for tommorrow

for tommorrow
http://fullyfeline.com/2013/08/strange-cat-laws-is-your-cat-a-law-breaker/

I just printed my boarding passes too...

I just printed my boarding passes too...
http://www.nashville.com/news/nashville-community-news/state-troopers-conducting-no-refusal-dui-checkpoints

Dinner with friends...

Dinner with friends...

Happy birthday Anna Baty! Sorry I don't engage more. I genuinely enjoy having circled you. Your posts are thoughtful and thought provoking and often uplifting. Thank you for brightening my stream and sometimes my entire day. I hope you have a wonderful birthday, chock full of family, friends and excitement. And cake too, hopefully one someone baked for you.

Meet the peacock spider. Males from several species within this group of spiders put on remarkable mating displays to win over mates of the opposite gender.

Meet the peacock spider. Males from several species within this group of spiders put on remarkable mating displays to win over mates of the opposite gender.
#spidersunday  
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=unusual-mating-dance-peacock-spider

They know where their provision comes from, and they have absolutely no shame in asking for it. Why aren’t we more like that with God?”

They know where their provision comes from, and they have absolutely no shame in asking for it. Why aren’t we more like that with God?”
#sacredsunday  
http://needleseyeministries.com/2012/04/28/squirreltheology/

Happy #punday peoples...

Happy #punday  peoples...

Originally shared by Muse TD

Pun intended

A must read - and a must circle too.

A must read - and a must circle too.

Originally shared by David Brin

My latest blog posting - the first since we returned from Greece - offers an exercise for cynics... or for people who feel threatened by looming propaganda for cynicism -- the poison that has been sickening us for a couple of decades now.  Try the "ritual of the street corner" and see if you don't come away just a bit more impressed with your own society and more willing to accept that your neighbors aren't sheep.  Not entirely.

http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-ritual-of-street-corner-tonic.html

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the forest...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the forest...
#squirrelsaturday  
http://www.break.com/video/the-killer-squirrel-video-youve-always-wanted-2508418

You know how they like to hide their nuts. #squirrelsaturday

You know how they like to hide their nuts. #squirrelsaturday  
http://mcphee.com/shop/squirrel-underpants.html

Thanks to Black Cat Club (on faceboo) for this #caturday tutorial.

Thanks to Black Cat Club (on faceboo) for this #caturday  tutorial.

Lizzie - Puddy and Misha (like a treat left on the pillow)

Lizzie - Puddy and Misha (like a treat left on the pillow)
#caturday   Soon to be my step-kitties...

Now if we could just use it on other people too.

Now if we could just use it on other people too.

Originally shared by WIRED

If you want to vanish from the internet, here's a tool to help make that happen.

http://bit.ly/13Vkyt8

Thanks Pam Adger - glad Sandy and you shared this.

Thanks Pam Adger - glad Sandy and you shared this.

Originally shared by Christy Sandhoff

This is the funniest things I've read in a LONG time!  (I don't know who wrote it - if you do please post credit.)

Okay, so I almost died laughing reading this (seriously, I was taking a drink and started to choke lol)!!! Sounds like something that would happen to me lol!!!

My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, and play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: 'Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet.'

So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom. It was one of those 'cold wax' kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off.

No mess, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!)

So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ('Cold wax,' yeah...right!) I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works!

OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire.

With my next wax strip I move north after checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet.

Using the same procedure, I apply the wax strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my hoo-ha and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (it was a long strip) ..

I inhale deeply and brace myself...RRRRIIIPPP!!!!

I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!!....OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!

Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP! Another deep breath and RIPP! Everything is spinning and spotted.

I think I may pass out...must stay conscious...must stay conscious. Do I hear crashing drums??? Breathe, breathe...OK, back to normal.

I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip!

There's no hair on it.

Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX???

Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair. The hair that should be on the strip...it's not! I touch. .. I am touching wax!!

I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair. Then I make the next BIG mistake...remember my foot is still propped upon the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down.

Sealed shut! My butt is sealed shut. Sealed shut!

I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself 'Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!'
What can I do to melt the wax?

Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!! I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right???

WRONG!!!!!!!

I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - I sit.

Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together, is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax.

