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Uncle Frog Discusses the Fat Pride Line of T-Shirts and Gifts

Thin may be in, but fat is where it's at. UncleFrog.net has a big selection of fat pride and fat joke t-shirts and gift items. Hear Uncle Frog's take on what it means to be fat and how fat pride really is a good thing. In this video, hosted on YouTube, you'll get to meet the world famous Uncle Frog as he, in his quirky way, explains the movitation behind the ever so successful Fat Pride merchandise line.


Click twice slowly on the play button above to start the video review of Fat Pride merchandise!

The Boys Play with Frogs

Three boys on a mild and tender spring day play gleefully with some frogs. Leap frog never seemed so interesting and engaging. The smile and squeals of delight as the green frogs jump hither, thither and yon. It reminds you of the childhood days you once had in a gone-by era.

But wait! Is that a deer foot in his hand? All the better to play with frogs. I can't say I've ever played with frogs with a deer foot in my hand before. At least two of these boys in this video seem to have deer feet in their hands. Now, as the realization sets in the moods shifts from one of nostalgia to one of mild dread.

Great Faith Race: Round 7

CafePress.com is a wonderfully diverse marketplace. Which led me to wonder how diverse it really is. Therefore, I decided to run an experiment called "The Great Faith Race." I took a sampling of major religions or religious figures and searched in the CafePress marketplace to see how many designs came up. Then I just sorted the results and am sharing them below. I ran this list the first time on April 30, 2007 and the second time on May 15, 2007 and the third time on June 10, 2007 and a forth time on July 8, 2007 and a fifth time on August 11, 2007 and the sixth time on September 23, 2007 and then again today, so I'll also include comparison data.

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COMPARISON DATA: The comparison data is for data on 12/9/07 compared to 9/23/07 .

NEWLY ADDED: None. Feel free to add to our line-up by submitting a comment to this blog article.

NEWLY DELETED: None this round. We have 43 religious terms on the list presently. Perhaps in future rounds we will try to keep it at 50 and under. 50 sounds like a good amount to track, especially considering we don't get paid to do this. Not yet anyway. *evil laugh* Of course, we don't know anyone who would ever pay us for this.

OBSERVATIONS: Christian has moved above God in the ranks for most number of design tags at CafePress. Sikh leaps a small pack ahead of Isis in a short burst gain in the ranks. Dagon leap frogs Zeus. Confucianism moves up a respectable two notches. Vishnu lost a ton in the rankings; not just slower growth, but these multi-arms experienced an actual loss. Other losses were minimal. Bahai is our biggest percentage gainer, while Christian obviously has the largest number of additions since the last Great Faith Race round.

DISCLAIMERS: Although this appears to be very scientific in nature, this assumption should not be made. In other words, this is an unscientific study. Use this information, if at all, at your own risk. We make absolutely no warranties, expressed or implied, as to ... well ... anything. You get the drift.

Feel free to add your comments or observations. If I ever feel compelled to run "The Great Faith Race" again, did I miss any of your favorite religions or religious icons? Let us know!

Great Faith Race: Round 6

CafePress.com is a wonderfully diverse marketplace. Which led me to wonder how diverse it really is. Therefore, I decided to run an experiment called "The Great Faith Race." I took a sampling of major religions or religious figures and searched in the CafePress marketplace to see how many designs came up. Then I just sorted the results and am sharing them below. I ran this list the first time on April 30, 2007 and the second time on May 15, 2007 and the third time on June 10, 2007 and a forth time on July 8, 2007 and a fifth time on August 11, 2007 then again today, so I'll also include comparison data.

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COMPARISON DATA: The comparison data is for data on 9/23/07 compared to 8/11/07.

NEWLY ADDED: Twelve new items added this round. Special thanks goes out to John's Secret Identity for his contributions: Rastafari, Unitarianism, Sikh, Amish, Sikhism, Shinto, Neopaganism, Bahai, Jainism, Mennonite and Zoroastrianism. I added Confucianism all on my own.

