From UK paper, The Sun:
Tits are bouncing back in British gardens, a survey reveals.
Sightings of the much-loved birds leapt, with blue tits up 22 per cent and great tits rising 12 per cent.
Coal tits have increased by 24 per cent, while the number of long-tailed tits soared 32 per cent the past year.
Their comeback follows fears for their future after the long cold snap from October to March in 2009-2010.
Read the rest of the article here.
I tagged Zach's car this afternoon. Poor kid can't catch a break.
We grabbed some ultra-delish lunch at Nashville's best funky chicken haunt, McDougal's. Eclectic decor deluxe, including this boar-ing ensemble.
Next stop, Vanderbilt campus. Gorgeous. My pics turned out lame. Will take more when we return there Monday.
Here's the frat-tastic pad that Zach and his boys call home.
They seriously need to cancel their Wall Street Journal subscription.
Quality artwork here at Chez Frat. Kinda dig the way my camera flash gave the donkey a bionic eye effect. Winner!
Now, I'm prepping for another debaucherous night with the April Fool King and his bros.
Give me strength.
Silent film star and creep-master, Lon Chaney Sr., would be 128 today. Hell, he looks like he's 128 in this pic. Spooky times.
Greetings from Nashville!
Why am I here? April Fools Day.
You see, I've played an April Fools Day joke on my brother, Zach, every year for 17 years. He's a senior at Vanderbilt University. I flew out here to surprise--and prank--him. His roommate, Craig, was in on the joke. He picked me up from the airport and took me to their house. I hid outside in the bushes w/ air-horn in hand. Craig went inside and told Zach he thought he saw someone messing with his car. Zach came running outside. I blasted the airhorn.
merp.
That's what it sounded like. A pathetic, tiny... merp. Not unlike a wounded small animal. Like the noise Mary Poppins made when I accidentally rolled over on her in bed. Damn discount store air-horn. Evil bargain swag.
Instead of being scared shitless, Zach was confused. He paused, cocked his head and squinted. I jumped out of the bushes. Ohhhhmygawwwd, the look on his face was PRICELESS. He seriously couldn't register what was happening. It was shock and confusion and just total spaced-out craziness. Mission accomplished.
Then we partied.
He's a bit of a jackass, my brother. I'm quite crazy about him.
This promises to be a fab weekend. Naturally, trip notes will be provided.
Happy April Fools Day. Do something stupid to your favorite jackass today.
Behold! That watch that promises to extend your happy moments.
Swiss watch company, Hublot (a subsidiary of France's LVMH label), presents the Key of Time watch.
According to Hublot's site:
What if a watch, by means of its mechanics, gave you the ability to manage the passing of time as you wished? To really manage your own time? The mechanism driving the MP-02 Key of Time, thanks to a three-position crown, enables you to “modulate” the speed at which the hours and minutes pass, according to your wishes.
Hence with Key of Time, the wearer can make happy moments last four times longer or make difficult moments four times shorter, while retaining the option to “return” to real time at any moment.
This is a very limited edition watch, kids. Only 50 available. Price: $261,000.
I totally put my finger on the screen. Unashamed. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDlaJlb1ezg]
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Um... this is loco, man.
We all know how gung-ho PETA is about spaying and neutering pets. Now, they're trying to stop human breeding, as well.
They're having a contest. The winner receives a free vasectomy. I am so not kidding.
It's a two-fer: Get your animal companion fixed, and get yourself fixed too! Human overpopulation is crowding out animal life on the planet, and dog and cat overpopulation is creating a euthanasia crisis that is a crying shame. Disappearing wilderness, vanishing water resources, and pollution is the price that future generations will pay for more human births, while losing their lives is the price that millions of homeless dogs and cats pay when guardians neglect to "fix" their companion animals.
To enter, get your dog or cat spayed or neutered, then submit an essay answering the question, "Why should PETA neuter you?"
Contest runs through April 27.
It’s Albuquerque AIDS Walk time! This year’s walk happens Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Highland High School, a.k.a. Beavis and Butthead's stomping grounds. Seriously, this school was the inspiration. B&B creator, Mike Judge, attended HHS. I digress...
My walk crew, Team Bossy, is exceptionally fabulous. Please sponsor us!
The Michael King Memorial AIDS Walk is a local, grass-roots effort to feed community members living with HIV/AIDS.
Every dollar raised will go to the Joe & Jean Travis HIV/AIDS Food Bank.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic hit home for Joe and Jean Travis in the 90’s when their son, Michael King, tested positive. After AIDS took Michael in 1995, Joe and Jean turned dedicated their lives to fighting AIDS, feeding HIV/AIDS positive people, taking them to medical appointments, providing financial assistance when possible, overseeing the NM AIDS Quilt, volunteering with The United Court of the Sandias and volunteering 15 years at New Mexico AIDS Services.