So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cemented myself to the porcelain!! God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!!!

I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter 'So, my butt and hoo-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!'

There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, 'Are we talking cheeks or hole or hoo-ha?'

She's laughing out loud by now...I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box.

YEAH!!!!! Right!! I should be the joke of someone else's night. While we go through various solutions. I resort to trying to scrape the wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better than to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then dry-shaving the sticky wax off!! By now the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event.

My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace....the lotion they give you to remove the excess wax.

What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on and ... OH MY GAWD!!!!!!! The scream probably woke the kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. Its sooo painful, but I really don't care.
'IT WORKS!!

It works!!' I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up. I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice to my grief and despair...?

THE HAIR IS STILL HERE.......ALL OF IT!

So I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts.
I could have amputated my own leg at this point.

Next week I'm going to try hair color......

I shared this more because I learned something than because it's interesting. BTW -it is interesting, if a skosh long...

I shared this more because I learned something than because it's interesting. BTW -it is interesting, if a skosh long...
#colorblind  

Originally shared by Sheila Schilling-Kreutner

Motherhood and art.

Title

Staunton Police are asking for your help finding a missing 13-year-old girl.

Staunton police do not believe Sabrina Lynn Terry was abducted, but are concerned because she is so young and hasn't been seen since Saturday.

Terry just turned 13 last month. She had been living in Manassas with family, but recently moved to stay with family in Staunton. No amber alert has been issued, as police don't have any indication that she'd been abducted. However, police are not sure if she just ran away from home.

Terry was last seen at a house around 3 a.m. Saturday. She is approximately 5'1" and 115 pounds.

If you've seen her, call 540-332-3852.

G+FTW!

G+FTW!
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-plus-vs-facebook-which-one-offers-more-features-and-a-better-experience-si-x2/

Originally shared by Lucian Randolph

Originally shared by Lucian Randolph

12 Reasons Why Mad-Scientists Prefer To Live In Florida

1 - No state taxes. Mad-Scientists avoid paying taxes because they don’t want to reveal how much money they spend on things like secret bunkers, Death Rays, and minions. You wouldn’t believe how expensive it is to have minions these days. Money not spent on state taxes almost always goes directly into the expenses needed to maintain the ongoing business of being a Mad-Scientist. And Mad-Scientists don’t share their data with other Mad-Scientists.

2 - A really large gulf nearby. My favorite professor in Mad-Science College told me that you should always set up shop near a large gulf. He never told me why, but I believe him because he was right about that mistake in my first attempt at a Death Ray. And he helped me get rid of the bodies. I asked him once if a large bay would work as well as a gulf, but he told me they weren’t big enough. So it has to be a gulf, preferably a big gulf. Yeah, I know California has the Gulf of Baha, but size matters when it comes to things like this. Especially to a state that looks like the limp penis of the United States. Florida needs its big gulf.

3 - A corrupt communist dictatorship only 90 miles away. Bonus points for the dictatorship being on a tropical island. One of the first lessons in Mad-Scientist College is that a Communist Dictator is your best friend. Back when they had money, they were the perfect angel investor. You could talk them into almost anything if you hit the right buttons in your pitch. Now they’re mostly useful for disposing of really big experiments gone bad. The last one I dropped off in Cuba was so big, I had to send it over on a tanker ship. If it weren’t for the U.S. Military Base on the eastern tip of Cuba, it would be the most perfect Communist Dictatorship partner for any Mad-Scientist on the planet. As it is, they’re number two. But they try harder.

4 - Two nuclear power plants. This is a no-brainer. Nuclear. Power. Duh. The very nature of Mad-Science is based on lots of power. Remember Frankenstein? He had to use lightning and look at the inconsistent results he got. Power is good and lots of very strong power is better. Lots of good strong electrical power can only be topped by using nuclear power to make that electricity. Besides, only nuclear power generation operates at the mandatory energy inefficiency required to maintain your status with the Mad-Scientist Guild. It’s hard to find any other system of power that burns only a couple of percent of the energy in its fuel, uranium, and then tosses the rest into the nuclear waste bin. Unfortunately, we’re running out of uranium, so most Mad-Scientists have to rent their nuclear power plants instead of building their own. Florida is great for this because money can buy you anything here. And they give away some nuclear waste for free with every order. Go free enterprise.

