Garfield Minus Garfield

One of the funniest blogs I've ever seen is GarfieldMinusGarfield. This blog takes Garfield OUT of Garfield comic strips, leaving poor, sad John to fend for himself. In my opinion, John ends up looking like a raging lunatic. It's hilarious!

For extra points on Week 6, choose a great GarfieldMinusGarfield and post it on your blog. Explain WHY it's funny. What I mean by this is that I want you to explain what makes John's situation unusual, alarming, surprising, pathetic, or some other extreme that is also funny. Be detailed!

Another weekend, a Warhorse, Nerds, and Trivial Pursuit

This weekend was great. On Friday night some friends came over to celebrate the fact that they just got engaged to be married. They are our favorite couple-friends, and we had a great time playing Trivial Pursuit (my ALL time favorite board game) and laughing our butts off. They stayed over in the guest room (a grown-ups' slumber party) and in the morning we slept really, really late and then walked to a nearby French restaurant for brunch. It was SO good, and I was satisfied with me weekend as early as Saturday morning!

So then.....I read. Well, first I shopped and then I read. I bought some new books for the library (but need to read them first, in case they are a little too mature...). I finished a GREAT book called Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern. It's about a 10th grader whose friends have suddenly transformed into super-punk chicks and only want to hang out with the older, "cool" students. One of the so-called friends REALLY hurts her feelings and they basically stop being friends, but Jessie (that's the main character) is confused about the people who seem to be becoming her NEW friends because they are NERDS and she isn't sure how she feels about that. Like any good book, there is romance, betrayal, humor, friendship, and more. Plus, the main character reads REALLY good books.

Then I started another book called I Am the Great Horse by Katherine Roberts. This book is about Alexander the Great, but the COOL thing is that the book is told by Alexander's HORSE Bucephalus. Bucephalus is legendary for being fierce, huge, strong, and SCARY. Some people called him a man-eating horse. This book is filled with bloody battles, daring missions, and near-death experiences. It is action packed and TOTALLY awesome.

Wouldn't it be funny to get a little dog and name it Bucephalus?

How is it possible that I could like two books that are SO TOTALLY DIFFERENT? Good question. Some people stick to just one type of book, movie, music, food, or TV show. Not me. If it's good, I'll read it, watch it, listen to it, or eat it. Life is more interesting that way.