Twitter Experiment

Have been experimenting with the new Twitter fad — http://twitter.com/kathyt923

So far it’s better than facebook

Quick Update

There has been some sort of “Super Bug” living in my house the past few months. Herman began getting sick just before Thanksgiving and after many weeks of being he merely had a virus a dose of antibiotics fixed his issues. Kat came down with the same thing just after Christmas and a round of antibiotics was all it took for her to get better. I on the other hand have now taken 3 rounds of antibiotics since Thanksgiving. I have gone through an upper respiratory infection, a sinus infections and now I am battling bronchitis.  Here’s hoping that attacking everything in the house with Lysol, Clorox wipes, and straight up bleach will kill it.

Apologies to all…

I just wanted to apologize for such a slim number of updates lately. We are now in the full swing of Christmas plans. It has been very crazy around here with both Kat and Holly having such full social calendars. We have all been sick at some point since Halloween with various illnesses. Our little exchange group has to see two of the members off this coming weekend. It will involve two separate days of driving to Savannah for us, but we want to be there, so that the students will know that yes they did touch all of our lives.

Hopefully after Christmas, I will have the time and energy to post somke updates and brag a little about how well both Kat and Holly have been doing in school and outside of school.

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Free Turtle Chex Mix Bar

 

Betty Crocker is giving away a FREE Chex Mix bar in Turtle Flavor.  It requires q brief registration, but think of all the crucncht goodness….  http://freechexbar.bettycrocker.com/TurtleChexBar/Default.aspx?Source=555   You also receive an informative newsletter with recipes and tips.

Access Hollywood Video – Lindsay Lohan – Racial Slur

Cat Vs. Cake box

I really feel the urge to help the poor poor kitty kitty.

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Live Stream of Puppies from the web

Still of Puppies on Halloween

I found this live streaming video of puppies in a box that is too cute for words.  We had a tragedy in the family this week and I don’t really want to discuss it, but feel that I just want to watch cute puppies and kittens instead.  I thought that everyone else might get a little pick-me-up from the video.

Voting in Swainsboro

Yesterday was election day.  Holly and I went in to vote around 2 pm.  There was absolutely no line.  I thought it was important for Holly to see the American electoral process in action.  I am not going to tell you who I voted for, but let’s just say that my side didn’t win in every political race.  i was very surprised that no even questioned my having Holly at the voting terminal with me, but I guess that is small town American South for you.  They actually at first thought she was there to vote.

Here are the election resultes from Swainsboro, Georgia as printed in the local paper, The Forest Blade .

Emanuel County preliminary election results are in
Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 10:09 PM EST
As of press time on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 13 of 14 precincts reported their unofficial and incomplete voting results. The fourteenth precinct is the provisional precinct, which is where those with difficulty voting are counted. The results for that precinct will be available Thursday.

For County Commissioner District 3, Democratic Incumbent Brad Hooks received 679 votes or 41.28%. Republican Hugh Foskey received 965 votes or 58.66%. There was one write in or 0.06% of the vote.

For Board of Education District 1, Democratic Incumbent Loy D. Cowart received 828 votes or 74.19%. Republican Kennedy Lacue received 287 votes or 25.72%. There was one write in or 0.09% of the vote.

For State House Representative 156, Republican Incumbent Butch Parrish received 5066 votes or 70.99%. Democrat Jonathan McCollar received 2068 votes or 28.98%. There were two write ins or 0.03% of the vote.

For U.S. House 12 Congress, Democratic Incumbent John Barrow received 4283 votes or 55.2%. Republican John Stone received 3474 votes or 44.77%. There were two write ins for 0.03% of the vote.

For President of the United States, Republican John McCain received 5105 votes or 61.96%. Democrat Barack Obama received 3060 votes or 37.14%. Libertarian Bob Barr received 56 votes or 0.68%. There were 18 write ins for 0.22% of the vote.

For U.S. Senate, Republican Incumbent Saxby Chamblis received 4289 votes or 59.61%. Democrat Jim Martin received 3073 votes or 40.78%. Independent Allen Buckley received 171 votes or 2.27%. There were three write ins for 0.04% of the vote.

Copyright © 2008 – The Forest Blade

Economic Woes

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Free Doughnuts

 

First you head out to the polls on Nov. 4 and cast your vote.  Then head over to your local Krispy Kreme for a free doughnut .  Just show your  ” I voted “  sticker and enjoy your sprinkles.

I’m a Pepper. You’re a Pepper. He’s a pepper. She’s a pepper. Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper, too?

This is awesome news. Free Dr. Pepper for everyone in the U.S. of A. .

Below is original announcement/article as reported by Billboard. 

Dr Pepper Sweetens Pot For ‘Chinese Democracy’

March 26, 2008 , 11:30 AM ET       Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Many have tried, but so far nobody has been able to pry the decade-in-the-works Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” from the hands of lone remaining original member Axl Rose.
Now, Dr Pepper thinks it’s up to the challenge. The soft drink company says it will give a free can of Dr Pepper to “everyone in America” (excluding ex-GNR members Slash and Buckethead) if “Chinese Democracy” arrives anytime during the calendar year 2008.

“It took a little patience to perfect Dr Pepper’s special mix of 23 ingredients, which our fans have come to know and love,” Dr Pepper director of marketing Jaxie Alt says. “So we completely understand and empathize with Axl’s quest for perfection — for something more than the average album. We know once it’s released, people will refer to it as ‘Dr Pepper for the ears’ because it will be such a refreshing blend of rich, bold sounds – an instant classic.”

Dr Pepper has also launched a blog in conjunction with its offer. GNR’s label, Interscope, was unavailable for comment at deadline.    “Chinese Democracy” was most recently scheduled for release on March 6, 2007, but promptly vanished from the schedule without a new date being set. It will be the first Guns N’ Roses album since the 1993 covers collection “The Spaghetti Incident”; in the ensuing decade, the group has burned through a reported $13 million in recording expenses.

Dr Pepper is ready to give out free soda coupons to every American when the album is finally released on Nov. 23, 2008. If you’re out to get a free Dr Pepper just follow these simple steps:

Coupons will be available for 24 hours, starting at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 23, 2008. Allow 4-6 weeks for coupon to arrive. Coupons will expire on Feb. 28, 2009. Limit one coupon per person. Full terms and conditions available at www.drpepper.com

HOW TO GET YOUR FREE DR PEPPER

1. On the Nov. 23, 2008 release date, go to www.drpepper.com

2. Register your information to receive a coupon for one free 20-oz. Dr Pepper.

3. When your coupon arrives, redeem it wherever Dr Pepper is sold.

4. Drink your Dr Pepper slowly to experience all 23 flavors. Dr’s orders.

Dance Umbrella – Transports Exceptionnels

I have watched this a few times and have tried to figure out if this really very very clever or do these people have too much time on their hands.   This is the actual description of this performance –

Dance Umbrella 2008
Transports Exceptionnels, by French choreographer Dominique Boivin, is a tender love duet for dancer and mechanical digger. Accompanied by the dramatic voice of Maria Callas, this meeting between iron and flesh is a witty interpretation of the pas de deux dance tradition. Playful yet rugged, Transports Exceptionnels is an unexpected moment of grace between fragile man and indestructible machine

http://www.danceumbrella.co.uk/

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The Soup’s take on Britney Spears’ Womanizer

It is amazing how the added lyrics fit so well. The writers really out did themselves with this one…

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Real Simple

One of my favorite magazines is coming to TV tonight !!!!  Thank heaven for TIVO as I will be trying to stay dry at the Swainsboro – Dublin game tonight ..  Go Tigers !!!!  

REAL SIMPLE. REAL LIFE. Premieres tonight on TLC!

From Real Simple

Today at 11:18am

The new lifestyle makeover series REAL SIMPLE. REAL LIFE. helps busy women tackle their daily challenges, sharing strategies to help make life easier. Each week the show features a 360-degree lifestyle makeover, using best-in-class experts to help women identify their day-to-day challenges, offering realistic solutions and “aha” tips so that they can live an even better life.

REAL SIMPLE. REAL LIFE. premieres Friday October 17, 2008 at 8 PM ET/PT.

Read more about the show and check out exclusive content at www.realsimplereallife.com.

Jesus is everywhere….

The Smiling Jesus Tomato

This is actually for sale right now on eBay . It’s called the Smiling Jesus Tomato. Here’s the link . It’s amazing how people see Jesus everywhere.  After seeing the tomato, I went looking around eBay to see what else was out there. There’s the Sacred Heart of Jesus on eBay and there’s the catfish bone that looks like Jesus on The Cross.  I also found Satan and John McCain on toast.  I am not trying to make fun of any of these people, I just don’t see what they are seeing.  Some of them I think require that you squint your eyes just so, hop on one foot while balancing a flower pot on your head to be able to see the images.  I don’t have that kind of time or patience.  Heck, I can’t see what everyone else sees in the Magic Eye posters. 

Jesus on Grilled Shrimp

I then searched all over the web and found out that Jesus is literally everywhere.  Steve Faus of El Dorado Hills, California found Jesus on a shrimp   he grilled on the barbecue grill.  In St. Petersburg, Fla.,  Dana O’Kane saw Jesus and Mary on a stack of pancakes.  A Missouri woman says she ‘found Jesus on a Cheeto’. 

She now keeps the Cheeto ‘crucifix’ in a jewelry box.  And finally, there’s Spumoni Jesus .  Apparently, Jesus has been spotted all over the world in various forms.

Don’t Vote ?? — NSFW

Dozens of celebrities try to inspire young people to go vote – - Simple as that.

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“Weird Al” Yankovic – Whatever You Like

This song so reminds me of all of Kat’s favorite things!!! LOL

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Become a Trained Weather Spotter

This is something I would be interested in if it weren’t on a weeknight.  Too much goes on during the week for me to drive to Savannah.

spotter-training_chatham

 

 

 

 

 

The National Weather Service Office in Charleston, SC, in conjunction with the

Chatham County Emergency Management Agency, will be offering a Weather

Spotter Training Class on November 6, 2009. The cost of the training is

 

FREE , but space is limited. If you are a weather enthusiast, and are interested in this

great opportunity to serve your community, be sure to reserve your spot by

November 5

th, 2008.  Weather spotters have served as the “eyes” of the National Weather Service for

more than 60 years, assisting in the process to warn their communities of

potentially hazardous weather. Although the National Weather Service utilizes

the cutting edge technology, such as: Doppler Radar and hi-resolution satellite

imagery, nothing has proven more effective than the human eye to observe and

report adverse weather.

This training session will last approximately 90 minutes, and will focus on

preparing individuals to report severe weather, including: funnel clouds,

tornadoes, hail, damaging wind and flooding rainfall. In addition, the importance

of weather safety when observing and reporting critical weather will be

discussed.

We look forward to seeing you on November 6th.

Training Details

Location:

 

Chatham County Annex; 295 Police Memorial Drive, Savannah, GA

Time:

 

6:30 PM

Contact:

 

Dustin Hetzel @ (912) 201-4500 or DJHetzel@chathamcounty.org to

OMG ! OMG ! Karma messed up this time

For those who are around me on a daily basis know that I really believe in Karma.  I really think that you will reap what you sow and that what goes around comes around.  Which is probably why I really enjoy Earl  each week.  I did a little celebration dance over the weekend when I found out that O J will finally pay for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman’s deaths. I realize the charges are different but Karma does have a way of sneaking up on you sometimes.  There are a few people I have known in my life that are still waiting for their comeuppance — they just don’t realize that payback is coming.  (Some of you know who all know exactly who I am talking about). 

