Happy Halloween, Everyone!

I got this in an e-mail, and decided to put it up here. There are, really, no words I can think of to describe this. Elmo knows where you live!

Remote Control HUMANS?

Yes, I'm back, ready to prove that you learn more than just the names of your bones in health class. Inside your ears, there are three tubes full of liquid that help tell your body if you are moving, giving you your balance. The Chinese have used these tube to invent REMOTE CONTROL PEOPLE. You put a pair of special headphones on, and they send signals that can move the liquids inside the tubes to make you feel off-balance. To keep in balance, you instinctively walk in the direction they want you to! Supposedly, they'll be using it to relieve dizziness, but I don't really trust that. Don't buy headphones from strangers.
In other news, 50 posts!

My Must-Visit Tourist Attraction

The above photo was not photo-shopped in any way... well, it might have been, but the actual thing is real (I know someone who's been there). General 'Stonewall' Jackson was a General for the Confederate army during the civil war. He was shot by his own troops by mistake and lost his left arm to amputation. He was so important that they buried his arm with an actual funeral. He died a few days before the battle of Gettysburg, leaving General Robert E. Lee to lose both the battle and the war.

Stop in the Name of the Law!

If you’re looking to stop a crime but can’t find anything, try stopping such odd and obscure crimes such as:

Removing rocks from the state of Hawaii,

Someone playing dominoes on Sunday in Alabama,

Someone throwing pickle juice on a trolley in Rhode Island,

Or someone singing in the bathtub in Pennsylvania (though, please, just overhear them!)

To make sure you aren’t breaking any laws in your state (or just laugh your head off) go here.

The TRUE Test of Strength...

I'd have a picture of a wet cat here, but they all looked too scary. While looking for 'bathe a cat day' (which I know has to exist, and if it doesn't, I'll make it exist) I found this site on cat bathing. It's not really "weird" or anything, but it made me laugh out loud, and I already saw the second one.
If you are interested in really bathing your kitty, click here.

Coolest Advertisements EVER

You really have to wonder how much the people who thought of these get paid... and why there are still commercials like Sketchers.

Manhattan

Okay, not even I can completely wrap my mind around this. In 1626, a man named Peter Minuit purchased the entire island of Manhattan from the Algonquin indian tribes with trinkets that were worth 60 Dutch Gilders. That's calculated to be worth, say... $24 dollars.
Now you can't even fill up a tank of gas for that much!

Happy Underground America Day!

I was searching underground cities on Ask.com, and look what came up! A cool holiday that was only days away! If you click here you will find a web page dedicated to this wonderful day, including ways to celebrate.
Me? I'm going to *try* to bury my house. Or listen to a conversation through the earth.

On the subject of underground, there are actually houses that are built underground. Or, more correctly, INTO the ground. These houses may be able to slow down overpopulation (according to my brain which is not always correct) because we can go in BOTH directions now, up and down.
The interesting thing is that you don't need an air conditioner if you build it in the desert because the natural movement of the air through your front and back "door" (hole) will cool you off. Go green! Or, at least, brown!

Paper Art

The following are all entries for an art contest in the Hirshorn Modern Art Gallery in DC. If anyone knows who the artists are, please tell me so I can give them credit. The challenge? To use only one sheet of paper!

So Whose to Blame?

Okay, here's something interesting. I know some people who don't believe global warming is our fault. Now, before I get any angry comments, I'm not sure if their theory is a good one or not.
According to this theory, the sun builds up energy over time, only letting out a small amount. But ever thousands of millions of years (a lot of years), the sun lets out all that pent up energy in the form of energy blasts. The sun hit the ozone and left a hole.
Coincidentally, that was when cars had just become popular, but there are no coincidences, are there?
Here's the part that makes me wonder if its true: there are more cars than EVER now, and the hole's getting smaller.

Keep in mind I got this entire thing from my sixth grade social studies teacher, who's kind of crazy.

Randomness

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I found this quizzy online, and I couldn't believe anyone has enough time on their hands to make it. Though I shouldn't be talking because I have enough time on my hands to take it! Ah, well. It took away five minutes of my life, which is all that matters.

People have too much time on their hands...

By chance, I found this article online. Admittedly, it made me laugh out loud, but I can't imagine someone being bored enough to analyze cartoons like that and LIST all that.

And if you ever have too much time on your hands, try googlewhacking. That's when you type random words into a search engine and try to come up with one result. It's harder than it looks. I typed in 'random invisible turtle' and actually got at least a pageful of links! If you find one, please tell me!

WELCOMES!

Hey, it’s me, Invisible Turtle. If you read Ananka’s blog (can be found at kikistrike.com) then you might recognize me, as I usually try and post random, rambling comments that somehow or another relate to the matters of the blog. I have also once or twice commented on Fang’s blog.
But now I got my own one, and I am stoked (which is a old word! Yay old words!) so you might be wondering who I am.
I am an invisible turtle. Seriously…
You don’t believe me? Too bad!
In addition to being an invisible turtle, I can fly, type, talk, and know random assorted facts of wonder!