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My friend Jules sent a twitter about a hilarious Fish Tank for your toilet. That’s so crazy. I love it and would love one of these in my home. Too bad I’m cheap and renting. That’s just great. I can’t imagine what my potty training son would do it the toilet was a fish tank.

This report from CNN gave me a good laugh and so I thought you all would enjoy it.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – CNN has learned the already-dire situation for Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign has actually gotten even worse, with two sources close to the candidate saying the campaign only has a paltry $250,000 left.

The sources tell CNN that next week the McCain campaign will reveal it has about $1.75 million in unpaid debts, wiping out the $2 million in cash-on-hand the campaign currently has in the bank.

It was not immediately clear whether the campaign debt must be repaid immediately or whether the debt can be paid back over time, including after the presidential campaign ends.

Even though McCain has raised just over $11 million overall in the last three months, his campaign has spent large sums of money, one of the primary reasons for the departure earlier this week of his top two strategists, Terry Nelson and John Weaver.

A McCain spokesman had no comment on the latest financial troubles, which will spark a new round of speculation about the candidate’s viability. Campaign officials are expected to release details about campaign’s financial situation early next week.

I found one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. Someone was trying to send a letter and they didn’t know the exact address. So, they wrote the person’s name on the envelope and then drew a map of where the person lived. Take a look at the article about it.

Amazingly the card arrived at Peter’s home in Bude, North Cornwall, nine days later — after his postie recognised the name in a local sorting office.

I moved to Las Vegas about two years ago. When I moved here the first thing my sister told me is that they hold the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. I told her that I didn’t give a flip about the NFR. I wanted to get Professional Bull Riders Finals tickets. The PBR is so much cooler than the NFR. I’ve since learned that they are both huge and amazingly entertaining.

It really is an amazing event. I work on the campus of UNLV and so my whole life is affected when the cowboys come to Las Vegas. The PBR and NFR use up all of the Thomas and Mack, the Cox Pavillion, the intramural fields, they close down a street, the turn a parking lot into dirt to store animals. Not to mention almost half of the Thomas and Mack parking lot is some sort of reserved VIP parking for the rodeo.

I’m not bitter though. It’s really quite exciting with all those people coming to UNLV. Plus, the Thomas and Mack is a great place to hold the event. There really isn’t a horrible seat in the entire arena. Plus, half of the parking lot is turned into a few stages, some climbing poles, a mechanical bull, a bunch of sweet trucks and much more.

I had a late night class this year that kept me at UNLV until about 10pm. After my class I was walking to my car and the PBR had just recently let out. I decided to just walk through all the entertainment that was going on. Boy was I surprised. They were these tall beautiful girls on top of what looked like bars dancing around and singing much like the movie Coyote Ugly. Then, I kept walking and saw an over 18 tent. Don’t ask me what was going on there. Then, there were 2 girls on top of a truck and some other girls dancing on this container. I really hadn’t seen anything like it. Anyone want to go with me to the PBR?

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I ran across one of the neatest ideas I’ve seen in a while. It’s called Line Rider and could be a tremendous waste of time to those artists out there. I think engineers would love line rider too. It took me a minute to figure out exactly how it worked, but it’s pretty neat. The basic ideas is that you draw lines and then a little animal on a sled goes riding down the lines you’ve drawn. Pretty neat. I would love to see some people’s drawings or should I say luge tracks that they’ve created. I know you can save them, but I’m not sure if you can share them.

I ran across this video. Actually, I think someone sent it to me. I can’t remember. Either way, get ready to get dizzy. This video is absolutely nuts.

124 spins!! That’s nuts. The balance that it takes to do something like that is amazing. My only question is if it’s real. Can someone really spin like that? I’m not sure how you’d rig it, but the way he spins seems almost impossible.This Spinboy Aichi of Japan is something else. Does he have a flat head or something? It’s absolutely amazing when he starts to slow down and doesn’t fall over.

So, is it real?

If you read my blog you know that I’m completely fascinated with viral marketing. In fact, I think that viral marketing is incredibly powerful when you have the web available. However, today I came across a video that isn’t viral marketing, but it seems like it’s pretty viral. It’s 2 little boys just going crazy. Can people really watch it and enjoy it? Ok. Sure, I can see their mother and grandmothers watching this video. That should be it. No one else. It’s just not worth it. Don’t waste your time.

Now that I’ve told you this video is no good you’re all going to want to see it. Well, enjoy:

Just come talking to me when you wondered why you wasted the last 3 minutes watching 2 kids that would drive you nuts if you were in the same room while they did this same routine.

One of the coolest videos I think there is out there is the LDS video out of the mouth of babes. In fact, I think that they even put out a second video. It’s amazing hearing what children will say when you ask them serious questions. They give the funniest answers. I love how innocent children are. I think that we could all benefit from being a little more innocent. I guess that’s why the bible says to become like little children. Being that innocent and loving is a part of what it’s referring to.

Well, in honor of out of the mouth of babes, here’s a good one with children talking about mothers. Enjoy!!

Why God made “moms” answers given by elementary school age children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She is the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?
1 God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mom?
1. We’re related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your Mom?
1. My Mom has always been my Mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did Mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your Mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.

Who’s the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What’s the difference between mom s and dads?
1. Moms work at work & work at home, & dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend’s.
4. Moms have magic; they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your Mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long

What would it take to make your Mom perfect?
1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that.
2. I’d make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on her back.

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THE MOMMY TEST

I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. “Why?” my daughter asked.

“Because it’s been lying outside, you don’t know where it’s been, it’s dirty and probably has germs” I replied.

At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,”Wow! How do you know all this stuff?” “Uh”, I was thinking quickly. “All moms know this stuff. It’s on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don’t let you be a Mommy.”

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.

“OH…I get it!” she beamed, “So if you don’t pass the test you have to be the daddy.”

“Exactly” I replied back with a big smile on my face and joy in my heart

When you’re finished laughing, send this to a Mom.

Today I came across an IM prank that looks really funny.

Essentially you put in the screen name of your friend or family and some other demographic information. Then, the site says the IM bot computer will talk with your friends for ten minutes using a highly advanced Artificial Intelligence system. After the ten minutes are up, the conversation will be displayed. This way you can make fun of them for actually talking to a computer! IM Prank Bot is completely safe to send on people of all ages. The bot will respond with the same attitude as it is given… Whether your friend has one of those hostile potty mouths, or just loves to chat, you’re bound to end up with some hilarious conversations.

How funny is that? Too bad I don’t really use AIM.

I think that soon there is going to be a search engine for every type of person. A new search engine called Trumalia is catering to trivia questions, contemperary art and challenging enigmas. You can search through the site to find some difficult riddles from the largest database of riddles written pre-1900.

What I find most interesting about this search engine is that they have forum where search engine users can socialize with other search engine users. An interesting idea to create a very unique community.