Support this if you can cause this is funny. I’ve suddenly become a Tennessee fan (for the week) – never have liked USC and now have more reason to rag on The Cheating University of Southern California (have a good time in Seattle, Pete): Vols Fan Wants to Rename Waste Treatment Plant after Kiffin Continue reading Renaming Rights
To nurture your own global warming opinions, first watch this: John Coleman | KUSI – News, Weather and Sports – San Diego, CA | Latest Headlines
Then riddle me this Weather Man: Continue reading “Have it all and stop talking about it”
Happy Belated New Year y’all!
So much – sometimes too much – going on, but then so much went on last year…that was documented.
One thing for 2009 for sure: I’m done! That is last year’s New Year’s resolution to take one picture a day is done. What fun I had and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. It brought me more familiar with photography, a decent and knowledgeable understanding of digital cameras (I now have 6 within arm’s reach at any time day or night), a better eye for detail, color, repeating forms, and a favorite…people. Continue reading “365-2009”
A bit of Christmas humor emailed from pal Shawn this morning: Christmas Carols for Disturbed Friends Schizophrenia — Do I Hear What I Hear? Multiple Personality Disorder – We Three Kings Disoriented Are Dementia – I Think I’ll Be Home for Christmas Narcissistic – Hark the Herald Angels Sing about Me Manic – Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and … Paranoid – Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me Borderline Personality Disorder – Thoughts of Roasting my nuts on an Open Fire Personality Disorder – You … Continue reading EHR: Christmas Carols for Disturbed Friends
Tis the season of Christmas…it has always stirred emotions in me. Not just for the religious joy it brings, but also for family traditions, memories, anticipations, sadness, and pride; they all swell from my withins and give a unique reflection on Christmas each year. It was some 12 years ago – December 14, 1997 – when this family lost a daughter, sister, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and friend – Mom was all one in the same person, our life-long Santa Claus that brought joy to us all. Christmas will forever be her time in my heart.
Without permission, I boldly speak for my family in saying we have learned to cope, heal, and continue our lives over those 12 years. Our loss was made even more difficult in knowing Christmas time was an incredibly special time with our family. We’ve had our share of sadness as we have also reaped blessings of joy since her death. Many times we don’t realize either of those emotions until they confront us, with all the bluntness and suddenness a life changing event can muster. When that happens, we have learned to celebrate a life shared, a life lived, a life blessed, a life remembered. Continue reading “A Christmas Made More Difficult, but We Celebrate”
From my dear friend and former co-worker Elizabeth, who has a wonderful sense of humor (I need to post more of her EHR on this blog…and not all of them bash men):
To Be 6 Again…
A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching his wife, who was looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she’d like to have for her birthday.
‘I’d like to be six again’, she replied, still looking in the mirror . Continue reading “EHR: To be 6 again”
It was a grand time had with nearly all of us and the families over Thanksgiving (except for mine – they were scattered across 4 states this year). Nephews and nieces were discovered as being neater and funner to be around from what I last remembered. I know we all are so proud and live the many daily blessing of family, and rightfully so.
One regret I continue to struggle with in moving away from Kansas many years ago is that our families know of each other only by a brief time spent together over a few days each year. It remains a tough pill for me to swallow that my FD and FS didn’t/don’t know their Grandparents, uncles and aunts, and cousins better, and vice versa. Fortunately the solice I take in that personal decision (to move) is apparent when I look at our family’s careers, experiences, opportunities and successes, realizing it was the best and right thing for us to do, knowing we had the unconditional support of everyone back “home”. Then my regrets quickly fade.
December 6, 2009
So what if I missed the Big 12 Championship game last night, I was enjoying my company’s Christmas party and while there, too busy being confused with TV trivia being MC’d by our throwback 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s DJ (oh the agony of correctly stating the color of the Dukes of Hazard’s car when I was supposed to be guessing that of Starsky & Hutch’s – and loss of a randomly selected gift card on top of it!). But fear not my faithful (or one time) blog readers, I got caught up with the game’s outcome after reading all 4 pages of the Sunday Dallas Morning News. Continue reading “Schooled in CFB”
Sometimes (not often enough) my cynical outlook on the way today’s politics is being played makes me reflect on a time-gone-by (yes Virginia, I am getting way to old). We taxpayers have to put up with the incessant bombardment of partisan positioning, extreme, over-the-edge left and right commentary, a sour economy lead by ghost or buffoon leadership, and an impotent political population in Washington D.C. – for how many years? All the while, very little seems to get done and what does…well that moves at a glacier’s pace (oh wait, maybe I should say “at a snail’s pace” since global warming seems to be melting the glaciers faster than our political processes moves)…can I ‘ughhhhhhhhhhhh’ through clenched teeth now?
Thanks goes to gal-pal Jayne for her email this week…it saved me a scolding about the ill effects of teeth grinding from my dentist. Oddly (but not surprisingly) these few Ronald Reagan-ism quotes, probably some 30-years old now, are still worthy and applicable to today’s government and politicians: Continue reading “Where’s a Ronny when you need one?”
This past weekend saw a Dallas Cowboy’s team, with the highest NFL payroll at $151M± and a $1.2B stadium, beat a Washington Redskins team, with the 2nd highest NFL payroll at $112M±, by a score of 7-6. Oh Jerry, please let me give you my $400 for yet another lousy offensive performance on a Sunday afternoon at your new playhouse.
