We cannot believe what came up as the number one post from 2009!

1. Least Popular Posts …. how ironic is that?
2. Sources for when your pet friend needs help need help …. a list of charities and aid for pet owners in need
3. At UC, dogs now hear this! …. Timmy the Service/Therapy Dog seeks help for his hearing loss

Listening to: The Best is Yet to Come by Frank Sinatra

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4. Where ya from, bitch? …. a pie chart of the geographic locations of our 500 readers immediately preceding that post



5. Wilshire the Fire Dog …. a couple of very well done videos about the daily life of Wilshire the Fire Dog and an early visit from the Dog Whisperer!
6. The Memory Loss Tapes …. an announcement of the HBO broadcast series on Alzheimer disease with a video preview
7. Get Down and Dirty …. my buddy and I love the Dave Matthews Band!



8. Music/Bandwidth Thieves …. grrrrrr…..
9. Annoying Orange …. the title says it all (4 short videos) …. and this was the last post of 2009!
10. What’s all this crap about colon cleansing? …. this is a good way to “end” this list. Get it? END this list? Just watch the Annoying Orange videos, will ya?

The momma and I can’t stop watching these annoying videos! What is wrong with us?

There are four videos in this player . You can pick and choose, but will be best to allow them to play in the default sequence:

1. The Annoying Orange (1:32)
2. The Annoying Orange 2: Plumpkin (2:10)
3. The Annoying Orange 3: TOE-MAY-TOE (2:11)
4. The Annoying Orange 4: Sandy Claus (2:08)

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There are ads about it everywhere….there’s probably even one or two ads on this page! I can’t imagine that anyone’s colon has years of stored waste!

Listening to: Porcelain by Moby on

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Seriously, if you want a really clean colon, just schedule a colonoscopy for yourself. They’ll give you complete instructions on how to get your entire GI tract squeaky clean!

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Here is a list of our least popular posts (many are understandable):

• Bad speeling and grammar all over the internets- Just a list of spelling and grammatical errors we see all too often on the web.
• I’m a bad boy!- Oooh! The momma was angry at me that day! P.S. I repeated this exact episode at Sam’s house! (heh-heh! I get away with so much!)
• Happy St Patrick’s Day!- Somewhat corny list of what the momma did on St. Patrick’s Day 2008
• Counting down….- Ummm, yeah….not worth revisiting…..
• Don’t say good-bye, Joe- I think the momma was on something strange that day….
• Let me borrow that top- Now this one is definitely worth a gander. It’s a comedy/music video by Liam Kyle Sullivan. Actually, all of his videos are hilarious!
• Back with a vengeance- This title isn’t informative of the content. Basically, it’s a list/video of common poisonous plants that pets like to chew on.
• Still working night and day….- Part of series of posts about an angry/sad/funny story that happened to the momma and me (and the cats) recently.
• Getting worse…much worse, indeed!- Part of the same series. If interested, it’s probably best to start from the beginning: Trouble brewing…-
• Thirteen on the momma’s desk- Just a list of crap on the momma’s desk. Part of the NaBloPoMo list series. Maybe we’ll try that again in February (the shortest month!)
• Insight out- A few videos (or links to videos) with insight to stroke, autism, and a sweet video of an Alzheimer disease patient.
• Twin news- Just spreading the good news about OTC’s newborn twins!

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Several years ago, the momma was talking to her good friend on the phone while typing away at her computer, when she spilled a coke all over her keyboard! This was back when most keyboards were priced around $75. Her friend said that her husband did that all the time and knew how to fix it. Simply take the keyboard to the sink and rinse it well with clean water. Then turn the keyboard over to dry completely. Best to dry in a warm (very low temp) oven, but can also use a hair dryer at the lowest temperature setting. Well, it worked! Over the years the momma has spilled beverages on several different keyboards and has brought them back to life by rinsing well and drying with the keys facing down.

A few weeks ago, when she was visiting Sam to work on their project, a glass of red wine spilled all over his keyboard. She quickly disconnected the keyboard and started running it under clean tap water. Well, there are no words to describe the expression on Sam’s face when he saw her do this!

She told him not to worry and that she knew what she was doing. Reluctantly, he let her continue and hooked up his laptop to his computer to continue working on the project. When the momma was satisfied that all of the red wine, dog hair, etc, were rinsed out, she took the keyboard downstairs to Sam’s kitchen. His oven has digital controls, so she turned the oven on to its lowest setting (170 F) and placed the keyboard upside down in the oven. After about 30 minutes or so, she returned to the kitchen to fetch the keyboard. As she reached in the oven, she burned both forearms on the top oven rack. She pulled out the keyboard and ………..

Photo courtesy of Samuel A. Scott

good as new???? Fortunately….eventually…..Sam found it amusing that she had turned his spacebar into a banana!

Listened to: Burn from the album “The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” by The Cure

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