We built this Scalextrics track last year, since then we have accumulated even more track. We have a plan to build a bigger track, but this time it will require a sunny day and the use of our garden. I think we have enough track to fill up the garden with an awesome track. I might need to design it beforehand, so that we can built it as quickly as possible!

You smell that?! Smell it! Smell your own, you little son-of-a-bitch!

If you have ever flown on a plane and read the safety card then you will see the funny side from these parody airline safety procedures. It reminds me of the Fight Club and where they replace the safety cards on the plane of people burning in a crash. If you float over some of the images then you get different captions like “Look at your shoes, fucker! Get normal brown ones like mine!”.

http://airtoons.com/

It is worth checking out the Failblog, it is full of funny images and videos. My favorite at the moment is this gem from an interview where the guy barked. The funniest bit is when it is slowed down. I have gone around saying things like ‘you barked at me like the guy in the interviewee fail’. Check it out and remember to subscribe to the Youtube channel.

http://failblog.org/

I came across this great blog which has some classic games on it which you can play online.  It includes one of my all time favorites International Karate+ for the Amiga, although when I was growing up I had it for the Commodore 64. I had completely forgotten how addictive that game was, but also how cutting edge at the time. I am sure that they will add more over time.

http://craigsgames.com/

This amazing blogging bear has travelled around the world writing about his adventures for years. It is a joy to read about the places he goes, some which are local, but some are places the average person won’t even get to see. He has been everywhere from Japan to America with quite a few stops in-between. His style of writing is very indicative of a tiny bear and personally hope that he continues to blog for many years to come.

http://www.cuddlybear.com/

Roller Coaster Designer is a website I just fell upon when I was looking for something fun on the internet.  The object of this website is to create a roller coaster and rack up a certain amount of points in each level.  When you first start you are give a red line with a few square markers throughout.  You can adjust these square markers to go up and down and you need to create enough momentum to get the roller coaster to take off but also to ride the rest of the ride smoothly.  It seems easy enough but when you start you soon realize it is not as easy as it looks.

I started the first one thinking “How hard can this be?”.  I would need at least 50 points in round one to go to the next level.  I adjusted my marker to have a drop in the beginning of the ride and when I finished I clicked GO!  Yeah, not even close.  My coaster went down the slope and then barely made it up the coaster before it slowly rocked back and ended up stuck.  So I started over again, same problem.  Why was I not able to get this roller coaster to take off?  I adjusted it some more the third time around and also adjusted some of the other markers.  This time my coaster flew over the slope and went crazy over the other small slopes I had created and my passenger looked ill and was knocked out from my coaster!  So now I knew this game needed time and some thinking put in to it.  I played with it a little, tried over and over again until was finally able to get my coaster to the end without making my passenger ill or causing him to pass out on my roller coaster!  So now I was on to level two, more pressure!  On level two I needed to get 100 points to pass and I noticed that there were a few more markers to adjust which made this game a little more difficult but just as fun and addictive.  So I tried. And tried, at least ten times it felt like!  I would adjust my markers and hit GO! And I would watch my rider and sometimes he would turn green and sometimes I would knock him unconscious. I was learning that I was not the best roller coaster designer.  After about 15 times I finally passed this level and made it to level 3.  Oh man, level 3 required 200 points to pass, was I going to be able to pass this level?  More markers made for a more difficult game, but I was ready for the challenge.  I tried again, put all I had in to creating an awesome coaster.  Did I do it?  Yeah after about I don’t know how many times!  I felt like I was constantly knocking my passenger unconscious over and over and he threw up more than once.  So I changed my markers in different areas and tried to create one a roller coaster that was smooth, fast, and did not make my passenger want to hurl!  I did it! I thought I was going to have to give up at that point but I made it to the next level, level 4.  In level 4 I would need 300 points, seriously I knew there was no way I was going to pass this but hey let’s give it a shot anyway.  The hard thing about this game is that when you move one marker all the other markers move as well causing the coaster to have numerous large and steep slopes so you have to take the time to adjust them all little by little until your rider is able to get through the ride without hurling.  I adjusted some markers and went for it.  Not only did I make my passenger barf, pass out I only got 52 points.  This was going to be HARD!  I tried a few more times and when I noticed that I had been clenching my jaw I called it quits! I got in to this game and I really wanted to pass but it beat me, beat me good.  If you play this game enjoy it, it is fun and may actually keep you busy for a bit, it kept me busy for a while!

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=roller

http://flashface.ctapt.de/

One of my favorite sites that I found while browsing the internet was Hip Hop Reminders.  When I first came by this site I thought it was a cute idea.  I was very surprised to find that it held so many different names!  It has different categories you can choose from but not as many as I would like to see.  As I browsed through the various names it held I chose my husband’s name and chose the “Take out the trash” reminder and played it. I laughed out loud!  It was not a long song but I liked it anyway.  It had a hip hop beat just like the site said and the verse did not include a lot of words but I liked it.  I waited until he got home and was not paying attention and decided to try it out.  I have to say at first he was more surprised to hear his name in a song that to actually hear what the song was saying.  Like I said the amount of names it held was great, I can never find his full name anywhere!  So I played it and asked him what he thought and he said it was a good idea.  There was also another hip hop song that you can use on your children such as BRUSH YOUR TEETH and WALK THE DOG.  Those I found to be very cute.  I played one for my son using the BRUSH YOUR TEETH version.  I think the site would be used more if it had more songs added.  As of now it only has 7 songs as follows:  Do your homework, Brush your teeth, Take out the trash, Mow the lawn, Rake the leaves, Do the dishes and Walk the dog.  I played one for my brother in law as well and he thought the site was a great idea but agreed that it needed to have more song additions.  I don’t know what else to really say about the site only that it is a cute idea, the person who did the songs is really good and every once in a while when I get irritated that the garbage has piled up in the garbage can I play it instead of my usual nagging!  It makes me look like less of a nagger and gets the point across to my husband!  Try it out a few times and you will get hooked as well!

http://www.hiphopreminders.com/