Pooh Pooh the blues: I love you, Brick

This week's Pooh Pooh the blues: the Middle, a great series about a family in Indiana. One of the few shows I don't want to miss. My favorite character is Brick, the nine-year-old. He's an smart and strange little boy. I wish he was my neighbor.



Bonus Brick, including his whispering.

Flag purchaser

I get a lot of the we-don't-know-what-to-do-with-this mail at work. The latest.

Where's the track?

This is in the hallway at work. It's on a big something or other that looks like a big flat panel. Maybe it's one of those toy race tracks.

Books I don't want to read

Eeep! Eeep!

Toothpaste and pugs

I love the cartoon Toothpaste for Dinner.


toothpastefordinner.com

The artist also does videos! Here's "Roller Chester 2: Politics With Charles." So very strange and delightful!


"Pugs and Donuts" is also lovely!

Reuters Oddly Enough

Reuters Oddly Enough arrives every day with an interesting assortment of odd, and sometimes horrifying, stories. I don't read it every day, but when I do, I'm rewarded. Here are two recent examples:

German convicted of stealing buffet for 60 people
BERLIN (Reuters) - A jobless German has been handed a five-month suspended jail term for stealing a buffet for 60 people and eating it with friends, authorities said on Tuesday.

Using a false name, the 46-year-old from the western city of Dortmund ordered the 3,700-euro ($4,890) feast to be sent to the club house of a garden allotment colony.

Shortly after the caterers delivered the food, he called the company to say they had made a mistake and he would return the order. As puzzled club house guests looked on, he loaded the buffet into his car and sped off.

Teacher cuts pupil's tongue with scissors
MILAN (Reuters) - A Milan teacher cut a unruly 7-year-old pupil's tongue with scissors to silence him, police and school officials said on Tuesday.

The child, of North African origin, needed to go to hospital for five stitches to close the wound...

Police are trying to find out whether the injury was inflicted intentionally or was a joke gone wrong, a police source said.

Paper, rock, scissors

Who knew? On Morning Edition last week Steve Inskeep talked to Jason Simmons, who will be competing at the Paper, Rock, Scissors championship. Funny interview.

World RPS Society, Serving the Needs of Decision Makers Since 1918.

Cats in sinks

One of the very cool women in my book club told me about this site after I told her how her cat had followed me into the bathroom. Apparently, the cat was waiting for me to turn on the water so she could play in it.

Just the other day someone told me that they have to leave the toilet seat down otherwise their cat gets into the toilet. I thought cats hated water.

Go to cats in sinks and click on "Show me another cat in a sink." You can also upload your own cat-in-sink photos.

Beware the milky pirate

My friend Sandy told me about this weirdly funny video. It's unexplainable. You'll just have to take a look.