That last post made me walk outside and check. Yes, we still have puppies of our own out here, five of them. They are the most adorable puppies in the world… but then, I might be a little prejudiced. They really are cute, though. They just got their eyes open a day or so ago. Their mother is a full blooded German Shepherd, and the father is a full blooded black Lab. That makes for some incredible dogs. I don’t really expect to have a problem placing these:)
I got a call from my eldest yesterday, telling us to watch the evening news. Apparently, the TWENTY SEVEN false alarm fire scares that her Arkansas State University dorm has been through in two months finally got the media’s attention. Yep, you read that right. Twenty seven fire alarms, all false. Over five hundred students evacuated, as most of them happened in the middle of the night. This is a coed dorm. I am betting that some twisted little college psycho likes watching the girls stand around in their nighties. On the news broadcast, the camera showed one girl in nothing but a towel. She was out in the cold in nothing but a towel for about two hours while they cleared the building. They are offering a one thousand dollar reward for info on who is doing this. If they ever catch the guy, I am betting he has to be placed in protective custody. Can YOU imagine fighting off five hundred pissed off coeds?
It’s early in the Christmas buying season, and I am already tired. I feel like I have been to every site on the web offering Christmas “specials”. Most of them aren’t all that special, and in some cases, the “special” part is that they cost more now than at any other time of the year. With eBay turning into Feebay, the really good deals are harder to find this year than before even there. Once you sift through all the weight loss gimmicks, the jewelry that is genuinely fake, the broken toys and clothing seconds, not to mention everything “as seen on tv“, you aren’t left with a whole lot. Anyone with any BETTER ideas, let me know:)
I think I heard this song for the first time in about eighty four, maybe a little before. I loved the song. That the lyrics don’t make any sense unless you happen to be schizo didn’t matter to me at the time. Hey, maybe they DID make sense back then. I was still in high school, and I really don’t remember… was it something that they said? All the voices in my head… calling…..
Okay, they did it to me and I am going to do it to you. Have you ever wondered about your sanity? I mean, really? And when people put together an insanity test, do you wonder about THEIR sanity? I do. My children, who apparently think I am not only over the hill but also losing my mind, have provided me with THIS TEST. It’s a simple sixty second or so test (much less if you fail) and shouldn’t be too hard at all. For the record, I failed. How did YOU do? (flash clip involved, and it makes noise.) Just click the link, let the page load fully, and follow instructions.
Fair warning, this clip is about fifteen minutes long, give or take. But whoever put it together did a pretty good job, and it’s funny. This is a clip of a compilation of vintage sixties bloopers. When you get to the one where the mother is talking to her kid about the dog… they call that a blooper? I do that HERE on a daily basis! In any case, I really hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
Every time I think that my children have found and sent me the dumbest possible website on the net, they outdo themselves. This time it was my 14 year old daughter that managed to lower my IQ with a webpage. The webpage in question is called “Leekspin“. For those of you still all the smarter for not having seen it, it is a cartoon image of a young woman singing nonsensical sounds as she twirls…. well, apparently, a leek. I hope that you (ahem) enjoy it… at least as much as I did.
Thinking about the Police (couple posts back) got me thinking about other music from when I was a kid, and now you get to suffer for it. I attended the ZZ Top “Afterburner” tour back in, I think, 1986. I went with a couple of people who meant a lot to me at the time, Sandy and Jerry. I lost track of Jerry after I left college. Sandy and I had a major falling out (mostly my immature little fault) not long after the concert. But that night, we were three of the best of friends out for a great unforgettable time. Sure, we were in the nosebleed section, but it didn’t even matter. We had a blast. In the “past hits” section of that concert, they played SHARP DRESSED MAN. This particular video is from a 2005 performance, but the song hasn’t changed.
Okay, I am in a musical memory frame of mind this morning. I’ve had this song, “Every Breath You Take”, running through my head all morning, and thanks to YouTube, I am making sure you get to share the experience:) I dunno, I go to thinking about the eighties and the music that was happening then, and The Police usually come to mind when I do that. The Police are a great group, and Sting was HOT back then. Well, that wasn’t intended as a slam, he probably still is. I kinda quit noticing hot after my tenth year of marriage and fourth baby. But this song is awesome:)
Time for a complete change of pace. I love these old commercials, and this one features the Chipminks. I think they had a totally different idea of what “fun in the tub” meant those days! There arre times when I wish we COULD go back to a day when things were more simple.