Those of you that read my column on a regular basis know of my preferences of high school and college football, and my disdain for professional football, basketball, and/or baseball players in general.
Here’s a big reason why: Continue reading “Uneven the Score”
Email Humor Received received from buddy Shawn today – I could so do a least a few of these (#1, #2, #5, #7, #15 without hesitation), if I’m dragged to the fabric store, or when Deb and FD get together in the same store…ohhhhhh the pain of it all…I’m liable to employ any and/or all of these ideas:
WHY WOMEN SHOULDN’T TAKE MEN SHOPPING…or ever leave them alone.
After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out.
Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women – she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target.
Dear Mrs. Samuel,
It has been a while since I posted about Raving Fan service. Maybe too long. Today was good in that it provided me reason to shake my head. Shaking in disbelief? Yes. Shaking in “tell me I didn’t just hear that”. Yes. Shaking in “I got something in my ear”? Yes.
Here’s my shaking story: I’ve been home-medicating a sinus cough all week. After a couple idle threats and a plea or two (all from Deb and FD), I called my 25-year+ doctor to schedule an appointment – it was 12:45 p.m. I got the ever-pleasant phone recorder saying “our office hours are…we take lunch from 12:00-1:00”. I hung up thinking I really needed to run a business like that – don’t take phone calls over lunch. I called back after 1pm and a young lady answered. I asked to see “Jack” for a coughing aliment (I really don’t like to see anyone else but Jack). Continue reading “I shake my head and drop trough”
There have been only a few television shows that strike at my core. As my family will attest, one of them (actually multiple series) has been annoying to the entire family – Star Trek (Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer) – but then they only needed to get beyond the amateurness of acting and become one with the story line to truly appreciate the brilliance of the series.
Another favorite of mine is All in the Family. I love Archie. He reminds me of today’s right-wing Republicans that can never say a good or positive thing about…well, anything unless it deals with the increasing size of their wallet. One can only laugh in agreement or at the absurdity of the claims – there’s no middle ground with Archie.
But perhaps my all time favorite is The Andy Griffith Show. Even though I much-prefer the black & white, Don Knotts shows, never was an episode (black & white or color) aired that didn’t tell a life story or give a life lesson. And when Andy was doing the talking, it was golden…espicially if a very young Opie was at the receiving end of his lessons. Andy, the pillar of the community, the rock of reason, the class of the class, the good ‘ol boy that can relate to the bubba, is always bringing common-sense justice to the lives and purpose to the day’s events of Mayberry citizens .
See if you agree. Andy makes quick explanation and sense of a convoluted play, and re-tells a story of human nature and suggests a reasonable alternative to the problem. (probably not exactly what the playwright had in mind) Continue reading “Life Lesson No. ???”
My personal favorite month is just about over. It has found me taking 856 photos so far this month (as of this day and time of morning).
It is a time of year when nature starts preparing for winter. Animals fatten up (including me), the sugars in leaves make for admirable fall colors, kids seem to get more energetic with cool days and chilly nights. You gotta love it. Continue reading “October is the best”
Gang, I am so sorry for all these YouTubes lately. It seems every one I’m sent or watch lately strikes a funny bone in me. I promise I will return to my sarcastic ways real soon.
This YouTube is on OFNi DaniC’s Facebook wall from OFNi Whitty…I think. It is funny and sad all in the same clip, none the less. Be sure to listen carefully at the 1 minute 10 second mark of the clip – I’ve got a dog just like Simon’s Sister’s :) Continue reading “EHR: Simon’s Sister’s Dog in ‘Fed Up’”
From co-worker Ryan. This one brings tears to my eyes…and pains to my stomach. I have sang this same song before…maybe Shane and I can go on that “So You Can Duet” show on CMT next season.
Thanks Ryan – Shane only gets better each time he sings. Continue reading “EHR: Shane can sing 5 octaves…so he says”
Just in case you missed it, see the YouTube below of President Obama’s address to the Nation as to what he has thus far accomplished while in office. Ya just sometimes gotta love good SNL skits. It seems they (good skits) can get so far and so few in between these days.
One refreshing thing about Saturday Night Live, they usually will not pull punches on their satirical renditions (or meanness) of any one political party’s lunacy, or a celebrity’s stupidity.
Regardless of your political persuasion, this is funny. If not…lighten up would ya. Continue reading “What he’s done – naada”
Email Inspiration Received (EIR) today from my good friend David (Stapp), whom I haven’t spoken face-to-face with in probably 8 years, but have recently been forwarding emails to each other. Here’s how this message goes today:
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A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. Continue reading “EIR: This explains why I forward jokes…”
Email Inspiration Received: Got this email from OFSIL Becky this morning…many of you may have received or read it before this posting, but I certainly hadn’t. It makes starting my day knowing “enough” really is a pretty nice amount. Thanks Bec.
Subject: Wonderful message
Pray You ENOUGH:
Who knew this? Today’s Full Moon (10/4/09) is called a “Hunter’s Moon”. Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes refer to the full moon at this time of the year because the deer are fat and it’s time to hunt (as well as many other animals). Since all the crops are harvested, it’s now time to gather food by hunting animals…but it’s all kind of contrary to the weekly observance of 10/26: Give Wildlife a Break Week.
October is an incredibly busy (and popular) month for special occasions and observances. I trust y’all will be joining me in the on-going daily, weekly, and monthly holiday and event celebrations in October. Of all the observances going on this month, I would like to point out a few of particular interest to me:
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