March 23, 2012

Grandma's Birthday

Pictures you want, pictures you got

You try writing this thing every week, OK, just a few captions:

The happiest place on earth my ass; they didn't act too happy when I told Mary Poppins I'd like to give her a spoonful of sugar...........................................Also when I asked a guy in a turban if he worked at the Alladin ride

From a collaboration with Jackson "try the pork chops, they're too die for"

You know the part of Peter Pan is usually played by a woman, no, we argued about this one, I thought she was a woman but SWMBO said no, you decide

My favorite Stars Wars character

We know who did it Hughtey Battle

Audience participation time, insert your own caption for Wilma Flintstone........

See you next week with more commentary and less pictures.................

March 16, 2012

Vacation

We went to Orlando this week; I was on vacation. If you would like to see pictures and comments please indicate such in the comments, otherwise we move on...........

March 10, 2012

I'm A Dancing, Dancing, Dancing........Dancing Machine

At our dance class Wednesday night we did the Salsa, I of course created my own version.....you've probably seen my freelance dances such as opening the stuck jam jar, cranking the lawnmower, the water sprinkler, and one I learned from Jay.....going down the grocery aisle selecting items and placing them into my cart. But the salsa was easy, I even ad libbed spilling some on my shirt, not too difficult. Unfortunately the instructor was not amused.....................

Keep in mind this is my idea of far-out letting it all hang out dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX99GBCtysI&feature=related

Whoa, is Henry Fonda a dancing madman or what?

Along those lines I received an e-mail from the church office this week asking me if I had a whip they could borrow for a sermon this Sunday. I couldn't help but ask why they would possibly think of me and they just laughed. I told them I was sorry I didn't have one but that SWMBO has several and I would sneak one out to them, but they couldn't have one of the fancy good ones she saves for special occasions. OK, I made part of that story up, can you figure out which part?

No ideas on how St. Hooker's got its name huh? Really disappointed, thought the bright collective minds of my readers would bring forth some good ideas, but I guess.........Oh and so you know, you can comment as ANONYMOUS in case you need that veil of secrecy to express your hidden inner thoughts.

And so we're off to FL today; whole gang of us, the Pattersons, Jay, Holly, Keelyn, the little girl to be born later this summer, even Jackson. We're looking forward to Magic Kingdom and all we can see, going to be fun and relaxing.

Oh? The little girl on the way? You read carefully Grasshopper. How does Dinky Duke sound? Too feminine? Not sure of the name yet, heard Kate, Quinn, like'm all; but let's rule out Betty............or should they?

Off to the happiest place on earth, later

March 2, 2012

Cades County

Glenn Ford riding around the desert in a jeep, everybody was against him but he was going to do the "right thing." No, never watched it, I was too busy dating hot supermodels, OK, I was sitting there eating oranges with the rest of them. What else could I possibly be doing on a weekend night? A good memory of my father, thanks

In VA, MD and PA this past week, saw a couple of interesting signs on the road. I thought that Heilig-Meyers went out of business, well maybe they did

And this week's contest, fill in your caption here, nice message from the pastor, wonder who named this church? I can't help but think of Arthur Bach sitting in the dining room at the Plaza "oh you're a hooker?"

Key customer in thought yesterday in Pennsylvania. Might have been in worry/thought/prayer. One of the rewarding aspects of my job is having friends in this industry like him. He and his family vacation in our area each year and I'm fortunate to be able to spend time with them, although he always manages to reach into my pockets and retrieve golf bet winnings. But come on, finishing a meeting at 4:00 in Lebanon PA on a Friday? Made for a long ride home, the DC Beltway had construction, rain and heavy traffic; home @ 1:00AM. Three weeks in a row getting home after midnight.................

Next week in the office! Then Friday we are off to the happiest place on earth;my granddaughter can't wait to take me on It's A Small World. Guess I picked the wrong Lent period to stop sniffing glue

February 25, 2012

Daytona 500 Weekend

I watched a couple of old Daytona 500 races on tape last week and was kinda surprised to see just how poor the graphics and commentary were way back then. Here is what I learned:

Ben Gazzara started the famous 1979 race

In his rookie race Ken Squier mentioned that Dale Earnhardt was not "intimidated" Hmmmm

Squier described the cars' drivers as being "at the keyboards" Again, hmmmmmm, wonder what that meant?

Chris Economacki congratulated David Pearson for winning his second 500 in 1976; Pearson just looked at him funny since it was his first win.

Buddy Baker was incoherent

Here's another Squier quote "Darrell Waltrip is off his game today, running along in second place....."

Well enough of that, went through Rocky Mount making calls Wednesday; noticed there was no monument in front of this building. See if you can figure that one out

Nor the next one either

But there wasn't one here either

Did have one suggestion for the end of humanity song: "We'll Meet Again" See if you can figure that one out while you're at it

Off to MD and PA next week; meetings end at 4:00PM on Friday in Lebanon, PA; are you kidding?

