It's the invasion of the white people, Grandma! ... NOT! / Fiery explosions and blow-up dolls

YAY! The Canucks won 3-2 over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in overtime tonight! Danny Sabourin (the backup goalie) needed this game after the last one he played, where there was a bad goal by the other team that led to a Vancouver loss in a shootout. Vivian was over, which made Grandma think that Eric was going to come over too... haha, no. We tried a Mexican dish that was chocolate-covered spicy chicken: it was interesting! Steph brought her laptop downstairs and was looking at the people who added her as a friend on Facebook, so I told her what Sam said about J-Mak and the Mark Ho fan club, haha. (Jason got addicted after joining that ONE group!) Reminds me, Phil added me as a friend on Facebook a REALLY long time ago on my old email address... I'm not sure I want to get that addicted, either! o_O

This wireless network at the townhouse is kind of erratic, because a pop-up notification will appear on the screen every couple of minutes with "A network cable is unplugged." Steph says that Alan Liu thinks there's a problem with the wires or something. Maybe we can get Eric to fix it sometime, haha.


Today's Highly Explosive Yet Truly Morbid Fact!

On the morning of December 6, 1917, two passenger trains en route to the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia were stopped in response to a brief, cryptic telegraph message sent from Halifax station: "Munition ships on fire. Making for Pier 6. Goodbye." The ship described in the message was the French munitions ship Mont-Blanc, which was adrift in Halifax harbor, burning, and loaded with almost 2,700 tonnes of explosives intended for use in the First World War which was then raging in Europe. On both sides of the harbor, hundreds of onlookers who were unaware of the danger had gathered on the shores to watch the spectacular fire. The burning ship slowly drifted into the pier on the west side, where its flames spread onto land. The fire department arrived in their first motorized fire engine, and began rolling out the hoses in an attempt to douse the flames, but their efforts proved futile. Within minutes, the Mont-Blanc's highly explosive cargo of TNT / picric acid / benzol fuel finally reached a tipping point, and the ship exploded in a ball of fire and energy more powerful than any man-made explosion before it. Two and a half square kilometers of Halifax was completely flattened by the blast. As black, oily soot rained down from the mushroom cloud, survivors found the streets of Halifax were littered with severed arms / legs / heads and mutilated torsos. A huge number of people had received injuries from flying debris and glass, particularly to the face and eyes due to the large number of people who had been watching the fire through their windows. All told, about 2,000 men, women, and children were killed that day, and some 9,000 injured.

Culled from: Damn Interesting
Generously submitted by: Julie Wreck

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Can you imagine having a nice look-see out your window at the pretty fire, then having the glass suddenly impaling your eyes and face? Shudder!

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Ruthless Rhyme Du Jour!

I've been reading Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes and More Ruthless Rhymes by Harry Graham, a collection of hysterical poems originally published in 1899, and I thought I'd share with you some of my favorites.

THE SHARK

Bob was bathing in the Bay,
When a Shark who passed that way
Punctured him in seven places;
-- And he made *such* funny faces!

Ruthless Rhymes For Heartless Homes

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Morbid Mirth Du Jour!

DEAD babies!!! DEAD babies!!!!

Thanks to Desmodus for the link.

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Morbid Trinket Du Jour!

This is the coolest wind-up doll I've ever seen! I need one NOW!!! Unfortunately, it doesn't actually exist. :(

Thanks to Danny for the link.