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Boo Hoo!

There is an article in today’s New York Times that just had me shaking my head.  Is this what our nation is becoming, a big group of whiny, spoiled brats?

Read the first two paragraphs of the article:

Come Christmas, McKenna Hunt, a gregarious little girl from Safety Harbor, Fla., will receive the play kitchen and the Elmo doll she wants. But her mother, Kristen Hunt, will go without the designer jeans she covets this season.

For Ms. Hunt and for millions of mothers across the nation, this holiday season is turning into a time of sacrifice. Weathering the first severe economic downturn of their adult lives, these women are discovering that a practice they once indulged without thinking about it, shopping a bit for themselves at the holidays, has to give way to their children’s wish lists.

Heaven forbid that mom has to give up her new designer jeans to be able to buy Christmas presents for her child.  Should we take up a collection for her?

Why is this even a story in the New York Times?

I’ve always thought that Christmas (beyond the whole Jesus’ birthday thing) was for the children.  I know my wife and I could care less about gifts for each other.  The whole magic of Christmas is to experience it through The Babito’s eyes…..just like that Gloria Estefan Christmas song.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Weird News Wednesday – 11/14/07

Disneyland Park Littered with Dead People

According to Al Lutz at MiceAge.com, Disneyland has been facing a problem with people smuggling the cremated remains of their loved ones into Disneyland and spreading them inside their favorite attraction. The problem has been especially acute at The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean. According to Al, when a ride operator notices someone spreading ashes the ride is immediately closed until the Disney custodial staff comes in and cleans up with a big vacuum. Apparently, Disney does not have cameras in many rides, including It’s A Small World, so sometimes ashes aren’t noticed until after the park closes (or I bet sometimes not at all depending on where the ashes are scattered). You must really not like your deceased relative if you scatter them throughout It’s A Small World. Can you imagine trying to rest in peace and have to listen to that annoying song for eternity?

Man Fleeing Police Killed by Alligator

According to FoxNews.com, an alleged criminal was killed by an alligator while fleeing police. The man dove into a retention pond to evade police and was bitten several times in the face by the alligator. According to the article “the man’s body was found at the bottom of the pond Friday” and “the alligator was later trapped.” Trapped? This criminal-nabbing alligator should be getting a medal!

Man in India Marries Dog

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Fox News reports the following:

Selva Kumar had been hounded for 15 years by the memory of a horrible act he’d committed as a teenager. As an 18-year-old he had stoned and clubbed to death two dogs he found engaged in mating. He then hung their carcasses from a tree. That’s when his personal suffering began.

“After that my legs and hands got paralyzed and I lost hearing in one ear,” Kumar told the Hindustan Times newspaper.

Kumar, now 33 and living in the southern Indian district of Sivaganga, could no longer take the physical pain of the “dog curse,” so he sought the advice of an astrologer. Her cure for his maladies? “Marry a dog.”

No word on where they’re registered or where they plan on spending their honeymoon.

“Mr. Toilet” Builds Commode-Shaped House

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MSNBC.com is reporting this story. I really don’t have much to add. The picture tells it all. I hope that Mr. Toilet went all out. It’d be cool if the entry door was on top of the house and to get in you have to push down a flusher and then slowly slide down around and around until you eventually reach the interior of the house.

Kanye West’s Mom Dies After Plastic Surgery

Sad news, once again from FoxNews.com. Kanye West’s mother, Donda, has passed away. An autopsy hasn’t been performed yet, but she apparently underwent cosmetic surgery recently and complications from that haven’t been ruled out as a cause of death yet. I guess she felt that she needed the cosmetic surgery. May she rest in peace.

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It’s (Not) A Small World After All

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More Disneyland news……after the holidays, Disneyland will be closing down It’s A Small World! Woo hoo!

No, sorry, not forever. They’re going to do a major refurbishment to it. Apparently, since the ride was built in 1964 for the World’s Fair, the weight of the average rider has risen to the point that the boats have regularly hit the bottom of the canal and gotten stuck. How embarrassing to be on one of those boats, huh? Disney plans on both deepening the canal and putting in new boats, hopefully more buoyant ones.

My question to you: What else should they change to the ride while they have it closed down. Be creative!

That’s all I got for now, since I have to get this in by midnight to meet the requirement of NaBloPoMo.

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