Friday, September 08, 2006

Need I Say More?

Go to this link and then fill in the blank:

The main reason I would buy one of these is because __________________.

http://www.babytoupee.com/

Monday, September 04, 2006

How Sad....


Steve Irwin "The Crocodile Hunter" died this weekend. How very, very sad. Also so bizarre that a stingray, under normal circumstances, wouldn't kill you but by some freak attack it struck his heart (he probably went into cardiac arrest).

"Experts called it a freak occurrence. They said the triangular-shaped rays are usually unobtrusive, gliding through the water, rummaging on the sea bottom for food or burrowing into the sand. But when stepped on or otherwise frightened, they deploy spines up to 10 inches long with breadknife-like serrations as a defense mechanism.

"If it's spooked by someone stepping on it or swimming too closely over it, frightening it, the tail raises involuntarily," said Victoria Brims, a marine life expert at OceanWorld, an aquarium in Sydney, Australia.

The spines emit toxins that can kill many small creatures and that cause excruciating pain in humans. Few people die from the poison, but the spines can badly tear flesh and the wounds are prone to infections, including tetanus."
(The Associated Press)

Fatal if a stingray hits a vital organ of course. Of all the dangerous things he did, this you would never guess would be what would take his life. He was only 44 years old and leaves behind his wife and two small children. "Crikey". Godspeed Steve Irwin, we loved you.