• Gutted ;> had to sit and watch the whole Gok Wan show “how to look good naked” with Jourdie ….I bet lots of other men pretended not to be watching too…The thing I like about it is that it shows real women…not fake airbrushed silicone bimbos…keep it up Gok ; >> and be proud ladies…very proud…beauty is in the mind and soul and the odd flaw makes you sexier. Its also refreshing to see girls who arent up themselves with a “look at me,look at me” attitude…Gorgeous but cant see it in the mirror…but by the end of the show they just begining to drop their barriers….excellent TV

• Celebrity Jungle…I think Peter Andre backhanded the clinic where Katie price just had her lips plumped up…my god she looks freaky…they are dreadful…Scareyyyyyyyyyy…..she used to be gorgeous…now….just RUFFFFF.

• Jourdans tosspot History teacher…who incidently I think is a complete plank and not fit to teach teenage girls, caught her just outside the school gates with friends at lunchtime and has given her an hours detention on Friday night…He really is a knob…she was about 2′0 over the boundary…he  is so so anal…rules are rules Mr Phillips…get a grip Mr…If she was 5 maybe but she 15 going on 21.

And Fatty Kerry Katona Shows Her Green Eyes

I’m A Celebrity: ‘Katie Price will not be queen of the jungle’, says Kerry Katona

Kerry Katona, the former winner of I’m A Celebrity, has slated Katie Price for returning to the jungle. The reality star hit out at Jordan for being “everywhere” and claimed that the glamour model will never steal her crown. She told OK! magazine: “There’s just too much Katie everywhere. “I don’t know what going into the jungle will do for Katie’s career. It’s not going to make anyone like her any more or any less. “She won’t be queen of the jungle.” However, Kerry doesn’t rule out her own return to I’m A Celebrity and says she would sign up to the new series to “pay the bills”.

The mum-of-four went on to reveal that she considers herself a member of “Team Pete” because she thought Jordan’s handling of the divorce was “disgusting”. Kerry said: “I saw a clip of Katie kick off at Pete and it’s disgusting. I love Pete, I’m Team Pete all the way, he’s a sound guy.” The 28-year-old also attacked Jordan’s relationship with Alex Reid, labelling it as a “rebound thing”. She said: “Personally I don’t think it will last, it’s definitely a rebound thing. “Mark has tried on my clothes on holiday p***ed up as a joke! I don’t know if Alex does it as a joke or not, but each to their own.”

How To Keep A Woman Happy….It’s not difficult to make a woman happy.

A man only needs to be:

• a friend
• a companion
• a lover
• a brother
• a father
• a master
• a chef
• an electrician
• a carpenter
• a plumber
• a mechanic
• a decorator
• a stylist
• a sexologist
• a gynecologist
• a psychologist
• a pest exterminator
• a psychiatrist
• a healer
• a good listener
• an organizer
• a good father
• very clean
• sympathetic
• athletic
• warm
• attentive
• gallant
• intelligent
• funny
• creative
• tender
• strong
• understanding
• tolerant
• prudent
• ambitious
• capable
• courageous
• determined
• true
• dependable
• passionate
• compassionate

WITHOUT FORGETTING TO

• give her compliments regularly
• love shopping
• be honest
• be very rich
• not stress her out
• not look at other girls

AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO

• give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself
• give her lots of time, especially time for herself
• give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes

Never to forget:

• birthdays
• anniversaries
• arrangements she makes

HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY

• Show up naked
• Bring beer

Poor Ole Roy

Didnt Tony make a stupid mistake whilst trying to Kill Roy Cropper last night??

He left a knife that he had stolen from Roys cafe,covered in his own blood…by the side of the canal….doesnt take Sherlock does it ??

X Factor Rigged ? Surely Not

You know the amazing unburstable bubble that is Jedward? Well, someone’s just tried to burst it. Big style. A mysterious X Factor “insider” has claimed that sound technicians were forced to turn down the twins’ vocals during their performance of Under Pressure… well, Ice Ice Baby, really… on Saturday’s show – or they’d get the sack. Ooooooooh, dramarama-tastic. “It is totally outrageous – and unfair to the other contestants,” says someone who sounds like they’ve got a bit of PMT. “It is cheating. The only time the sound levels on the mics were lifted was when they were rapping. I  am disgusted. A work colleague of mine was threatened with the sack before Saturday’s live show.” “Every week session singers come in to the studio to record backing tracks to some of the contestants’ songs. The twins have had backing vocals on all their live performances so far. The sound crew are always told to turn the levels of their mics down so their vocals are mostly covered by the backing singers. We are used to tweaking levels, it is part of their job but what we were asked to do on Saturday was beyond a joke.” They added, in full Points Of View mode now (ask your mum), “It makes me truly sick that we are part of this manipulation.” Unsurprisingly, the official X Factor line is that Jedward haven’t received any special treatment. “All the contestants sing live on Saturday night and are given an equal amount of technical support,” says a spokeslady. So, the plot thickens.

Talkin Of Freaky Lips

Eighties singer Pete Burns shows how smoking a cigarette can be a real drag. The former Dead or Alive frontman, who has undergone extensive plastic surgery, appeared to struggle to hold it between his pumped up lips as he lit up outside a west London café yesterday.

Freak !!!

Hippos 1—-Croc 0

Their bone-crushing jaws, 24 razor-sharp teeth and armour-plated skin are enough to ensure most animals keep their distance.  But, as our incredible pictures show, even crocodiles are no match for a herd of angry hippos. This young reptilian predator paid the price for swimming too close to a mother and her calves while they bathed. As 50 hippos gathered into a defensive circle around them, the crocodile panicked and raced over their backs in a bid to escape.

