Nasty stuff

My roommate blogged last week about pork roll. Here's what he paid for the foul smelling meat (term used loosely). Has anyone other than him smelled - or worse yet - eaten this stuff?

Pirates?! Seriously?!

The Associated Press is reporting that pirates took a supertanker loaded with crude oil off the coast of Somalia. Seriously?! There are still pirates out there... and evidently they can take over ships much larger than Jack Sparrow. The story said they took it for ransom, which makes me wonder if large cruise ships are next. Imagine the ransom money they could collect from a boatload of tourists' families...

Read the story here.

Paving in Fallston

They're repaving N.C. 18 in Fallston. Its a minor inconvience now, but the road will be much nicer when crews finish.

No time for lunch?

Evidently people are voting instead of eating. Sub Station II was practically deserted at lunchtime.

Gas for $2.19 a gallon!

I drove through Shelby and upper Cleveland County on Saturday morning. The cheapest gas around was $2.37. The price in Catawba County was $2.25. Sunday evening, I bought gas in Hickory at $2.19 a gallon. I can't remember prices being this low in a long time (even though they're higher here than they are two counties over).

I took a photo with my cell phone camera to prove it.

LOL dogs: Capshun this

I can haz mashed potatoes frum da kfc?

For those of you who haven't seen the Lol Cats and Lol Dogs, you're missing out. Star photographer Brittany Randolph set up this one with Gracie and some potatoes.

Try your hand at captioning the photo a la Lol Dogs in the comments section.

Plz to have capshun? Thx.

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Pumpkin head Gracie really is happy to wear her costume. She knows it makes her cuter and, thus more petable.

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Gracie chills out in her pumpkin hat after pet therapy at Cleveland Pines nursing home on Tuesday.

Lulu and Gracie have learned to change channels

Lulu wasn't in the mood to watch Conan. She evidently prefers Craig Ferguson.

Free stuff for readers!

I received an e-mail that cracked me up last week from a marketing company. They were representing a company called Toilet Tattoos that makes toilet seat decals.

Of all the things to send to journalists for possible publication.

I got a good laugh out of it, then cruised through the company's Web site, http://www.toilet-tattoos.com/, which has all of the decals for sale - holidays, potty training stickers, cute designs. In all fairness, the designs were pretty cute, and if I were one to decorate for holidays, I'd consider it. They definitely are a conversation starter...

So for my blog readers' benefit, I also requested samples to give away.

So here's your chance.

Want to win a cute toilet seat decal?

The first three people to comment on this blog post will win one each. Just make sure to include a way for me to contact you and your name. Employees and independent contractors of The Star or Freedom Communications and their immediate families aren't eligible to win. Sorry!