BAR STOOL BUSTED

Yeah, I know......can it get any stranger?

Evidently The Newark Police responded to a call reporting injuries to a subject crashing a motorized bar stool, and he was intoxicated.

Kile W. Wylie was arrested in Newark, Ohio for drunk driving on a motorized bar stool.

You can read the whole Newark, Ohio police report in The Smoking Gun.

Of course my first question was, where is the airbag, and why didn't it deploy?

WHAT IF?

You wake up one Saturday morning, mosey on over and turn on the TV. Before settling down to watch your favorite cartoons, you grab some cold pepperoni pizza a bowl of Cocoa Puffs and a Pepsi banana. You plop yourself down for a couple of hours of fun and adventure...and then this! Yeah, this is what you get!



Dora is no longer the Explorer with the backpack that contains her secret map. The map that helps her and her companion Boots, along with her sidekick Diego, solve mysteries and get out of harms way.

But Dora The Explorer isn't the only favorite character that could be in harms way. What if others suddenly grew up?



What about Casper the Ghost's friend, Wendy The Good Little Witch?



Or little Lulu?....
"Little Lulu, I love you-Lu just the same, just the same, Little Lulu, I love you-Lu just the same.”

Of course nothing would surprise me if Daisy Duck "grew up". After all Minnie gets all the attention. And now Disney has that Hannah Banana chick to compete with too.

One of my favorites is Strawberry Shortcake....God forbid she were to remain young and innocent. With Barbie turning fifty, someone has to fill the gap.


But we have Lisa Simpson. I can't help but think she might start dating and well, it's all about the competition.



Could little Maggie be far behind?

THE LETTER L is for Lady Bug


In many cultures the ladybug has been believed to bring good luck.



In England a ladybug signifies a good harvest. And how about a good cup of tea?

In France, it means good weather is coming.

In Sweden, if a ladybug lands on a girl's hand, it's said to be taking measurements for her wedding gloves.

Another popular belief is that if ladybug lands on you, you can make a wish and chant:

"Ladybird, ladybird fly away home.
Your house is on fire and your children all roam."

If the ladybug flies away, your wish will come true.

But in the real world...It's all about sharing one with your sister at the zoo.

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Blogging Takes A Backseat

Whenever JJ is in the front seat.


Because you can't be two places at once, so you go where the action is. And there's not much to talk about.


I can't even sneak past either "W" store, without someone noticing.



Some people can't wait to go rummaging through the bag.

Frolicking in a big yard is what BIG DOGS in their own minds do best.

Until the dog next door verbally challenges you.....bring it on dude.

Relaxing with family is what I love second best....even if it's the extended kind.

It Only Cost A Buck

I have been extremely busy lately. My phone had some software issues and I've been back and forth to the AT&T store trying to resolve the problem. Finally, since it's under warranty, AT&T sent me a new one. Lucky for me, I'm too lazy to mess with registering it and copying files....blah, blah, blah, so I took it to the AT&T store so they could assist me. On a side note, I found that I have an advantage being older, in fact it pays to say you are older than you actually are. The older you are, the more those guys are so willing to help. They even offered to send the old one back for me.

So then I sat in my car for over an hour trying to get my phone synced to my car's Sync....with no luck. The user's manual was at home, so I had to wait.

I moseyed over to the Dollar Tree Store.....a new favorite, but not quite as wonderful as the 99¢ Store...still, I love going up and down the aisles getting bargains.

How about Duct Tape? Seriously, this is a bargain. I mean with ten yards of duct tape you could make a prom dress or something.

These bubble pack mailers are a steal @ 2 per pack. I use a ton of these and they are over $1 each at Walmart.

I love these heat patches for my lower back 2 pk again!

Disney jumbo crayons in different themes. You know these are coming to your house.

Who knows what magic gloves are? The look and feel life regular knit gloves, but the fact that it says Pk of 2 makes me think they aren't regular gloves.

But 50¢ makes them something I can't pass up. And....look closely, they are from Chesapeake VA. Who wudda guessed?

I spent the evening....from 6:00 - 9:30 at a track meet...in 44 degrees with winds at 18 mph. Believe me, as soon as my granddaughter crossed that finish line, I cheered, then left! I'm so not a team player.

This is what I found when I came home....Phillip Johnny Bob reading my Sync Owner's Manual.

Friday Matinee....an early bird's view

I Love You, Man!


I am so glad you wanted me to see I Love You, Man instead of Miss March!

I loved it, man! Ha! Don't you just love it when I get all corny and think I'm clever? Yeah, me too.

Phil and I set out for the Cinemark Theaters to see the first movie of the day. Unfortunately I forgot to bring a bag to put him in so he had to stay in the car. It's bad enough when he's in a bag, but he's too shy to let me carry him in without one.



To that I say, Dude, get over it, and stay in the car.

Peter proposes to the love of his life, and in the course of planning their wedding, it becomes apparent that he has no male friends. None...zilch!

So the journey begins to get some friends, guy friends....friends of his own gender.

Paul Rudd's performance as Peter Klaven, a nice guy with serious dweebish tendencies, is hysterical and cute all in one. I have to say I cringed at his inability to make friends with individuals of his own gender. His many attempts either sent the wrong message, or exposed his lack of skills at simple things like drinking with the guys, or playing poker. His attempts at "guy talk" and slang were so lame, you had to laugh, but also made me want to rescue Peter and be his best friend forever. Of course, he didn't need woman friends, that part came easy to Peter.

