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		<title>Dr. JD RETURNS to Cure the Sickly People of the Internet</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRcQZ2tnWeg"><em><strong>And the worms ate into his Head (brain</strong></em></a>)</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/colonoscopy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6174" title="colonoscopy" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/colonoscopy-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>Hello, and welcome to yet another (FREE!) installation of Dr. JD diagnoses and cures the sickly people of the Internet!</p>
<p>My esteemed colleague Professor JD recently took the blogosphere by storm when she appeared over at <a href="http://www.cardiogirl.net/inane-questions-answered-starring-jd-as-guest-guru/"><strong>Cardiogirl&#8217;s VIP Lounge</strong></a> to help a bunch of people with their inane questions. Dr. JD was not at all miffed that SHE wasn&#8217;t invited. After all, she has her own forum right here. Harumph.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/deodorant-under-one-arm.jpg"><img title="deodorant under one arm" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/deodorant-under-one-arm.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="116" /></a></p>
<p>Dr. JD approves of this practice. It is unwise to deal with the full-fledged stench of two whole armpits at once, therefore, one armpit = half the stench. But Dr. JD is curious. Why exactly do you need to know what you <em>would </em>have smelled like? I can pretty much guarantee you, it <em>would </em>have been bad. Spaghettios-bad.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/armpit-rash.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6133" title="armpit rash" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/armpit-rash.jpg" alt="" width="191" height="106" /></a></p>
<p>Er, perhaps you should start using deodorant under both arms. Also, potato chips? This is a new one. Dr. JD has heard of chicken soup, Spaghettios, and even that bacon mayonnaise everyone&#8217;s talking about. Potato chips? Huh.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bunion-fetish.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6134" title="bunion fetish" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bunion-fetish.jpg" alt="" width="187" height="79" /></a></p>
<p>Dr. JD does not know where one might find such videos. Honest. Never has Dr. JD EVER been the least bit tempted to seek out bunion fetish videos. Or (<em>shudder</em>) toe corn videos. Now, if you&#8217;re talking about hammertoe fetish videos, Dr. JD is all ears. Like, seriously. Send links. And screencaps.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/no-bulge.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6149" title="no-bulge" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/no-bulge.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="77" /></a></p>
<p>Are you a female? A drag queen? A hermaphrodite? There are many reasons a person is minus a bulge. Perhaps you&#8217;re a man with a pathetically small penis. If that&#8217;s the case, well, not even Dr. JD can help you.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/male-colonoscopy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6148" title="male colonoscopy" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/male-colonoscopy.jpg" alt="" width="193" height="90" /></a></p>
<p>First off, do you have a bulge? I would imagine a six-foot male would have a fairly decent bulge. And you know what they say: the bigger the bulge, the longer the intestine. Dr. JD is not sure &#8220;they&#8221; say that, but it sounds about right. So to answer your question, yes.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/loose-weight.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6147" title="loose weight" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/loose-weight.jpg" alt="" width="219" height="270" /></a><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gristle-penis-AGAIN.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Look, Dr. JD is sick and tired of all the queries about colonoscopy-as-weight-loss tool. And don&#8217;t try to get all sly about it either. You will neither lose nor loose weight after a colonoscopy. Unless . . .</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/shitting-water.jpg"><img title="shitting water" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/shitting-water.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="112" /></a></p>
<p>Sigh. You are not supposed to drink the shitting water. That&#8217;s what you flush down the toilet. Are you drinking the shitting water in an attempt to lose or loose weight? Because if you are, Dr. JD guarantees instant weight loss due to the intense vomiting that will occur after drinking the shitting water.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pooh-and-vomit.jpg"><img title="pooh and vomit" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pooh-and-vomit.jpg" alt="" width="239" height="123" /></a></p>
<p>Because you drank the shitting water, duh.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gristle-penis-AGAIN.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6145" title="gristle penis AGAIN" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gristle-penis-AGAIN.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="105" /></a></p>
<p>For crying out loud, will you people leave your penises alone? The gristle part is not supposed to be removed. If you keep pulling random gristle out of &#8220;spots&#8221; on your penis, you&#8217;re not going to have a bulge. You DO want a good bulge, don&#8217;t you?</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/penis-lump.jpg"><img title="penis lump" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/penis-lump.jpg" alt="" width="213" height="136" /></a></p>
<p>Uh huh. You pulled too much gristle out of there, didn&#8217;t you? You have only yourself to blame.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/first-time-sex.jpg"><img title="first-time sex" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/first-time-sex.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="119" /></a></p>
<p>Dear god, I hope you&#8217;re not talking about the penis whole that appeared after you pulled out all the gristle causing the purple lump to burst. That&#8217;s the wrong whole! Don&#8217;t put it in there!</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/worms-in-the-brain.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6156" title="worms in the brain" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/worms-in-the-brain.jpg" alt="" width="207" height="131" /></a></p>
<p>Thank you for clarifying that you are referring to the brain part of the &#8220;Head&#8221; as opposed to, say, the nasal cavity or the eyeball socket. Worms in the Head (brain) are very rare and you wouldn&#8217;t know you had them until you were dead. Dead men tell no tales, so I guess no one would know if you had Head Worms. How exactly do you think you contracted these worms?</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/poptart-worms.jpg"><img title="poptart worms" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/poptart-worms.jpg" alt="" width="193" height="100" /></a></p>