NEWLY DELETED: None this round. We have 43 religious terms on the list presently. Perhaps in future rounds we will try to keep it at 50 and under. 50 sounds like a good amount to track, especially considering we don't get paid to do this. Not yet anyway. *evil laugh* Of course, we don't know anyone who would ever pay us for this.

OBSERVATIONS: The Flying Spaghetti Monster had the highest percentage gain for this round at an 18.9% increase in the number of designs, followed by Muhammad, Dagon and Hindu. No others had a double-digit increase in terms of percentage gains. Christian, God, Jesus and Pagan had the largest number of additional designs uploaded since Round Five, furthering their respective leads for dominance. Atheist, Wiccan and Jewish put up some respectible numbers as well. Scientology was the only one to lose ground this round with a 1.3% decline.

DISCLAIMERS: Although this appears to be very scientific in nature, this assumption should not be made. In other words, this is an unscientific study. Use this information, if at all, at your own risk. We make absolutely no warranties, expressed or implied, as to ... well ... anything. You get the drift.

Feel free to add your comments or observations. If I ever feel compelled to run "The Great Faith Race" again, did I miss any of your favorite religions or religious icons? Let us know!

A New Space Race - $4 Million to Stay in Space Hotel

Nerd, geeks, dweebs and dorks unite in what might seem at first blush to be a sci-fi fantasy. The goal ... by 2012 a company wants to open the first hotel in space. Orbiting the earth, the Galactic Suite hotel will allow guests to view 15 sun-rises and sun-sets as a trip around Earth would only last 80 minutes. For $4,000,000 guests will be treated to a space camp for eight weeks on a secluded island and then three days in orbit. This company is betting that enough of the 40,000 people estimated to be wealthy enough to even consider such a holiday would be willing to hand over the funds for a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Read more about it here.

The Great Faith Race: Round 5

CafePress.com is a wonderfully diverse marketplace. Which led me to wonder how diverse it really is. Therefore, I decided to run an experiment called "The Great Faith Race." I took a sampling of major religions or religious figures and searched in the CafePress marketplace to see how many designs came up. Then I just sorted the results and am sharing them below. I ran this list the first time on April 30, 2007 and the second time on May 15, 2007 and the third time on June 10, 2007 and a forth time on July 8, 2007 and then again today, so I'll also include comparison data.

COMPARISON DATA: The comparison data is for data on 8/11/07 compared to 7/08/07.

NEWLY ADDED: Flying Spaghetti Monster (so keep the suggestions/comments coming!).

NEWLY DELETED: Voodou (added last time at the suggestion of a reader, but there is still only one design), and Jedi (two rounds in a row with zero designs, possibly due to copyright, therefore we will cease the reporting on this key word).

OBSERVATIONS: The only term to change positions this round was Vishnu and Dagon, with Vishnu as the new lead. All other positions may have stabilized. Does this mean less religious strife and conflict in the World? Probably not. And therefore we may opt to run a Round Six sometime in the future. There were three entrants that had declines this round: Satan, Voodoo and Dagon. Better luck next round you three. The three big movers-and-shakers for this round, in order of magnitude are: Vishnu, Muhammad and Hindu.

DISCLAIMERS: Although this appears to be very scientific in nature, this assumption should not be made. In other words, this is an unscientific study. Use this information, if at all, at your own risk. We make absolutely no warranties, expressed or implied, as to ... well ... anything. You get the drift.

Feel free to add your comments or observations. If I ever feel compelled to run "The Great Faith Race" again, did I miss any of your favorite religions or religious icons? Let us know!

The Stogie & Stinky Show

Join the claymation stars, Stogie and Stinky, on their mad-cap adventure to slay evil and win the girl. The visual elements of the claymation was captured first and completely independent of the sound track. No choreography was laid out in advance. Any synchronization between the visual and audio elements of this claymation production is purely coincidental. You can tell this is was produced using classic claymation techniques by the few frames near the end where hands were accidentally caught in the shots. The degradation of the VHS tape which housed the original footage is evident in this digital reproduction. This pilot episode was shot circa 1992 by Uncle Frog and Brother Frog.

