KAB Lensography

I Am A Team Captain 

As a Giant Squid Greeter

Kab's Fab Squid Squad

Hey there, fellow lensmaster. So, you're trying to become a Giant Squid, eh? Or, what's that, you're shooting for Giant Squid 100 Club? Well, welcome to Kab's Fab Squid Squad, a team of lensmasters just like you in a race for their lives (and when I...

I Have a Job 

Mastering The Office Prank

You spend eight hours a day with these people! Eight hours a day! Eight hours with people you don't even get to pick. Eight hours with the guy who has something to say about EVERYTHING. Eight hours with the sci-fi dork who lives in his parent's basem...

I Can Prove Anything 

Lola is a Slutty Name

Lola is a name with the connotation of excessively seductive.    From theater, to music, to cartoons, Lola seems to be a bit slutty. So, why would I make a page on this topic? Do I have a problem with the name Lola? Has one Lola tainte...

Barry Williams will do anything for $50

Ladies and Gentlemen, I hereby set forth to prove: Barry Williams will do anything for $50. It is a big claim, I know, but I think that after you have taken a few moments to examine the evidence below, you will come to the same conclusion. He'll do...

I Am a Product of the Eighties 

Celebrities on Sesame Street

Celebrities have walked down Sesame Street since the start. Sesame Street is the perfect way to see your favorite celebs let loose and show you a side of them you have maybe not seen. Some stars are just like you would expect them to be, but some may...

Smurf Communism

Is it possible that this cartoon, which we all watched and loved, was actually propaganda put upon us to promote communism?  These theories have been around for years.  Weigh the evidence for yourself.  Learn more about the Papa Smurf...

Walnut Grove Explodes

Little House on the Prairie ended with an bang, in 1984. Literally, a bang! In the final episode (actually a movie) the residents of that beloved town, Walnut Grove, blow it up with dynamite - the whole town (except the church). One by one, each man...

I Love Skippy from Family Ties

Look at him. He's adorable...the smile, the dimples. And, to top it off, he is the sweetest guy you've ever met. I would marry Skippy in a split second, but that little hussy Mallory would rather Nick. Nick?!?!?! Dumb as a rock Nick?!?! Skippy is mad...

Punky Brewster

Punky Brewster, a girl with amazing personality had spunk.  She knew what was and she knew what she wanted.  Punky had her own style.  She was oozing with confidence.  Henry was a grouchy old man, set in his ways.  But Punky...

I Like Music 

M. Ward: Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist

M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is bluesy folk rock - hard to explain. You really must hear it to appreciate it. His work on the guitar is absolutely amazing, better than I have heard in quite some time. M. Ward's music has a...

Greg Pattillo's Beatboxing Flute

Greg Pattillo amazes street audiences young and old with his beatboxing flute.  His music is more then you've heard from any flute before.  With just a flute in hand, he plays song you know in a way you have never heard. Beatboxing has beco...

Barenaked Ladies Bathroom Sessions

You've always dreamed you could have a private acoustic concert with the Barenaked Ladies in a bathroom, and now your dreams have come true! Ed Robertson and Steven Page have recorded several BNL songs with just Ed's guitar in their bathroom. As amaz...

Rockapella

Rockapella is the biggest name in a cappella music. They are the sensational a cappella group with smooth sounds and harmonies that has taken a cappella music to another level altogether. These five guys with just five mics can do it all - pop, balla...

I like Art 

Chihuly: Glass Artist

Dale Chihuly has certainly made a name for himself as one of the world's most amazing designers of glass sculptures.  He creates mind-boggling pieces with colored glass, that have amazed millions young and old, and exhibited them in several coun...

The (Street) Art of Stencil Graffiti

Stencil graffiti is growing in popularity worldwide. This street art can be a few simple words, or a grand scale art piece. Because it is cheap, quick, and easy, this style of graffiti has grown tremendously. Often the stencils express political and...

Earth From Above

A different perspective of the earth around us shows its true beauty where it may never had been seen.  The area covered in obtaining these photos, taken all by one man, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, is amazing on its own.  The variety and beauty o...