February 17, 2012

Here Comes The Son

Yes, that was the winning song for the end of mankind; very witty and a big congratulations to the near-genius who submitted it.

Good week in Florida, our rep in that area is a real worker bee; I like working with him. I was supposed to leave the Cocoa area before lunch Thursday but we made some extra calls and I got out of there after 2:00. He told me NASA planned an Atlas V launch between 530 and 630 weather permitting. I thought about waiting around and then driving home through the night but decided there was too much on my plate(desk) so I drove home. Good thing, when I got home after midnight I checked and sure enough.......they delayed it until today.

A rare picture of my old Toyota, or one like it. Many of you would not recognize this view as all you got to see were the taillights disappearing on the distant horizon. One young lady I knew told me on first viewing this car that it wasn't so much a canary yellow as much as it was a canary turd yellow; no, that did not hurt my feelings a bit, and I soon forgot it, or did I?

Yeah, not really, I know. Not that fast of a car although the driver was more than capable

But here is something interesting; the Holiday Inn Express in Cocoa upgraded me to a small suite this week which featured this faucet in the kitchen. This is hot water

And this is cold water.

Either that or the red is on the right and the green is on the left when you're going up a creek; not really sure why they did that but it sure kept me entertained for a couple of hours.

Had dinner at Grandpa's Steakhouse Wednesday night in Cocoa ; their motto is "you can't beat Grandpa's meat" I'm not kidding, but the really troublesome thing was I wasn't sure if they were.........................

Off to Marietta next week

February 10, 2012

Oh I Am So Sorry, But More Spiritual This Week!

Last week I cursed too much, this is what I meant to say:

Got it? If not, please let me know and I will clarify, OK and we're moving.......

Last week we received our invitation to participate in the annual Keli Wagoner Lady Angler Tournament June 8-9; we never fish but we do go to the party. Lovely lady, great cause, please support this tournament. Check it out www.thebigrock.com In searching through my contacts her name still pops up occasionally, can't bring myself to delete it......

No, I didn't watch the Duke-tar babies game Wednesday night, I was pretty tired from a sore throat all week and after dance class (just threw you a curve there, did you even see it break across the plate for a strike? Not to worry, you're among many.......) I went to bed early. Got up the next morning, picked up the News and Observer, noticed no headlines about the tarholes winning, told SWMBO Duke must have won. Caught the highlights on ESPN, what a game! Usually Duke doesn't come back like that, hope that kid stays around.

But in reality I'll show you how disconnected I am from the wide wide world of sports; at last week's Super Bowl five players were shown as recent inductees into the NFL Hall of Fame. What an honor, too bad I didn't know who any of them were. I guess my separation from an active participation in caring about sports has now reached that level. That's really odd

And I have to smile every now and then. Rode the old bike 325 miles last Saturday, had a lady in Greenville change lanes on me and a guy in the middle of the country east of Ayden try to run a stop sign (not a light) while watching me coming his way blowing the horn. I think he was trying to beat me to the stop sign so he could run it, must have been trying to get away from something pretty bad. I've found it pays to concentrate when riding that thing, to a point that when at a stop light I can feel myself relaxing to the edge of sleep. Probably shouldn't do that

In case you're wondering, a recent discussion revolved around the ideal music for the end of mankind; you know, if the world were to be in the process of ending what would be a good song with which to go out?

(This now involves audience participation, go to "comments" and enter your thoughts. You might could guess one of mine by the next paragraph, and no, this isn't my pick.....for a song anyway)

Feeling a little blue last Friday night on my way home and heard this old song on the radio; an old George Harrison silly song but with a nice previously unheard twist at the 3:10 mark, even made him smile. Thanks George. I saw him in New York City at a restaurant back in the 80's and I didn't want to bother him; still appreciate his music today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7yVkBwGiLc

And along this spiritual theme I recommend a listen to Reverend Bart Edwards' sermon of last Sunday. It takes 21:30 to listen to his sermon titled 23 and 1/2 hours but I recommend it.

http://www.firstpresmhc.org/sermons.htm

It's at the top of the list; if you'll listen I guarantee you'll get something out of it or your money back! All right not good enough? I'll double your money back and give you free shipping and handling. Seriously, a good one from Bart

Get it, flying fig?

Off to FL next week; yeah I know, Buffalo or Cocoa in February? I try to make that swing in the wintertime each year, beats making that call in July when they're really busy in the 100 degrees heat. Ask me really nicely and I'll bring you back some fresh honey-bells...........

And don't forget this week's blog came with homework, so let me know what music you think would be best, and then pass this blog address on to others!