Break Out The Peanut Butter And Bananas

January 8, 2009

I forgot to wish Elvis a happy birthday today! “The King” would have been 74 today. He began his musical career in the year that I was born. Elvis Aaron Presley January 8, 1935 to August 16, 1977 I guess we are going to have fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches for supper … in [...]

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Guy Kawasaki Distracts Me

August 8, 2008

Guy Kawasaki made me do it. Yes, he did, and I don’t even know the guy fellow. I mean, I know who he is, don’t you? He was an “Apple Guy Fellow” once, and he’s the mover and shaker behind Alltop. I follow him in Twitter. I stole his picture… do you think he will [...]

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My House Is A Nightmare

March 11, 2008

As I bopped out of my local coffee shop gripping my extra large mocha, I saw a familiar looking man standing with a camera crew on the corner of our town square. I had seen his face on television! It was Emeril! You know, the famous chef, Emeril Lagasse! I was so excited I nearly [...]

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Rock On!

January 5, 2008

Y’all have probably already seen this, because it said in my AARP Bulletin from August (I’m finally getting around to reading it) that they are a cult hit on YouTube. This is The Zimmers, who are a group of 40 “Old Age Pensioners.” This British group certainly challenges any pre-conceived notions about old age! Alf, [...]

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A Dose of Depp

January 2, 2008

Y’all don’t even want to go to the movies with me. Naw, I swear it’s true. You see, I’m a little squeamish about suspense and violence. My son says that I’m a sissy. I just can’t help it, because I feel everyone’s pain and take it as my own. Heck, my parents wouldn’t even take [...]

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Brush With Celebrity

November 18, 2007

Have y’all ever had a “brush with celebrity?” Were you excited when you did? Did you act like a moron? I’ve met some of my favorite singers, but no one that y’all would be too excited about. I did my best to act nonchalant when I met them, but I was sweaty palmed. Just meeting [...]

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Huh?

October 29, 2007

My local paper, The Denton Record Chronicle, has a section called “Names In The News,” where they publish stories that come over the Associated Press wires. I don’t know why I bother to read it, because I usually scratch my head and say, “Huh?” Sunday’s paper was no exception. The headline read: Church to send [...]

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Dancing With My Star

October 9, 2007

I’m secretly addicted to Dancing With The Stars. Don’t tell anyone, because I’m one of those “television snobs.” I think that television is a medium rarely well done. I don’t want to watch the stars during their silly rehearsals, but I love watching them dance the finished product. Especially when they do the jive dancing. [...]

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Manic Monday. “Orange” Means It’s Halloween.

October 1, 2007

“Orange” is the word on this Manic Monday. Mo gives us a word, and we are supposed to be inspired to write. It doesn’t always work! My first thought is of some orange trucks that we have around Denton, Texas, I’ve already told you about Frenchy’s Brand. That leaves me with “Halloween” as my only [...]

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Manic Monday. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

September 16, 2007

I don’t know about the rest of y’all, but when I was young I totally bought into the idea that I should look like a supermodel. The magazines at the checkout stand in the grocery store told me how I was supposed to look, and even told me how to achieve that look. All I [...]

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Ripped From The Headlines

September 7, 2007

I was perusing my Denton Record Chronicle while I drank my morning coffee. Some people may prefer their news on the internet or the television, but I am a die-hard fan of the daily newspaper. It’s how I know the important things that are going on in the world. You know, like: what’s happening in [...]

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One Last “MeMeMe” Meme

May 27, 2007

Y’all for the life of me I can’t figure out why anyone wants to know more about me. I’ve admitted more to you than I told my shrink (yeah, I went to one for awhile because it was fashionable and I didn’t have any better sense than to waste my money). You can read my [...]

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The Man in Black

May 15, 2007

Today over at Duward Discussion, Jamie had a unique idea that I just love. Because she doesn’t often comment when she visits blogs, and rarely answers the comments on her own blog, she decided to put videos as “thank you gifts” to folks who had recently commented. She said, “So here are some presents for [...]

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Anna Nicole’s Diaries

April 6, 2007

My husband and I finally got everything packed and crawled into bed to try to get some sleep before our travel tomorrow. We switched on the television to the nightly news and caught the story that two of Anna Nicole Smith’s diaries were coming up for auction. My husband said, “Were they written in crayon?”

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That Woman Was Janis Joplin

March 31, 2007

My hairdresser this morning had a first guess of Anna Nicole Smith. But, my mystery tough woman was Janis Lyn Joplin, who was raised in Port Arthur, Texas. She died in 1970 of a heroin overdose. That the young woman took to drugs so readily would be no surprise considering the decades in which she [...]

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A Woman Who Was Tough

March 31, 2007

“Lyn”s early years gave no clue to the turbulent life she would live. She grew up in a typical small Texas town, in a family that was not out of the ordinary. Her Daddy labored at an oil refinery and her Momma was a domestic goddess. Life was rosy and sweet for the young girl. [...]

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Leave It To Beaver And Wally And Eddie

March 16, 2007

This picture is making the rounds in e-mail. I don’t know if someone has altered it with a photo program to make it look worse. If so, they did a great job of it. You might not be old enough to recognize them. From left to right, that’s Ken Osmond (a.k.a. Eddie Haskell), Jerry Mathers [...]

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Old Jigsaw Puzzlers Never Die…They Just Go To Pieces

January 9, 2007

There is that “blonde joke” about the gal who said, “I bought a puzzle that said ’2-4 years.’ I don’t know why they think it’s that hard…I finished it in 6 months.” That was funny until my husband and I sat down to work a jigsaw puzzle, produced by The Puzzle House, called “Starry Night.” [...]

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Let’s Play a Hand of Footsie

January 3, 2007

As a child, I remember that my parents often got together with friends for an evening of card games. Usually the game was poker, spades, or canasta. Everyone brought a dish of food for a “potluck” supper, after which the kids went off to watch television and play kid games and the grownups gathered at [...]

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