Can you see his foot?

Can you see his foot?, originally uploaded by -SPK.

I walk out of an appointment and hear a rustling up in the trees and as I look up 2 squirrels are falling from about 40 feet and land in street with a low thud. Ouch.

So I walk over and one little guy is obviously dazed and confused since he doesn't do anything as I stand 6" away from him. His friend must not have been taught to "never leave your friends behind" because he was back in the tree in 3 seconds. Than, almost as quickly as they fell out of the tree the little one wakes up and BOLTS DIRECTLY BETWEEN MY LEGS.

Holy! I do a 180 and see that he ran under my car but didn't seem to come out the other side. As I meander to the passenger side, the above picture is the scene I captured.

So what did I do? I poked him with a pen to get him out of there. What would you do?

Well, the poking definitely worked because he moved - by climbing directly into my engine compartment! Hmmmm. So I opened the hood and couldn't see a thing.

Next, as I'm lying prone on the street (in my suit) looking for the little guy - the accountant whose office I just left - walks out at this moment and genuinely asks "Engine trouble?"

MMMMM, I'M LYING IN THE STREET IN MY SUIT!!

After a short explanation, he laughs and steps back a few paces. Must not be a squirrel fan.

A few more turns of the steering wheel and a 1/4 roll forward, my little buddy fell backwards onto the street and sundered off - looking a little I will after a night in the Bahamas.

Palin lied, distorted the truth and thinks Americans won't even check her facts

The Obama camp did, and here's a long rundown of her lies/distortions/rhetoric/more of the McSame.

Here is the link instead of the entire text.... I realized you had to scroll to China to see the next post :-)

And an updated video of fact checks

Ummm, that's not your lipstick

McCain - Palin

McCain - Palin, originally uploaded by -SPK.

The officia McCain - Palin campaign photo.

Ohh faa

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What's your tax cut going to be with Obama?

Calculate it here at obamataxcut.com.

This message will self destruct. Literally.

Ever get the feeling that big brother is always watching you? Want to send an anonymous message to someone? Want to send a secure message that you can be guaranteed will be deleted in, say 45 seconds after they read it?

Then, this site is for you:

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Multiply by 11

Having trouble memorizing the 11 times tables?? Here is a really easy trick that will help you master about all the 11s tables up to 50! First you take any number multiplied by 11 such as 26. Take both the 2 and the 6 and add them together…and you get 8. Then put the number 8 in-between the 2 and the 6 and you have 286. Try another number such as 45. You know the drill, 4+5=9. 495 is the answer. This can help you out a very lot when you are multiplying big numbers by 11. The only part it becomes tricky is when the numbers that add up are over 9. Then you have to carry over and find out the answer.

Paige's first day of Kindergarden

Or view the set on flickr

The English Language is easy!

Just read this out loud:
I take it you already know,
Of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead - it’s said like bed, not bead,
For goodness’ sake, don’t call it ‘deed’!
Watch out for meat and great and threat,
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear.
And then there’s dose and rose and lose –
Just look them up – and goose and choose.
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go and thwart and cart –
Come, come, I’ve hardly made a start!
A dreadful language? Why man alive!
I’d mastered it when I was five.

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What if auto mechanics and customers spoke their minds?

<a href="http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/honesty_auto_mechanic/" target="_blank">Honesty: Auto Mechanic</a>

Honesty: Auto Mechanic

Beijing Olympics Stadium: about 30 min. before Men's 100m Final

An absolute MUST SEE!

http://www.karikuukka.com/peking2008/100m/

Life, explained

Water Fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (post number 900!!!!)

Update: I just logged in and noticed that this is post number 900! Whoot. What that means is that in another 100 posts, I'll have posted 1,000 useless things.

Everyone makes mistakes...

Everyone makes mistakes..., originally uploaded by -SPK.

You're such a sucker. The Awkward Pause®

For more videos like this visit my personal Awkward Pause set or the entire group on flickr here.

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Tax Plans

A bunch of people I have spoken with haven't seen this yet. Here it is:

Click to make larger.

Mess with a friend today

If you press Ctrl+Alt+(the up arrow or the down arrow) your screen will flip that way. Just do the opposite to get it back.

I'll be on vacation for a few days, this post will have to suffice for a while for all of my fans.

Well, fan.



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McCain vs. McCain

Obama: By the way while we're on the subject of Senator McCain contradicting himself, a few days ago somebody asked me what they could do personally to help America save energy so I said something that some of you have heard which is all of us could get better gas mileage and save oil in the process just by keeping our tires inflated. Turns out the experts agreed, turns out that we could save 3 to 4% on our total oil consumption just by keeping our cars tuned up, inflating our tires. Senator McCain and the Republican National Committee though mocked the idea, they've been going around sending tire gauges to reporters saying Barack Obama's energy plan. Well, the, you know that sounded clever except last night after all that Senator McCain actually said he agreed that keeping our tires inflated was a good idea. Which makes sense because it turns out NASCAR, which knows something about tires, apparently said the same thing, so did the AAA and so in the coming days it is going to be interesting to watch this debate between John McCain and John McCain.