I Try to Be a Good Person 

The Pajama Program - A Charity for Children

Imagine being a child, and every night the bedtime routine is to just get in bed and fall asleep. Not to put on pajamas, not to read a bedtime story, but to just lift a blanket over the clothes they are wearing and sleep. Thousand of children, here i...

SquidKiva - A Kiva Community for Squidoo Lensmasters

SquidKiva is a Kiva Community of members from the Squidoo community. Kiva facilitates micro-loans to individuals worldwide that would otherwise not be afforded the opportunity to open or expand their small business. All squidoo lensmasters are welco...

National Wear Red Day: Heart Disease Awareness

National Wear Red Day is February 6, 2009. It is the day when men and women across the country show their support for women's heart disease awareness by wearing red. Heart Disease is the #1 killer of women in America. One in four women dies from hear...

I Love Movies 

We love Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory is a classic for children of all ages. With his eccentric nature wrapped around little pearls of wisdom, Wonka delights the viewer transforming them to a dream-like place where anything is possible.

The Best Movie Kisses of All Time

Here you will find some of the best movie kisses of all time. I will not be presumptuous enough to put them into some ranked system, because it is far to subjective - the movies are too different, and the kisses are too different. They cannot be prop...

I Like the Weird 

Testicle Festivals

Eating bull testicles (or sheep, pig, goat, or even turkey) is no new thing. They have long been a delicacy and, now, Testicle Festivals are growing in popularity each year in the United States and Canada. A Testicle Festival will inevitably bring ou...

Coffins of the Ga tribe in Ghana

On the coast of Ghana, the Ga tribe approach death in an interesting way. A funeral is a time to both mourn and celebrate life. The coffins they create, therefore, are brightly colored, elaborate and festive. Often called "fantasy coffins",...

Lego Art

Legos have grown to be much more than just a toy for children.  The potential that is withing a pile of legos is unbelievable, and what people have done with those piles is absolutely extraordinary.  Pushing legos past just simple buildings...

Playing With Food

Don't play with your food. You've were told this over and over as a kid. Why? Why not play with your food? Why not make a mashed potato snowman? Why not test your hypothesis that peas will roll down celery sticks faster then carrot sticks. Why not at...

Public Collections of Gum

I have always admired gum collections.  Not a person's gum collection (that's creepy), but rather a community's gum collection.  Colleges, camps, parks, city walls, a local mall.  They often have one place where, for whatever reason, a...

I Love Squidoo 

50 Things to Add to Squidzipper Lenses

The key to a great squidzipper lens is personalization. Squidzipper already has an automated lens made on each zip code. So, what else is there to say? A LOT! The automated lens only shows the almanac version of your town. It doesn't show the people...

Getting the Best Results in the Squidoo Ebay Module

With so much information online, it is often surprising how many people do not utilize advanced search commands to help pick through the results, bringing all the good ones to the top, and keep the rest off the list. With eBay, and especially with af...

Keeping Current With A Squidcast Calendar

SquidCasts have the potential of bringing visitors to your lens, but they are often used inefficiently and ineffectively. I have found that squidcasts are most effective when there is some incident that prompted the cast to be sent. Plan your SquidC...

Squid Who? Squid Huh? A Guide to SquidWho

SquidWho is one of Squidoo's most recent projects giving lensmasters extra tools and further exposure to traffic. Focusing on people, deal or alive, real or fictional, SquidWho is a specialized sub-set of squidoo's lenses. With an additional portal a...

How To SquidCast A Group

The SquidCast is a wonderful way of getting the word out about new things happening at your lens, and it would be ideal to be able to SquidCast your groups, but this tool is not available for groups...or is it? Indeed, there IS a way to SquidCast you...

My Squidoo Sash of Badges 

KAB's Proud Moments on Squidoo

I have been on Squidoo since October 2006, and in that time I have had a few good days. This lens is sort of my trophy wall of good things that have happened in my time here. This is to help me remember good things, when I am having a bad day, and pe...

I Like Numbers 

Triskaidekaphobia

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13.  We have all heard of it, and many have heard rumors as to its origin, but do we really know the extend to which this superstition reaches worldwide, and for how long this fear has existed?  F...

Kakuro Puzzles

Much like its cousin Sudoku, Kakuro is a logic puzzle that has become wildly popular. Kakuro at first glance looks like a crossword puzzle, however the answers are numbers, and the clues small enough to fit into the puzzle itself. Although first pub...

