Please tell us what choices you've made under comments.

Toothbrush - electric or manual

Toothpaste - squeeze from the middle or roll from the bottom

Car - Standard or Automatic

TV - Antennae or Cable/Satellite

Digital TV - Ready for the switch in 2009 or still have to buy a converter box

Toilet Paper - rolls from the front or rolls from the back

80's Action Hero - Stallone or Schwarzanegger

Sci-fi - Star Wars or Star Trek

Speed limit - just under or just over

Computer - PC or Mac

Church - Contemporary or Traditional

Lenses - glasses or contacts

Email Forwards - Delete or send them on

[From HillaryNeedsAVaction via The Anchoress]

Go check it out...

and I'll just have to live vicariously through you because I've got T-Ball today.

I have an mp3 player that I pretty much just use while doing yardwork. A few months ago I went to the dollar store looking for presents for the kids and bought them "the Wind in the Willows" on audio CD. They listen to it in bed while going to sleep. While there I bought "The War of The Worlds" by H.G. Wells on audio for myself. I've heard the Orson Wells radio broadcast, and I've seen the Tom Cruise movie, but that's it. I thought it would be cool to hear the original. It's been sitting in my desk drawer all this time.

So I finally put it on my mp3 player this morning. Only the file it was put in also had Megadeth's Greatest Hits. On the player each file started with a number. So chapter one was followed by Megadeth's song 1, and chapter 2 was followed by the next Megadeth song and so on. Chapter, megadeth song, chapter megadeth song...

IT WAS AWESOME!!!!

The end of each chapter is a kind of a cliffhanger...totally enhanced when you hear heavy metal music after final words like, "the second craft had landed" or "the missle was headed right for us". And me being weird like I am, I listened to parallels between the song and the chapter, and there almost always were some. (Songs like "Hangar 18" and "Holy Wars" for example.)

The chapters are VERY short. I'm thinking about doing a series here on the blog where I summarize a chapter, then share with you a few Megadeth lyrics that I heard, so you can experience what I experienced, sort of. (So far, I'm on chapter 7).

But who knows, I may never get around to it. I like the idea though.

Have any of you read "War of the Worlds"?

Have any of you read (or listened to) a book and created your own soundtrack for it?

Mine happened totally randomly but I still feel like the creator, kind of a mad scientist. (Cue loud guitar music here.)

A Little Ditty that will be on your mind for the rest of the week. When it haunts your dreams, think of me fondly.

(via Beau's Better Half)

Too funny.
The green stickman reminds me of Bird.

How many objects can you rhyme with beer?

Do you have any phrases that you say within your family or significant relationships that wouldn't make any sense to anyone on the "outside"? Please leave them in the comments.

Here's the way this works: Leave the phrase, and translate it (in other words, what meaning does it convey), but don't tell us where it came from. I know there's a "story" behind each of these (at least for ours there is), but save that for later; don't give it away. Does that make sense?

Here are a few from our family.

"Stop at the Mothers" - translation: "I know the information that I just gave you was completely last minute, and you have to act on it NOW, and I don't have time to explain why or how".

"I like alcoholics?" - translation: "I'm pretending to like something, not because I really do but because I think you think I should." The word "alcoholics" can be substituted for other things. The tenor of your voice and the exaggerated questioning nature of the phrase is the important part.

"Helloooooooooo" - translation: "Hi", but often "Um, you're missing the obvious". Should be said in a fake English accent, at a low pitch.

"Sweeeeet" - translation: "This is great!" - the word "sweet" has to be drawn out and said at a very high pitch.

"Pull the Levah!!!" - translation: "Please pull the lock-down lever on the convertible top" - The important part here is to say it like Isma from The Emperor's New Groove. This can be used more generally when you need someone to pull anything.

We've got more, but I'll save them for the comments. Do you have any? Let us know.

I admit that when I read a word, and never hear a word pronounced, I don't always get it right.

I've been reading entertainment articles for years, and I think I just realized that I've been pronouncing "biopic" wrong.

I've been pronouncing it "BYE-ah-PICK". It just dawned on me it should probably be "bye-OH-pic" as in Bio-Pic, not bi-opic. I already knew what it meant. So it's meaning should have been a clue, but not to me. No, I'm too dense.

It reminds me of when I was in the fourth grade, reading a Hardy Boys book, and it dawned on me that "idiot" was pronounce "ID-EEEE-ought". I knew that word. But I thought "idiot" was pronounced "EYE-DOT". Hey, you phonics people, how do you sound "io" anyway? I just figured the "i" was silent, and it took a while for it to occur to me that the word I heard as "idiot" and what I pronounced as "Eye-dot" were the same word! (Yes, those in my life who know this story will occasionally call me an "eye-dot". Now you can too!)