5 - Big Rocket Launching Facilities. When I was a freshman at Mad-Scientist College, I was positive the first big piece of equipment I bought when I went into private practice as a Mad-Scientist would be my own rocket. But then you start taking economics courses and you eventually read things like the classic, “Death Ray Development: A Cost Analysis Between In-house or Offshore Engineering.” Then you let your childish visions of world domination go. When I got into the real world and started my own Mad-Science Laboratory, I realized that any truly feasible plan for world domination would require sound economics as well a psychopathic personality. So until I can justify putting big rockets into my plan, I’m going to stick to lasers and Death Rays… and maybe the odd missile here and there, because missiles are easy to launch. But just in case I get lucky and my plan needs rockets, there are several big rocket launching pads on the Atlantic coast. Very handy.

6 - NASA. When I went to Mad-Scientist College, it wasn’t possible to work directly with NASA… something about national security and not wanting to launch Death Ray satellites. But that was before the Congress gutted the agency both financially and mentally. I will admit, this did produce a short term benefit for the Mad-Scientist profession when so many good rocket technicians became available for hire. But unfortunately, none of the big Mad-Science firms were able to take advantage of this surplus in brain power. These days, NASA is mostly the best rocket parts and military surplus supplier in this hemisphere. They can get you parts for almost anything. And it’s old-school mechanical parts, too. None of this new digital stuff.

7 - Lots of Alligators. I admit it. I have a soft spot in my heart for alligators. They are one of my favorite top predators. And you may not be aware of this, but a pit full of alligators are the mascots for the Mad-Scientist College. I love alligators. Not only do they taste good in a gumbo, they are natural waste disposals. Mad-Science almost always produces bio-waste of some form or another. Things like mutated beasts from genetic experiments gone bad, the remains of the odd lab assistant who ventured into the wrong wing of the building, unwanted guests, and of course, leftovers are all promptly and effectively eliminated by the wonderful hordes of alligators here. Oh yes, we love our alligators here in Florida. But not the same way they love their alligators in Louisiana. I’m just saying.

8 - The Everglades. Every Mad-Scientist eventually learns that you can never be too far away from a really big swamp. Swamps are natural incubators, and they don’t require electricity. Plus you get to travel around in those awesome propeller airboats. My advisor in Mad-Scientist College drove an airboat. He was cool. Next to alligators, the Everglades are one of the things that Florida has that no other state has. Well, except for Louisiana. Louisiana has alligators and a big swamp. But the National Union of Mad-Scientists officially blacklisted the whole state of Louisiana after the “Swamp Thing” fiasco. It’s better to just let that whole thing cool off before any of us think about setting up shop in Louisiana again. I believe the half-life is about 400 years or so.

9 - Inexpensive Politicians and Local Governments. Let’s face it. Unless your daddy is Lucifer, or you’re Sergey Brin of Google, there’s never enough money to build the big plan the way you really want to. Taking over the world, extorting nations, even simple stuff like destroying things with gigantic explosions and orbiting Death Rays cost real money. When you start budgeting for your next mega-blockbuster attempt to destroy the economy of the Europe or take over the water supply of Asia, you need to look for ways to save money. Bribes are so 20th century, but it’s hard to argue with results, and in Florida money gets results. Ever since Walt Disney, the patron saint of Mad-Scientists, convinced the state of Florida to grant him independent nation status for Disney World and to exempt the entire property from state laws, no other state has been so willing to attract the Mad-Scientist profession. And depending on the county you start your Mad-Science in, you might be able to get a really decent financial incentive package from the closest city council. Just be sure to never underestimate the budget for bribing the local Sheriff. Graft is good.

10 - High population of elderly. This is important for a few reasons. One, the elderly are easy to convince to become guinea pigs for experiments. No good Mad-Scientist can operate without a large supply of guinea pigs. Old people are perfect for this. Many of my classmates at Mad-Science College preferred to use young people, preferably college undergrads, in their experiments. Not me. I prefer to use old people, mostly because they’re easy to get to volunteer to be in the experiment. Usually you only need to promise them it will improve their chances at winning at Bingo. Second, if your genetic experiments happen to give them more energy and take away the aches and pains of old age, they’re usually more forgiving that you turned them into an iguana. Third, their memories aren’t what they used to be, which means it’s much easier to deny their accusations when they tell the authorities that you performed strange experiments on them. And finally, Florida loses old people all the time. If you take a few extras, no one is likely going to notice. Especially if you give them back when you’re finished.

