Hyperbole for 1000, Alex

From Plato:

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
“Ignorance: the root of all evil.”
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”

(HT:  Laura at Pursuing Holiness)

Up at 3am to take Son 2 to the airport for a trip to Dallas. Where’s da coffee? It will be his first flight as an unaccompanied minor.

This is pretty amazing. Time lapse video of a spider crab shedding its shell.   Real action starts at about :50 second mark.  (HT: Ace)

I thought just the top shell would come off. Naked crab!

Behold, Pacific Star II. A balloon, some helium, some styrofoam, a couple hacked digital cameras – and 120,000 feet.

Pacific Star II from Colin Rich on Vimeo. (HT: David Thompson)

The internets have everything…

Click pic for the Ultimate Bacon Sammich

Mmmm, bacon.  From one of my new favorite food blogs – Bacon Today:

According to the latest scientific research done in the U.K. and just released by the Toronto Sun, if you or someone that you know is looking for a sure fire way to quickly get over a “hang-over’ before heading to the office or simply trying to enjoy your day after a night of perhaps just a bit too much drinking, your very best friend in all the world is the much beloved “Bacon Sandwich!”

How many times have we found ourselves in the shower the next day trying to negotiate a quick and well meaning deal with our personal “higher power” or “supreme being” in charge of the universe, hoping, praying and begging with promises to do “this and that” and never drink again, in order to avoid the horrific sense of being simultaneously and mercilessly kicked in the head and the gut by a raging bronco.

If only there was a scientifically proven, tried, tested and true way to put a sudden end to the onslaught of aggravatingly intensified sounds, lights, and generic irritations, impaired judgment, blurry vision, pounding headache, nausea, weakness and the over-all feeling of total and complete “icky-sicky-osity!”

Well count your blessings my friend, because according to the findings just released by researchers at world renowned and respected Newcastle University located in the United Kingdom, the popular British “Bacon Butty” or American “Bacon Sandwich stands aching head and tense shoulders above all other potential cures for fully curing a hangover.

“Bingeing on alcohol depletes brain neurotransmitters but bacon, which is rich in protein, contains amino acids that top these up and make you feel better,” explains Elin Roberts of Newcastle University.

From the Senate GOP. (HT: Ace)

Vote for Renee Ellmers, or at least throw her some cash. She’s running against seven-term incumbent North Carolina Congressman Bob Etheridge, who recently put a student journalist in a chokehold for daring to ask if he supported the Obama agenda.

10. She never once thought a good answer to “Who should be in charge?” was “Nancy Pelosi.”
9. Won’t physically assault you until the third question.
8. She thinks that since someone spent the time drawing out our nation’s borders on a map, it might be a fun idea to enforce them.
7. Never once as a nurse has she consulted Washington lobbyists for a health care opinion.
6. She will protect your right to religion, firearms, and asking your Representative questions.
5. She’s against raising taxes; she doesn’t see the point of kicking the economy when it’s down.
4. In her medical opinion, the government needs to lose weight, or it’s in risk of sudden collapse.
3. Hasn’t been stuck in Washington so long she constantly has to ask, “Who are you?”
2. She will put wasteful spending in Washington in a chokehold, not you.
1. If you ask her if she supports the Obama agenda, her answer is simply a polite, “No.”

I love the Brits, but this is just cool.
(HT: TigerHawk)

(HT: FoxNews)