But anyway this really takes the cake.  I have to wonder what is in store for this guy’s future. Dlisted  ran this story this morning –

The Toilet Lady’s Boyfriend Won The Lottery!

Kory McFarren, the dude who left his girlfriend stuck on the toilet seat for a long ass time, has won the Kansas State Lottery! If you’ve been stuck a toilet seat yourself for the past few months and have no idea what I’m talking about, then click here, here and here to get updated. It’s a sordid tale.

So… Kory cashed in his winning $2 Bonus Crossword ticket for $20,000 yesterday. Get this shit. This is the second time he’s won the lottery in the past year. Kory’s got lady luck stuck to his ass cheeks.

Who knows if Kory and Toilet Lady are still together. She was released from the hospital a few months ago after being stuck to a toilet seat for at least a month. Last I heard, Toilet Lady is living with some guardian and legally is only allowed to pee while squatting over the toilet. I’m joking about that last part.

In July, Kory was sentenced to six months probation after he pleaded no contest to being a dumb fuck for allowing his girlfriend to live in the bathroom for 2 years.

Kory should take that $20,000 and buy Toilet Lady a pair of shiny new ass cheeks. Then he should use the rest to buy a fucking clue.

Thanks Susan

Posted by: Michael K

I can’t believe that he could actually win the lottery after all of that with the girlfriend and the toilet.  But I do have faith in Karma and he will get his when he least expects it.  I know it sounds all like “an eye for an eye” kind of stuff but there has to be justice in the world.  But then again OJ had to wait 13 years.

waste not, want not

I admit I’m not much of a coffee drinker myself, but is this for real??? I am hoping someone out there can tell me if they really do this at Starbucks shops. I can’t beleive that no one has ever noticed this before in all the years the coffee shops have been around.

Here’s the article that appeared in The Sun — http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1771553.ece

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Needless to say, we don’t have a Starbucks in Swainsboro, so I can’t just run down to the corner and investigate for myself.

My kind of business neccesity

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Slim’s Does Not Accept Any Interesting Trades :(

I was going to go in and get a “blow out” haircut and offer him an old Bobby Brown cd, but I guess I can’t. Oh, yeah and it’s Wednesday today. hahaha…

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So True

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Wanna Sit In The Bleachers At the Oscars??

 

Beverly Hills, CA – The annual online drawing for some of the most sought-after seats of the year is about to get underway.

Beginning on Monday, September 22, at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, and continuing for only one week, fans may apply on Oscars.org to win seats on the Academy Awards® red carpet. There are only 300 seats available along the 500-foot-long walkway that leads into the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The lucky winners will watch and cheer Oscar nominees, presenters and other ceremony guests as they arrive at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, 2009. Following the red carpet arrivals, the winners will be invited to watch the Academy Awards telecast at a nearby location.

The application form will be available at www.oscars.org/bleachers. The online-only application process will close on Sunday, September 28, at 9 p.m. PT.

To be eligible for the random drawing, an individual must complete the application form in its entirety. Applications may only be submitted online. Forms may not be returned via U.S. mail, fax or private delivery service such as UPS or FedEx.

Applicants may register up to four persons; however, only one form will be accepted per person or group.

Those whose names are selected in the random drawing will be notified in early October. They will then be required to submit additional information for security purposes prior to final approval. Eligible attendees will receive a confirmation letter in early December with information pertinent to the event.

Only those individuals who have been pre-approved by the Academy will have access to the bleachers. Those who wait overnight to attempt admittance will not be granted entry.

The Academy will not be responsible for securing travel and/or hotel accommodations for winners.

In previous years, as many as 20,000 fans have applied online for the limited number of bleacher seats.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

Miniman- Lego miniman 30th anniversary

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Sticker Shock

Search for gas prices by US Zip Code

www.gasbuddy.com

Just Plain Odd

Glow in the dark cats — Weird

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Lou and Spaghetti Cat Are Righteous Killers – E! Online

I am so glad Spaghetti Cat hasn’t been killed off yet. Lou is the best. Maybe I’ll chnage the name of my future chihuahua to Lou instead of Speck.

I have been asked “what is so special or funny about Spaghetti Cat?” I don’t know, I think it’s because it’s just so bizarre and the times he pops up on The Soup are so random that I find it extremely funny.

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Man+bear+bike = man-bear-bike? New menace?

This is just an odd story.  Now I know what to look out for when I go to Missoula. And yes I actually do want to go there one day.

Bear vs. bike: Teacher riding to school runs into bruin above Miller Creek
By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian

Jim Litz has a broken bike helmet and bruised ribs to show for the 25-mile-per-hour collision with a 300-pound black bear Monday morning while riding his bike to work from his home in upper Miller Creek. “I was lucky. I was truly lucky, because I accosted the bear and he let me live,” Litz said, while recovering from his injuries Tuesday afternoon at his home. Photo by MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian

 

Jim Litz is accustomed to pedaling past 300-pound black bears on his morning commute to work.“I didn’t have time to respond. I never even hit my brakes,” Litz said.“I’ve come close to them this time of year,” Litz said, clutching his side and grimacing. “I know bears. The entire creek bottom is just hammered by bears. That’s the beauty of living here. But typically, they’re crossing the road and I have plenty of time to avoid them.”

That wasn’t the case during Litz’s Monday morning ride down Bear Run Creek Road, up above Miller Creek. The 57-year-old man passes slender serviceberry branchlets and dogwoods festooned with bear feed, and frequently spots the animals noshing berries on his way to work at Target Range Middle School, where he teaches science to seventh- and eighth-graders. Usually, the animals barrel off the road and out of sight.

This time, however, Litz was clipping along the dirt road at 25 mph when he came upon a rise, spied a massive black bear 10 feet in front of him, and pedaled directly into the animal, T-boning its broad side.

He tumbled over his handlebars, planting his helmeted head on the bruin’s back, and man and beast went cartwheeling down the road.

The bear rolled over Litz’s head, and its mass cracked his helmet. As the duo toppled over one another, the bear clawed at Litz’s cycling jacket, scratching his flesh from shoulder to buttocks before scampering up a hill above the road, where it stopped and whined.

Litz’s wife drove by soon after and took her husband to Community Medical Center, and he immediately called Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to report the unusual collision. Game wardens told him they didn’t think the animal was seriously injured, but was more likely suffering from some bruised ribs – just like Litz.

“Yep, that’s my bear story,” Litz said Tuesday afternoon, too sore and bruised to go to work, but certain that he’d be back in the saddle by Friday. “That day it just happened to be on that particular corner of the road, and all the stars were lined up against me.”

The rib contusions are painful, and the scrapes down his back aren’t pretty, but Litz figures he made out on top given the circumstances.

Litz’s wife rides her bike to work, too. But she drives down past the feeding gauntlet on Bear Run Creek Road and parks along Miller Creek Road before pulling her road bike off the roof of her car.

As for Litz’s bike, a cyclo-cross, it survived unscathed aside for the front wheel coming slightly out of true. But pointing to his cracked helmet, Litz hopes the story inspires his students to wear their helmets.

“I was lucky. I was truly lucky, because I accosted the bear and he let me live,” Litz said. “I truly respect them. They’re beautiful creatures.”

It’s official — She likes us !!!!

Holly has decided officially to stay on through May.  She signed up for just one semester, in case she got tooo homesick, or just didn’t like the reality of America.  last night she told us all that she wants to stay here.  She has to of course go through all the channels and get her visa extended and all that paperwork. 

Holly staying gives us more time to take her to all the places we want to go.  I think we’ll go to Helen in the spring.  We’ll also try to take her to the Renaissance Festival.  Of course, we’ll also go to Disney and Epcot maybe during spring break.  Maybe we can also go to Jekyll Island, Ga. and wherever else Holly might want to see around the state.

We must be doing something right.  Herman, Katie and I have done a lot to make her feel at home.  I think it helps that she has made several friends and is involved in activities at school.  She has her first Cross Country meet this afternoon.  Katie and I are going to watch.  It is lucky that band and flag practice was cancelled because we have a no football game this week.  Katie’s boyfriend, Cameron is also coming to watch the meet. 

I’m not sure if Herman will get to be there.  He has quite a bit going on at work this month.  He leaves for Vegas for a week and then he goes to Boston for 3 days.  Even when he is in town, we haven’t been seeing a lot of him lately.  But I keep reminding myself that it always something big this time of year in the computer business.  So many businesses are updating things or moving things/data/equipment around during the 4th quarter each year.  Of course, during April and May nothing much is going on, so we get to travel and have fun then.

Man should not live by Big Macs alone

I saw this on the Daily Buzz this morning.  I had to search for several minutes to find the story online and then it was everywhere.  So here it is in case you missed it because you were actually working at work or school today….

updated 10:37 a.m. ET, Tues., Sept. 9, 2008

FOND DU LAC, Wis. – A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years.

Fifty-four-year-old Don Gorske says he hit the milestone last month, continuing a pleasurable obsession that began May 17, 1972 when he got his first car.

Gorske has kept every burger receipt in a box. He says he was always fascinated with numbers, and watching McDonald’s track its number of customers motivated him to track his own consumption.

 

He was at Fond du Lac High School for a math class demonstration where students figured his Big Mac consumption. It totaled 14 beef cattle, 560 pounds of cheese and 100 gallons of Special Sauce.

 

He’s even worked his ritual into his family life.

 

“My kids have probably eaten more Happy Meals than any kids in the world. There’s no doubt about that,” Gorske said.

 

Although he skips breakfast and lunch, dedicating his hunger to the Big Mac, his cholesterol is a modest 155. And this Big Mac iron man has no plans of changing.

 

“I have no idea how long I’m going to live. I’m just going to keep eating Big Macs,” he said.

 

Don missed eight days of Big Macs because of his mother’s funeral and blizzards — when the restaurant didn’t open. But he keeps a supply in his freezer now, just in case, so he doesn’t miss a day.e only day he skipped a Big Mac was the day his mother died, to respect her request.

I have my favorite foods as well, but I don’t eat them every day.  I think that if I ate the same things everyday, the food would loose it’s taste and I would loose the pleasure I get from eating things like pancakes with apples and hash brown casserole from Cracker Barrel or 7 layer burritos at Taco Bell.

 

KFC Extra Super Secret Secret 11 Herbs & Spices

KFC shoring up security for secret recipe

By BRUCE SCHREINER – 10 hours ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Pssst. The secret’s out at KFC. Well, sort of.

Colonel Harland Sanders’ handwritten recipe of 11 herbs and spices was removed Tuesday from safekeeping at KFC’s corporate offices for the first time in decades. The temporary relocation is allowing KFC to revamp security around a yellowing sheet of paper that contains one of the country’s most famous corporate secrets.

The brand’s top executive admitted his nerves were aflutter despite the tight security he lined up for the operation.

