My favorite Superbowl commercial...

Short, sweet and to the point...

Happiness is...

Checking your bank account and finding that your income tax refund has been deposited!!!

So happy to be able to head out of town for a long weekend and not have to worry about a lack of cash flow.

Drum, B'Gosh, Mountain Woman, let's get the heck out of Pinellas County!!!

RIP Grandma Horton

Frances Reid, 95 passed away February 4, 2010.

I've been a fan of Days of Our Lives for as long as I can remember. I have watched the show for many many years.

You will be missed, Gran!

The Hairdo Hall of Fame

Speakin' of drawers, hang on to yours! Is that you Tina Turner? This is the BEST HAIR YET. Now all she needs is a short leather skirt and some black pumps, and she can be your private dancer! This, of course, is a mugshot.

Safe Travels, Cheese Head!

Our dear B'Gosh is on his way to Virginia for his pre-op consultation. This is the first of many trips he and we have scheduled for the month. Please wish his safe travels today. I love you Kid!

Lulu's back from Germany!

Lulu'a been in Germany, for her winter term, since January 8. So glad to get her back on US soil. She learned a lot. Met some nice people. And from the looks of the gift she brought back for me, had a GREAT time.

Can't wait to hear the stories...or can I???

(Any yes, she had used that gift she brought back...)

Keeping the Clown Commercial theme going...

...this is my favorite clown commercial, and what I feel is a more accurate depiction of what a clown really is...and it doesn't hurt that the mailman is kinda hot...

I hate clowns, but I LOVE this commercial!

But Ociffer, it was the sippy-sippy!

"Heroes" TV actor Adrian Pasdar has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk and veering across lanes on a West Los Angeles freeway.

A California Highway Patrol report says Pasdar was pulled over shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday after officers saw his Ford F-150 truck doing 94 mph and straddling two lanes on Interstate 405.

The 44-year-old actor was booked for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says he was taken to county jail and released at about 8:30 a.m. on $15,000 bail.

Pasdar plays Nathan Petrelli on NBC's "Heroes." He's married to Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines.


Anyone remember the TV show "Profit"? I loved the show, especially the scenes of Jim Profit (Adrian Pasdar) sleeping naked in the cardboard box.

Hubba-hubba!

This gives the term "BK Lounge" an entirely new meaning...

Burger King: Want a beer with those fries?
Fast-food chain will open Whopper Bar in Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Burger King is opening a restaurant in Miami Beach that will serve beer along with burgers and fries, the chain's first U.S. location with alcohol.

At the Whopper Bar South Beach, guests can pair a Whopper sandwich with Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors brews. With fries, the combo will run $7.99.

The restaurant will offer outdoor dining, a walk-up window and delivery service.

It's scheduled to open mid-February. The announcement was made Friday.

Morningstar analyst R.J. Hottovy says adding beer at selected locations around the world is part of Miami-based Burger King's effort to reinvent itself as a fast-food restaurant with a sit-down feel.

Hottovy said making the new image resonate could be a challenge in some locations.

John Hamm...swoon...

On the prowl!

This is hilarious. It is apparently an add for Air New Zealand, though I don't see the name of the company anywhere. The ad has been deemed offensive, but I think it is pretty funny myself...

Congratulations Senator Scott Brown!!

Meet the newest member of the Senate. The People of Massachusetts have spoken!

Can I get a woot-woot!!

Another nominee for the Hair-Doo Hall of Fame!

Pasco County Jail's very own Tracy Turnblad !

Arrrrr!

Apparently we have pirates getting arrested in Pinellas County parks. Where is his eye patch? He could use one on that freaky eye. Is it just me, or do the two halves of his face not match?

Charm City Cakes!

Thanks Drum and B'Gosh for my awesome Charm City Cakes t-shirt! I wore it to work today. Several people knew exactly what the shirt represented. Probably more from the TV show on HGTV, rather than the fact that Duff was actually on our network for a show or two.

My favorite mention of the shirt was while checking out at Publix. The cashier asked me if I worked at Charm City Cakes and when I told him no, the 80+ year old gentleman bagging my groceries mutterd under his breathe, "If you did, I bet you'd make a lot of dough."

I love little old men and I love my t-shirt!!

Drum can apparently be bought and sold...

...by some white trash hussy from Sarasota. Let me fill you in on this little episode...

