A little trivial drivel

Oh deer heaven!

2010-02-12T01:33:00.002-05:00

dog saves dog

2010-01-28T23:26:00.001-05:00

Updates coming soon!

2009-12-09T14:49:00.002-05:00

O.k....so I know I've said that before and I feel no less pressed for time now than ever before but there now I have a laptop...woohoo!! So look out blogosphere...I'm baa-aaack!!!
..............well...almost.

2009-08-22T00:56:00.001-04:00

Just a quick post

2008-11-02T12:56:00.001-05:00

Just adding a quick post to keep account active. Figuring out my new iMAC & keeping busy with "the girls" have put me more than a little behind.Lots to post and little time. I will add more to all my blogs soon.

Please stay tuned!

10 Incredible Underground Lakes and Rivers [pics]

2008-09-14T23:51:00.001-04:00

clipped from www.environmentalgraffiti.com

Far below the Earth’s surface, where the sun rarely penetrates, is a world of twinkling glow worms, precious gems and limestone caves and mountains, a land inhabited by nature alone. Within this world are visions to rival many landscapes decorating our horizon; lakes lie still and calm, great networks of caves know no borders and rivers and rivulets carve an ever-evolving terrain.

The Moral of the Story is. . . .

2008-09-14T23:50:00.001-04:00

I hope I have that type of chutzpah when I'm elderly.

clipped from www.funny.com

The Moral of the Story is. . . .

2008-09-14T23:49:00.001-04:00

I hope I have that type of chutzpah when I'm elderly.

clipped from www.funny.com

The Big O

2008-09-03T19:57:00.003-04:00

Orgasmatron

Not at all what it sounds like

Click to enlarge

Oh yeah, baby!!!..no batteries needed.

And how would you like that?

2008-09-03T19:47:00.002-04:00

MyCuppa Mugs

Tar-like or wishy washy? You decide!

Click to enlarge

Add milk to match the colour

These ingenious drinking vessels have got a series of coloured strips inside, a bit like those colour charts you see in paint shops. The idea is to ask what colour people prefer their tea and coffee and then match it to the selected strip by adding the right amount of milk. Clever, eh? And no more tar-like tea or insipid, dishwater-style coffee.

The colour strips range from Milky to Black with variations such as Dark & Strong and Builders' Brew in between.

.....Available at FIREBOX.COM......

Monkey Picked Tea

2008-09-03T19:36:00.004-04:00

Why not paws for a cup?

Everyone loves a good old cup of tea, but there are times when the boring standard brand tea simply won't do. After all, we doubt the Queen of England chucks a couple of bags of Lipton's in the pot when she's having visiting dignitaries come by for sandwiches. The only problem is, unless you've got a title in your name and your palate is as pretentious as your hyphen, fancy brews like Earl Grey and Darjeeling just don't hit the spot. What's more, posh tea is hardly likely to get your guests in a lather of excitement.

That's why your good friends here at Firebox finally decided to seek out a decidedly different brew to enliven your lunches and transform your tea breaks. And by Jiminy, have we found one!

Monkey Picked Tea is a wonderfully refreshing brew that has been hand - or rather paw - picked by monkeys! Do not adjust your computer - you read it right the first time. These well cared for monkeys are famous in their native China and are specially trained by their owners to pick rare, wild tea plants in inaccessible places, such as cliff faces. The monkey-picked leaves produce a pale, golden tea that's so fragrant and delicious it's best served without milk. Or sugar. Or cookies. Or cake. The point being, drinking Monkey Tea should be viewed as an important spiritual event, not to be sullied by crass diversions.

Best of all, the monkeys enjoy their work. Picking tea is a family business for most of these resourceful little simians, as their parents before them were usually in the tea picking trade too. And let's face it, scurrying around in the great outdoors harvesting Asia's favourite drink is a far more dignified way to earn a living than prancing around on a barrel-organ in a grubby, ill-fitting clown's suit. Monkey Tea is guaranteed to get tongues wagging and mouths watering the minute you mention it, so put the kettle on and order some today.

..............Available at FIREBOX.COM..........

soggy cereal? No thanks!

