Every party needs one-

Only costing $10.00 for this privilege, some say Virginia has the highest rate of "vanity plates" in the country.
In the land of every other plate alluding to "God" and "Jesus" this one is a head scratcher. Look out "CUNTY" and "IM 4 KY" you have a tough competitor here.

Want to try your hand at designing a vanity plate?
For $20.00 the DMV offers souvenir plates for your effort.

What's so Civil about Skulls anyway?

So there I was sorting replica bullets to put into gift bags and next thing I know one of my co-workers asks me if I am going to make a skull out of them. In case you have missed it- this has been one of my favorite blogs for the last 8 months and a common topic for Sunday morning chats at work.

Enjoy and look for my previous submissions on the brain case pages at Skull-A-Day!



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Myths, Superstitions, and Omens... oh my!

Happy New Year all. It has been a wild week around here, but by wild I really mean wildlife. My weird brushes with birds this week.

First however if you are not familiar with the old superstitions about birds let me bring you up to speed. It seems that birds are nothing more than miniature Azraels, perhaps it is the meningitis they carry. So it seems having a bird fly into your house, hitting the window glass, or sitting on the sill tapping (nevermore) are all signs of ill fortune on the household. Funny thing is that many people like myself try to attract birds to ones yard by leaving offerings of food. After looking at this practice through superstitious colored glasses one may think twice about this practice and try to get the little winged grim reapers far from ones property.

So the following are my brushes with birds this week. The fact that there were three just gives into the mumbo jumbo, cause everyone know it always happens in threes. (Like lions, tigers, and bears!)

First, last Monday a titmouse hit the window at work. It didn't die, but it was stunned long enough for me to go get my camera and take a few pictures.



Next, on Wednesday I walked outside only to find a Cedar Waxwing that froze to death next to the oak tree out front. (I hope it wasn't FOWL PLAY!)

Finally, yesterday a Bewick's Wren had made its way into the house. My wife and I were too busy trying to get it out of the closet and out the window for me to think about getting a picture.

So that is my brush with the little harbingers this week. So remember- if anything bad happens to me, blame the birds, because they are the obvious suspect.

Secret Santa 2007: Redux

Yes Secret Santa it truly is Pizzonelicious!

What is a Pizzone? A whole pizza you can eat with one hand.

Who Watches the Watchmen?

I have been a fan since it was first published. Maybe I will share just how much of a fan another time.

Found a friend's blog again. He showed me where to find this test.

Who is Nite Owl I?

To Reheat... set phone to 911

Life is funny- you just need to know where the right places to look in order to find the punchline.


I opened the refrigerator today and found this.

I'm so glad it was there because those thing will spoil faster than mayonnaise at a church picnic.

I was going to put it in the oven to reheat it, but the pilot is out on our electric stove again.

I would expect this from White Castle.

The funny thing about this- Is that the town where this store is located has a reputation of being...
well you get the idea.


Chalk this up to another sign designer who needs to have someone with school yard humor proof the design. Back when we lived in New Jersey there was a Dental Health AssOCIATES office with a light up letter sign. The sign was designed so that "OCIATES" was on one circuit. Once again you understand, but it stayed that way for over 6 months. You think someone would have noticed once the prank phone calls started.