Camel crashes Irish Party

DUBLIN - Staff at an Irish riding school were forced to postpone festivities after Gus the camel chomped his way through 200 mince pies and several cans of Guinness intended for their Christmas party.

Gus, starring in the riding school’s Santa’s Magical Animal Kingdom show, helped himself to the feast while staff were getting changed for the party.
“Gus found his way out of his pen and helped himself,” Robert Fagan, owner of the Mullingar Equestrian Centre in central Ireland, told Reuters.

More of the story can be found here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16072761/

Man Impersonates A Cop....To Go Bowling

Now I enjoy bowling as the next person but this is taking it to the extreme just a little. LOL

A man in Savannah, Georgia went to jail over the weekend for impersonating a police officer in order to get onto a military base. He wanted to get onto the base in order to go to their bowling alley. The man's drivers license was cracked in half and when he showed them to the requesting military officer they requested another form of identification.

That is when the man showed them the police officer's badge. Wanting to confirm the man's identity the military officer phoned the police department who informed him that the man was not a police officer and also that his license were suspended for a failure to pay child support.

According to the man, he found the officer's badge at a work site.

This just Seems Strange

Coming soon to a supermarket near you a stirrer that will take the caffeine out of your coffee. Ok, seriously now....if I wanted to drink Decaf Coffee I think I would just buy Decaf Coffee and not go through the expense of buying regular coffee and then buying the stirrers to take the caffeine out of my coffee.

However, the new stirrer by The DeCaf Company pulls the caffeine out of regular coffee, allegedly without ruining the flavor of the coffee. The stirer is said to have a spcial coating that attracts the caffeine and then binds them to the stirrer. The stirrer is said to collect as much as 70% of the caffeine in the coffee. This is projected to be in supermarkets sometime next year in the coffee aisle.

On one hand you allegedly get the taste of regular coffee without the caffeine, but on the other hand it's not known how expensive this product will be when it does hit the market.

Adjustable Hot Sauce

Now, thanks to Dave's Gourmet Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce this new type of hot sauce adapts to everyone's tastes. Hot, mild it doesn't matter. The cap adjusts to set the spiciness by blending two sauces to match the spice level you want.

Available in supermarkets and online at www.amazon.com. The price for this hot sauce would be $18l72 for a 3-pack. The Adjustable Sauce has been featured on The Today Show and in Time Magazine. It was also a winner of Best New Product and packaging award.

Funny Sign

I love funny signs so when I find one out there I just have to share it. As a law student I found this one to be quite funny. I never was a fan of the Ernest movies so that doesn't make it funny but the last name is what really got me laughing. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. LOL

First Good Snow of the Winter

Yesterday was the first good snow of the Winter season here. Although it wasn't much it was kind of interesting to see my puppys reactions to the snow. One of my dogs has seen snow before and played in it but my other one is only 4 months old and he has never seen snow until yesterday so that was kind of interest. I can't wait until the next snow when I can let them play in the snow. LOL Eventhough it means that I will have to bath them immediately afterwards. Here's hoping everyone is having a great time and have fun.

Eggs That Tell You When They're Done

A British egg manufacturer has developed what they call "smart Eggs" which have a heat sensitive ink on the shell of the egg.

The ink is invisible until the egg is boiled to the prefrence of the purchaser. The eggs will come in 3 varieties – Soft, medium and hard-boiled. Those who purchase these eggs would need to buy the type they want beforehand; otherwise, they will be dissapointed when the eggs do not turn out as planned.

Once the ink appears on the shell of the egg that is the indcator that the egg is fully boiled. Each variety of the eggs will come in their own separate carton. These eggs are projected to be available next year in the dairy section nationwide supermarkets, but who knows if we will ever see this or if it will be a product that falls by the wayside.

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Comics

I usually don't do book reviews or the such but this deserves to be blogged about. I absolutely love the Laurell K. Hamilton series Anita Blake Vampire Hunter so when the comic was announced I was excited to see how the book was going to turn into a visual comic.

The art is amazing and the characters look great in the comic. I have the first 2 issues of the comic and can't wait for the next on slated to be released in December and then the 4th issue will be released in January. If you are a fan of Laurell K. Hamilton or even of Anita Blake or even if you are looking for a good comic read with vampires, ware animals or the like then check out the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Comic Series.