It was the last mistake he ever made. The beast’s defences were no match for the maze of angry mammals, who proved their bite is every bit as lethal as his. The spectacularly rare battle of the beasts was captured by Czech wildlife photographer Vaclav Silha. He had set up his camera on the banks of the River Nile in the Serengeti national park, Tanzania, when the unbelievable scene unfolded before him. But the 45-year-old got more than he bargained for when a colossal fight broke out between the group and a sneaky crocodile he had spotted earlier. ‘Mutual respect between these animals means fights occur very rarely,’ he said. ‘One of the only reasons you might see a conflict is if the hippos have young and they think the little ones are under threat. That’s exactly what happened here.

‘The incautious croc got too close to a female who had calves and the whole group gathered into a defensive circle around them. It was a strong message for the crook to clear off. ‘I have absolutely no idea why but the crocodile suddenly raced across the backs of the hippos. I think it might have panicked and thought it was a possible escape route. I couldn’t believe my eyes. ‘It was the worst choice the reptile could ever have made and it was definitely its last. ‘The island of hippos suddenly erupted with teeth and all I could see was the crocodile being repeatedly crushed in their huge mouths.’ Described as one of the most aggressive creatures in the animal kingdom, an adult hippo can apply several tons of pressure in a single bite. ‘Even the toughest crocodile could not have withstood being repeatedly bitten like that,’ said Mr Silha, from Prague. ‘There was no way for him to escape. I few seconds later his lifeless body slipped below the water and I didn’t see him again.’

Even More de Jour

Brooke Magnanti, the research scientist who confessed to being Belle de Jour, the £300-an-hour call girl, broke off contact with her father after she discovered he was sleeping with prostitutes.“I cannot say for certain until I speak to her, but it may have affected her. I guess she came to the realisation that prostitutes are just people, it’s not the stereotype that people often seem to think,” he said. “They are people with good hearts who have had problems in their lives and have fallen down. Often because of a bad family life or bad relationships or suffering violence, they have low self-esteem.” Miss Magnanti, 34, lifted the lid on one of the literary world’s best-kept secrets when she unmasked herself as the former prostitute behind a best-selling diary. She made a cryptic reference to her father’s use of prostitutes when she confessed to her past in a newspaper at the weekend, describing him as “a bit of a do-gooder… who helps women”, adding that if she broke the news to him in person about her secret past she might start by saying: “You know all those lovely streetwalkers that you try to help?” Mr Magnanti, a gardener who lives on the west coast of Florida, explained what his estranged daughter had meant by the comment. “After Brooke left high school and went to college, her mother and I got a divorce, which was very upsetting to me. “At that point I started to see prostitutes. There were a few that I befriended and two that I had a relationship with who even moved in with me briefly. I tried to get them to stop using drugs and stop working as prostitutes. “Drugs and prostitutes go hand in hand in most cases, though apparently in my daughter’s case it was quite the opposite, thankfully.” Mr Magnanti still professed to be shocked about his daughter’s past. “It’s broken my heart. No parent wants to hear that. I was very proud when she got her PhD. She is a very intelligent girl and I wish she had become well-known under different circumstances. I would rather things had worked out differently but it’s her life to live.” Miss Magnanti, who was born in Florida and came to England to study for a doctorate at Sheffield University, has said she turned to prostitution after moving to London, where she found she could not afford to pay her rent. Miss Magnanti’s decision go public as the author of The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, which was turned into a hit ITV series starring Billie Piper, has been supported by her colleagues at Bristol University. But her confession has outraged a former boyfriend of seven years, who was known as “The Boy” in diary. “Brooke has outed me to my family and friends without giving me any warning. She never asked if she could write about our life together and I feel humiliated,” he said.

I for one find the whole story a testimony to Ms Magnanti, she didnt sponge off the state or whinge or moan, she did something about it and she and her family should be proud of her.  Her detractors should be aware that Miss Magnanti is carrying out vital research into children’s cancers.

Sad Story Of The Day

French woman marries boyfriend one year after he died

A woman in France has married her boyfriend of six years – a year after he died.

Magali Jaskiewicz and Jonathan George had planned to wed at their local town hall in November 2008, but he was killed just two days before the ceremony in a motorcycle accident. Ms Jaskiewitz, 32, used a little-known section of the French civil code that allows posthumous marriages if all the formalities for the wedding were completed before one of the partners died, including the setting of a date. She proved to officials that she and Mr George had been living together since 2004 and that they shared a bank account. She also provided a photo of the wedding dress she had bought to wear to their wedding. Standing alone in the aisle at the town hall, she was “married” to Mr George at a ceremony attended by 30 family members and friends in the village of Dommary-Baroncourt, in eastern France, on Saturday. Around ten posthumous marriages are carried out each year in France, French interior ministry officials said.

7 Reasons Not To Mess With Children

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, ‘When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah’.
The teacher asked, ‘What if Jonah went to hell?’
The little girl replied, ‘Then you ask him’.
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A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child’s work.
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, ‘I’m drawing God..’
The teacher paused and said, ‘But no one knows what God looks like.’
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, ‘They will in a minute.’
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A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to ‘honour’ thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, ‘Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?’
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, ‘Thou shall not kill.’
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One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.
She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, ‘Why are some of your hairs white, Mum?’
Her mother replied, ‘Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.’
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, ‘Mummy, how come ALL of grandma’s hairs are white?’
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The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture.
‘Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, ‘There’s Jennifer, she’s a lawyer,’ or ‘That’s Michael, He’s a doctor.’
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, ‘And there’s the teacher, she’s dead.’
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A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, ‘Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.’
‘Yes,’ the class said.
‘Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn’t run into my feet?’
A little fellow shouted,
‘Cause your feet ain’t empty.’
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The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:
‘Take only ONE . God is watching.’
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, ‘Take all you want. God is watching the apples.

