I am dedicating this Carnival to Thurl Ravenscroft, without whom Kellogg's Frosted Flakes would be merely "Good!' or "Moderately decent!" or just plain "Not bad!"

You've been waiting for this all week, and now it's finally here. It's the list of links you love, and especially love because you came up with them out of your own great content yourselves... it's the Carnival of the Vanities, Episode 12!

Sure, Michele demanded that I include icons with these entries. Fine. I'm including icons, but I'm not going out of my way to find any that are animated. I mean, there's only so crazy I can go before I can't come back from the brink, right? Also, the load times will go from absurd do downright ludicrous.

And we start with a subject that near and dear to me... YEEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWW!

TEXAS:
Everything Grey - Don't Mess With Texas: Somebody quick! Get this guy a digital camera now!

World Wide Rant - TO HELL WITH YOU: For those that would bash the new coach of Texas A&M, all you have to do is aim the cannon at Kyle Field at the Aggies Bench and load it with live ammunition. Of course, the Aggies haven't scored a touchdown at home in ages, so you may just want to fill the Gatorade jug with sharks.

HISTORY CHECK:
Dissecting Leftism - A History Political Policy: Guess who promoted and promulgated the policy that John Ray cites. My guess was completely wrong (I thought that it was King Friday XIII of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood).

TELEMARKETING CALL TO ARMS
nikita demosthenes - Introduction to the world of telemarketing - Update: I remember listening to this sales pitch about selling knives door to door, myself. I ended up cutting the guy's cell phone in half with his own knife.

BLOG TOYS:
On The Third Hard - Blogwatch: The Bellicose Women come up with a 24/7 showcase of blog highlights in an answer to the weekly Carnival. It is how the cable news model came about? What's next... entries by pager and e-mail?

HABITAT FOR INHUMANITY:
Overtaken By Events - Noblesse Obliged to Speak Drivel ala Jimmy: Giving Jimmy Carter absolutely no peace over his retarded speech delivered upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Perhaps they can shove him down a fjord or something.

JUST HIS LOTT IN LIFE:
Wind Rider of Silent Running - What exactly did Trent Lott say?: It's amazing what people will do to avoid saying the word "nigger" even if it is in context.