<p>Aha. Yes. Raw Poptarts are the number-one cause of Head Worms in the US. Everyone knows an uncooked Poptart not only tastes nasty but will give you an instant case of Head Worms. And please don&#8217;t give me the tired excuse that you don&#8217;t have a toaster. JD&#8217;s robot husband simply puts his under the broiler. (The cause of his Head Worms is none of your business.)</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/smell-of-suffer.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6155" title="smell of suffer" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/smell-of-suffer.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="96" /></a></p>
<p>You can never truly get the smell of suffer off your hair. Once the hair has been through trauma, the smell of suffer lingers, often for years.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dandruff.jpg"><img title="dandruff" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/dandruff.jpg" alt="" width="193" height="137" /></a></p>
<p>You&#8217;re welcome. And no, it was not a pretty thing to see, nor was it a pretty thing to smell. But it was better than the smell of suffer.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/horrible-dead-skin.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6146" title="horrible dead skin" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/horrible-dead-skin.jpg" alt="" width="184" height="86" /></a></p>
<p>Well, it&#8217;s horrible dead skin, isn&#8217;t it? Really, there is no need to bother Dr. JD with questions you&#8217;ve already answered yourself.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/butt-injections.jpg"></a><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/colonoscopy-bag.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6136" title="colonoscopy bag" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/colonoscopy-bag.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="178" /></a></p>
<p>Dr. JD tries to avoid dealing with elderly patients. Come on, they are almost always querulous and crabby. Who needs that? There is not much you can do with your stubborn old mother, altho you might try asking her why the hell she&#8217;s wearing a colonoscopy bag in the first place. You don&#8217;t need a bag! The shitting water goes straight down the toilet! Geez! Old people!</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/old-people.jpg"><img title="old people" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/old-people.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="92" /></a></p>
<p>Indeed.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/concussion-pillow.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6140" title="concussion pillow" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/concussion-pillow.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="97" /></a></p>
<p>The answer is an emphatic YES but only if you tend to use a concrete block for a pillow and begin your sleep routine by slamming your head onto it.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/concussion.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6138" title="concussion" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/concussion.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="102" /></a></p>
<p>Well, you obviously slammed too hard. Try switching to something less pointy.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hot-dog-dream.jpg"><img title="hot dog dream" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hot-dog-dream.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="109" /></a></p>
<p>That was no dream. That was Dr. JD, trying out a new procedure. Your friend will thank me . . . some day. Also, remind her to buy some more mustard.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/butt-injections.jpg"><img title="butt injections" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/butt-injections.jpg" alt="" width="199" height="96" /></a></p>
<p>Well, perhaps it&#8217;s because you&#8217;ve got a bunch of hotdogs shoved up in there. Dr. JD recommends a colonoscopy (NOT a colonoscopy bag) and plenty of shitting water.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/porn.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6129" title="porn!" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/porn.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="89" /></a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s the spirit! Dr. JD likes porn too. Especially hammertoe porn.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ER-nose.jpg"><img title="ER nose" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ER-nose.jpg" alt="" width="171" height="70" /></a></p>
<p>Oh, yes! The ER nose snot story! Every doctor knows about that. Oh ho hohohohoho! It&#8217;s a good one, I tell you. HAW! Oh, dear (<em>wipes tear from eye</em>). Heh.</p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/proud-big-butt.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6130" title="proud big butt" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/proud-big-butt.jpg" alt="" width="184" height="76" /></a></p>
<p>Aw, thanks, Mom.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;">*        *        *</span></strong></p>
<p>Do YOU have a question for Dr. JD? Well, there&#8217;s no special treatment here. Google your question and pray you get lucky.</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYu2KxrJ_4M"><em><strong>Come on, let&#8217;s find a way to be happy<br />
Not like Plankton, he will never be satisfied</strong></em></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/04/award-trophies-trophy2.jpg"><img title="award-trophies-trophy2" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/04/award-trophies-trophy2-227x300.jpg" alt="award-trophies-trophy2" width="227" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Well, the Arte y Pico and Proximade awards seem to have run their course. <em>For now</em>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In addition to those auspicious prizes, I&#8217;ve received lots of cool stuff from my fellow bloggers over the years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">BEHOLD!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">A spritely<a href="http://redneckbarandgrill.com/2008/09/19/i-do-things-like-send-jd-a-gift-basket/"><strong> gift basket</strong></a> from my friends Tim and Ernie at <a href="http://redneckbarandgrill.com/"><strong>Redneck Bar &amp; Grill</strong></a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/blue-beaver-beer-basket.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5299" title="blue-beaver-beer-basket" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/blue-beaver-beer-basket.jpg" alt="blue-beaver-beer-basket" width="182" height="199" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You can&#8217;t see them, but there were red velvet CUPPA-CAKES in there! Sadly, there were also cherries. I don&#8217;t drink much, but I made an exception in this case. So, a big, drunken thanks to  Tim and Ernie!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">*</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">LOOK! It&#8217;s a lifelike (heh&#8211;I almost wrote &#8220;lifeSIZE&#8221;) Xena doll!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Xena.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5267" title="Xena" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Xena-225x300.jpg" alt="Xena" width="225" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Xena will not judge you. But I will.