DUCK X-RAY and ALIEN-Yes, folks, it's happened once again. Another modern-day miracle as seen on e-bay! This x-ray of a mortally wounded duck with an apparent alien in his stomach, (it turned out to be corn and rocks), was put up for auction after the bird rescue group that took it decided it might bring some much needed cash into their organization. They were right! Leave it to the kind folks at the Golden Palace online casino! They snatched this little freak show up for a mere $9,600.00! In an effort to capitalize on the duck/x-ray/alien phenomenon, an homage was created out of painted cardboard, sculpy and my husband's dental x-rays and placed up for auction. It got over 1,000 hits at auction's end and fetched an amazing $0.55. Many thanks to some guy named Phil in Illinois for putting to rest any aspirations I may have had of actually making a living selling the crap I make on ebay.

UPDATE: People, I have some fantastic news! It seems our dentally challenged lady of perpetual cheesiness, Diana Duyser is making the rounds with the VMGC again, cameras and casino security personnel in tow. She recently appeared on the reality show, Miami Ink, and had a tattoo of her little money maker placed on her bosom! (shudder) Here's a link to the news video. Why is it that the toothless people of the world seem to be the beneficiaries of so many really awful miracles and yet they don't use the money they make from exploiting their good fortune for some dental work? Just wondering...

FRED WHAN-This guy from Ontario, Canada decided this burned fish stick looked like Jesus. Obviously, none of his kids wanted to eat it, (on top of it being burned, maybe the thought of eating Jesus was unappetizing, not to mention, borderline sacrilegious.). So, to keep his kids out of purgatory, he put it in the freezer for a year. When he heard about the VMGC, he told the media he was going to put it up for auction on ebay. (We hope he used the money he made from the sale of his little frozen miracle on a nice dental bridge.) Whatever happened to that fish stick remains a mystery... a Jesus on a Fish Stick Barbie was never produced either. If you know about the fish stick, drop us a note!

UPDATE: We've just received an exclusive e-mail from one of our top secret, and extremely questionable Canadian affiliates which says, in part: "... upon shipping it to its new American owner the fish stick got seized by U.S. officials (something about MAD HALIBUT Disease). It almost shut down fish trade between the two countries." There you have it. The fish stick miracle mystery solved, ... or is it?

MIRACLE FORD-First of all, naming a car dealership after anything to do with divine intervention or celestial beings is blasphemy, especially one as ratty as this one. Secondly, the term "Miracle Ford" is an oxymoron unless the Ford happens to be one of the ones that doesn't have problems with its: transmission, suspension, power train, fuel system, air bags, electrical, steering, speed control, engine, brakes, visibility, paint, or spontaneously combusting while parked in your garage... Now, that would be a miracle! Another miracle-- Ford stock shares have plummeted to a 20-year low and can now be purchased for under $10! And people are actually buying them. Hallelujah!