GOODSTUFFs BLOGGING MAGAZINE (268th Issue)

The unforgettable Poppy Montgomery, ɟɹoɯ ʇɥǝ lɐup poʍu nupǝɹ, leads this wild and crazy meta blog post. Plus some stuff to help you escape from the insane political stuff

Poppy Montgomery (born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue) is an Australian-American actress.

Err, one of Poppy Montgomery's brothers was named Jethro Tull

Poppy Montgomery was taunted at school with names such as Sloppy Poppy, Poopy Poppy, and Floppy Poppy. Poppy was thrown out of six private schools, for such things as eating with her elbows on the table and wearing the wrong underwear.

Poppy Montgomery legally dropped out of school without her parents' permission at the age of 14 years and 9 months. After leaving school, she took on a job as a waitress at one of her father's restaurants, but she claims to have been such a horrible waitress that she was fired by her own father.

GOODSTUFFs Poppy Montgomery photo album

Rule 5 - I Almost Forgot - Poppy Montgomery

Watch Designated Survivor
On the night of the State of the Union, an explosion claims the lives of the President and all members of the Cabinet except for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Tom Kirkman, who had been named the designated survivor. Kirkman is immediately sworn in as President, unaware that the attack is just the beginning of what is to come.

The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy

The Bear and the Dragon sees Tom Clancy's most popular creation -- POTUS Jack Ryan -- back in the limelight after five years riding the pine. Even though Dr John Patrick "Jack" Ryan is back, calling The Bear and the Dragon a "Jack Ryan thriller" is an injustice, for Ryan is simply one thread in this complex, techno-lovin' tapestry of political maneuverings, military muscle pumping, and state-of-the-art -- and old fashioned "charm the ladies" -- espionage.

John "Jack" Ryan with his wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor. She was his first only spouse; he, her sixth.

As we wallow in the weird, we might send freaky birthday greetings to John W. “Jack” Ryan; he was born on this date in 1926. A Yale-trained engineer, Ryan left Raytheon (where he worked on the Navy’s Sparrow III and Hawk guided missiles) to join Mattel. He oversaw the conversion of the Mattel-licensed “Bild Lili” doll into Barbie and created the Hot Wheels line. But he is perhaps best remembered as the inventor of the pull-string, talking voice box that gave Chatty Cathy her voice.

Heroes Come In All Shapes and Sizes

Definitely from Mars. God forbid it's from Uranus!

This strange creature which is identified as another creature from another planet is actually a sea slug- also known as Melibe viridis. Sea slugs is the breed which can grow over 12 cm in length, but their most fascinating attribute is the way they feed. Sea slugs use their transparent head as an ‘oral veil’-or fishing net- to catch their prey, according to Sea Slug Forum. If another sea creature will touch the sensitive cells on the inside of the veil, it will contract rapidly, trapping the pray.