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Hot Socks

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Hot Socks Originally uploaded by Corn Dog . Some things make me happy by reminding me of my youth. These socks make me inordinately happy when I see them in my jumbled sock drawer, sticking out from among the sea of white. I remember wearing these socks in sixth grade. Aside from the simple miracle it took to keep both socks together over the last twenty years, they remind me of a time before I worried about meaningless shit. I didn't worry about anything in sixth grade except would we win our soccer game and who would be my friend, Becky or Melissa. You know those friends - the ones that wrote the notes that said: Do you like me or Melissa better? cirle one Becky Melissa What is your favorite animal? ___Tiger___________

Big-Head Syndrome

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richie.nicole Originally uploaded by Corn Dog . I read once that actors/acresses with disproportionately large heads do well in show business and ever since then, I've noticed it in many celebrities. In most cases, it's a hairdo or tiny body that accentuates it. Here is poor Nicole Richie, photo courtesy of EOnline.com. This picture not only gives us proof of the Big Head Syndrome, but also provides us with a glimpse at how humans might look if our heads were put on our bodies backwards. If it wasn't for her jutting collar bone, I'd swear she was pulling a Linda Blair.

Hi Jason!

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Hermie Originally uploaded by Corn Dog . I don't think Corn Dog has met Hermie yet. Hermie and Corn Dog are kind of similar in that neither of them get out much. Not sure why Hermie doesn't get out much, but I know why Corn Dog doesn't: I'm too lazy to train her properly to not be a complete SPAZ. It's a terrible excuse and I resolve today that I will do more to socialize and train Corn Dog to be less spaztastic in public. She deserves to get out and play with strange dogs and sniff weird stuff.

When squirrels attack

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flower Originally uploaded by Corn Dog . No, I don't have rabies. But it was a close call. Actually I learned quite a lot about rabies the other day when a devious little squirrel decided to jump the gap between a building and a telephone pole right as I was walking between them. He/she landed on my stomach and I made a noise that I can only liken to a cross between an "Ooomph" and a "GAH!". Of course, I scared the bejesus out of the critter and I can assure you the feeling was mutual. He kicked a bit and bounced off of me, but not before he laid down three little scratches on the back of my hand. The nurseline nurse said squirrels are low-threat rabies carriers and you're more likely to get rabies from dogs, cats, cows, skunks, bats and raccoons. You can get it from squirrels, but it's pretty rare. PSA: So the next time you're walking in the vicinity of crazed squirrels, don't let them bite you, cuz you could just end up with a case of

Links to Help

On the off-chance a single person in the world finds this blog and doesn't know how or where they can help out those victimized by the Gulf Coast disaster, here is a link of sites taking donations and providing other assistance: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/katrina/help.center/ Please do whatever you can - even though it's cliche, every little bit does help.

Just tell me what to do

to help out. Beyond everything that I could say about the disaster response (or total lack thereof), I just want to say out loud that I want to help. I don't want to focus on why this or that didn't get done or that a small number of people are taking advantage of the dire situation - people, we need to focus on getting everyone out of there RIGHT NOW. This may go down as one of the worst disaster response debacles of all time, but we can play the blame game later. How can anyone watch even a few minutes of the news coverage and not feel the primal urge to go to them and try to help them? I think it's a part of our humanity that makes the empathy vibe so strong in a situation like this. Maybe one of the best parts of our humanity. So, this is a call to myself (and all zero of my readers) to activate and do whatever you can in whatever capacity you have to help these people out.