TSUNAMI IN SAMOA! WHAT ABOUT SURVIVOR?

I was reading the news this morning about the tsunami that hit Samoa. Then it dawned on me! That is where cutie pie Jeff Probst and Survivor is being shot! What if my fav show got washed out to sea!

Then it dawned on me, they were probably already finished shooting the show. They are only gone 30 or so days. Hope Jeffie Poo is safe.

Nothing else has dawned on me today. Except that my lunch was gross. I went to Steak and Shake for the bowl of chili and a side salad. Both were gross.

USELESS INFO TUESDAY

~ All Hebrew names that end with the letters "el" have something to do with God.

~ Fifty-seven countries were involved in World War II.

~ Pirates thought having an earring would improve their eyesight.

~ Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Survivor Somia

For those of you watching Survivor - Good for you. For those of you who aren't - I am sorry.

Last nights episode was full of firsts:

Russell (can't stand) found the hidden immunity idol in his camp with out any clues.

Ben (can't stand) got kicked out of a challenge for playing too dirty.

Quote of the night - Yasmin from Chicago (after spending a horrible night freezing and getting bitten by bugs) - "The hood is not the woods."

Have a good weekend.

SPAIN - LAND OF RABBITS

One only had to go to Wikipedia to find a reference to Spain meaning "land of rabbits."

"It may also be a derivation of the Punic Ispanihad meaning "land of rabbits" or "edge", a reference to Spain's location at the end of the Mediterranean; Roman coins struck in the region from the reign of Hadrian show a female figure with a rabbit at her feet.[6] "

Is there a doctor in the house?

These are from last Friday night at Riverfest...Team "Lil bit o smoke" was cranking!
They look like surgeons at the operating table.

I was just trying to stay out of the way!

Pros at work! We had such a good time. Can't wait until next year!

USELESS INFO

~ Spain literally means "the land of rabbits."

~ The Academy Award statue is named after a librarian's uncle. One day Margaret Herrick, a librarian for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made the remark that the statue looked like her uncle Oscar, and the name stuck.

~ Soccer legend Pele's real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento.

~ The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees.

~ The hole in flyswatters are used to lower air resistance.

SOUL MATES

SPIKE LOVES EVAN, AND EVAN LOVES SPIKE....
L...

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V...

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LOVE!

Funny, funny, funny...

I really didn't have anything to blog about until I read this. It is too funny! To give credit where credit is due, I was on K. Snider's Facebook page and this guy, D. Grisham posted:

I heard Kanye West interrupted Patrick Swayze's funeral to say that Michael Jackson had "the best funeral of all time."

I thought it was hilarious! Have a good weekend. Go to Riverfest. I am going tonight.

I like a little adventure....

...but this just seems wrong!


Associated Press
updated 3:44 p.m. CT, Tues., Sept . 15, 2009

WICHITA, Kan. - A tender moment in a trash bin went all wrong for a couple who found themselves being held up at pocket knifepoint.
Police said two 44-year-olds had climbed into a dumpster to be alone just after 6 p.m. Saturday when two men interrupted them and demanded their belongings. Officers said the man and woman were engaged in "an intimate moment" when they were robbed of their shoes, jewelry and the man's wallet.
Police said one of the robbers was a 64-year-old man who egged his 59-year-old companion on during the robbery.
The suspects were found a short time later and the stolen property was returned.

STEALING BLOG MATERIAL

Yes, I am going to steal an idea from my friends' Rich and Ken's blog. The other day they asked us to name our 10 songs that meant the most to us (most meaningful). Well, I interpreted that to mean my 10 favorite songs of all time.

I thought it would be fun to hear from some of you, so please take the time to participate. Leave your 10 favorite songs of all time in the comments, or if you can't comment, please e-mail them to me, and I will post them later. It is harder than you think.

Here are mine:

MR TAMBORINE MAN - BOB DYLAN
BLOWING IN THE WIND - BOB DYLAN
THE ANGEL - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
AMAZING GRACE
I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS - BOOMTOWN RATS (BOB GELDOF)
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - DEBBIE BOONE
CRAZY ON YOU - HEART
COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE - DR JOHN
SAM STONE - JOHN PRINE
PARADISE - JOHN PRINE

TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - LOU REED (this one just missed out-had to list for honorable mention)

TUESDAY'S GONE WITH THE WIND....

