It's Way Khool !!

The Big K, not Kahuna but Kuanyin over at Way Khool said some nice things about my blog yesterday. She also made me her Way Khool Blog of the day!! That makes her my Special K today.

I wish she could have come over for dinner last night to celebrate. I got real creative and made Grilled Mahi Mahi topped with a homemade Pineapple Salsa. For sides I baked fresh Potatoes with Banana and a hint of orange along with Fresh Green Beans. For desert I served a Fruit Salad of Papaya,Strawberries, Key Lime, Granny Smith Apple and Fresh Apricots over slices of sweet Banana. Yeah I was in a Tropical mood yesterday, maybe that's why my friendly Blond Hawaiian Blogger nominated me!! Be sure to visit Kuanyin..She's Way Khool!!

Funny Quote 2006, Ann Telnaes

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy,the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colon. --Comedian Chris Rock

Ann Telnaes won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2001 and she gave me permission to put this Falwell cartoon up as I told her it really cracked me up! Visit her website for more to see more of her work!!

Tagged, For the very first time...Like a virgin OOH

Jeanine from Going Crazy Slowly tagged me...It was great, but I'm not sure what her fiance will think about it..So my job is to list "8 Random Facts" about myself...

First I have to post the rules. Here they are:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Just the Facts !!

1. I once lived in the oldest Roman Town in Germany...Trier, and the first comment I ever received on this blog was from Marburg, Germany...Hi Marina!!

2. I'm half German,half Irish and I love beer...go figure!!

3. I've attended at least 73 Rock Concerts, some good some not so good, here's the list

4. I love to cook, I clean up after myself, do my own wash and I'm male!!

5. I'm single.

6. My favorite professional sport is Football. "American style," and the New England Patriots are of course my favorite team, and yes I like to drink beer, watch every game and I'm male. I can't shatter every stereotype

7. I like pickles in my potato salad, it's the only way...here is "The Recipe"

8. If I had to choose Red wine or White wine, I'd always take Red!!

Now I 'll tag 8 unsuspecting people from my list of Blogs I like:

1. Marina Marburg
2. Eastcoastlife
3. #1 Get Hobby,#2 Floss
4. Cheaper Than Therapy
5. Rainy Day Wonderings
6. Stop Looking At Me
7. Unacknowledged Genius
8. Monmouse

I Miss My Cave!!

Me as Caveman

We've come a long way along the evolutionary chain and yet there are still a lot of Caveman or Cave woman in all of us....

Me now

Bic Lighters, gas grills and electricity, soft cushions, all make life outside the cave pretty tolerable. But I miss the times when I got pissed off at something or someone and I could just drop a boulder on them or club them senseless. Now it's risky to club some asshole ,we have a legal system, jail... never mind the death penalty...a sure sign that society has evolved!!

What about hunting down a dinosaur, now that's a thrill...no guns man vs beast. While I've faced off with a few beasts from time to time in the local pub, they weren't half as fun as riding a T-Rex bareback and poking it in the eye with a stick!!

ahh the old days...do you have any fond caveman or cave woman memories, the old days, simpler times, simpler minds

Funny add on to post: Evolution of Man and Woman

3 Day Weekend and The Zipper

It was a nice holiday weekend! Lots of good food and of course when the family gets together we end up sitting around the table playing cards or Dominoes. I dominated the play with my superior intellect and my ability to "get inside" my opponents heads and annoy the crap out of them. Muhahahah ...

Since I worked my brain so hard over the weekend I really didn't have a good post just sitting here ready to go so I'm gonna fall back on another Joke I received from my friend Gail in Tanzania..She's Back by from her work at the orphanages there but will be headed back in July for another 8 months. I will be helping her to set up a blog of her own where she can relate some of her experiences there. and her plans for the future!! Now the Joke:

The Zipper

As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.

Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg.

She tried to take the step, only to discover that she couldn't.

So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step

Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step.

About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus. She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and yelled, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!"

The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we was friends."

Hurry, Beep Beep

I've been thinking about what to write next, it's not writers block or anything but my "muse" has been ill so I've had to do all the thinking. I'd seen this sign the other day, pictured above.
Sorry about that pole being in the way, but while I was trying to get a shot of the sign itself there was this van behind us that, just couldn't wait. He started beeping his horn at us so we scooted around the corner.

As we sped around the corner I put the camera out the window and took a wild shot at the sign:

Here....

Now my original idea was that this "Vinnin Square" Strip mall was a sign of the times. I never knew I'd get an assist from the van behind us, yes the guy that was beeping at us. Anyway I thought..look at the stores here, you can get tanned, because there isn't enough time to get to the beach. You can go work out at 1,2,3, Fit and just like that you're buff...stop and Starbucks and get your caffeine injection and speed over to rent a movie at Blockbuster, it's too time-consuming go to a theater anymore.