When Jason Segal as Sydney Fife, enters into his life, Peter is uneasy with the comfortable relationship that develops. But hey, who doesn't love Jason Segal? Sydney lives in Venice Beach CA, and has a very laid back slacker lifestyle. He is smart, sweet, honest and funny.

I really think men will love this movie as much as women. It's a romantic comedy, and a story about friendship and falling in love between two straight men. It doesn't get much better or funnier.



I give this movie 4 of of 5 thumbs up!!

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A few of you mentioned that I should probably just read a book. So I thought I would ease your minds and let you know that I read about two or three books a week. I'm retired now, and I have upped my reading as well as my movie going. I read non-fiction almost exclusively. After giving away boxes of paperback books, I only buy hard cover books, and if I get the opportunity, I get them signed. Right now I'm finishing up Teacher Man: A Memoir, by Frank McCourt. I love his works, especially Tis and Angela's Ashes. I also just finished The Yankee Years by Joe Torre, a very good read for sports fans, and non sports fans alike.

Books currently on order from Amazon:

In Search of Fatima, by Ghada Karmi
Ernie, The Memoir, by Ernest Borgnine
Secrets Can Be Murder, by Jane Valez-Mitchell


Why don't I do book reviews, you ask? I don't like critiquing the books that I read. Because I read mostly non-fiction, the author's perspective is the book itself, and it would be like judging someone else's life. I don't do it.

The reason I love going to matinees? Well, once upon a time, Grandma J worked at a job ten hours a day with a commute both ways. While her job was a kick ass civil servant gig interesting, fun and rewarding, she didn't have much energy to go out every evening.

Living in So. CA, the outdoors was what I loved. Kayaking, frolicking in the surf, casinos romping with active toddlers, casinos and gardening and cleaning my home in my spare time. I just wasn't a movie goer, hunting for a seat on the weekends. I told myself, Self, when you retire, you will go to afternoon matinees once a week even if it kills you.
And I do....or at least I try to.

HELP ME OUT....

......because it's been a while since I've been to a matinee, and call me crazy, but tomorrow is the day for my Friday Matinee...a day early.

I'm torn, because I'm really into comedy's without the slapstick factor. I love romance without the added elements of spies and counter spies. I hate violence and super hero stuff like Spiderman and the Monster Mash, or Killer Tomatoes. And as far as sci-fi goes......bleh

Right now there are a few violent ones out there, like Last House On The Left, but the only thriller I'm willing to see when it comes out is The Haunting In Connecticut because it's based on a true story. So here are the two I'm considering that are playing here:

1. I Love You Man....A comedy about a guy who's getting married but doesn't have any male friends. He schedules man dates to find a good candidate to be his Best Man. Geesh, I could have handled this task for him.

2. Miss March.....A comedy about a man who comes out of a coma after four years to find out his girl friend is the Playboy centerfold for the month of March. He still has a girlfriend?

Not much of a choice, but you know how I am....majority rules.

BYE BYE, FLAT CAROLINE



Sunday Grandma J's daughter took Mr. triple extraction A-Roid and a buddy to the Outlet Mall in Austin. Because he had a ton of money from the tooth fairy to spend.

My granddaughter and I decided to take Flat Caroline to a landmark here in Central Texas. Maybe a Mesquite tree, or a field full of cattle...ummm, nah, we did it one step better....




We took Flat Caroline to the main gate of Fort Hood Army Post. Fort Hood is 340 sq. miles of rolling hills and plains, with a population of 71,000, and the largest active duty armored post in the United States. It's also the post that 1Sgt John deployed to Iraq from with the 1st Cavalry.




Foot Hood has played an important role in the life of my granddaughter, and she wanted to share it with Flat Caroline. My granddaughter came to Killeen Texas in 2002, when she was in the 2nd grade, just like Flat Caroline. In seven years her father has been deployed to Iraq three times, and Korea twice. Each tour of duty is at least one year in length. If you do the math, it's easy to see that the families of our active duty military make huge sacrifices, just like their parents who serve our Nation. Grandma J's granddaughter is now 15 and in the 9th grade...boy does time fly!




We stopped and bought a post card of Texas, and printed out these pictures to send to Flat Caroline's teacher and classmates.





Bye bye, Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good......


and she's off to faraway lands....like Florida!!

We Interrupt Our Flat Caroline Visit....

.....for a commentary on Dancing With The Stars. Now it's not like I am a super DWTS fan. I watch while I stuff my face darn socks, and blog do my nightly yoga. But this season, just like last season with Chloris Leachman, the token make me laugh contestant, there is a contestant this season that will never be a dancer. I'm speaking of Steve Wozniak.

Here is last night's performance!
*click link to play. The youtube link didn't work.

His score was a perfect 10. Ten as in combined score!

Len and Bruno gave him a 3, and Carrie Ann gave him a 4. Do they really want him out of the competition? What are they thinking? He is my entertainment.

Call me crazy, but take another look at that video......



Can we maybe give Steve an extra point for his fancy worm movements , or maybe the final move with his face up Karina Smirnoff's tunnel of love.

I loved Woz’s comment: "If you mix dancing with a little Smirnoff you might end up in an ambulance."

THE LETTER....

This week I was going to use Ketchup to represent the Letter K....OK, OK, so what if I used Catsup for the Letter C. But really don't you just love how much mileage I can get out of a bottle of tomato paste?

Instead I'm using a Kangaroo. Can you believe the Kangaroo is the mascot for oldest High School here in Killeen? There are four high schools, and only one mall!

The first one, Killeen High School has Kangaroos for a mascot. They refer to themselves as the 'Roos. Yeah, I would too.

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