OK, that's my embarassing confession. Now it's your turn.

What words did you pronounce incorrectly in your head as you were reading them? I'm guessing this usually happens with words you often read, but no one ever says. (I've never heard ANYONE ever say "biopic" out loud. Have you?)

Confess under comments.

Related question: what words do you read often but never hear spoken aloud?

Woman Bites Dog...Who Attacked Her Dog

Woman Bites Dog Who Attacked Her Dog
2 hours ago

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Amy Rice feared for her dog's life when a pit bull jumped over a fence into her yard and attacked her pooch. So she took matters into her own mouth.

Rice says she bit the pit bull on the nose Friday after trying to pull the dog's jaws off her Labrador retriever, Ella. The dog had jumped a fence to get into Rice's northeast Minneapolis yard, and Rice says she feared the pit bull would kill Ella.

"I didn't plan it, that's what happened. I broke the skin and had pit bull blood in my mouth," said Rice, 38. "I knew what happened, and I knew that it wasn't good."

The pit bull was quarantined Wednesday by Minneapolis Animal Control officers while rabies tests are being completed. Rice's doctor will determine whether she needs shots for rabies.

"I was sure that my dog was dying in my arms; it was horrible," Rice said.

Ella is recovering with staples and stitches to her head and a crushed ear canal, but she is afraid to go for walks, Rice said.

What did they do about Fingernails and Toenails back in Bible times?

I mean without those fancy little fingernail clippers we all have?

"Here Joseph, hold your foot still while I chop off your 6 inch toenails with my hand crafted metal tool."

I'm weird I know. I actually wonder about such things. This is one of those times you should thank God that you don't live in my head.

Rock Stars Do Kid's Songs - Well worth your 5 minutes.

And you thought it was just a game . . .



[Hat tip clash of arms, strapping on of the warrior kilt and a blue-faced YARRGH to Bride of Beau]

Yes, it's true that they can take our lives, but they can never take . . . OUR FREEEEEDOMMMM!!!!!!

But Gladiator and BraveHeart are two of the most inaccurate movies ever made, according to Yahoo.

Just so ya know.

...from guys in jackets and ties thinking, "How in the world am I supposed to talk to this long-haired musician hippie freak for two whole minutes without embarrassing myself? Man, am I having to reach for questions or what? I'm going to throttle the guy that made me do this. How in the world is this guy waxing pseudo-intelligently about something other than music?"

1974


1992 - skip ahead to the interview

Okay, so we're hearing that our blog blows ginormous chunks. It's too whatever and not enough such and such. It sucks.

Well, here's your chance, The Rest of You.

I'm not buying the previously cited rationales for Thinklings suckiness. They ring hollow to me. I'm sure you can do better.

Fill in the blank in the comments:
"The Thinklings blog sucks because _________________________."

The commenter with the best answer will win a link to their blog in our roll as punishment. If the winning commenter already has a link in our blogroll, firstly, Why? We suck. But secondly, you'll win an alternate prize, something to be determined at a later point but just as inconsequential as a link.

Good luck!

According to The Mechanical Contrivium: Jared Wilson

1. The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed Jared Wilson would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used him to decorate their battle shields.
2. In his entire life, Jared Wilson will produce only a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.
3. Reindeer like to eat Jared Wilson!
4. Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by Jared Wilson.
5. The Jared Wilson-fighting market in the Philippines is huge - several thousand Jared Wilson-fights take place there every day.
6. The horns of Jared Wilson are made entirely from hair.
7. The moon is 400 times closer to the Earth than Jared Wilson, and 400 times smaller!
8. The international dialling code for Jared Wilson is 672.
9. Ninety-six percent of all candles sold are purchased by Jared Wilson!
10. Bananas don't grow on trees - they grow on Jared Wilson!

Tomorrow is the Texas primary and I still don't know who I'm going to vote for...

Chuck Norris, Stallone, Schwarzenegger have all endorsed someone, but none of them has quite provided the leadership and guidance I needed. And I've been wondering what's been missing...til now. I need Mr. T to tell me who to vote for!

I've scoured the below videos for clues, but I'm still not sure...

He wouldn't vote for Superman...



And despite his love of mothers, I don't think he'd vote for Hillary...



Oh, Mr. T, where are you when I need you most?

Many thanks to Damien for hipping me to this video in a comment he left on this post. This is hilarious, and a nice break from all the serious talk about politics, here on our humble little non-political blog.

It's hard for me to decide whether to admire the elaborate prank...or to say that it was just too mean.

Can you imagine what must have been going through his mind? Poor guy.