“I don’t want to be the president who loses the recipe,” KFC President Roger Eaton said. “Imagine how terrifying that would be.”

The recipe that launched the chicken chain was placed in a lock box that was handcuffed to security expert Bo Dietl, who climbed aboard an armored car that whisked away with an escort from off-duty police officers.

Eaton’s parting words to Dietl, “Keep it safe.”

So important is the 68-year-old concoction that coats the chain’s Original Recipe chicken that only two company executives at any time have access to it. The company refuses to release their names or titles, and it uses multiple suppliers who produce and blend the ingredients but know only a part of the entire contents.

Dietl, a former New York City police detective, assured Eaton that the iconic recipe would be safe.

“There’s no way, shape or form … that anybody is going to get their hands on this recipe,” he said. “And if they get their hands on this recipe, they have to take me with them.”

His security firm is also handling the security improvements for the recipe at headquarters, but he wouldn’t say what changes they’re making.

KFC executives said they decided to upgrade security after retrieving the recipe amid preparations to add a new line of Original Recipe chicken strips.

The recipe has been stashed at the company headquarters for decades, and for more than 20 years has been tucked away in a filing cabinet equipped with two combination locks. To reach the cabinet, the keepers of the recipe would first open up a vault and unlock three locks on a door that stood in front of the cabinet.

Vials of the herbs and spices are also stored in the secret filing cabinet.

“The smell is overwhelming when you open it,” said one of two keepers of the recipe in an interview at company headquarters.

The biggest prize, though, is a single sheet of notebook paper, yellowed by age, that lays out the entire formula — including exact amounts for each ingredient — written in pencil and signed by Sanders.

Others have tried to replicate the recipe, and occasionally someone claims to have found a copy of Sanders’ creation. The executive said none have come close, adding the actual recipe would include some surprises.

Sanders developed the formula in 1940 at his tiny restaurant in southeastern Kentucky and used it to launch the KFC chain in the early 1950s.

Sanders died in 1980, but his likeness is still central to KFC’s marketing.

“The recipe to him, in later years, was everything he stood for,” said Shirley Topmiller, his personal secretary for about 12 years.

Larry Miller, a restaurant analyst with RBC Capital Markets, said the recipe’s value is “almost an immeasurable thing. It’s part of that important brand image that helps differentiate the KFC product.”

KFC had a total of 14,892 locations worldwide at the end of 2007. The chain has had strong sales overseas, especially in its fast-growing China market, but has struggled in the U.S. amid a more health-conscious public. KFC posted U.S. sales of $5.3 billion at company-owned and franchised stores in 2007.

This is a lot of security for a recipe.  I imagine that they probably also closed the streets where the motercade was travelling.

New Toolbar

http://www.dogpiletoolbardownload.com/ichc/ichc.html?s_cid=OM144

It’s the dogpile toolbar with the added bonus of the ICHC website ( I can Has Cheezburger) buttons.  Dogpile is the best search engine  that searches all other search engines to get you the results. I don’t use any other.

My First LOLCAT

Mym first attempt at Lolcat

Total Timewaster

That’s right picture of cats and sinks ……  nothing else.

The Soup:The Bold and The Beautiful w/ Revenge of Spaghetti Cat – 9/5/08

YES YES YES !!!! Spaghetti Cat and Mankini – the perfect evil duo

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Things I wonder about

Premier Bathrooms TV commercial featuring Ed McMahon

I have a few questions about these:

Firast off the second lady in the commercial, how old is she? She’s worried about someone she refers to as “she”. Is she talking about her mother, who would have to be like 90 or so, right?

Also if the tub has a door on it, that means you’d have to let all the water drain out before opening the door. Your elderly person would have to sit there and get colder and colder as the water drained. What if you had a plumbing problem and had really slow drains?

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Everything going well

Holly has now been at our house for a little over a month.  It feels like she has been here longer, but in a good way.  We seem to be trying to pack as much as possible into every day lately. Things are going very well I think.  She is fitting in nicely both at home and at school.  This week, she will run in her first Cross Country meet.  We are very excited about it.  I think she will do very well.  She is always one of the top 4 or 5 girls that finish when they run races during practice.  At the football games of course, she’s like every other teenager and doesn’t want to sit with us in the reserved section, which might as well be called the grown-up section.  She has made quite a few close friends on her own and goes off with them frequently on the weekends.  She now has a cell phone, so I don’t worry about her as much. 

We found her a small TV for her room, so she can explore the wonders of American television.  She often joins us in the living room during the afternoon and evenings to watch things, but this way, she can watch or listen to all that MTV has to offer while she does homework.  Just like every other American teenager,  I suppose.

The Truth About Spaghetti Cat from Dlisted

I saw this on Dlisted this morning:

On “The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet” today, they featured an entire segment on the history of our newest American icon, Spaghetti Cat. Those of us who are avid Spaghetti Cat worshippers already know how he became one of the most influential pussies in the world, but Mike & Juliet used moving pictures to tell the story of his journey. We like moving pictures.

They confirmed that Spaghetti Cat is owned by the batshit crazy feline lover who was recently on an episode of “Pet Star” with her other spaghetti-eating pussy. Remember that crazy? She’s the one who sings “this is the way we wash our paw, wash our paw” while dipping her poor cat’s paw in a bowl of water. I love singing that song while washing dishes.

Mike & Juliet also declared war on Joel McHale for using a fake Spaghetti Cat on “The Soup.” Spaghetti Cat says: “Make spaghetti, not war. Meeeow.”

And when is Fox going to get the hint and replace Mike & Juliet with The Spaghetti Cat Show?! It’s what the nation demands!

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I love it!! I hope this goes back and forth for a while.  Spaghetti Cat is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time.  Almost as funny as “those hawks” from The Trailer Park Boys.  If you’ve seen it you know which hawks I’m talking about.

Living in The Shire

 

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The housing crisis has affected a lot of people.  If it wasn’t for houses and developers going into foreclosure, I wouldn’t have heard of this place.  The Shire is located in Bend, Oregon.  All the house are designed with The Hobbit and The Lord Of the Rings trilogy in mind.  The houses and the development/subdivision are very pretty and would probably be a nice peaceful place to live.  However, I don’t want to move to Oregon or pay 6 – 8 hundred thousand to live in Hobbit world and be Frodo’s neighbor.  The entire development is going into foreclosure and may be auctioned off in December.

Passing this Along…..

With the outrageous prices of clothing, especially jeans lately, I thought I would pass this along.  The offer is only available one-line though at American Eagle , not in stores.

If you are in the market to buy a new pair of jeans, you might as well get a bonus with it too, right?

SPAGHETTI CAT

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This is Spaghetti Cat in case you missed it.  This clip appeared on The Soup a couple of weeks ago and Spaghetti Cat has made a couple of appearances since.  It just sort of shows up randomly. I always love Joel McHale’s reactions when it happens.

Here is an explanation to the mystery :

There’s nothing like a cat to sieze the attention of America, but a cat eating spaghetti? Pure eyeball-grabbing gold, my friends; just take in the aftermath of the Soup’s clip of the pasta eating pussy. The Internet has been fired up with reaction, the Youtube clip has climbed to the Top 10 at ViralVideoChart.com and someone is, of course, selling T-shirts. Yet the big question of “why did the Mike and Juliet Show cut away to the cat during a conversation on binge drinking?” can now be answered.

A dedicated Soup fan who apparently works on the show wrote in: “Ages ago we did a Pet Star Search and we had a cat eating spaghetti with utensils. For whatever reason, that’s now our ‘censor clip.’ What were they censored for? The crazy blond girl said the word ‘retarded.’ ” The explanation was confirmed by a Fox spokesperson, who referred to it as a “bleep photo.” Though by bleep she literally meant bleep, as opposed to “retarded photo.”

This is the way we wash our paws with the Crazy Cat Lady

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I found this little gem on the Soup’s Blog.  It is almost better than Spaghetti Cat.

Charlie bit me

I may be a little late with this one. People may or may not have seen this already. It involves Charlie biting his brother Harry’s finger. Charlie’s reaction is priceless.
Here is what the boy’s mother says — Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn’t have, neither where coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway). This was just one of those moments where I got had the video camera out because the boys were being fun, and they provided something really very funny.

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NSFW — Alex Trebek Uncensored | SFLTV – South Florida TV blog

This is VERY NSFW !!!!!! It’s a side of Alex Trebek that I never even imagined existed.

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Lose for Good Campaign

The goal of Lose for Good is simple: To help make the world a healthier place. For every pound of weight lost with Weight Watchers between 9/7/08 and 10/18/08, Weight Watchers will donate the equivalent of one pound of food, up to one

million dollars*, to one of two organizations: Share Our Strength, the leading organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry, and Action Against Hunger, which brings immediate and long-term solutions for hunger to populations around the world. Find out more by visiting a Weight Watchers meeting or go to Lose for Good on our website.

Hopefully, I can lose quite a few pounds myself and help out a good cause at the same time.

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America’s Next Top Model Clip – Isis

Another Interview clip with Isis

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America’s Next Top Model Interview – Isis

An interview/monolouge with Isis. You can hear the masculinity in her/his voice.

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What’s up around our house

It has been an exciting week this week. I had to miss last week’s scrimmage game with Westside, but we won.  I’ll have to find out the exact score, but I think it was like 32-7.

Katie & Kelly visit the stands during 3rd quarter

Katie had her first danceline performance of the season Friday night .  It’s our first away game at Bleckley High Schoolin Cochran. Katie travelled with the band to the game and probably ride back on the bus as well.  Holly and I made the trek on our own.  It was  a good game, everyone was pumped about the win.  Swainsboro beat the Royals 27 to nothing.

Holly decided last week that she wanted to go out for the high school’s cross country team. So I took her to get her physical Monday and at tryouts, she was the second place girl.  She wasn’t even feeling well that day either. I’ll try and take some more pics at the meet.  She is quite a runner.  The coach is very happy that she came out for the team.  It seems that there aren’t many girls who like to do long distance running at the school.

SHS Cross Country team stretches after practice

Both girls are doing well in their classes.  Holly struggles from time to time with the language barrier, but it’s getting easier and easier every day.  We went to the mall on Saturday to hunt for shoes and other neccessities ( an Abercromie t-shirt, a hoodie, etc. ) .  As of today, we are still hunting for a new pair of Converse for Holly.  She knows what she wants, we just can’t find them in a store yet.  Sometimes that’s the drawback of living in a small town.

Jesus Moth

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Cat grows Wings ?????

A Chinese woman claims her cat has grown wings.

 

Granny Feng’s tom cat has sprouted two hairy 4ins long wings, reports the Huashang News.

“At first, they were just two bumps, but they started to grow quickly, and after a month there were two wings,” she said.

Feng, of Xianyang city, Shaanxi province, says the wings, which contain bones, make her pet look like a ‘cat angel’.

Her explanation is that the cat sprouted the wings after being sexually harassed.

“A month ago, many female cats in heat came to harass him, and then the wings started to grow,” she said.

However, experts say the phenomenon is more likely down to a gene mutation, and say it shouldn’t prevent the cat living a normal life.

I am not sure if this is REALLY possible. I am thinking that maybe it’s something with the fur.  Maybe it’s just matted and she or someone  “helped ” the wing formation.

