JabberWocky!

As everyone is quite aware of that knows me personally and professionally, you know that I am more than a little remiss in the last few months about my favorite Jabberwocky!…but sometimes I get Extremely Lucky and happen upon something or someone that I think is extremely note worthy and it takes me No Time At All to bring it to everyone’s attention!

Such is the case today! “Wreck” is a friend of mine. “Wreckfish”, is what she is more commonly known by, and I have to say that I have had the privilege to know her for right around 4 months…give or take a day or two!

Through the last four months we have gotten to know each other quite well and oddly enough we are quite the same…although we could not be more different!

We seem to understand each other in some strange, weird way! To her…I am a somewhat odd character and recently she told me that as far as me being crazy…the jury is still out on that one and to me, she is much the same…an odd character that somehow I can relate to!!!

Be that as it May!!! Wreck and I both have our own things that make us tick and for Wreck it is Photography! I have seen Many of her photographs in the past few months and I have to say I think she is more than excellent at what she does!!

Wreck hails from South Africa, so most of her photographs hail from there also. She is not a “still life” photographer but rather a “life artist”.

She has photos of everything from a South African Gentleman carrying an umbrella to being in a helicopter looking down at the dolphins in the ocean.

About the best thing I can say about “Wreck” is…she is real…not only in her life and how she lives but in her photographs.

This is why I have added her to my blogroll, so you can not only get to know the woman but the photographs as well!

For those of you that know me…take my word for it…HDW, Matt, Mark, Plank, Krista, Jan and S.D. from the U.K. grab this link as it is going to be Well Worth Your While!!!

For everyone else…don’t miss this link either, but if you do…Wreckfish is going to be around on this blogroll so you can always pick it up here!

This one’s for you Wreck…You definitely deserve it!!

Wreckfish…The Ninja Worrier

That’s all for me today guys!! Hope to see you back again soon for more…

St. Patrick’s Day Facts & More!

Leprechaun Webcam!

That’s all for me today I’m off to do a little St. Paddy’s Day celebrating! I hope each and every one of you enjoy St. Patrick’s Day and don’t forget to Kiss the Blarney Stone, catch a Leprechaun And Find Your pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow, but more than that, I hope to see you all back here again soon for some more good old fashioned!!!

It seems as though there are a couple of eRumors going around recently about boycotting McDonald’s and Burger King because they are buying beef from foreign sources.

One of the eRumors states that these companies are buying beef from South America but McDonald’s and Burger King are vehemently denying this stating that they are Not purchasing beef from South America but rather they are conducting a small experiment using less than 1% of their beef and purchasing Lean beef from Australia and New Zealand and furthermore this is nothing new as it has been going on for years and they are not suppose to be the only ones buying foreign beef as most major fast food restaurants such as Taco Bell, Wendy’s and Carl’s Jr. are also using up to 50% imported beef in their restaurants.

One of the eRumors states that McDonald’s has claimed that there is a shortage of beef in the United States and that is why they are purchasing beef from other countries but McDonald’s denies saying this, McDonald’s states that what it said was: that there is a shortage of LEAN beef in the United States.

McDonald’s is the largest buyer of beef in the United States per year with Burger King coming in second and of course any beef purchased and/or served is 100% USDA-approved and inspected.

That’s about it for me today, hope you have a good one and see you back soon for some more good old fashioned…

Well it’s that time of year again, the time that many wait for all year. It’s time to find out if winter will be over soon or if we will have another 6 weeks of winter?

Today is Groundhog Day and I want to wish each and every one of you a very Happy Groundhog Day!!

For any of you out there that doesn’t know what Groundhog Day is then I will tell you.

Every year in the United States and Canada on February 2nd many people gather in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and anxiously await to see if Punxsutawney Phil, the resident groundhog, is going to see fit to make an appearance from where he has been hibernating all winter. When he does pop his cute little head out then they check very carefully to see if he sees his shadow.

If he does see his shadow then that means that there will be 6 more weeks of winter and he will generally turn around and go burrow again for another 6 weeks but if he Doesn’t see his shadow then that means that winter is almost over and it will be an early spring this year!!

