Edward Craven Walker got the idea for the original lamp design after walking into a pub in Hampshire, England and noticing a rather odd item sitting on the counter behind the bar. He spent the next 15 years perfecting the invention so that it could be mass-produced. The Astro Lamp, later called the Lava Lamp, was launched in 1963 just ahead of the craze for all things psychedelic.

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Tommy 'The Take Out' Turtle
Down by the river under an old oak tree there was this huge rock. Next to this rock was Tommy Turtle. Everyone called him Tommy The Take Out' Turtle because he would order his food over the phone, but by the time he got there, the restuarant was closed. He then started having his food delivered. Much quicker you know.
You see, in his shell, he had all the comforts of home. He had a couch, a refridgerator, a stove (which he never used), a telephone, a television, a bathroom and a bed. He tried to cook for himself a few times, but his shell always filled up with smoke and it was hard for him to breathe so he started calling area restaurants for take out food to be delivered. Pizza's, Chinese food, hamburgers, etc. He never ever had to leave the safety of his shell.
You may be wondering how he paid for all these food deliveries. Years before, he had a race with a hare and won it. It just so happened, he had a pretty large bet on himself when everyone else had bet on the hare and won millions. Anyways, back to the story.

Saturday Evening Post poster for Silver Snail comics's birthday James sez, "The Silver Snail comic book store in Toronto is celebrating their 31st anniversary. They've put out this great "Saturday Evening Post" style poster as part of the fun."
Link ~~I am not acquainted with this store but I love the poster.

A Fun Test If You Are A Coffee DrinkerHow Addicted to Coffee Are You?:

Materials
One cardboard paper towel roll
Clear packing tape, or colorful craft tape
8.5” x 11” sheet of construction paper
Glue
Decorating materials like:
Paper cutouts, crayons, markers, puffy paint, glitter glue, pompoms
Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® cereal
Instructions:
Decorate a sheet of construction paper with your own creative design. Wrap around the paper towel tube and secure with tape or glue.
On another piece of construction paper or thin cardboard, trace a circle around the open end of the paper towel tube, twice. Ask an adult to cut around these circles to make the end caps of your Sound Shaker.
Securely tape a circle onto one end of the paper towel roll.
Fill tube about halfway with Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies®. Securely tape the second paper circle into place to cover the open end of the Sound Shaker.
Shake it up! Kids can shake along to the rhythm of their favorite music, or make up their own songs to shake to, with their new Sound Shaker!

GEMSTONES FOR SUNSIGN




Aries (March 21 - April 19) : Diamond

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) : Emerald

Gemini (May 21 - June 21) : Agate

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) : Pearl

Leo (July 23 - August 22) : Ruby

Virgo (August 23 - September 22 ) : Sardonyx

Libra (September 23 - October 22 ) : Sapphire

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21 ) : Opal

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) : Topaz

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19) : Amethyst

Aquarius (January 20 - February 18) : Aquamarine

Pisces (February 19 - March 20) : Moonstone

A woman’s flatulence got her kicked off a plane last year – she lit a match to try and disguise the smell. Lighting matches is not allowed on planes.Guess she missed this episode of Cartman on South Park-

The average adult male shaves off 1 lb of beard per year.
A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it’s there though!
Men get hiccups more often than women do.
54% of Americans fold toilet paper neatly. 35% wad it. What about the other 11%?
Nearly all boys grow at least as tall as their mothers.
A person would die if all of the toxic ingredients of one cigarette were directly injected into the bloodstream.
55,700 people in the US are injured by jewelry each year.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
An estimated one in five Americans - some 38 million - don’t like sex.
On average, people spend more than five years of their lives dreaming.
In the course of a lifetime the average person will grow 2 meters of nose hair.

THEME SONG QUIZZES~~

Can you tell the difference between these two "can you tell the difference between these two images?" games?Huh?!Wait, let me start again.Gimme Five Sightseeing is a game where you have to identify the differences between two nearly identical images. It is okay, but I think I like this one (called simply Differences) better. (via The Ultimate Insult)

In Ohio: Woman expresses indignation at quote on Starbucks cup. She got an unexpected jolt from her coffee cup. Printed on the cup was:
"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
It is attributed to Bill Schell, a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, and was included on the cup as part of an effort by the company to collect different viewpoints and spur discussion.
"As someone who loves God, I was so offended by that. I don't think there needs to be religious dialogue on it. I just want coffee," said Incanno, a married mother of three who is Catholic.
She vowed to never visit Starbucks again.

A traveling preacher: Evangelist from Toledo on barefoot path for 16 years.
When Carl James Joseph left Toledo in 1991, he left on foot - barefoot, in fact - wearing a robe and carrying only a Bible, a rosary, and a toothbrush.
The long-haired, soft-spoken evangelist - who calls himself "What's Your Name?" but is usually referred to as "The Jesus Guy" - has since walked his way through 47 states and 13 foreign countries.
Doesn't he get cold in the winter?
In the winter, he wears a warmer robe but still goes barefoot. "A lot of people ask me about the shoes," he said. "I found that taking even that extra step of faith, not going with shoes, gets people's attention."
Not everyone welcomes him.
He said he was kicked out of Mexico in 1999 when government officials became concerned over the large crowds that were following him. In Texas, he said, a group of youths once threatened to crucify him. He was arrested in Greenfield in southwest Ohio on a disorderly conduct charge when he refused to stop preaching to a crowd. The charge was later dismissed.
In Pennsylvania, a man accused Mr. Joseph of blasphemy and then tried to stab him. A few months ago, Mr. Joseph said he was insulted by a minister at an African-American church in Alabama.