What if ???!!??

What would the world be like if Michael Jackson had never taken the first step down the long path of plastic surgery?  This was the question in my mind as I read this article in the Daily Mail …..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1050082/As-turns-50-Michael-Jackson-really-look-like.html

If he had aged naturally.....

 

Today at age 50 ......

I think if he hadn’t been surrounded by all the ” Yes Men” for all these years, he might have turned out half-way normal and we would still have his fantastic talent to enjoy rather than the circus it has become.

Again with FREE Chicken at Chick-fil-a

Someone really needs to open a Chick-fil-a in or nearer to Swainsboro.  They are doing the free chicken thing again.  This time it’s Cheer For Chicken.

This is from the official rules and F.A.Q.s……..   What is the Promotional Offer?

Visit any participating Chick-fil-A restaurant wearing your favorite football team’s attire or logo on Labor Day, Sept. 1, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. until close and get one free order of our new Chick-n-Strips (3-count). Limit one order per person while supplies last.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: To receive one (1) free three-count order of Chick-n-Strips (“Chick-n-Strips”) while supplies last, eligible participants should visit participating Chick-fil-A locations from 10:30 AM until close on September 1, 2008 wearing at least one visible article of clothing that contains any football team logo or collegiate logo and mention this Promotion. Hours of operation may vary by location.

ELIGIBILITY: Offer available only to legal U.S. residents of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, and WY. Limit one free three-count order of Chick-n-Strips per person, regardless of location and/or number of visits, while supplies last. http://www.cheerforchicken.com/home/rules

FreeCreditReport.com “Bicycle”

I’m not sure how much the company actually makes, but the commercials are quite catchy.

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“ROCK STAR” FreeCreditReport.com Commercial

The latest addition to songs that will get stuck in your head… FOREVER !!

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Marijuana growing in Mall of America

This gives a new meaning to picking up something at the flower shop in the mall.  Below is the actual article from the AP.

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The Associated Press

MIAMI —

The Mall of the Americas in Miami was home to a business not usually found among the food courts, retail stores and movie theaters of similar locations: a hydroponic nursery with more than 200 marijuana plants.

Federal agents seized the plants on Friday. The grow operation was found deep in a storeroom at the mall. Authorities say the growers used the mall’s electricity to power their equipment, adding the flimsy wiring could have caused a fire.

Agents would not say how the drugs were found, and no arrests have been made.

Hello Kitty Wedding

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Now I have another theme to add to my list of “Weddings I want to have ”.  We’ve done the church wedding of course.  That was our first wedding.  Our second wedding was in Las Vegas with an Elvis impersonator.  The church wedding was nice, but we were so young that I just remember being scared and if you’ve seen the video or were there you know I had to sit down mid-ceremony because I almost passed out.  The Vegas wedding was lot of fun.  We were older and without all the pressures, it was a total blast.  I’ve always told Herman that I want to get married again in Vegas at a drive-thru chapel in a white convertable.  I also have a dream that I am getting married in Cinderella’s Castle at Disneyworld.  Keep in mind, Herman and I have never been divorced.  The second ceremony was more for the novelty and fun of it.  Now I have to add Hello Kitty ceremony to my list.  Can you just imagine, what it would be like?  I guess much like the video … except that the wedding party and most of the guests would be American.

Free Chicken At McDonald’s

McDonald’s is doing it again.  The restaurant chain is giving away a free chicken biscuit or sandwich with the purchase of a medium or large drink to celebrate the Summer Olympic games.  All you have to doo is go to www.facetheglory.com and click on the free offer button.  It requires registering and you have to print the coupon out using a color printer.  All and all, a tiny hoop to jump through for a cheap lunch.

Sharpie ad campaign

Sharpie has a brilliant ad campaign using David Beckham .  The television commercials are cool, but I think the best of all of them so far is the Beckham print ad. Check it out. It is extremely clever — http://victoriadavidbeckham.blogspot.com/2008/07/david-beckhams-print-ad-for-sharpie.html

Was ANTM 9 Rigged?

I found this little gem while I was browsing the internet this morning. This to me just further proves that

Saliesha and TyTy

“reality television” isn’t real at all. It’s not even what could television prodeucers call “unscripted television”.  There is no real reality on televison. 

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Exchange Student Update

Well, Holly has been with us a little over two weeks now.  It has been an adjustment period for everyone involved.  I have finally gotten my room all straightened out and my bathroom is back in order also.  Now I don’t feel like I am living in a hotel room.  It’s back to being an oasis in the middle of the chaos that is life with two teenage girls.

Holly and Kat went to the DEA (David Emanuel Academy) scrimmage game with Kat’s boyfriend, Cameron Friday night.  It was Holly’s first experience with high school football.  They had a good time.  DEA lost the game, but I have been told that is nothing new.

Kelley's dog's puppies a week or so after they were born

Today Kat went over to Kelley’s house to help bathe the 1 month old puppies.  Holly was going to until she was invited by another friend to go hang out, etc.  She and her friend from school went to Statesboro and saw The Dark Knight.  It was of course Holly’s second time seeing the movie.  I am glad she is making friends her own age and experiencing life like any other American teenager.

I am trying to plan a girl’s shopping trip to the Tanger outlet in Hilton Head, SC .  I want Herman’s younger sister, Mandy to come along as well.  I think we all need to go do something fun and Holly probably needs some new clothes. The agency and airline would only let her bring 2 suitcases with her.  Even if she only stays 5 months, she didn’t get to bring nearly enough clothes. 

Holly is taking U.S History and a literature course that concentrating on American authors.  This means that I am in a sense repeating U.S. History, 20 years after I graduated high school.  So far the focus of American history is dealing with Unions and the pros & cons of this on society.  I also get to repeat this next year when Kat takes it next year.

OMG !!!! THE TIDDY BEAR

This is a real product. I thought it was a joke or a parody at first. I’m not sure who thought of the name for this, but it is brilliant..

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Ken Lee !!!!!!!!

I know there are people in America and all over the world who botch song lyrics all the time. But this has to be one of the funniest hatchet jobs that I’ve heard in quite a while.

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Free Bra Sweepstakes

I just got an email that aerie by American Eagle has sweepstakes going right now that will award the grand prize winner a year’s worth of free bras.  Here is the link to the entry form — http://www.ae.com/aerie/sweepstakes/aerie_sweeps_index.jsp?catId=aerie&WT.ac=AHPBraSweeps. 

 I thought I’d pass it along because Kat seems to like these bras and says they are really comfortable.

Harry Potter – Half Blood Prince

It was announced on Thursday that Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince will not come out  November 21, 2008 as scheduled . According to Warner Bros. Studios because of the writer’s strike, it has pushed this movie to July of 2009.The studio still intends to make a two-film adaptation of series finale Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, the first of which will open on November 19, 2010.  Here is the link to what most be devestating news for a lot of you .. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417741/news#ni0551440 

Kat makes the local paper

Kat was featured this week in The Forest-Blade (our only local paper ) for winning first and mastering in her project area at the State 4-H Congress last month.  Her project area was Companion Animal Sciences.  We of course are very proud of her and I’m going to buy a few more copies of the paper, so I can frame the article, etc.

Kat with fellow 1st place winner, Whitney Bush

OMG!!! I absolutley LOVE live television and the internet

Talk about discovering the fountain of youth.  This is going to be a classic. I can’t wait to get old and be able to say the first thing that comes to mind and not care what people think of me. Only another 30 years to go……

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America’s Next Top Tranny

I can’t really see why people are making a big deal about this. There have been cycles in the past that I could have sworn some of the previous girls on America’s Next Top Model  were born male and then changed.  But this year it’s true – there actually is a transgender female .  Her name is Isis.  Here is a look at the fianlists for the new cycle airing in September – http://community.livejournal.com/topmodel/2164919.html .  It sort of makes you wonder how many times this has gone on before and not been talked about openly.  Also why are there never any guys on the show?  It doesn’t exactly say in the promos or in the opening that the contestant has to be female. Maybe it’s somewhere in the audition paperwork or soemthing.

Either way Tyra will probably keep this girl around at least 3 quarters of the way through.  Even if she’s just mediocre she’ll probably stay around to keep the ratings up.  This is Isis >>>>>>

Stay at Home Wife = Status Symbol?

Would you respect a “stay-at-home wife”?  - This is the title of an article that was featured on The Daily Buzz .  I have read the article a couple of times and am still not sure if it is for or against women choosing not to be in the workforce .  I happen to be one of these wives.  I am fortunate to be able to stay home and run our household without having to try and bring in an income.  My daughter is 15 and in high school, so I don’t think that I would be considered a stay at home mom anymore. I don’t believe that women who choose to stay home are wasting their education or other talents.  I know many women who do volunteer work, are able to prepare dinner for the family and have a sit down dinner, and maintain a orderly house because they don’t have outside pressures from work.  I maybe rambling, but I sort of felt insulted by some of the things this article implied.

New Virus Alert

I just got notification of this and was asked to pass it along to evryone I knew.  I thought that by posting it here I could notify more people…

There is a new virus that shows up in your e-mail as “breaking news”  or news articles from either CNN or MSNBC.  Do not click on a link in an e-mail from any news company.  Doing so opens a very powerful virus that WILL corrupt your computer.

 

This is a very serious virus that is spreading VERY fast.  All indications are that it will be amongst the worst outbreaks in history.

 

Please let your employees know.

 

Herman Thompson
Chief Information Officer
East Georgia Healthcare Center

Guy Takes Bath At Burger King

And he seemed surprised that he would get fired for this. He may want to eat at this Burger King again, But I would not, could not EVER eat at this Burger King

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Quite an eventful week….

We have been very busy this week since Holly’s arrival.  She arrived August 1st.  It was a long night due to the fact that her flight was delayed two hours and they didn’t have any of her bags. 

Waiting for Holly's Arrival

The airline delivered her luggage in two trips – the first on Saturday afternoon around 4ish and the other about  11:30 PM on Saturday night.  I know because I was awake after giving the 2nd courier directions around 10 PM.  It took all of us all weekend to recover from the events at the airport.

By Monday we were showing Holly around town.  We spread out the sights over a few days.  Tuesday and Thursday, Holly accompanied Katie to Band camp and Wednesday both girls went to Open House.  Friday was the first day of school and Holly had already met many people at school.  I’m glad she was able to ease into the chaos of high school.  I know she’s in a high school type setting at home, but I think it is probably a little overwhelming being in a high school and being surrounded by people speaking in a foreign language. 

Everyone keeps asking if Holly speaks English.  She speaks English very well.  Of course she struggles for the correct word every now and again, but other than that she is doing well.  I think she is fitting into our family very well. 

Lounging On Tybee

 

 

This past weekend we went to Tybee Island and spent time with the other exchange students.  Herman, Katie, Holly and I had a condo, so everyone had a place to clean up after the beach on Sunday.  Our area representatives were there as well as Jessica, whose family is hosting one of the other exchange students. There are 5 total that are going to Swainsboro High School right now – one from Norway, one from Brazil, one from Italy, and two from Germany including our Holly.  The students all seem very friendly, except for the boy from Germany who is very shy and doesn’t say much in English.  All the students enjoyed hanging out on the beach. 

