Tony Brewer

I love reading wacky and weird news stories.  I find them fascinating.  So I was pleased to stumble upon the msnbc.msn.com website today where they had a link to the top 20 weirdest news stories of the year.  I’ve been reading the stories and having quite a chuckle over some of them - like the news story of the man who went to visit a brothel as a customer and found his own wife working there as an employee!  Not surprisingly, the couple file for divorce shortly afterwards!

And then the crazy story about a woman who was glued to her boyfriends toilet for TWO years!  Of course the boyfriend was charged with some kind of abuse.  I just cannot even imagine being on the toilet for even an hour!  What a crazy world we live in!

Teri and I are going out to celebrate the New Year’s at a local hotel that is throwing a big party.  We’ve reserved a room for the night at the same hotel so that when we get tired we don’t have to bother with trying to get home, we can just go up to the room and sleep.  We decided that would be a good idea also to avoid driving home with any alcohol in our system, or take the chance of being hit by a drunk driver on the way home.  I hope you all have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve celebration, and have a Happy New Year!

Teri and I are planning our next vacation to Orlando.  We enjoy going to several of the attractions there - one of Teri’s favorite attractions in Orlando is Sea World.  The last time we went to Sea World, it was one of our best vacation experiences ever.  We were picked out of the employees walking through the crowds of people walking through the gate to be participants in one of the shows, where we competed against other couples.  We had to dress in silly clown costumes and do silly competition things.  It was fun, and we won.  I can’t remember WHAT we won, but it was fun anyway. 

Later on we watched the show that they had with the whales and dolphins.  We were smart enough to sit far enough back that we would not get splashed when they jumped out of the water.  That kind of animal training has always fascinated both of us.  If I could have a fantasy job that would be it!  A dolphin trainer!  I know it is hard work, but it also looks like a lot of fun!

Naturally, we are going to want to get discount sea world tickets from the  Orlando Fun Tickets website for the next time we go to Orlando!  I’ve heard that Sea World is offering a 2nd day free when you buy a one day ticket!

My sister sent me an email with a link to it to see a cute little video she made using the elfyourself.com website. It’s a website that is only “up” for a short period of time during the year. It is sponsored by an office supply store. You can go to it and upload photos of yourself and/or family members into it and the wizard puts the faces on little pre-loaded elves that do a variety of cute dances. Last year I saw it a few times and there was only one dance available. This year they have three more dances available. Cute and funny as heck! Good for a belly laugh!