Upon Getting Kicked Out Of A Nursing Home

I'm mixing things up for this week's Freaky Friday Fun. After my last post about The Silver Ring (which is now up to 221 downloads so far, thank you very much), I felt it was only fitting to read a little bit of it to y'all. (Well, the real reason is because Smashwords allows authors to post videos about their books, and I'm curious to see if a quick reading by the author has any effect.) This is my first time doing something like this, so please be gentle. And enjoy.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CWP7MzMcNo

Talk About An Angry Customer

For this week's Freaky Friday Fun, I present to you an individual who went into Wal-Mart, grabbed a metal baseball bat from the sports section, and then strode into the electronics section and destroyed a number of TVs. (You'd be lying if you said the urge didn't come over you when you're in Wal-Mart.) The official clip is from the AP, but it's a tad long and boring, so embedded below is a more suped up version. Have a great weekend. And for those of you on the east coast, stay warm.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJs0M7hfXy4

Warning: Do Not Feed Or Taunt Mel Gibson

Remember back in the day -- like the '80s and early '90s -- when Mel Gibson was cool? Yeah, me too. But still, he never disappoints, as you can see from the video below (make sure to watch the entire thing). I wonder if his PR people are on suicide watch.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTwuQBOLYdU

Steve Jobs Ripped Off Mad TV

In honor of today's announcement of Apple's new product (I still think iSlate has a nicer ring to it), I figured it was only fitting to bring you your Freaky Friday Fun one day early because if you don't see it here, you're apt to see it somewhere else (if you haven't seen it already). First though, my thoughts on the iPad: not overly impressed. Basically it's a jumbo iPod touch. Okay, that's great, but for some reason I thought it was going to be an eReader first and foremost ... or maybe that was just wishful thinking. The idea of the eReader, of course, is to present a product that will not strain a reader's eyes, like -- oh I don't know -- looking at a computer monitor. Which the iPad basically is. Not that I'm saying I'm not interested in checking it out once it makes its eventual appearance at my local Apple Store, but I haven't placed a preorder just yet.

An upside, though, is that it would be great for viewing graphic novels and other comics, so there's that to consider.

Anyway, over a decade ago Mad TV did a spoof on what they called -- yep, you guessed it -- the iPad. Enjoy.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs

An Eight Year Old Terror(ist)

For this week's installment of Freaky Friday Fun, an eight-year-old kid is stuck on TSA's terror watch list. Who knows, maybe Homeland Security knows something the kid's parents don't ...

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PH7713V8dM

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I know I will, as I'm just one more chapter away from completing this new novel. Then it's on to yet another project. Tune in Monday, where there will be details of a new exciting contest in which you -- yes, you -- could win some cool stuff.