The New National Geographic Is Here...

I read this in the National Geographic that arrived yesterday and I was shocked. Shocked that they would publish it because it seems that they have been on a mission for the last couple of years. A mission to beat down any questioning to the theory of evolution while alternately trumpeting the alarm of impending global destruction by man (of course). Woven into these stories are occasional references or off-handed remarks implying that belief in God indicates a lack of knowledge or sophistication.

I was also glad to see that they chose such a high profile scientist for the interview and didn't just go out and grab some unknown sap that is researching Bigfoot or UFO's and would have been dismissed as a loon.

Bookshelves

This is pretty neat: http://www.instructables.com/id/EOFOYM0RBUEXCFH30A.

Then that led to this: http://www.thisintothat.com/secondeditions.html

Happy Birthday...

The youngest goat in my herd turns eight today!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

(This is not Jacob)

Are You Watching 24?

All of you Lost snobs should spend some of your TV viewing time watching 24. We (me and the Mrs.) actually had to pause the last episode once (good thing we were watching a recording) and pick our jaws up off of the floor. I don’t think this spoils it too much, but here are some phrases that we both said at the same time as we watched last night:

“Jack’s DAD!?”

“Jack has a BROTHER TOO!!?”

“THAT GUY IS HIS BROTHER!!!!!!????” <pressed pause so we could let that one sink in>

How tough is Jack Bauer? Jack Bauer’s hair stylist is Chuck Norris.

Catch up on the episodes you’ve missed.

Julie found some good links for the show:

• Dave Barry updates his blog with comments about the show AS HE’S WATCHING IT. I can’t enjoy the show and read the blog at the same time, but the comments he makes are hilarious. (SPOILER ALERT: Don’t go to this site if you haven’t watched an episode yet.)

• Funny video someone made of Jack’s use of a certain word. Parent alert: depends on if you want your child to hear “D*** IT!” about a hundred times.

• Motivational posters. Jack is very motivational.

Union to Raise Student Housing Fees

Real estate agent Andrew Scott poses for the photographers inside an apartment for sale, in central London, Monday Jan. 22, 2007. A six-meter (77 foot)-square former storage room slightly bigger than a prison cell in the heart of the city's exclusive Knightsbridge neighborhood is now on sale for 170,000 pounds (258,000), and that's before the cost of renovations. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Looks about the same size as a Union U. dorm room. Good thing they didn't know that they could charge this much when I was going there.

Where's the Time?

I keep meaning to post something to get this moving along.

Somebody check the stopwatch and see how long it took us to lose interest in this.

Quick YouTube Links

How's your job?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWdUTUT-Ycc

Why weren't my science classes more like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJTq2xQiQ0

Now That's a Cat

The Humane Society nicknamed him Goliath, but his real name is Hercules! I don't want to disrespect the memory of our late, massive cat Ski, but he wasn't this big. Of course he was mostly muscle. Ski was like the Babe Ruth of cats, he may have looked overweight, but he could play the game like no one else could.

You have to read the entire story, but this is worth noting:

Goliath, a 20-pound stray whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food, is back with his owner.

Okay, he was trying to sneak into someone else's house so that he could steal some food!? What, they weren't feeding him enough at home? Maybe they had put him on a diet and that's why he was going around and raiding other houses. "I'm telling you Martha, we've had him on this diet for three months and I think he's fatter than when we started."

And you've got to know that his street cred is going to be shot when word of this gets around to the other cats. The squirrels will even be laughing at him. But I guess they probably already were. Many people may not know this, but squirrells love to laugh at other animals that they know can't catch them. It's their second most favorite thing to do, right behind gather nuts. Their third most favorite thing to do is to suddenly dash out into traffic.

...i think i've lived this game before.

and try this one too!

this makes me happy.



added by SomeGoat: And check out his website, the "about Matt" is probably the best "about" that I've ever read. Not that I keep track or anything.

If you've got five minutes...

...this is pretty good. I have to ask though, who's got the time to do this? And DUDE! come on, we didn't need to see you in your undies! Wear some shorts next time.

Trailer Park Millionaires

BRINY BREEZES, Fla. - The owners of nearly 500 mobile homes in one of the last waterfront trailer-park towns in South Florida stand to become instant millionaires if they agree to sell to a developer. But some are holding out, saying there are things more important than money.

You worked your rear end off at a 50 to 60 hour a week job that you hated and after 50 years, all that your retirement savings could purchase was a trailer near the water in South Florida. "Life's tough. Get over it." is you're motto so you make the best of the situation and settle down and enjoy life and relaxation in the sun and on a budget.

Then one day, someone offers to buy you and all of your neighbor's trailers and land for about a million bucks each. Finally! You're big payday has arrived. You'll be able to live out your retirement in style. The years of hard work finally paid off. But hold on a second, don't start spending your money yet. Ol' Tom is happy where he is and doesn't need the money. He isn't selling and if he doesn't sell, then the deal is dead.

"You just can't buy a way of life," said Tom Byrne, a 68-year-old retired sales
executive from New York who doesn't want to sell even though he would make a
little over $1 million on the trailer and site he bought two years ago for
$150,000. "This is my home."

I'm not a realtor, but doesn't $150,000 sound like a lot to pay for a trailer, even if it's on the water in Florida?

Helpful hint to South Florida job seekers: if Tom offers you the job of starting his golf cart each morning, turn it down.

You May Keep the Diamonds, But Please Stop Naming Them.

Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is the only public place in the world where you can find a diamond and keep it. Apparently, you also get to name it. Gary Dunlap of Arkansas found a 2.37 carat stone on the last day of 2006 and named it the "Star of Thelma". Now I'm the last person that should be making fun of a name, and I'm not making fun of the name "Thelma". It's a fine name. It just doesn't have that "diamond" ring to it. (I know, I know, a pun! I hated to write it, but it was the word that worked best.) But I must give a salute to Mr. Dunlap for thinking of his wife and honoring her, it is a commendable thing to do. To be fair, Mr. Dunlap isn't alone. A fellow from Oklahoma named a diamond he found back in September the "Okie-Dokie Diamond".

To nip this trend in the bud, here is a list of potential diamond names that should be avoided:

Joe Bob's Shiny Rock
Ice Ice Baby and/or Vanilla Ice
Star of Jones
Rosie's Gem
BabyDaddy Diamond
FreeBird
Dazzling Mullet
Star'nizzle Dia'mizzle

In addition, please refrain from using these or any combination of the following when naming your diamond:

Paris, Hilton, Trump, Britany, Spears, K-Fed, P. Diddy, Puff, Daddy, Lohan, Nicole, Larry, Moe, Curly, The Rock, Bling, Cabbage, Firebird, Trans-Am, Van Halen, NASCAR, Led Zepplin, Lynard Skynard and Candy.


What would you name your diamond?

We're back.

The Holidays are over, here are some notes from the gathering:

-It was good to have all of the goats together again.
-And employed.
-The gift of fudge in return for MiddleGoat's detailed explanation of the Ex-Lax incident was enjoyed by all and despite the ominous note that accompanied it, no one was noticed making frequent trips to the loo.
-We experienced the gift of laughter over the break and promptly started searching for the receipt so that we could return it.
-The young goats were taking after the older goats in ways that at first seemed to be amusing but soon proved to be quite overwhelming.
-It's nice to know that the Looney Tunes are as funny to the Cartoon Network generation as they are to ours, the BC (Before Cable) generation.