With your support, we know that we can make a difference in the lives of people living with AIDS/HIV. To help reach the walk’s goal of $30,000 to fund the Joe & Jean Travis HIV/AIDS Food Bank, please sponsor Team Bossy.
Pledges in any amount are greatly appreciated. Donations can be made in cash or check. All donations are tax deductible.
Please make checks out to: Joe & Jean Travis HIV/AIDS Food Bank. Contact me for the address.
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Brazilian singer and queen of bossa nova and samba, Astrud Gilberto, celebrates her 71st year today.
Watch this and listen happily.
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P.S. How much do we LOVE the fact that this was televised via FabTV?
Pug wars at Camp Sheen.
Sadly, ex-wife Denise Richards was the tirade target this time. My heart goes out to that woman. Not only did he put her through that whole fiasco at the Plaza hotel back in October (when naked, cracked-out Charlie tore the room apart and the hooker locked herself in the loo... yeah, that fiasco... they're all kinda merging into one big lump of ka-ray-zay now, right?), but now he's pissed that she won't let her treasured Pugs stay at his home anymore.
Why? Because Sheen recently neglected one so badly that it died. Next!
Unfortunately, Crackie, I mean Charlie, won't let it go. He recently unleashed the following rant via Twitter:
"We must bombard with Warlock Napalm, that traitor and loser whore #DUH -neese POOR-ARD. A VILE KIDNAPPER AND NOW DOG THIEF. HATE."
Then he added: "Like a Dinosaur Stampede from middle earth RAGING atop Col. Kilgore's main rotor, our assault must be EPIC. The Truth is our rocket fuel. c."
Wow, Charlie. "Duh-neese Poor-ard." You have officially reached eight-year-old boy status. Fail.
The mid-morning slump just kicked in. Blahhhh. Rather than do the same ol' caffeine routine, I instead decided to re-review that batshit-crazy Japanese McDonald's commercial.
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It worked like gangbusters! I am on FIRE, people! Productivity deluxe!
Foxy Brown's fingernails bring problems.
This time, she was kicked off a Royal Caribbean cruise because she went nuclear after missing her manicure-at-sea appointment.
When she showed up three hours late and the salon wouldn't accommodate her, Foxy fah-lipped the hell out.
Security reportedly removed her from the salon then banished her to her room, where she remained under supervision until the ship docked a couple days later in the Cayman Islands, where she was booted off the boat. Supposedly, she was then escorted to an airport and flown home.
If you recall, Foxy faced assault charges in '04 due to allegedly attacking two nail salon workers. Then, in '07, she allegedly assaulted a beauty store employee.
Um... I think I might need to try it. There, I said it. Not proud.
The bacon trend's kinda on the way out, right? Oh, well. Better late than never, Denny's.
Love bikes and beer? Are you salivating just looking at that pic?
Thanks to Portland-based Walnut Studio for this oh-so-handy spring bicycle accessory.
It's $22. Doable. Get it here.
In an effort to show support for the recent earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, Fashion Girls for Japan will host a special two-day designer sample sale to benefit Japan Society’s Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, the Red Cross and the NYC’s Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Fundto be held at the Bowery Terrace in The Bowery Hotel on Saturday April 2, 11am-7pm and Sunday April 3, 11am to 5pm. 100% of the proceeds from the sales will go towards disaster relief efforts.
More than 60 New York-based designers have come together– including Alexander Wang, Altuzzara, Derek Lam, Diane von Furstenberg, Doo Ri, Proenza Schouler, Thakoon, VPL, Zero Maria Cornejo and several accessories designers– and pledged to donate ‘one rolling rack’ of their clothing for this charity event. All items will be offered at 50% or more off the retail price.
Along with Kikka Hanazawa (President of VPL) and Tomoko Ogura (Fashion Director Women’s Co-op at Barneys New York), Fashion Girls for Japan was initially conceived by Kyoko Kageyama (3.1 Philip Lim), who was in Japan when the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, 2011. With volunteers from Japanese-American fashion community, the generous donations of New York designers, and special support from fashion consultant Julie Gilhart, these members of the American fashion industry aim to aid and rebuild hope for their Japanese colleagues and customers through this special “60+ Designers/60+ Rolling Racks” event.
If you're ever feeling down, hit up Kanye West's Twitter.
A few gems:
I jog in Lanvin
Hold on.... I'm bout to hop on this #BABYMAMAJET the jets Billionaires give to they baby mamas or they 1rst 2nd or 3rd wife.
Dating models I had to learn to like small dogs and cigarettes
It ain't happen to me but I know people
Context is everything... something good taken out of context can become bad
Exes never change
Wiccan is fired after complaint about casting spells — and after she complained about lax security at the airport
This gem is courtesy of MSNBC.
I am loving Sammy Hagar's abducted by aliens report.
He says they plugged into him and it was "a download situation." It also happened during daylight hours, says Mr. 1-2-3 Lock Box.
If you've not heard about this yet, check it out here.
