International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Arrrrr, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, so grab yer eye patch and sword and talk like a pirate, ye landlubbers!

Newsvine: Teacher OK after crashing into bear on a bicycle

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/10/1850868-teacher-ok-after-crashing-into-bear-on-a-bicycle
Just another reason to wear your helmet while bicycling. You never know when you’re going to have a bear roll over your head.

I have done this to Jerry before. What makes it worse is he laughs at me when I tell him what’s going on…

Kidtropolis Magic Tree House

http://kidtropolis.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/the-magic-tree-house-almost-finished/

Where was this stuff when I was a kid? Not that it would have fit in our trailer house anyway….and it would have been a little cramped for my brother and I to share the tree house….but I say again; where was this when I was a kid?

Kinoki Foot Pads

These commercials crack me up.

http://consumerist.com/5038757/gee-whiz-it-turns-out-that-kinoki-foot-pads-are-a-scam

Some people will still believe they work though….

Flickr Cat Photo

I can't show the picture here because of copyright issues, but check this picture out. Hilarious!!!

http://flickr.com/photos/starfeeder/1525113022/

Summer Olympics

I have been hooked on the Olympics since last weekend. I told myself I wasn't interested in watching it this time, but I should have known better. Ever since I watched Mary Lou Retton as a small child, the summer Olympics have been exciting to me. Then when softball was added, I was even more excited. I was in the middle of my high school softball craze and made one of my goals to be in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Unfortunately, that's one goal I didn't reach.

NBC reporter Mary Carillo is travelling around China showing some of it's unique and interesting characteristics. She is very funny and her witty exchanges with Bob Costas is one of my favorite parts of the primetime coverage.

Michael Phelps won gold in all eight of his races. He is an extraordinary young man. Raised by a single mom and diagnosed with ADHD, he shows what a person can do with hard work and dedication.

Nastia Luikin and Shawn Johnson finished with gold and silver repectively in the all-around gymnastics competition, the first time in history for U.S. women to do so. The body control of the gymnasts is amazing.