We also took Holly to see The Dark Knight, which wasn’t out in Germany when she left.  Holly also wanted to do some shopping, so we took them to Savannah Mall  and Oglethorpe Mall.  I have to plan a day to go to Atlanta to do some real shopping soon

I think I almost have my house back together again after moving all of my stuff out of Holly’s room.

Paris Hilton Responds…..

Had to pass this along for those feoliw who didn’t see it this morning. Read the behind the scenes article here -  http://www.funnyordie.com/jokes/cfae2c53fa .  I still think there is a teleprompter involved.

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Hooray for the appeal !!!!

Zack & Miri will be rated R after all. I probably won’t see this in the theater unfortunately, because the tickets have gotten to be outrageous and chances are it won’t play in Statesboro. But at least I’ll be able to rent it at the video store.  I hate when they rate a movie NC-17 and then it comes out in like 2 theaters and takes forever to come out on dvd and then the Blockbuster won’t stock it.  I know I can rent it on Netflix, but that’s not the point.  If you hadn’t guessed already, I do enjoy Kevin Smith movies.  Clerks is still one of the best of his films and one of my favorite comedies along with Dogma.  His films aren’t for everybody and they certainly aren’t family entertainment.  Keep this in mind if you decide to check out his films…. Enjoy !!!!!

Holly arrives…..

Holly arrives tomorrow evening.  We’ll leave when Herman gets home from work to drive to the Savannah-Hilton Head Airport to meet her plane.  Well I say meet her plane, but since 9/11, of course, all we can do is wait on Level 2 in the common area.  It seems like such a long time ago, when you could go right to the gate and watch the plane land, etc.  Katie made a big poster to welcome her.  We’ve seen pictures and all, but we want to make sure she feels welcome in America.  It will be a long night, but I am very excited that this day has finally come.  Our area representative is going to meet us at the airport so he can meet her with us in case there are any questions. 

I think we are going to take all the exchange students in our area (there are 4 or 5 total) to Tybee Island next weekend.  Seth wants to take them all to the beach while it’s still warm. I guess the upper 90’s is what you’d call warm.  Because 2 of the students are girls and Seth isn’t 21 yet, all the overnight trips require an “adult” chaperone.  Herman and I will be filling in that spot.  It will be an adventure to say the least.  He also wants to take them down on River Street in Savannah .  I also thought this would give the students a chance to pick up any odds and ends they might have forgotten at home.  Swainsboro is a small town and doesn’t have much variety as far as retail shopping goes.  Savannah has two malls and plenty of shopping of every variety.

Off to bed now to rest up for tomorrow’s adventure…..

Jesus Face seen in Cat Fur!

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Kitty No-Nos…

My cats have been kicked out of daycare.  Well not all of them, really just one of them – Scamper. But the vet asked that we find another place for them instead of boarding them next time because Scamper decided that it would be “cool or funny ” ( I can’t decide what was in his mind) to reach out and scratch one of the assistants.  This is not the first time he’s done something like this.  He has been known to back himself into the corner and growl when they come to clean his cage and also he’s scratched at others in the past.  This is no surprise to me, because he usually will go and hide in the rafters of the utility room when he wants to avoid something like monthly flea medication or going to the vet.  He’s scratched me in the past, but now he’s gotten everyone kicked out of “kitty daycare”.

Scamper- The Culprit

 But luckily our next door neighbors are willing to keep a look out for the three of them ( Smokey, Nemo and Scamper) for a weekend.  If it’s more than a couple of days we may have to find some kitty xanax to chill his nerves.  I’m not sure even that would help, though.

 

 

Smokey

 

Nemo -- Yes, I really do need to take a new picture of her

Quote of the Day

Georgia 4-H Who’s It 4? …… Mandy, that’s who !!!

At about the 2 minute mark, it’s Mandy !!!! Amanda Severin commenting on Georgia 4-H !!!!

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Daniel Tosh — My New Favorite Comedian

We saw his Comedy Central special while we were out of town last weekend. My sides hurt the next morning from laughing. We all 3 were LOL most of the hour long show.

 

Poor Poor Peaches

A week ago today,  Peaches Geldof apparently suffered respiratory arrest after a suspected drug overdose.  This is really sad to see because her mother Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose.  I hope she gets the help that she needs because Bob has suffered quite a lot of tragedy in his life.  This article really puts it all into perspective.  I hate to see Bob criticized because it always seems to me that the criticism always has a somewhat jealous overtone.  I pray Peaches doesn’t end up like Amy Winehouse.  At least Fifi has a real job and isn’t out getting in trouble.  Pixie could easily turn herself around and Tiger Lilly is too young for this stuff at the moment.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1037394/AMANDA-PLATELL-Saint-Bob-Geldof-ashamed-himself.html

It’s no secrets to those around me that Bob Geldof is put up on a pedestal around my house.  I think he is one of the most remarkable people in the world today.  He is my hero.  I would love to meet him again and just hang out with him and be able to pick his brain.  There are very few people Herman would stand with me in an alley for 2 and a half hours to talk to for 5 mins. It’s too bad we didn’t have a camera with us that weekend.

More Absolulte Cuteness

Stunned and amazed

Katie called us at 10 PM Wednesday night ( July 23)  to inform us that she placed first at the 4-h State Congress.  This means that she has gone as high as she can in her project area/category.  Her project area was Companion Animals and she did her presentation on Saving Our Animal Shelters.  Every year since 6th grade her DPA (District Project Achievement) project has been on raising public awareness for animal shelters. 

Herman and I were invited to the annual banquet on Thursday night ( July 24).  So we packed up the the suit & tie and off we went.  It was a quite a long day with driving up to Atlanta where the conference was being held.   Katie looked beautiful and we are very proud of her.  Only two other girls from our county ( Whitney Bush and Hannah Bowen ) placed first in their category.  Because she was a state winner, the three of us had to go down to the banquet and hour and a half before for pictures with our project donors and other representatives.  Emanuel County had   7 student who qualified to compete at the state competition.

The banquet was briefly delayed that evening because Governor Perdue was running a little late.  It didn’t surprise us that Judge Kathy Palmer from Emanuel County was at the banquet as she is very active in the inner workings of Georgia 4-H. She’s even on the Board of Trustees for the GA. 4-H Foundation. But I guess we didn’t think about all the other elected officials who would be attending the festivities.

It was an exciting end of the week for everyone involved.  Katie now is a Master 4-H member which from what I understand is a very elite club.  We also got to see many friends and relatives while we were at the event.  Katie saw several of Mandy’s high school & 4-h friends.  I got to talk to Brittany Kelley for a few minutes.  She knew Mandy through 4-H and we knew Britanny because her mother was Katie’s 5th grade teacher.  We also got to briefly visit with my cousin, Jenny Jordan.  She now works with 4-H on the state level.

We came home to many congratulatory phone calls and cards.  That what it’s like to live in a small town – news travels very fast.  Luckily one of her fellow 4-H members/friends, Michael Owen Henry is also a writer for the local paper ( The Forest-Blade ) , so I know it will all be reported accurately.

We’re still not sure of Holly’s exact arrival time or date.  She has been on holiday with her family the last couple of weeks.  I hope to go this week and finish getting her registered for school.  But I am glad Katie is back home again, so she can tackle her room.

She has been living out of a suitcase for the past month and a half.  Most of the summer she was home for a day or two at most in between activities and camps.  Of course it was just enough time to unpack – wash clothes – repack the suitcase and not enough time to make heads or tails of the actual condition of her room.  I would do it, but my luck I would get rid of something or other that is crucial to the day to day life of a teenager.  So why even attempt it??

Now the next time she goes with 4-H it will be for National Congress.  Way to go, Katie !!!!!

5 year old skips daycare for hot wings

It was reported on Firday that a young boy in near Dallas left a daycare center in the middle of the day and started on an adventure that ended at Hooters. It’s a bizarre story to say the least.

Here is the report from The Denton Record-Chronicle :

Boy exits child care, goes to Hooters

5-year-old safe after trek across busy road

07:04 AM CDT on Thursday, July 24, 2008

 

By Donna Fielder / Staff Writer

A 5-year-old boy slipped out of the Imagination Station child care center unnoticed Tuesday afternoon, crossed two busy streets and wandered to a restaurant on the Interstate 35E service road in 100-degree heat.  Employees of Hooters found the child safe about 5:20 p.m. He left the child care center in the 2300 block of San Jacinto Boulevard, crossed the Interstate 35E northbound service road and Dallas Drive, bought a soft drink at a service station and walked to Hooters, where an employee found him in the parking lot and called police.  Deborah Pugh, who owns the child care business, said Wednesday that the boy asked to go to the bathroom and then slipped out a fire exit door, which must, by law, remain unlocked.

“It was just really fast,” Pugh said. “When the parent came for him we said he was in the bathroom. But we looked and realized he wasn’t, and we called police.”  Denton police spokesman Jim Bryan said someone from the child care center called 911 at 5:04 p.m., saying the child was missing. Officers searched the immediate vicinity and could not find the boy.

“At 5:20 p.m., while the officer was on the scene at the child care center, the assistant manager of Hooters called police,” Bryan said. “He said they had found a boy wandering in the parking lot.” The officer responded to Hooters and brought the boy back to the Imagination Station, where he was released to his father, Bryan said. “He was unharmed and in good condition,” the officer said.

According to the National Weather Service, the temperature was 100 de­grees at 5 p.m. A spokesman at Hooters said employees were not allowed to talk to the press.  Bryan said police are investigating the incident. The child care licensing division of Child Protective Services is investigating as well, he said.  State records show that in April, Imagination Station was cited for violation of Section 746.1230(4) of the Child Care Standards and Regulations — Responsibilities of caregivers — supervision of children.

“It was determined that staff were not supervising properly. Two children were found involved in inappropriate contact while the caregivers were engaged in activities with other groups of children,” according to the citation posted on the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Web site.  Child care centers with few violations are considered “Plan 3,” according to information provided by the licensing agency. Centers considered “Plan 2” are inspected twice a year. Imagination Station is considered a “Plan 1” center with required inspections four times a year. Since January, inspectors have visited the center once a month, according to the agency’s Web site.

Life-size Look-a-like Cake for Bride

I know this is an older story, but with the excitment the Waffle House Wedding is still generating I thought I’d share this for those who missed this.

 CNN (Texas) – A Nigerian bride,  Chidi Ogbuta of Allen, Texas has made what seems like  a world record by actually using a wedding cake, that is full size of herself.

Chidi whose childwood dream was to have a doll made in her likeness, was able to come close to that when on her wedding day, a personalized wedding cake, in her full potrait, was made available to her guests to consume. The wedding cake was a handiwork of two designers, a cake maker and an artist.

One day in the not so near future (hopefully 5-10 years from now), I will have to help plan and pay for Katie’s wedding.  I just hope this trend doesn’t catch on.  The new trend of the choreographed dance numbers at the receptions are bad enough.  I think the bride and groom having a choreographed number is fine, but don’t include the entire wedding party.

