I got a new scanner and tried it out the other day.

I thought I’d throw personal dignity to the wind and share with you pics from my high school homecoming dance, circa 1984.

Oh, and if you’re wondering if wearing a tux to homecoming was standard fare in Wichita, Kansas in 1984… no. No it was not. Imagine my chagrin when my date showed up wearing it! He was a nice guy though and we had a great time. I still don’t know if he did it as a joke, or if he really thought it looked good. (Click pics for big)

One of my best friends in high school, Denise. She was traumatized because she had her hair done and it was too “poofy” - she fixed it and I thought it looked nice.

Johnny, me (with my eyes closed of course), Frank, Denise

Me. I was considered a fat girl in high school (I was 5′4″ and in the low 120s). I think back about that and am floored by it.

And now a new feature on Bunnytude: Mary’s Mom Sez!

I was talking on the phone to my mom today, and as usual she included a Sparky update.

“Sparky’s just crazy today! He’s running all over the place! He’s jumpier than a fart in a skillet!“

A what in a what?

Random crap from my hard driiiiiii- iiive!

(Click for big.) Sorry I didn’t save the credit for this pic. I can’t remember if I found this on a website or Flickr, but some guy recreates famous photos with legos and his work is fabulous.

Dance, damn you! Dance like the wind!

I object! To poor nutrition!

(Click for big.) Natalie Dee is the bestest.

• Work at home advice: A good 3-hole punch is worth its weight in gold! #
• Just installed Twitbin - a firefox plugin for Twitter. Let’s see if it works. Oh the suspense! #
• Moose and I walked this morning and once again I forgot my pedometer. He even ran a bit - go Moose! #
• WARNING! If you have a dog, this is a must-read! http://tinyurl.com/62mwwo #
• I would rather chew on tinfoil than go grocery shopping. Why can’t fresh produce just magically appear in my crisper? #
• Moose and I are going over to you-know-who’s. Don’t wait up for us! #

I never understood why someone with a blog would also want a Twitter account. Why not just blog if you have something to say?

Well I’ve had my Twitter for over 24 hours and I can see where it would get addictive. I’m not going to twitter 28 times a day. I’m sure you don’t care if Moose is gassy or if I’m on my way to the store to buy toilet paper. But this seems fun to me so far.

I have it in my sidebar, and I installed a Wordpress widget “Twitter Tools” (beta version) that allows me to tweet from my own blog’s sidebar! Coolio. I also have a Firefox extension that allows me to see all my friends’ tweets by clicking one button in my web browser, while still keeping the current web page open.

If you try it, “follow” me and I’ll follow you too.

nataliedee.com

I love kiwi fruit, but I can’t eat it if I see a whole fruit with the skin on. Because it looks like a big spider body. I’m getting physical dry heaves just thinking about it.

But peel off the spider body fur (away from my line of sight), and that’s a good fruit!

EDIT: Corrected title so that “testicle” is spelled correctly. Holy hell, what kind of crappy nurse am I?

If you have this dog toy in your house, throw it away immediately!

Chai, a gorgeous yellow lab mix, was almost killed because of this toy.

While chewing on the toy, a vacuum was created and it effectively sucked his tongue into the hole in the ball. From speaking with my vet, this likely occurred because there is not a second hole in the ball preventing the vacuum effect from happening. I became aware of this when Chai approached a friend at my home whimpering with the ball in his mouth. She tried unsuccessfully to remove the ball but the tongue had swollen and could not be released.

Chai’s Story

Luckily he was saved by quick-thinking owners and good vets, but he had to have his tongue amputated and suffered horribly. Worse yet, the company knew back in 2005 about the dangers of the ball but didn’t change the design, despite repeated promises they would do so.

Please boycott Four Paws toys!

If you want the company to know how you feel, here’s the instructions from Chai’s blog:

This should never happen to another animal again!
I’M CALLING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT OF ALL FOUR PAWS PRODUCTS UNTIL THIS PRODUCT IS RECALLED. We need your help, please take the time to make your voice heard.

Please copy/paste the following into the body of your email in support of this boycott and send it to the address below to let Allen Simon the CEO of four paws know your stand;

Mr. Allen Simon,

I am in support of a boycott of your company until you recall the product pimple ball with bell,
as it is designed is such a way that irreparable damage can be caused by its use.

hbirk@fourpaws.com

Again, keep in mind that this company has promised in the past to redesign this product and has not done so. With Chai, the company claimed it was a defect in that particular batch but three years and many cases of this happening prove it is not.