The burger at the "Heart Attack Grill" restaurant is stacked with four beef patties, cheese, onions, tomatoes and fried bacon, and weighs in at only 8,000 calories, more than three times what the human body needs in one day.

Patrons who have no appetite for the "quadruple bypass burger" can opt for the "triple" or "double-bypass".

"It's not good for one's health but it's only a joke," John Basso, who opened the restaurant 10 months ago, told AFP.

Customers who have room for more can also order French fries "fried in pure lard" and can purchase cigarettes off the menu. As a courtesy, the restaurant offers its "best customers" a wheelchair service to their cars by waitresses dressed in slinky nurses' outfits.

The idea, however, has not gone down well with the Arizona State Board of Nursing which has expressed concern that some patrons may confuse the waitresses with real nurses.

To avoid any confusion, Basso has posted a long message on his restaurant website saying that his employees in no way are medical professionals.

He said his ultimate goal is to open a restaurant in France.

"I am dreaming of opening a restaurant in Paris," he said.

this is funny!  :)

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Top Ten Reasons to Make Gay Marriage Illegal

01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

03) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

04) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all like many of the principles on which this great country was founded; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of marriages like Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

08) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

09) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans. 


http://stopgeek.com/top-10-reasons-gay-marriage-should-be-illegal.html

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okay... this was too funny not to post!  ;)

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Canadian troops battle 10 foot Afghan marijuana plants


Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of 10-feet (three meter) high marijuana plants.

General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said on Thursday that Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover. In response, the crew of at least one armored car had camouflaged their vehicle with marijuana.

"The challenge is that marijuana plants absorb energy, heat very readily. It's very difficult to penetrate with thermal devices ... and as a result you really have to be careful that the Taliban don't dodge in and out of those marijuana forests," he said in a speech in Ottawa.

"We tried burning them with white phosphorous -- it didn't work. We tried burning them with diesel -- it didn't work. The plants are so full of water right now ... that we simply couldn't burn them," he said.

Even successful incineration had its drawbacks.

"A couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those (forests) did catch on fire. But a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some ill effects and decided that was probably not the right course of action," Hillier said dryly.

One soldier told him later: "Sir, three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say 'That damn marijuana'." 


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/canada_marijuana_dc

because we are in the best season of the year.... and Halloween, Samhain, or whatever you would like to call it, is almost upon us....  here is the lyrics to a beautiful Loreena McKennitt song that fits the season.  i also included the lyrics to two beautiful wintery songs of hers. perfect for the upcoming colder weather and the winter solstice.

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All Souls Night
by Loreena McKennitt:

Bonfires dot the rolling hills
Figures dance around and around
To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness
Moving to the pagan sound

Somewhere in a hidden memory
Images float before my eyes
Of fragrant nights of straw and of bonfires
And dancing till the next sunrise

I can see lights in the distance
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
A waltz on All Souls Night

Figures of cornstalks bend in the shadows
Held up tall as the flames leap high
The green knight holds the holly bush
To mark where the old year passes by

I can see the lights in the distance
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
A waltz on All Souls Night

Standing on the bridge that crosses
The river that goes out to the sea
The wind is full of a thousand voices
They pass by the bridge and me

I can see the lights in the distance
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
A waltz on All Souls Night

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Demand for organic food skyrockets
The organic sector has been growing at a brisk 15-20 percent a year, compared to overall food sales which grow just 2-4 percent a year, according to an article in the Associated Press. Big chain stores including Safeway and Supervalu are starting their own organic brands, while Wal-Mart has pledged to double its organic offerings. The popularity of organic is good news: more cultivation of organic crops means fewer pesticides in our soil, food, and water, and more options for consumers who care about the health of their families and the planet. But there are also causes for concern. The strong demand for organic could lead to a weakening of the organic standards. Retailers who can't get enough domestic-grown product to satisfy demand could turn to overseas suppliers, whose compliance with U.S. organic regulations is difficult to verify and may be lax.

okay, this picture was just too cute!  i had to post this.  


"okay... now if i poke him real hard, and run real fast, this just might work!"    ;)

i saw the premiere episode of DEXTER on Showtime last night.  very cool new show. 
Michael C Hall (the younger brother from HBO's Six Feet Under) plays a blood splatter forensic analyst for the Miami police that on his spare time is actually a pretty twisted serial killer himself...  killing murderers (in gruesome ways) that have escaped justice.  
it is interesting how he gets all turned on, by the sight and very thought of blood!  it gets him far more excited then the potential of having sex with his girlfriend (which has been a 6 month long platonic relationship).   it is a nice dark show with a touch of twisted humour!   very good acting... and well filmed!    
so far, i highly recommend!  :)

http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.do

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in other news....  you, know... sometimes computers can really be annoying...  yesterday afternoon, after renewing my Norton computer security, i realized it wasnt working... so i could not figure out what the problem was yet...  i even tried uninstalling the download, so i could re-install.... and it wouldnt let me uninstall!  it kept getting hung up in the last stages of the uninstall!  UGH!!!!
so i was not able to get on the internet at all last night as i was not going to expose my 'puter to the nasty, evil viruses that run rampant through the streets of the internet!  ;)

for every awesome benefit that computers and internet provide (like instant news and SEARCH ENGINES!! yay!) there seems to be one really annoying thing!.  ugh... sometimes i really hate technology.

when i went to bed last night... it was raining....  when i woke up today... it was raining.  right now, the temps are in the high 50's, dark grey skies and drizzily.  
tomorrow has a high of 52 with more rain!!       YAY!!!       :)
Autumn is so near... i can feel it all around.  Autumnal Equinox is Saturday!    yay!
i just wish there was a large body of water or ocean, that i can go down to the beach... walk amongst the rocks or with feet in the sand... feeling the energy of the pounding surf, and the wet, salty wind against my face.       mmmmmm.....