11 - Readily Available And Expendable Workforce. It cannot be overstated, dumb people make the best workforce for much of the grunt work involved in Mad-Science. Toxic chemicals, dangerous equipment, lethal working conditions, abusive management, and little pay don’t attract the same level of worker as they did when the state of Florida was young. But you can’t sit around missing the good ole days. Thanks to years of educational and early development cutbacks, the state of Florida has one of the greatest populations of dummies in the entire country. Pretty colors and computer generated ad campaigns will get you all the workers you need. However, a word of advice from experience. Make sure that your Mad-Science Lab is near a convenience store where they sell Lottery Tickets or you’ll have a high turnover among your workforce. Of course, if your work causes a high turnover due to the frail nature of the human body, then you can count on having a fresh stock of replacements lined up ready to take their place. Peasants are not easy to come by these days, but Florida fresh fodder is hard to beat as a natural resource.

12 - Multiple Easy Escape Routes. You know what they say, “The best laid plans—” Oh, blah, blah, blah. Sometimes we bad guys lose. It doesn’t happen often in this state, but we’ve all seen the James Bond films. When the authorities are closing in on your Evil Lair, you need to have a backup plan. You need to think about the possibility of failure and be prepared. I know most Mad-Scientists like me know that it’s inconceivable that their plans could not be perfect. But you never know when those damn guys in the white hats might get lucky. If that happens, remember that Florida is a peninsula. Most of it has ocean on three sides. From the middle of the southern part of the state of Florida, you’re never more than 100 miles to international airspace or waters, and you have three different directions to go. This is most useful if you plan on having two decoys… but that’s my personal escape plan. You think up your own plan. Florida offers the Mad-Scientist more good escape routes than any other state except Hawaii. And there’s been a moratorium on setting up a Mad-Scientist Laboratory or Evil Lair on an island ever since that little problem in the Bermuda Triangle. But the that was a long time ago.

#humor #satire #funny #essay & h/t Yonatan Zunger for inspiration

Originally shared by Peter Bromberg (Wrong is Right)

Originally shared by Peter Bromberg (Wrong is Right)

Why I'm Pro-Life
This subject comes up repeatedly, and because I have a number of liberal friends who challenge me on it from time to time, I thought it would be appropriate to summarize my views again.

First and foremost, I do not base my pro-life stance on religion. I am about the most unreligious person you will ever meet. I'm not an atheist, but my beliefs in a Supreme Being certainly didn't come from attending church or synagogue. They came from science.

Science - that is biomedical science - tells us that once the very first cell-division takes place in a fertilized ovum, it meets all the scientific qualifications for a developing human life. Period. You don't need to wait until it develops a heartbeat. In the very first hour, it's a developing human being completely distinct from the mother, with it's own DNA. Therefore, as caring human beings, we must provide it with the same protections and rights as any other human being.

To me, this renders all these progressive liberal claims of a woman's "right to choose" or "reproductive rights" complete and total bullshit right from the git-go.

My son Andrew, who is now 24, autistic, and lives at home with me, was adopted at birth. I have the utmost respect for the woman who carried this wonderful young man to term, knowing full well that she would not keep him. Andrew has provided much joy to me as a father, and is a fantastic, intelligent, caring human being.

So please don't try to tell me that you have the right to determine when and under what circumstances abortion is legitimate. It's never legitimate to take a human life, even one that is only one hour old.

“This is a wonderful idea,” said Major Steen. “Many spouses already seem to act like they wear their sponsors’ rank, so why not just give it to them? This will allow spouses to pull rank when necessary so as to put out of line spouses in their respective place.”

