RIP Ben Breedlove

Ben Breedlove was an 18-year-old Texan with a lifelong heart condition. He posted these videos on YouTube on December 18th - a brief summary of his life and near-death experiences, in two parts.

He died suddenly on Christmas Day.





More here and here.

A sweet video Ben made about himself in summer here.

Christmas Hodgepodge

Love this song, this singer, and this lipsync




Did you catch that cut-off reference at the end to S&H Green Stamps? What a blast from the past that is!


"I don't get books for Christmas!"




One year later - an attempt at YouTube rehab?




Here is a chattering Christmas porcupine enjoying a gingerbread man




Enjoy your day :)

A brief respite from holiday madness...

Here is a cute bearded dragon playing a video game on his human's smartphone



...and a pic of our beardie, Fred (RIP) back in 2008 texting his homies on my BlackBerry Pearl (also RIP)

Link Dump

Odd crafting for the holidays

This might be me

This is handy

Swear in any language

My sister sent me this and it made me smile - French and Saunders "Ponies", and then saw this sweet video of a very bratty pony - Ed Being Very Naughty

Clark is offline (get a Kleenex)

The 5 Browns speak out about their abuse by their father

A stunning story of a child pornographer in the Catholic church in Kansas

What is the deal with using an initial as a first name?

Protection from tracking of your online searches

And finally...Herman Cain admits he quoted the POKEMON movie song! Love it :)