~ The average lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

~ Australia did not have any memebers of the cat family, hoofed animals, apes, or monkeys until they were imported into the country.

~ Halifax, Nova Scotia, has the largest number of bars per capita of anyplace in the world.

~ Experienced waitresses say that married men tip better than unmarried men.

~ To keep cool, ostriches urinate on their legs; it then evaporates like sweat.

~ The main library at Indiana University sinks more than an inch every year, because when it was built engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books.

NO SUGAR TONIGHT

Yesterday, as Rachel and I were carrying Brad's car battery to be tested (no hint of hostility there!) we listened to Widespread Panic's version of the song "No Sugar Tonight." I told her it was a real old song from the 70's, and then we both wondered who originally recorded it.

It was the Canadian band The Guess Who. It was side B to their first #1 record "American Woman." Them being from Canada gives new meaning to that song. I don't think I like it as much anymore.

This is the van that Dan bought....

Last Tuesday night Tim called and asked if I would do him a favor. Of course, without hesitation I answered yes. A friend of his in Denver had bought a volkswagon van on Ebay from some guy in Huntsville. Tim was going to go pick it up and drive it to his house to keep until Dan came to town on business. So, I was to take him to work the next day and then take him to pick it up after work.

We should have known we were in trouble for a number of reasons:
1. The van was parked at a house directly behind Bandito Burrito on Govenors
2. The guy asked Tim if we were towing it
3. When asked did it run, the guy answered, "Yes, but you know how volkswagons can be. They can be hard to drive."
4. Once there, the guy told Tim he had to give it gas all the time or it would conk (is that a word) out.

When Tim left the safety of my car to start driving home, I told him I loved him, and wished him luck. It could have been the last time I saw him alive!


An Ode to the Volkswagon Van...

This is the van that Dan bought on Ebay.


This is the van that Dan bought on Ebay, that burned oil and smoked all the way from Huntsville to Decatur, broken down on Wilson Street.

This is the van that Dan bought, that burned oil and smoked all the way from Huntsville to Decatur, that broke down on Wilson Street, getting assistance from a tow truck.

This is the van that Dan bought, that burnt oil and smoked all the way from Huntsville to Decatur, that broke down on Wilson Street, got assistance from a tow truck, now sitting at its temporary (final?) resting place on Pennylane.

Just makes you sigh!

Oh, I forgot to mention there is a wasp nest in the back window vents! And, keep your eyes open, it might be back on sale on Ebay real soon.

BRING IT ON!!!!!

Rachel and her peeps have been addicted to Dirty Board ever since we showed them the game. When they are around they will play several rounds of it. They love it! Here is Rachel, Griffin, Josh, and Gram playing. In the heat of the battle, it can get pretty "dirty."
Dirty board is not a game you can buy in the stores. You have to have someone make a board for you. It is kind of like Sorry, or aggravation....you move your marbles around the board, sometime going to the middle if you are lucky, and kill anyone who gets in your way by landing on them. All this while trying to make it safely home. It sounds real lame, but it can get very exciting....trust me....

....anything to keep these guys attention for more than 2.4 minutes is unusual!

I AM BACK....AND USELESS INFO.

Hey - Good to be back in the land of the living. I am still a little congested and still have a cough, but I am much improved. I can't believe it has been a week since I blogged. You must have just been going through withdrawals.

Super busy though, because of the long weekend....here's what you all have been waiting for:

~ The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument.

~ Harry Truman's middle name was just S and was not short for anything. His parents could not decide between two different names beginning with S.

~ The first motion picture theater was called a nickelodeon because admission was a nickel. It opened in McKeesport, PA on June 19, 1905.

~ One hundred and seven incorrect medical procedures will be performed by the end of the day today.

Missed you!

I AM.....

...HOPE TO BE BACK SOON.

You know what it is called....

~ Four people played Darth Vader: David Prowse was his body, James Earl Jones did the voice, Sebastian Shaw was his face (what face?), and a fourth person did his breathing.

~ When your sink is full, the little hole that lets the water drain instead of flowing over the side is called a porcelator.

~ Tug-of-war was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920. (Rich, does that make it a sport?)

~ More than 200 varieties of watermelon are grown in the United States.

~ Isaac Newton was only twenty-three years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.