Greetings Earthlings!

The dog in the picture dont look five years old though.

Balls found inside 'rattling' dog

A dog had to have 13 golf balls removed from its stomach after eating them on walks around a Fife course.

Owner Chris Morrison had been taking five-year-old black labrador Oscar round the Pitreavie golf course in Dunfermline for several months.

He took Oscar to the vet after noticing a rattling sound coming from his pet's stomach.

They then discovered that 13 balls - each weighing 45 grams - were lodged in his stomach.

Mr Morrison, a planning administrator, said one of the balls had been in his stomach so long that it had turned black and was decomposing.

He said: "He finds golf balls like truffles. We're not sure how long exactly this happened over, but it must have been a fair period - several months at least.

"I felt his stomach and heard them rattling around.

"He normally brings a few home, but I had no idea he had eaten so many.


He is a black lab so he is a fair size, but to swallow 13 is quite amazing
Chris Morrison

"The vet hadn't seen anything like it, it was bizarre.

"He is a black lab so he is a fair size, but to swallow 13 is quite amazing."

The balls were removed two weeks ago in a successful hour-long operation.

Bag full

Oscar is now on the road to making a full recovery on a special post-operation diet of watered-down food.

He also has to wear a muzzle while out and about.

Mr Morrison added: "He does get a bit frustrated now and again."

Bob Hesketh, 40, principal vet at Vetrica in Rosyth, said he had never seen anything like it.

He said: "It was like a magic trick. I opened him up and felt what I thought was two or three golf balls.

"But they just kept coming until we had a bag full.

"I think they must have been in there for several months, one was all black and the shell was swollen."

I cant imagine a vehicle lasting one million miles.

UPS driver surpasses 1 million miles in his truck

Thu Sep 4, 9:05 PM ET

PALESTINE, Texas - A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas. Brent Boyd, 51, on Thursday surpassed one million miles on his UPS delivery truck, the same vehicle he's driven for 22 years with the company.

The odometer on Boyd's 1987 GMC truck rolled over to all zeros as he began his delivery route near Palestine. He said he's never had an accident with his company vehicle.

Boyd told The Associated Press that his truck's gone through at least three engines and been repainted several times.

But he's resisted offers for a new van. Boyd says the truck is "like home" and feels like "sitting in the recliner in your house."

Palestine is 105 miles southwest of Dallas.

Last weekend Ann & I saw Wicked at Wharton Center For the Preforming Arts. We had really good seats about 8 rows back and just a tad to left of center stage. Wicked isnt my favorite musical, but there are a couple songs I really like in it.

The performance was spirited Carman Cusak as Elphaba made your heart break when she sang Not That Girl . She and Meggie Cansler (as Glinda) had very good chemistry together; also I think because Meggie Cansler was the understudy she amped her performance a bit that night.

All in all a great night.

Also Cliffton Hall (who played Fiyero) looke dlike Tom Cruise.....

Ok I think...

That someone needs to do am indie game called Fantasy Heartbreaker...

And that there need to be a movie to DVD called Security Device Enclosed.

That is all.

Saw this today and had to share.

Ok this is an odd headline to wake up to...
FBI tries to fight zombie hordes

Was just wondering if for half a beat that there had been a zompocylpse while I slept and whether I needed to help organize the resistance.

in a bit of a silly mood... waiting for this to come out.

Friday evening we stopped at Barnes & Noble and tried to figure out why all these girls were dressed in semi & fully formal where. When we entered the store we were asked if we were there for the Breaking Dawn release party. I wanted to say "No we are to old for silly things like that. Now where are you graphic novels and RPGs?"

Was just very strange to see all these teenage girls dressed up and trying to do the "Thriller Dance" when they werent even alive when the song had been released.

I am getting old...

(thanks to Bruce bruceb for the cartoon)

From the comics site the Pulse "SDCC: MARVEL'S SECRET INVASION -- BENDIS PHONES IT IN

If that dosent describe his writing for the last few years I dont know what does."