B'Gosh and I travelled to Virginia, DC, and Baltimore Earlier this week. We returned to Tampa today, and after getting off the plane in Tampa, I was promptly run into with a wheelchair being pushed by the afore-mentioned white trash biatch, whom I will henceforth refer to as Trash. As the foot rest plowed into the back of my legs, I jumped out of the way and said , "whoa, whoa, whoa!", as I imagine anyone would. Trash "apologized", and then said I should "chill out, dude!". I told her that she should chill out. She followed onto the tram, and I could still hear her bitching about me. I looked at her and said, "what a douchebag.". She heard me.

B'Gosh and I headed down to baggage claim, and next thing I know, Trash comes behind us and says, "excuse me. You could have been more polite back there!". I replied, "you ran into me with a wheelchair and I should been more polite? I don't think so.". She then said, "The other passengers agree that you could have been more of a gentleman." (as if all 160+ passengers on board had any idea what was going on), and I replied...I would like to tell you that I said something clever hear, but all I could come up with was my stock answer, "you're a douchebag!". Then she said, "look in the mirror!". I had a few more choice words for you, and then she said, "I could buy and sell you!". I couldn't speak at this point because I was laughing uncontrollably. She was obviously the least classy person around, and not more than one generation out of the trailer park.

Now that I have written this all down, I feel better. I wish I would held my tongue and just told her to go away. However, she is a douchebag, and I'm glad I told her so. Thanks for letting me vent.

OK Drum, another place for us to visit in our attempt to eat around the world...

http://www.bowensislandrestaurant.com/

The freshly steamed oysters are served...with a shovel!! It's the only way to deliver them because they are so hot & steamy...and because portion is so large...

And since Charleston is so close to Savannah, we can hit-up Uncle Bubba's for some chargrilled oysters on the way home.

Now, if we can just hit that damn Lotto...

Do you think the Aussie's had any idea?

Wow...

“Action expresses priorities.” - Mahatma Gandhi

What do:



Plus:



Plus:



Equal? Well let let tell you, they equal some pretty messed-up priorities.

2010 is starting out as a year of clarity. In more ways than one...

Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way...

RUN/DMC is probably my all-time favorite rap group. They actually Rapped!! Nothing like the garbage Rap on the radio these days.

I also love Run's House on MTV. I find it very funny and entertaining. At the closing of each episode, Rev Run sends an inspirational text message to his followers, while soaking in a bubble bath. Ah, what a life! Unfortunately, you have to pay to receive these messages. Shocking, I know...

Well, a while back, I found you can follow Rev Run on Twitter. I immediately started following him.

His daily (or more often) messages are actually very inspirational. At least they are to me. Here are some of his current Tweets:

"Stop worrying about folks who r not in ur life anymore...there's a good reason they didn't make it!"

"Sometimes u need to just get away from it all...just be alone for a bit...do ONLY what you want."

"Sumtimes u gotta go out on a limb...that's where all the fruit is."

"Dignity is SO important ppl...it's not where you live, it's how you live."

"The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, someone to love, something to hope for."

I've you're looking for someone interesting to follow on Twitter, try "RevRunWisdom".

Why haven't I been watching this show?

I have always been a closeted fan of soap operas, excuse me...daytime dramas. Why have I not been watching One Life to Live?

"Under certain circumstances, the state does allow the extermination of undesirables..."

Just caught a bit of my favorite episode of The Twilight Zone, Eye of the Beholder.

Miss Janet Taylor goes for her 11th plastic surgery to look 'normal', only to find that the surgery failed and she remains, beautiful.

You see, the others in her society look like the gentleman pictured below.



"Now the questions that come to mind. Where is this place and when is it? What kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm? You want an answer? The answer is, it doesn't make any difference. Because the old saying happens to be true: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence, on this planet or wherever there is human life, perhaps out amongst the stars. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A lesson to be learned— in The Twilight Zone."

Happy 2010!!

I love Lamebook!

Ladies, a suggestion, if I may...

If you are going out to boost some stuff from the foreclosure down the street, and you know there is a risk that you MIGHT get arrested, comb your hair! For cryin' out loud...

Drum, B'Gosh...yet another reason to head to NYC...

The Addams Family, the new Broadway-bound musical about the winds of change blowing though the haunted mansion of the famously macabre family, will star two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.

