Saturday, February 24, 2007

Where? What? When? How? Why?

1. Where would you bury Anna Nichole Smith! I have the answer as to her destination! I will divulge it soon! Check back!

2 Is Brittany Spears a bit nuts? I have the answer. Stay tuned!

3. Maybe Howard K Stern will get custody of Brittany's babies! Think so?

4. Will this idiocy ever end or will another fill the void when the current stuff is over.

5. Who will be next!

Stay tune....we'll have all the answers as we devolop our new CELEBRITY REPORT. It might be up before the current show is over!

Off the Wagon!



Last time I saw Dr Bruner, my personal D.O., he talked about going through Dr Smoot's (my personal Pulmonary Specialist) sleep clinic. And he admonished me for saying I was having trouble sleeping but I still needed my morning full bore coffee and my afternoon Coke. Yes the morning coffee is only instant whatever is on sale and serves the purpose but the Coke was Coke. Not fancy Coke like Cherry Coke. Just old fashioned Coke! Well I went grocerying after seeing Dr Bruner and with a reformed attitude I bought a green jar of coffee and a 12 of A&W Root Beer! Well, I drank the first few cups of coffee out of the green jar and soon it became the second in line behind the old red jar. I just couldn't keep my eyes open with the green coffee. By 10 am I needed a nap! It was much better with the red jar's coffee! But now comes the afternoon. Along about 3 pm comes the glance toward the bed and it looks so nice and comfy. The A&W just wasn't doing it! So I put it on the counter and told it I would have to let it go sort of like the lady who does the mop and duster ad on TV. Today I got me some real pop. Coke is back! To hell with sleep. Give me a Coke or give me death! Is that like some famous politican once said!

Tree Report

Some folks talk about their cats, some about their dogs, some about their kids, some about their cars, some about their vacations, or their jobs but since I have no cats or dogs or kids here at least or a classy car or haven't had a recent vaction or a job all I have to report on is my little tree! Since last time we talked about its nature I have noticed tiny little buds developing! My tree is surely growing and even knows the season to bud! What a smart tree even with no big tree to teach it!

Santa Claus of February!

Holy Santa it was like Christmas in February around here on Friday. I mentioned to Matt the building manager while he made his rounds that my TV has been forming a large black rectangle over the bottom half of the screen! I showed him and he agreed that it was difficult to watch a picture like that. And while I was complaining I mentioned that the fridge was freezing my lettuce but the freezer itself was not freezing my frozens. I told him to catch Land Lady Shannon in a good mood and relay the information to her some day. Matt left to clean another room but returned in a few minutes to tell me to start emptying my fridge because Land Lady Shannon was just leaving Home Depot with a new fridge and T V set for me! I learned a good lesson from what happened yesterday. When in need, complain!

Elves?

Sometime last Wednesday just after midnight in the darkness of an Iron Mountain night some elves apparently came to town and down the chimney they went into the bank and put into my account ledger the facts relative to my very first Social Security "check". Beth, who knows a little about Social Security's operations thinks they were elves who came all the way from India on that mission! What a delight to see a few bucks sitting there just waiting to make the rounds at Walmart or Kmart or Citgo! Thanks elves and keep up the good work!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The Auto Auction

I drove a car to the auto auction for Dave the car dealer day before yesterday. He needed to liquidate a couple of duds from his lot so we hung around until they were sold. I had never seen autos being sold off like this. Hey, if you want to buy one you need to be quick! The cars roll into a garage area and stop. The auctioneer announces it and takes bids for about 45 to 90 seconds and either takes a high bid or sends the car back to its owner or to the storage lot for another try some other day. Its obvious that these dealers know their stuff and know what they want. Otherwise they might lose their shirts in the hustle!

Oh Christmas Tree!


You might have read the story of my Christmas Tree back in December. Well, my tree didn't go to the storage room or the compost pile. Its still sits there on the table! I checked out the facts on my "Christmas Tree" and found that it can be a house plant. Its a Norfolk Island Pine, a popular houseplant/Christmas tree. It has such wonderful soft needles. It not like those prickly smelly trees one finds in the tree lot. If any readers out there know anything about them let me know how to raise it so I can decorate it again next year. I guess out in the wilds of, I suppose Norfolk Island, they grow to immense size. Maybe I'll need to buy me a chainsaw in a few years! I wonder if this one will eventually go out through the roof or should I make it a bonsai. I do know that I need to find it a bigger pot soon since it has grown about six inches since December! And I know that it gives off oxygen so much in demand around here! I wonder if it blooms in the summer! I wonder if I should hire a tree pruning service so it looks its very best for next Christmas! Maybe I'll take it for a ride to Cost Cutters for a trim!

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Well, I Think I Can Get Down

When driving around one should be careful to not break the road ahead and then turn and break the road behind! But in this case I think it is happening! This scene is one of many interesting sights to be amazed with when travelling through Milwaukee's Marquette Interchange reconstuction.




Thursday, February 01, 2007

"Ghost of the Forest"

A while back I wrote about Julia and her enjoyment of the Berenstain Bears books. While we visited there last week "Ghost in the Forest" arrived in the mail and Julia fell on love with the book. At first her Dad thought it would be too scary but Julia's reaction was ok. Tonight her Dad reported that Julia decided to be the reader at bedtime and read/recited the story! Ahh, what a reader we have developing!

Is Volvo Reading This?


I hope Volvo is too busy to read this because Volvo might not be happy with what I have to say! The other day I took a "run" down to Milwaukee with Dave the used car dealer. Its a fun trip compared to a "run" with Volvo pulling 49,000 pounds of paper for the printer and then picking up a soda backhaul for the local distributor. We headed out at 10 am and stopped for lunch in Manitowoc or Sheboygan. Then it was down to the auction yard where I got into a fancy Chrysler Pacifica touring wagon with finger tip radio controls on the backside of the steering wheel spokes. Then its nonstop at mach 1 from just north of Milwaukee to Iron Mountain. Volvo, it may not pay as much as we used to make but the free lunch (who said there is no such thing) and the crisp Grant will keep me in malted milk balls and cola. We already planned next weeks adventure!

Dream of Travel

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