As you can see it’s all done very scientifically and that’s what I personally like to see, I like to know for sure if winter is over or if it’s not!!

Here is a link giving you some idea of the festivities each year on this day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania!

Groundhog Day 2005 Celebration

That’s all for me today as I’m off to get my Groundhog Day outfit ready and hopefully when I’m back again next time I will know for sure that winter is over and an early spring is on the way! See you back again soon for some more good old fashioned…

In case you can’t read Chinese the title says Happy New Year in just one of the many dialects of China.

If you haven’t already heard, today is Chinese New Year which is celebrated every year on the First Day of the First Moon of the Lunar Calendar and this is happens to be the year of the Ox.

If you would like to know more about Chinese New Year and it’s traditions there are some very interesting facts located here:

Chinese New Year and it’s traditions

And if you happen to have been born in the year of the Ox, past or present you can find the attributes of people born during this year here:

Attributes of people born in the year of the Ox

If you don’t know which zodiac sign you were born under but would like to read your horoscope for this year you can do that here:

Chinese Horoscope Year of the Ox Predictions

I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful Chinese New Year and wishing you much luck in the coming year!

That’s all for me today but hope to see you back again soon for some more good old fashioned…

From Tim Russert to “Sunny” von Bulow, a look at the stories, newsmakers and top sports figures who died in 2008:

Farewell 2008

That’s all for me today and this year in fact so I hope that each and every one of you and your families have a wonderful, healthy and prosperous 2009 & I’ll see all of you back next year for some more good old fashioned…

Do you know where Santa is at this very moment?

Well if not you can track him here:

Where’s Santa Now?

That’s all for me today, I’m off to do a bit more tracking!

Happy Holidays from Uni and Sage & see you back again soon for some more…

As you can tell Uni & I have not been around much the last couple of weeks but we’ve been going slightly crazy running around and trying to get everything ready for Christmas!

It’s been especially hard this year because as many of you know we moved not too long ago and a lot of our stuff is still packed and stored in the attic so something as simple as trying to get the Christmas tree ornaments proved to be a real challenge to say the least!

And Uni is leaving today to  spend the  Christmas holidays with his family and friends so a lot of shopping was called for too, after all, he couldn’t show up empty handed and if you thought finding the Christmas ornaments was a challenge…just wait until you have to go out and buy gifts for a bunch of Unicorns! Let me tell you, they’re not easy to buy for, especially the little ones and of course they want all of the latest Christmas gadgets that Unicorns love, so it has been a difficult last few weeks!

But when Uni leaves today he’ll be gone for the holidays and I’ll be home alone so maybe I’ll have a bit of time to rest and get my second wind!

Anyway! As you probably know, or maybe you don’t, Unicorns love Christmas and all of the fun it has to offer, and Uni, going home to be with family and friends, didn’t want to appear too dumb when it comes to the facts about Christmas so a while back he enrolled in the University of Christmas and became a full fledged Christmasologist! Diploma and all!

In fact I went to the graduation ceremony last night and I couldn’t have been more proud of Uni. He was standing so proud when the Master of Ceremonies shook his horn and presented him with his diploma! He’s is not only proud of the fact that he graduated and received a diploma but that he is also the first Unicorn to go to University in his family! I guess you could say that Uni graduated Uni!!

So as soon as we got home last night he made sure that his diploma was safely packed away in his luggage for his trip!

If you would like to receive a diploma as a Christmasologist then you too can go to the University of Christmas and take the exams, and if you pass, you too will be rewarded with a degree in Christmasology!

Interested? If so go to:

Are You The Brightest Bulb On The Tree? University of Christmas

Well, that’s all for me today, I’m off to get Uni ready for his trip, and if you happen to attend the University of Christmas I wish you very good luck in your studies and see you back here again soon for some more good old fashioned…

Isn’t he just the Cutest Thing?

People never cease to amaze me with the really dumb things that they can find to occupy themselves…I often find myself saying, “they are easily amused aren’t they”?

And one thing for sure, no matter how different we all are, there is one tradition common to all cultures, the gathering in large groups to participate in utterly pointless and often mind-bogglingly dangerous sports. and 9 times out of 10 all it takes is a lot of bored people and, more often than not, alcohol!