The Number 23

In nature, in history, in culture, in religion, and lurking behind you.....23 is everywhere. To many people, the 23dians, the number 23 seems come up too much...it seems to stalk them. Perhaps it is true, or all in their heads, but it is a bit eerie...

Celebrating Pi Day 3.14

Mmmm. Pi Day! The nerdy holiday celebrated by math geeks worldwide. This is the day we gather around to celebrate that amazing little (long) number, pi. Pi, approximately 3.14159, is the mysterious mathematical constant (number) that represents the...

I Read 

I Read BOOKS

The Magic Of Ordinary Days

I read this book after seeing the movie, something I have NEVER done in the past.  Usually after seeing a movie, I think "Well I know what happens, so why bother".  This story is completely different.  It is not about where i...

Testimony Of An Irish Slave Girl

Just when you thought you had a reasonably good grasp of history, someone takes on the voice of a past that has been silent for so long. McCafferty's well researched novel, teaches more than most novels do - facts, emotions, and wisdom.  This is...

A Lifetime Of Secrets: A PostSecret Book

What is your biggest secret? The one thing you don't want anyone to know? Thousands have written their secrets on postcards and sent them to Frank Warren. Published into books, and put on exhibit, these secrets serve as powerful proof that we are all...

I am Fascinated by History 

War Posters

War posters or Victory Posters were used by the US government during WWI and WWII to rally the community together in a united front for the war effort.  These posters could be empowering, startling, funny, or scary.  They encouraged the pub...

The Lincoln - Kennedy Coincidences

As far as conspiracy theories go, this has got to be one of the strangest and most far fetched. Yet for some reason, this list of 'coincidences' is eerie. Yes, each fact can be argued as quite probable and/or insignificant. But, it is the sheer numbe...

Nursery Rhymes: History & Origins

Nursery Rhymes have historically been used to express opinions that could not be spoken freely. Some seemingly silly rhymes included political statements which if they had been spoken straightforward, would be punishable by death. Most nursery rhymes...

Irish Slaves in the Caribbean

Though little has been discussed about them, thousands of Irish men, women, and children, were captured or arrested and shipped to the Caribbean as slaves. Because they did not factor into Oliver Cromwell's new plan of government, these people were g...

Did Atlantis Really Exist?

The legend of Atlantis has long been discussed, researched, and even actively sought. It is a grand tale of a continent sinking into the ocean, wiping out a great civilization. Could it be that this happened? where? when? Many have asked those questi...

I Like Kids 

The Frog Prince: a fairytale

The Frog Prince is a lovely fairytale of hope and love. It is an age old tale of how things may not be what they seem, and wonderful things may come in less than wonderful packaging.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

This bright and colorful book uses rhythm and simple words in a way that will have your child excited by the book, participating in its reading, and perhaps even reciting its chant when the book is out of sight. This is a classic and a must-have for...

Decorate an Olivia the Pig Children's Room

Olivia, the adorable little pig, created by Ian Falconer, has touched the hearts of millions of children (and grown ups) through the Olivia book series. Olivia is a lovable pig, with style and pizazz. She is all about a love of life, and a desire to...

What's so strange about an orange nursery?

Why is orange so overlooked when considering how to decorate a baby's nursery? It is a color too. In fact, it is a beautiful vibrant color that is fresh and fun. It goes well with many different accent colors. Give your child a room like none other...

Guess How Much I Love You

In Guess How Much I Love You, Little Nutbrown Hare expresses his love for Big Nutbrown Hare, and is reassured that Big Nutbrown Hare loves him back. This classic children's book by Sam McBratney has absolutely beautiful illustrations by Anita Jeram,...

I Am Pro-Laughter 

Lewis Black

Lewis Black is a reasonable person who has simply been driven out of his mind by things in the world that many others have come to accept as normal. 

Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin has done it all...TV, movies, voice overs, game shows, reality shows, and more. As Kathy takes on celebs and calls people out, she'll surely have you laughing your butt off. As she goes up against the struggles of being on the D-List,...

Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean is a character played by Rowan Atkinson. He is a child-like, socially inept, clumsy guy who tries hard and means well, but by such often finds himself is difficult situations. Mr. Bean's greatest talent is his imagination. He has a way of so...

The Kumars at No. 42

The Kumars at No. 42, is a hilarious britcom, now found on BBC America. The Kumars are an Indian-British family in North London, who host a talk show, hosted by son Sanjeev, in the TV studio they build in the backyard. It is part scripted, part impro...

Pee-Wee Herman

Pee-wee Herman - a man of childlike enthusiasm - a nerdy spectacle - snappy decorator - leading botanist in hot-dog tree technology - friend of many - and owner of the coolest bike ever! Note: This page is for Pee Wee Herman - not Paul Reubens - so...

I Run a Few Groups 

Know Africa Headquarters

Know Africa Get to know Africa as a place of culture, a place of art, a place of art, and a place in need. Know Africa in a more personal way. Learn about its people and traditions. And, come to see the people as individuals and not statistics.

OldHollywood Headquarters

Old Hollywood The sense of glamor of old Hollywood lives on. The fashion, the music, the stars and movies we all love. This group is for all who love old Hollywood and all things classic and elegant.

The 70's Headquarters

The 70's This group is for all that made the 70's the 70's. Music, movie, television, fashion, trends, celebrities, ...

The Couch Potato Headquarters

The Couch Potato The Couch Potato is the group for all that is television. TV shows, actors, actresses, tv personas, This group is about the programming. We want to stay away from the "How to Watch TV on your computer" kind of pages.

So Weird ! Headquarters

So Weird ! Oh My God....that is so weird. This group is for all that is just flat out weird. Weird places, weird people, weird things, weird theories, weird anything.

And a few other things... 

Mummenschanz: The Swiss Mime Troupe

Mummenschanz is an amazing Swiss mime troupe that have been around since the seventies. Their creative approach with unexpected props make their performances extraordinary. With Mummenschanz, mime is so much more than a man in an invisible box. Somet...

La Tomatina: The World's Largest Tomato Fight

Each year in Bunol, Spain (in the Valencia region) the world's largest tomato fight commences. La Tomatina is the ultimate food fight. It is a festival for which people travel thousands of miles and all for the pleasure of pelting, and being pelted,...

What to Do With Your Old Soda Cans

What can you do with your used soda cans? pop cans? beer cans? What are your choices? Think your have two options: trash it or recycle it? I assure you, there are many more options than that. People worldwide are using aluminum cans in creative and a...

GOB (George Oscar Bluth)

Gob is a the eldest son of patriarch George Bluth. Though rarely successful, Gob is a magician, and he manages to turn every event a magic show. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he tries, in his self-promoting, no-moral-compass way. Beyond...

Extreme Wheelchair

A wheelchair is no longer an excuse to be mild or average. It is just not the limitation it used to be. If a person has that extreme sport mentality, then a mere wheelchair will not stop them. Ramps, jumps, even flips are possible. Mountain climbing,...

What I Don't Like 

Corrupting My Childhood

I don't know what it is about the toy industry and children's entertainment industry that feel it necessary to update the characters of my childhood and re-release them, but it is starting to become obnoxious.  These characters do not need impro...

Tramp Stamp: The Lower Back Tattoo

Let's examine the Tramp Stamp. Many women are getting them; many guys are drooling over them. The lower back tattoo, also known as a tramp stamp or ass antlers, is becoming more and more common. And since so many people are getting the lower back tat...

Bratz Dolls are Slutty and a Poor Example for Little Girls

Bratz Dolls are Slutty and a Poor Example for Little Girls Is this what we really want our little girls playing with? Fishnet Stockings, fitted leather jumpsuits, and thongs? Dolls who are marketed sitting like pinups? Oh, even their name annoys me! I...

My Amazon Anti-Wish List

I spend a lot of time on Amazon.com.  My time is probably split in three parts:  shopping, learning, and listening.  During this time, I have stumbled upon several items that I absolutely do not want.  I have kept track of this li...

Tony Bennett Should Give It Up

Tony Bennett Should Give It Up. Tony Bennett has passed his prime to the point where he is leaving a legacy for himself as an old fart. Younger generations see him and some old guy, who shows up at every public event to sing one song, poorly, and rec...