Men, Women and the Bathroom

When we purchased our current home, one of the features (or lack thereof) pointed out to us was that the master bathroom did not have dual sinks. To be frank, the master bathroom is a little small. But I wasn't terribly concerned about this at the time.

You see, logic told me that this would not be an issue. Here are the known facts: There are twenty-four hours in the day, with an average of eight of those hours spent sleeping and another nine hours per day working and commuting. This leaves seven hours. It takes me literally fifteen minutes to get ready (that's for the 3 S's ... you know, sh*t, shower and shave). This means I would only be using 1/28th of this seven hour daily period to get ready for the day. This would leave Mrs. Frog 27/28th of that time available for her to use our master bathroom in complete privacy.

Here are the discovered facts: Whenever I choose to use my 1/28th of the time, aka fifteen minutes, Mrs. Frog decides this is a perfect time for her to use the bathroom.

WTF?!? I can't have fifteen minutes of privacy a day? The math works out. The logic is sound. However, in reality, this still doesn't work as it should.

I'm operating under the assumption (yes, I know what "they" say about assuming) that this is a loving gesture made by a woman that is intended to express her desire to be always close to her loving man ... as opposed to the equally plausible assumption that this is a woman's non-verbal gesture to clearly communicate to the man that there will never be another moment of privacy and that anything the man believes he actually still has all to himself can instantly be taken away by said woman.

Of course Mrs. Frog and your Uncle Frog want to spend every waking moment together, so in that regard this posting is more of an observation than it is a complaint. But if any of you female types out there would wish to comment about how this can possibly happen, we surely would appreciate the insight.

Frogs Don't Scream

Nope. Frogs might cry, yell or even whine a little bit every now and again. But frogs definitely do not scream. UncleFrog, in no way, shape or form condones cruelty to animals. Frogs are people, too. However, I have to admit, this cartoon did give me a warped little chuckle.

The Freak

Some days you feel like a freak, some days a freak feels like you. What kind of day is today?

Songs About Meat Rule the Ears as Steak Rules the Mouth

The only thing better than a big juicy steak is a big juicy steak consumed listening to a song about a big juicy steak. It satisfies so many of our senses ... taste, touch, smell, sight and with the tune-age we even appeal to the sense of hearing.

AVSME has added a couple of pages dedicated to lyrical meat byproducts (meat related songs) to the site. Check out the new meat lovers song pages here.

Look for the links in the left navigation bar designated as "song" and you are on the right track. Do you know of any other meat related songs or parodies that should be featured at AVSME? Let us know in the comment section. Thanks, and enjoy your meat today!

Cloned Meat? It's Deja Stew!

So the FDA will approve the use of cloned animals and products produced by cloned animals into the human food supply. Will every meal from here on out taste exactly the same? Will people be clamoring for their Deja Stew brand beef stew?

Thus far farmers and scientists are claiming that the actual use of cloned animals in the production of food for humans is not cost effective. It is much too expensive to clone an animal for simple human consumption. Therefore, they conclude, that there is nothing to fear. Well, perhaps. Or perhaps some day it will become economically feasible. Perhaps one day it will be cheaper and easier to press a selection button to create new life, than it will be to use regular breeding techniques. Then what?

Just remember ... clones are people two!

The Great Faith Race: Round 4

CafePress.com is a wonderfully diverse marketplace. Which led me to wonder how diverse it really is. Therefore, I decided to run an experiment called "The Great Faith Race." I took a sampling of major religions or religious figures and searched in the CafePress marketplace to see how many designs came up. Then I just sorted the results and am sharing them below. I ran this list the first time on April 30, 2007 and the second time on May 15, 2007 and the third time on June 10, 2007 so I'll also include comparison data.