“This is a wonderful idea,” said Major Steen. “Many spouses already seem to act like they wear their sponsors’ rank, so why not just give it to them? This will allow spouses to pull rank when necessary so as to put out of line spouses in their respective place.”
http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/07/new-dod-policy-to-assign-rank-to-military-spouses/

Originally shared by Marc Mullendore

Originally shared by Marc Mullendore

Incredible!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nataliemorin/this-map-of-race-in-america-is-pretty-freaking-awesome

Welcome to the unique UFO chat! Feel free to jump in. People here are open minded. Just start by introducing yourself! Hi my name is…! How are you guys?

Welcome to the unique UFO chat! Feel free to jump in. People here are open minded. Just start by introducing yourself! Hi my name is…! How are you guys?
http://www.worldufoday.com/live-ufo-chat/

Strange stories of the American South.

Strange stories of the American South.
http://themoonlitroad.com/alien-artifacts/

Blessed #sacredsunday everyone. My fiance and future stepdaughter went and saw "The Butler" yesterday. They both said it was very good and both educational and entertaining. Emphasis on the entertaining.

Blessed #sacredsunday  everyone. My fiance and future stepdaughter went and saw "The Butler" yesterday. They both said it was very good and both educational and entertaining. Emphasis on the entertaining.
BTW there is a slideshow at the end of this article with pix of all the POTUSes (POTI ?) and their religious affiliations. 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/eugene-allen-the-butler-church-usher_n_3757615.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

I've always liked spiders, at least until I was five years old and my cat brought me a dead one. I was sound asleep and it was a big, juicy, almost dead one...

I've always liked spiders, at least until I was five years old and my cat brought me a dead one. I was sound asleep and it was a big, juicy, almost dead one...
Happy #spidersunday  to one and all. 
http://mentalfloss.com/article/22709/9-spiders-and-stars-they-were-named

I resemble this remark... 25 and counting - 3 of mine - 2 inherited - and a feral colony of 20 I inherited. too cute not to re-share...

I resemble this remark... 25 and counting - 3 of mine - 2 inherited - and a feral colony of 20 I inherited. too cute not to re-share...
#caturday  

Originally shared by HelloFresh Australia

Share this with a friend who loves cats! Or cakes :)

Happy #squirrelsaturday

Happy #squirrelsaturday

Black Cat Appreciation Day is August 17th 2013 – show your love and share your photos & adoption stories.

Black Cat Appreciation Day is August 17th 2013 – show your love and share your photos & adoption stories.
#caturday  
http://www.captainfeline.com/black-cat-appreciation-day-2013-giveaway/

I've never felt the need to re-share a cat picture before.

I've never felt the need to re-share a cat picture before. 
#caturday  

Originally shared by Thund3rbolt

Heeeerrrreeee'sssssss Kiiiiitttttyyyyy!

A #caturday cartoon...

A #caturday  cartoon...

"It was then that my complex relationship with squirrels started. And why I’ve now brought this blog to you — to document that complicated man/squirrel relationship. And document some cute squirrels!" - Joy Victory (from the about section)

"It was then that my complex relationship with squirrels started. And why I’ve now brought this blog to you — to document that complicated man/squirrel relationship. And document some cute squirrels!" - Joy Victory (from the about section)
#squirrelsaturday  
http://squirrely.wordpress.com/page/2/

Hi - we did some serious looking around.

Hi - we did some serious looking around.
Hope almost liked this until I showed her the sample knots you sent me and she really like this one. Any chance of getting some in a silvery color? 
- The beads shown here might be a shade too big - it's hard to tell but the ones from the necklace you showed me before looked just right
- I think - I don't know;  you're better than me at having a good eye but I think maybe this one has a few too many knots ? (maybe?)
- She did like the little space between the beads in this picture too.

Originally shared by Natalie Chistyakova

Originally shared by Natalie Chistyakova

классно же )
#gif   #простогиф   #love

For once - I have nothing to say.

For once - I have nothing to say.
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/black-republicans-file-articles-of-impeachment-against-obama/

Hi

Hi

Originally shared by Philosoraptor

I'm becoming a big fan

I'm becoming a big fan 

Originally shared by C. Corey Fisk

The more I look at this piece, the more I like it. It's the first of our steampunk collection, "Air, metal, fire, and the night: a necklace fit for a clockwork prince (or princess.)" 

