Notice Any Similarities?

Jack Palance and Uncle Orman....

Tuesday's Half-hour of Laughs

Check out this site for the new summer show Just for Laughs that is now one of my favorite TV shows - along with What Not to Wear, Samantha Brown's travel stuff on the Travel Channel, Dancing with the Stars and re-runs of Friends.

Family Contest - ADD A CAPTION

Figure out an appropriate caption for this photo of Roscoe and enter our Family Contest. First prize will be a $9.99 download of your choice from the iTunes store or a somewhat crisp new $10 bill! Judges will be cat-lovers Margaret and Rebecca. BE A WINNER - ENTER NOW! (Multiple entries accepted from each entrant.) Either click "Comments" below (you'll need a Gmail account) or email me.

A Song That'll Make You Smile

I haven't figured out how to put an audio file on this blog yet or even it I can do it legally, so I'll post the words of IKEA. If you want to hear this lilting little tune, talk to Rod. You see, several weeks ago, Rod played Jonathan Coulton's song IKEA on my computer for us to listen to. Recently I decided to play it several times so that I could figure out all the words. And now - that tune keeps flitting through my mind - in the kitchen, in the car, during yoga class ....
Here are the words:

IKEA
by Jonathan Coulton

It all began with a god named Thor
There were Vikings and boats
And some plans for a furniture store
It's not a bodega, it's not a mall
And they sell things for apartments smaller than mine
As if there were apartments smaller than mine

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

So rent a car or take the bus
Lay your cash down and put your trust
In the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size
Billy the bookcase says hello
And so does a table whose name is Ingo
And the chair is a ladder-back birch but his friends call him Karl

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

Ikea: plywood, brushed steel
Ikea: meatballs, tasty
Ikea: Allen wrenches
All of them for free
All of them for me

I'm sorry I said Ikea sucks
I just bought a table for 60 bucks
And a chair and a lamp
And a shelf and some candles for you
I was a doubter just like you
Till I saw the American dream come true
In New Jersey, they got a goddamned Swedish parade

Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men
Everyone has a home
But if you don't have a home you can buy one there

Fungus Mungus LBC: Family Apeiron Champion

I just checked, and Jen (alias Fungus Mungus LBC) is on the Apeiron Recent High Score list TWICE as of today - ranked at 40 and 92 out of 100!