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/xena-closeup1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5269" title="xena closeup" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/xena-closeup1-225x300.jpg" alt="xena closeup" width="225" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">This awesome item came from Meg at <a href="http://prefersherfantasylife.blogspot.com/"><strong>Prefers Her Fantasy Life</strong></a>. She ran a <a href="http://prefersherfantasylife.blogspot.com/2008/08/caption-contest-winners-live-from-pub.html"><strong>caption contest</strong></a> and I freaking won. Since the caption had to do with Fonzie, Michael Jackson, and Sonny Bono, it should come as no surprise that I cleaned up, caption-wise.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">*</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">No, you&#8217;re not seeing things. That is a GREEK Spongebob Squarepants comic book, direct from Greekland. Also known as Greece.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/greek-spongebob.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5270" title="greek spongebob" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/greek-spongebob-300x225.jpg" alt="greek spongebob" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">With real Greek coins! I haven&#8217;t tried to use them yet. I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;re worth MILLIONS!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/greek-spongebob-closeup.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5271" title="greek spongebob closeup" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/greek-spongebob-closeup-300x225.jpg" alt="greek spongebob closeup" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I received this coin-laden comic AND a cool magnet and shot glass from none other than your favorite Greek and mine: <a href="http://www.canucklehead.ca/blog/"><strong>Canucklehead</strong></a>! OK, he&#8217;s not Greek, but his lovely wife is, and while visiting her family in Greece, C-head gathered together this fun-filled prize package for the winner of his contest, which I can&#8217;t find now. Happy Greaster!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">*</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">OMG! It&#8217;s my Jerry Springer not-at-all-crappy bottle opener! You can tell it&#8217;s genuine by the logo. Right? Anyway, all I had to do to win <em>this </em>sweet prize was tell Anne of <a href="http://www.smalltownmommy.com/"><strong>Small Town Mommy</strong></a> that <a href="http://www.smalltownmommy.com/?p=1177"><strong>I really wanted it</strong></a>. AND I DID! The finger puppet is on hand to show you how small . . . er, big it is. Thanks again, Anne. And thanks for going to the Jerry Springer show so I don&#8217;t have to.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/03/springer-opener.jpg"><img title="springer opener" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/03/springer-opener-300x225.jpg" alt="springer opener" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">*</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Feast your eyes on these beauties! Three (3) highly desirable magnets from <a href="http://www.junkdrawerblog.com/"><strong>Junk Drawer Kathy</strong></a>, <a href="http://beetle-blog.com/"><strong>Babs Beetle</strong></a>, and Maureen from <a href="http://www.ratherbeblogging.com/"><strong>I&#8217;d Rather Be Blogging</strong></a>. Uh, I can&#8217;t really remember how or why I won these, but I DID and if you try to take them away from me, I will bite you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/magnets.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5273" title="magnets" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/magnets-300x277.jpg" alt="magnets" width="300" height="277" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Ah, but look carefully, Junk Drawer fans. If you&#8217;ve been lucky enough to win one of Kathy&#8217;s magnets, you&#8217;ll notice that this one is different.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/2-junk-drawer-magnets.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5274" title="2 junk drawer magnets" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/2-junk-drawer-magnets-300x225.jpg" alt="2 junk drawer magnets" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">That&#8217;s right! Blurriness aside, I received the PROTOTYPE for the current Junk Drawer magnet. What do you think of THAT?!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">*</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">And now, because I went to the trouble of uploading these photos, here&#8217;s some other stuff.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Zombie Mardi Gras Alligator Head (it&#8217;s a magnet)!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mardi-gras-gator.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5275" title="mardi gras gator" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mardi-gras-gator-300x229.jpg" alt="mardi gras gator" width="300" height="229" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Blurry camel figurine STRAIGHT from Turkey (featuring Daisy the Curly Cat)!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/daisy-camel-lei-zombi.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5276" title="daisy camel lei zombi" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/daisy-camel-lei-zombi-300x225.jpg" alt="daisy camel lei zombi" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Frog sponge holder that my mother-in-law let me take withOUT approval from the other daughters-in-law!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/03/frog1.jpg"><img title="frog" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/03/frog1-300x225.jpg" alt="frog" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">What&#8217;s the best prize you&#8217;ve ever received?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">__________________</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Award came from <a href="http://andysreviews.wordpress.com/2009/02/"><strong>here</strong></a></em></span></span></p>
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		<title>I Will Stick to My Day Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiuR0tf65WM"><em><strong>What a lovely, lovely picture<br />