The second piece in the series is as of yet nameless and consists of jet, an unknown but spotted grey-brown jasper, and copper accents. Any suggestions? 

(The first:  https://www.etsy.com/listing/158924418/air-metal-fire-and-the-night-a-22-inch .)

In other news, we need to start packing. Oy freaking gevalt.

 

Title

Only about half of the known spider species catch prey by means of webs. The rest hide under your pillow (hehehe) either hunt or-

Only about half of the known spider species catch prey by means of webs. The rest hide under your pillow (hehehe) either hunt or-
oh, just take a peek, You knoow you want to.  #spidersunday  
http://www.burkemuseum.org/spidermyth/myths/webs.html

Tippett recently spoke with CT managing editor Katelyn Beaty about how her faith informs her work—what she calls "a ministry of listening rather than of preaching"—and why the best Christians today doing the most loving, faithful work in Jesus' name are the ones we'll never read about. #sacredsunday

Tippett recently spoke with CT managing editor Katelyn Beaty about how her faith informs her work—what she calls "a ministry of listening rather than of preaching"—and why the best Christians today doing the most loving, faithful work in Jesus' name are the ones we'll never read about. #sacredsunday  
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/july-august/public-listener-conversation-with-nprs-krista-tippett.html

A little help here ?

A little help here ?

Originally shared by Jeremy Smith

What Would You Do?

Dream with me for a second. You have 6 interns, effective filming equipment, and an audience of about 3,000+ youth workers to entertain/feed weekly info/love on. What would you film for 30 secs to 3 minute finalized videos that are lightly edited?

I am running the Youth for Christ/USA Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube channels to grow and engage with our audience of youth workers around the world. I want to entertain, encourage, equip, and empower them and I think video is the way to go but beyond a series with "Office Pranks" or "Youth Group Games Gone Wrong" I'm lacking creativity...

Thoughts?

(HT Dustin W. Stout, Chip Dizárd, Eric Dye, Marcus Williamson, Jason T. Wiser, Mike Allton Elliot Olson Elle Campbell Phil Schneider)

Hat tip to Ac Tro for this #caturday post.

Hat tip to Ac Tro for this #caturday  post.

Much has changed since I first shared this. My roommate died about a year ago. The colony had grown to about twenty. I'm getting married and moving far away soon. I think I have found someone to give my trailer to, who will take over the kitties.

Much has changed since I first shared this. My roommate died about a year ago. The colony had grown to about twenty. I'm getting married and moving far away soon. I think I have found someone to give my trailer to, who will take over the kitties. 
I'll still have to try to scrape up some money to send her for cat food it looks like because one thing never changes- those kitties need to eat.
#caturday

Happy birthday Michael Cohen! I hope you have a spectacularly skeptacular day.

Why not make money use of the wonderful stuff. #caturday

Why not make money use of the wonderful stuff. #caturday  
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594745250/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=floppycatscom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1594745250

So I've been having this really fucked up dream almost every night... It starts out with armies of rabid commie squirrels (by the millions) invading the US and overthrowing our government.

So I've been having this really fucked up dream almost every night...  It starts out with armies of  rabid commie squirrels (by the millions) invading the US and overthrowing our government. 
Happy #squirrelsaturday  
http://thenextberk.livejournal.com/19460.html

A little bit of something for (almost) everyone.

A little bit of something for (almost) everyone.
Happy #caturday  !
http://www.floppycats.com/floppycats-makes-top-25-cat-blogs-of-2012-by-the-bel-rea-institute-of-animal-technology.html

Great Show Michael - as usual, only better...

Great Show Michael - as usual, only better...

Originally shared by Michael Stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iElkIBbRsrs&feature=autoshare

Originally shared by ****

Originally shared by ****

It's nearly #CaturDay  , so I will leave this here before going to sleep..

Check this out. But don't be concerned if your camera comes on...

Check this out. But don't be concerned if your camera comes on...

Originally shared by Stefani Banerian

NSA Customer Appreciation Page
http://watchingover.us/

Thanks Pam.

Thanks Pam.

Originally shared by Pam Adger

OMG!!!!!!
Steve Turnbull showed me this new Chrome app that hides the +1d posts! And it works!
OMG! OMG! OMG!

