Fainting Kittens - LoL!

This has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Better than goats, because you EXPECT them to have "cat-like reflexes"...

Tim Knoll BMX

Another inspiring extreme sporter...

Monster's First Bath

Man! That cat is a BEAST!
I broke a sweat just trying to wrestle him down into the water... and he struggled the whole time. Thankfully he didn't hold much of a grudge about it.

Scary, Sad, True...

Amazing Dance Skills

Really... how did I miss out on the "become an amazing dancer by the time you're 5" opportunity?!

Zip Line update 3

After my 1st two demo-runs down the line, Matt Sustaita was willing to survey the scene... I think he was scared.

 So then in an effort to make the setup more visible for a picture, I hung some random things from it...

And finally got some Guest Riders:

First was my Dad...







Then my Mom...







Then my big fat little Brother...







And I got one more in too!








It was fun, but we have more work to do before it'll be secure enough for regular adult use. For now it's "For Kids Only"... But seeing that my Mom went the fastest, we know that kids will probably have a BLAST!

Zip Line update 2

Zip Line update: Strung everything up and rode the line for the first time last night!! (2x) Needs some reinforcements to support the posts, but it definitely was fun... No vids or pics yet because it was 845pm when we finally got it up.

Zip Line update

It was a great weekend for zip-line construction!

With the help of my friend Garry, and the guidance of my father-in-law, we were able to build the main support platform and "launch deck" and stairs. Next we just need to finish our second set of stairs and string up the line! Not far to go now...

To give you an idea of scale, when I stand on the top platform, on top of the fence, my fully extended arm reaches just below the top of that post... So it's a good height, and will be a pretty awesome slope!

須藤元気（Genki Sudo） 「WORLD ORDER」の"MIND SHIFT"フルver.PV

super happy awesome music video.

Phil Davison, GOP Candidate, Delivers Stark County Treasurer Speech, 9 8...

Oh wow. This is ridiculous. Sadly funny... Now this is the kinda of impassioned leadership that can change the world!

Cartoon Planet - Minkey Boodle (Space Ghost, Zorak, Brak)

Somehow this was HILARIOUS to me when I first found it. Long-live old cartoons, forever preserved on YouTube!

I'm a survivor...

The story of one Little Caesar's Pizza:

Born an all cheese, just the day before, LCP was placed on a table next to his pepperoni flavored siblings and completely ignored. Nobody paid the all cheese any attention for the whole party. It just sat out sadly until everyone had come and gone.

The next day, LCP was brought to work and abandoned like the unwanted, toppingless oddity that it was... but that's were WE met. During a chance encounter in the lunch room, I decided to give LCP a shot. With just a little time in the toaster oven - LCP was hot again and good as new (maybe better even!).

Now I didn't have the heart/time/stomach to finish things in that one encounter, but I VOWED to help LCP fulfill its destiny (which could only be realized via my belly). So later that day I took this lonely unloved all cheese pizza home with me. LCP was grateful because it had once again spent a (mostly) lonely day sitting out on the table with little attention from anyone.

On our way home, half of LCP fell out of the box, was kicked by my shoe, and landed cheese-side up on the concrete. I immediately scooped up my beloved and abused pizza, and with shame for my neglect - I once again professed my unyielding interest in helping LCP make it to pizza heaven. Who am I, after all, to fail to show compassion to something that has already had such a hard life?!

So this morning I retoasted this two-day-old, drop-kicked to the concrete, boring all-cheese pizza and ATE IT WITH ALACRITY! And we both were satisfied.

***I tell this story because so often I witness or hear about people throwing away food, avoiding certain foods (like milk), complaining about this or that - and to those people I say - "do you have what it takes to survive in the end times!?" ... because if your stomach can't handle the good stuff now... you ain't gonna make it long when we're all living on rotten fruit and carrion. Good luck with that. I'm preparing in advance by conditioning my gut to survive offa almost anything. And I would counsel you to do the same >=Þ

Higher State of Being

I've achieved a higher state of being! Yesterday I actually FELL ASLEEP WHILE TALKING! During a training call that I was running, I dozed off for 5-10 seconds and woke up not knowing what was going on, but my mouth was still reciting the training script... At first I was scared, but now I'm wondering what else I can accomplish while sleeping!

