Can you get any cuter and sweeter than this? (The correct answer here is 'hells no'.)
Monday, June 23, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
As a post-celebration of Memorial Day, here is a bit of history from my dear Great Uncle Willie. Take from it what you will.
"My early childhood was passed in ignorance of Memorial Day. I first learned of Decoration Day, as it was then called, in 1935 after I moved to Washington. I remember seeing people with bunches of flowers, headed to the cemeteries to decorate graves.
I did not learn of Confederate Memorial Day until I worked in Southern's Payroll Dept. in 1950. I learned that the Southern States could not agree on which day to honor their dead heroes, so the paid holiday was observed on different days in different states. Lakeland was founded by southerners and most of those who moved there were southerners. It is odd that any observance was so quiet that I had never heard of it.
I learned that Florida did observe one Confederate date while I worked for Kress in Lakeland in 1943. I was in a drugstore (Liggett's?) for lunch on June 3 when I overheard the following conversation.
Male - The bank was closed.
Female - Why?
Male - Today is a holiday.
Female - What holiday?
Male - It is the birthday of Jefferson Davis.
Female - Who the Hell was Jefferson Davis?
We did have one Yankee teacher at Lake Morton School who made the mistake of playing Marching Through Georgia for us to enter school by. That was the only time I ever heard the hated music. The teacher was not fired, but she never played that march for us again.
Wikipedia has articles about Memorial Day, and Confederate Memorial Day. There is a note on the latter, "The factual accuracy of this article is disputed." According to it, Florida observed April 26. I was unaware of it in my childhood.
I question the common sense of spending over a billion dollars for the Mars Lander, particularly since the billion is borrowed money. Compared to the waste in Iraq, one billion is peanuts, of course.
I wrote Jason to tell him that Jody wishes to have lunch with the crowd on the 28th.
I sent birthday greetings to Christina.
No word from Muriel.
I walked. I ran the washing machine and drier. I was so tired by putting the sheets on my bed that I took a nap afterwards.
Love to all,
Will / Uncle Willie"
"My early childhood was passed in ignorance of Memorial Day. I first learned of Decoration Day, as it was then called, in 1935 after I moved to Washington. I remember seeing people with bunches of flowers, headed to the cemeteries to decorate graves.
I did not learn of Confederate Memorial Day until I worked in Southern's Payroll Dept. in 1950. I learned that the Southern States could not agree on which day to honor their dead heroes, so the paid holiday was observed on different days in different states. Lakeland was founded by southerners and most of those who moved there were southerners. It is odd that any observance was so quiet that I had never heard of it.
I learned that Florida did observe one Confederate date while I worked for Kress in Lakeland in 1943. I was in a drugstore (Liggett's?) for lunch on June 3 when I overheard the following conversation.
Male - The bank was closed.
Female - Why?
Male - Today is a holiday.
Female - What holiday?
Male - It is the birthday of Jefferson Davis.
Female - Who the Hell was Jefferson Davis?
We did have one Yankee teacher at Lake Morton School who made the mistake of playing Marching Through Georgia for us to enter school by. That was the only time I ever heard the hated music. The teacher was not fired, but she never played that march for us again.
Wikipedia has articles about Memorial Day, and Confederate Memorial Day. There is a note on the latter, "The factual accuracy of this article is disputed." According to it, Florida observed April 26. I was unaware of it in my childhood.
I question the common sense of spending over a billion dollars for the Mars Lander, particularly since the billion is borrowed money. Compared to the waste in Iraq, one billion is peanuts, of course.
I wrote Jason to tell him that Jody wishes to have lunch with the crowd on the 28th.
I sent birthday greetings to Christina.
No word from Muriel.
I walked. I ran the washing machine and drier. I was so tired by putting the sheets on my bed that I took a nap afterwards.
Love to all,
Will / Uncle Willie"
Monday, April 14, 2008
Barack may be ready to save the world, but can he shoot whiskey like Hillary?
http://gawker.com/379370/hot-hillary-clinton-party-photos
http://gawker.com/379370/hot-hillary-clinton-party-photos
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
In stores everywhere tomorrow: Backwoods Barbie, the ingeniously-titled new Dolly album.
That's one classy broad!
That's one classy broad!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Whoever it was at Fox who said, "You know who would be great to judge our new singing contest? Paula Abdul." is both pure genius and crazy as a loon. Little did that man/ woman/ Number 5 robot know that the suggestion would eventually lead to this masterpiece.
And in case you missed round 1 of American Idol last night, the boys were pretty fantastic! That guy with the dreads had a pretty chill Jack-Johnson-feel, and I just want to squeeze that cute little one that Simon can't get enough of.
I propose an American Idol drinking game:
A drink every time Simon says, "you've just got it."
...every time Randy and Paula say, "it was a little pitchy in parts"
...every time Ryan acts like a tool...no wait, scratch that, you wouldn't make it through the show
...and every time the camera man randomly zooms in on someone in the audience for 5 seconds during the middle of a solo...
Let the games begin!