You&#8217;re my treasured work of art</strong></em></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/03/draw-good.jpg"><img title="draw good" src="../wp-content/uploads/2010/03/draw-good.jpg" alt="draw good" width="125" height="125" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">So, as you may recall, there was this contest at I Do Things regarding candy bars. There were also interminable videos featuring some stupid camera effects and lots of nervous twitching. There was soap. There was poorly cued music.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">But most important, there were winners. Four of them, to be precise, and if you didn&#8217;t know there were four, then YOU didn&#8217;t watch all the videos!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Tho I can hardly blame you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Anyway, as the winners checked in to claim their prizes, I offered an alternative in case they really didn&#8217;t care to have a melted, smashed candy bar show up on their doorstep. If you don&#8217;t want the candy bar, I said, I will put your ad in my sidebar for a week. If you don&#8217;t have a button, I will make one for you!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">All accepted the candy bar eagerly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">All but one.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I suspect she&#8217;s regretting her choice.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I was <em>sure </em>I could design a button. How hard can it be? Plop in the name of the site and throw in some color and graphics, right?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Her response to my offer to create an ad was as follows:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>JD,</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>I trust you implicitly.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Aw. It&#8217;s nice to be trusted. I went to work and created the ad. Hmm! I thought. Not great, but not bad, really. I bet she&#8217;ll like it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Her response:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>You know what? I think I should make a button anyway. I will get one to you soon.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Yours is AWESOME, but this is a perfect excuse for me to just make a button already.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Oh. OK. Gotchya. No problem. Really. No big deal. She did say &#8220;awesome.&#8221; I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;s not just being polite</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">She e-mailed me her button, and it was fine and everything, but it BUGGED me, because it wasn&#8217;t 125 x 125. It HAS to be 125 x 125, doesn&#8217;t it? So I messed around with it a bit. Surely she would see how superior mine was to her original.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>SERIOUSLY, no offense. I just like consistency.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">OK! Geez! But shouldn&#8217;t it be a bit bigger? I enlarged it, which had the unfortunate effect of making it all blurry. Still. Bigger, right?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Wrong.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Smaller. Don&#8217;t you love how I&#8217;m all &#8220;WHATEVER, SERIOUSLY&#8221; and then have opposing/definite opinions?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Yeah, I &#8220;love&#8221; it. Anything else, your highness? </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Before you get the wrong idea, I love this woman. We both thought it was pretty funny that what started as &#8220;I trust you implicitly&#8221; ended up as &#8220;I&#8217;ll do it myself, thank you very much!&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Regardless, I get the message. I am not a graphic designer. Not even of simple blog buttons. Don&#8217;t believe me? Here&#8217;s the final product:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/biggerbutton.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5133" title="biggerbutton" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/biggerbutton.jpg" alt="biggerbutton" width="125" height="80" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">And here&#8217;s what I created:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/annsrants_2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5132" title="annsrants_2" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/annsrants_2.jpg" alt="annsrants_2" width="125" height="125" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>I didn&#8217;t even spell her NAME right!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I&#8217;m waiting to see if she comments on this post. I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;ll suggest a few revisions.</span></p>
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		<title>I Announce the WINNERS of the Simply Caramel Milky Way Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EXxMlIExpo"><strong><em>So, needless to say<br />
I&#8217;m odds and ends<br />
But that&#8217;s me stumbling away</em></strong></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/blockhead.JPG"><img title="blockhead" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/blockhead.JPG" alt="blockhead" width="132" height="82" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Subtitled &#8220;I&#8217;m Better on Paper; Or How Not to Use a Webcam&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>So!</p>
<p><em>Technical difficulties? </em>Check</p>
<p><em>Lots of &#8220;and um&#8217;s&#8221;?</em> Check</p>
<p><em>Fabulous hair?</em> Check</p>
<p><em>Shrill voice?</em> Check</p>
<p><em>Poor quality? </em>Check</p>
<p><em>Too much rambling? </em>Check</p>
<p><em>Weird facial expressions and fidgeting? </em>Check!</p>
<p>YES!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s another video from JD, this time announcing the winners of the <strong>Simply Caramel Milky Way</strong> contest &#8212; LIVE, kind of, or really more just on video but happening RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES!</p>
<p>You are seeing correctly. There are four videos because I&#8217;m an idiot. Please forgive me.</p>
<p>But each video is terribly exciting and provides plenty of opportunities for you to laugh. At me.</p>
<p>All that aside, congratulations to the winners and thank you to EVERYONE who commented.</p>
<p>Aaaaand . . . roll &#8216;em!</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;">Simply Caramel Milky Way Contest: Part I</span></strong></span></span></p>
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<p>Or click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHl8HfvdCDc"><strong>HERE to watch</strong></a>!</p>
<h1><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;">Simply Caramel Milky Way Contest: Part II</span></strong></span></span></h1>
<p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/taiEouEwY8w&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/taiEouEwY8w&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
<p>Or click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taiEouEwY8w"><strong>HERE to watch</strong></a>!</p>
<h1><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;">Simply Caramel Milky Way Contest: Part III</span></strong></span></span></h1>
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<p>Or click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AQPd3YrTyk"><strong>HERE to watch</strong></a>!</p>
<h1><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;">Simply Caramel Milky Way Contest: Part IV</span></strong></span></span></h1>
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<p>Or click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3J2vl4hiHM"><strong>HERE to watch</strong></a>!</p>
<p>Winners, please send your address to idothing@gmail.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it!</p>
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		<title>I Give Away THREE Simply Caramel Milky Ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mQyRuHIuA"><em><strong>Wish I knew what you were looking for<br />
