There's no place like home...

Home! And this is my room - and you are all here! And I'm not going to leave here ever again...

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me. Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why oh why cant I?

Wizard of Oz

Never Before Published Photo

As of February 18, 2008 at 8:00 AM
Steps: 1,367,424
Miles: 582.12
Miles to South Carolina: 62.88


Three Unidentified Aliens Climbing a Hill

I took this picture several weeks ago (before I gave up photographing Orange Coneheads for Lent). I've not published this yet, because I've been unable to identify this breed of Alien. I think it is either a Shinestarium or a Styxyladium but its not in my Guidebook of Aliens (2nd Edition, Freakoid Press, 2003)

So I'm gonna head out and see if I can find a more recent guidebook. I might be awhile - I may even virtually be in South Carolina by the time I get back.

Aliens can't sneeze

Ugh... what a night. Had this in my head after I realized that only animals from Earth had noses:

To the tune of Alice Cooper's - Only Women Bleed

Man's got aliens to take his weed
He's got the power - oh
They got the need
They spend their life through pleasing up humans
They feed him dinner or anything they can

They cry alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze

Man makes their hair gray
He's their life's mistake
All they're really lookin' for is an even break

He lies right at them
He knows they hate this game
He slaps them once in a while and they live and love in pain

They cry alone at night too often
He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze

Black eyes all of the time
Don't spend a dime
Clean up this grime
Al-lee-en down on their knees begging him please come
Watch me wheeze

Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze
Aliens can't sneeze

Peanuts! Get Ya Peanuts Here!

As of February 17, 2008 at 7:15 AM
Steps: 1,347,652
Miles: 573.85


George Washington Carver knew a thing or two when he discovered the many uses for . . . the peanut.

George Washington Carver, considered the father of the peanut, began his research into peanutes in 1903 at Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama. The talented botanist recognized the value of peanuts as a cash crop and proposed that peanuts be planted as a rotation crop in farmers' fields. This procedure was especially valuable in the Southeasten cotton growing areas when boll weevils threatened cotton crops. Farmers across the region listened to the great scientist and peanut production flourished. Additional research into the peanut helped Carver to discover over 300 uses for the peanut including shaving cream, leather dye, coffee, ink, and shoe polish to name a few.

Peanuts are a $2.0 billion industry in Georgia.


Did you know?

Georgia produces 45% of the United States’ peanuts.
Over 80 counties in Georgia produced 1,511,655,000 lbs. Of peanuts in 2003.
Georgia has 14,160 farms with peanuts and over 4,800 active farms.
Georgia has approximately 250 peanut related businesses.
The peanut industry contributes more than 50,000 jobs in Georgia.

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