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The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 – At the end of the day

2 – Fairly unique

3 – I personally

4 – At this moment in time

5 – With all due respect

6 – Absolutely

7 – It’s a nightmare

8 – Shouldn’t of

9 – 24/7

10 – It’s not rocket science

Hello fellow chobots, cazmonauts, penguins, and poptropicans!

Today Happy77 talked to a party planner! I’m sure that Club Penguins anniversary will be very exciting! This post is all about it!

Here are the questions Happy77 asked the party planner:

Is it challenging to make such a HUGE cake for the Anniversary Party? Doesn’t it make you hungry?

It sure does. That is why being a cake member requires extreme self control (but I did go home and make a giant cake anyhow…)!

What’s your fave party from the past year & why?

Definitely the Medieval party! Putting on my fish knight costume and waddling amongst the dragons and fellow gallant adventurers was an experience of epic proportions!

Lots of readers are really curious about the colors of the party hat this year. What can you tell us?

Haha, part of being a super party planner is not revealing secrets. What I can tell you is that it’s my favorite color combination ever! So i’m super excited to share! But not ’til Saturday.

Pretty cool huh? I too, wonder whats this years hat color combination…

Clubpenguin4607~

(from bookblogs.ning.com)

In which Josh talks more about the amount of information in HSF, cadavers, lectures, Embryology, Medical Imaging, Histology, Bagel Rounds with an orthopedic surgeon, and the Highlight of the Week.  

They weren’t kidding about the amount of information in HSF. Refer back to the previous post about the cadaver dissections, lectures and Doctoring Skills. Now imagine adding on everything I’m about to describe. It’s not that this information is particularly tricky, mind you. Most of it is pretty simple. It’s just the fact that there’s so much of it that makes the workload hard.  

For most people, this amount of information would be torture. For me, the struggle is actually in taking time OFF because I love reviewing this stuff so much.

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Cadaver dissections continue throughout most days of the week. I mentioned last time that there were seven of us assigned to a cadaver. On Thursday, however, we were split into two groups: A and B. A had to do Doctoring Skills, while B (my group) had to do a particular dissection.

This is the basic pattern of the week. Sometimes we’re all together. Sometimes we’re not. When we’re not, someone from group B is assigned to teach group A the next day. Then group A does a dissection alone, and someone from group A is assigned to teach group B the next day. The teaching duties are rotated so that no one person gets stuck doing the teaching all the time.

In our dissections, most of our work is spent cleaning fat out of the body so we can see all the muscles, arteries, nerves, etc. You have to be careful, though, because sometimes what you think is fat is actually a nerve. There are techniques to help with this, but they take time. But if you have patience, it’s really rewarding at the end of the day when you look at how

Yes, I realize what I do sounds macabre, so I tend not to talk about it too much. My housemates are a little more understanding and interested. One of them, a mechanic, asked me a little about the cadavers, so I told him a little about what we do. He wisely noted, “The level of interest I have about your cadaver is probably about the same level of interest you have in a car engine.” It’s true. In both our cases, we’re happy to have someone else “look under the hood”.

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For the Science Nerds: Lectures this week discussed connective tissue, spinal nerves, and a few topics I’m going to expand on below.

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Embryology is a weekly lecture series designed to teach us how a human is formed from a fertilized egg (or zygote). Our lecturer is a pathologist Dr. Waters. 

This week she taught us what happens in the first month or so after fertilization.  At one point, she describes the embryo as looking like a “double bubble.” She then adds, “Bubble is not an accepted embryological term.”

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Medical Imaging is designed to teach us how to read X-rays, MRIs, cat scans, etc. Apparently there are many people who graduate from med school without learning how to read them.

Dr. Janice Gallant and Dr. Szilva are our teachers, with Dr. Szilva giving the majority of the lecture. No superhero costume this time, but she still has her wacky humor. She tells us how a father brought in his son and told her the boy had swallowed a penny.  ”I asked him how much he wanted it.” 

Here’s an interesting tidbit for everyone: Suppose you see a radiograph (i.e. X-ray film) of a person’s belly, and you see an object that looks like it’s in the middle of the belly. Does that mean it’s actually inside the belly? Nope, because the object could be outside the person, since the X-ray is “compressing” the 3D picture into a 2D film. If, however, you have a radiograph (X-ray) from another view, then you can tell whether it’s inside or not.  

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But..what is Histology, you ask? Why, it’s nothing more than learning what different body parts look like under microscopes. This week, we learn about the different types of skin, where you might find them in the body, and what samples from those body parts might look like under a microscope.

To learn this information, we meet in small groups and go through many different slides together and discuss how to tell them apart. Thankfully, UVM also provides Powerpoints that I find extremely helpful for learning how to visualize everything, in case you still don’t comprehend everything after the small group.

I suppose to describe this sounds boring to most. What may interest you is that many microscopes nowadays are virtual. You no longer squint your eye and look through the eyepiece. Now the images from the microscope are displayed on a computer screen, and you use your mouse to zoom in, move the slide around, etc.

So when we’re asked to look at pictures of slides on our computer screens instead of looking directly under the microscope, we’re not cheating. We’re simply up to date.

