Friday the 13th Fun

I saw the following video yesterday,

and had to share it, followed by more F13 fun.

Enjoy & Happy Sunday!

by Dave Lowe

of PARA Abnormal

To see the rest of the photos from this

Engagement Photo Shoot, go to

~~~ pleated jeans ~~~

Ragdoll Pinball Halloween Game

Do you like Angry Birds and Halloween?

Try this Halloween-themed Angry Birds-like game:

Ragdoll Pinball Halloween @ AddictingGames.com

It IS addicting!

They also have:

SpongeBob Zombie Breakout

Halloween Clash

and more!

Spooky Slots

Looking for a fun, Halloween-themed game to play online?

Pogo.com is a site with tons of free games to play. They have a Club Pogo version, which you pay a membership for, but they also have a free version for people who don't want to subscribe.

At different times of year, some of their games are themed for seasons or occasions.

For Halloween, they have Spooky Slots!

It is a basic slot machine game, but with Halloween icons on the wheels. Also, a story plays out above the wheels, progressing each time a Jack O'Lantern lands on one of the wheels.

Nothing brain-taxing, for sure, but it is fun and you can also chat with other players if you feel like it.

And there is a Jackpot you can win, if you can get a Pogo Logo on the third wheel!

Give it a try if you are looking for some Halloween fun! And let me know if you have any favorite Halloween or Horror games you play online!

Epic Wedding Invitation

UPDATE: Okay, that appears to have been blocked. Try this link: Wedding Trailer

(via Neatorama, via Miss Cellania)

* I have no clue who Jeff & Erin are, but they seem like a lot of fun!

Fun & Easy Music Meme

Electronic Cerebrectomy posted this meme on Thursday.

I thought it was fun and didn't take too much brain power, since I am still trying to write for NaNoWriMo!

RULES:
1. Put Your iTunes/iPod, Windows Media Player (etc…) on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button, and the title of that song is your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Put any comments in [brackets] after the song name

Are you male or female?
Crazy for You

Describe yourself!
Freedom

What do people feel when they’re around you?
Beat It

Describe your current relationship.
Sooner or Later

Where would you like to be now?
Just You and Me

How do you feel about love?
One More Chance

What’s your life like?
Satin Sheets

What would you wish for if you had only one wish?
Lonely Comin' Down

Say something wise.
All Apologies

If someone says “Is this okay?” You say,
Bubbly

How would you describe yourself?
Applejack

What do you look for in a guy/girl?
I Will Survive

How do you feel today?
Backwoods Barbie

What is your life’s purpose?
The Best of Me

What is your motto?
Bad

What do your friends think of you?
One Night In Bangkok

What do you think of your parents?
I Just Can't Stop Loving You

What do you think about very often?
La Isla Bonita

What is 2 + 2?
Closing Credits

What do you think of your best friend?
Not Gonna Be The One

What do you think of the person you like?
Rave On

What is your life story?
In My Life

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Manic Monday

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Deeper Than The Night

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Dirty Diana

What will they play at your funeral?
Endless Summer Nights

What is your hobby/interest?
Love Is Like A Butterfly

What is your biggest fear?
Wild Night

What is your biggest secret?
You Rock My World

What do you think of your friends?
This Used To Be My Playground

15 (ish) Things Worth Knowing About Coffee

The Oatmeal had a great post this week:




click the pic to go to the site

They have some interesting and fun facts, presented in a very cool way.

Also at The Oatmeal: The 5 Phases of Caffeine Intake

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Honest Scrap Award

I am back from a week out of the loop. And upon my return, I found that I was the proud recipient of the "Honest Scrap Award" from two different blogs: when is evil cool? and Why Do I Like Stupid Horror Movies?

Thanks, guys!

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Okay, here's the dealio:

1) Link back to the site where you were awarded.
2) Pass the award on to 10 other blogger sites.
3) Post 10 honest things about yourself.

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Here are the 10 blogs I am awarding:

1) Super Blogliness!

2) My Power Is Beyond Your Understanding

3) Irreverent Irrelevance

4) Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness

5) Random Picture Day

6) ALPHAVILLE

7) Theme Thursday

8) Dr. Monkey's Retro Blog

9) Sitcom Diablo

10) Scott Burroughs

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10 Facts About Me:

1) Closing in on 15 years of marriage, my wife and I are still very much in love.

2) Thought about getting a tattoo, but haven't yet. Plenty of scars, though.

3) I was positive I was never going to get to be a dad, and now I don't know what I would do without them.

4) My patience for rude people is wearing very thin. Really, how hard is it to acknowledge a hello, say thank you or hold a door for someone else?

5) My younger brother is one of my best friends. We've been through a lot, but at least we went through it together.

6) I would pick coffee over food, if I had to choose.

7) One of my best friends is someone I have only known online. And it may be disconcerting for him to know I consider him such a good friend.

8) I can be stubborn. It's a family trait.

9) The extent of my travels have been up and down the East Coast of the US, Maine to Florida and most all in between.

10) When it comes to movies, I am a bit of a masochist. I watch some pretty horrible stuff.

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So, there you go! Enjoy the other blogs and the facts, and thanks to the other bloggers out there for making the Internet a fun and wacky place to be part of!

Beach Vacation!

Sounds good to me!

Thanks!

Well, don't I feel adored?

FOUR great bloggers have nominated me for the "Uber Amazing Blog" Award:
Cal (Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness)
Nicole (Super Blogliness!)
Dave (My Power Is Beyond Your Understanding)
Dr. Monkey (Monkey Muck)

