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BIRDS are BETTER than DOGS! (I have proof!!!)

  THE PROOF THAT BIRDS ARE BETTER THAN DOGS:   It is hard to argue that dogs, at least by first impressions, are better pets than birds.  Until recently, I believed that was the case… with cats being a close second for their pest control and purring attribut …

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MOOD lights and some not-so-HORNY fish! :/

      I have had a fish tank for almost 6 years.  I originally bought it and set it up for our kids, but recently I have become interested in, errrr… well fish reproduction.  The population has remained the same in our little tank... a few dea …

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World's LARGEST & BIGGEST & LONGEST _______(images)!!!

  I'm weird when it comes to "googling" stuff... maybe obsessed is a better choice of words than weird.  Anyway, a few weeks ago I started googling images of the "world's largest (or biggest or longest)" this or that, just fill in the blank and I did an image search on  …

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Warning Signs of INSANITY (8 things you didn't know)

  During my second or third week of in-patient treatment for drug addiction and alcoholism, one of the doctors told me I was insane… I was suffering from insanity.  My time there had really sucked up until that point… I couldn't sleep, I was constantly pi …

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Kirby Verdell & Captain Cracky… the mobile "ManCave" companions! :)

    I travel all the time and spend 3 to 4 days per week living in an RV… the mobile mancave (aka Moby's ManCave).  I've been doing this for almost 2 years and have never had "company."  My wife's dad is suffering with prostate cancer, so she has been  …

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Please… no CAMEL TOES!!!

  I am in the checkout line… the "express" one for 20 items or less, with my 5-year old daughter at Wal-Mart and she keeps bugging me with questions.  "Daddy, what is that?" she asks pointing to the lady further down the very long line.  I respond, "dear, w …

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Stuck in the MIDDLE

  Sometimes living in the "middle" really sucks, especially when that middle is one of a political nature.  I catch grief from both "sides" on a daily basis for my opinions and beliefs and get a little tired of toeing the line.  Is it just me, or are folks more po …

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WTF in PICTURES top 10 list!!!

  Every now and then I run in to some really weird and interesting things on the internet and have saved some seriously messed up images over the past several years.  This morning I decided to start sharing those images on Newsvine... with comments and first impressions …

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Simon's Cat -- A Newsviner's Tale! FUNNY!

I must confess-- I'm in love with Simon's Cat.  This fellow, Simon, knows his cats so well, and depicts them so beautifully!  This one is hysterically funny, too!  My cat, little Mo, used to sit in my lap and 'help' me type.  My cats now have to deal with my  …

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Time For a Break -- Simon's Cat is FUNNY

Someone who is both kind and funny left a link to the Simon's Cat video on one of my articles, and I want to say Thank You!  I have watched them and had many a wonderful laugh!  They are fabulous! Please, take a moment, especially if you are a cat lover, to enjoy this!& …

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