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This made me laugh so hard, that I thought I might share it here. How stupid can a person be? Don't answer that.

Fun Politics

Okay, so I know nothing about politics. I never have paid much attention in the past. I don't understand what they're talking about when they speak. However, this year, I've actually tried to pay a little more attention to the presidential elections. It honestly isn't taking too much concentration because of just how little I know. I missed the first presidential debate, but watched the vice presidential debate for about ten minutes. It began to convince me that politics may just be too far gone. Then I watched the Town Hall Debate Tuesday night. I was further convinced that politics have become the opposite of progress and quit paying attention about halfway through. This morning however, on the TODAY show, I eventually was lead to this video. It is awesome. They have Mitt Romney dancing in the background at one point as Obama is answering a question. Click this link here to see it. If you watched the Town Hall Debate, it does relate to the questions asked. As the guy at the end says "debates are better as musicals." So true. So true. .

A Poem of Chairs

Chairs

Some chairs are brown, while others are blue. 

Some chairs stay upright, others askew. 

Some chairs are comfy, others are hard.

 You may sit down to eat, or maybe play cards.

 Many are interesting. Even more are dull. 

Some chairs are empty, others quite full.

My chair is perfect for me.

Most wouldn't agree.

But I simply adore

To sit on the floor. 

Haunted House's Frightened Faces

Pure, naked, unrestrained TERROR is displayed in collection of photography I found at CBS News. The photos were taken a terrifying turn of the Nightmares Fear Factory haunted house in Niagra Falls, Canada. Their website has a great scrolling collection of top 40 of the month. Everybody responds in a few different ways. Universally, they drop lower to the ground. Many grab whoever's nearby. Most of everybody's eyes fly open wide. Several scream. Only a few, the toughest of the tough, look ready to go to battle. It isn't revealed what these poor people were exposed to to cause their reactions, but it is unarguably horrific. I wonder how many people peed their pants.  CBS News has a gallery of the photos, split into three parts. 

He's ready for a fight.

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Guy in front looks like he's picking his nose.

The girl in front MAKES it.

A Poem by Roald Dahl

Another note on my previous post about cutting televison viewing out of my life, I found this tonight. I took a study break by reading poetry... In case you haven't discovered yet, yes, I am a little on the strange side. Here's a poem by Roald Dahl, who I'm guessing is not a big fan of televison. (Link)  At about line 25, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. I also want to throw out there that this is something I've noticed on my babysitting errands. The parents tell me all I really have to do is turn on the TV. It doesn't seem quite right. I can understand why parents fall back on it though. Children are a lot of work. They're exhausting, really, and I only spend a few hours with them, at most. 

Televison

The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set --
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Until they're absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink --
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK -- HE ONLY SEES!
'All right!' you'll cry. 'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!'
We'll answer this by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One half their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
The younger ones had Beatrix Potter
With Mr. Tod, the dirty rotter,
And Squirrel Nutkin, Pigling Bland,
And Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and-
Just How The Camel Got His Hump,
And How the Monkey Lost His Rump,
And Mr. Toad, and bless my soul,
There's Mr. Rat and Mr. Mole-
Oh, books, what books they used to know,
Those children living long ago!
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books,
Ignoring all the dirty looks,
The screams and yells, the bites and kicks,
And children hitting you with sticks-
Fear not, because we promise you
That, in about a week or two
Of having nothing else to do,
They'll now begin to feel the need
Of having something to read.
And once they start -- oh boy, oh boy!
You watch the slowly growing joy
That fills their hearts. They'll grow so keen
They'll wonder what they'd ever seen
In that ridiculous machine,
That nauseating, foul, unclean,
Repulsive television screen!
And later, each and every kid
Will love you more for what you did. 

Roald Dahl

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Today in history, my buddy started dating his . She hates to The Black Keys' and is always Eating Peanut Butter on her Food. She's not even Cute! It would help her a little to start Reading some Self improvement Books- but she's a bad reader because of her Dyslexia. I got an Email the other day from her about Eco-Friendly Furniture Renovation. The day before that she sent me one about the Psychology of Dream Analysis in an Owl named after the guy who makes Songs, Gotye. She knows that I find poor Grammar incredibly Annoying, and makes sure to fill her emails with it. She sent me a Wish List for her wedding. She loves to Rant about Hypothetical Drugs- don't ask me why. I am filled with Frustration every time he brings her to my house to to work on our Sociology homework. By her hand we end up on Stumbleupon, in the Humor or Music section, however she has a terrible sense of Humor and doesn't understand the Overly Attached Girlfriend Meme. We all took Personality tests. Hers came up blank. My friend spent four hours Writing her Poetry once, and found it in the trash! She randomly decides to Quote the Magic School Bus as an act of Deviance. She fits no Stereotypes and is other Worldly. She broke my friend's Toy that he'd had since kindergarten. She failed the History test because she was too busy with Photography class. She told me she only likes Decorating for the Cool Holidays. If only I could show you Before and After pictures of my friend before they started dating. So here's a Poll: should my friend dump her, or keep her around?

Should he dump her?

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