Mike Browne’s Blog

Check out this Holiday Snowglobe. You can pick it up and shake it.

Some people need driving lessons. But something tells me that learning to drive online like at this link isn’t exactly the best way.

Thanks to Matt S for another great link.

Pauly sent me this game in which you have to fly a little helicopter through an obstacle course. And like he told me, “watch out it’s rather addictive”.

Go to www.google.com. When you get there type in these words:

miserable failure

Then click the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. It goes to an interesting page.

A hint – Jackson, the very Republican Canadian writer, now has it in for Google.

Check this out. It’s the world’s ;ongest slinky. With video…

Thanks to Matt S for the link.

Being interested in writing has driven me to read lots of mythology and folklore. Great films have come about due to the writers’ interest and study of these subjects. It’s great when You can find a repository of these stories online. It saves money and trips to the stupid library. (That’s libary for Carol)

Goodyear blimp crashes. One minor injury.

Thanks to Bill G for the heads up.

Carol sent me this:

[This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinner. The following won first prize:]

As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say about Santa checking the list twice must be true because every Christmas morning, although Jay’s kids’ stockings were overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty.

One year I decided to make his dream come true. I put on sunglasses and went in search of an inflatable love doll. They don’t sell those things at Wal-Mart. I had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. If you’ve never been in an X-rated store, don’t go. You’ll only confuse yourself. I was there an hour saying things like, “What does this do?” “You’re kidding me!” and “Who would buy that?” Finally, I made it to the inflatable doll section. I wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my truck so I could use the car pool lane during rush hour. Finding what I wanted was difficult. Love dolls come in many different models. The top of the line, according to the side of the box, could do things I’d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. I settled for “Lovable Louise.” She was at the bottom of the price scale. To call Louise a “doll” took a huge leap of imagination.
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Here is one man’s obessive collection of stewardess uniforms. There’s a load of them, but thankfully no photos of him actually wearing any of them.