ManBabies

Here are some of the most popular entries from the ManBabies website.  Funny, sweet, creepy, or just plain weird?  You decide…

(Thanks to Charlie for the submission!)

Awkward family holiday card photos

Some of my favorites from the Awkward Family Photos website (click a thumbnail to see the full photo in all its glory, then use your “Back” button to return to this page):

Hippo and tortoise

This true story has been going around the Internet for years, but it still makes me smile. More proof that differences don’t have to matter.

NAIROBI (AFP) – A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said. The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him. “It is incredible.. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a ‘mother’,” ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP. “After it was swept away and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately , it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together,” the ecologist added. “The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it followed its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother,” Kahumbu added. “The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years,” he explained.

(Thanks to Betty for the submission!)

I like turtles

In praise of the all-purpose answer…try it during your next deep discussion:

For more fun with the I-like-turtles zombie kid, go to YouTube…LOTS of remixes and follow-ups available there, including this interview with Jonathon and his family.

(Thanks to Eric for the submission!)

Roller babies

There’ve been a whole lotta babies in our circle of friends and family lately.  Lovely little boys and girls, this one’s for you (featuring one of my favorite songs EVER):

Bacon is good for me

I’m not ashamed to admit that I love pig.  My favorite is pulled pork barbecue with hot vinegar sauce, of course, but I also love BACON!

I’m also not ashamed to admit that I’m not a big fan of the reality shows where they paint Southerners as a bunch of lazy, mean, junk-food eatin’,  bacon-lovin’…wait a minute, forget that last part.  However, I might make an exception for the kid in “Wife Swap,” the reality show in which two families (one a Southern junk-food-eatin’ family, the other a family of health food nuts) swap wives. The video of the kid (“King Curtis”) freaking out when the new wife throws out his Cheez Whiz has been an Internet sensation.  And sensations, of course, inevitably result in mash-ups and remixes.

So without further ado–and definitely without condoning badly-behaving children– “Bacon Is Good For Me:  The Remix”.  (DISCLAIMER:  Variety is the spice of the Day Improver, and no attempt is made to decide for you what would improve your day.  Judging from the submissions we regularly get, people like all sorts of things.  I’m just sayin’…sorry for this one, vegetarian friends…you may want to send yourself out of the room. )

(Thanks to Joel for the original submission!)

What’s virgin mean?

A lovely mother-daughter moment…wait for it…

(Thanks to Betty for the submission!)

Cat bloopers

I’ve done my fair share of on-camera work, and sometimes it doesn’t always come out the way you’d planned when the director says, “Action”.  Good thing I have a fondness for blooper reels (another reason we stay after the credits of movies…just in case).

I also love animals, and although I don’t have a cat–we do have a dog and a bunny–I appreciate how silly they can be.  And apparently they’re pretty gutsy hunters and great with children.  Who knew?

So now for your viewing pleasure, a cat blooper reel.  Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect from this…but once you see a cat pants a guy in the kitchen (:29), there’s no going back.  Enjoy!

So talkative

For all our new-parents and soon-to-be-parents friends and family. Clearly, this little girl has A LOT to share about her day…

(Thanks to Tina for the submission!)

Happy Father’s Day!

A day to thank (and remember) our dads. Here’s my favorite picture of me and mine:

And here’s National Geographic’s gallery of best animal dads, from the ridiculously cute to the kinda strange. Enjoy, and Happy Father’s Day!