If you use Chrome you can find it here. Now I hope someone finds a way to block them on mobile. 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hide-highlighted-posts/kgmofgiembeapimonljnndbnjagdhfae
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hide-highlighted-posts/kgmofgiembeapimonljnndbnjagdhfae

fun atheist-themed antics and fireworks after the game...

fun atheist-themed antics and fireworks after the game...
http://www.meetup.com/minnesota-atheists/events/117743602/

cool text

cool text

Originally shared by Jens Graikowski

Fancy Characters ...
Time for another #GplusQuickTip . Want to spice up your #GooglePlus posts a bit? What about inserting a few #symbols ? Like these:

☮ ✈ ♋ 웃 유 ☠ ☯ ♥ ✌ ✖ ☢ ☣ ☤ ⚜ ♪ ♫ ♬ Σ
♤ ♧ ♡ ♢ ♚ ♛ ★ ✪ ✯ ✰ ☻ ☺ ☄ ☾ ☼ ☁ ☂ ☃
℃ ℉ ° ❅ ϟ ☦ ✞ ☥ ⌘ ✡ ۞ ✄ ✆ ✉ ∞ ♂ ♀ ☿
❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ✔ ✘ ▲ ▼ ◆ ◎ ☚ Δ ◕ ◔ Ω ʊ ღ Ⓐ
☭ ♒ ☪ ™ © ® ¿ ¡ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ № ⇨ ❝ ❞ ❖
and many more ...

You can also use them in your  #profile About section and (dare I say it?) on the other large social network. Just go to ℱSymb☮ls (http://fsymbols.com/all/), double click on the #character or symbol you like and copy/paste it into your message!

You should browse the site a bit. Loads of interesting stuff on there, like generators ... for example, you can encool your text,

➤ ẘℌḯ¢н м℮αᾔṧ тнε ❡℮η℮ґαт☺я ⊥ʊяη﹩ αℓł ¥☺ʊґ ʟε☂☂εґ﹩ ḯη☂ø ṧ¥ღ♭◎ʟṧ ...

➤ ᴚǝʌo ʇxǝʇ ᴚnoʎ dıןɟ uɐɔ noʎ ᴚo ...

➤ уоц caй al$о russifу уоцґ тєжт ...

➤ Oʀ Wʀɪᴛᴇ ɪɴ Sᴍᴀʟʟᴄᴀᴘs ...

Another good website for #fancycharacters  is copypastecharacter.com. The selection there is amazing and you can even save your own set of favourite characters to come back to regularly.

Please share to spread the love!

May the Plus be with you,
Jens Graikowski 

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#jggplus   #jgguides #gplustips #googleplustips #tutorial #guide #tipsandtricks #tipsfornewbies #pleasesharethispost #sharingiscaring #sharethis

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I don't usually re-share things posted privately but I do like to support my writers. Also - my "fetishy" friends...

I don't usually re-share things posted privately but I do like to support my writers. Also - my "fetishy" friends... 
hmmm... now that I think about it my writer people and my kinky people are sort of the same people...

Originally shared by Carry Cockburn

A new medical fetish erotica book to try!
http://viewbook.at/TheDoctorsFantasy2AMedicalFetishTale

Have a close encounter of the G+ kind.

Have a close encounter of the G+ kind.

Originally shared by Kristina Mikkelson Casanova

Hey John Swallow - Arrr and suchlike. I liked your comment about the irreligious bishop. I always wonder why people just up and follow me. So the comment made me look and your posts showed not only - "different stuff" - but (gasp) the promise of original content. These are things I consider to be G-positively, buried treasure.

Thanks Obama*

Thanks Obama*

* Michelle 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/06/childhood-obesity-preschoolers/2623909/

If you like folk and acoustic music you should circle Michael. I try to catch the show every weekend and the one right after too...

If you like folk and acoustic music you should circle Michael. I try to catch the show every weekend and the one right after too...

Originally shared by Michael Stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvC-fdS0BLU&feature=autoshare

If you love it, you should glove it...

If you love it, you should glove it...
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/a-garden-a-gloveless-hand-and-the-rattler-who-bit-an-ally/2134958

Hi - any luck on the new diggs ?

