OK, first of all you should go read this over at one of my favorite blogs, Politicus.US. It’s so true!

Secondly, I saw the following video over at my other favorite political blog, First Door on the Left. It is so funny!

See? I told you. As Len said, though, she seems to have plagiarized the Obama Energy Plan.

As an aside, have a look at what the film crew from Funny or Die had to say about Paris:

By now it’s absolutely astounding to us at Funny Or Die that our little video with Miss Paris Hilton has become a world wide news story. ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX News, even the McCain camp has weighed in on this.
Well, we were there, so we figured who better to give you some exclusive, behind the scenes gossip about Paris and her now famous political run made famous here on FOD? OK, here we go….

Do you know what Paris really likes to do when she’s at home away from the press and the photogs where no one can see her? She likes….to be….hospitable. Deal with it.

I’m sure for a lot of you, your spirits are broken, realizing your glitzy, club-loving idol is human, but it’s true. From the moment we arrived in the Hamptons to shoot the video, Paris was as nice and accommodating as can be. She kept running inside to make sure we never ran out of bottled water and as the shoot wrapped up, she made us turkey sandwiches.

That’s right. Paris Hilton made us turkey sandwiches. Herself. We didn’t even ask for them. The mustard was spicy, the bread was toasted…they were perfect.

Oh, and guess what else was perfect? Paris’ eye line in the video because she DIDN’T USE CUE CARDS. Again, deal with it. I guess the fact that she memorized giant chunks of dialogue for our tiny internet video was the least hospitable thing she did because I spent all night before making up cue cards and then she didn’t even use them.

Overall, have to say, Paris was a pro with a great sense of humor and welcomed us as guests into her home.

Way to go, Paris. I’m impressed (which is actually a huge compliment coming from me).

With regard to the “wrinkly white-haired dude”, you’d think he would’ve learned something from his pal George by now, like what NOT to say or do, huh. Guess not.

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This was fun! Not quite half and half, but close enough. I think I really like that. (originally seen at Cromely)

You Are 60% Boyish and 40% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch. Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don’t actively fight them. You’re just you. You don’t try to be what people expect you to be.

In a recent post I tickled your curiosity with a promise of a true story told to me by my friend and neighbor, Darrel. I can assure you, it is as true a story as there ever was. But first, allow me to preface it with a little history so that you may get the full impact of what I am about to tell you:

The area in which I live — specifically northeast Colorado — is steeped in history, considering the original inhabitants of the Colorado High Plains were Native Americans of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfoot, Sioux, Kiowa, and Pawnee tribes. Organized exploration of the area by Americans began with the visit on June 26, 1820 of the expedition of Major Stephen Harriman Long, who referred to much of the area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains as “The Great American Desert.” One of the final battles of the Indian wars, the Battle of Summit Springs between Tall Bull and his Cheyenne Dog Soldiers and Colonel Eugene A. Carr and the U.S. Army, took place near Sterling on July 11, 1869.

So, as you can imagine, the country around here is rich in Native American artifacts. As I mentioned in the other post, my neighbor Darrel is an avid artifact hunter and extremely knowledgeable when it comes to said artifacts. He has met many people over the years as passionate as he with regard to hunting and collecting those amazing items left behind by the Native Americans of old. One such person was a man who, after first discovering the past-time, became very, very zealous and went artifact hunting whenever he possibly could. One day he called Darrel and excitedly invited him over to see what he had just found. He wouldn’t tell him over the phone what it was. He wanted to “surprise” him. Darrel called up another hunter friend of his and asked him to come along to see what this “amazing” find was. When they got there, they were surprised alright!

Sitting there, on a display shelf, was a skull. A Native American skull. He had become so excited when he began to find small artifacts like arrowheads and stuff that he just kept on digging (some Native American tribes buried belongings with the dead) . When he saw the skull he was elated! Darrel and his friend weren’t so elated. In fact, when they left this guy’s house they looked at each other and both said they didn’t think it was right that he had brought it home like that. Not right at all. They agreed that neither of them would ever dream of doing such a thing!

A couple of months later this fella who had the skull sitting on his shelf happened to walk by Darrel’s house. Darrel had to look twice before he realized who he was looking at. The guy had changed completely. He looked horrible! Darrel asked, “What happened to you???” The guy proceeded to tell him that he had become very ill, but the doctors didn’t know what was making him sick. Not one single doctor could find one single thing wrong. He had lost so much weight and felt so sick that he told Darrel he was dying. He said he was wasting away.

Well, Darrel’s not sure if someone said something to this guy or if he figured it out for himself, but apparently he decided to take that skull and put it back where he found it. To the exact place he found it. He buried it in the very spot from which he had dug it up four months earlier. Darrel didn’t know that, of course, until he saw him two months later and found him in perfect health once again. He was amazed at how good he looked. Amazed and happy! He asked his friend what had happened; had the doctors found out what was wrong with him? Nope. He told Darrel that he started to get well as soon as he put that skull back.

Coincidence? I think not.

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If you look down on my sidebar you’ll see a list of my beloved dogs. They are so special to me. One of them is Daisy May, an amazingly smart, sweet, obedient and loving Golden Retriever. Unfortunately, we lost her when she was only 2 years old. One day last November she went outside with the other dogs to go potty and play for a while, but never came back in. My daughter found her in her favorite spot under one of our bushes, dead. We don’t know what happened for sure. She had no injuries whatsoever. We’re pretty sure she died from a heart condition common to Golden Retrievers. Anyway, it was a horrible shock and we still miss her so much. I can’t bear to think about taking her off of my Dogster list. She will always be there with the rest of them.

If you look down at the bottom of that list you’ll see little Pippin. I’ll never forget how Daisy reacted when we brought her home. She immediately went to her, sniffed her, and then began “protecting” her from the other dogs. From the first moment she was Pippin’s surrogate mother and protector. They became best friends as Pippin grew. It was really very touching to watch. That’s why I wasn’t the least bit surprised when I read the following story out of Caney, Kansas (originally seen at Holy Cuteness):

A dog at a southeast Kansas zoo has adopted three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother. Safari Zoological Park owner Tom Harvey said the tiger cubs were born Sunday, but the mother had problems with them.

A day later, the mother stopped caring for them. Harvey said the cubs were wandering around, trying to find their birth mother, who wouldn’t pay attention to them. That’s when the cubs were put in the care of a golden retriever, Harvey said.

Harvey said it’s unusual for dogs to care for tiger cubs, but it does happen. He said he has seen reports of pigs nursing cubs in China, and he actually got the golden retriever after his wife saw television accounts of dogs caring for tiger cubs.

Puppies take about the same amount of time as tiger cubs to develop, and Harvey said the adoptive mother just recently weaned her own puppies.

“The timing couldn’t have been any better,” he said.

The mother doesn’t know the difference, Harvey said. He said the adopted mother licks, cleans and feeds the cubs.

That is totally something Daisy would have done. I don’t know if it’s a Golden trait to be so nurturing and maternal, or if it’s just because dogs in general are so amazing. What I do know is that my life wouldn’t be nearly as full or happy without my dogs!

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