COMPARISON DATA: The comparison data is for data on 7/08/07 compared to 6/10/07.

NEWLY ADDED: Jewish, Judaism, Hebrew, Druid, Voodoo, Shamanism, Kabbalah, Scientology, Quetzalcoatl, Voodou and Jedi have been added this round at the request of some of our blog readers (so keep the suggestions/comments coming!).

OBSERVATIONS: There were numerous searches that completed this month with fewer designs than last month. This may simply be an indication of the quirkiness of the CafePress marketplace rather than actual deletion of designs.

• Voodou was suggested and added - Although this may be the correct spelling of voodou, we can see that people are using the voodoo spelling much more often.
• Islam and Satan had the exact same number of designs this time - I ran it a few times to make sure what I thought I was seeing was actually what I should be seeing. Again, no need to read too much into this observation.
• Agnostic and Hindu had the largest percentage increase noted for this round.
• Zero designs were found for "Jedi" - though I suspect this has more to do with copyright issues than anything else.
• Allah and Muhammad had the largest declines this round, again probably due to marketplace search quirkiness than anything really meaningful.

DISCLAIMERS: Although this appears to be very scientific in nature, this assumption should not be made. In other words, this is an unscientific study. Use this information, if at all, at your own risk. We make absolutely no warranties, expressed or implied, as to ... well ... anything. You get the drift.

Feel free to add your comments or observations. If I ever feel compelled to run "The Great Faith Race" again, did I miss any of your favorite religions or religious icons? Let us know!

In Which Direction Does a Toilet Flush on the Equator?

Growing up we were taught that due to the rotation of the Earth, while toilets flushed and sink basins drained in a counter-clockwise direction in the United States, that the toilets and sinks would drain in a clockwise direction in Australia. Hurricanes can be seen to hold this same swirling pattern depending upon if it was in the northern or southern hemispheres. It all makes perfect sense, and we even have friends who have been to Australia and swear this is true.

Well, this got your Uncle Frog thinking ... dangerous, I know ... which direction does the toilet flush or the sink basis drain if one was exactly upon the Equator? I presented the question to the group of people with whom we were enjoying our Independence Day celebration and no one knew the answer. We speculated that there would be zero rotation exactly upon the equator when the toilet flushed or the sink basin drained. Mrs. Frog even proposed that toilets might flush exactly the same in Australia, and rejected the premise out of turn. Surely someone knows the answer, so I headed out into the World Wide Web to find the answer.

It turns out from my research thus far, that the actual answer to "Which way does the water in a toilet bowl rotate when it is flushed?" is "A toilet will flush in the direction in which it was designed to flush." WHAT?!?! No fancy explanation about the Earth's rotation or the Coriolis force or hemispheres? Nope.

Apparently this is a very widely held misconception. The rotation of the Earth has an immeasurable affect upon something so small as a bowl of water. Whether a toilet flushes in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction is solely determined by the design of the toilet. Wow, I learn something new every day, and occasionally I even unlearn something new.

Who wants to pick on fat people? Raise your hand!

You can't pick on people because of their race anymore. It's just not acceptable. You can't pick on people because of their gender, or even due to their sexual orientation. It's simply not politically correct. Then who on Earth, by gosh, is left to be the butt of a thousand mean jokes? Fat people, of course!

Now then, before you read too much into this article, let me explain ... I'm a member of the unspoken and eminently informal fat people's club. I'm not advocating picking on our chubby brethren. Not in the least. But you must realize, that for some reason, it still seems acceptable by society to pick on and torment overweight people.

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No, I'm not here to defend the bully actions of other people toward fat men, fat women, fat boys or fat girls. We are here to bring the jokes to light, for it is in the light that the cockroaches go scurrying. If you've got a "few extra pounds" to lose, why put yourself through all the stress and anxiety about it. Simply accept yourself for who you are.

