Funny Friday Photos and Day 2 of the Aberration Blog Hop

If you're looking for Day 2 of (and my entry for) Lisa Regan's Aberration Blog Hop, where I list my top five aberrant characters, click here. Otherwise, continue on to Funny Friday Photos below!

Yes, it's Friday again! A weekend and a Monday and then I start summer vacation. This is a very, very good thing. I definitely can use some laughs, so it was quite therapeutic to put together funny photos this week.

You will notice I discontinued with Google+ comments, and went back to plain old blogger comments. The increase in visibility on Google+ was impressive, but a lot of people couldn't comment anymore. I certainly don't want that, so I changed back. 

Last week's winner for funniest photo is:

When I switched back to Blogger comments, I lost several comments, but I believe the transporter accident had the most votes. In any case, it is cute.

Here's some new photos for you!

I never knew cats were able to make corners.

There is something sinister about that duck. Or maybe it's just a little foul. (hee, hee)

Not Pokeball, Pokebird!

Ain't that the truth!

I felt the same way.

I spy with my little eye...

And for the pun of the week - 

Have a very happy weekend. My favorite is the hugging. My second is the cute angle.

What's your favorite?

Aberration Blog Hop

In celebration of the release of her second novel, Aberration, Lisa Regan is hosting The Aberration Blog Hop:  Finding the Most Aberrant Characters.  The Hop runs June 6^th and 7^th so it’s not too late to sign up!

In Aberration, FBI profiler, Kassidy Bishop is on the hunt for serial killer who is an aberration—a freak—even among serial killers.  For this blog hop, list your top 5 choices for the most aberrant (freakish or abnormal) characters in fiction, TV and movies!

Before we get started, let’s take a look at the definition of aberration:

ab·er·ra·tion

Definition of ABERRATION

1 : the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state

2 : unsoundness or disorder of the mind

3 : an aberrant individual

— ab·er·ra·tion·al  adjective

From the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary

All participants will be entered to win prizes (Amazon gift cards; signed copies of Aberration in paperback and e-book versions of the book). 

Lara's List of Top Five Aberrant Characters (in no particular order)

1. Hannibal Lector - He's a messed up dude. He's even more messed up in the books than he is in the movies. And, because of his training as a psychiatrist, he can mess up other people, and enjoys doing so.

2. Bad Guy from the Last Oracle by James Rollins. It's been a while since I've read the story, and my book is in storage, so I can't tell you the bad guy's name. However, he made my skin crawl. He was bizarre, and if I remember correctly, in love/having a relationship with his sister. Ick.

3. The bad guy in the movie Seven. That movie is the only one that actually made me queasy.

4. The mother of the girl with Down's Syndrome in Dean Koontz's novel The Darkest Evening of the Year. She was so sick and twisted that I had to stop reading the book. (She did mean things to the poor girl. I couldn't read about it.)

5. The bad guy in the movie The Cell. By getting to go into his mind, it's tragic to see just how messed up he is. And even more disturbing is seeing how he got to that point, from being abused as a child. I worked on the Criminal Justice Unit of the State Hospital when I saw the movie and it made me sob at the end, because he was so similar to one of the patients I worked with. It was awful.

There's my entry! I hope you run over to Lisa's blog and sign up so we can all see who your top five aberrant characters are! And I urge you to check out Lisa's book when it comes out, too!

Do you recognize any of my characters?

Does any character come to your mind as most aberrant?