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Best friends.
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
The Best of the Cinnamon Challenge 10
What is the “Cinnamon Challenge”? Well, glad you asked. Basically, it is simply taking one tablespoon of cinnamon and attempt to swallow it. Since the early 2000s, the game has become well-known for its extreme difficulty and thousands of videos with people attempting the challenge have been uploaded onto YouTube. Most results are either the challenger emitting a puff of cinnamon powder, or vomiting. Now, before we go any further, the videos below do not include that latter – I do not particularly like to watch people throwing up, and I’m sure most of you don’t either. In fact, that is what made me turn off Jackass The Movie after about 15 minutes.
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The Parting Shot for May 29, 2012 13
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I wonder if he took out AFLAC…
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Faster than a speeding rabbit.
More powerful than a herd of bison.
Able to leap the Tetons in a single bound.
It’s SUPER-BOB-CAT!
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The Parting Shot for May 28, 2012 10
Here’s hoping your Memorial Weekend was a “howling” good time!
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Here we have Mr. Canadian Goose finishing off his perfect performance with a pirouette. “Dancing with Water Fowl” is sure to be a hit show here in it’s first season. For all viewers, do not forget to enter your recipe for the perfect sauce which will compliment the rich taste of water fowl. The winner will receive two front row tickets to view the final show where the winner of ”Dancing with Water Fowl” is finally chosen. A few hours after the end of the final show, the winning sauce recipe will be served alongside the winning bird.
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Photo credit: Ronn Murray
The Parting Shot for May 27, 2012 23
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A bookstore owner who believes that the
value of a book is between the front and back covers -
not the numbers after the “$” on the front or back cover.
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Miami | “Hannibal Lecter” Man Shot and Killed for Eating Another Man’s Face 28
No, this is not a new sequel by author Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs – this was an actual scene in Miami, Florida. A word of warning… although there are no graphic images, nor is there anything more shown than a blurred out naked body, and the bare legs of two naked men, this news story is true and is a horribly gruesome and violent crime. One man was witnessed literally biting into a man’s face, tearing away the flesh, and chewing….
According to WSVN-Fox 7, at about 2 p.m. on Saturday:
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Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day.
Orange blossoms on a prickly pear cactus, Albuquerque NM.
Canon Rebel t2i: ISO 200, 55mm, 1/200, f8.0, Exp -0.3
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Can I come out now?
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Artist and location: Unknown – but is in a Spanish-speaking country
“Jim Comes Home” – Haunting Pulitzer Prize winning photos and story of the fallen Marine, Second Lt. Jim Cathey 25
In my previous post, “Memorial Day | Just in case you thought it was National BBQ Day,” I briefly discussed my opposition to war, but proclaimed my full support for our troops and those who have sacrificed all they know and have in order to serve a protect our country. As another blogger, Pied Type, commented, “Hate the war, love the warrior,” in six simple words, she so eloquently stated how I feel, as well as millions of others.
Although I have included these two photos in the “…National BBQ Day” posting, I feel they deserve to be recognized and published along with the story as they are more deserving than being lost and overlooked with all the other graphics and images included in that article.
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I must admit, in years past, especially in youth through young adult, Memorial Day was nothing more than a three-day weekend, barbeques, picnics and fun. And it still is… to an extent. For me, this year Memorial Day just feels different. I am opposed to war. Especially the one in Afghanistan right now. It seems as though we have lost the reason as to why our troops are there. How is our invasion presence helping protect America? Is that not what our military is for? To protect our country? It seems to have evolved into something else. Personally, I think the War on Terrorism is nothing more than a scare tactic being used on the US citizens in order to justify being in Afghanistan. But this post is about Memorial Day, so with that I will move on.
The Parting Shot for May 25, 2012 Reply
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Amazing what a creative mind can do….
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Artist: Unknown
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Memorial Day: In Remembrance of Lex and Dusty, two devoted partners in Iraq 7
The date is March 21, 2007 and I was on the job in Fallujah, Iraq when an enemy fired Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) exploded in our midst. I was blasted to the ground. I’m stunned. My head is ringing and my body feels numb. My eyes can’t quite focus on anything.
