October 17, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #4

Thirteen Things I Learned in Helen This Weekend 1…. Don’t plan on working through a weekend when there is a blogmeet 2…. Take plenty of Aspirin and Alka Seltzer 3…. Bathroom floors are just as uncomfortable now as they were 20 years ago. 4…. Monkeys might REALLY fly 5…. Alligators left in the river DON’T…Read more

Remember Baby Jessica?

The so-called anniversary of Baby Jessica’s rescue was Tuesday and I had meant to post something in passing about it but got busy doing something else. On October 16th 1987 I was actually on the road out to Los Angeles when this was on the news. I was pretty young at the time and although…Read more

Cars…

Although I probably have a few more months before I start looking at new cars again, driving that rental this weekend got me to thinking about them. I am still pretty much up in the air as to what I want to get when I finally break down and get another car. I do know…Read more

Word Association…

When I was thinking last week about gift for the holidays and/or our upcoming 20th anniversary I started thinking about pearls for some reason. One thing led to another and the fact that I was looking at a pearl necklace online got me to thinking about the classic ZZ Top song by the same name…Read more

Artist Draws Mohammed As A Dog

Remember the artist in Denmark that drew Mohammed that received death threats from all over the world and prompted some publications to pull it and apologize? Swedish artist Lars Vilks has done basically the same thing but is taking a stand for his artistic expression…

Samurai Swords

I was always a big fan of martial arts as I was growing up but more of an armchair fan than anything I suppose. I have always loved Seven Samurai and any other type of martial arts movies up to and including stuff with Chuck Norris and some of the other more recent stars like…Read more

Wordless Wednesday

What’s that sheep doing anyway?

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Beth Her name is Holly Holeman. Her job is working at a flower shop. And her mission to make sure soldiers are never forgotten. Which is why she’s out at Arlington National Cemetery every week putting flowers around the headstones. She usually does this alone, but on a bitter…Read more

Sunday (The Aftermath)

All in all I felt like crap on Sunday morning. Nay..I felt like hammered dogshit as Rob would say. I was really looking forward to getting up, packing up, checking out and going to breakfast with the rest of the bloggers prior to heading back to Atlanta. What I actually did was lie in a…Read more