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3/20/13

Global Zombie Walk

9:14 PM Cool, Extreme, Family and Friends, Fun and Games, Zombies No comments

~From ShockTillYouDrop.com

There’s a Global Zombie Apocalypse coming to a city near you on May 4th, 2013 with over 1,000 cities around the world participating. Dress like a zombie and join the biggest pub-crawl in the known universe. Crawl, stagger, walk, or run to the party – there’s never been anything like it in the living world – or the world of the dead – before.

Zombie pub-crawls combine the decadent fun of the average boozy pub-crawl with the best of zombie walk traditional fun. Pub crawl participants don zombie attire, pour on the fake blood, and devour drinks and snacks shuffling bar to bar. They walk like the living dead and party like there’s no tomorrow. One of the first zombie pub-crawls began in the US, but the contagion of fun is about to spread worldwide. So what’s next? Zombies take over the French Quarter? Times Square? The Left Bank? Big Ben? The world's largest pub-crawl is bound to break the world record for the largest of zombie gatherings.

Zombies can create their own costumes or stagger on into a costume store. Must haves: fake blood and gore, ripped or tattered clothes, and a strong desire to turn the night of the living dead into a rocking, fun night of the living dead. No more will zombies be confined to B movies and comic books. They’re coming - it’s a dead man’s party!

Saturday May 4th, 2013, join the massive hordes of the undead. Be part of the swarm of zombies to descend on local bars - and party through the night at the biggest gathering of the undead ever seen.

For more info and locations check out the Zombie Apocalypse Facebook page or www.thezompocalypse.com.

Temporary Tattoos Could Make Electronic Telepathy & Telekinesis Possible

7:50 PM Family and Friends, Fun and Games, Health/Medicine, News, Opinions, Science, Tattoos, Weird, Wishlist No comments

~From io9.com

Temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only thought and talk seemingly telepathically without speech over smartphones, researchers say. Electrical engineer Todd Coleman at the University of California at San Diego is devising noninvasive means of controlling machines via the mind, techniques virtually everyone might be able to use.

Commanding machines using the brain is no longer the stuff of science fiction. In recent years, brain implants have enabled people to control robotics using only their minds, raising the prospect that one day patients could overcome disabilities using bionic limbs or mechanical exoskeletons.

But brain implants are invasive technologies, probably of use only to people in medical need of them. Instead, Coleman and his team are developing wireless flexible electronics one can apply on the forehead just like temporary tattoos to read brain activity.

"We want something we can use in the coffee shop to have fun," Coleman says.

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The Preemie's Prayer

12:15 PM Family and Friends, Health/Medicine No comments

This is dedicated to my friend's daughter, who was born prematurely at 24 weeks this past Saturday. Please send your thoughts and prayers to this little fighter, that she may get stronger and stronger everyday so that she can go home with Mommy and Daddy soon.

Dear God, as you look down upon us,

We know that you might have to squint.

We're located here in the NICU:

It's the nursery that we rent.

There are many alarms and sirens,

Connected to condos and flats.

The nurses tape our booties on,

And dress us in funny hats.

We have a lot in common;

All of us were in a hurry.

For many different reasons,

Our storks came a little early.

Some of us don't know why,

We bursted out from our bubbles.

We entered into this world,

Never meaning to cause any troubles.

Mommy and Daddy are worried sick

About the odds that we must beat.

Please God, help them to realize,

That seeing us grow is a treat.

Breath by breath, we'll learn to breathe.

Ounce by ounce we'll tip the scale.

We're like a boat in the ocean,

That knows not sink- only sail.

For we are living miracles,

Mommy and Daddy must simply believe,

That you have angels watching over us;

From the time we arrive, till the time we leave.

Author Unknown

Paramedic Revives Cat Rescued from Fire

6:45 PM Cats, Cool, Family and Friends, Health/Medicine, News, Videos No comments

~From LoveMeow.com

Disclaimer: May cause sweaty eyeballs. Have a tissue handy before reading this and watching the video.

Paramedic Shane Collectte of Rural Metro Fire revived a cat pulled from a fire by the use of a oxygen mask. initially the firefighters thought the cat didn’t survive, but Shane didn’t give up on the cat, and administered oxygen for 15 minutes, finally the kitty came around.

Video of the Day: "I'm a Daddy and I Know It"

4:35 PM Cover Songs, Family and Friends, Fun and Games, Music, Social Media, Videos, VotD 1 comment

One of my best friends and her husband, parents of two girls, recently found out that they were pregnant with triplets! This is a natural pregnancy, no fertility drugs were taken. Hell, they weren't really even trying to get pregnant! SURPRISE!!! LOL!

I was visiting them last night and while talking, my friend's husband admitted that he had it fairly easy with their two girls, but now he's beginning to think about how the addition of three more children - all at one time - is going to add a little more... shall we say... excitement to their lives. (Ya think? Hehe!)

Ironically enough, this morning I found this video and have since posted it on each of their Facebook pages. It's laugh-out-loud funny and gives great insight into what it's going to be like to parent five children after the triplets arrive.

I wish them both the best of luck and can't wait for the madness to ensue!

New Years Eve Galena Mini-Vacation

12:35 AM Family and Friends, Food and Drink, Fun and Games, Holidays, Vacation No comments

Some pictures I took while in Galena this past weekend.

New Year, New Blog Posts

11:47 PM Family and Friends, Fun and Games, Holidays, Misc, News, Social Media No comments

With the new year starting, I thought I'd try to get my blog up and running again. As it tends to happen, other life stuff demanded my attention and keeping my blog up to date took a back seat to everything else.

I've made some tweaks to these pages and as far as I'm concerned, everything is still under construction, so don't be surprised if you continue to notice small changes happening from day to day. However, as part of my New Years Resolution, I will try to post new and interesting things regularly to keep my (very) small, but hopefully growing, blog-reading audience entertained.

I wish everyone peace, happiness, good health and prosperity in the coming year. Happy 2013!!!

How to Train Your Dragon - LIVE!!!

1:28 PM Chicago, Cool, Family and Friends, Fun and Games, Movies/TV No comments

I SOOOO want to see this!!!

Turning the Tables

6:00 PM Family and Friends, Fun and Games, Rachel Guestford, Social Media No comments

So, after the American vs British showdown, I decided to throw out an even bigger challenge. I came up with the brilliant idea that we should try to pronounce certain words the way we think the other would. In other words, Rachel had to try to say the words with an American accent and I had to try to say them with a British accent. This actually ended up biting me in the ass as my challenges to Rachel weren't quite as difficult as the ones she gave me!!

Listen for yourself.

*Contains explicit language