Those were the days

I was messing around on youtube while on hold yesterday and I found an interesting excerpt of a 1940’s film.  I did some research and found the entire movie.  It is called Swainsboro Town Film. The film is 23 minutes long and gives you a sense of what life was like then and still is to some degree in Swainsboro, Ga.  It is posted on a library archive page on the UGA website — http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/collections/georgiarelated/swainsboro.html 

The webpage goes in to how it was saved and restored so that we can view it now.  There are a few places in the film like Coleman Lake that are still around.  It was like a large camping/recreation area with a pool and bowling alleys. The buildings are still there, but now it’s operated mainly as a restaurant without the bowling or swimming.  I plan to do more in depth research to match up places in the film to what they are today.  I know the red brick church at the end of the film is now the Emanuel Arts Center.  There are a few others that I want to double check for I can say for sure.

Choke — Coming this fall to a theater near you

Choke is coming to the big screen later this fall. 

For those who don’t know, it is based on the book by the same name from Chuck Palahniuk.  He has written many great books over the years.  He also happens to be one of my all time favorite authors.  I know that he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but he is an amazing writer.  If all you ever did was watch Fight Club and never read the book, you missed a lot of the true meaning of the story.  I mean it is a good movie, but the book has so much more depth to it.  I am now on my third copy of the book, because the previous two were loaned to people and never returned.

Busy with preparations

We have spent all Saturday cleaning off bookcases, moving furniture, cleaning underneath beds and rearranging kitchen cabinets.  We said we were doing this getting ready for Holy, but then we noticed our next door neighbors doing a bit of “spring cleaning” out under their patio as well.  I guess this is a good time of the year to do some of this with the holidays just around the corner and all.  It was quite a lot of work needless to say.

So after all our hard work, we decided to treat ourselves to a fun time on Sunday.  We took Katie and her boyfriend, Cameron to Statesboro to see The Dark Knight.  It was worth waiting 20 minutes in line to get tickets.  I came prepared with my diet popcorn as I knew it was a 3 hour event.  It was one of the most awesome action movies I’ve ever seen.  We saw Hellboy II last Wednesday.  It’s hard to say which was better and then to try and compare those two movies with Ironman.  It has been an action packed summer as far as movies go.  I think Hellboy had the best effects.  It was visually stunning.  Batman/The Dark Knight had the better plot of the three.  It had lots of twists and turns in the storyline.  Ironman had the best acting of all of them. 

I have always said that Robert Downey Jr. is one of the best actors of the past generation.  I have been saying this for years.  Even when he was strung out,  it never came across in the films.  He has always been believable in every role he’s taken.  If I ever write something that is made into a movie, he has to be in it. 

 Of course Chistopher Walken and Willem DaFoe would also have to be in it as villans and Willem Dafoe would have to wear the same outfit he wore as Raven in the greatest movie of all time, Streets Of Fire. It has the most romantic passionate kissing scenes ever filmed. Diane Lane and Michael Pare’ are great together on screen.

I’ll compile the complete list for you another time. I have the cast all figured out I just haven’t written the script and/or screenplay yet.  Mickey Rourke will have to be in it too.

Oh and I almost forgot to include this.

It is the best song ever written.  Of course it’s from Streets OF Fire.  Dan Hartman performed it on record, but the band playing The Sorrels lip-synched it in the movie.  It is my favorite song of all time.  Enjoy !!

More of The View & the N word

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I am going to have to start watching this on a more regular basis if all this continues.  This show has not been this interesting since Rosie left.

OMG !!! Bunny Letter Opener

I really want a bunny after seeing this one

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High School Football

 Our high school ( Swainsboro High School – GO TIGERS !!! ) has posted this season’s football schedule.  There have been some realignments and this year we’ll have to play the Dublin High School Fighting Irish in the Shamrock Bowl.  If you’ve ever heard the high school football coverage, you know that the Dublin fans seem to be very intense.  We’ll be there for every game – home and away to cheer on the team and to see Katie perform at half-time with the danceline/flag-corp. 

SHS High School Football Schedule 2008 – 2009

Aug 12  Westside (Scrimmage) Aug 29  At Bleckley County Sep 5  Vidalia Sep 19 At East Laurens  Sep 26 Southeast Bulloch (HC)  Oct 3  At Jefferson County  Oct 10  Screven County  Oct 17 At Dublin  Oct 24  Laney Oct 31  At Dodge County  Nov 7  Toombs County      

 

 

This is Katie’s Band of Gold Danceline picture from last year.  I think they are getting a new uniform this year, because they wanted something that didn’t expose their stomach every time they raised their flags.   

  

 

                               

 

 

 

 

 

Countdown

We now have two weeks until Holly arrives.  I still haven’t gotten a specific time/day of arrival,  but I will go this morning to register and enroll her at the high school.  I told my area rep. last night that I wasn’t sure how to do that because I registered Katie back in 1997 and haven’t had to do anything since.  Everything has always been handled for me by the various schools.  It should be very interesting to say the least. 

Preparations for Holly now feel the same as actually moving day.  I feel like I am in the middle of moving.  Her room is almost ready, but now I am faced with extra stuff in almost every part of the rest of the house.  It’s our chance to really get rid of a lot of clutter.  I think I have at least one bag of clothes for Goodwill. 

 What makes it a little bit harder is that Katie won’t be around the next two weeks either.  She leaves next Tuesday morning to go to 4-H State Congress and won’t be back until Friday afternoon.  Then the following week she has band camp from 8 am until 5 pm each day. And then it’s time for Holly’s arrival and the week after that it’s back to school.

This is the drama that makes people want to watch The View

This seemed to go on FOREVER and nothing is resolved. But then is this particular issue EVER resolved ??!??!  I still agree with Bob Geldof that the Politically Correct are the Nazi’s of our time

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UPDATE — Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog

Acts I & II are up finally…… I believe Act III will be up this weekend.  Hurry on over to the site to see them before they are gone and then you have to buy/rent  them on DVD or something.

 

http://www.drhorrible.com/act_I.html

http://www.drhorrible.com/act_II.html

 

Yes, there is singing. They’ll probably have the soundtrack out soon like they did for the Buffy musical episode.  I think that one is still Katie’s favorite Buffy episode.

Poor Poor Nemo

I had to take Nemo to the vet this morning.  Nemo is our four year old female cat.  She has allergies and it really sucks that all three of the cats are outside cats, because if they were inside cats we wouldn’t have to deal with one cat with allergies (Nemo ), one that has a real problem with ear mites (Scamper) and then one that seems to be normal except for thinking he’s really a little human boy (Smokey).  She is pretty annoyed with me. This is a picture that illustrates Nemo’s attitude toward me since I brought her home this morning.  Dr. McRae gave her a shot and I can’t tell you what it has in it.  I just call it an allergy shot and it usually makes her feel better in a day or so.  She has to get a shot every 3 – 6 months.

Here’s a picture of the twins, so Smokey and Scamper don’t get jealous.  Smokey is the one with one eye open. 

Yes they are outside cats.  They only come in the sunroom when the temperature get below freezing ( rarely) or the heat index is up around 100 (frequently).

Cleaning up the clutter

I have come to the conclusion that organizing your whole house is quite overwhelming.  I am going to go back to the FlyLady’s system.  I thought I would share the idea with everyone, because I can’t be the only one who feels like they are drowning in the sea of their to do list.  I hope that this helps someone out there with their own C.H.A.O.S. ( Can’t have anyone over syndrome) .  My house is not as out of control as it used to be, but we have been hanging on to some things longer than we need to.  You know things like the plastic cups from fast food places that are totally stained on the inside from iced tea or red Kool-aid and you think it’s still usable, but you’d never serve a guest out of that cup.  I have a ton of those. They have to GO !!!  Well off to toss out those cups and get clothes that are 2 sizes too big ready for Good-will.

iPhone Frenzy with Mankini &Joel

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busy weekend/week

Katie left this morning to go with her friends Kelly and Noelle to spend the week at Honey Creek , which is a camp and conference center for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia.  Kelly has been dying for Katie to go all summer.  This week’s camp is focusing on nature which is right up Katie’s alley.  She’ll be back on Saturday and then has to prepare for the 4-h State Congress.  Katie of course will be giving her DPA presentation again.  She took her speech with her to camp to practice it or at least read it over once or twice.  I just have to call the extension office to figure out the dates because in my mind it was a weekend event, but I think it might be a during the week thing instead. 

Herman has jury duty this week and if he gets picked who knows how long he’ll be reporting to the courthouse.  We heard there is a murder trial this time.  I told him that I would love to take his place.  He knows how much I like Law & Order ( all three current versions Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit ) Judge Joe Brown, Judge Mathis and the always classic, The People’s Court. 

With both of them occupied this week I should be able to get most of our home reorganizing done.  I’ve got a to do list that seems like it’s a mile long and it seems like it’s a thousand degrees outside so that makes everything miserable.  This afternoon it’s not so bad as far as temperature goes, like right now it’s only 94 degrees, but the humidity is a killer.  The radar shows rain coming, so we should get a relief just in time for dinner.

The Preparations Continue…..

We are still in the process of getting ready for Holly’s arrival from Germany.  I think she’ll be here in about 3 weeks. Yesterday we went to Savannah to do some shopping in preparation.  I picked out a nice rose colored down alternative comforter for the bed and found some soft jersey knit sheets at a really good price.  We also picked up a computer desk to go in that room.  Tommorrow I’ll finish cleaning out the closet.  It’s not that there’s that much in the closet, but I keep getting side-tracked by every day life. 

We met my dad and his friend, Claire last night for dinner.  We went to The Crab Shack out on Tybee Island.  We were a little worried yesterday afternoon that it would be too hot for The Crab Shack.  The restaurant’s setting is mainly outside with a little indoor part.  But I guess because it’s right on the water and they have gigantic fans all over the place, it turned out to be a nice evening to eat under the giant live oaks.  We plan to take Holly out there after she gets here.  They do a terrific low country boil, among other things.  If you’re ever in the neighborhood, stop by for lunch or dinner.  It is one of the most relaxing places you’ve ever been, plus you can feed the alligators while you’re waiting for your table.

The Landlord

In case you haven’t seen this, I am doing my part to spread the funny. If you have seen this in the past, I’m sure you’ll enoy it a 43rd time, right?

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Waffle House Wedding

This is one of those things that sounds made-up or a joke, but I think these people are actually serious.  I am not sure there are words to describe this accurately. I could talk about how absurd this is, but I’ll just give you the article from The Gwinnett Daily Post :

Scattered, smothered, covered and hitched
Couple marries at Waffle House

By Alex P. Joyner
Staff Writer

DACULA – As the famous twang of Hank Williams Jr. blasted from an SUV stereo Friday afternoon, about 30 folks socialized, sipped soda and puffed on cigarettes.
No, this wasn’t a Fourth of July backyard barbecue. It was the run-up to a wedding.
In a Waffle House parking lot.
The lucky couple, George “Bubba” Mathis and Pamela Christian – both 23 and employees at the Dacula diner located at the Ga. Highway 316/U.S. Highway 29 interchange – wouldn’t have it any other way.
“I don’t know, it’s something different,” Mathis said while fixing his tie prior to the ceremony.
For years, the couple tried to marry on their Independence Day anniversary. But the bride was always scheduled to work. Instead of waiting any longer – she got the day off at the last minute; Mathis had to report for the morning shift – the couple of nine years decided to seal the deal at work.
The result was what a NASCAR tailgate might be like if Hank Jr. himself stopped by with all his rowdy friends: Loud and proud – country music, storytelling and plenty of Dale Earnhardt paraphernalia – and not an iota of pretentiousness.
Shortly after exchanging vows under the shade of a tree next to the parking lot, both man and wife let out sighs of relief as they picked up their two little blonde girls and chatted with family and friends. But there was not time to relax – the wedding cake had to be cut inside.
“It’s been crazy, madness,” the bride said. “Finally, everything worked out.”
Standing nearby, the father of the newly minted Mrs. Pamela Mathis, William Christopher, wondered if anyone had videotaped the ceremony. He wants to send it in to CMT.
“I think it’s pretty redneck myself,” he said, laughing. “But I’m a redneck anyway, so.”
The couple plans to honeymoon Monday and Tuesday, but then it’s back to work.
The destination?
“I don’t know yet,” Mathis said.