Thank you all very much!

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Here is the criteria:

It is the Uber (synonym to Super) Amazing Blog Award -
a blog award given to sites who:

Inspire you
Make you smile and laugh, or maybe give amazing information
A great read
Has an amazing design
Any other reasons you can think of that make them Uber amazing!

The rules are:

Put the logo on your blog or post.
Nominate at least 6 blogs
Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.

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I want to award those who awarded me, as I love their blogs, as well. But since they have already received it, I am going to choose six different blogs:

Jon Knutson @ Random Acts of Geekery

rob! @ The Aquaman Shrine

Plaidstallion @ Plaid Stallions

Johnny @ Freddy In Space

JeffScape @ Irreverent Irrelevance

Sleestak @ Lady, That's My Skull

Bonus:

wiec? @ When Is Evil Cool?

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Much thanks again to those who nominated me, and I hope those I have nominated gain some new readers. They deserve it!

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Most Hated Meme

You know I like memes. When I saw this one (I can't remember who started it), I thought about it, but then forgot.

When Cal did this, and then Darius did it, too, I had to put in my two cents (and more).

As Darius said, he tries to be positive online, and I try to, as well. So, in that vein, tomorrow I will re-do this one, changing it from "hate" to "love".

So, here we go:

1. Most Hated Food: Lobster/Crab and Octopi/Squid. I look at crustaceans as insects of the sea, and the cephalopods are like living boogers. All are just too creepy.

2. Most Hated Person: No one in particular, but I cannot stand self-righteous religious fanatics who smile at me like I am just confused or misguided.

3. Most Hated Job: Grill cook at Papa Gino's.

4. Most Hated City: No particular city, but some of the ones I have driven through in Florida are pretty bleak and depressing.

5. Most Hated Band: The Jonas Brothers. Luckily, my daughter's iPod is not a wePod.

6. Most Hated Website: Our local paper has a website that does more crashing than anything. Way to keep people interested!

7. Most Hated TV Program: Jon & Kate Screw Up 8

8. Most Hated Movie: Happily N'ever After. What the hell is that unfunny piece of crap? Just cause it's a "kids' movie" doesn't mean you can just throw together pretty pictures and inane dialogue. Even my kids hate it.

9. Most Hated Artist: Ashley Simpson, if she even counts as an artist. Just trying to cash in on her sister's already shaky claim to fame.

10. Most Hated Book: Honestly? I have tried three separate times to read "The Hobbit" and I cannot get through it. It is one of only two books I ever stopped reading, the other being "The Poseidon Adventure".

11. Most Hated Shop: Ocean State Job Lot, but only because of some rude workers I have had the displeasure of dealing with.

12. Most Hated Organization: Scientology. I mean, really? Christianity already had fairy tales being taken as historical facts, and someone created an even more bizarre, less believable religion and people buy into it??? I don't get it.

13. Most Hated Historical Event: Too many to choose from, sadly.

14. Most Hated Sport: Football. Hate me all you want, I just don't see the appeal.

15. Most Hated Piece of Tech: Bluetooth, but only when it is used outside of a car. You know, when it is NOT needed.

16. Most Hated Annual Event: Kids' first day of school. Time just flies, man.

17. Most Hated Daily Task: Putting on my socks. Don't take things for granted, kids!

18. Most Hated Comedian: Andrew Dice Clay.

What do you think?

Go TREK Yourself...

Via "The Daily What", I found this fun Cheez-It Star Trek generator.

Here I am, as a Romulan:





Yeah... Interesting.

You can make yourself Vulcan, Romulan or just plain human... which you should already be, but hey, I guess one should never assume.

Have fun, and let me know if you do Trek yourself!

Cool Site - The Hero Factory

Okay, don't recall who directed me to this site (sorry!), but it was fun. It is called The Hero Factory, and you follow the steps to create a hero/heroine of your very own. Here is mine:



I like it, although it would be better to let you name your own hero. "The Intimidating Nocturnal Bat" isn't bad, but not my choice.

So, what hero will you create?

A Fun Little Game

My fake band/album cover. via Adventures in Nerdliness:



(The words at the bottom were already part of the random picture.)

1. Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2. Go to "Random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3. Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4. Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

A fun meme!

Grab a coffee, here's more links to browse...

Some sites I have come across over the past month:

First off, you can get Wireless Amber Alerts on your cell phone. A good idea, you never know when you could be a big help to someone!

I Met a Friendly Atheist, a poem. Thanks to Hemant Mehta.

Also thanks to Hemant, The Instruction Manual for Life.

Want to see a cereal box from your childhood? Check out the Cereal Box Archive.

20 Worst Food in America. eep!

But Malt-O-Meal Blueberry Muffin Tops Cereal looks really good!

PhotoFunia - cool effects you can use on your photos. Fun stuff!

Got a ditty stuck in your noggin? Search for any song you want to hear right now.

Big Diamond 2. VERY addictive game. I actually finished it, but it wasn't easy.

Another fun game, ef is more calming, but also addictive. How far can you evolve?

Nova Chain makes you use your noodle to get through each level.

Ice Breaker. Fun game, you have to figure out how to free the Vikings from the blocks of ice and get them back to their boat.

Hardboiled... 45 mini games of increasing difficulty. I gave up after awhile!

Interesting Pile has a list of more games to play!

Online coloring pages for kids. Or adults. Just saying.

Make your own online comic strip.

Find out when your favorite sports team is playing and set up alerts to remind you.

Lastly, some Monkeys Talk About Religion. There is a short ad before the monkeys start.