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Bagel Rounds are special events where UVM gives us bagels and drinks around lunchtime, followed by a speaker or a discussion. You may remember a previous post where I talked about a film we saw about race. There was a bagel round after that too to discuss it.

This time they brought in Dr. John Braun, an orthopedic surgeon who talked about scoliosis and spinal fusion surgeries. Given my story, this was right up my alley. Apparently they are working on the possibility of fusionless surgeries for teenagers with scoliosis, using staples to help the spine straighten as the spine continues to grow.

Incidentally, there is now a test for genetic markers that predispose your scoliosis curve to grow to the point where they  need to operate. I must remember to take it.

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Highlight of the Week: The Magnificent Ellen

Dr. Ellen Cornbrooks, who will heretofore on this blog be referred to as “Ellen The Magnificent”, is continually described by med school classes as being terrific. I didn’t realize how terrific until Thursday’s lab dissection.

There we were, dissecting stuff. Then she came, wheeling a cart with scapular bones in it. She asked my table and some of the nearby ones if we wanted to get an explanation of the scapular muscles. (Keep in mind we hadn’t really talked with her before.) Sure, we say, and we move over to her.

As she explains how all the muscles connect, what they do and why they’re important, a huge crowd slowly forms around her. Ellen, you see, has the ability to take this huge list of muscles, bones, etc., and show us how they all relate. Her explanations are not only as clear as crystal water, but they help us remember all the details. She helps us see the big picture, and better, she makes it fascinating and clinically relevant. Not only do I know remember all the muscles involved in the rotator cuff, but I can now tell you why a tear there could be a career-ending injury for an athlete.

If I could, I would follow her around for the rest of my med school career, learning tidbits about the human body. Yes, I know I’ve only met her this past week. But from everything I’ve heard and seen, Ellen the Magnificent is one of UVM’s best teachers and true heroes.

Josh Pothen (UVM’s Meager Med Student)

High1 has announced their new additions to the team for the 2009-10 season. The team has kept one import in Alex Kim (15G+21A=36P, 13th in the league) but has made a wholesale change on the rest of their import lineup.

Returning to the team after a season in Europe is Tim Smith, he rocked the league with his brother Bud for 2 seasons from 2006-08 (63GP 106P). Joining Tim as the new imports are veteran centre Trevor Gallant and young defenceman Jeremy Van Hoof.

The team is also undergoing a major uphaul with many veterans leaving the team and 5 Korean rookies entering the fray. Also joining the club are stranded Seibu Prince Rabbits defenceman Yuya Yamada (25GP 3A) and rookie forward Hiroki Ueno (24GP 16+14=30 at Waseda University) who had signed on to play for Seibu but had the misfortune of the team folding before he ever wore their sweater.

It’ll be intersting to see how this new, younger version of High1 will fare in the upcoming season, though with top dog Seibu gone, the team should see its fortunes improve from the 5th place finish (13-4-19) and first round elimination from the playoffs it suffered this season.

A photo in the Haunting woods of New Hope, PA

Goofus and Gallant (Highlights). Goofus: If you’re so clever, why aren’t you rich? Gallant: If you’re so dumb, why haven’t you shut up yet?

The gallant gallstone
Is something
created like pearls
In every way but appearence,
Texture, allure, gloss and structure.
The gallant gallstone screams
Through narrow, pink chasms…
Focusing throbs and forcing
Empathy like all of us
All the time.
Escaping like the babe,
And only like bastards,
Because the stone was not of it’s
Own design and choice:
A sort of rejected variance
Of the human condition.

The effluence dribbles
On pee-tree dishes,
And the sharp breathes through clenched teeth
Simmer in a susurous escape
We know very little about.

– Post From My iPhone

A chaque pays sa Fashion week et la Chine n’échape pas à la règle. Créée en 1997, la China Fashion Week a invité plus de 480 designers et 250 marques. Cette année, du 24 au 30 Mars, dans le Golden Hall du Beijing Hotel et le D Beijing Park, ont été présenté les collections Automne Hiver 2009-2010. 20 grandes marques et 20 designers étaient attendus.

Les marques présentes :

“Plame” fourures, “Judy Galaxy” prêt à porter féminin par Chen Juanhong, “NOTTING HILL” mode masculine, “HAOSHA” maillots de bains, “Edenbo” costumes masculins, “Jeanswest” prêt à porter, “MISS SUN” mode féminine, “Lea Seong” haute couture, “Qiao Dan” sport, “Marisfrolg” mode féminine, “Bosideng” vêtemnt d’hiver, “Cabeen” prêt à porter masculin, “JIE.SI” mode féminine, “Septwolves” mode masculine, “PACIOTTI 4US” prêt à porter italien et “LOTTO”vêtemnts de sport italiens.

Les designers présents :

Chen Juanhong, Yang Yaoji, TINA MACCUISH, Meng Xianfang, Cheng Shouyan, Zhu Lin, Cabeen, Liu Yong, Shi Jie, Daniel Faret et d’autres.

31 jeunes designers nominés dans 18 pays et 24 designers de 15 provinces ont participés au finales du 17ème ” Chinese Silk Award ” ( Concours sur le thème de la soie ) et et du ” WSM ” 2009 concours de vêtements tricotés. Le ” Gallant sand Cup ” se tenait le 28 Mars dans le Beijing Hotel. De plus, il y a eu des conférences de presse, des forums sur la mode, des salons et des concerts.
L’emploi du temps complet .

Thanks to my friend over at Pop Candy, I found this great link, taking me back to my childhood, particularly trips to my dentist’s office:

I Was A Highlights Kid.