I was checking out this years 8 most baffling “sports” and couldn’t believe some of them…although I hate to admit it, I have heard of some of them which leads me to believe that I must be “easily amused” also!

And the 8 Lucky Winners that they came up with this year are:

• #8: Shin Kicking; Invented in England hundreds of years ago!!! And is pretty self explanatory; a contest between two fighters as to who can knock the other down by the simple, honest method of kicking the heck out of each others shins!
• #7: Bossaball (AKA Trampoline Volleyball); Invented in Belgium. It’s played on an inflatable volleyball court, and in front of the net on each side is a round trampoline so players can get some serious height when spiking!
• #6: Free Style Walking (aka Skateboarding Without a Skateboard); played anywhere jaw-dropping stupidity can be found. They go jumping off rails and fences using only their feet and get this, you can even buy special shoes for this sport!
• #5: Ferret Legging (aka Stuffing a Ferret Down Your Pants); Unfortunately I have heard of this goodie for many years! “Played” in Yorkshire England. Pretty simple, tie the bottom of your pant legs so the ferrets can’t escape then drop a couple down your pants and tighten your belt then stand there like a complete idiot for as long as you can while the upset ferrets try to get out! When you can’t take it anymore then drop your pants and release the ferrets! (The world record is held by a Yorkshireman called Reg Mellor, who kept two ferrets down his trousers for five hours and twenty six minutes back in 1981)!
• #4: Dwile Flonking (aka Beer Rag Tossing); Unfortunately I have heard of this one too!!!! Sussex, Kent. Two teams play the game. One member of a team, the flonker, stands with a beer-soaked rag on a stick whilst the other team links arms and dances around him, the flonker in the middle spins around in the opposite direction to the others and has to fling the rag at them. The girters have to dodge the rag. Points are scored if the rag hits someone, but if the rag misses, the flonker has to drink a chamber-pot’s worth of beer. The game is over when four rounds are finished, or when everyone is so drunk that any movement might cause them to vomit noisily or urinate uncontrollably. Points are deducted if anyone is sober enough to remember their gender at the end of the game!
• #3: Hornussen (aka Spastic Placard Flailing); Switzerland. Played by teams of up to eighteen on a very long, straight field. A launcher, a curved metal ramp, is at one end, by which a player stands. He smacks a small rubber projectile, the hornuss, from the launcher with a long, bendy stick that looked like a fishing rod. The members of the other team, are standing on the field waving placards and wearing helmets, the point is to “biff” the hornuss out the air by hitting it with a placard. But because of the hornuss’ small size and quick velocity, it’s very hard to spot so needless to say many members get hit by this “hornuss”!
• #2: Skibobbing (aka Suicide Ski Biking); Basically played in the Alps but has spread to the U.S.. Competitors go down very steep snowy hills on a bike on skis. So it’s like skiing, but oddly enough the bike doesn’t appear to have any way of stopping! Obviously it’s a simple sport for simple minds!
• And the winner is…#1: Camel Wrestling from Turkey. Camels are specially bred for the competition, and decked out with bells and colorful ornamentation. They’re then sent into the ring with another camel to do battle over a hot camel-babe in heat. Camels can win by either making their opponent fall, scream or gallop away in a leg-flapping manner!

Personally I don’t see why Camel Wrestling was voted #1…it seems pretty “normal” to me after reading the other choices but who am I to argue with the judges??

I don’t know why or how these sports were invented except for the fact that “people can be easily amused” but they were and I think it’s great that people can be such total morons risking life and limb for a little amusement!

I really shouldn’t talk though…I have participated in a few games of Naailen, (a very old Dutch game), in my lifetime, much to my chagrin. I won’t bore you with the details now…maybe one day, but suffice to say it did not involve risking life and limb…just a few hundred year old tree trunk!

Oh! By the way, if you want more details about these most “interesting” sports it can be found at:

This Years Most Baffling Sports!

And I do have a special message to all of my Dutch friends that has nothing to do with today’s subject…I hope you all have a wonderful 1st Christmas, Feast of Sinterklaas, today and get lots of presents!

Well! That’s all for me today, hope you have a great week-end and hope to see you back here again soon for some more good old fashioned…