Fat Pride Web Site

We don't discriminate against skinny people here, either. Everyone is welcome. Here we will expose fat jokes for what they are ... funny humor. By embracing it, we diffuse the jokes and slams of their power. We can strip the negativity from it by keeping it in the light. It's hard to tease a fat guy who has "Fatty McButter Pants" across his chest. What are the jokesters going to say? Nothing. So won't you join us over at the Fat Pride site and have some fun?

Anti-Vegetarian Society of Meat Eaters Web Site

The Anti-Vegetarian Society of Meat Eaters (AVSME) isn't really opposed to eating vegetables; they make great side dishes for big juicy steaks, stuffed inside chicken breasts with cheese, or served with flavorful pork chops. AVSME isn't even opposed to the vegetarians themselves. But what grinds our nerves like Grade A ground chuck are the almost militant activities and comments from the most fanatical vegetarians and vegans. Carnivores and Omnivores are people, too.

We continue to see activist and political efforts aimed at being the "Kitchen Police," telling people what they can and cannot eat. This is to what we are vehemently opposed. The most liberal of people scream bloody murder when the government creeps into their bedrooms, but somehow these same people want to force steamed broccoli down our throats and snatch away our rib eye steaks. For shame, fanatical vegans! For shame. You will need to pry our meat from our cold dead hands.

Nutritionists know that meat is a good source of vital protein. Meat lovers know that meat is tasty and delicious. Sounds like a powerful combination to the Anti-Vegetarian Society of Meat Eaters. We fully endorse meat and meat byproducts as part of a well-balanced, nutritional diet.

How can YOU become a member of AVSME? Simply visit the AVSME sundry store and pick yourself up some AVSME gear and sign our guest book. That's all there is to it. If you'd like to kneel down in front of a fellow carnivore and allow that person to slap a raw pork chop on each of your shoulders and then again across your cheek, declare you an official member of AVSME, and then command you to rise ... that's fine by us, but it doesn't really make you any more or less of an AVSME member than those who simply buy an official t-shirt and sign our guest book. But, it could be a lot of fun. Be sure to wash all areas touched by the raw meat, as this is consistent with proper meat handling. And if you do decide to do this, please videotape it, upload it to YouTube and let us know about it.

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Solution to the "Seat Up/Seat Down" Debate

Of course you already know about the "Seat Up/Seat Down" debate. Sure you do! Everyone does. Yes, today we are going to talk about urination and domestic responsibility. The fact that you know what I'm referring to with the "Seat Up/Seat Down" reference goes to show how widespread of an issue this truly is.

Before I present my proposed solution to this age old debate, first let me see if I can't briefly capsulate the positions of the men and the women (let me know if I do your gender a disservice with my synopsis).

MEN - The toilet seat should be left up. No one in his or her right mind would sit on a toilet without looking. So if the women happen to fall in, that's their own fault. Potty training should include the side lesson to "look before you leap." Men don't accidentally pee on a closed seat because they look first. The same premise should hold for women.

WOMEN - The toilet seat should be left down. First, see the "falling in" discussion from the men's section above. It's a serious concern, especially for those late night trips. Besides, it is more sanitary and aesthetic to have the toilet seat down. Men use the toilet with the toilet seat down about 25%-50% of the time anyway. Women use the toilet with the toilet seat down about 99% of the time (don't ask me anything more about the 1%, I don't want to talk about it). Thus, even if you only look at the percentage usage of "Seat Up/Seat Down" then the seat should definitely be left down.

What got me thinking about this debate again is that I have recently installed a new toilet in one of our bathrooms. Yes, it only took me a month to complete. But it got done. I am a man.

This particular toilet has the "extended bowl" (imagine a Tim the Toolman Taylor grunt here). I love it. Mrs. Frog thinks it is giant. It's big, but I wouldn't go so far as giant. The design fits in very nicely with pedestal sink and other bathroom accessories. The look was so complete that the fuzzy little toilet seat cover (yuck!) no longer belonged in that room. So of course the toilet seat cover needed to be used somewhere. It is now in the master bathroom.