Might&#8217;ve know what you would find</strong></em></a></p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Simply-Caramel-Milky-Way.jpg"><img title="Simply Caramel Milky Way" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Simply-Caramel-Milky-Way-300x225.jpg" alt="Simply Caramel Milky Way" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>WOOOOOOO!</p>
<p>You read that right. I am giving away three of the rare, hard-to-find <strong><a href="http://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/2010/01/mmmm-good-milky-ways-simply-caramel.html">Simply Caramel Milky Ways</a></strong> to three lucky, LUCKY readers.</p>
<p>Can you believe my generosity? It knows no bounds, srsly.</p>
<p>It all began yesterday, when I went to PetSmart. On the five-minute drive, I experienced a cold feeling of terror in my empty Milky-Way-less belly. Was it PetCo or PetSmart?</p>
<p>I&#8217;d have to wait and see.</p>
<p>I approached the candy display. More cold terror. I didn&#8217;t see them. I saw regular Milky Ways but no . . . oh, wait! There they are! Oh, phew. Oh, thank Zod. Oh my stars. Bless my soul. And so on.</p>
<p>I scooped up eight Simply Caramels and left three. I don&#8217;t know if there are any more in the stockroom, but who cares. I have mine. Milky Way will just have to make more.</p>
<p>I also bought a cat toy. True, it was the cheapest one I could find, but Gus and Pru seem to like it:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKePmo_4OiQ"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><strong>WATCH THE VIDEO!</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKePmo_4OiQ"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><strong> Gus and Pru play with their cheap cat toy!</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p>I know Dave will be asking, &#8220;Where&#8217;s MY Milky Way?&#8221; Don&#8217;t worry. They&#8217;re carefully hidden, and he doesn&#8217;t know my secret hiding place. Oh, apropos of nothing, Dave, please don&#8217;t bother ever putting away my cereal when you do the shopping. Just leave it out. I&#8217;ll put it away myself. Really, I don&#8217;t mind. <em>I swear, if you open that cereal cabinet . . .</em></p>
<p>Oh, but it doesn&#8217;t even matter, because Dave has some kind of weird crevice between his teeth that forced him to stop chewing gum (&#8220;Everything tastes like spearmint&#8221;) and switch to sugar-free Starlight mints. That Dave. He knows how to live.</p>
<p>On to the contest!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m giving away <strong>three (3) </strong>of these sweet little babies. And, yes, Mr. and Mrs. Mathematician, that DOES mean I&#8217;m keeping five for myself.</p>
<p>If you want one&#8212;R-E-A-L-L-Y want one&#8212;all you have to do is say so! In a comment. So easy. So sweet. So chewy. So . . . NOM NOM NOM! OK, now there are seven. We&#8217;d better get this contest on the road. Just drop a comment on this post and tell me that you want a Simply Caramel Milky Way. OR a Milky Way Simply Caramel, for that is the official name.</p>
<p>There are no tricks or gimmicks. Your comment can be a simple statement, a poem, a diorama, or even an animated GIF. You don&#8217;t HAVE to include the phrase &#8220;JD, thou art so pretty,&#8221; but I can&#8217;t say it won&#8217;t help.</p>
<p>The contest ends on <strong>February 13 at 6PM</strong>. The winners&#8212;drawn randomly&#8212;will be chosen by a LIVE (well, what that means is I plan to film it on my camera and post the YouTube link) drawing the following day.</p>
<p>Are you excited? Maybe not. A lot of you, frankly, were all, Oh, I only like <em>dark </em>chocolate. I don&#8217;t even <em>like </em>caramel. I <em>hate </em>Milky Way. Blah, blah, blah. So maybe there won&#8217;t even BE three entrants.</p>
<p>Or maybe there will be thousands.</p>
<p>Winners must be prepared to cough up their addresses via private e-mail. I will mail these precious bars ANYwhere: England, Canada, The Land That Time Forgot, even the Planet of the Apes!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>And hurry. They&#8217;re going fast.</p>
<p>CHOMP!</p>
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		<title>I Announce the Winners of My Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion of integrity It&#8217;s TIIIIIIIIIIIIME! Time to announce the WINNERSSSSSSSSSSS! Thanks to everyone who played, even when it was pretty obvious that the contest was WON and DONE. I think maybe I suck at contests. I always seem to leave out an important rule or caveat, and [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnRy4ks87Xg&amp;feature=related"><em><strong>But glittering prizes<br />
And endless compromises<br />
Shatter the illusion of integrity</strong></em></a></p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2009/12/your-ad-here.jpg"><img title="your ad here" src="../wp-content/uploads/2009/12/your-ad-here.jpg" alt="your ad here" width="135" height="135" /></a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s TIIIIIIIIIIIIME!</p>
<p>Time to announce the WINNERSSSSSSSSSSS!</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone who played, even when it was pretty obvious that the contest was WON and DONE. I think maybe I suck at contests. I always seem to leave out an important rule or caveat, and someone goes home in tears. Perhaps the rest of you can do contests so I don&#8217;t have to? And then I can focus on winning stuff instead of forking out prizes. Yes!</p>
<p>But regardless. There were two winners of this contest, and those two winners ARE . . .</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First-place winner: <strong>SURFIE </strong>from <a href="http://www.surfiesays.blogspot.com/"><strong>Surfie Says</strong></a>!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Second-place winner: <strong>BUGGYS </strong>from <a href="http://cuteasabuggy.blogspot.com/"><strong>Cute As a Buggy</strong></a>!</span></p>
<p>Congratulations!!! You two got in there fast and used that &#8220;search&#8221; box like there was no tomorrow. That makes no sense. But you know what I mean. Way to go!</p>
<p>Honorable mention to <strong>Jackie Schklar</strong> who runs <a href="http://www.funnynotslutty.com/"><strong>Funny not Slutty</strong></a> and who got 9 and 1/2 out of 10. Pru started out her life as Mary Jane, but we renamed her when we adopted her. Otherwise, excellent job!</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #008000;">Oh, So Close!<br />
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<p><strong><a href="http://lolasdiner.blogspot.com/">Lola</a>: </strong>Woo! You got &#8216;em all right but came in just SECONDS too late. I may be making that up for dramatic effect.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.ratherbeblogging.com/">Maureen</a>: </strong>Another close one! I&#8217;m crying with joy that some of you actually bothered to look up all this crap!<strong><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.thirtysomethingblog.com/"><strong>Erin</strong></a>: Great job! You got all the correct answers AND meaningless bonus points for funny commentary!</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Meaningless Bonus Points for Creativity</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.midgetmanofsteel.com/"><strong>moooooo35</strong></a>: I think you might&#8217;ve been guessing answers for a different contest, but at this point, who cares?</p>