 But wait there are pictures also. Please enjoy  Waffle House Wedding Slideshow  .  I wonder if they played the Waffle House CD while they we’re partying in the parking lot. Waffle House doesn’t serve beer, so I wonder if somebody brought a “suitcase of beer” as a wedding gift.

I am not sure what exactly to make of it.  I admit I watch My Big Redneck Wedding like everyone else to see just how far these people will take it, but I think this is the top.  And don’t get me started on the question of “Why is Pauly Shore on CMT now?”.  I can understand C. Thomas Howell hosting a show, but The Weasel?  And someone needs to take the Coca-cola away from the dude on Mobile Home Disaster.  He’s had WAY too much caffeine.

Katie jokes about getting married at the Taco Bell, but she’d never actually do it.  At least I don’t think she would really.  She wouldn’t want to get bean burrito the train of her dress or nachos on her veil.  But there’s nothing like hash browns in your face at the reception.

Reminder — Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-a

2008cowappreciationday

Don’t forget to go and get your free Chick-fil-a combo tomorrow ( July 11th )

www.cowappreciationday.com

So True, Right?

toothpastefordinner.com

Even Easier Diet Plan

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Great New Diet Plan just announced

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Dewey Cox

I will quote Herman on this, “When you rent a rated R movie you don’t know what you’re gonna get and sometimes it’s the penis.”  When I rented Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story I figured there would be some language maybe a boob or two and we got that.  I was not expecting full frontal nudity and especially not full frontal male nudity.  If I had known I probably would not have watched it with Katie in the room.  Over the weekend we watched Deliverance.  Neither of us had ever seen this and I was totally expecting nudity in that one, but not from Dewey Cox.  I figured I would post this so that maybe other parents would know what is in this movie.  There are websites that give you scene by scene info on movies but a lot of them charge a fee.  I never even thought I had to check IMDB about this.  I guess I’ll have to do my homework from now on.

It’s about time we started doing this EVERYWHERE

This story ran on the AP wire this morning:

“Florida jail limits menu to save money

Associated Press

9:40 AM EDT, July 9, 2008

BARTOW, Fla. – Inmates at one central Florida jail won’t be eating quite as well thanks to budget cuts.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced Wednesday that inmates will no longer get chocolate milk, coffee and juice as he strives to cut $200,000 from the jail budget.
Guests of the county will also get frozen egg patties for breakfast instead of fresh eggs and just one piece of bread instead of two. Peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches are also off the menu and fresh milk will give way to the powdered stuff. The jail has already substituted crackers for cornbread.
Jail officials made the changes with the help of a dietitian.

Judd says if inmates want fancier fare, “they need to behave, quit violating the law, and stay out of the county jail.”  “

 

I am sorry but I don’t see this as a problem.  These people are in JAIL !! They should not be eating better than I am living in the free world and playing by all the rules.  It really gets to me when people start complaining about prisoners not being treated fair because they don’t get to watch a fight or something on pay-per-view.  They are lucky that I am not in charge because they wouldn’t have TV time if I was.  They also wouldn’t be spending hours outside playing basketball in the yard with their prison buddies.  They would be in their cell reading or washing laundry/dishes or something not fun.  I mean I think reading is fun, but many people especially the kind in jail usually don’t think so.  It should be all about the punishment and not about do they get to watch the WWE on TV on pay-per-view.

In case you missed it…….

Here is a link to Jason Hawes and Grant on ABC’s The View. I did all the searching for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJPql6lwBs4

Katie was upset that the guys only got 6 minutes and that all 5 of those women stayed around to interview the guy who says he talks to dead people for like 30 minutes !!!!  And to make it worse only 3 of them stuck around for Jason and Grant.  But you must see the AWESOMENESS that is Jason and Grant.

Best movie we’ve seen in a while

 

 

We all 3 saw this movie last week and really enjoyed it.  It would perfect for every member of the family.

Been a few days…

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted anything new.  I’ve been busy the past few days tending to sick people (Herman), picking up children from camp ( had to go out to Tybee Island Friday to pick up Katie from 4-H camp ) and getting things ready for Holly’s arrival.  Tomorrow I plan to finish cleaning out the closet and emptying the drawers in Holly’s room.  It’s amazing what’s involved having a guest come to stay for an extended time.  We’ve had guests in the past but only for a couple of days, never this long. 

Everyone wants to meet Holly I am finding out, neighbors and family alike.  I think we might have a cook-out or something to welcome her after she gets settled in.  We’ll invite people from around town so that they can meet her and she can meet some people close to her own age.

Holly and the beginning of school will be here before we know what has hit us.  We are really excited to show her our little corner of America.  We’re planning to take her to places like The Crab Shack on Tybee, Coleman’s Lake, and also getting season tickets for the home football games.  We go to all the games ( home & away ) so we can cheer on the team ( Swainsboro Tigers ) and watch Katie performance during half-time.

Jason & Grant on Tomorrow

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of Ghost Hunters fame are scheduled to be on The View on ABC tomorrow at 11 AM .  Everyone needs to tune in or Tivo this.  I can’t wait. I’ll be watching as well as Tivoing it.  They are just two down to earth guys,  I hope this comes across in the interview tomorrow.

Cow Appreciation Day

It’s times like this that I wish I lived closer to a Chick-fil-a.  We used to live within walking distance of one.  Now for us it’s a half hour drive or so, we’d have to go to Dublin or Statesboro.  I found out that July 11th is Cow Appreciation Day.  All you have to do is dress like a cow and go into the restaurant and they’ll give you a combo meal. This can be done breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Here are a couple of links that not only explain all the rules, but also a section with tips (cow tipping ) on how to dress like a cow, some are actually do-able and won’t cause total embarrassment.

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www.cowappreciationday.com

There is also a something for those “too chicken” to dress the part :

“Not up for sporting the full cow look? Partial cow attire will still get you a complimentary entrée. Request a tall, cool Dr Pepper with your Chick-fil-A and complete your meal.” — From an e-mail I received.

This is sooo cute

These make me want to get a rabbit…

I grew eyebrows just so I could
furrow them at you. Furrow, furrow!

And this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycQIiA7dnKQ

www.disapprovingrabbits.com

Discovery Health’s 2008 National Body Challenge

Test Your Health IQ

http://health.discovery.com/national-body-challenge/promo/about-challenge.html

The site is totally free and they have many of the same tools as the well known pay to lose sites.  I thought this might help some other people like myself who live in small communities and don’t have access to all the things offered in larger markets.

Dr. Horrible Update —–

This comes from the Dr. Horrible website itself ( www.drhorrible.com )

“A LETTER FROM JOSS WHEDON

Dear Friends,

At last the time has come to reveal to you our Master Plan. BEWARE! Those with weak hearts should log off lest they be terrified by the twisted genius of our schemes! Also pregnant women and the elderly should consider reading only certain sentences. Do not mix with other blogs. Do not operate heavy machinery while reading this blog. You must be this tall to read. ‘Kay?

It is time for us to change the face of Show Business as we know it. You know the old adage, “It’s Show Business – not Show Friends”? Well now it’s Show Friends. We did that. To Show Business. To show Show Business we mean business. (Also, there are now other businesses like it.)

ONE WEEK ONLY! AN INTERNET MINISERIES EVENT!

“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” will be streamed, LIVE (that part’s not true), FREE (sadly, that part is) right on Drhorrible.com, in mid-July. Specifically:

ACT ONE (Wheee!) will go up Tuesday July 15th.

ACT TWO (OMG!) will go up Thursday July 17th.

ACT THREE (Denouement!) will go up Saturday July 19th.

All acts will stay up until midnight Sunday July 20th. Then they will vanish into the night, like a phantom (but not THE Phantom – that’s still playing. Like, everywhere.)

And now to answers a few Frequently (soon to be) Asked Questions:

1) Why, Joss? Why? Why now, why free, why us?

Once upon a time, all the writers in the forest got very mad with the Forest Kings and declared a work-stoppage. The forest creatures were all sad; the mushrooms did not dance, the elderberries gave no juice for the festival wines, and the Teamsters were kinda pissed. (They were very polite about it, though.) During this work-stoppage, many writers tried to form partnerships for outside funding to create new work that circumvented the Forest King system.

Frustrated with the lack of movement on that front, I finally decided to do something very ambitious, very exciting, very mid-life-crisisy. Aided only by everyone I had worked with, was related to or had ever met, I single-handedly created this unique little epic. A supervillain musical, of which, as we all know, there are far too few.

The idea was to make it on the fly, on the cheap – but to make it. To turn out a really thrilling, professionalish piece of entertainment specifically for the internet. To show how much could be done with very little. To show the world there is another way. To give the public (and in particular you guys) something for all your support and patience. And to make a lot of silly jokes. Actually, that sentence probably should have come first.

2) What happens when it goes away? Does it go to a happy farm for always like Fluffy did when mommy was crying and the neighbor kept washing his fender?

No, Dr horrible will live on. We intend to make it available for download soon after it’s published. This would be for a nominal fee, which we’re hoping people will embrace instead of getting all piratey. We have big dreams, people, and one of them is paying our crew.

And somewhat later, we will put the complete short epic out on DVD – with the finest and bravest extras in all the land. We’ll go into greater detail about that at Comiccon, but we’re changing the face of Show Friendliness a second time with that crazy DVD.

3) Joss, you are so kind, and generous, and your forehead is like, huge, like SCARY, like I think I can see Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint hanging off it… what can WE do to help this musical extravanganza?

What you always do, peeps! What you’re already doing. Spread the word. Rock some banners, widgets, diggs… let people know who wouldn’t ordinarily know. It wouldn’t hurt if this really was an event. Good for the business, good for the community – communitIES: Hollywood, internet, artists around the world, comic-book fans, musical fans (and even the rather vocal community of people who hate both but will still dig on this). Proving we can turn Dr Horrible into a viable economic proposition as well as an awesome goof will only inspire more people to lay themselves out in the same way. It’s time for the dissemination of the artistic process. Create more for less. You are the ones that can make that happen.

Wow. I had no idea how important you guys were. I’m a little afraid of you.

4) Joss, do you ever answer a question simply or coherently?

Shledzguohn?

There’ll be more questions, and more long, long answers, but for now I’m just excited that we’re actually making this happen. We (and a lot of other people — gushing to commence soon) worked very hard on the show and we hope/think you guys will be pleased.

