Promises by Eric Clapton and Search for Endorphines

I’d really like to try what this guy did but I’m afraid to. Wow….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kkzLGmNY60&feature=player_embedded#

Kindergartner Suspended for Long Hair

Four year old Taylor “Tater Tot” Pugh was kicked out of his kindergarten class for having long hair. Tater Tot wanted to grow his hair long in hopes of cutting it for charity, but the school has decided his long hair leaves him and/or others as children at risk.

http://www.startribune.com/nation/79535827.html

Looking for Affordable Daycare?

See other affordable ways of living:  http://www.webofentertainment.com/2009/11/11-examples-of-redneck-improvisation.html

Holy Egg Chicken Man!!!

A Texas couple owns a chicken that has laid an egg with a cross at the end. Is this God’s way of telling us Merry Christmas? We see in the news all the time how God is working, but this one looks very real to me. Read about it at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091203/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_unusual_egg

Cop Crashes Car In Donut Disaster

In Wellington, Kansas, while on an important call regarding upholding the laws and order of the land, one of our finest hit the gas pedal instead of the brake plowing into the local Daylight Donuts at 4 a.m. See the full story at http://www.wellingtondailynews.com/news/x1945265956/Cop-car-crashes-into-donut-shop

Seattle Woman Finds Out She’s Dead

In Seattle, a woman who had just survived cancer and heart surgery while dealing with the recent loss of her husband, applied for credit and was denied. Why? Because the credit reporting agency said she was dead.

http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/70677532.html#idc-ctools

Surviving Black Friday

While strategizing for this coming Black Friday, I found a good article chock full of great survival tips.

One of my favorite tips is to stay up all night drinking. If you’re like me, the night before Black Friday is filled with nervous anticipation and no sleep!  I just have a big party. This year we’re doing Firefly Cocktails.

My second favorite tip:

“Stampede tip: If you find yourself in an unruly crowd, make your way to its edge, where the flow is lighter. Stand up straight with feet firmly positioned. Stay calm, and conserve oxygen and energy by not yelling or screaming…If you see someone down, help them up. Or block other people from walking over them.”  (page 2)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705346431/Survival-strategies-for-Black-Friday.html?ID=705346431&headline=Survival-strategies-for-Black-Friday.html&pg=2

If you have any additional tips, please share them here. Let’s all be ready for Black Friday!  And, remember. Drink responsibly! Also, remember to spend all your money. Your country is depending on you!!!

Character Names in Fiction Writing

While working on a short story today, I realized my characters’ names did not match their personalities. When I first started the story, they seemed right. For my protagonist I chose a strong sounding name. After the story was written, it seemed like a frumpy name for her. Also it was three syllables. Then I noticed the antagonist also had a three syllable name!  He is a mean, mean man but his name was nice and rather soothing.

I got desperate enough to go to one of the name generator websites. That didn’t work! At least it didn’t for me. Finally, in a fit of agony, I started screaming at my characters, “WHAT DO YOU CALL YOURSELF!”  At this point I felt a little, well…mad. I gave up and went shopping. At Wal-mart. Of course, I received no inspiration.

After returning home, I made myself sit down and really think. I hope now my character names fit.

Danvers Police Say It’s Okay To E-mail Meep

Oh wow am I relieved. Obviously doing his job to protect and serve, police Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said that it is not against the law to send meep in an e-mail. Click the link to see the full story:

http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323224437.html

Thanks for clarifying our constitutional rights, Sgt Bettencourt!

****DISCLAIMER:  Given recent developments where the anti-meeping school is apparently reporting non-student meepers to the police, I felt it necearry to state for the record that I am not a part of any meeping movement, meeping conspiracy or whatever the anti-meeping public school believes is going on. As a rather elderly grown woman, I do not get involved in any type of high school goings-on. Under the rights of the U.S. Constitution, I am simply exercising my right to state my opinion and to say “meep” if I want to–until there is some clarification as to when I am allowed to say ‘meep.’****

City Council Gives Free Range to Chickens

It seems that the good people of Durango, Colorado, perhaps after hearing about sad little chickens in cages (see previous post), have passed an ordinance that will allow its citizens to keep chickens in their backyards. Check out the link below that includes a video clip of a rather large chicken who interrupted the city council meeting as they discussed the ordinance. Said one council member:  “I want to know who that clucker was.”

http://www.durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/11/19/Chicken_interrupts_council_meeting/