunter' then?

They look pretty daunting, he better take care as they might piddle on him.

The Critters Under the Porch...

I once heard that the best security system is a nosy neighbor.

What a great system we had this summer - four nosy neighbors watching us come and go and everything else going on around us...

Yes we fed them of course, just look at those eyes, how could we not?!

To tired to blog - have a kitty

A video you have to see to believe...

Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus

This movie is on tonight on SyFy... You know where I'll be! :)

Here's a chick that really likes her meat...

Do you see spots before your eyes?

Perhaps it's every girl's dream to own a horse, and ever since I was a wee one I wanted an equine buddy... Now that I'm older, sometimes I still dream of that 'perfect' horse and what it might look like. My dream would be to have an appaloosa. Not just any appaloosa but one that looked like it got caught in a paint factory explosion. As most my posts are profusely illustrated, this one just screams for pictorial examples. Enjoy the scenic spotted beauty of the Appaloosa Horse...

Gus Visser and His Singing Duck

Gus Visser and His Singing Duck singing "Ma, He's making Eyes at Me" from their Vaudville act. 1925, predating sound, go figure. A very cute song though!

Space ape spreads fear and terror with bubble machine!

Most people go out and spend their money on movies they love. I go out of my way to find the worst movies ever made. I think I have found it. This stinker is so bad, suffice to say the special affects included a bubble machine... And I write "special affects" because this movie will "affect" you alright. If a picture is worth a thousand words than here you have it, 1000 terrible words about a terrible movie. Oh I forgot - it's in 3-D too or as the movie poster claimed "Adventures into the future in NEW TRU-3 DIMENSION!" (While watching this, you will wish you could slip into another dimension.) It's terribleness tries to reach out and touch you as you try to figure out why you just wasted the last hour of your life watching a half gorilla, half old deep sea diver try to kill the last surviving family after the alien apocolypse. This goes beyond cheese. I'm not sure there's a word to describe how awful this film really is. So yes, it holds a prime spot in my DVD collection.

Here's a little something for Theda Bara fans

I found these on an aution site ~ actual items worn by actress Theda Bara in the silent films: Madam DuBarry, Cleopatra, Salome and A Fool There Was. These items fetched thousands of dollars!

Madam DuBarry dress. $7170.00

Pants from Salome and decoration from Cleopatra. $8,962.50

Bra from Cleopatra and shawl from A Foll There Was. $5,377.50

The Cleopatra bra close up.

Headpiece from Cleopatra. $19,120.00!

Top from Cleopatra. $6572.50

Another headpiece from Cleopatra. $10,755.00!

Here's a great totebag!!!

Movie review!

Well I have ben a bit lax about my movie reviews. But holy smokes have I found a few gems that I need to write about! Like this one: "Warning From Space".... I'll be the first to admit I was a bit disappointed when I watched the movie and there weren't any giant star shaped aliens with eyeballs for bellybuttons destroying Tokyo or any other urban area for that matter. Not one bit of stomping at all. They are actually human sized and friendly ET's warning us of an out of control planet careening it's way across the galaxy on an imminent collison course with our planet. Gosh that sounds scary, no? Well of course it doesn't happen since we (humans and aliens) put our heads together and figure out a way to destroy the rogue planet, but not before earthquakes, tidal waves and searing heat reek havoc worldwide. It was a great joy for me to know that we can work side by side with our newfound extreterrestrial buddies in stopping the apocolypse. Whew, I'll sleep good tonight. And so should you. On a side note, these aliens never blinked. Their eyes lit up but never once closed... Very strange indeed.

Good bumper stickers

"Don't hit my clunker - already been rear ended by present administration"