Toddlers and Tiaras

Thanks for the guest post by Jonathan Curtis

There is a video going around the city where I live from the hit show Toddlers and Tiaras that got me thinking about watching the show. A very popular morning radio show here posted the video on their site and made the comment to watch the whole thing all the way to the end. I decided I would go ahead and do just that and I wasn’t disappointed! The clip was about a Georgia family where the little girl was a pageant princess and the mom was a major pageant mom. The mom gave her daughter Mountain Dew with the label torn off which the little girl had named her go go juice. The whole six minute clip was quite entertaining to say the least. I decided to go ahead and set my DVR to record the whole show so I can see what this thing is all about. Turns out all the kids and moms in the pageant world are not quite as crazy as the pair in the online video but they are pretty close. Check out the latest DIRECTV DEALS to find out if you can get Toddlers and Tiaras on your T.V. soon.

Six-Legged Lamb Born in Germany

The lamb was born in a small town in Georgia and not only has six legs, but both sets of sexual organs. The farmer says he has never heard of such a case and asked around to find that neither had anyone else. The six-legged lamb appears to have at least partial control over all six limbs, four of which are in the front. A six-legged lamb was born in Belgium in 2006.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Polish Town Awash in Blood

Residents of Koscierzyna in Poland were shocked when blood began flowing from manhole covers in the middle of the streets. The blood apparently came from a local meat processing plant, but no one is sure how the blood escaped the plant. It has since been washed from the streets and whatever caused the leak appears to have been corrected.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Ibanez Daytripper

I am not personally familiar with the ibanez daytripper, but I fully support all music and musicians. Okay, that is not true; there are a lot of talentless hacks out there, after all, who are only in it for the chicks or the money. But that sounds bitter and I am not bitter about music - I just love it too much. The Daytripper is an acoustic electric guitar, making it great for power ballads, introductions, and general playing. You also need an electric acoustic guitar to play live in most places.

It Happened Again!

Lightning traveled through the phonelines and destroyed a fourth (or fifth - I've honestly lost count) computer Friday night. I went offline and IRL all weekend and actually enjoyed it, but it sucked not being able to get back online at all until last night. Then I had to spend hours updating and loading software on the backup computer I bought on the offhand chance that this might happen again.

Anyway, I am still working to get everything together on this new computer. It will be a few days, then I have to get the information off the old hard drive onto this one, which could be a few weeks. It's a madhouse here, A MADHOUSE!

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Raypak

We had a pool briefly when I was a child. Well, we had it for several years but it lost its luster after a couple of those and we sold it with the house when we moved, anyway. I have a hot tub now but it is incorrectly connected so I can't use it. All of this is my way of saying that I am not sure what it is a raypak heat pump does, but I know you need one. These days, you are likely to find a better deal online than anywhere else, just be sure to account for shipping and handling. Shopping online is also more convenient for most people.

Did Florida's Oldest Tree Spontaneously Combust?

Investigators ruled-out arson as a possible cause for the fire that claimed Florida's The Big Tree, saying that the fire that lead to its demise was caused from the inside. This mind-boggling predicament has some suggesting that a weeks-old lightning strike might have caused the fire, or that the swaying of the branches in the wind could have ignited a spark. The truth is that no one knows for certain what burned down The Big Tree, but it does not appear that it was a malicious attack by a human being.

The Big Tree was estimated to be 3500 years old. It has left a literal financial hole in the community where it resided, as it provided most of their tourism. A memorial is being considered.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

German Ice Church

More than a century ago, believers in Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany were denied the right to build a church, so they built one out of ice and snow as "an act of provocation." The defiance started an annual ritual which was this year delayed due to unseasonably warm weather, during which a Catholic church is built of ice and snow. This year's sculpture cost nearly $200,000 and anticipates thousands of visitors before it melts.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011

Online Guitar Lessons

In my day, you had to learn how to play an instrument to have a chance at making it in the music world. Of course, everything has changed dramatically since my day, but people still enjoy playing the guitar, bass, and drums (and keyboards, horns, and whatever else you can think of). I don't think real musical instruments will ever be completely replaced.

JamPlay offers online acoustic guitar lessons from which beginners can learn the chords, fingering, and strumming they need to know to master the instrument.

World's Oldest Twins

The world's oldest set of living twins just turned 102-years-old on January 4^th. Ena Pugh and Lily Millward have spent all 102 birthdays together and still chat on the phone nightly, despite the fact that both are hard of hearing. The twins were both presented with a copy of the Guinness Book of World Records, which contains their entry.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011