2008-09-02T03:57:00.001-04:00

http://www.firebox.com/product/1624/Dunk-Mug

Bad Karma

2008-05-06T08:24:00.000-04:00

REIDSVILLE, N.C. (UPI) -- Rockingham County, N.C., authorities said a man was arrested after he posed as a sheriff's deputy while dealing with a store clerk who was an off-duty deputy.

The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office alleged Kevin Michael Taylor, 31, asked for a law enforcement discount from a clerk at an AutoZone store, the News and Record newspaper in Greensboro, N.C., reported.

Taylor allegedly showed the clerk a Rockingham Community College identification card from a Basic Law Enforcement Training course and claimed to work in the patrol division of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office.

However, the clerk was an off-duty sheriff's deputy and knew the man was lying, the sheriff's office said.

Taylor, who was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer, was released on $5,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court May 15.
..........................................................................................................Copyright 2008 by United Press International"

heh heh heh...all for a free cup of coffee

I will always be in my 70's......

2008-05-04T04:16:00.002-04:00

1970's that is!!

....Yeah Baby!...that was My Generation.

I was born into a black & white world ,a poster child for 1960's suburbia, coming of age in a post-psychedelic world of Disco balls, Dancing Queens and DayGlo.
What a time to be a teen with Dance Fever!

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I recently came across one of those "you know your are from..." email list (which I usually ignore) that took me by surprise. It was "you know you were a girl in the 70's if..." The first line (repeated below) caught my eye and though many of the others did not apply to me, the memories came flooding back to me and I hope my list does the same for you.

So get out your bean bag chair, pour yourself a Fresca and be young again with me.......

The 70's is your generation if.....

. . . you wore that rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves and the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest and down the other.
. . . you owned a bicycle with a floral banana seat, handlebars as high as your head (with long ribbons and a basket. In the early 80's you moved onto the ever popular 10 speed. Gosh that seat hurt.
. . . your started out on metal roller skates that go stretched & locked with a "key and then graduated to the "Professional" shoe skates (white) that laced up like granny boots
. . . . while we're on skaters you had or desperately wanted a "Dorothy Hamill Do"
. . . you wore psychedelic & paisley bell bottoms with midriff tops (and looked cute not trashy.
. . .you caught lightening bugs, wore flip flops and played "red light, green light"
. . .you carried a metal lunch box to school with a thermos inside. Inside the thermos was glass that broke the first time you dropped it(probably within the first two weeks)
. . . your t.v. had knobs that clicked and rabbit ear antennas

. . .Admit it......you thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute BUT not as cute as Davey Jones. You never missed an episode of The Monkeys. Hey..heyyyyyyyyy
. . . you had rubber boots for rainy days (galoshes) that you pulled over your shoes, owned a smelly, rubber rain coat & tied a plastic triangle over your head.
Later you had a " bubble umbrella and lace up granny boots....ohhhh...remember granny skirts, mood rings and chokers!?!
. . . you wore snow suits,clip on mittens and wrapped your feet in plastic before putting on your snow boots
.. . . you had either a "bowl cut" or a "pixie" because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. How traumatic when people thought you were a boy.

. . . your sleeping bag was a prized possession and you took it on sleepovers with the girls.
******you got your first period at a sleepover and were wearing white pants******** .....oh wait..that was me!
. . . you owned several"ponchos" most crocheted by your mom (who was also into macramé planters) & wore toe socks with your clogs.
. . .you dressed to the hilt for Easter..tights, new patent leather shoes, matching purse & a straw hat.. and your mother wore hats of bright colors with fake flowers or ones with a gazillion shiny discs all over it..
You wore a bathing cap to go swimming that made a frightening noise when you took it off.....like it was sucking out your brain.

. . . you used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape recorder up to the speaker.