Until July 15th , I remain, yours truly, -j, of the firm j, j, m & z. “

http://www.drhorrible.com/plan.html

 

 

Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Kris Williams & us

Finally got these pictures off the camera and loaded.

Here is Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson giving us a talk about how to do an investigation the right way.

Grant and Jason are part of T.A.P.S.  – ( The Atlantic Paranormal Society ).

 

 

 

 

This is the 3 of us with Steve Gonsalves.  >>>

Keep in mind this about 2 AM on Monday ( 6/23).

We are in the gift shop at Fort Mifflin after our investigating. Thanks for taking the picture, Tango !!

 

 

 

<<< This is Herman with Kris Williams.  We all agreed that she’s even prettier in person.

This is in the ballroom of the hotel before the investigation, so it’s probably only around 7 PM on Sunday (6/22). 

Notice Herman is still has the wide awake look.

<<< Here is Herman with Jason Hawes.  Still they both have the wide awake look about them.

Here’s Katie and I with Grant Wilson.  >>>>>>>

 

 

 

Here’s Dave Tango !!! That’s the same hat he used to swat the giant mosquito off my elbow later that night. ( He’s wearing the red shirt FYI )      www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com

Ok, Katie… South of the Border, it is.

We left Philadelphia about 1 PM or so on Monday ( 6/23) headed home to Swainsboro, Ga.  We decided sometime during the drive to drive straight through without stopping for the night. We got home about 4 AM on Tuesday (6/24).  Somewhere toward the south end of I-95 in North Carolina, we started to see signs for a place called South Of The Border ( www.pedroland.com).  We literally saw miles and miles of billboards for this place. 

 

 

This is what greeted us at Midnight on that drive.  It is located near Dillon, South Carolina.

The only thing open was a diner at that time of night, but it light up like Vegas.  For some reason the ladies room by the diner was closed for cleaning, but Herman did venture into the men’s room. 

At this little “tourist trap” from the 50’s, the are several eating places, a few gift shops, a mini golf course, an amusement park, a motel, a couple of gas stations and convenience stores. 

I had to find some pics off the web of some of their billboards. I was surprised that the PC crowd hasn’t made them change all of them. I read that some have been changed, but you’ll see there is nothing PC about this place.

This is the giant sombrero that you can take a ride up to the top of.

Arthur Treacher’s Quest

We were on a quest during this trip to find an Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips.  We found one at the food court in the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

 

We haven’t eaten at one since they closed in Atlanta a few years back.  Herman was extra happy to have his fish that day.

We were happy to find one even if it was a few thousand miles from Swainsboro.

The classic Fish & Chips with cocktail sauce and hush puppies …..

 http://www.arthurtreachers.com

Hershey’s Chocolate World

During our trip we also visited Hershey, Pa. and spent almost an entire day at Hershey’s Chocolate World ( http://www.hersheys.com/chocolateworld ).  As Katie would say, “OMG !!!”.  Imagine the World of Coca-Cola, but everything is about CHOCOLATE. Even the streets around Chocolate World, the Hershey Plant, and the theme park are colored a cocoa powder brown and you can smell the chocolate from the factory for at least a mile away.  They have street lights that look like Hershey Kisses.

They have several shopping areas and a cafe and a food court.  They had an area that you could personalize a big bar of Hershey’s.  Katie made one for Herman with her picture on it.

chocolateworld_planyourday ( A list of all the things to do at Chocolate World )

 

 

Hershey’s Really Big 3-D show was fun.  It is a 3-D experience similar to “It’s a Bug’s Life at Animal Kingdom” with sights and smells and all.   The first time through the beginning film wouldn’t play, so they apologized and we went on with the show.  After we left the theater, they handed us all a complimentary free pass to see it again with our free chocolate sample.  The second time we saw it, everything went off without a hitch and we still got a free sample of chocolate.  We also went through the Great American Chocolate tour a couple of times. It shows the history of Hershey’s chocolate and a simulated “factory tour” to show how they make different products. You also get a sample of chocolate after the tour.

Special post for a special person

This Lol-cat posting is being posted because I told a certain person I would – and you know who you are. 

If you don’t get the reference and you’re over 18, then you don’t know your Johnny Depp movies. Go rent F & L in L.V.  — look it up.  He is great as always, but that is another post for another time.

 

BOYD’S BEAR COUNTRY !!!!!!!!

Got some pictures from Katie this afternoon, Herman’s multitude of pics are forthcoming.  I almost forgot to tell ya’ll about getting to go to Boyd’s Bear Country.  While we were driving down those peaceful Pa. roads on the way to Gettysburg, there it was on our left.  I think it was one of our favorite surprise “side trips” we went on.  Katie described it as an IKEA store but with stuffed bears.  For those of you who haven’t experienced this, IKEA is a totally unique shopping experience.  The stores (IKEA) usually have a play area for kids, a snack bar, and a restaurant. They also usually have 2 or 3 levels of shopping bliss.

Boyd’s Bear Country has a snack bar, sit-down restaurant, bakery, bear hospital for adopting a “newborn bear” (like Cabbage Patch Baby Land in Cleveland, Ga.), a “build-a-bear” type area, a Boyd’s museum, all this and 3 levels of shopping. We bought several retired bears while we were there.  It all was inside what looked like a giant barn on a farm.

www.boydsbearcountry.com

We could have spent all day there, but left after a few hours to go on to the Battlefields of Gettysburg.

 

And yes, I make everyone spend hours in IKEA when we get to stop by one.  My cats have dinner bowls from IKEA. I have shipped knives home from an IKEA in California.  I’d outfit my whole house from IKEA, if I had one close enough.  I hope I can go to Sweden one day and it will be like living in an IKEA catalog. It’s a fantasy, I know. 

Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

A Fan Site for Joss Whedon’s “Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” starring Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day & Nathan Fillion

more about “Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog“, posted with vodpod

 

 

I was never a big Doogie Howser fan, but have really enjoyed Neil Patrick’s work in the last few years. (Harold & Kumar). I am really looking forward to this.  Thought I’d share it with the world. Check out www.doctorhorrible.net to see all the details…..

Made it home safely YEAH !!!!!!

According to our GPS system, we travelled a mere 1872.2 miles from 7:30 AM on June 15th to 4:15 AM on June 24th.  We have now been to St. Leonard, Md., Washington, D.C., Hershey, Pa., Pennsylvania Dutch Country including Intercourse, Strasburg, Bird-in-Hand, Brickerville and Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pa., Gettysburg, Pa., Fort Mifflin,  and South of the border in Dillon, S.C..  As soon as I get the disc from Herman I will post  pictures. We got to meet Jason Hawes, Grant Wislon, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Mr. Bruce Tango, Kris Williams, and John Zaffis in person. Got lots of pictures with them and autographs. They are all really nice in person. I do think Dave is officially my favorite after meeting them all in person. 

When Katie and I get back from Savannah tomorrow I will try to post some  pictures.

Also when we go through our DVR recording I’ll let you know if we got any EVPs.  I can’t wait to see the tape that Herman got of the 45 minutes or so that we spent in the Torpedo room communicating with the spirit of Shawn, an 18 year old solider from 1776. Grant and Jason had a K-2 meter and it lit up like crazy for yes answers we asked him.  There were plenty of control questions, so it’s obvious that the spirit was communicating with us.  It was amazing to say the least. 

What my cats did on my vacation….

more cat pictures

They reminded me of Smokey and Scamper. Right down to the collars. Scamper wears a Red collar and Smokey’s is Purple.  In case you are wondering, Smokey and Scamper are solid grey and identical twins from the same litter.  Every now and then I find a stray white hair, but that’s it…. Very hard at timesto tell them apart, especially from far away.

Travelling across US & DC

We found out that telling your GPS to go the shortest distance possible will take you through places like downtown Charlotte, NC. While this is a beautiful site, the interstate probably would have been much faster.  But then again 600 and something miles is still a lot of miles from Swainsboro no matter which way you go about it.

Herman, Katie, and I spent Sunday night in St. Leonard, MD with the Hughes family (Linda, Terry, and Josie). Herman and Linda worked in the IT dept. at Atlantax for many years.  We had dinner at Vera’s Beach Club, which was awesome.  MMMM Lobster and Crab.  Monday morning we went with Josie and Linda to the beach a mile or so from their house and collected some cool shells.  It was the first time we had seen Chesapeake Bay. 

After checking in at the L’ Enfant Plaza Hotel we stopped in at the Museum of Natural History and had lunch.  There were literally thousands of school touring groups in there. We did see the Hope Diamond and the Dinosaurs before heading back to the hotel for a rest.  Later we took the Metro to Union Station for dinner at Johnny Rockets ( Chocolate Shakes !!!! YEAH !!!!) then some shopping.

Today we toured some of the monuments and memorials (Lincoln, Washington, Korean War, World War II, etc.), had lunch in Georgetown and rode around on the double decker bus. Took lots of pictures.  Had dinner and a show at the Hard Rock Cafe tonight then watched an adult kickball tournament on the mall.  They were having a lot of fun out there.  The weather has been great today.

 

Tomorrow we are planning the Air and Space museum……..

 

Let’s go play in the dirt

New Species found in Brazil

The Discovery Channel people say this is a legless lizard, but I think it’s just a snake. It is a snake, right?  This is the article about it …. 

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/30/legless-lizard-brazil.html

Do u live near any of these places? (cuz I sure don’t – wish I did)

This came as upsetting news to me.  I saw a link to appear on one of my favorite daily shows, “My House Is worth What?” with Kendra Todd.  No I don’t want to move, I just love the show and think it would be cool to have them come in and appraise everything.  Check here and see if you qualify ..

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/be_on_hgtv/article/0,,HGTV_3222_4556708,00.html

http://www.pietown.tv/Shows/mhiww.html

This airs nightly on HGTV at 7 pm eastern.  This show has actually taught us a lot about what to do and what isn’t worth putting in your home.  Like NEVER EVER EVER take out a bathroom or a bedroom, unless you have like 6 of one of them and a swimming pool doesn’t always add value to your home.

The other show we’ve learned a lot from is “Sell This House !!” on A & E with Roger Hazard and Tanya Memme. 

http://www.aetv.com/sell_this_house/index.jsp

I don’t want to be an interior decorator, but I think it would be neat to help people stage and sell their homes.  We just don’t have a huge number of homes for sale in our area. And the ones that do go on the market don’t stay up for sale for very long.  Maybe I should write a book instead, but I guess I should have some sort of paper (degree) to back it up. Or maybe I could title it  ”hey, this is what I think you should change to sell your house”. 

 

2008 Canoochee Daylily Garden Festival

 

 

 

Here are a couple of shots from the daylily garden/farm on Saturday, June 7. We got a few new ones for the yard. Hopefully, our front beds will be a sea of daylilies on day/year soon.  Canoochee, Ga. is a small spot in the road about 7-8 miles up the road from where we are.  The daylily festival this past Saturday was featured in the Georgia Living section (page 26) of the June issue of Southern Living.  They literally have hundreds and hundreds of different varieties.  Last year alone, the owners “bred” 20 brand new hybrids. I’ll try and get some pictures of the ones we planted Sunday in the backyard.  Mandy can tell you they are stunning.