My partner is lying next to me severely wounded and bleeding. I move to him and touch him but he’s not responding. I feel sharp pains in my side and back. I’m bleeding but deal with it and concentrate on comforting my partner and protecting him from further harm.
NATO Protest War Vets Return Medals | What the news didn’t show you… 7
This is a two-part publication with this being the second post. Please check out the first part, “NATO Protest Photos from Chicago | What the news didn’t show you…“
Anti-NATO protestors gathered near McCormick Place, the site of the largest NATO summit in the organization’s six-decade history. There were thousands of protestors, and not just Occupy Movement protestors. These were people from all walks of life, all types of backgrounds who joined together to protest one of the most powerful alliances in the world.
NATO Protest Photos from Chicago | What the news didn’t show you… Reply
This is a two-part publication. This first post is to show the photos, the sheer volume of people that both live in Chicago and traveled there to protest NATO.
Anti-NATO protestors gathered near McCormick Place, the site of the largest NATO summit in the organization’s six-decade history. There were thousands of protestors, and not just Occupy Movement protestors. These were people from all walks of life, all types of backgrounds who joined together to protest one of the most powerful alliances in the world. In the days leading up to the two-day summit, nurses rallied in a downtown plaza to call for a “Robin Hood” tax on banks’ financial transactions. The next day, groups marched to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house to protest the closure of six community mental health clinics.
The Parting Shot for May 24, 2012 10
Bath time!!!
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Tandem Skydiving Goes Very Wrong 39
For her 80th birthday, Laverne decided that she wanted to go skydiving. While on the plane, the first problem encountered was she would not let go of the door and jump out. Finally, the professional skydiver manages to hold her hands long enough for them to both jump out of the plane. The skydiver who was there to record the jump recorded something that no one expected to happen. I wonder if Laverne took her copy home to show all the grandkids…. or an attorney.
Wikipedia’s Lamest Edit Wars 6
I found this Wikipedia page to be very humorous – and many items debated really had some valid points. Basically, these are issues which been debated over and over again on what would be correct for that Wiki page. For example, the spelling for the chemical element sulfur… is it “sulfur” or “sulphur”? I checked, and they both come up, but “sulphur” points to “sulfur” so apparently the “f” spelling won out, but both spellings are recognized in the page.
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Natural phenomenon: Glowing blue waters
Glowing blue water washes up on a beach in Vaadhoo, one of the Raa Atoll islands in the Maldives. The result of a chemical reaction called bioluminescence, it occurs when a micro-organism in sea water is disturbed by oxygen.
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Photo credit: Doug Perrine / Barcroft Media
Photo source: Daily Mail
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Nature finds a way….
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Mmmm… don’t they smell wonderful?
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The Parting Shot for May 21, 2012 8
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Break dancing isn’t just for people any more…
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NOTE: I believe there are two dogs here. It looks like a dog’s muzzle and nose on the belly of the Airedale rather than it’s “you-know”… but I just have not been able to figure this one out. If there are two, where are the other four legs? Sure a couple may be hidden behind, but all four? That and/or Photoshop may have helped hide some legs. Thoughts???
After publishing thought… the more I look at it, I am pretty sure I can see some Photoshop editing where at least one leg may have been. I also think the boom box was added in after the fact, too. Well, regardless, I love this image and kudos to the creator!
Photos from Annular Solar Eclipse, May 20 2012, Albuquerque NM 37
Here are some photos from the annular eclipse on May 20, 2012. All taken in Albuquerque, New Mexico right next to the airport.
Myself and my friend, Dave, were the first two there as we got there early. Shortly another car rolled in, and another. We ended up having about 15 cars there. Most people were from out of state. Our “neighbors” came in from North Carolina. There was another gentleman from Maryland. I heard another woman mention she was from Kansas City, MO… and so on. Several telescopes were set up. Everyone bounced around from telescope to telescope to see the event. It was a wonderful day.