Bizzle (Christian Rapper) - Ether (Rick Ross, Kanye West & Jay-Z!)

Sounds about right to me!

In my DREAMS...

I think in my dreams I'm spider-man sometimes... just mix sticking to walls and a "spider-sense" with this guy's agility/acrobatics and you have the stuff my dreams are made of!

Double Rainbow Guy Gets Ecstatic Over Double Down At KFC (ORIGINAL VIDEO...

The Chinups - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?

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Dying tears of ROFL when we made this...

Hilarious email chain

Message from Secretary to Graphic designer at her firm...

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.15am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Poster

Hi
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.



This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number.
Thanks Shan.

From: David Thorne

Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.26am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
That is shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I am surprised you managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there cold, frightened and alone... possibly lying on the side of the road, her back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out "Shannon, where are you?"
Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Poster

yeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.17am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
I never said I don't like cats. Once, having been invited to a party, I went clothes shopping beforehand and bought a pair of expensive G-Star boots. They were two sizes too small but I wanted them so badly I figured I could just wear them without socks and cut my toenails very short. As the party was only a few blocks from my place, I decided to walk. After the first block, I lost all feeling in my feet. Arriving at the party, I stumbled into a guy named Steven, spilling Malibu & coke onto his white Wham 'Choose Life' t-shirt, and he punched me. An hour or so after the incident, Steven sat down in a chair already occupied by a cat. The surprised cat clawed and snarled causing Steven to leap out of the chair, slip on a rug and strike his forehead onto the corner of a speaker; resulting in a two inch open gash. In its shock, the cat also defecated, leaving Steven with a foul stain down the back of his beige cargo pants. I liked that cat.
Attached poster as requested.
Regards, David.



From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
It's a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.33am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Thats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.46am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don't come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook and look out of the window. I am willing to overlook this faux pas due to you no doubt being preoccupied with thoughts of Missy attempting to make her way home across busy intersections or being trapped in a drain as it slowly fills with water. I spent three days down a well once but that was just for fun.
I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions.
Regards, David.


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.59am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

This is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say Lost.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.14am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.21am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Awww

Dear Shannon,
I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter, I kept the cat in a closed cardboard box in the shed and forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean faeces, I wouldn't have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my friend came to collect his cat, I pretended that I was not home and mailed the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He still goes on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.
I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.
Regards, David.


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.47am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Awww

Thats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.58am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Awww

I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says "I haven't seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?" you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.
I knew someone who had a basset hound that had its hind legs removed after an accident and it had to walk around with one of those little buggies with wheels. If it had been my dog I would have asked for all its legs to be removed and replaced with wheels and had a remote control installed. I could charge neighbourhood kids for rides and enter it in races. If I did the same with a horse I could drive it to work. I would call it Steven.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Please just use the photo I gave you.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.22pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.34pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

I didnt say there was a reward. I dont have $2000 dollars. What did you even put that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the reward bit. Thanks Shan.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.42pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Can you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of it.

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.56pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww


From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 1.03pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Fine. That will have to do.


Melanie Ray | Senior Graphic Designer
TraderGroup (a division of ACP Media Ltd)
100 Beaumont St, Westhaven, Auckland | PO Box 7129 Wellesley St, Auckland
P (09) 308 2860 | | E melray@tradergroup.co.nz <http://tradergroup.co.nz/>

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The Power of Branding (a bit profane, but hilarious)

100% accurate. Fanboydom = FAIL

BP Spills Coffee

Yep. Spot on re-enactment, in my opinion!