<p><strong>V</strong>: &#8220;Pan something purple&#8221;? &#8220;Really small bulge&#8221;? The first is confusing and the second is confounding (why would I EVER write about a really small bulge?). Otherwise: great job!</p>
<p><a href="http://beetle-blog.com/"><strong>babs &#8211; beetle</strong></a>: Thank you for understanding when I deleted your first comment AND for going to the trouble of submitting a second round of fun answers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedeppeffect.com/"><strong>Jay</strong></a>: Despite having the memory of a stunned fish (still laughing at that), you guessed &#8220;Really Sexy Bottom&#8221; and THAT makes you a winner in my book.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #008000;">More Shout-Outs</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Jaffer</strong>: You made some good guesses, my friend. Unfortunately, Bumpits cost WAY more than $4 (and yes, they do smell).</p>
<p><a href="http://askthers.blogspot.com/"><strong>Stephanie Barr</strong></a>: Excellent job, considering you guessed AND you&#8217;re acronym-challenged. You probably did better than I would&#8217;ve done if I&#8217;d had to guess.</p>
<p><a href="http://mutantflower.blogspot.com/"><strong>Adele</strong></a>: Ooh, almost. You only missed two! Good job!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.goaskkatie.com/Home_Page.php"><strong>Katherine</strong></a>: Heh! You remembered &#8220;Friar Longwood&#8221;! That oughtta count for something. Unfortunately, it doesn&#8217;t.  But thank you so much for playing!</p>
<p>______________________________________________</p>
<p><strong>Surfie </strong>and <strong>Buggys</strong>, please send your 125 x 125 logo to IDoThingATgmail.com. Let me know if you&#8217;d like me to make one for you.</p>
<p>Your ads will be displayed WITH PRIDE in my sidebar for one month!</p>
<p>Thanks again, everyone!</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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<p>WOOOOO!!!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a contest!</p>
<p>And it has nothing to do with the holidays or homeless cats or raising money for victims of snow-shoveling-related injuries.</p>
<p>It has EVERYTHING to do with ME, JD!</p>
<p>All you have to do is answer the questions below. These questions will test your knowledge of all things JD. How well do you really know me? How thoroughly do you read this blog? Just how bored ARE you?</p>
<p>The prize is pretty fabulous. Two lucky winners will win free &#8212; FREE! &#8212; ad spots in my sidebar. See, over there? To your right? Where it says &#8220;Your Ad Here&#8221;? Yes, two lucky winners will have their 125 x 125 logos plopped into the top  and bottom slots for a whole month. FREE!</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t have a logo, by god, I&#8217;ll make you one. FOR FREE!</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t have a blog to advertise, don&#8217;t worry: you can still play! You just won&#8217;t win anything.</p>
<p>The first person to answer all questions correctly in a comment on this post will win the top slot. The second person to answer all questions correctly wins the bottom slot. If NO ONE guesses all the answers, I&#8217;ll shut down this blog in despair. Or make the questions easier. Or pick two people at random. Or answer the questions my own damn self and put MY ad in all THREE spots. That&#8217;ll show you.</p>
<p>OK, let&#8217;s play!</p>
<ol>
<li>Fill in the blank: I Played _________ Casino So You Don&#8217;t Have To.</li>
<li>What kind of flowers did JD&#8217;s creepy neighbor give her?</li>
<li>How much did JD shell out for those stupid Bumpits?</li>
<li>True or False: In the recently reviewed film &#8220;Stud Hunters,&#8221; there is a character named Mr. Nibbles.</li>
<li>What does &#8220;RSB&#8221; stand for?</li>
<li>Which celebrity rudely interrupted JD&#8217;s &#8220;I Do Nude&#8221; debut?</li>
<li>Quick! Name JD&#8217;s two cats.</li>
<li>With what phrase did each of JD&#8217;s three &#8220;Can I Tap That&#8221; exchanges end?</li>
<li>Ay, loca! Who is JD&#8217;s drag queen hero?</li>
<li>What post did JD &#8220;read&#8221; at BlogHer?</li>
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<p>Remember, you are playing for one month of FREE advertising on I Do Things. The stakes are high. Think carefully before submitting your answers.</p>
<p>I do not expect you to know the answers off the top of your head. Use the &#8220;Search I Do Things&#8221; box liberally.</p>
<p>And good luck!</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!! Lucky and Minnie have found a home! &#8220;Spot&#8221; from What Passes for Sane on a Crazy Day has graciously and kindly and fantastically offered to take Lucky and Minnie into her home. Lucky and Minnie will join Spot&#8217;s four other rescue cats. Spot, there is a special place in heaven for you. To [...]]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!</span></em></p>
<p><em>Lucky and Minnie have found a home!</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Spot&#8221; from <a href="http://whatpassesforsaneonacrazyday.blogspot.com/"><strong>What Passes for Sane on a Crazy Day</strong></a> has graciously and kindly and fantastically offered to take Lucky and Minnie into her home. Lucky and Minnie will join Spot&#8217;s four other rescue cats.</em></p>
<p><em>Spot, there is a special place in heaven for you. To offer to adopt two older cats &#8212; together &#8212; is such a beautiful act of kindness. You are an angel.</em></p>
<p><em>Thank you again to everyone who helped spread the word. You&#8217;re angels too! </em></p>
<p><em>Ahhh. Nothin&#8217; like a Christmas miracle, is there?</em></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">We interrupt JD&#8217;s regularly scheduled blog post (the em-ar-eye post WILL be up tomorrow) to bring you this news:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Two Chicago-area cats, Lucky and Minnie, need your help.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Their owner is moving into a home with an allergic child and cannot take his beloved pets with him.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Copy-of-Mini.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4577" title="Copy of Mini" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Copy-of-Mini-300x190.jpg" alt="Copy of Mini" width="300" height="190" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>Minnie!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">At about eight years old, Lucky and Minnie may not have a good chance of being adopted if they have to go live at a shelter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Copy-of-Lucky.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4575" title="Copy of Lucky" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Copy-of-Lucky-300x225.jpg" alt="Copy of Lucky" width="300" height="225" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>Lucky!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">According to the owner, Lucky and Minnie are loving, sweet, and snuggle together.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Lucky-Minnie.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4576" title="Lucky &amp; Minnie" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Lucky-Minnie-225x300.jpg" alt="Lucky &amp; Minnie" width="225" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>Blurry proof of snuggling!