Beat Swine Flu...THE GAME!

You know we are a cynical group when, even before the WHO can stir up another panic, someone has designed an Official Swine Flu Game.

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It's so contagious I put it on Facebook!

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Hail to the Chia Chief!

It's Chia Obama!

This has been taken off the market to the loss of Chia-lovers everywhere!

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I WANT TO DO THIS AT 93!

Maybe I should learn to play the piano...I guess Kevin will have to, as well.

Sigh. Maybe I'll Just Stick With My Gift of Nagging at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com

Carrie Fisher Roasts George Lucas

In honor of Star Wars...

She's very obnoxious and funny...and says one bad word at the end (so cover your ears if you need to).

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It's Star Wars Day!

I'm Not Too Late!

Happy Star Wars Day! It's the anniversary of the release of Star Wars or Star Wars The Original or Star Wars: A New Hope or Star Wars Episode 4 or whatever they call it now. (If you are on Facebook, you've seen this by now. Don't be stingy...share with your friends.

May 4th, 1977. I was there. Actually, I was nearby. Babysitting. But I got there as soon as my friend who worked at the movies could get me in for free.

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Anjelah Johnson- Nail Salon

If you haven't seen this...she's very funny. If you have...watch it again so you can memorize it for your next party. One of my students can quote this...excruciatingly funny!

It's worth wasting nearly ten minutes of you life at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com

The Olympic Japanese Diving Team

This is why Japan should have won the War! These aren't men with little black rectangles covering their faces...NO! These are cyborgs...human diving machines! They don't hit each other even by accident!

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What Just Happened Here

I've had a long and tiring weekend (although it was very good, thank you for asking). So I may not be the best judge as to what I just witnessed.

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Bird Art

This dude has been on my blog before...but he's started a new series.

He paints "Sully" Sullenberger's portrait (the pilot of the plane that landed in the Hudson River after becoming disabled by birds sucked into the engine) with an actual dead duck.

It's Art and It's Weird. That's Why We Watch at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com

I've Been Sick!

For the past two days my body's ached like it was being squeezed in a vice. A fever was to blame, of course, but it wasn't a bad one...at least no according to my "Anti-Accurate Digi Therm" that we now must use because "real" thermometers were too "dangerous" for "normal" people because it had satanic "mercury" in it. Which means...I had a fever, but who knows what it was...

I had always wanted an excuse to lay in bed for two days...and read...and blog...and make lists.

Instead, I slept. For nearly 18 hours straight. And then I watched "Scooby Doo and the Ghost Pirate" movie on Netflix Instant Viewing. Nothing shows the depths to which you have fallen like watching a Scooby Doo movie on Netflix when "Meet the Robinsons" was available.

Obviously I was very sick.

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The Muppets appear on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Awesome Muppets Trifecta is now in play.

Watching Ty interact with Miss Piggy is worth the watch at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com

Henson's 11

Your Math For The Day: Ocean's 11 + the Muppets = TOTAL AWESOME!

What More Can I Say? at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com

Henson's 11

I don't even know what to say about this except...

Ocean's 11 + Muppets = EPIC ROCKS!

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Disturbing Yet Fascinating Noises...

The sound you are about to hear is done using something called "beat boxing." I don't know what "beat boxing" is but I think it means "lonely person with too much time on their hands and not enough electronic devices."

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

I'm not at all sure how he makes the myriad of those sounds come out of his mouth like that...but he probably ought to say "excuse me" more often.

That's all I'm saying.

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MMMmmmmmm Bacon...Salt!?

Check out their website:

Their Motto: Everything should taste like bacon.

My reaction to their motto: Wow...they must be from Kentucky.

Bonus from their website: 0 calories,0 fat, vegetarian and kosher ok'd. Wait. Vegetarian and Kosher...what?!

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It's Talk Like Shakespeare Day

In honor of the Bard's 445th birthday let's dust off some "thee's" and "thou's" and a "forsooth" or two.

We musteth educateth the masses...um...eth.

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I Might Be Back

But I can't see.

I'm sitting at Panera's while Megh's at church...Broccoli cheese soup, a baguette, and a diet coke would probably inspire a great and life-changing writing experience, except that I left my glasses at home...

So I'm typing in a way that one would think of when using the idiomatic and well-worn phrase "blind as a bat" if bats were, in fact, blind instead of having a high tech thing called "sonar" making them more able to see things in the dark than I can with both sets of glasses at noon.

Regardless...I've got a LOT to share with you so I'm going to try to write to you while I work on my backlogged emails.

Here's hopping I hit the right keys at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com

UPS Maintenance Reports

The following is not my writing but I thought you'd enjoy it nevertheless:

After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet,' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.

By the way, UPS is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident. I don't know that this is true...if so, I'm flying with them on my next trip...they go everywhere!

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
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P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
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P: Something loose in cockpit
S: Something tightened in cockpit
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P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
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P: Auto pilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
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P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
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P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
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P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
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P: IFF in operative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
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P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
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P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search
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P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
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P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
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P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget

The Stethoscope

I'm sure you've seen this. But it's strange enough to watch again.

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FINGER DUDE

He's got more talent in his fingers than I have in my whole ARM!

I Hope I Don't Meet Him In A Bad Sleeve Or Some Fake Piano Contest at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com