Strange

Now I'm not the biggest Chinese food fan in the world--except for the occassional Kung Pao and Chinese donuts-- but this funny sign captured my attention one day while I was surfing the web and I thought it would be a funny addition to the blog.

I love finding funny signs and sharing them with others. Just ask Freekboi at Freekboi's Blog in my links and he'll tell you....I'm always sending him funny pics for his blog. Here's hoping you at least smiled a little.

New Seven Wonders of the World

In an article posted on Yahoo News it has been revealed that there will be a NEW Seven Wonders of the World voted on by everyone that choses to vote at www.new7wonders.com
Voting is open to everyone. Just go to the website and vote for the NEW Seven Wonders of the World.

The only remaining member of the original seven wonders of the world is the Great Pyramid of Giza and as a result Swiss author and filmmaker Bernard Weber began a campaign in 2000 to name a new set of seven wonders of the world. July 7, 2007 is the projected date according to the article that the new seven wonders will be named.

Here is the list of the choices in the vote for the New Seven Wonders of the World:

Taj Mahal
Acropolis
The Great Wall
Pyramid of Cheop (Khufu)
Chichen Itza
Easter Island
Neuschwanstein Castle
Alhambra,Generalife and Albayzin
Hagia Sophia
Kiyomizudera
Machu Picchu
The Kremlin
Statue of Liberty
Eiffel Tower
Petra
Corcovado
The Colosseum in Rome
Stonehenge
Angkor Wat
Sydney Opera House
Timbuktu

Turkeys Making A Break For It

A dozen or so wild turkeys in Ramsey, New Jersey were making a break for it on the day before Thanksgiving this year.

The turkeys were spoted at the New Jersey Transit standing on a platform apparently waiting for the next out of town train to help them escape the fait of a turkey dinner the next day. LOL

The turkeys were captured on the surveillance cameras of the New Jersey Transit. According to the Ramsey police dispatcher the police department had received three calls regarding the turkeys. The turkeys are also being blamed for cause trouble with the morning rush hour trafic trouble in the area. More on this story can be found on Yahoo at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_fe_st/turkeys_train

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there and I hope everyone has a great day with familiy and friends.

Good luck to those who are heading out to the "Black Friday" (day after thanksgiving sales). I'll be there at 5 am at Wal-Mart to get a few things for Christmas. Hope everyone is well.

American Cancer Society's Relay For Life

Hello out there! I just wanted to place a post here for my Relay For Life Team's Blog that I recently created to help keep my team members as well as other updated on the progress of our Relay For Life Team, our fundraisers, and all the great work that is done by the American Cancer Society. Here's the link http://generationhoperelayteam.blogspot.com/ I hope everyone will drop by and see the page.

Every one has a special reason for doing the Relay For Life and my team and I are no different. Some of us have lost more than one speical person in our lives from cancer and I belive that through the American Cancer Society's research there will one day be a cure for this disease. Personal reason are a great reason to join the Relay For Life but they are not a requirement. So do it out of the sheer feeling of helpfullness. Knowing that the money you raise throughout the year goes into research, and even to help a victim of cancer or their familys is a great feeling no matter who you are.

3 Arrested for Smuggling Siberian Tigers

According to Yahoo.com News, Montenegrin police have seized two Siberian tigers and arrested three people for trying to smuggle the endangered animals. The tigers, a male and a female, were found in a van at Petrovici village, near the town of Niksic on a road that connects Montenegro and Bosnia, in a regular police check on the vehicle, police told Dan newspaper Wednesday.

The three suspects, two of them from Serbia and a Montenegrin national, face charges of trafficking a protected species, which the daily added were each worth around 380,000 dollars.

Siberian tigers, the largest of all tiger subspecies, were hunted nearly to extinction by the mid-20th century. Fewer than 400 of the animals remain in the wild.

As a person who enjoys the Tigers and loves to see them this angers and saddens me to the point of wondering what the world is coming to. A species that is so endanger of extention is still being drove farther and farther into the total elimination of that animal.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween to all the ghosts and goblins out there in cyber world and in the real world as well. So what is everyone going to be for Halloween????? I've chose a Pirate costume because of my love for Pirates of the Caribbean movies. LOL

Which Family Guy Are You?

