Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight

What in the hell?

Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion

The more you read the crazier it gets!

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Today, I especially enjoyed:

Stuff White People Like - #107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
and

Sarah - When the man comes around

Ann's Birthday Tea

Ann's birthday is tomorrow, so we had a very girly birthday party/tea this afternoon for her. No boys allowed! The fact that we only have 3 guys on our team and they were all out of the office made that easy. :)

The Birthday Queen Ann


Ann, Lily*, and Val


Nancy feeding Lily pecans


I think we have enough wine for 11 women for a one-hour party


Lily on my foot after pooing on my jeans 3 times.


Nadja, Ann, Kate, Val


Group Photo


Sitting around after the party, Lily started a love affair with my earrings. Someone suggested that I fill it with birdseed. She pulled and twisted it for about 10 minutes.



*Lily is a boy but Ann didn't know this when she named him/her. Some other possible names that were suggested today were Lloyd and Lyle. Pretty sure Lily is going to stick though.

Olga Korbut from 1972

I did some fact-checking the bars are definitely farther apart (horizontally) now than they were then.

Oh yeah all the Chinese gymnasts are 16. For sure.

From an article here:

It was strange to see such tiny women with so many muscles. (Shawn Johnson of the U.S. team is small –- 4 foot 9 and about 90 pounds –- but these gymnasts are even smaller.)
Deng Linlin, 16 and about 68 pounds and 4-foot-6, had veins popping out of her forearms.
Jiang Yuyuan is listed as 16, 4-foot-7 and just 66 pounds in the China Daily newspaper’s Olympics section that ran last week. He Kexin, a favorite to win gold on the uneven bars, is 73 pounds and 4-foot-7.
The tallest and heaviest of them all — and certainly the most famous — is Cheng Fei, China’s most decorated gymnast. She is 20 years old, 4-foot-10 and 94 pounds. She will vie for the all-around gold, but her specialty is the vault, where she performs one of the most dangerous ones out there.

Pretty sure they aren't going to Mighty Fine Burgers after practice.

Discontinued Olympic Sports

Credit here:

It is fascinating the number and variety of sports that have at one time been part of the Olympic Games. Since the first modern Games in 1896, 12 sports have disappeared completely from the Olympic schedule.

These are:

golf

rugby

croquet

cricket

Jeu de Paume - like squash but using your hands instead of a racquet

pelota - another kind of handball-type game

polo

roque - a hard-surface version of croquet

rackets - early form of racquetball

tug-of-war

lacrosse

motor boating

Added to this is a large number of discontinued events from sports that are still on the program, such as the swimming events of plunge for distance and underwater swimming, the track and field events of the standing highjump and tug-of-war, and the shooting events of pigeon shooting and duelling pistol. You can have a look at the complete list of all discontinued sports, or my list
of some the more unusual sports.

Seriously - at least put lacrosse back in place of trampoline.

Olympic Events I Would Cut

Synchronized Diving
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Synchronized Swimming
BMX
Trampoline
Edited to add: 20K race-walk


I will add to the list as I find other events that displease me.

I heart the Olympics.

That's it.

Kailey - Kate - Abigail

This was our nightly routine when I was poodle-sitting last week.

Kailey would lay down by my left leg and rest her head on me, and then Abigail would lay down by my right leg. This same phenomenon happened in bed also (not quite as consistently).

The YES DanceAt Least Make it to Fork in the Garbage Disposal

Facebook

I buckled and signed up for Facebook.

Current Favorite Catchy Song Flo Rida - Low featuring T-Pain

I know Michele H. will like this one.