My choices in life have pretty much eliminated most of the people I have met... so, "J", happy 46th. Hard to believe that it has been more than thirty years since the idiot security crew at a Van Halen concert chased us off the area of the Coliseum in which the seats were being replaced. (Do not fear... Van Halen has become far more sucky and safe ( Read more... )

A happiest of birthdays Queen Snooty Britches. My 50th was a pretty darned good day and I hope yours was as well. Sure beats the alternative. I tried to find you some of those Over the Hill fingerbowls ;)

Guess I am rooting for the Giants in the Super Bowl. Do not really give a toot about either team, so I am going with the lesser of two viles (no, ( Read more... )

Yes, I am being a bit dramatic, but, living in a house with a metal evaporative cooler and a large porch cover built from a pair of garage doors, I have not heard rain hit with this sort of resonance since the great hailstorm of 2010. It might amount to diddly-squat, but right now it sounds like a deluge of historic proportions (Thank goodness it ( Read more... )

Yes, Virginia... I am 51. Kiss my grits.

I went thrift store hopping with Mom for my birthday. I know, nothing exciting. She had talked about maybe doing a meal, but, I really just wanted to shop and walk a little. The only nice thing I got was another set of the little "dog steps" (As seen on TV !!!) for four bucks. At nineteen Cocoa simply cannot ( Read more... )

As best I recall, this was my day :

I was at work when the dee-jay mentioned a report of a plane hitting the World Trade Center. As this was one of those typical goofy morning show yahoos I thought it might be his idea of a joke, so I tuned to a regular news station, only to hear that indeed the building had been struck. We were all pretty much back ( Read more... )

Yesterday peaked out at an all-time high for August in Phoenix, 117° (47.2° C) ! Stop already. You win.  I have had more than enough heat for this summer.

A belated happy birthday to my "hoey" bud in the great tundra LOL.

Yesterday I heard this horrid commercial for Old Navy in which they used the tune of Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" as their ( Read more... )

Hmmmm... where to begin on a post which is destined to ramble ?

Okay, first... a happiest of birthdays to Chris Gray ! What.... like 25 ? Wow... as an old man approaching 51 I can only hope that you grasp your birthday by the reins and ride it very hard. Old age comes REALLY fast. (Truth dude... truth).

OMG... when Daniele got voted out I began to ( Read more... )

I have always had the habit of frequently waking up singing a song that was in my head before I woke... sometimes a song made up by my dreams. This morning it was "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Big Blue Something and it has been looping in my poor head all day.

A belated happy birthday to you Susan. On Friday, Friday. I hope you got down on Friday !. I ( Read more... )

Happy birthday K-to-the-el !

I hated seeing Ben Starr booted from Master Chef .  I get it, he really kind of smoked himself by doing poorly when he was given the edge, but he was fun to watch and his energy will be missed. I am really not sure who to root for, but I like Jennifer the best of the remaining chefs.

Is it just me or is the upcoming fall ( Read more... )

Oh my Gawden-Gnome... you be fifty... be nifty...  be sands to be rifty difty McSiftee. Huh ? Am I daft ? No, I just know that assigning a fatalistic/morbid quality to that number is as ludicrous as my rhyming scheme LOL. Anyhow, you were one of the best things about my 50th birthday... so I can only hope that I spread a tenth of the smiles to your ( Read more... )