Hi - any luck on the new diggs ?
Here's the dress, though we didn't order the choker. I was thinking something pearly with a single string in the back getting (a little) fancier in the front. She doesn't like yellow gold so probably silvery clasp. Some matching earrings (of course) 
There should be plenty of time too. 89 days and counting.

A little help here

A little help here

Originally shared by Michael Washington

Hey cat lovers. Anyone have a cat that likes to piss every where other than their cat box? Anyone have a fix for this?

Oh just cheer up, would you....

Oh just cheer up, would you....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQUKN5G9xk

Not my shots, borrowed from WPTV

Not my shots, borrowed from WPTV
Dorian looking pretty gray...

Happy #punday Pam Adger

Happy #punday  Pam Adger

Painting on spiders' webs is a miniaturist art form which began in the middle of the 18th century, in the Pustertal region which was Austrian at the time. Monks were the originators of this art, painting on supports made entirely of spiders' webs, or caterpillars' silk. The painting was carried out using Chinese ink or watercolours.

Painting on spiders' webs is a miniaturist art form which began in the middle of the 18th century, in the Pustertal region which was Austrian at the time. Monks were the originators of this art, painting on supports made entirely of spiders' webs, or caterpillars' silk. The painting was carried out using Chinese ink or watercolours. 
http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog/2223534/cobweb-and-caterpillar-net-paintings-of-pusteral/
http://beatricesmartt.blogspot.com/2013/05/spider-webs-are-nifty.html
#sacredsunday   #spidersunday   #whimsy  

Just because I haven't posted this lately...

Just because I haven't posted this lately...
I'm thinking about streaming the ceremony in an HOA. Then my faceboo peeps can see it live on youtube (I think). 
The second part (thoughts and reflections) is a blog and comments (here or there) are welcome. Suggestions too please. Do you have a great idea for a wedding site - odd traditions - quirky quotes ?
http://hopeandtheogetwed.weebly.com/

Because you never know when or where you will find poetry, or where it will find you, I received this and said - huh ? Seriously ?

Because you never know when or where you will find poetry, or where it will find you, I received this and said - huh ? Seriously ?
But then, then I looked around a bit and found some treasure!
Love Poems, Wedding Poems - glimpses and snippets into the hearts of poets are always worth sharing...

Originally shared by Sajid Ali

Sajid Ali Turri Isabel Sousa Silva Thomas Latka Thomas Rosenstand habeeb sheikh Hadi Kusuma ted kelly Fahad Ali 
+ and Share it please

A very "catty" book review for #caturday

A very "catty" book review for #caturday  
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/07/grumpy-cat-signing-pawtographs-her-book-release/67462/

Just a little something (different) for #squirrelsaturday

Just a little something (different) for #squirrelsaturday  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94A245q7O4Q

The first meeting of the White House Council on Native American Affairs took place July 29 without tribal leaders present.

The first meeting of the White House Council on Native American Affairs took place July 29 without tribal leaders present.
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/02/first-council-native-american-affairs-convenes-sans-tribal-leaders-150694
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/02/first-council-native-american-affairs-convenes-sans-tribal-leaders-150694

– the pair say they were never a romantic item, but the band is on hiatus due to "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition." At last check, they weren't even on speaking terms.

– the pair say they were never a romantic item, but the band is on hiatus due to "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition." At last check, they weren't even on speaking terms.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-civil-wars-20130801#ixzz2arEOPzWJ 
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http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/07/listen-to-exclusive-stream-of-the-civil-wars-new-a.html

My thoughts exactly.

Happy 195th birthday Maria Mitchell.

Happy 195th birthday Maria Mitchell.
 She had a simple faith in both God and in science. After hearing a Universalist minister preach on the dangers of science, she wrote, "Scientific investigations, pushed on and on, will reveal new ways in which God works, and bring us deeper revelations of the wholly unknown." She believed that the revelations of the Bible and understanding of nature through science not in conflict. "If they seem to be," she said, "it is because you do not understand one or the other."
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/mariamitchell.html

Every formula which

Every formula which
expresses a law of
nature is a hymn of
praise to God.
Maria Mitchell