Jeans were called "Dungarees". All the males in your family owned a "Leisure suit" And your mom wore Velore "Track Suits" and Jogging Ensembles. ................hahahahaha....MY mother jogging....hahahahahah
. . .wore your Sunday clothes to go "shopping on the Avenue"
. . .Adored the Flying Nun, wanted to dress like "That Girl" (Oh, Donald), watched General Hospital from the beginning and dropped everything to be at "Luke & Laura's wedding"
. . . Tattoos were for Bikers, big hoop earrings for Tramps, Black nail polish for bad girls and you only got your ears pierced..once!
. . . passed the time with a yo-yo, Frisbee, hoola-hoop or a slinky.
. . .went to dances at "The Social Hall"
. . .went through a lot of chalk on the sidewalks
. . .wanted to be a "Safety" at school and get to "clap the erasers"
. . ."Trick or Treated" until midnight and walked to school the next day
. . .your most favoritist thing was a powder blue Snow White watch that you kept in your jewelry box...the one with the beautiful twirling ballerina
. . .had a Thumbelina doll, Chatty Cathy or Betsy Wetsy...maybe "Mrs Beasley" too
. . .thought of Sissy, Buffy, Jody, Mr French and Uncle Bill as family
. . .saw Herbie the love bug, the Towering Inferno and "Billy Jack" at the "theater" and probably watched "Nanny & the Professor, the Banana Splits and the roller derby on t.v.
. . .had a P.O.W. bracelet and still remember the name on it
********** I do.....Staff Sgt. Russell T Bott...
...................I wonder if I can find out anything? I've always wondered.............

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Well..I'd better stop for now.
There's tears in my eyes and I'm feeling kind of sad. I guess we really did have nothing & everything at the same time. We were safe and we were free...roaming the neighborhood barefoot from sun up to sun down & beyond. And where ever we went & whatever we did our mom's knew it. Our doors were unlocked, our windows were open and somebody always had an eye on us. The world has changed & we can't give that "safe neighborhood" to our children & grandchildren but we can share the memories.

No matter what stage your girls are in (or mood) they really do get a kick out of hearing your corny story.
So.....
Print this out, call your daughters and go pop some Jiffy Pop.
Then look up some "grade school buddies" and email them this
And if you are still fortunate to be able to do so...CALL YOUR MOM!

Please pass this on.....Peace, man.

...la...la...la..laaaaaaa....feel'n groovey....

St Maarten Airport

2008-05-03T12:58:00.003-04:00

You go girl!!!!!!!!!

2008-05-01T10:54:00.000-04:00

Woman, 83, graduates from university

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (UPI) -- An 83-year-old woman who set out after retirement to earn a college degree has graduated from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Ruth Stoeffler said she began her college career in 1995, shortly after the death of her husband, and took a wide variety of classes during the ensuing 13 years until she earned a bachelor's degree in social science studies, the Detroit Free Press reported.

'I was by myself and had to do something,' she said. 'I wanted something interesting and challenging and fun ... I thought, 'I'm going to get myself a diploma from a university.''

Stoeffler, who walked down the aisle with classmates at the university's graduation ceremony during the weekend, told the Free Press she doesn't intend to use her degree to start a new career but she said she would like to parlay her knowledge and experience into volunteer work."

New Chemical Discovered

2008-05-01T01:22:00.000-04:00

New Chemical

Evolution has produced an element that has become clearly identifiable
in the past decade or two.

Recent hurricanes and gasoline issues are proof of the existence of a new chemical element. Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science.

The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant
neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction
that would normally take less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2-6 years; It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's Mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.

When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

THIS JUST IN!!! Carrots may be a detriment to your eyesight

2008-04-30T12:31:00.001-04:00

Man sued for hurling carrot at wife's eye

MONROE, Conn. (UPI) -- A Connecticut woman who lost an eye when her husband chucked a carrot at her reportedly is suing him for causing the injury.

Pamela Vecsey of Monroe, Conn., filed suit against her husband, claiming he threw a carrot 20 feet in her direction while they were having a dispute July 14, 2006, the Connecticut Post reported.

Vecsey's attorney said her client's eye burst when it was hit with the carrot. Vecsey reportedly replaced the ruptured eyeball with a glass eye.

Police arrested Roderick Vecsey, 48, and he was charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct, the newspaper said. However, the charges against him have been dismissed and the Vecseys are now residing in the same home, despite the lawsuit, the Post reported."

glumbert - Rush Hour Squeeze

2008-04-24T13:43:00.004-04:00

glumbert - Rush Hour Squeeze