So Awesome! But Endangered - Oh Crap!

These creatures are amazing and sadly endangered. I am especially fascinated by the Glass Frog (shown above), the Chinese Giant Salamander and the Giant Coconut Crab - they don't even look real! Oooh and the Mexican Walking Fish - so pink and cute!

via

Oh Dang!

Oh my gosh - YES ! ! !

via & via

{Credit Crisis Explained}

From: xplane via Peter at work.

30 Reasons to Vote for Obama

Regrowth of hope. It is time for Obama to nurture America's education system.

Artist: Megan Forb

From: 30reasons.com via subtraction.com

Bad Ass Turtle

Apparently there is a turtle that is as cool as hell with an algae mohawk. Check that dude OUT!

Hands Free

In California it is now illegal to drive and talk on your cell phone at the same time. So you need to get a hands free kit, or.....keep a rubber band handy. An elegant solution I think.

Jesus is a friend of mine

via boingboing

Don't Get Scammed

"Dear Staff at Russian Scam Check, I can't thank you enough for the job you have done for me! I love your company! I will be using your services every time I think I'm in love :)))) It's nice to know there is someone on the side of all of the people getting scammed out there. I was one of them before I got educated. With your help I can feel safe writing to ladies. I hope you are in business for a long time. Thanks Again, Sincerely, Mel S. "

Janurary 19 , 2007 - Mel S. (Mission Viejo CA, USA)

Sexy People

This is Debbie and John. There are many more portrait masterpieces here.

The Winner.

A wizard! A genius!

found here

Two of My Favorite Things!

I was ordering some chocolates for an event we are putting on at work. To my extreme delight I discovered Recchiuti (an amazing local chocolate maker) has teamed up with Creativity Explored to make these awesome limited edition chocolates. Marvelous I say!

Vicarious: "experienced imaginatively through another person"

"May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, what joy, you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time."
- C. P. Cavafy

So Eric is on a new adventure in Hong Kong. For two weeks he is skating demos in China. How awesome is that. And he's the talent this time - which is new. Go to his blog to see what he's up to.

Quote of a Lifetime

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill

(thanks Ma)

"I rap about witches and trolls"

Gnarly Catfight With Dramatic Ending

via: Boing Boing

Too Many Mother *uckers *ucking With My %*it

True that.

For Consideration

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
- Krishnamurti

Teaching By Billiards

Do Yourself A Favor

Movie To See: The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters
Book To Read: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

{Thanks to the Jackal for lending her copy of the book and Chiraag for telling me about the King of Kong.}

Well now this is something....

Thank you Rae - for sharing the glory that is Sugar Bush Squirrel.

Seriously

Via: http://foryourentertainment.blogspot.com/

From the Archives: "V" is for Wee

It's not everyday that you tie Wee Man in a game of Pentago. I think it is obvious here that we are both winners.
Note:
Pentago is highly recommended by the Kirkwood-Robinson household.

note to self: get excited about something

Like this guy.

For prompt control...

Mom, I'm looking at you....

2008 is Gonna Be Great!

I'm going to go ahead and kick this year off with a little pictorial inspiration. I hope 2008 can be as cool as my niece Sammi is in this photo. What a rockstar.