Got Nuts?

Disclaimer #1: This photo has no sensational story.

The Cliff Notes version is that I saw this guy at the zoo, I trampled gently nudged 3 or 4 kids out of my way to take his photo. I mean, come ON, look at that expression! It makes you wonder who's observing who?

So go ahead, cure my blogstipation. Name his caption and win*.

*Disclaimer #2: TBD. Have low expectations.

I, Too, Need More Cowbell

My husband asked for a bug zapper for Father's Day. A bug zapper.

D.NIED.

Don't get me wrong, he deserves the zapper, he is a fantastic father. BUT. The zzzt, zzzt, zzzt slaughter on our patio all night long somehow doesn't seem very zen-like.

The neon zapper only attracts more bugs. Right? Right. If I'm wrong, let me know.

Instead, he got a golf certificate, another day of extreme pampering and tickets to Breakfast on The Farm (a rather big event that is what it is). For 2 hours we got lost exploring another world together enjoying the proverbial cowbell.

Farming looks so quaint until you actually stop and smell it. Another childhood fantasy career shattered.

Paranoia-Will-Destroy-Ya

The winner of the Guess What contest is none other than one of my favorite bloggerino's Toni.

Toni, you win a virtual bouquet of flowers given to me by my blogging friend and neighbor Kathryn.

The picture was a portion of a beautiful 1929 dining room chair and table set.

cyberchondriac (sy.bur.KAWN.dree.ak) n. A person who imagines they can diagnose diseases because symptoms match those on an Internet site.
—cyberchondria n.

I think that's me.

Last Friday afternoon we were reading Frosty The Snowman for the 50th time (that week) when I found a hard lump the size of an Easter egg on my dog's leg.

I panicked.

I felt the lump over and over and over. And over again.

By Friday evening, after much consultation with Dr. Google, I was certain my dog had cancer and his leg would be amputated. I even found a dog prosthesis.

5 long, fearful days and a vet aspiration appointment later we found out it was a Limpoma (a fatty non-cancerous tumor).

I think a series of unfortunate events in my past coupled with my field of study (computer science; which forces to you to program code for all scenarios including, above all, the worst-case scenario) has made me paranoid.

Self: STOP IT. Step away from Dr. Google.

13 Futile Facts

1- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

2- When you sneeze, all your body functions stop, even your heart.

3- Jack is the most common name in a fairy tale.

4- Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

5- More people are alive today, than have ever died.

6- Laughter is a proven way to loose weight.

7- Humans share one third of their DNA with lettuce.

8- Coca-Cola was originally green.

9- A cockroach can live 9 days without its head.

10- Pi has been calculated to over 2,260,321,363 digits.

11- Kermit the Frog is left handed.

12- It is impossible to lick your elbow.

13- Upon reading #12, 70% will attempt to lick their elbow unsuccessfully.