Kjerstin Gruys is…..and, believe it or not, that includes her upcoming wedding.
She started this challenge after a stressful weekend searching for the perfect dress for her October wedding. Comparing herself to the photoshopped models got her so depressed, she became fearful that she might relapse into an eating disorder that plagued her in college, She decided to shift her focus away from outward appearances…..and get rid of her mirror….for at least a year!
Read more here

BTW….she’s blogging about it here

Could you go an entire year without seeing yourself?

And you thought YOU were having a rough day!   This poor fella dropped his pruing sheers in his garden…when he bent over to pick them up, he lost his balance and fell straight onto the sheers impaling his eye socket with one of the handles.    Miraculously, doctors were able to remove the sheers, rebuild his eye socket, and save his eye.  He is expected to make a full recovery!

One-year-old Akshat Saxena had seven fingers on each hand and ten toes on each foot — but no thumbs.  He has broken the previous world record of 15 fingers and sixteen toes.   He has since had his extra digits removed.

Have you ever felt like you really needed some privacy in our very crowded world?   Then you need to pick up one of these “Veasyble” Privacy Shells!   You simply put it on and boom…you feel like you are all alone!

Parents in Kyoto, Japan take their ill-mannered children for a ride on this very spooky train. The kids are told that if they don’t behave, they will not be able to leave the train. It apparently works!

Say hello to Robonaut! He has been “asleep” for the last six months aboard the International Space Station and now engineers at NASA have woken him up and put him to work.

WESTSIDE ADOPTION CENTER: I am at Lexi Dog on 6100 SW Macadam Ave. Portland, OR (503-245-4363). Come meet me there! Say hello to Snooky, a sensitive man looking for a walking partner in life. He can be sensitive to being overhanded and would do best in a home with older children. He loves to be in your lap and would love a warm bed and lots of toys to play with. Snooky came to us from Merced, California through our Second Chance Program so we could help find him the special someone, is it you?

The adoption fee includes spay/neuter, microchip ID, collar and OHS I.D. tag, initial vaccines, one month pet insurance, courtesy veterinarian exam, and plenty of post adoption support!

Please CLICK HERE to make this super sweet boy a part of your permanent loving family!!

The two did “I’m Yours” at her show in LA last night……will she have a Portland artist join her when she plays here Sept. 6? Listen all next week for your chance to win tickets & see for yourself!

Then you need to order some Lunch Bugs!   These ordinary looking sandwich bags come with the image of a roach on each bag!   This should stop even the most hungry lunch-thief at the office!