And in case you missed round 1 of American Idol last night, the boys were pretty fantastic! That guy with the dreads had a pretty chill Jack-Johnson-feel, and I just want to squeeze that cute little one that Simon can't get enough of.
I propose an American Idol drinking game:
A drink every time Simon says, "you've just got it."
...every time Randy and Paula say, "it was a little pitchy in parts"
...every time Ryan acts like a tool...no wait, scratch that, you wouldn't make it through the show
...and every time the camera man randomly zooms in on someone in the audience for 5 seconds during the middle of a solo...
Let the games begin!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
From the NYTimes article about the fashion of the Westminster dog show:
And that's all I have to say about that.
In other news, if you didn't see the Grammys the other night, you missed a jewel of American music. Imagine: Beyonce and Tina Turner sharing the stage, singing Proud Mary and dancing the original coreography. It was disastrous, fascinating, wonderful, kitschy, laughable, and the best thing I've seen in a long time. Now that's entertainment. I can't decide which is my favorite part: when Tina and Beyonce run into each other, or when Tina does that awesome kick at the end. Who am I kidding? I can't get enough of that kick!
In other news, if you didn't see the Grammys the other night, you missed a jewel of American music. Imagine: Beyonce and Tina Turner sharing the stage, singing Proud Mary and dancing the original coreography. It was disastrous, fascinating, wonderful, kitschy, laughable, and the best thing I've seen in a long time. Now that's entertainment. I can't decide which is my favorite part: when Tina and Beyonce run into each other, or when Tina does that awesome kick at the end. Who am I kidding? I can't get enough of that kick!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Today's weather forecast for "Happy" Valley:
Today: Periods of freezing rain and sleet before 1pm, then periods of rain possibly mixed with freezing rain between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of rain after 4pm. High near 36. East wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime ice accumulation of 0.2 to 0.4 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Today: Periods of freezing rain and sleet before 1pm, then periods of rain possibly mixed with freezing rain between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of rain after 4pm. High near 36. East wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime ice accumulation of 0.2 to 0.4 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Gawker.com has just published a remarkably entertaining list of the most ridiculous headlines from CNN.com. Among my favorites:
Report: Man divorces wife while asleep.
Tiny mom gives birth.
Cat adopts motherless puppies.
Boy, 6, talks books, love, armpits, and poop.
-And my personal favorite:
How hot is Phoenix? Hot enough to kill.
Report: Man divorces wife while asleep.
Tiny mom gives birth.
Cat adopts motherless puppies.
Boy, 6, talks books, love, armpits, and poop.
-And my personal favorite:
How hot is Phoenix? Hot enough to kill.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
If you've never heard of Richard Sandrak, well, your life may be a bit better for it. But now that you've heard the name, you've GOT to see the video. The first few seconds are normal, but then it gets freaky FAST. This is not ok.
Friday, January 18, 2008
THE RAINY RIDDLE
When Maria and I were driving from Tucson to Albuquerque a couple weeks ago, we drove through this very bizarre desert mist. I looked like fog was rising up from the ground, which wouldn't normally be so strange except that, uh, we were in the desert where there is no water on the ground to evaporate. The fog stretched for miles and miles, and was almost like a rainbow in that we never seemed to get any closer to it (coincidentally, we did actually see the end of a rainbow. Seriously. You could see it in between where we were and the side of a hill in the distance, I'm not making that up.). We did eventually drive through the mist, but it was very strange and very white, we were both baffled by it. And then (and then!) Maria sent me this article from the Albuquerque Journal. My personal opinion is that we drove through the exhaust from a spaceship...
UPDATE: In case you can't read and need the article to be read aloud (and badly) to you, check out this very bizarre video. People are obsessed with the Rainy Riddle!
UPDATE 2: Maria says, "Wow. We started watching it and Matt said, "Maybe it's some kind of news-reading service for blind people." So then I forwarded to the last 30 seconds, and we saw that it was oh-so-much more than that!" If you haven't watched the last 30 seconds, it's worth it, I promise.
When Maria and I were driving from Tucson to Albuquerque a couple weeks ago, we drove through this very bizarre desert mist. I looked like fog was rising up from the ground, which wouldn't normally be so strange except that, uh, we were in the desert where there is no water on the ground to evaporate. The fog stretched for miles and miles, and was almost like a rainbow in that we never seemed to get any closer to it (coincidentally, we did actually see the end of a rainbow. Seriously. You could see it in between where we were and the side of a hill in the distance, I'm not making that up.). We did eventually drive through the mist, but it was very strange and very white, we were both baffled by it. And then (and then!) Maria sent me this article from the Albuquerque Journal. My personal opinion is that we drove through the exhaust from a spaceship...
UPDATE: In case you can't read and need the article to be read aloud (and badly) to you, check out this very bizarre video. People are obsessed with the Rainy Riddle!
UPDATE 2: Maria says, "Wow. We started watching it and Matt said, "Maybe it's some kind of news-reading service for blind people." So then I forwarded to the last 30 seconds, and we saw that it was oh-so-much more than that!" If you haven't watched the last 30 seconds, it's worth it, I promise.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
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