And nothing really represents Highlights like Goofus and Gallant, two boys, one a ne’erdowell, the other an uptight goody-twoshoes, who taught us right from wrong. Unfortunately, life is a bit more complex than the absolute shades of black and white found in this black-and-white drawings, but at least they were memorable. That Goofus, man, he was always messing up.

So, now you can go the site and write your own captions for Mssrs. Goofus and Gallant, much like this (click on the image to the see the whole thing):

Goofus uses the Russia-Georgia situation to beat his chest and dust off the tired old Cold War rhetoric.

Gallant knows what the fuck he’s talking about.

(h/t Jed)

LANGUAGE TAG: There is some explicit language in this post. You have been warned.

Now as you may (or may not) know I play a game called Star Pirates.  I hang out with a fleet called the Terran Astry. (The name is based off of the webcomic Starslip Crisis, more on that later)  In an IRC discussion one night a couple of us got to thinking about the old comic strip “Goofus and Gallant”.  You know, the illustrated guide to morality.  We thought of something better.

The players:

TemporalParadox – Who logged and edited this so  I could copy and paste it. Thanks.

GhostCollision – The driving force behind the idea

Kintama – A fleetmate

Mengi – Me

Notes:

GhostCollision: needless to say I don’t read highlights magazine anymore.
Mengi: Yeah, Goofus and Gallant weren’t *that* good.
GhostCollision: Fuck Goofus, that shithead. And Gallant was just a brainwashed catholic automaton
Mengi: There should have been a third guy who was actually normal.
TemporalParadox: good example, bad example, real example
GhostCollision: Yeah haha
GhostCollision: Goofus, Gallant, and Gus
Mengi: Gus. Perfect.

GhostCollision: Gus is just as mean and bad as goofus, but he’s a lot smarter about it

kintama: wow… you know you’ve been in psychology classes too long when you compare the whole situation to Id, Ego, and Superego

GhostCollision: Gus is like two years older, and goofus and gallant are the twins

GhostCollision: I’d say Goofus is a jerk, with no redeeming qualities, Gallant is a goody two shoes, Gus needs to be overly horny and into drugs, but super cool
Mengi: Goofus is also stupid. Gallant is also naive.
kintama: so goofus is just a little bastard, but gus is more of a bastard in a cool way?
GhostCollision: gus is just more wordly, and two years older
Mengi: Yeah. Like the Fonz.
GhostCollision: Goofus is Daffy Duck, Gallant is Mickey Mouse, and Gus is Bugs.

GhostCollision: Or, a stable of girls that start with G
kintama: Gertrude?
TemporalParadox: Geena, Gloria, Gwen…
GhostCollision: Grace
GhostCollision: Gillian

Scripts:

GhostCollision: Goofus breaks a lamp with a baseball. Gallant tells on Goofus to Mom and Dad. Gus beats the shit out of Gallant and takes his bike.

GhostCollision: Goofus shoots a squirrel with a BB Gun. Gallant gives the squirrel a proper burial service. Gus shoots Gallant with the BB Gun.

GhostCollision: Goofus spends his birthday money on an R-rated movie. Gallant saves his money in the Bank. Gus spends his on a fake ID/tips for strippers

GhostCollision: Goofus takes the last apple. Gallant shares his orange. Gus wants to show you his banana.

Mengi: Goofus runs with scissors pointing up. Gallant walks with scissors pointing down. Gus trips Goofus.

GhostCollision: Goofus walks his muddy shoes in the house. Gallant wipes his feet before he comes in. Gus wears Gallant’s shoes before he tracks shit inside.

GhostCollision: Goofus makes fun of the girls for having cooties. Gallant plays nicely with the girls at school. Gus films Gallant playing with dolls and posts it on the internet.
(TemporalParadox: Gus gives the girls “cooties.”)
(kintama: Gus gets cooties from the dirty little skank by the swingset)

Mengi: When Goofus falls and skins his knee he gets up angry. When Gallant gets up from skinning his knee he’s smiling. Gus sold Gallant the oxycontin.

GhostCollision: Goofus doesn’t turn in his assignments. Gallant always turns his in on time. Gus turns in his teacher for sexual molestation of a minor.
(TemporalParadox: Gus turns in his teacher for sexual molestation of Gallant.)

GhostCollision: Goofus eats his dessert before his dinner. Gallant waits till he is done with dinner before dessert. Gus has already eaten Gallant’s dessert.

GhostCollision: Goofus wants to be a fireman when he grows up. Gallant likes firemen. Gus plays fireman with the girls from school.
(TemporalParadox: doctor. GhostCollision: Damn.)

GhostCollision: Goofus never feeds the cat. Gallant makes sure his has water and food daily. Gus is a pussy expert.

GhostCollision: Goofus is a dick. Gallant likes dick. Gus will show you his dick for a tenner.

kintama: Goofus plays metal on an electric guitar.  Gallant only plays classical guitar.  Gus only plays the girls.

Mengi: Goofus says, “Your mom should really stay home!” Gallant says, “It’s nice that your mom’s a lawyer” Gus says, “Your mom should come by my place later”

GhostCollision: Goofus says, “MY Dad has a speedboat.” Gallant says, “Want to come out on my sailboat this weekend?” Gus says, “I’d like to motorboat you, toots.”

GhostCollision: Goofus never says sorry. Gallant is never crabby. Gus is sorry about the crabs.

kintama: Goofus pees all over the toilet seat.  Gallant pees sitting down like a girl.  Gus burns when he pees.

GhostCollision: Goofus tore a hole in his pants. Gallant keeps his pants spotless. Gus isn’t wearing pants.

GhostCollision: Goofus is cruel to dogs. Gallant is nice to dogs. Gus thinks it would be nice to do it doggy style.

