Quote of the day:

My husband Blarg has a big heart. I do not mean he has a medically enlarged heart that is jeopardizing his health; I mean he is a great humanitarian who cares deeply for all life: people, animals and the environment.

“Anyone who can read a WSPA brochure and not want

to donate money is a real asshole.” Blarg, 2006.

Look It Up: http://www.wspa.ca/

Kimdianna Jones

Good To Know...

Here is a bit of information on the knowledge that people seem to think I possess vs what I really know:

Dinosaurs: They are extinct possibly due to a meteorite impacting the earth and their bone were lithified.
Egypt and the Pyramids: Never been but the ones who built them are dead.
Ancient Romans & Greeks & all their ruins: Never been but they have great food!
The Mayans: The are all dead
The Incas: They are all dead
The Aztecs : They are all dead

And finally, I also feel the need to tell you that a perfectly round rock is nothing but a perfectly round rock…..

Kimdianna Jones

Wilkes Land Crater: It Scare The Crap Out Of Me

You know what scares the crap out of me? Massive meteorites hurtling towards earth at light speed just seconds away from annihilating all life on earth except cockroaches and sharks...

Well, a new crater has been found this year by scientist in the Antarctic called the Wilkes Land Crater. This crater is 300 km wide, is located beneath the Antarctica ice sheet and is the result of a meteorite impact about 250- 500 million years ago (they are not sure).

Scientist think this crater “could be associated with the Permian-Triassic extinction event that occurred 250 million years ago, believed to be the largest extinction event since the origin of complex multicellular life.” The Permian-Triassic extinction event has also been called “The Great Dying” and is one of five of Earth’s most severe extinction events. It is estimated that most marine type dinosaurs (96%) and vertebrate/terrestrial organisms (70%) died during this event.

I will freely admit that I know absolutely nothing about dinosaurs except that they are all extinct… and that the famous T-Rex died out in the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, much later on. Yeah, the extinction of multicellur life…that scares the crap out of me……only because I know that if another meteorite impacts earth, that sharks and cockroaches will survive just like they have in the past….damn sharks…I hate them….


Look It Up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes_Land_crater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian-Triassic_extinction

Kimdianna Jones

One of a Million Little Things:

Did you know that Endangered Species Chocolate Bars gives 10% of their net profits to organizations committed to protecting endangered animals and plants? The Endangered Species Company produces 30 different and these chocolates are seriously tasty! Prices vary but where I live a 3oz bar can range from $2-$4, and they also produce 1.4oz bars and 0.35oz bite-size bits. Here are two write-ups from the Endangered Species web site to wet you appetite and awaken your inner humanitarian.

Look it up! http://www.chocolatebar.com/


Tiger Bar: Dark Chocolate with Espresso Beans:
This 3oz bar is made with all-natural, shade-grown, ethically traded rich dark chocolate enrobed with all-natural espresso coffee beans. It contains 70% cocoa content and artwork from Judi Rideout of the tiger printed on recycled paper using 6.2% soy inks. The chocolate is ethically traded along with the espresso beans guaranteeing the workers fair wages and humane working conditions. This product is also certified Kosher by Union Orthodox Dairy. On the inside of the label you can learn about the plight of the tiger as well as additional information on ESC's core value reverence for life, conservation tips and coupons for ESC's other products.

Giraffe Bar: Organic Milk Chocolate (52% Cocoa Content) with Organic Peanut Butter:
Organic, Fair Trade Certified milk chocolate perfectly blended with organic peanut butter. This 1.4oz bar features artwork from Judi Rideout of a baby Giraffe printed on recycled paper using 6.2% soy inks. On the inside of the label you can learn about the plight of the giraffe as well as conservation tips, information about ESC's core value reverence for life and coupons for our other products.

These tasty Endangered Species Chocolate bars is just one of a million little things we can do to help others and can be found at organic/natural food stores across North America.






Kimdianna Jones

PS: The wrappers can also be recycled into fun Halloween masks…try the tiger bar…trust me, it is freaky…

Dear Cyclops: I know it was you...

Gabrielle tipped me off….she saw you in her minds eye in the drivers seat with your tell tale shades and cheese ball smirk. All the attention I was giving Wolverine made you jealous, you are always so jealous of Wolverine. First Jean Grey…then me. I am happily married you know. Cyclops, you need therapy...talk about your feelings and stuff. This is bordering on stalking, and if this continues I will have to tell Professor X.