Lane (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Producers) and Neuwirth (Sweet Charity, Chicago) will play bizarre husband and wife Gomez and Morticia, respectively.

Also creating roles in the show's fall world-premiere tryout at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago will be two-time Tony Award nominee Terrence Mann (Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables) as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello (Parade, Lestat) as Alice Beineke, two-time Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin (Seussical, Dirty Blonde) as Uncle Fester, Jackie Hoffman (Hairspray, Xanadu) as Grandmama, Zachary James (South Pacific) as Lurch, Adam Riegler (Shrek) as Pugsley, Wesley Taylor (Theatre World Award winner and Outer Critics' Circle nominee this year for Rock of Ages) as Lucas Beineke and Krysta Rodriguez (In the Heights) as Wednesday.

Many of the names (including Lane and Neuwirth) were attached to readings and developmental workshops of the show. It will mark the first time Neuwirth creates an original principal role on Broadway; the veteran has had much success in popular revivals, including Damn Yankees and Chicago.

The original musical by Tony-nominatd librettists Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) and Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) is not based on past Addams Family properties, but uses characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams illustrations inspired a TV sitcom, a TV cartoon series and two live-action feature film comedies.

Beauty School Drop-Out...

"Go back to high school..."

Hopefully, the charge was Excessive Roots or Failure to Properly Maintain a Dye Job.

Geez.

Vacation means vintage movie time!!

I'll be the first to admit, I have a really difficult time staying awake during movies. Most modern day movies are too long, too boring and just too over-the-top
for me. I don't really have a favorite movie actor/actress. Mostly, they just annoy me.

I'm on vacation until after the beginning of the year and one of my favorite things to do is to watch old movies, especially those from the 50's and 60's. I love anything starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Debbie Reynolds, Sandra Dee, Frank Sinatra and even Frankie and Annette. The stories, the clothing, the sets...I love it all! Movies from those decades were not made to be controversial, but compared to today's standards, they are.

Last night, I recorded 'Susan Slept Here' starring Debbie Reynolds. It was great! Debbie Reynolds plays a juvenile delinquent forced to live with Dick Powell, to stay out of jail Well, they end-up getting married, even though he's 15+ years older than her, and she's a minor.

Yet to be recorded are: 'Singin' in the Rain', 'Top Hat', and 'The Tender Trap'.

I'm looking forward to some quality movie time this week...

Merry Christmas!

B'Gosh got me the food processor I have been wanting for quite some time. Isn't she a beaut?!!!! Already made a batch of salsa, and ready to make more stuff! Lola, break out the cookbooks so we can start testing recipes!!!

Thank God I'm cute and decent, because apparently, I'm old...

I rarely look at my Myspace account. My status is updated automatically when all my status' are updated. Well, today, I checked Myspace. To my surprise, I had a couple emails. I'd like to share one of them with you:

From Charles Wilson of Middletown, US:

Hi Dear you look cute and decent…I was just coming out from a cool warm shower tonight when I get across your page in my matches …I found out some interesting things about you…coming to what you say about yourself I can see a great different from you…and at your age you still look pretty and charming…Hope to hear from you back…Feeling Great for Xmas (smile)

Thanks for the email Chuck, don't hold your breathe waiting for a response.

Then again...

Happy Christmas Eve!

Today is a day of baking yummy mac and cheese, yeast rolls, and then getting together with the George family for a Christmas Eve Celebration. I selfishly inisted on getting together on Christmas Eve this year, and I thank my family (Amber) for being flexible and making it work. So let the gluttony begin!!!

The 1970's are alive and well in Clearwater, Florida...

A very pleasant black man wearing a blue 1973 leisure suit and black wingtips held the door for me while I exited my favorite thrift store in Clearwater. I smiled and said "Thank you", to which he responded..."Right on."


And yes, his salutation included a fist pump.

Happy Holidays!

A NEW Holiday Favorite!

This is hilarious. I love food, and I love this video!!!

A Holiday Favorite!

You all have seen it a million times, but it never gets old...at least for me it doesn't. May we present to you, Delicious Dish...Good time. Good times.

RIP Tai

Brittany Murphy died today. So sad. Way too young. Clueless is one of my all-time favorite movies, and Tai was definitely my favorite character. You might as well hit me in the head with a purple clog, I am so stunned. We all know she has turned a little crazy - ok, a lot crazy - recently. She seemed like a troubled soul. I hope she has peace now.

