From the UK What a Hoot!

The number of people in Britain with amusing surnames like Cockshott, Balls, Death and Shufflebottom has declined by up to 75 percent in the last century - as people with silly names either fail to pass them on to the next generation, or leave the country entirely.

A study found the number of people with the name Cock shrank to 785 last year from 3,211 in 1881, those called Balls fell to 1,299 from 2,904 and the number of Deaths were reduced to 605 from 1,133.

People named Smellie decreased by 70 percent, Dafts by 51 percent, Gotobeds by 42 percent, Shufflebottoms by 40 percent, and Cockshotts by 34 percent, said Richard Webber, visiting professor of geography at King's College, London.

Wangs, however, have experienced dramatic growth.

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Tic Tac Toe

Or workers with a lot of time on their hands. Money for the infrastructure, YAY!

Poster This Week

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These are Dog Days for the Economy

And it looks like someone hung them out to dry.

Could Be Jefferson Speaking Out Today . . .

John Kennedy once said to an assembled group of scholars in the White House, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

Thomas Jefferson on Finance

Banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

A Family Portrait

Olegi Osepaishvili

Happy Monday

Good way to start your day!

I Wanna Live in a Tree House

A street house, a neat house, be sure and wipe your feet house is not my kind of house at all.

Let's go live in a tree house.

- Shel Silverstein

Hey Mr Saxophone Man . . .

Play a Song for Me!

Name the City

Hint: Bad angle for the giveaway landmark.

Sunday Morning

The Arrow and the Song

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

Sunday Funnies

If you like this format let me know and I'll load a few each Sunday morning.

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I Guess I am Related to Zoey

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Sunday Funnies

Bottom Image: PLAYBOY

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da da da dum dum

Dueling Banjos.

Fork Toss

This one is for Sofie.

Kittehs From All Over This Caturday

WELCOME! Newborn Cloud Leopard to the National Zoo.

PHOTO: Tracy A Woodward, the Washington Post.

Foreign Kitteh Put to Work

This cat begging money was spotted in one of the cities of Belarus. He stays on one place with a note that reads "need money for meat and fish, bless you". He doesn't leave his place and protects the money just with his sight. His owner was found nearby. It was an old lady. She told the story that she had rescued the cat from the slaughters, but at that time she had already owned some pets and couldn't feed them all, so she decided to let the pets earn the money for themselves.

Cats from All Over This Caturday

I was going to use the lower image for a reminder to "Stop Smoking" but we need some artwork here this morning for this special Caturday.

A Star Reporter this Caturday

Loving little kitteh too.

Play Time

Top Photo: There's always a ham in every family.

More Kittehs From All Over

Lower Photo: She loves me, she loves me not, . . .

Caturday

The End

Cute Little Otters

Hey Mom What's for Breakfast?

Nothing Beats Having an Authority Speak Out

"This was a crisis that was fostered and boosted by irrational behaviour of people that are white, blue-eyed, that before the crisis looked like they knew everything about economics,’ he declared.

‘Now they have demonstrated that they don’t know anything about economics.’

President Lula, head of Brazil’s main left-wing party, said that ‘no black man or woman, no indigenous person, no poor person’ had been in any way culpable for the global banking crisis".

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T G I F

Party Hearty, celebrate the Spring that's in the air, see some good friends, hoist a few at your favorite watering hole. I can see Summer just around the corner.

Old Kitchen

But for the fan, this could be the kitchen I remember as a child in Northern Virginia.

Boy, This New Born Has It Right

A news report yesterday said teen pregnancy was up nationwide.

Guard Dogs . . .

OMG. This is scary. No thanks for sending Nightcrawler.

Things I've Learned So Far . . .

As soon as you think you've learned something you will be shown how little you really know. Happiness is where you find it but rarely where you seek it. Recognize and thank a teacher, especially the ones that are difficult to acknowledge, the painful lessons are always the most valuable. It is best not to ask why, for the answer is and will always be the same. Appreciate instead of supplicate. The infinite realm of possibilities patiently awaits you, and your choices and experiences will be the sum of your claim to it. Shine your light on to others whenever possible, you never know when a soul might need a way out of the darkness. Lose your expectations, and you will never be disappointed.

Found on the net

Baby It's Cold Outside

This must be a horrible experience for a cat. Trapped in the snow and anxious to get free.

Is That You?

Yup. On your computer again. "Hi".

This is a Favorite Cartoon . . . Hysterical

Yes we are beginning to fight back, you crooks! LOL

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The Party of NO

"The Republicans are like an arsonist who complains that the fire department is wasting water... Unless and until they do offer an alternative, they really have no right to whine about the president. For now at least, GOP stands for Got 0 Plans."

-- Paul Begala, on CNN, on the Republican criticisms of President Obama's budget.

It's Not Easy Being Green

To many Froggies!

I Don't Remember it . . .

Like This . . . I'm sure, for example, Rumsfeld was not attending any Inaugural events.

Weakly Cartoon

PLAYBOY

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O-Merry-ca

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Joe the Plumber?

Probably not. This guy has imagination.

Hearing for the First Time

This photo was taken by photographer Jack Bradley and depicts the exact moment this boy, Harold Whittles,hears for the very first time ever. The doctor treating him has just placed an earpiece in his left ear.

Not So Fast Mr Obama

Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT

While Mr. Gensler is clearly an intelligent and knowledgeable person, I cannot support his nomination. Mr. Gensler worked with Sen. Phil Gramm and Alan Greenspan to exempt credit default swaps from regulation, which led to the collapse of A.I.G. and has resulted in the largest taxpayer bailout in U.S. history. He supported Gramm-Leach-Bliley, which allowed banks like Citigroup to become “too big to fail.” He worked to deregulate electronic energy trading, which led to the downfall of Enron and the spike in energy prices. At this moment in our history, we need an independent leader who will help create a new culture in the financial marketplace and move us away from the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior which has caused so much harm to our economy.
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I would say this is a good reason NOT to support his nomination.

I Love Balloons

This feels like a balloon day.

Save This for Next Valentine's Day

Maybe I'll do one for the Z girl.

Weirdness From Asia?

Panda on the right looks albino.