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From Twitter! GAH!!!

"There's going to be a duct tape wedding! Cover your genitalia and run!"-GersonK

The Onion & Corpse Flower (insert creepy music here) and other stuff.

From an email from my friend Rick:



The Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) has, among the other plants, one called a "Corpse Flower". They rarely bloom.

There is a live webcam trained upon this plant so that when it blooms (any day now), many folks can see it.

Not only that--but people can tweet *the plant*. I believe the plant's name is Lois, although it looks like a near cousin to Audrey II.

Here are some links:

http://www.hmnsmedia.org/CorpseFlower/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmns/sets/72157624313053793/

(Thanks Rick!)

________________________________The Onion_____________________________________

U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion

Nation Demands Tax Dollars Only Be Wasted On Stuff That's Awesome

WASHINGTON—Nine of 10 respondents said they favor the continued public financing of new sports stadiums, but only if the old ones are imploded in an elaborate pyrotechnic display that everyone can watch from reclining chairs as AC/DC's 'Highway To Hell' blasts in the background.

Girl Raised From Birth By Wolf Blitzer Taken Into Protective Custody

L@@k ar@und y@u!!!

Probably wouldn't suggest playing with a Ouija board unless you want to open some kind of portal of the damned...Not wise.

Best Prayer for an Impatient Public

 A good reminder!"GOD IS ABLE".     My God, help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry, and spend a few precious moments with her children. Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student who is balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester. Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum who's begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares. Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that--based on the biopsy report she got back last week--this will be the last year that they go shopping together. My God, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts--not just to those who are close to us--but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy, and love.

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National Cherry Festival Crowns New Cherry Queen

Make your own assumptions.....