**UPDATE**As we all know, the rumors have been flying about how Brittany died. There seem to be some late breaking reports that she had beed suffering from flu-like symptons in recent days, which may or may not have anything to do with her death. Brittany was also living with Type II Diabetes.

There are sources reporting that there were a number of prescription medications in the house, in Brittany's name, as well as her husband's and her mother's names. It all seems somewhat suspicious, especially since it is being reported that Britanny's husband is contesting the autopsy. Only time will tell...

Rinkle, Tinkle, Tina...

Our dear friend Tina Louise is often at a loss for words. And by at a loss for words, I mean confused. She has been known to scream, "Cream Cheese!" at the top of her lungs when something startles her. Anyway...she was apparently trying to tell her daughter that something was wrinkled, and she said it was "...wrinkle tinkle...", which sent her daughter into a fit of hysterical laughter. When they told the story, I instantly called her Wrinkle Tinkle Tina, which then made me think of Rikki Tikki Tavi! Does anyone remember that Chuck Jones cartoon from the 70s?

I seem to remember that it was on once a year, much like The Wizard of Oz. I haven't seen it in years, so I searched for it on the interwebs, and I found the whole 24+ minute video on spike.com for our viewing pleasure. Click HERE to watch it...

Bug, probably. Hershey, not so much...

Police say 2 dogs fed on Nebraska owner's body
(AP) – 15 hours ago

PAPILLION, Neb. — The Nebraska Humane Society is seeking a new home for two small dogs that police say fed on their owner's body after he killed himself.

Police in the Omaha suburb of Papillion found the pugs named Harry and Sally late last week. Lt. Chris Whitted said Wednesday an autopsy showed the man was dead for two weeks of a self-inflicted gunshot before his body was found.

Humane Society spokesman Mark Langan says he can't verify the dogs had fed on the body, but he says it would be normal behavior for dogs left without food or water for two weeks.

Langan says the dogs appear to be well-adjusted and in excellent shape. He says they're unlikely to suffer from long-term psychological effects because "they don't have memories like people."

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

I've just closed my eyes again...climbed aboard the dream weaver train...

In the span of half-an-hour this morning, I had the strangest dream. Here are the highlights…(and yes, I dream in color)

• It was 2:30a, yet it was almost daylight, GI Joe went outside for some reason.
• He came back in and said the police were outside.
• I was in my living room (I remember walking past my Christmas tree) and peered through my glass front door and saw two women in suits approaching.
• They initially said they were cops and told me there was something wrong with my hedge out front. I went outside and asked for ID.
• They walked away to a dark colored car and returned with a snipping of my hedge.
• They again told me there was an issue with my hedge and that Fonzie (yes, as in Arthur Fonzarelli) had voted down some local ordinance that effected my hedge.
• I told them to leave my property and asked for their business card.
• One woman gave me a card that had writing and pictures on both side, but did not indicate they were police. I again told them to leave.
• I went back inside, walked into the kitchen and GI Joe was decorating a piece of garland with several very small Christmas stockings.
• I remember wondering where he found all those stockings, and turned my attention to an open window in my kitchen (this window was located where a door is actually located).
• On the sill outside, were two nativity sets. I asked him why Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus were outside getting wet and he closed the window. As the window was closing, the nativity sets disappeared.
• I returned to my living room and saw a beat-up red tow truck parked outside.
• I remember seeing Lulu playing on her computer with a headset on, not hearing anything.
• I heard a commotion and saw about 5 or 6 people trying to steal a rusty orange car from my front yard.
• I ran around looking for a telephone to call 911.
• I found the house phone, but could not get anyone at 911 to answer. I yelled at Lulu to get me a cell phone to call 911.
• I tried many options to call 911, but ended up talking to someone named Jason, who I hung-up on. Jason then called back on Lulu’s computer and I told her not to answer.
• I yelled “Who can show my how to dial 911 from this cell phone??” and my Little Sister (the student I mentor) appeared and showed me an extra button on the phone. I tried to use the button, but a woman answered and I told her to F%#$ off, then hung-up.
• I again looked out my front door and the orange car was on the back of the tow truck and all the people (there were about 10 now) were driving away laughing.

At that point, I woke up.

WTF??????

And the award for Best Mugshot Hair goes to...