TemporalParadox: Goofus leaves the tools lying out. Gallant is a tool. The girls love Gus’s tool.

kintama: Goofus wouldn’t be caught dead skipping.  Gallant skips around town.  Gus skips foreplay.

GhostCollision: Goofus: “Give me your gameboy or I won’t be your friend.” Gallant: “Here, friend, want to share my gameboy?” Gus: “Come on, don’t be a bitch. Mary let me see hers…”

kintama: Goofus gives his teachers headaches.  Gallant gives his friends cookies.  Gus gives his dog herpes.

TemporalParadox: Goofus sleeps with gum in his mouth. Gallant sleeps with his retainer in his mouth. Gus sleeps with Geena in his mouth.

GhostCollision: Goofus is a bully. Gallant gets beat up by bullies. Gus would like to sell you a watch.
(TemporalParadox: Gus wants to show you his bully.)

Mengi: Goofus skips gardening to watch tv. Gallant loves gardening, even the weeding. Gus wants to sell you some weed.

GhostCollision: Goofus gets D’s in class. Gallant gets A’s in class. Gus gets ass in class.
(Mengi: Gus is glad the teacher leans forward so much.
TemporalParadox: Gus gets the teacher’s DDs in class.)

TemporalParadox: Goofus leaves his teacher in a wreck after class. Gallant leaves his teacher pleased after class. Gus leaves his teacher wrecked, but pleased.

GhostCollision: Goofus is a pain in the ass. Gallant is pleasant and helpful. Gus is behind you.

GhostCollision: Goofus stays out in the rain. Gallant like the sound of rain. Gus likes to make it rain.

GhostCollision: Goofus should mind his own business. Gallant should open a business. Gus should stop giving my daughter the business.

kintama: Goofus pushes the girl Maria.  Gallant trips over her innocently, exclaiming “Didn’t see ya!”  Gus gave her gonorrhea.

GhostCollision: SOULJA BOY
TemporalParadox: Goofus cranks it. Gallant rolls. Gus supermans that hoe.

GhostCollision: Goofus stops. Gallant drops. Gus rolls.

GhostCollision: Goofus will die lonely. Gallant will die rich. Gus is immortal. (Last panel is him tripping on acid or something)

kintama: Goofus hits Gallant with a pitch.  Gallant leaves the game, needing a stitch.  Gus is under the bleachers, screwing some bitch.
(kintama: *screwing that Geena bitch.)

GhostCollision: Gallant excels in class. Goofus isn’t going to pass. Gus is outside smoking grass.

GhostCollision: Goofus drives a beat up Pacer. Gallant drives a nice clean Prius. Gus drives your wife.

TemporalParadox: Goofus kicks dogs. Gallant pets dogs. Gus makes Gloria bark like a dog.

GhostCollision: Goofus has memorized the dialogue from Spaceballs. Gallant has memorized Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Gus is too busy giving your girlfriend hepatitis.

TemporalParadox: Goofus crosses the picket line. Gallant goes on strike. Gus knocked off two months before it was declared.

GhostCollision: Goofus collects hood ornaments. Gallant collects stamps. Gus collects booty calls.

GhostCollision: Goofus makes girls cry. Gallant makes girls smile. Gus makes girls moan.

kintama: Goofus, while in the museum, lets out a loud fart.  Gallant feels that it isn’t appropriate around all the art.  Meanwhile, Gus’ member finds where Geena’s legs part.
(TemporalParadox: Gus’s member makes Geena’s legs part.)

TemporalParadox: Goofus eats candy. Gallant eats vegetables. Gus eats Gwen.

GhostCollision: Goofus looks up swearwords in the dictionary. Gallant looks up at the night sky to see comets. Gus looks up Geena’s skirt.

Mengi: Goofus loves low comedies. Gallant loves high dramas. Gus loves screwing Geena in the dressing room.

GhostCollision: Goofus is going to London to drink and watch soccer. Gallant is going to Paris to drink wine and visit the Louvre. Gus is going to Thailand.

kintama: Goofus got removed from the theatre for theatre hopping.  Gallant got removed from the living room because it was past his bedtime.  Gus got removed from the boyscouts for eating a brownie.

GhostCollision: Goofus joined the army to kill some ragheads. Gallant joined the Air Force to protect our country. Gus joined NORML for advice on his hydroponic setup.

kintama: Goofis likes hitting people upside the head.  Gallant likes using his head.  Gus likes head.

GhostCollision: Goofus takes other people’s things. Gallant spends weekends learning to sing. Gus started a local prostitution ring.

TemporalParadox: Goofus plays with his action figures in the mud. Gallant keeps them in unopened boxes. Gus doesn’t play with dolls.

Mengi: Goofus plays with himself. Gallant plays Hamlet. Gus plays with Geena, Gwen, Grace, etc.

GhostCollision: Everyone asks Goofus to leave them alone. Everyone asks Gallant for help on their homework. Everyone asks Gus how he got so fly.

TemporalParadox: Goofus argues with the umpire. Gallant accepts the ruling. Gus beats the ump with his bat.

GhostCollision: Goofus has a box full of frogs. Gallant has a box full of stamps. Gus fills Geena’s box after school.

Mengi: Goofus loves watching horror films. Gallant covers his eyes. Gus knows what Horror films are really good for.
(GhostCollision: Gus takes notes)

kintama: Goofus beats his dog Rover.  Gallant finds a four leaf clover.  Gus says “Bitch! Bend over!”

Mengi: Goofus sleeps behind the barn. Gallant pitches in in the fields. Gus and Geena take a roll in the hay.