Kimdianna Jones


PS: On a lighter note, my stitches were removed yesterday and it no longer looks like I have a goatee and/or chocolate pudding on my chin….

Dear Wolverine: A Wee Apology

In light of the last few days, I feel the need to apologize to you. I am now sorry that I besmirched your good name. I was wrong. Your super mutant healing power is nothing to laugh at, nor is your misleading name. I wish I had your mutant ability today.

Yours Truly
Kimdianna Jones and the Cross Walk Doom


PS: To the Ass who ran the red light in the white pick up truck…. Thanks to you I now have six stitches, two chipped teeth, a ripped up hand, a bruised knee and hip…and had a tetanus shot …I do not have warm feelings towards you, I hope you go bald and your truck rusts real bad ….

Flowers and Dirt

I work on an old historic building…it is very cool place, right on campus. There are lots of big, old trees, lush green lawns and on the steps of the main door are two planters full of flowers. I wait patiently though the winter for these two small planters to arrive. They symbolize summer to me and I make a point of stopping every morning on my way into work to admire them. Well, my beloved planters arrived last week full of bright yellow and orange begonias, and small purple pansies. Summer!!

Today on my way into work, one of the planters was knocked over and was tossed out across the sidewalk onto the front lawn.

Wow, did this every piss me off. You have no idea…
Insert string of profanity here…

So, I ran down to my lab, grabbed my work gloves and headed back out into the rain to save my flowers. This was no small task. There were flowers buried in dirt under the upturned planter and across the sidewalk. I could only scrap up so much dirt off the grass and concrete….

What kind of an idiot picks on a planter full of small flowers? Seriously, are there no mail boxes left to tip over? There is a newspaper box within eye sight… go pick on that you f***-wad and leave my summer alone….

Rant Over...Deep Breath...Calm...
Kimdianna Jones

Dear Wolverine: Part One…I Propose A Name Change….

I get to research all kinds of odd things for my job, for example manufacturing dates for of Go-Bots and the history of manual tincan openers. Today I am researching mammalian species commonly found in the Canadian Rockies for a faunal analysis I am writing for an Alberta Archaeological site.

To the rant or Blarg will just scroll down…

So, I am researching wolverines and this fits nicely with the fact that Blarg and I have just seen “X-Men, The Last Stand” last night (loved it!) I browsed over to my beloved Wikipedia for information/useful links on wolverines (or Gulo gulo). This animal is the largest mammal belonging to the Weasel family. Yes, Weasel. Did you know that an actual wolverine “resembles a small bear with a long tail” and have “also been known to give off a strong, unpleasant odor, giving rise to the use of the term "skunk bear"? NO? Well, look it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine.

So, tie this information into the X-Men and it is not quite the image we have on screen is it? I mean, if Wolverine (the guy) was to emulate the characteristics of an actual wolverine (a weasel) he would be uglier, shorter, fatter and other X-Men would always be holding their noses and making comments about his bathing habits ….

“Oh no, here comes Skunk Bear! Wow, he smells bad!
He must have eaten an entire wicker swing set*!”

*wicker swing set= eaten something high in fiber and is very gasey....

Let’s talk about Wolverines hair (besides the fat that his hair getting bigger each movie). It seems that the X-Men creators (designed by John Romita, Sr or some guy, whatever) borrowed his hairdo from cougars…actually they mixed in a bunch of characteristics from large related felines (cougar, lynx & bobcat) to create Wolverine. This character has a lot more in common with cougars then weasels but the creators could not suddenly rename his character “Cougar” now could they? Can you imagine? I can….

Scene: Night, Darkened study at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Two figures are lit by moonlight speaking in hushed tones, standing close to each other.

Cougar: (Grabs Jean) Leave him Jean! You know what you mean to me…..

Jean Grey: (sniffles, whines) But I love Scott!

Cougar: (Steps back) But Jean, I love you! (Pans up slowly from floor to the legs of middle-aged women in miniskirt, tight tube top, long red finger nails with clown-school makeup, big hair and holding highball.)

And End Scene

Ewwww….I mean seriously, where can you go from there?

The End Rambling Here…

Kimdianna Jones