...Latoya Nicole Williams! Congrats girl! I knew that hair would win.

Do you need a Hand Job?

Ocassionally, I think we all need a Hand Job...

Look out Paul McCartney and Sting...there's a NEW rock bassist in town...

Our own Drum Riley Calhoun put down the microphone long enough to pick-up the bass, and damn, if he didn't rock it last night!!!

Band Hero is a blast!

We won't talk about his attempt to sing Big Country...let's just say...it's a lot easier to sing along with the radio...

Thanks alot, Pretty Good Podcast!!!

Thanks Gina, for recommending www.lamebook.com.

As with watching Intervention, Obsessed and Hoarders, looking at this website only makes me feel better.

Definitely cheered me up on a dreary Tuesday afternoon...

An E True Life Hollywood Story in the making...

Wow...that's about all I can say...wow...

He played the youngest brother on Family Ties in the 80s, but today Brian Bonsall is in a heap of legal trouble. He was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly hitting his friend in the face repeatedly with a wooden stool.

His friend,Michael Trujillo, called the police three times before they finally decided to show up. Michael says that he was arguing with Brian when things got out of control . Supposedly, Brian picked up the stool, broke it over the railing of some stairs and hit his friend five or six times in the face!

Upon being arrested, one of the neighbors also alleged that they say Brian choking Michael in the hallway. Brian told authorities that he didn't remember any of the incident as he was drinking at the time. He has been put in a Boulder City Jail with a $7,500 bail.

Mrs. Claus has needs!

This is hilarious. Thanks B'Gosh!

A childhood memory...confirmed.

As we get older, some memories fade and we wonder if what we remember really happened, or if it was just a fantasy. I have a childhood memory of a place in the woods, with a creek running through misty fields, under old, gothic bridges that surely were home to trolls and other forest creatures. I remember catching crawfish in the creek, and plucking leeches of my legs after spending hours ankle-deep in the crystal-clear water. I remember an old convent in a clearing, with a tower on one end of the building, and nuns who gave thirsty children water when they asked for it. I remember the place as Elfindale. The name was a fitting homage to the mystery of the place.

As the years passed, and I moved away, I often wondered what it turned into, and if it was really as magical as I remembered. As I was surfing the internet, and looking at my old town of Springfield, Missouri, I noticed a street name on the map, not far from my home there. Elfindale. Then I noticed a link to The Mansion at Elfindale. When I clicked the link, I was amazed to see a picture of the tower I remember from the convent. A memory from my childhood, forever frozen in a photograph, just as it is frozen in my memory.

The convent from my childhood memories is now a bed and breakfast in Springfield. The history link on the website confirms that it was, indeed, a convent, just as I remembered. I cannot wait to plan a trip to Springfield, and to Elfindale, to see if it is still as magical as I remember.

The Sweet Bitterness of...Rudolph, as told by the Starz Bunnies

B'Gosh and I watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer last night. Ok...I watched it...he didn't seem interested...but I digress. Anyway, Rudolph has always been my second favorite claymation holiday special (The Year Without a Santa Claus is number one in my book). So I was delighted to find the Starz Bunnies version today. If you haven't seen one of the Starz Bunnies shorts, they tell a popular story in 30 seconds with the characters replaced by, what else, bunnies! Check it out!!!

And the #1 Top Teen Idol is...

1. David Cassidy
Show We Loved Him On: 'The Partridge Family' (1970-74)
Why He Made Us Swoon: Was he a pop star or a TV star first? Actually, producers who cast the pretty boy as Keith Partridge didn't even know Cassidy had any singing talent. Once he convinced them, an international pop star and teen sex symbol was born, and Cassidy went on to sell millions of albums, sell out concerts at Madison Square Garden and spark riots wherever he performed. Since his teen-idol heyday, Cassidy has worked sporadically, taking time to pen the obligatory tell-all memoir (natch).

Come on...was there ever a doubt who #1 would be???

Uh, OK...

Wha, wh, whe, whi, who, whu...I'm not sure I can form actual words...


Thanks People of Walmart!

Yet another man who is aging gracefully...

Sitting here watching "Lie to Me" with GI Joe, I realized Jason Gedrick was the guest star.

As with John Stamos, Jason is aging very well. Very, very well...

Me likey!!!

My favorite Flash Mob so far!

This looks like great fun!