After digesting over a thousand pages of this so-called 'stimulus package' I have to express my sincere disappointment in how little is going to zombie-virus and cyborg soldier research.

People all over the net are Googling and getting Ducky, purveyor of balloon animal porn.

Quoting Ducky, "kinda NSFW but funny..."

Have a safe and fun New Years 

If you like fantasy/sci-fi stuff, I stumbled across a new show you might dig.  It stars Amanda Tapping from Stargate.  I saw a couple of episodes on Hulu and I liked it :)

http://www.hulu.com/sanctuary

Here's the plot:

Sanctuary follows the exploits of Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) as she seeks out all manner of terrifying and monstrous creatures (known as 'abnormals'), some of which are human. Some of these creatures she needs to lock up to protect the public, and some of them she needs to protect from the public. She is aided in her quest by her reluctant protégé Will Zimmerman (Robin Dunne), her intrepid, if somewhat reckless, daughter Ashley (Emilie Ullerup), the talkative geek Henry Foss (Ryan Robbins), a computer and security expert, and Bigfoot (Christopher Heyerdahl), her taciturn Neanderthal-like assistant.

The central plots of the webisodes and TV episodes that cover the same story line are the same, although there are some relatively significant discrepancies in the actions, dialogue, and guest characters between the webisodes and TV versions.

here's the wiki on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(web_series)

Here's the official site:

http://www.sanctuaryforall.com/

My jeep is under there somewhere...

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys.  

The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.
 
Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 am.
 
The next day at 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new employee. 

He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing up, putting the entire production line behind schedule.

The Personnel Manager decides he should see this for himself, so the 2 men march down to the factory floor. When they get there the line is so backed up that there are Tickle Me Elmo's all over the factory floor and they're really beginning to pile up.
 
At the end of the line stands Lena surrounded by mountains of Tickle Me Elmo's. She has a roll of plush Red fabric and a huge bag of small     marbles.
 
The 2 men watch in amazement as she cuts a little piece of fabric, wraps it around two marbles and begins to carefully sew the little package between Elmo 's legs.
 
The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter. After several minutes of hysterics he pulls himself  together and approaches Lena.
 
'I'm sorry,' he says to her, barely able to keep a straight face, 'but I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave you yesterday...'
 
'Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles.'
 

And I documented it all for posterity.  Check it out...

Matt Harding is one of my new heroes :)

You can find out about Matt here: Matt Harding

Here's why he is my hero.  Hope for us all :)

Don't be afraid to dance silly.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

all of a sudden, everything stopped....

This is a riot :)