NOAA: Third Coldest October on Record: Third place ain’t bad!

Here’s the article with the information in it. Some highlights:

• The average October temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the 20^th Century average and ranked as the 3^rd coolest based on preliminary data.
• For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The month was marked by an active weather pattern that reinforced unseasonably cold air behind a series of cold fronts. Temperatures were below normal in eight of the nation’s nine climate regions, and of the nine, five were much below normal. Only the Southeast climate region had near normal temperatures for October.

Here’s to a real winter!

Um, New York State will be broke? By when?

Article

Governor David Paterson called an unusual joint session of the Legislature Monday to implore recalcitrant lawmakers to close the state’s huge budget gap before New York runs out of money.

He said if the Legislature doesn’t cut the budget now the state could run out of money by next month.

Yes, I think that would be a GREAT idea.

“We’re going to run out of cash in four and a half weeks. We are going to run out of money. Unless we do something about it, (it will) threaten generations,” Paterson said.

Not troubling at all.

The governor says $3.2 billion in cuts must be enacted how — or else. The cuts range from $500 million in agency spending to over $1 billion in already committed in aid to school districts and hospitals.

Oh, so not really a big deal. Just cut money from schools and hospitals.

Glad he’s got it figured out. Yikes.

Ex-Giant Lawrence Taylor busted in Florida

Lawrence Taylor, our favorite former member of the New York Giants, got arrested again for leaving the scene of a car accident. Article here. Cmon buddy, we’re all rootin’ for ya to get your life all back together again! Another article here from TMZ. Weird that even though his eyes look REALLY bloodshot they didn’t test him for anything.

Site of the Week: Cake Wrecks

Every week (or however frequently I decide to do this), I intend to direct people to a website I consider hilarious, noteworthy, or otherwise just a barrel of laughs. You may know some of them, or all of them, but I want to share the sites I love most. This site is a definite winner.

Today’s website is Cake Wrecks.

From their website:

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate – you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it’s simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I’m not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

I hope you all enjoy.

If you’re a Giants fan, this is a great video about the Offensive Line

The five guys on our line are a hilarious bunch and are all really close. This video is from the NFL, and is called O-Line Confidential. Required watching for a big fan.

Enjoy.

The video is here.

05:36 – The Giants’ O-Line dishes on missing Michael Strahan’s words of wisdom, cold games at Lambeau and more.

500 Tickets Being Given Away For Friday’s Celebration Following Ticker-Tape Parade. Want to win?!

New York Yankees City Hall Plaza Ceremony Ticket Giveaway – Click here

The enrollment period for the ticket giveaway to the New York Yankees City Hall Plaza Ceremony will be held today, Thursday, November 5th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Each winner will receive two (2) tickets. Please visit again between those hours.

There have been reports in the past of fraudulent offers for tickets to the parade – including access to floats – and to the ceremony. There are no tickets or passes to any portion of the parade, and any such offers are fake. Ceremony tickets are not for resale. If you are aware of any tickets or passes being sold, please call 311.

You can also enter by calling 311. Here’s an article about it by WCBS.

Those unable to get access to City Hall Plaza can still get in on the action. The sidewalks lining the parade route along Broadway from Battery Place to Chambers Street are open to all members of the public, and the City will set up a large screen near City Hall Park for members of the public to watch the subsequent ceremony.

Hairless bears!

They’re actually kind of gross looking – a little like GIANT rats. Yuck. The zookeepers at the German zoo where the bears live have no idea what happened. The article is here if you want to read more.

This is what they SHOULD look like.

I’m actually unsure which I find scarier. I’m tending towards the wrinkly, gross ones.

Sesame Street turns FORTY in a week! Holy moly!

Sesame Street, a show upon which millions have grown up, turns forty November 10th. That’s really amazing. It’s aired in 140 countries. I don’t even know if I could name that many countries. The folks at Google have honored the furry folks today by using this image to make sure everryyyyyone knows about it. Here is the US version.

The wikipedia page has many details about the history, etc. of the show.

Forty years. That’s just a long, long time. Sesame Street’s website is allowing you to vote for your favorite clips from the show. Click here to have a look. The First Lady will be making an appearance on the 40th anniversary episode.

Win a $100 Barnes & Noble Online Gift Certificate! Daily Winners!

Thought I would share this link with y’all. Click here.

To celebrate the launch of the new B&N Kids, we are giving away a $100 Barnes & Noble.com Online Gift Certificate every day through December 16th.

Wouldn’t that be a nice treat!

At least she might know how she got the swine flu…

Coughing on the train got two gals afightin!

When I got the swine, I just got it. No idea how or from where or whom. This person, apparently, decided to get in a few shots at the person who might be spreading it around. If I met the person that was kind enough to share the H1N1 with me, I might scowl at them, or at least wag my finger disapprovingly in their general direction. Tsk tsk.