Stick in the mud

To all of my 5 readers - sorry I have not been around --- I have been traveling to Chicago and Detroit this past week.
When visiting my main squeeze in Detroit (and his elementary aged niece and nephew) there was, not surprisingly, a lot of talk of Harry Potter. Fine - they are in elementary school - let them have it.
But, I am for once, taking a stand against these movies - Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings trilogy BORE me! It's fine if people are interested in these movies, but when they chastise me for wanting nothing to do with them, it thoroughly grinds my gears.
You can imagine my relief when I saw this picture on the web. Thank GAW I am not the only stick in the mud out there.

Here's to Josie

If you know my family, you are well aware that we are quite the soccer fans - so, to fulfill our soccer thirst, my mom, dad and I went to the Women's US Soccer Team versus China at the Cleveland Brown's Stadium on Saturday night (we won by the way). What's more important than the win, though, is the classic Jane Freeman moment that took place.
After our first goal, the fans were, naturally, going wild, including my mom... but for some reason she wasn't blending in. She was chanting, "ALRIGHT JOSIE!! WAYYYY TO GO JOSIE!!!" - all while throwing her hands in the air and belting her guts out.

FUNNY- there is not a Josie on the US team, the Chinese team, nor any of the teams' staff. People were looking at her funny. And it was getting quite obvious my mom was either having a psychotic delusion OR she was not aware that the flashing "JOSE CUERVO" sign on the score board, was not, in fact, a reflection of the game's status. It was the latter - my mom's inability to get with the times, and also her inability to read Spanish.

If I had any doubts about moving home for this year, this little incident helped to clear that all up. I am quite content with that decision - now.

Dippity Dip Dip

If Dippin' Dots are the "ice cream of the future", sign me up for a time machine. I want them in every major grocery chain, and I want strictly Dippin' Dots ice cream trucks going down the street pronto. I hope I'm not the only Dippin' Dot Dildo out there.

Don't make me sit through baseball games and seedy amusement parks just so I can't taste your ballish sweetness!

GIVE ME MY DIPPIN' DOTS!!!!!

Happy Friday!

Bonnets, bums, and booze - does it get any better?

Just a recommendation

If we are ever dining together, and the waitress has come to take our drink orders and I am either
a) getting hit on by a gent at the bar
b) powdering my nose
c) taking an angry cell phone call
Please order me a raspberry iced tea. I have come to realize in my hay day that it is my drink of choice. If that is not available, I will take a water with lemon.

Family Ties

God, what a great show. That's all I really have to say.