"This 5 year old male was a pet in a home, and now lives at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. This little guy had been given an apple to eat, and seems to act more like a puppy than a porcupine!"

"Apparently, people haven't figured out that with the number of cameras in existence today, any time you get it on in public, someone's lens is going to catch you.

"Barcodes, or UPC symbols, these ubiquitous emblems of our consumer civilisation, have received a radical makeover by a Japanese firm D-Barcode - and this time their ideas ended up on grocery products all over Japan. "

"The Something Awful forum goons had a mission: Photoshop some hats onto some birds."

"Once, twice, three times a Texas lottery millionaire -- now it's four. Joan R. Ginther, a native of Bishop, Texas, made her fourth appearance Monday at lottery headquarters in Austin to collect seven figures, lottery officials said.

People painted their dogs to create panda dogs and tiger dogs and were on display in Zhengzhou, in eastern China's Henan Province.

Some of these are pretty weird!

Cosmo reporter asks several people: "Can you guys name 5 outdoor places to get it on with a guy?"

A photograph of one wallaby, taken by a motorist near a lane in St Breward, follows several recent sightings of a male, female and baby in the area.

"With a gun in one hand and a sack of bobcat kittens in the other, an Alabama hunter proudly plopped the newborns down on the counter and asked the veterinary assistant to raise them so he could eventually give them to his kids as pets.

"Just in time for Father's Day, these pictures showcase how far families will go to display their love for one another, with captions written by the editors of Awkward Family Photos, a website that celebrates when the formal family portrait goes terribly, terribly wrong."

"The town of Sedona, about two hours' drive north of Phoenix, is situated in an area of rare and stunning natural beauty. Towering rock formations and iron-rich reddish soil give the landscape an otherworldly appearance

Warning: some people may find this insulting.

"An Iron Man movie parody starring my baby girl. The costume was created by her uncle STROB."

The article claims: "Ever wonder if your horoscope is fact or fiction? Here, common questions about horoscopes are answered...".

"This is not a trick that was taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's four now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods."

"Can older incontinent people be a source of new energy? Absolutely, says Japanese automation firm Super Faiths.

Hmmm, these sure will do the trick and get your attention!

My favorite memories of childhood take me back to the days of 1¢ candy. On a hot and muggy summer day, I would have to walk down a couple of steep hills with a list of things my mother wanted from the store.

"Inspired by Edward Gorey's 'The Gashlycrumb tinies. I brought the story to life using animation and imagination.

Hey Jackass, If you don't stop the inbreeding thing you are doing, you are going to get you hurt! Leave the Honor & Bearing of the Burial of A Returning Dead Soldier the hell alone!

For reasons that should be obvious if you read this article, having a "tin foil hat" (or "Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie" as they are also known) may not be adequate to do the job.

This is so funny -- I love Peeps (from last year -- good and chewy by now) Peepsushi, what a great idea and the pictures are funny.

"Scott Weaver of Rohnert Park, California started making the Golden Gate Bridge with toothpicks at the age of 17. Now, thirty-some years later, he's completed an entire replica of San Francisco, with details like the Palace of Fine Arts and surfers at Ocean Beach.

"In honor of April Fools Day, TurboTax provided their list of the 12 Most Foolish Tax Write-Offs Ever Attempted, and the ludicrous reasoning behind them.

"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on the Earth to view satellite images, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others. "

Low-slung trousers give their wearers a bad image, according to a US state senator who is behind an advertising campaign telling people to "raise your pants".

This sketch came up in a different conversation earlier, and i remembered it fondly. As such, i thought I'd seed the sketch for your enjoyment, and mine as well.

A vendor's claim that soap for sale in his Montreal trinket shop is made from the corpses of Second World War victims was greeted Friday with both outrage and ridicule.

Sheriff's officials say 22-year-old Joshua Vasquez was arrested Friday after he allegedly tried to deface a glass door leading into a City of Commerce meeting room where over 100 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and police officers were attending a training class.

If you have raised kids (or been one), and gone through the pet syndrome, including toilet flush burials for dead goldfish, the story below will have you laughing out LOUD!

One of the flamboyant entrepreneurs making it big in booming Vietnam unveiled a massive precious stone on Monday that he plans to transform into the world's largest jade Buddha.

A teenage New Zealand student has accepted a stranger's offer of £20,000 after putting her virginity up for auction on the web` The 19-year-old woman, calling herself Unigirl, says on a website that she was fully aware of the possible consequences of having sex with a stranger.

"Toyota has long faced the criticism that the process of manufacturing Priuses has a larger environmental impact than most cars.

