New Dr. Seuss Book Title

Funny Road Sign

This is a road sign I spotted not far from my house. The first time I saw it, I had to turn about because I wasn't sure I actually saw what it says. I snapped this picture, and a few weeks later saw that the post on the sign had been removed. So here is the picture. In case you need help getting the joke it reads: "Thirteen foot, seven inch Dude"..now you get it?

Olympiad

I've always been a bit of an Olympics junkie. I've loved watching the Olympics over the years, and watching some random athelete's dream of gold come to fruition. I also like how the Olympics tend to bring people together. For a few short weeks, people from feuding nations can come together and forget about the worldly troubles. I often see atheletes embrace each other regardless of gender, color, or ethnicity. So, I was very sad to see this picture of the Spanish Olympic Basketball team published. Supposedly they say it was all in good "fun" and not meant to be offensive. I am not Chinese, but I was offended.

Grow up. And have a little respect, Seeeeenors.

Trekkin' Down Memory Lane

Lately I have been converting my cassette tapes to MP3 format so I can pitch the tapes and rid myself of clutter. My most surprising find was several episodes of "Open House Party" circa 1990 that I taped from the radio. I used to listen to that every weekend. I didn't even really like main stream pop, but I'd listen anyway since that was the cool thing to do. I preferred alternative music and Indie bands. The tapes are chock full of New Kids on the Block (and Jonathan was always my favorite) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Sweet Seduction, Wilson Phillips, Seal, Miami Sound Machine, Young MC, Milli Vanilli, and other bands.

When I surveyed my CD collection I also discovered I still have the very first CD I purchased...EXPOSE' "what you don't Know". (Stop Laughing)

I have actually enjoyed the CD and listening to the tapes. I am very musically oriented so many of my life memories are connected to music. I can go back in time and almost re-live sections of my life that are associated with music. But mostly from the recent audio flashback, I remember the good times of being a kid. The lack of worries. How the days seemed to last forever. How I lived to tape random crap off the radio. How Summer seemed to drag on and I couldn't wait to get back to school. Then school would start and a week or so into it, I was over it again.

I've laughed at the sheer cheesiness of most of the music I listened to in my late grade school/early high school years. I remember the acid washed jeans, how vanilla ice shaved stripes in his eyebrows, tretorns, Keds, the sky-skraper bangs, the leather studded jackets, faux rappers, the LA Gear sneakers, Hair Bands, oversized Belts, ....But there were some good bands back then... even if the music now is only good for a laugh.

Gotta Love the Veggie Tales

I love veggie tales. I spent the better portion of my weekend watching veggie tales with some friends. Here's a little diddy we learned from the "Wizard of Ha's"
A silly veggie-tale song:
"If it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey, even if it has a monkey kinda shape! If it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey, if it doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey it's an ape!"

Lunar Eclipse

I got to see most of tonight's lunar eclipse from my post on the planet. The weather temperature was mild, so I sat in my driveway and pondered things beyond the clouds. The sky got a bit cloudy though, so I missed a good portion of it.

It is nights like this I wish I had a good telescope. Saturn's rings are supposed to be visible, as will Regulus (the brightest star in the constellation Leo) NASA reports that saturn and regulus will actually sandwich the moon. I am sorry to miss that. Maybe by the next lunar eclipse I will have a telescope........Santa? Are you listening?

When September Ends by GreenDay

I saw this music game on someone else's blog and thought it would be fun to try myself. The answer to question number 6 is actually quite funny, since I always say that I feel smart if I can get just one Jeopardy question right.
But I digress. Back to the music. Give it a go and see what you come up with:

Instructions To Play:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, MP3, whatever- player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You MUST write that song name no matter how silly it sounds.
4. The last song after question #20 will be your post title.


1. If Someone says "Is this okay" you say? "I just wanna live" by Good Charlotte

2. How would you describe yourself? “Fever” by Rita Moreno

3. What do you like in a guy/girl? “underwater love" by smoke city

4. How do you feel today? “who invited you" by The Donnas

5. What is your life's purpose? “marble lions" by Saint Etienne

6. What is your motto? “I lost on Jeopardy” by Weird Al (I swear this was random!)

7. What do your friends think of you? “polyester bride" by Liz Phair

8. What do your parents think of you? “spitting games" by snow patrol

9. What do you think about very often? “poppy selling man" by 10,000 maniacs

10. What is 2 + 2? “It’s Over” by Maria Taylor

11. What do you think of your Ex? "Daybreak"by Barry Manilow

12. What do you think of the person you like? “Kiss them for me" by Siouxie and the Banshees

13. What is your life story? “Run" by Snow Patrol

14. What do you want to be when you grow up? “walkin’ on sunshine" by Katrina and the waves

15. What do you think when you see the person you like? “One" by Mary J. Blige/U2

16. What will they play at your funeral? “Hurricane" by Athelete

17. What is your hobby/interest? “My guru" by Kalyanji Anandji

18. What is your biggest fear? “Don't Talk" by 10,000 Maniacs

19. What is your biggest secret? “Fields of Gold" by Eva Cassidy

20. What do you think of your friends? “I can't get behind that" by William shatner/ Henry Rollins

the next song up is "when september ends" by Green day