Stick a fork in me...

Name Game

After a few days of too much work, and some time out of town for a wedding of some friends, I've been mulling over some new posts. I've got one in the hopper, but I can't think of what to name it. Here's where you, the readers, come in:

I've got an idea for a series of posts, sort of a "column", which I'd like to produce once or twice a month, but I need a catchy name for it. I would like to get some suggestions from everyone out there.

The posts in the series will be very simple. I will present a short video clip, maybe an audio clip, maybe a picture, or, on a rare occasion, a referenced quote. Afterwards, I will ask a multiple choice question about what has just been presented. It's kind of like a reading comprehension test. Readers of this blog can then give their short answer in the comments. I'm interested in the range of answers I get.

As I said before, I'm looking for title suggestions, for this on-going series, from the people out there. But wait!

I am offering a prize for the suggestion I use!

Here's what you will win:


Zombie Pumpkin T-shirt
My buddy, Goat Boy has been running a ghoulish website by the name of Zombie Pumpkins for the last few years. He has a great collection of stencils to assist you with creating fantastic Halloween Jack O' Lanterns, and at the end of the season he has creepy contests for all the Zombie Pumkins he has helped create. Just today, he started shipping out this year's T-shirt, and I have decided to help him out a bit. Actually, pimp him out....

LOL

Take a stab at naming the new series I will be putting out, and go check out the Zombie Pumpkins website. Download some patterns and have a Horrifying Halloween!

Wait, I've added an additional, last-minute contest:

First person to comment with a serious suggestion will win a subscription to this year's Zombie Pumpkin stencil collection!

PS: After the winners are announced, we can discuss arrangements for prize delivery.

Video courtesy of MSNBC

Question:

These New Orleans Police Department officers are:      A: Working hard?      B: Hardly working?

News Flash

©2005 Bill Raggio and Marvin Hutchens

This Flash presentation was sent to me by a friend earlier this summer, but was recently updated to include the London and Egypt attacks by al-Qaeda. I want to thank Bill Roggio and Marvin Hutchens for taking the time, effort, and criticism to produce this.

I guess they will have to update it soon to include yesterday's murders of 160 people, and this morning's attacks. Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the 9/14/2005 bombings in Baghdad, but there's still time to claim credit for today's attacks. I'm wondering who it will be....

=;-)

Add this all up with last week's Hurricane Katrina fiasco, Monday's activities in Gaza, and the world is having one hell of a week. I'm particularly distrubed by the report of intentionally targeting innocent people looking for work.

When is the whole world going to wake up and realize that the perpetrators of these terrorist acts are violent, hate filled, murdering scum, and they need to be eradicated from the planet, wherever they are?

If we all don't wake up soon, we'll all be taking a big dirt nap.

TGI almost F!!

PS: Any one care to take a guess at who claims the 9/15/05 bombings in Baghdad?

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Take a Break Here

Everywhere is abuzz with news on Hurricane Katrina and the tragedy of those in New Orleans and all of the affected areas of the Gulf Coast. The whole mess weighs heavy on me. I wanted to post here about the issue, but no matter how I think about it, nothing seems right.

I finally realized I needed some respite from all of it, so I shut down the computers and mostly turned off the TV for the past few days. After a few days in semi-hibernation, I've come to think that many of us need to take a short break from some of the stress that the magnitude of this disaster is causing. All of the images, the information, the talk, the accusations, etc., etc. It's overwhelming and over-stimulating at times.

Here's a chance to take a 5 or 10 minute mental break from the chaos; you can return to the news and world events immediately afterwards. I offer some pictures of various flowers from around my yard as a simple way to just unwind and let your mind focus on something pleasant for just a few moments:

Rosa spp. cv. 'Peace'
Peace Rose

Gladiolus spp.
Prosperity Gladiolus

Phalaenopsis spp.
Uknown Orchid variety

Abutilon hybridum
Chinese Lantern Maple

Gladiolus spp.
Orange Sherbert Gladiolus

Passiflora edulis
Passion Flower

Well, I hope you have enjoyed taking a little break from the hectic events of the past week.

As promised, you can return to the current events by following any of the links below:


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