Bare with me just a moment longer ... I'm getting to the point, but the back-story was slightly important. OK, so we've got three bathrooms in our house. The new one with the elongated bowl ... the seat is too tall and will fall down if not held open about 85% of the time. Now, when I hold up the seat with one hand ... let's just say that things don't always go according to plan and it can sometimes get out of control. I won't elaborate, but let's just say that it's best when men have two free hands available when they urinate.

The master bathroom now has that fuzzy toilet seat cover. And now it is too thick to stay open as well. The seat will fall unless held up. Keep in mind that the toilet in the master bathroom doesn't have the longer toilet seat because it is a regular sized toilet, and therefore is ever so slightly more difficult to keep up while in the process of urination. The third toilet in the house does have a seat that will stay up, but this is the guest bathroom and in the least convenient location of the three (hey, at least we let our guests have their own bathroom).

SOLUTION - Keep the seat down and have the men train on better aim. Think of it like a shooting range. This solution will not work if the cluster is too spread out, but if the man can achieve tight grouping on his shots ... this solution will work just fine. Keep the seat down, stand over top of the toilet (instead of just in front of it) and aim straight down. Be careful of the last few drops and make sure the aim is true. With better aim and concentration, I've found that lifting the toilet seat up is a complete waste of time and energy. Besides, when the toilet seat stays down, the women in the house are happiest.

TAAAA-DAAAA! Problem solved. Commence the commenting.

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Stop the Violence -- Stop the Bully

Growing up is tough. I'm glad I don't have to do that again (unless the rumors of incarnation are true, then there would be no choice). One has to learn lessons like ... life isn't fair, and sharing is caring, and don't hit other kids. How is a mere child supposed to remember all of those things? It's hard. I remember.

I've yet to meet a person who doesn't have a bully story. Mostly the stories are about being picked on, but occasionally I run into a reformed bully whose bully stories have them on the "non-getting-hit" side of the story.

Let's face it. Bullying is prevalent and always has been. But what this generation has to fear, that we really didn't, are guns. I'm not going to get into a discussion about guns and gun control today (other than the quick comment that I think we need more trained, concealed weapons carriers around). We had to keep an eye out for the occasional knife or bat, but school shootings were extremely few and far between (of course we only had three TV stations back then, so maybe we just didn't hear about the school shootings). But I digress...

Bullies can be found in the schoolyard waiting for nerds like your Uncle Frog here to come outside on the playground instead of staying indoors at my desk drawing dinosaurs during recess. Bullies can be found in the office environment belittling co-workers and jamming assignments down the throats of their subordinates. Bullies can be found in political positions who beat us all up and take our milk money in the form of compulsory taxes. And sometimes bullies can be found in one's own home, the one place that should be a sanctuary from bullying.

Bullying is wrong. Bullies are mean. A bully needs to be stopped. I think it comes down to drugs, hugs, and bugs. But I'm no psychologist bully expert. Drugs ... put the little hellions on some medication to curb their rage. Hugs ... poor little monsters just need some love and attention. And bugs ... get a group of nerds coordinated and their always-working minds can devise a devious plot to vanquish the target bully as if a swarm of bugs.

But heck ... what does a simple frog know about social structure and human personal interaction? Ribbit. Ribbit. Anyway, our line of Bully Wear isn't to promote bullying, but rather to promote ANTI-bullying. Much like wearing the "A" in the Scarlet Letter, brand your worst bully with some Uncle Frog Bully Wear.

And to help spread the word of Anti-Bullying Awareness, we present this 1-minute video to share with your friends, family and colleagues. Don't you have a minute to help and stop a bully?



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The Great Faith Race: Round 3

CafePress.com is a wonderfully diverse marketplace. Which led me to wonder how diverse it really is. Therefore, I decided to run an experiment called "The Great Faith Race." I took a sampling of major religions or religious figures and searched in the CafePress marketplace to see how many designs came up. Then I just sorted the results and am sharing them below. I ran this list the first time on April 30, 2007 and the second time on May 15, 2007 so I'll also include comparison data.