The 007 sign originated in the 16th century
He is handsome, tall, drives a fast car, has an unlimited expense account, and always gets the girl. That's just the actor. The character he portrays also has a licence to kill.
James Bond debuted in Ian Fleming's novel "Casino Royale" in 1953. The first Bond movie, Dr No, starring Sean Connery, was released in 1962. Since then, the equivalent of half the world's population have seen at least one Bond movie.
Sean Connery starred in seven Bond movies, George Lazenby in one, Roger Moore in seven, and Timothy Dalton in two. Pierce Brosnan was issued his fourth licence to thrill in the 21th Bond movie, Die Another Day. Daniel Craig will have his martini shaken, not stirred, in the 22nd Bond movie, a remake of Casino Royale. All the 007 actors are over 1,8 metres (6 feet) tall.
In the first 21 movies, Bond has 20 martinis, 5 of which he orders himself but two of those he never receives. The rest are prepared and brought to him. Most surprisingly, in his 7 appearances as Bond, Sean Connery utters the phrase “shaken, not stirred” only once, in Goldfinger.
In the first 20 movies, Bond is told 33 times that he will die, and he makes love 79 times. Of the 58 Bond girls, 29 were brunettes, 25 blondes, and 4 redheads. Women moaned "Oh, James!" 16 times.
The 007 sign originated in the 16th century
Ian Fleming based his character on Dr John Dee, the very first British secret agent. Dee, who lived from 1527 to 1608, was an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He was a brilliant mathematician, magician, philosopher, alchemist and astrologer. During his time, England was at war with Spain, and fearing spies, Dee designed the 007 code for his correspondence with the Queen. The 2 zeros indicated "for your eyes only," and the 7 was a cabalistic, or, cryptic number. Dr Dee was not the only secret agent of the time. Seeing Spain amassing a new vast empire in the "New World" (the Americas), Queen Elizabeth secretly sent the pirate-turned-explorer Englishman Francis Drake (1540-1596) west with the added intent to harass the Spanish. It is known that Dr Dee and Drake actually met to discuss strategies.
Author John Gardner took over the writing of Ian Fleming in 1981 with his first novel Licence Renewed. Sixteen years later he reliquished the 007 pen to Raymond Benson who debuted with Zero Minus Ten and ending with his last offering called The Man With The Red Tattoo in 2002. Three years on a series of 5 books were started about a young Bond with Silverfin, written by Charlie Higson - better known for his television comedy work. The latest to be released called Double or Die.
Places where James Bond made love:(In the first 20 movies:) Hotel room (19 times), London flat (2), at her place (15), someone else's place (2), on a train (3), in a barn (2), in a forest (2), in a gypsy tent (2), hospital (2), in a plane (2), in a submarine (1), in a car (1), on a motorised iceberg (1), in, around, under, or by water (25

The only place in the universe where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, never flies half-mast and does not get saluted, is the moon.
It is, of course, the American flag, the only country to have landed people on the moon even though British Interplanetary Society engineers had in 1939 designed a ship to carry people to the moon. Between 1969 and 1972, 12 American astronauts walked on the moon, spending 170 hours roaming over 100 km (over 60 miles). They brought home 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of soil and rock, and 30,000 photographs.
The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon. With Ronald Evans in the command module, Commander Eugene Cernan and scientist Harrison H. Schmitt drove 34 km (21 miles) in the lunar buggy. On December 11, 1972 they left behind a plaque that reads: "Here Man completed his first exploration of the Moon, December 1972 A.D. May the spirit of peace in which we came be reflected in the lives of all mankind." Cernan was the last man to have set foot on another celestial body.
Last words spoken on the moon
The first words spoken on the moon, by Neil Armstrong, are well known, but what were the last words spoken from the moon?
"America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972.

~~~~Church's gargoyle is a punk
A punk gargoyle making a rude gesture has been added to one of the pinnacles of a 15th century parish church. The stone figure has a spiky, Mohican haircut and is covering his mouth with his left hand.The middle finger of his right hand is stuck upwards in a typical punk pose.The Rev James Butterworth, vicar of St John Baptist church in Cirencester, Gloucs, said: “Our punk’s a bit of fun, a cartoon character.“Gargoyles were meant to ward off evil spirits and were designed to be as grotesque and peculiar as possible.”

When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,And bring so much happiness ... just as they did.I want to pay back all the joy they've provided.Returning each deed! Oh, they'll be so excited!When I'm an old lady and live with my kids.I'll write on the walls with reds, whites and blues,And I'll bounce on the furniture. ?wearing my shoes.I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout!When I'm an old lady and live with my kids.When they're on the phone and just out of reach,I'll get into things like sugar and bleach.Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,When I'm an old lady and live with my kids.When they cook dinner and call me to eat,I'll not eat my green beans or salad or meat,I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the table,And when they get angry... I'll run ... if I'm able!When I'm an old lady and live with my kids.I'll sit close to the TV, through the channels I'll click,I'll cross both eyes just to see if they stick.I'll take off my socks and throw one away,And play in the mud until the end of the day!When I'm an old lady and live with my kids.And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,I'll thank God in prayer and then close my eyes.My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping,And say with a groan, "She's so sweet when she's sleeping!"