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">If you would like two beautiful cats for Christmas&#8212;or know someone who would&#8212;please contact me at idothingATgmailDOTcom.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>The owner is throwing in FREE food and litter for a YEAR plus a cash incentive. </strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Bloggers around the world are sharing the story of Lucky and Minnie!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://daisythecurlycat.blogspot.com/2009/12/can-you-help-some-buddies-in-need.html"><strong>Daisy the Curly Cat!</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2009/12/2-things-i-learned-this-week-part-48.html"><strong>Karen &amp; Gerard Zemek!</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://houseofcats-amy.blogspot.com/2009/12/kitties-in-chicago-area-need-home.html"><strong>Amy and the House of Cats!</strong></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong><a href="http://www.junkdrawerblog.com/2009/12/any-chicago-area-cat-people-in-the-house.html">Kathy from The Junk Drawer!</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong><a href="http://www.puppyonaroomba.com/2009/12/help-these-chicago-area-kitties-find-a-home/">Ty from Puppy on a Roomba!</a><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Please consider helping to get the word out by Tweeting or Facebooking. Daisy&#8217;s post has been Stumbled, so why not give it a thumb&#8217;s up? Or Stumble this post? Whatever you can do will be much appreciated.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Tomorrow we will return to the usual porn, drugs, and nudism.</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who are you to judge me? I know I said recently that I&#8217;m not the type to judge, but I NEVER said I was not the type to LIE, so that stuff about not judging was a big lie. Sorr-ee. You&#8217;d better believe I judge. And most of my judgments end in a dramatic thumbs-down. [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1B55wEB030"><em><strong>Who are you to judge me?</strong></em></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Judge_Judy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4117" title="Judge_Judy" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Judge_Judy-274x300.jpg" alt="Judge_Judy" width="219" height="240" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I know I said recently that I&#8217;m not the type to judge, but I NEVER said I was not the type to LIE, so that stuff about not judging was a big lie. Sorr-<em>ee</em>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You&#8217;d better believe I judge. And most of my judgments end in a dramatic thumbs-down.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">But not THIS time!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Because I have been selected to judge some really fun and cool and SCARY stuff. Just wait till I tell you!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>I Hate My Message Board&#8217;s First Annual Scary Product Contest</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">My good friend Tracy, over at IHMMB, has decided to throw a contest for the scariest, weirdest, freakishest, and/or creepiest product you&#8212;yes, YOU!&#8212;can find, photograph, and submit.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You need to check out <a href="http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/10/09/the-first-annual-ihmmb-scary-product-contest/"><strong>Tracy&#8217;s post</strong></a> for all the deets, but lemme say just this. The prizes are beyond awesome. First prize? An IHMMB T-shirt AND the much-coveted <a href="http://gizmodo.com/350091/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen"><strong>Cheeseburger in a Can</strong></a> mounted in a Lucite box WITH the winner&#8217;s name engraved on a (faux) brass plate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Whew. It doesn&#8217;t get much more exciting than that.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">And, yes! I&#8217;m one of the judges, along with:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong> </strong>David of <strong><a href="http://www.bloggerdad.com/">Blogger Dad</a></strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong> </strong>Sean of <strong><a href="http://writerdad.com/">Writer Dad </a></strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong> </strong>Margaret of <strong><a href="http://www.nannygoatsinpanties.com/">Nanny Goats in Panties</a></strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong> </strong>Ron of <strong><a href="http://clarkkentslunchbox.blogspot.com/">Clark Kent’s Lunchbox</a></strong></span></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You&#8217;ve got until October 29, 2009, to submit your original photo of a freaky, scary, weird product.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Or, you can just sit back on your lazy ass and let the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43392277@N04/?saved=1"><strong>placenta shampoo</strong></a> win. It&#8217;s up to you.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The Funny Not Slutty Blog Book!</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Are you funny? Great! Are you slutty? Then you are disqualified! I&#8217;m kidding. I think you can be funny and maybe a little slutty. The important thing here is funny.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Jacki, at <a href="http://www.funnynotslutty.com/"><strong>Funny Not Slutty</strong></a>, is compiling the first-ever <em>Funny Not Slutty Blog Book:</em> a downloadable e-book featuring the BEST of the BEST blog posts featured on the FnS site.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">If you&#8217;re a member of FnS (and if you&#8217;re not, join today!), then all you gotta do is submit the link to your favorite post (limit 2 posts) included on FnS. Act fast, because only 250 posts will be considered, from which between 16-32 will be chosen for this one-of-a-kind collection. Submissions will be accepted ONLY until November 15. You do NOT want to be left out of this book! Check out the rules on the submission thread <a href="http://funnynotslutty.ning.com/forum/topics/funny-not-slutty-blog-book"><strong>here</strong></a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Joining me in the judging of the funny are:<br />