The idea was that everyone seems to be in a major hurry!! Especially it seems the Russian dude behind us.

It so happens that he pulled in the same parking lot we did and came over to the car spouting off, saying "If want to take my picture go ahead, take it!!!"

I said I "wasn't interested but that maybe we could make an appointment some other time." If I was doing a post on Broken English" or Old angry Russians but that I was simply trying to get a picture of the sign on the corner and because he was in such a hurry to get 100 yards down the road we turned the corner when he beeped."

"You want I give you my card?" he asked, apparently not understanding a word I said. I looked at the empty van that he was driving. It was a shuttle service for Handicapped people.

"No " I said, " I know I'm limping and all but I can still get around on my own."

I felt sorry for his customers, I imagine they don't get around corners very fast either. I walked away from him and went about my business. What's the frigging rush though? Fast movies, fast fitness, fast tan and caffeine!! On top of that,a raging Russian driving a handicapped shuttle!!

What's the world coming to???

Hurry up, comment11 I have to get to Bed, Bath and Beyond and, and I just don't think there will be enough time!!!

Generation O

We've had the G.I. Generation, the Beatniks, the Hippies, The Yuppies, Generation X or the Me Generation and their rivals the Y's. I think it could be said we're in the midst of the Over Generation or if you like Generation O. So who are the Overs?

We have an abundance of Over Exposure thanks to our numerous forms of media. The days when Raymond Burr or Rock Hudson could live and work in Hollywood making movies or films television shows without the the general public knowing they were gay is long dead. Now we are informed immediately when someone like Britney Spears forgets to wear underwear or when Alec Baldwin leaves a frightful message on his daughters cell phone. We're right there to hear that Pamela Anderson has Hepatitis and who she's having sex with....I don't care but we , the public, are Overwhelmed with information that has no relevance to our daily lives.

Overdone: We can blame Television Programming for churning out one Reality Show after another, Big Brother, Survivor, The Bachelor or Bachelorette, The Biggest Loser, The Amazing Race, Wife Swap...it just goes on and on and I'll tell you the truth all I have to do is look in my wallet for a good dose of reality. When I watch TV I'd rather go on a three hour tour, marry a witch..ooh I did that, or maybe find a Genie in a bottle. Give me some fantasy any day.

Overindulged: That's easy to see just look at Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie, what a pair. Then they get their own "Reality Show" ????? Parents!! That's what OVER indulgence breeds!!

Overcompensate: Oil executives, CEO's, Professional Athletes, Entertainers all get overcompensated and what happens? Overpriced gasoline, theater tickets, movies, sporting events, concerts...The only place you can buy an affordable Hot Dog in any of those places is a gas station!! I'm never eating at a gas station, they don't serve beer. . But while prices for entertainment have gone OVER the TOP, people still pay. In Maine they would say "That's Odd" and for them that would be an OVER-statement.

And while all this is going on we are Over-Taxed !!

Have I OverLooked anything ??

Spam, What's in it?

• Chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added.
• Salt (for binding, flavour, and firmness)
• Water (to help in mixing)
• Sugar (for flavour)
• Sodium Nitrite (for colour and as a preservative)

That's not too bad sounding, they do identify the shoulder meat....but the meat added part, hhhhmmm I wonder.

But what's in that other spam, you know the stuff that automatically goes to my junk mail and eventually gets deleted ? I read the Email addresses from time to time and of course there's a snippet of there email in the subject. If I liked spam, today would be a good day to open up that can of worms because I could get...

a $500 gift certificate from Costco and Victoria's Secret ! Once I hook up with Shea from Intimate Dating and take her to get that $500 worth of lingerie we will book our trip to Cancun for 4 nights, courtesy of someone whose name comes up as ??/??..?? !! I think that's my friend "The Riddler"

When Shea and I get back from Mexico, we will probably contact our buddy "Gun Controll", I didn't know "Controll had 2 L's...the things you learn from spam, maybe he's British. Finally I'll contact Michael Carl for a job online...oh maybe not, I've never trusted those guys with 2 first names. But we will be certain to buy our house through Best Mortgage, I mean anyone who solicits me for a Mortgage online must be on the up and up. Finally we are both gonna sign up for that great Health Insurance that someone named Gizmo200 keeps sending me.

Yeah, and the last piece of Junk Mail/ Spam I noticed this morning was the most accurate. It was from someone named "Are You Ready" and the subject "I couldn't believe it either..." Believe me...I don't believe it!!

To the spammers out there...

I'm more likely to eat spam, and that's a stretch, I assure you I'll never read it!

To Shea over at Intimate Dating...some other time sweetums!!

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