because i am here to amaze and delight you...

check out these photos of scootra island, off the coast of yemen. yes, this place is located on planet earth. *boggles*

scootra island

"the fundamentals of our economy are strong."

love that quote. yeah, very in touch, mr. mccain. this morning on the today show, when he pressed to clarify why he would say that, he backpedaled and said that he was referring to the hard work and innovation of the american worker. um, okay, we americans ARE all very hard-working and many of us are innovative, and yet the enconomy is tanking. so good try, next contestant please.

i need to not watch the news for the next week or so. between all the new wall street disaster news, and talk of the election, i'm getting way too worked up.

best. ikea ad. ever.

semi NSFW. hee!