</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Ann of <a href="http://www.annsrants.com/"><strong>Ann&#8217;s Rants</strong></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Blythe of <a href="http://themusicalfruit.net/"><strong>The Bean</strong></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Terese of <a href="http://witchychicks.blogspot.com/"><strong>The Witchy Chicks</strong></a></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I  hope you&#8217;ll check out both of these sites TODAY, because I&#8217;m sure, unlike me, you&#8217;ve got nothing better to do. Me? I have to catch up on my reality TV.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">And now! Lest you think I&#8217;m going to deprive <em>YOU </em> of the fun of judging <em>ME</em>, here are some recent additions to my Netflix queue.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Judge away!</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Entrails_of_a_Virgin/70003958?trkid=226871"><strong>Entrails of a Virgin</strong></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Baptism_of_Blood/70012878?trkid=226871"><strong>Baptism of Blood</strong></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Empire_of_the_Ants/60030296?trkid=226871"><strong>Empire of the Ants</strong></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/I_Spit_on_Your_Corpse_I_Piss_on_Your_Grave/60024010?trkid=226871"><strong>I Spit on Your Corpse</strong></a> (NOT to be confused with <a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/I_Spit_on_Your_Grave/615448?trkid=222336&amp;strkid=2024896689_0_0&amp;strackid=5177e1fdfb8338f6_0_srl"><strong>I Spit on Your Grave</strong></a>)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Blood_Car/70081750?trkid=226871"><strong>Blood Car</strong></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Death_Factory_Bloodletting/70116539?trkid=226871"><strong>The Death Factory: Bloodletting</strong></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Curious_Dr._Humpp/60002663?trkid=226871">The Curious Dr. Humpp</a><br />
</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Let_Sleeping_Corpses_Lie/60002608?trkid=226871"><strong>Let Sleeping Corpses Lie</strong></a></span></li>
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		<title>I Reveal the Results of the Top-Secret Rock Star Bulge Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sacrilicious Ah HA! You didn&#8217;t even know this was a contest, did you? Well, neither did I, until I checked out my stats program to see who was clicking on what. And I can&#8217;t say I wasn&#8217;t a little bit surprised at what I found out. You thought no one would know, didn&#8217;t you? You [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnH9NECSUU"><em><strong><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Sacrilicious</span></strong></em></a></p>
<p><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/waffles.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4076" title="waffles" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/waffles-300x224.jpg" alt="waffles" width="240" height="179" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Ah <em>HA!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You didn&#8217;t even know this was a contest, did you?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Well, neither did I, until I checked out my stats program to see who was clicking on what.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">And I can&#8217;t say I wasn&#8217;t a <em>little </em>bit surprised at what I found out.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You thought no one would know, didn&#8217;t you? You just assumed that a simple mouse click, performed in the darkness of your bedroom late at night, would never be discovered.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Well, I know what you did. God knows, too. And God is pretty disgusted. How do I know? He appeared to me on a frozen waffle. And he was not happy, especially when I slathered him in butter and took a big bite.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">But, luckily for you, I am not quite so judgmental. I am simply . . . well, let&#8217;s allow the results to speak for themselves.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em><strong>WHICH </strong></em>RSB had you the most tantalized, curious, mesmerized . . . wanting MORE?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em><strong>WHICH </strong></em>RSB was the most popular among clickers? Clickers who just HAD to see the photo?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em><strong>WHICH </strong></em>RSB did YOU, the unsuspecting readers, click on the most?</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The runner-up:<br />
</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>ROD STEWART!</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rod_stewart_l.jpg"><img title="rod_stewart_l" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rod_stewart_l-225x300.jpg" alt="rod_stewart_l" width="225" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Oh, dear.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Even Britt Ekland is disappointed in you. She&#8217;s disappointed in herself, too, I think. She&#8217;s all, I left Peter Sellers for THIS?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">All right. Let&#8217;s see if you showed a little more taste and refinement in your first choice for most clickable RSB.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>First place:</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>JOE JONAS!</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/joe-jonas-tight-jeans.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4062 aligncenter" title="joe-jonas-tight-jeans" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/joe-jonas-tight-jeans-199x300.jpg" alt="joe-jonas-tight-jeans" width="199" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You <em>guys! </em>How COULD you? Yes, Joe Jonas was the clear front-runner in bulge-clicks.  It was not even close. Now I can see why God was so disgusted. Well, that&#8217;s between you and him. Maybe you should stay away from frozen waffles for a while. Anyway, as I said, <em>I</em> do not judge. (But I do not forget, either.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Sigh. Sadly, there really are no winners in this contest. But! There is a consolation prize for your poor, traumatized eyeballs. Hopefully this will ease your shame and help to start the healing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It&#8217;s me! JD! And my new hair.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I promise. Clicking on THESE thumbnails will bring you only joy and peace and perhaps a slight touch of bitter envy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4080" title="new hair 1" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-1-150x150.jpg" alt="new hair 1" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4081" title="new hair 2" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-2-150x150.jpg" alt="new hair 2" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4082" title="new hair 3" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-3-150x150.jpg" alt="new hair 3" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4083" title="new hair 4" src="http://idothings.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/new-hair-4-150x150.jpg" alt="new hair 4" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">(Don&#8217;t remember the &#8220;before&#8221; JD? Click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=519204&amp;id=1404517240"><strong>here</strong></a> for the infamous &#8220;mermaid&#8221; photo)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Do we have a winner?<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">________________________________________</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>Photo credits<br />
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>Waffles: JD</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>Joe Jonas: Too embarrassed to still exist, apparently.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>Rod Stewart: <a href="http://steveaoki.dimmak.com/blog/">Steve Aoki</a></em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>JD: Dave<br />
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