Notes ... The comparison data is for data on 6/10/07 compared to 5/15/07. Cthulhu has been added this round at the request of one of our blog readers (so keep the suggestions/comments coming!). Islam is now higher on the list than Satan (no idea what this means, if anything, so if you read into it, that's all you) Vishnu had the highest percentage increase, followed by Muhammad, Islam, Allah and Wicca. God, Christian and Jesus continue to dominate the top three.

NOTE: Although this appears to be very scientific in nature, this assumption should not be made. In other words, this is an unscientific study.

Feel free to add your comments or observations. If I ever feel compelled to run "The Great Faith Race" again, did I miss any of your favorite religions or religious icons? Let us know!

Have a Froggy Father's Day!

Father's Day is a primarily secular holiday inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and
to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide, and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.

In the United States, the first modern Father's Day celebration was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia. It was first celebrated as a church service at Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace Golden Clayton, who is believed to have suggested the service to the pastor, is believed to have been inspired to celebrate fathers after the deadly mine explosion in nearby Monongah the prior December. This explosion killed 361 men, many of them fathers and recent immigrants to the United States from Italy. Another possible inspiration for the service was Mother's Day, which was recently celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles away.

Another driving force behind the establishment of the celebration of Father's Day was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston, Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single parent raised his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Although she initially suggested June 5, the anniversary of her father's death, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first June Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane.

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made father's Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by selling male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.

Pick one and stick with it, ladies. Please!

Ok, so I'm all aboard the Women's Lib train. Choo! Choo! But seriously, ladies, please pick a stance and stick with it. Either there are roles best suited to a male or female, or we are all equals. But which one is it?!?

If men and women are truly equals ....

Why is it the man's job to kill the stray mouse or bug that wanders into the home?

Why is it the man's job to spread the eight cubic yards of topsoil and the six cubic yards of cypress mulch that has been delivered?

Why is it the man's job to climb on the roof to conduct all sorts of dangerous odd jobs like roof repair, waterproofing, chimney sweep or hanging Christmas lights?

Why is it the man's job to haul the 40-pound bags of kitty litter into the house, or the 80-pound bags of dog food?

Why is it the man's job to replace the toilet that suddenly started leaking for some unfathomable reason?

Why is it the man's job to clean up all the dog poop in the yard?

Why is it the man's job to cut the grass, trim the walks, edge the driveway, prune the trees and clip the hedges?

Why are there still so many "Men's Jobs" still reserved for guys, but the poor guys will wind up with a law suit, a slap or drink in the face, or night in the dog house if we even come close to suggesting there still are such things as "Women's Jobs?"

Are we equals? Or are we not? I'm soooooo confused. *sigh*

The Birth of the NEW Uncle Frog's Blog

Happy Zero'th Birthday to Uncle Frog! Born again upon this here lily pad on Saturday, June 16th of 2007. We've finally torn down the old structure, sans just a couple of historic posts for posterity sake. It's rather exciting heading off into a new direction. Yet a strange sense of melancholy beckons at the remembrance of tearing down oh so many links to oh so many humorous and touching t-shirts. But onward and upward as "they" like to say!

Fatty McButter-Pants

New Year's resolutions gone by the wayside yet? Is your favorite winter sport couch-surfing? Then have no fear, you're favorite t-shirt is here! The dark color t-shirts come in sizes all the way up to 3XL. So if you're supersized, you've earned the honor of being able to really wear this label!

Fatty McButter-Pants

The Fatty McButter-Pants design also comes on a military green t-shirt, perfect bar shirt for hoisting green beers on St. Patty's Day, too. Imagine the fun you'll have wearing this at your local gym. Some people will even wear this design as inspiration to keep going on the New Year's diet and fitness resolution. We're glad to be a small part of your inspiration. Enjoy!