No really.. they are…one of the only channels we let Kael watch is PBS Kid’s Sprout.. its really just them repeatedly airing PBS shows (Bob The Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine, Caillou, Angelina Ballerina, etc…) all day.. with occasional pre-recorded “segments” of adult hosts geared towards the kids. One of their segments was the “good night show” in which, Melanie Martinez would do little crafts, dances, songs, etc.. and talk to a fish and a stuffed star while introducing the shows for the night..

Turns out.. the brilliant (and in this case by brilliant, I mean..dumb as rocks) decided to fire Melanie.. because.. she appeared in a 30 second satirical short film 7 years ago and mentioned anal sex… so.. she got fired…

To you idiots at PBS… newsflash.. if the kids that Sprout is geared towards, are watching clips on Google Video or iFilm about anal sex…there’s some more serious problems to be concerned about, then the 30 second satire film your hostess did SEVEN years ago..

Hire her ass back…. idiots…

Found this over on Jodi’s site..and it seems entertaining, so why not?

Here’s the instructions:

1. Randomly pick a song from your music library (I just set iTunes to randomize, and then hit play…took a couple tries to actually get a song with words in it, kept picking songs from Lord of the Rings or Star Wars)

2. Find the Lyrics for the first 4 versus/chorus

3. Translate from English into German

4. Translate the German into French

5. Translate the French back into English.

6. Post the Lyrics, and see if people can guess the song.

Here are the lyrics from my randomly selected song:

Body of a monkey and feet of a cock,

Trailed of their house on the rock of setting in death,

black Chien which dies futile over time,

of the devil in a cat and in the brain of the baby,

end – end of the American,

end – end of the American,

end – end that American witch,

only on the hill and to prepare, to die,

it cancer of blackening – the eye to blacken,

the marking of Wolf and the sign of calf,

of the angels purges on raft,

all request from us downwards for 20 innocent,

all folded us 20 innocent,

all hang to us to the bottom a height – 20 innocent,

we show would all – 20 innocent,

end – the end of the American,

the end – end of the American,

end – the end that the knowledge you like the witch American,

where her dreams come? Some of represented that the faith and some aucuns do not have shown.

So..there you have it. I’ll post what song it is tomorrow, or maybe tuesday.

EDIT: The song was American Witch, by Rob Zombie

Pixar’s Cars opened on Friday. So, we bundled Kael up in his Cars Pullup, his Cars tennis shoes, his Cars shorts, his Cars shirt, his Cars backpack..and of course.. his Cars sunglasses (you seeing a trend here?), and headed off to the theater.

We were a bit worried..since Kael wouldn’t sit through the last movie we tried to take him to see (Curious George)..but.. he did great! sat through the whole thing.. got a bit antsy towards the end since it was a long movie..but he loved it.

I don’t see why it was getting lukewarm reviews from some critics (well..except for the fact that I’m convinced that in order to be a movie critic.. you have to not like movies, and know nothing about what makes a good movie). Cars was a good fun movie..I don’t think it was as good as The Incredibles..but it was easily up there with Finding Nemo/Bug’s Life/Toy Story.

Believable characters..good story… a few “adult” jokes.. of course there was Excellent CGI (Duh!).. Heck..it even has a decent soundtrack (with score on it from Randy Newman of course).. I should know.. Kael’s been wanting to listen to the soundtrack non-stop since we got it.

Kael’s favorite parts were (of course) the racing scenes..and he liked the tractor tipping.. he was a bit bored with the “love story” portion of it (That’s my boy.. fast action and tractor tipping!) but he liked the movie alot. Maryn seemed to like the car races too..but, thats probably more for all the colors that were flashing on the screen.

My only complaint is that the “I Killed a baby bumble bee” scene from the original trailer wasn’t actually in the movie… oh well..maybe on the DVD.

Also entertaining, was the short bit after the movie ended.. where pixar pokes a bit of fun at themselves through Car versions of Toy Story, Bug’s Life, and Monster’s Inc.

If you haven’t seen it already… go see it!

On Saturday, Janice and I went to go see the Da Vinci code..

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This sounds like it would have been one hell of a ride!

Swirling wind swept a trampoline into the air and over a fence as a 4-year-old girl was jumping on it

err…if you ignore the fact that since it was a 4 year old, she was probably completely scared, so she didn’t enjoy it (and, then you have to ignore the whole broken pelvis thing too)… ok.. so maybe she didn’t have a blast… but I think for someone older..it would have been fun!

Here’s the link to CNN’s article about it.

Apparently, these things are all the rage now..

Back in February, I told you about a guy who had written a contract for his wife, that specified little things she had to do (nekkid 20 minutes after the kids went to bed, don’t raise your voice..etc..)

Well.. here’s another one. This one specifies what she has to call him in public and in private, that she must wear whatever he picks out for her, outlines her punishment for mis-behaving… but does give her a ‘safe’ word to use when she doesn’t want to continue doing whatever it is they happen to be doing right then… of course.. he doesn’t have to actually stop.. just pause and consider why she might not want to continue…

Maybe I’ll try and have Janice sign this one… she wouldn’t sign that other one…

really.. I can’t think of a better subject then that..

I found this link on another website (Thanks Darias!).

Seems a group of pranksters in NY thought it would be hilarious to wear Royal Blue polo shirts, and khaki pants (sound familiar to anyone?). And then go hang out in a Best Buy… much hilarity ensued (err..unless you happened to be the manager of the store they went to..then, probably not so much with the funny).

My favorite part? When the store manager claims her civil rights were violated because they were videotaping in the store!

I need one of these:

From the article:

As if the Hardee’s family of Monster Thickburgers doesn’t offer enough meat, the company’s latest version adds steak meat on top of an already large slab of beef.

The meat-on-meat Philly Cheesesteak Thickburger, launched Wednesday, features one-third of a pound of Angus beef, along with both Swiss and American cheeses, green peppers and onions. And piled atop all of that is thinly sliced steak meat.

Now, if only the closest Hardee’s wasn’t 101 miles from me (and yes.. I looked..its 101 miles)…wonder if I could have one shipped via fed-ex for same day delivery…..

So, how come the textbooks when I was in school never had lessons like this in them:

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A textbook used at schools in the Indian state

of Rajasthan compares housewives to donkeys, and suggests the animals

make better companions as they complain less and are more loyal to

their “masters,” The Times of India reported Tuesday.

“A donkey is like a housewife … In fact, the donkey is a shade

better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to

her parents’ home, you’ll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his

master,” the newspaper reported, quoting a Hindi-language primer meant

for 14-year-olds.

The book was approved by the state’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya

Janata Party government but has sparked protests from the party’s

women’s wing.

State education officials in Rajasthan, a western state known for its

conservative attitude toward women, said people should not be upset by

the comparison, the paper said.

“The comparison was made in good humor,” state education official A.R.

Khan was quoted as saying. “However, protests have been taken note of

and the board is in the process of removing it (the reference).”

And no, I can’t tell you where I found it.. since it was forwarded to me… but, it seems like good information to pass along.. remember donkey > wife!