Nobrainer’s Think Tank

Like many folks, I traveled last week to spend time with my family. Yesterday I made the 550 mile return trip from Ohio to the DC area. During those many hours of driving I noticed that it was a bad weekend for pine trees. The Christmas harvest has begun and many people were hauling home fresh trees.

Many people were also hauling home freshly killed deer. Unfortunately there were not enough of those people. The number of deer that observed that were killed by hunters was significantly smaller than the number that were lying dead on the side of the road. So if you have a rifle, I implore you to venture into the woods and kill even more deer so that we can keep them off the roadways.

And as is most common, South Carolina lost to Clemson. Their “has a national championship from another school” coach led them to a 6-6 regular season record, another loss to the in-state rival, and a slim chance of making a bowl appearance. Maybe they should be put out their misery, too.

But white guys with stupid hair who spent way too much time at the tanning salon are hilarious.

Tourists on board a pleasure boat in the Lake District could not believe their eyes when they spotted a red squirrel in the middle of Ullswater.

The mammals can swim, but they find it very strenuous, and have been known to drown in water troughs.

But this determined squirrel had swum 300 yards (274m) – or about the length of six swimming pools – from the shore.

You gotta lower that tail and use it like a rudder, or maybe even for a little propulsion.

A Google query recently linked to my blog.

The query? why does the vapors from my tailpipe smell like alcohol when i use e-85

Hey, look, a cartoon.

Calvin and Who? (by the The Librarianist)
(from CollegeHumor)

Watch Oregon State’s QB lay out a lineman.

CollegeHumor has started a Gnarly 90′s section. It’s totally radical.

Hold on mom, don’t take the picture yet. I want to pump up.
(from CollegeHumor)

1.) Rachel Ray – Her annoyingness is magnified by her popularity.

2.) The Osbournes – I like the music. I even liked the show on MTV. But these people are just annoying media whores.

3.) Tom Cruise – He’s annoying because he’s crazy. But he’s even more annoying because with his new haircut. The picture below was on Drudge several days ago. When I first saw it, I asked myself, “why are these two old lesbos in the news?” I’ve thought the same thing each time since.