Evel Knievel, the daredevil motorcyclist who jumped Snake River Canyon died today at the age of 69. His death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He has been in poor health for several years, suffering from diabetes as well as pulmonary fibrosis.
Here is the failed jump that made him truly ‘America’s Daredevil’
Back in the seventies Evel was my hero, failed jumps and all, simply because he kept trying to win and wouldn’t give up.
Martins is a full-service Toronto florist that is celebrating 110 years of being open on December 1st with an open house. It’s not often anymore to find great businesses that are family operated any more, particularly one that has been operating for five generations as Martins, The Flower People have.
The current owner is Lynn Martin and is helped by her son Ryan Martin. Having been in business so long they know exactly what they are doing and how to give folks the products that they want, when they want them.
The open house will take place from 12pm – 6pm and you will be able to view Martin’s exclusive flower designs and enjoy special discounts for attending as well as homemade treats while you are there. If you are interested in going, here’s the map:
With a proven history of delivering on-time quality arrangements using innovative products they are able to offer world-wide delivery with same day service to Canada as well as the United States.
Here is a centerpiece from Martins’…
I love plants and flowers and anyone that hangs out here every once in awhile gets to see photos I have taken. I am not particularly knowledgeable about any kind of flora but I know what I like and that’s a beautiful centerpiece.
The Martins Exclusives that you can have delivered for any occasion are just as wonderful if not more so, and with delivery available across North America there is no reason not to get the best.
One of the things that keeps the floral designs from Martins so fresh and up to date is the fact that they follow decorating trends and keep up with the latest and greatest. In addition to being able to order them online you can also visit their web site to obtain decorating tips and great information. With the month of December being so imminent everyone is looking for Christmas floral designs and Martins is the place to look.
I guess today is just the day to catch up on all of the shit I have been meaning to do for quite some time. Twice a year I have to get my blood drawn and then visit my doctor so that she can tell me to eat right an quit smoking and then renew my prescriptions for Vytorin (Cholesterol) and Protonix (either an ulcer or some other gastric nastiness). I ran out of medicine about two weeks ago and have not had the free time to go get it done. The only morning I have been off up until now I was so damned tired from the previous 10 days of work that I slept in.
I would have loved to sleep in today but the wife and girls made sure that I got up and took care of business. I arrived a couple of minutes after eight and the nurse tried to get it out of one arm and then the other, sticking me four or five times in the process. No go. I guess I must be dehydrated or something. Possibly my diet of garbage and coffee combined with 18 hour days has something to do with it.
After sitting for an hour and drinking so much water I wanted to puke, the other nurse tried to get it out of my arm with no success. She finally got a bit of blood drawn from my hand. I breathed a sigh of relief when it finally started flowing, although a bit slow) because I thought I had woke up dead and somebody forgot to tell me. Now I will have to wait a few more days for the doctor to call and set up an appointment for after the first of the year. I am going to have to deal with heartburn and this crappy prevacid until that point.
Prior to coming home I stopped at one of our stores (the one in my little town) for a much needed cup of coffee and breakfast. I actually had a point in stopping there. The manager is fairly new and she is a pretty nice lady, a single mom. It is hard enough to run our restaurants but being a single mom is pretty damned tough. She gave her two week notice a couple of days ago, and I know that several of the big cheese dudes have been down to talk with her, but they won’t do anything but lie and promise her the moon anyway, so I thought it might do a bit of good to go give her a bit of honesty and try to keep her from leaving in the process. As a store manager it can be hard at times, but certainly not impossible, and she would be making a mistake leaving. Hell, I bitch about holidays and weekends, but for the most part I worked a 40 hour week as a store manager and was home by 3PM most days. Not a bad fucking job to have. That’s one of the reasons it took me so long to decide that I wanted to take this promotion. I knew that I would literally be doubling my money but only taking about a $20-30k pay increase.
I think that maybe she is going to stay but hopefully my bosses will continue to visit and reassure her daily for awhile.
Once I got home a little while ago I did what you always do on Friday afternoon four days before your birthday, renewed my car tags and driver’s license. Nothing like waiting until the last fucking minute! I did renew my license for ten years though, which is cool because it means that the picture that’s on my license from 2000 will still be on there when I turn 52. Sweet. Hell, I even have a moustache and goatee in the picture. Sooner or later someone is going to say ‘that’s not you’ and call the law on my ass.
I had originally planned on doing a bit of Christmas and grocery shopping today but my damn head is pounding from lack of caffeine and I am pretty beat. Maybe tomorrow after the Christmas parade I can get it done. I have managed to get a bunch of Christmas lights and stuff like lighted deer and trees on clearance recently so I will most likely decorate the yard as well tomorrow afternoon and then post photos. We did get the tree set up and the girls and I decorated it Wednesday evening, so it’s starting to feel a bit like Christmas even if I do live with the Grinch.
Authorities in North Georgia arrested a woman and her boyfriend on child cruelty charges after the woman’s 9-year-old son was found bound and gagged with duct tape in a closet.
I figured she must have seen my video for Duck Buddies 🙂 Her mistake was in putting the child in the closet. Just put the little shit out on the back porch where he can get some fresh air, or lock him somewhere he can breathe but can’t be heard by inspectors, like the basement…