Bill Maher Tells America - "What I Did on My Summer Vacation"

This is really funny! :-) Enjoy...

An HMO Manager at the Pearly Gates - Religious Joke of the Day

An HMO Manager at the Pearly Gates

Two doctors and an HMO manager died and lined up at the pearly gates for admission to heaven. St. Peter asked them to identify themselves.

One doctor stepped forward and said, "I was a pediatric spine surgeon and helped kids overcome their deformities." St. Peter said, "You can enter."

The second doctor said, "I was a psychiatrist. I helped people rehabilitate themselves." St. Peter also invited him in.The third applicant stepped forward and said, "I was an HMO manager. I helped people get cost-effective health care." St. Peter said, "You can come in, too."

But as the HMO manager walked by, St. Peter added, "You can stay three days. After that, you can go to Hell."

Letting Go - Words of Inspiration

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Topless Carwash in Long Island, NY - Bizarre Story of the Day

As my mother would say, "Only in America!" I would clarify with "Only in Long Island!" :-)

Video link here.

Russians Get Day Off to Stay Home, Make Babies - Bizarre Story of the Day

Russians get day off to stay home, make babies

Oh, those Russians! *smile*

By LIZA KUZNETSOVA
Associated Press
Published on: 08/19/07

Moscow — A Russian region best known as the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin has found a novel way to fight the nation's birthrate crisis: It has declared Sept. 12 the Day of Conception and for the third year running is giving couples time off from work to procreate.

The hope is for a brood of babies exactly nine months later on Russia's national day. Couples who "give birth to a patriot" during the June 12 festivities win money, cars, refrigerators and other prizes.

Ulyanovsk, a region on the Volga River about 550 miles east of Moscow, has held similar contests since 2005. Since then, the number of competitors, and the number of babies born to them, has been on the rise. Alexei Bezrukov and his wife, Yulia, won a 250,000 ruble prize — equivalent to $10,000 — in June after she gave birth to a baby boy.

"It was a patriotic atmosphere, you know when everyone around is celebrating, but I wasn't thinking of anything but my son," he said. "The whole thing is great, it's great to get 250,000 rubles when you have a new baby to take care of."

Russia, with one-seventh of the Earth's land surface, has just 141.4 million citizens, making it one of the most sparsely settled countries in the world. With a low birthrate and very high death rate, the population has been shrinking since the early 1990s. It is now falling by almost half a percent each year. Demographers say Russia's population could fall below 100 million by 2050.

Since the campaign began, the birthrate in the region has risen steadily and is up 4.5 percent so far this year over the same period in 2006.

Fobby Back - Parody of Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back"

Thoughts on Condoms, Pregnancy and Gas

So, don't ask why, but my boyfriend and I were at Walmart this evening (I know, I know - evil empire, right)... but we're there anyhow and we're looking around in the pharmacy section and guess what we find?

Long and behold we came across a whole section dedicated to - get this - "Family Planning" items on one end (condoms, lubricant, pregnancy testing kits) and "Laxatives" on the other (gas-relief, constipation, etc). Funniest thing was that they were all in the same aisle on the same side. What were they thinking??

But I suppose it IS Walmart after all; so there wouldn't be any logic to any thing - except I totally think they're trying to discourage folks from having sex. So, not only were the "gas and constipation" pills right next to the condoms, the pregnancy testing kits were prominently displayed on top of the condoms.

Soooo... moral of the story is - if you want to buy condoms at Walmart - beware! And be ready to confront all your fears about getting someone pregnant (or getting pregnant yourself). But if you're just having some stomach issues, then you should be ok. :-)

Happy buying!

Hundreds Pose Nude on Swiss Glacier

Swiss eh? :-)

Hundreds of naked people pose in front of the Aletsch glacier during a massive naked photo session with U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick, near Bettmeralp, Switzerland, Saturday Aug. 18, 2007. The environmental group Greenpeace commissioned Tunick to take pictures of nude volunteers on a Swiss glacier to call attention to the issue of global warming and its impact on glaciers. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)

BETTMERALP, Switzerland — Hundreds of naked people formed a "living sculpture" on Switzerland's Aletsch glacier Saturday, hoping to raise awareness about climate change.

The photo shoot by Spencer Tunick, the New York artist famous for his pictures of nude gatherings in public settings worldwide, was designed to draw attention to the effects of global warming on Switzerland's shrinking glaciers.

"The melting of the glaciers is an indisputable sign of global climate change," said the environmental group Greenpeace, which co-organized the event.

It said most Swiss glaciers will disappear by 2080 if global warming continues at its current pace.

The event, which followed Tunick's previous shoots in London, Mexico City and Amsterdam, was designed to minimize any impact on the environment, Greenpeace said.

Temperatures during the shoot hovered around 50 degrees.