Don't Get Up, It's a Zoo, -and- Purr!

Don't Get Up - "paralyzed" woman runs from police
It's a Zoo - workers take 227 animals from California home
Purr! - police rescue 95 cats from Rhode Island home

The 10th Annual Corning Car Show begins! Tonight, there will be burnout eliminations (in front of the police department!) from 5 PM to 7 PM, followed by a cruise from 7 PM to 9 PM. Tomorrow, there will be a car show all day, a low-rider hydraulic show from 10 AM to 11 AM, burnout finals from 11 AM to 12 PM, raffle drawings from 12 PM to 3 PM, and award presentations at 3 PM.

A reader of this blog followed with great interest the comments regarding the anti-PETA photograph in yesterday's post. She lives in a rural area near here and plants a large vegetable garden each spring. Traditionally, she has been plagued by rabbits, moles, gophers, voles, groundhogs, ground squirrels, and other varmints. This year, however, she has implemented a garden-protection plan that has proven to be highly successful!

This Tent's for You, Lost at Sea, -and- Punch Lines

This Tent's for You - Sheriff Joe intensifies immigration crackdown
Lost at Sea - three saved by text message after 22 days adrift
Punch Lines - Chuck Norris humor online

This video is truly hilarious! If you are a cat lover, you must see this!
Talking Cats!

Look closely at this photograph, and you will learn the hunters' opinion of PETA! Click to enlarge.

This Tent's for You, Bone Appetit, -and- All in the Family

This Tent's for You - Arizona posse jails illegal immigrants
Bone Appetit - cannibal flashes teeth at judge
All in the Family - mother and son crime team faces over 100 charges

Here's how to create your own personal Stage 2 Smog Alert: Buy an indoor air purifier! Using a popular process called ionization, the air cleaners can actually generate ozone levels in a room that exceed the worst smog days in Los Angeles, a new study finds. Ionic air purifiers are said to work by charging airborne particles and then attracting them to metal electrodes. They emit ozone as a byproduct of this ionization process. In a small and poorly ventilated room, the ozone adds to existing ozone and creates potentially unhealthy concentrations.

Yesterday's photograph of "Toenail Girl" created such interest that I am offering photographs of the creature's sisters in weirdness. Click to enlarge.

PTA, Who's Yer Daddy?, -and- Nothing Is Out There

PTA - mom arrested for making Ex-Lax cookies for teachers
Who's Yer Daddy? - researchers build robot that can reproduce
Nothing Is Out There - UFO study finds no aliens exist

TODAY IN HISTORY - May 9 1950

L. Ron Hubbard publishes the first edition of "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health." This follows on the heels of a feature article in the pulp sci-fi magazine "Astounding Science Fiction."

A book review in the "The New Republic" describes the work as "a bold and immodest mixture of complete nonsense and perfectly reasonable common sense, taken from long-acknowledged findings and disguised and distorted by a crazy, newly invented terminology."

The subsequent movement goes on to become one of the scariest, most powerful pseudoreligious cults in modern history, Scientology.

This creature's nails are in serious need of trimming! Click to enlarge.

No Laughing Matter, Bang!, -and- Willard

No Laughing Matter - Wal-Mart to own all smiley faces?
Bang! - dad protecting family fatally shoots would-be robber
Willard - rats trained for landmine searches

POSER: (Congratulations to Cap'n Jack for solving!)
Q: What do you call a synthetic champion golfer?
A: Arnold Polymer

The weather was beautiful all weekend. We snacked and played a Scrabble tournament Saturday. I was victorious. For dinner, we had grilled chicken breasts and garlic/Jalapeño mashed potatoes.

Sunday, we snacked and played a Trivial Pursuit tournament. Laura was victorious. While Laura tended the grill, roasting baby back ribs, I prepared a large batch of Cajun beans. It was a delightful meal.

It appears that we shall have wonderful weather for our annual Car Show. There will be burn-out competition and a cruise Friday evening and burn-out finals, a car show, raffle, and awards on Saturday.