The Pentagon's mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution to the military's advantage, creating "synthetic organisms" that can live forever

"How would you like to just walk onto a NATO air base where nuclear weapons are stored, walk on the runway, and even get inside the blast door of a protective aircraft shelter, all without getting caught (that is, until you walk up to the guards)," Stephen Schwartz e-mails.

"Last year, two Detroit tavern owners were sitting at the bar, sampling their beverages and bemoaning the local economy -- no one in the city had cash, and when they did, they spent it in the suburbs. Then the pair hit on a solution: Print their own money. "

"First, the Taliban fought with Kalashnikovs and RPGs. Then they came with jury-rigged explosives. Now, the militants have brought the most fearsome weapon of all: buns of steel"

"This is Mars. Mars love to rock. You want proof? Watch him writhe around, sopping up all the metal he can handle. It's not his fault that guitar is shredding. It's what he does.

LOL! Update: The funny guy has been removed by the station & replaced by an "ordinary' weather person, so I was going to delete this, but decided to leave it up because of the attached discussion here.

Stuffy Town Hall officials have vowed to nip a saucy sledge race in the bud - because all the contestants are topless. The first topless tournament is due to take place in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, next month.

Roger Scruton, 65, urged "lunatic fundamentalists who have set their heart on giving Islam a bad name" to imbibe, although it is considered against their religion, claiming it would help them to a more moderate view.

A cat with an uncanny ability to detect when nursing home patients are about to die has proven itself in around 50 cases by curling up with them in their final hours, according to a new book.

The Onion News: "Less than two weeks after converging upon the site of a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake, American anthropologists have confirmed the discovery of a small, poverty-stricken island nation, known to its inhabitants as "Haiti."

"Jim Moyer's hobby is building miniature engines. The one above, which he claims is the smallest V-8 engine in the world, is a 1/6 scale model of the 327 cubic inch motor in a 1964 Chevrolet Corvette."

"The world's population is aging rapidly, with implications in numerous areas, not the least of which is that the number of male drivers over the age of 70 will double in the next 20 years, and the number of female drivers over 70 will treble.

A its time to read the great works of wizardry, yes little old me were as a wise old fool that writes to take that dullness of the day away. Whilst your munching your breakfast of the morning daily news, the sex scandals and political fighting.

"Over the past few years, rumors have circulated in Japan about the existence of gigantic humanoid life-forms inhabiting the icy waters of the Antarctic."

actual photos.

Information of vital importance to all cat owners! (Note: this is supposed to be humor! :-)

Photo taken in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Some names describe the area, others tell their stories.

Ever do something on a whim...that you later regretted?

"A responsible traveler won't set foot in another country without knowing how to viciously insult the people in their native language. Odds are, you won't even make it out of the airport before a situation arises that requires obscenities.

"What comes to mind when you hear the words "government experiment"? If Google Image Search can truly gauge this sort of thing, then your head's likely swimming with comic-book super soldiers, conspiracy theories, mutated animals and -- oddly enough -- country music singer Kenny  …

"Argentina (Associated Press) — A 38-year-old former Miss Argentina has died from complications after undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. "Close friend Roberto Piazza said the procedure involved injections and the liquid "went to her lungs and brain."

Story from England -- I don't think it would happen here yet. "Taxpayers are forking out £1,600 a week so Somali mum Nasra Warsame, seven of her kids and her pensioner mum can lord it in central London for free.

"An American perfume manufacturing company has launched late pop legend Michael Jackson's perfume - made using DNA samples from his hair.

"Israeli researchers conducted a series of experiments in which rats were subjected to stressful experiences, such as receiving electric shocks.

"Nov. 25, 2009: A turkey named Courage didn't have to live up to its name today. Following the curious presidential tradition started by George H.W.

"Western pornography was banned under communism, but the armed forces of the former East Germany made their own sex films featuring bare-breasted female soldiers that were enjoyed by senior officers and outwardly prudish hard-line politicians.

Kane Kellett's unusual method of raising his right hand to be sworn in earned him a six-month contempt of court sentence in McHenry County Court over the weekend.

The deputy was investigating a car wreck... found a 1993 Isuzu Rodeo in the ditch. A 28-year-old man showed up and said the car was his, but pointed out that the deputy couldn't prove he'd been driving.

A naked man who climbed out of a window and hid on the ledge to escape his lover's furious husband has been caught on camera.

"Officials say a Florida Panhandle Fish and Wildlife officer lost a 5-foot alligator after bringing it to his daughter's school for show and tell.