You are StewieStewie Griffin is a 1-year-old baby with a single goal: Total world domination. He has the voice and manner of an evil Rex Harrison, but he's only recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of his escape from his mother's "cursed ovarian Bastille," in which he was incarcerated for nine gruelling months. Stewie has vowed to defeat his mother's matriarchal tyranny and topple the "gynocracy" she rules.

This test is found at http://quizilla.com/cgi-bin/result/result.pl

Like Father Like Daughter

In an article on Yahoo.com News daughter of Steve Irwin, Bindi will be staring in her own TV Show.

Like father, like daughter. Bindi Irwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, will star in a wildlife series to air on the Discovery Kids network early next year. The show's working title: "Bindi, The Jungle Girl."

The show, now in the early stages of production, was originally "going to be a father-daughter thing," starring the nature-loving duo, Discovery publicist Annie Howell told the Associated Press on Monday. "Steve and Bindi were very enthusiastic about doing the show together."
Irwin will appear with Bindi in scenes filmed before his death, his manager, John Stainton, said in an interview on People magazine's Web site.

"Some people think that I would be afraid of them, but I'm never ever afraid of an animal," Bindi said in an interview Monday on ABC's "Australian Story."

"I just get excited and some that are dangerous I just think, `Oooh! What's going to happen?' and things like that."

Fried Coke?

Ok, Here's one for my husband. After a weekend at a local festivle where he tried a deep friend twinkie and a deep fried Snikers Bar I'm sure he would love to try this one if it ever was made around here. Maybe next year. LOL

Deep Fried Coke!!!!!!
The gooey Coke-battered nuggets topped with cola syrup won the "most creative" title at the Texas state fair in Dallas last month. Since then, the deep-fried phenomenon has spread to North Carolina and Arizona.

"We've been getting calls from everywhere since we introduced it," Elizabeth Martin, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina fair, told the Dallas Morning News. "Everyone wants to know where they can get it."

Fried treats are as big of a draw at state fairs as the rides and prize-winning farm animals. Twinkies, cookies and even pickles are stuck with a stick, dipped in batter and then seared in the deep fryer.

Fried Coke's inventor, concessionaire Abel Gonzales Jr., is a creative fryer whose experiments have proven popular. Last year he sold 20,000 fried peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwiches, the Morning News reported. Fried Coke looks to be an even bigger hit: he sold 16,000 cups of the sticky balls in the first two weeks of the fair, which runs through Oct. 22.
Gonzales has also had more success with changing his recipe than Coca Cola did. He reworked the recipe to make the dough less cakey and more spongy so it would soak up more of the cola syrup. Credit to Yahoo.com News

Are Diamonds a Wedding Cake's Best Friend?

An extravagant $20 million (10.7 million pounds) diamond-studded wedding cake, created by Mimi So Jewellers and cake designer Nahid La Patisserie Artistique, is the star attraction of the Luxury Brands Bridal Show and will be unveiled on exclusive Rodeo Drive.

"Where else would you debut a $20 million wedding cake but on Rodeo Drive?" said show organiser Ilona Sherman.

The cake is protected by a team of uniformed security guards at all times, she said. And there's no way it will ever be eaten.

"I think diamonds are too hard on the stomach," Sherman said. Credit to Yahoo.com News

Weddings are getting more expensive every year but this really takes the cake....no pun intended.

Ice Cream Has Gone To The Dogs

In a news report on Yahoo.com reportedly Good Humor Ice Cream Company and Pedigree Dog Food Company are joining together to create a frozen ice cream sandwich treat for man and woman's best friend.

There is already an ice cream out in most Wal-Mart and Meyers called Frosty Paws. At last glance these were in original and Peanut Butter flavored. My Poodle loves them and that is saying something because she can be quite the picky eater when she wants to be.

The companies plan to sell packages of 24 frozen treats for $3.99. It will be interesting to see if pet store chains such as PetSmart and Petco begin carrying these treats as well as local grocery stores. I for one hope they do because my puppy loves ice cream.

What will they think of next I wonder.