People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
- Dan Quayle

Morning kids! What’s the prize inside your box today?

Lovely Listing – Odd Finds in Real Estate Listings – Trust me.. you’ll lose hours going through all the archives. You weren’t doing anything today, were you?

The Muppet Show’s 10 Weirdest Moments – Well.. that about explains me. I watched The Muppet Show every morning before I went to school.

If you don’t lose Saturday with Lovely Listings.. how about the People of Walmart?

Actually, many years ago, we had a company-wide vote for our informal company-wide mascot, and the choices came down to the Boston tree fern, beef tape worm and a llama. And somehow the llama won the vote!
- Will Wright

I know I spoke about Neil Tyson before.. but I think I’m going to make him the official Daily Weird Quotes Mascot.

I never get tired of his speeches or his writings. I find him fascinating and very candid.

Here he is discussing Human Intelligence?

Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don’t know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I’m a weirdo.
- Leonardo DiCaprio

I was going to post a link to a website that has a bunch of articles on there about conspiracy theories, overthinking, brainwashing, symbolism, etc.. and while I don’t subscribe to their beliefs I figured.. heey.. I’ll post about them anyways because it’s interesting and kind of weird.

But then I realized, why link to them? If I don’t like them, don’t agree with them, why would I intentionally draw attention to them? I think many of us do the OMGWTF and then tell everyone we know, and then those people are like OMGWTF and then they in turn bring more. Just what some people wanted originally. Attention. I’m not going to do it.

Instead.. I’m going to introduce you to Sara the Walrus. A saxophone playing, tango dancing walrus in Istanbul.

I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.
- John McGahern

I have a deep affection for all things in the retro era (mainly 40s and 50s) everything from fashion to furniture and culture to cheezy how-to videos they used to show in school. It just feels all so… wholesome. So that’s why I greatly admire Time Warp Wives.
Time Warp living… well, it’s best if they explain it:
“Time Warp Living Is a retro movement where both men and women have taken radical action to escape what they see as the hectic grind of modern life. Past eras had their share of difficulties. Could it be that these timewarpians have overly romanticized the past, or were those times really better than our own? You decide.”

The Dailymail did a feature on Time Warp Wives and it’s worth the read. Some harsh critics say these women are living in denial or that they’re sad because they’re living in a fantasy world. I’m not judging them at all. I think we should all do what makes us happy and kudos to them for living their dream. That’s something to be jealous of.

Now about those ghosts. I’m sure they’re here and I’m not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day.
- Bess Truman

Yes. I’m a fan of Ghost Hunters. Fake, real, whatever.. don’t care. I love it. My favourite person on there is Barry Fitzgerald. He started off as a “family member of TAPS” and has now been promoted to the Tech Manager for Ghost Hunters International.

Why do I like him? He started off in a little “guest spot” and he was soooo nerdy. He had on thick glasses, kind of pudgy, backwards kind of geek. I dig that look (what? I do. I’m not kidding!)

Then.. he gets the Ghost Hunters International gig and suddenly he looks HOT. He’s got that facial hair, goatee thing whatever it’s called, he wears the newsboy caps, the hot Irish thing going… and.. well.. I just think it’s so cute that here he was Mr. Mega-Nerd and now he’s like this Hottie Irish Dude. I wish I could find a Before and After photo.

How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.
- Emo Philips

Gary Spivey is a psychic, a medium, and his Wiki says spiritual healer… but I’m kind of dubious on that.

On his white afro: “This is where my crazy hair-do started: I would color it silver and white when I played music. I didn’t want to be a starving musician, so I went into sales. In sales, my psychic abilities really cam in handy and so did the crazy hair-do and white clothes. Anyone who saw me would always rememeber me. It wasn’t long before I was one of the top salesmen in my company. Eventually, I went into business for myself and, since the crazy look was already working for me, I kept it.”

Whatever works buddy. I like kitschy gimmicks.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
– Walter Bagehot

I wouldn’t necessarily call Bill Birnes my hero or even an inspiration, but there are some people in this world that I can’t help but be attracted to them (and not attracted in that sense), I basically watch them in awe. Amazed with who they are.

Bill Birnes is one of them. You may recognize him from The History Channel UFO Hunters and he’s also the Publisher for UFO Magazine. I think I enjoy watching him so much because 1) I dig those glasses, very Top Gun 2) The guys with him (on the show) may say “Bill is clearly nuts” and Bill will stand by what he says 100% and without swaying. Can you say that about most people? Yourself? I’m rarely that confident about something. I feed a lot off of that. It’s reassuring to me that maybe one day, I stand that confidently behind my convictions.

Sure he’s a little quirky, but individuals make the world go around. It sure would be a boring place if we were all sheep.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
– Salvador Dali

I have this friend of mine who always says the wrong thing. I tell her, “I have to go to the mall to buy a new pair of pants.” Her response is, “Oh because you gained weight huh?”

She means nothing ill by it, I’ve come to notice that it’s just a part of her personality and I absolutely adore it. I adore it because it’s who she is. She will always say the wrong thing.

If someone always puts their foot in their mouth or otherwise embarrasses themselves, why run away from it? You should embrace it and them and draw inspiration from it. They’re being who they are, they’re living freely while you stay in your little box pleasing others. I’m guilty of people-pleasing too, so I live vicariously through these other people. They have the strength to be who they are, I feel I have to maintain status quo.