A technician at a Tiffin imaging center caught driving with a stash of X-rays, mammograms, videos and pictures of women and children used the images for sexual gratification, police believe.

Weeks after an Australian variety show made headlines around the world after a group of white performers donned blackface to perform as the Jackson brothers, Tyra Banks is making headlines herself for turning her latest "America's Next Top Model" candidates bi-racial for a photo  …

"Ground beef is not a completely safe product," said Dr. Jeffrey Bender, a food safety expert at the University of Minnesota who helped develop systems for tracing E. coli contamination.

An Arsenal fan who went to India on holiday and stayed to do volunteer work is being hailed as a miracle worker by locals after creating a lake in one of the country's most drought ridden regions.

"Whatever" has been voted the most annoying word in American English.

Look, over there. Under that blue tarp in a suburban driveway. That thing that's the size of a Smart car?

"A man was caught by Norwegian customs carrying a tarantula in his bag, and a further 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to his body, media reported Monday

" It's one thing for shoplifters to hide plunder in their pants. But a live ferret? Police said a homeless man in north Florida did just that. And he made it out the door before being challenged.

"MTA Chairman Jay Walder and fellow authority board members were called "a bunch of doody-heads" by a high ranking union official at Walder's first board meeting Wednesday.

"The Colonel is certainly no chicken. An audacious actor dressed like Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders sneaked into United Nations headquarters and shook hands with a senior official before finally being ejected, according to reports.

"Socotra Island: you have to see it to believe it We covered some other wordly places before but this island simply blows away any notion about what is considered "normal" for a landscape on Earth.

WASHINGTON – The lodge room of the Naval Masonic Hall is a colorful and somewhat inscrutable sight for the nonmember, with its blue walls, Egyptian symbols, checkered floor in the center and high ceiling painted with gold stars.

This is an account by a Dr.who worked on the same day.

"The mystery of crop circles in poppy fields in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania has been solved -- stoned wallabies are eating the poppy heads and hopping around in circles.

June 24th – 21st July 2004, Queensland: Watoto Children's Choir travels beautiful Queensland, holding free concerts to raise awareness and gather support. Special events also include a complimentary dental checkup by Dr. John Gooley in Mt.

Cops hunted Wednesday for the blubbering bandit who tried to rob a Long Island convenience store - even though the shopkeeper who showed him mercy doesn't want him locked up.

Predicto was intrigued, it says, by the news this week that actress Anna Faris inadvertently routed a cheeky text, not to her fiance, but to a small child, that read, rather inappropriately: "Let's get drunk together." Or, as she told Fox News: "My fiance and I, when we …

Story contributed by Professor Rabbi Daniel M. Zucker The American author Mark Twain once noted: "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

An unemployed chemist was jailed Tuesday for spraying a mix of urine and feces on food, wine and children's books in several British stores. Sahnoun Daifallah was sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of four counts of contaminating goods.

A French couple who kept their seven-year-old son locked in a dark, cell-like room for years have been arrested for child abuse, officials said on Thursday.

The official sleepwear of the Al Qassam Martyrs Brigades!

Around 3 a.m., a man walked into a bar and opened fire on the victim, hitting him in the shoulder, Montreal police said. Other people in the bar at the time intervened before any other shots could be fired and disarmed the shooter before savagely beating the man.

Well, the short answer to the question posed in the title is this: I've been busy. The long answer is a bit more complicated.

A surprising jumping failure by a cat.

A coin toss has determined the winner of the mayor's race in the tiny northwestern Minnesota town of Goodridge.

Expect to see Palin look-alikes galore this Halloween. Wiggles Dog Wigs earlier this month started selling Palin-style wigs for canines after a customer request. So far owner Ruth Regina says she's sold about 150 of the wigs, which start at $39 - making it a top seller. ...

A British Muslim convert with a mental age of ten was unable to blow up a restaurant because he'd locked himself in a toilet. Haha!

"The PA has added the alleged theft and distortion of the keffiyeh to its growing list of accusations against the Jewish State, where the scarf is available in blue and white.

"Suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan."

"THE terrified pole-dancing daughter of radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed is in hiding after death threats from Muslim extremists. Yasmin Fostok, 27, who has a three-year-old son, is said to feel suicidal after it was revealed she works as a pole dancer.

"Iranian threats to close down the Hormuz Strait in the Gulf in case of a military attack are being taken seriously by the neighboring United Arab Emirates (UAE).

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a P …

Well first let me tell you all I am still here! Honestly, with all the hoopla and people quiting I thought it would be important to let everyone know I am still out and about.