TemporalParadox: Goofus chews hay. Gallant pitches hay. Gus and Geena roll in the hay.

TemporalParadox: Goofus plays hooky. Gallant plays in the marching band. Gus plays the girls.

kintama: Goofus wants your respect.  Gallant wants your praise.  Gus doesn’t give a fuck what you think.

TemporalParadox: Goofus doesn’t wash his hands. Gallant keeps his fingernails clean. Gus knows how to wash the lube off.

GhostCollision: Goofus spit on your daughter’s face. Gallant spit shined your daughter’s shoes. Gus told your daughter to swallow.

Mengi: Goofus just keyed your car. Gallant buffed it out again. Gus sold your car for a hefty profit.

kintama: Goofus keeps firecrackers in a cigar case.  Gallant keeps bandaids on him just in case.  Gus likes to finish on Geena’s face.

GhostCollision: Goofus likes lions. Gallant likes giraffes. Gus likes beaver.

TemporalParadox: Goofus subscribes to Playboy for the pictures. Gallant takes it for the articles. Gus takes it to spank Gladys with.

TemporalParadox: Goofus pulls Geena’s hair. Gallant just loves Gloria’s hair. Gus shaved off Gwen’s hair.

Mengi: Goofus voted Democrat. Gallant voted Republican. Gus fucked Geena in the voting booth.

GhostCollision: Goofus calls asian kids “chink”. Gallant puts dirty dishes in the sink. Gus tells Grace “Two in the pink, one in the stink.”

Mengi: Goofus: “I’m right and your wrong” Gallant: “We’re both entitled to our opinions” Gus: “Who gives a fuck?”

GhostCollision: Goofus was Batman for Halloween. Gallant was a witch for Halloween. Gus has a website called “Gallant the homosexual witch.”

kintama: Goofus gives his elders sass.  Gallant prays for him in mass.  Meanwhile, Gus is tappin’ ass.

GhostCollision: Goofus bought Gwen a tulip. Gallant bought Grace a rose. Gus bought Geena an abortion.

TemporalParadox: Goofus makes mud pies. Gallant makes apple pies. Gus makes creampies.

GhostCollision: Goofus carries a backpack. Gallant carries a Merse. Gus carries ribbed condoms.

Mengi: Goofus sneaks a cookie after bedtime. Gallant asks politely for a glass of water. Gus is down the road at the strip club.

GhostCollision: Goofus drinks soda. Gallant drinks milk. Gus drinks straight tequila.

kintama: Goofus thinks Geena is annoying.  Gallant thinks she’s a princess.  Gus knows she’s a skanky hoe (because he helped make her one)

GhostCollision: Goofus makes Geena cry. Gallant makes her a birdhouse. Gus makes her pregnant.
(GhostCollision: or makes her beg)
kintama: Goofus makes Geena cry.  Gallant makes her smile.  Gus makes her try it in the butt.
GhostCollision: Goofus makes her cry, Gallat makes her smile, Gus makes her beg

Mengi: Goofus eats oreos and watches tv. Gallant keeps up a strict exercise regimen. Gus photographs Gallant with his trainer, Greg.

TemporalParadox: Goofus only sees a doctor when something’s falling off. Gallant goes for six-month checkups. Gus goes to bribe Geena’s ob/gyn.

GhostCollision: Goofus plays xbox for hours. Gallant cultivates his flowers. Gus is with Geena in the shower.

GhostCollision: Goofus flipped his bike. Gallant flipped his flapjacks. Gus flipped me off.

GhostCollision: Goofus likes to Crabwalk. Gallant likes to Foxtrot. Gus likes to Donkeypunch.

Mengi: Goofus owes me 50 bucks. Gallant always pays his debts. I owe Gus 50 for the weed.

kintama: Goofus steals money, but won’t give it to anybody.  Gallant gives his money to charity, and then earns more.  Gus gives Geena a coathanger to deal with the pregnancy, because bitch ain’t gettin’ his money!

TemporalParadox: Goofus doesn’t want to pay for SP. Gallant plays responsibly with Notorious status. Gus is notorious in bed.

GhostCollision: Goofus is a shrimp. Gallant is a wimp. Gus is a pimp.

Mengi: Goofus: “I’ll only put it in for a minute” Gallant: “I respect your decision” Gus: “Hold onto something tight”

GhostCollision: Goofus: “Hold this.” Gallant: “Look at this.” Gus: “Bite down on this.”

kintama: Goofus: “But all the other girls are doing it!”  Gallant:  “If you’re not ready, that’s fine.”  Gus:  “Bitch, did i ASK you for your thoughts?”

GhostCollision: Goofus: “Mm, oreos.” Gallant: “Mm, carrot sticks.” Gus: “Mm, jailbait.”

Mengi: Goofus: “I’ll be a clown” Gallant: “I’ll walk the tightrope” Gus: “I’ll scalp the tickets”

TemporalParadox: Goofus likes the Timbertoes. Gallant likes that one with the good and bad examples. Gus likes the weed he rolls in it.

kintama: Goofus:  “Clowns are stupid”  Gallant:  “Clowns are funny!”  Gus:  “Even I find what Manuel does to be in bad taste….”

GhostCollision: Goofus likes chocolate. Gallant likes ho-hos. Gus like’s chocolate hos.

TemporalParadox: Goofus: “Clowns are funny.” Gallant: “Clowns are scary.” Gus: “Manuel is just sick.”

