"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Pet Costumes

Happy Halloween

Today's Quote

Most people search high and wide for the keys to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

— George Washington Carver

8 Tremendously Important Ways That Gratitude Can Change Your Life

It’s amazing how one simple, easy, positive action can change so much in a person’s life.

1. Have a morning gratitude session. Take one minute in the morning (make it a daily ritual) to think of the people who have done something nice for you, to think of all the things in your life you’re grateful for. You won’t get to everything in one minute, but it’s enough. And it will instantly make your day better, and help you start your day off right. Can you think of a better use of one minute?

2. When you’re having a hard day … make a gratitude list. We all have those bad days sometimes. We are stressed out from work. We get yelled at by someone. We lose a loved one. We hurt a loved one. We lose a contract or do poorly on a project. One of the things that can make a bad day much better is making a list of all the things you’re thankful for. There are always things to be thankful for — loved ones, health, having a job, having a roof over your head and clothes on your back, life itself.

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The Google

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The Wayback Juke Box - The Kinks - Shangri-La

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

— Albert Einstein

Dear God

Dear God: Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell one another?

Bubba

There's a little fellow named Bubba who hangs out at Martin's Convenience Store. Mr. Martin, the owner hasn't figured out what Bubba's problem is, but the boys 'round town like to tease him. They say he's not hittin' on all eight... just not too bright.

As evidence, often they'll offer lil' Bubba his choice between a nickel and a dime. Now Bubba, he always takes the nickel... They say, because it's 'bigger' and they all get a big chuckle.

One afternoon, just after Bubba grabbed his nickel, Mr. Martin pulled him off to one side and said, "Bubba, those boys are making fun of you. They think you don't know the dime is worth more than the nickel. Are you grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?"

Bubba sorta grinned and said, "Well, if I took the dime, reckon they'd quit doing it!"

Oh my! This is too fun for words!

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White House Intervention In Ohio Voting Is "Partisan Politics At Its Worst"

The ACLU has written to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, urging him not to have the Justice Department intervene in a voting-rights dispute in Ohio.

The move comes in response to fast-moving recent events. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Ohio Republicans to require Jennifer Brunner, Ohio's Democratic secretary of state, to provide local election officials with lists of new voters whose registration information did not match that on other government documents.

That prompted House Republican leader John Boehner to write to Mukasey, asking him to require Brunner to hand over the lists. When Mukasey did not respond, Boehner contacted the White House, which said Friday that it had passed his request on to Mukasey, and asked for action.

Voting-rights advocates fear that making Brunner hand over the lists could lead to a slew of GOP challenges, forcing hundreds of thousands of voters to cast provisional ballots.

They also see the White House's involvement as an inappropriate politicization of DOJ. In its letter to Mukasey, ACLU writes of the White House's move:

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There’s only one place this vote should be decided.....ON THE DANCE FLOOR!

The Dangers of Masturbation

McSame

I Bring You The 'Piglet Squid'

The following info is from a short press release provided by the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium when they found this little tyke.

Piglet Squid, Helicocranchia pfefferi

This funny looking squid is about the size of a small avocado and can be found most commonly in the deepwater (greater than 100 m or 320 ft) of virtually all oceans. Its habit of filling up with water and the funny location of its siphone with a wild-looking 'tuft' of eight arms and two tentacles had prompted scientists to name it the piglet squid.

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Olbermann: Sarah Palin Is A Socialist

Today's Quote

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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MSNBC Tops CNN For October

MSNBC has throttled into second place in three hours of cable news primetime, beating CNN for the month of October.

Fox News, as usual, retains the top slot and is in no danger of relinquishing it. But MSNBC turned in its best primetime performance in its 12-year history in the adults 25-54 demo, according to Nielsen Media Research. It surpassed CNN for second place between 7-10 p.m. with "Hardball," "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" and "The Rachel Maddow Show."

MSNBC GM Phil Griffin said Monday that it's a historic placement for the network and part of MSNBC's long-term strategy when it set out on this course two years ago.

"We wanted to challenge CNN and become a player by the election," Griffin said. "Guess what? In the months leading into the election, we beat CNN."

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ABC Blocks Renewable Energy Ad

The ‘We Can Solve It’ campaign is dedicated to promoting clean energy legislation and education, and they’ve been very effective at demonstrating to the world all of the options we have available to us right now. We Can Solve It has run ads on many major television networks – even Fox News. Yet, ABC recently refused to air one of their ads, even though they run ads from oil companies that mislead the public about the role fossil fuels play in the climate crisis. Here’s the ad

Free Kisses

A gas station owner in Mississippi was trying to increase his sales, so he put up a sign that read, "Free Kisses with Fill-Up."

Soon a local redneck pulled in, filled his tank and asked for his free kisses. The owner told him to pick a number from 1 to 10. If he guessed correctly he would get his free kisses. The redneck guessed 8, and the proprietor said, "You were close. The number was 7.... sorry, no kisses this time."

A week later, the same redneck, along with a buddy, Bubba, pulled in for another fill-up. Again he asked for his free kisses. The proprietor again asked him to guess the correct number. The redneck guessed 2 this time. The proprietor said, "Sorry, it was 3. You were close, but no free kisses this time."

As they were driving away, the redneck said to his buddy, "I think that game is rigged and he doesn't really give away free kisses." Bubba replied, " No it ain't, Billy Ray. It ain't rigged. My wife won twice last week.

Website of the Day - English Russia

Just because something cool happens daily on 1/6 of the earth's surface.

Dear God

Dear God: When we get to heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it still the same old story?

100 Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas

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Bush Administration Rushing to Ease Endangered Species Rules

Rushing to ease endangered species rules before President Bush leaves office, Interior Department officials are attempting to review 200,000 comments from the public in just 32 hours, according to an e-mail obtained by The Associated Press.

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Mark Langan’s Corrugated Cardboard Sculpture

Click on either pic to see more of these amazing sculptures and to read about them.

Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy

a growing army of “eco-kids” — steeped in environmentalism at school, in houses of worship, through scouting and even via popular culture — who try to hold their parents accountable at home. Amid their pride in their children’s zeal for all things green, the grown-ups sometimes end up feeling like scofflaws under the watchful eye of the pint-size eco-police, whose demands grow ever greater, and more expensive.

They pore over garbage bins in search of errant recyclables. They lobby for solar panels. And, in a generational about-face, they turn off the lights after their parents leave empty rooms.

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The Vet Who Did Not Vet

Toilet Paper Wedding Gown Contest Winners or How They Pass The Time in Trailer Parks

One usually wears a Wedding Gown only once... SO...
why not make it DISPOSABLE?

The dresses entered in this contest were SO SPECTACULAR, that we HAD to award more prizes, this year. We even gave Hanah Kim a $200.00 "Second Place" award... as the detail on her dress is incredible! And, the judging was so difficult this year, that we also gave out THREE $50.00 "Honorable Mention" awards. It is hard to believe that ALL of theses wedding dresses are made from toilet paper...But, they are!!

Watch out Vera Wang!! Not only did we have more entries than last year...they just keep getting better and better. And, everyone had a great time making their special wedding gown creations. Unfortunately, we can't put all of the entries on, but here are just a few of these unbelievable toilet paper dresses. Many Thanks to ALL Contestants!!

(Photos below go from "Honorable Mention" to "First Place")...

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Hmmmmmmm - a marriage that starts in the crapper probably ends in the crapper.