Mengi: Goofus: “I’m gonna throw up” Gallant: “I’ll never look at clowns the same way again” Gus: “Man I could try that on Geena”

TemporalParadox: Goofus reads Chainsawsuit. Gallant reads Checkerboard Nightmare. Gus lives Ichor Falls.

Mengi: Goofus reads CAD. Gallant reads Family Circus. Gus reads Starslip Crisis (or whatever).

TemporalParadox: Goofus reads comic books. Gallant reads comic strips. Gus goes to a strip club called the Comic.

GhostCollision: Goofus eats paste. Gallants glues bird feeders. Gus huffs glue.

TemporalParadox: Goofus uses plastic wrap. Gallant keeps a condom in his wallet. Gus already has everything, and doesn’t care who gets it.

TemporalParadox: Goofus reads Menage a 3. Gallant reads XKCD. Gus “reads” Anders Loves Maria.

My marriage has been to me the most nourishing bread. From my marriage I know much of what can happen between a man and a woman – what healing and wholeness, what forgiveness and what strengthening.

But what I’ve read of in old romances has only happened to me in meetings and partings with men who had no claim on me nor I on them. When I read, as a girl, of people wasting away for love, I never believed it. Yet when I was twenty, three days after parting with the man who didn’t love me, I rose up from my couch and found all my ribs cowering, exposed, under my gaze. I’d lost twenty pounds. Those were dark days and it is partly due to them that I chose to marry the man who would heal me rather than waiting for a hypothetical man who would do like in the movies. I don’t regret my choice, the more so since the man who is healing me has also proven to be the man who leads me to God and His Church.

This past weekend I experienced something that I hardly know how to understand except in terms of gallantry such as I had thought obsolete. Not all that goes on between men and women can be named in terms of animal desire. Not all that is sexual has to do with sex.

But what surprises me most is that gallantry awoke for me. How did it come about that three modern men sat sighing around a modern girl, pressing their hearts with their hands, playing the guitar for her by turn, calling her endearing names, refraining from rough language and modern liberties of behavior, waiting on her, asking her to sing, and seizing her hands, crying, when she did?

How did I pass five hours in the guise of a lady? I have been many other individuals – arrogant little girl, awkward and despised teenager, dependable big sister, eager religious debator, depressed college student, desperate and even cruel religious seeker, grateful wife, weary Mama, aspiring writer, and always so much, so very much less than I wanted to be. I was never courted by anyone but my husband, never sought out in my native circles. How did it come about that on the night of my bosom friend’s wedding, I found myself surrounded by a few eccentric and very real men who made me feel adorable in some sense that has far more to do with what I share of feminine nature than with my dubious personal accomplishments?

There’s a certain permissiveness of speech from older to younger women that I call “the womens’ network.” It means that women can figure out how to understand and deal with relationships, their body, and similar issues by hearing about other women’s experiences. In the spirit of the womens’ network, I told Scottie’s grandmother what irony I felt that I should recieve such attention now I’m married, despite the fact I never recieved any like it before. I believe, I told her, that all my beauty actually comes from Scottie. If he hadn’t loved me when I was a gray, wasted, mute shell of girlhood there would be nothing for other men to see in me at all. That’s as may be; but she tells me that she thinks men feel safe “treating a woman right” if she’s already married, because they don’t have to be afraid of her calling the next day and “trying to get something started.”

This confirms to me that the way my gallants acted was very honest and pursued without thought of consequences or implications. That’s why I think that what I experienced allowed me to gaze for a few moments on the true nature of masculine and feminine, from a vantage point that only appears when the two meet outside the fog of passion. I saw protective gallantry, respectful delight on the one side; on the other confiding welcome and modest pleasure.

I don’t think my understanding of human sexuality can remain untouched – nor my expectations for my own future worth. Begone, bourgeois hopes. I will not seek to be commended to God or man by mere paltry achievement. Something more real must commend me.

And now my husband is waiting for me, a familiar, friendly, patient light in his eyes – the light of full, unique love in spite of full, sometimes sordid knowledge.

It’s a wonder, indeed – what goes on between men and women.

I have a planned to have a computer table for quite sometimes.. Today is a best day, This week scheduled to work on the Morning nice, when woke up this morning was raining… i was thinking.. this is BEST., i have to take bus to work [ i usually ride to work with my Bike, i mean motorcycle ]. Managed to convinced Elmer Mendosa [ Colleage in work place ] to go shopping in IKEA. Went there by bus [Service number 100, boarding at Bus Stop opposite Seah Inn Food Court] once we have finished work, the journey was taken about 20 minutes.

I thought it should be fast just grab one. But end up spent me 2.5 hours for the table and 4 others small stuffs, that was tired.. But i can tell is, there are just to many things i want to buy..

Today i will introduce My New Table, i may be will introduce my others stuffs if time permitted.

Here goes my Table:

It come with 3 different Items code, and each of them have their price tag

90105267 – GALANT TABLE TOP 80×60 Black-brown SGD 40

20080557 – GALANT FRAME 80 SILVER COLOR SGD 25

50105556 – GALANT A-LEG WITH CASTOR CHR-PL [4 pieces ] SGD 120

Specifications:

Product information
Key features

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Easy to assembles, at least for me

Non Adjustable t height 80 cm
designer:
IKEA of Sweden/Olle Lundberg
Assembled size
Length: 80 cm
Width: 60 cm
Height: 80 cm
Thickness: 2 cm

Why choosing this table, it suit my requirements; that is , Simple, Nice, easy to assemble, with wheels , NICE and it is a strong table even though it has castor fixed on the legs. And this table will stays with in my Singapore’s home.

This Table set cost me : 185 SGD

i will upload the picture once i have my camera back fom JB home