tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77581312024-02-28T06:10:49.039-06:00gone to the dogWhen you leave them in the morning, they stick their nose in the door crack and stand there like a portrait until you turn the key eight hours later.
- Erma BombeckUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-6053804984346618002008-03-07T20:51:00.004-06:002008-03-09T20:36:20.741-05:00Patrick Swayze: Sad But Hopful<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000066;">Having experienced the sudden diagnosis and death from pancreatic cancer of someone very, very close to me... the headlines scare the bjeebers out of me. Pancreatic cancer is deadly. By the time my loved one became aware, it was far too late.<br /><br />I'm hopeful that </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Swayze"><span style="color:#cc6600;">Patrick Swayze</span></a><span style="color:#000066;"> will be the exception to the rule. From this blog to God's Ears. I pray it so.<br /><br />I'm not so much an admirer of his work, but I'm a huge fan of Patrick. In the interviews I've seen, he seems totally Texan, totally humble and genuine... and just himself. I'm a big fan of loyalty, and he's been with his wife, Lisa Niemi, since she began taking dance lessons (she... at age 15) with Patrick's mom. And they married in 1975.<br /><br />I also live in <a href="http://www.ofha.org/the_history.html"><span style="color:#cc6600;">Oak Forest</span></a>, the neighborhood in Houston, Texas, where he was raised. I pass, regularly, by the schools he attended. Many people who grew up here, now choose to live here. It was a place of humble beginnings, and I think it's reflected in Patrick's character.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000066;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000066;">He and Lisa are in my prayers. God has a plan and it's not for us to question. We can only pray.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-74306482304554355572008-03-07T19:21:00.003-06:002008-03-07T20:11:43.343-06:00American Idol: My Top 12<p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">I'm mostly ok with the top 12, but last night was a teensy bit sad for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">First, I hated to see Asia'h go home because I just feel so much for what she's been through these last few months. She lost her father just days before her audition... and I liken that to own experience of getting licensed shortly after my Dad passed away. Song selection or performance aside, I was staunchly in her corner. She's got terrific talent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And second, I hated to see Danny (Danjaya) Noriega cut. I agree, his performances paled in comparison to the others... but I will miss the head roll and learning new lingo. I will forever remember him for his spirit, and for teaching me the terms... "TMTH" and my personal favorite... "ISH". I'll miss him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">So... here's my personal ranking of the top 12. Play along and let's see if I have my finger on the pulse of America. (That would be a first!).</span></p><ol><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">David Archuleta (Imagine... the kid is only 17!)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">David Cook (he's really tied for first place with me, dawg... this guy is awesome).</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Jason Castro (rockin' Rockwall, Texas!)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">David Hernandez (ffn images aside, this guy is a performer!)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Syesha Mercado (love the spirit, the personality and how she rolled with the punches)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Brooke White (reminds me of someone I know, genuine and true)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Michael Johns (great performer, but I think... too much like he's imitating someone else)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Amanda Overmyer (I think she's sincere and would make a great friend, but is maybe too stylized)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Ramiele Mulabay (She's got a voice bigger than her body, but I'm not crazy about her performance)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Chikezie Ezy (I really, really like him. And I like the way he supported Danny last night. I just think his soul is too old for this particular competition. He's got great pipes though... Dawg)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Kristy Lee Cook (She should never have sold the horse. One, I'm traumatized by that story, and two... Simon is right. Her performances are forgettable.)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Carly Smithson (I'll admit it. I'm shallow. If I was blind and/or blind folded, she might rank higher, but I can't get past the tats and greasy hair. HDTV sucks sometimes).</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">I had some difficulty with placement in the lower eight. I'm still not sure if I got that right.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-67530349660483098952008-03-07T19:09:00.004-06:002008-03-07T19:20:23.294-06:00Lisa Marie's Unhappy Announcement<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Lisa Marie... </span><a href="http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=304513&GT1=7702"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><span style="color:#cc6600;">married and pregnant</span>???</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><br /><br />I haven't spent a lot of energy thinking about her, but maybe this news story puts to rest the last thought I had.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-90621228213013290342008-03-01T18:29:00.004-06:002008-03-01T19:43:32.567-06:00Mary Lammy, My Yellow Lamb Pinata<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGA5b9BtQfn9c_srrevERk8VEfKbs0bzKLs8fqiAHad_MxP-2YUH5uHY6E6mTxxmNi2Y9JFWSSgKBJ9IUaCDWipN-NOi-fPaYhNOAtQSnWM3jdMm4iA0xBVl5oLEiQECMutHl/s1600-h/PINATA.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172936039996407074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGA5b9BtQfn9c_srrevERk8VEfKbs0bzKLs8fqiAHad_MxP-2YUH5uHY6E6mTxxmNi2Y9JFWSSgKBJ9IUaCDWipN-NOi-fPaYhNOAtQSnWM3jdMm4iA0xBVl5oLEiQECMutHl/s320/PINATA.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="color:#000066;">Yes, this is a pink pony. Mine was a yellow lamb.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">She was brought home to me, in preparation for a birthday party. I, along with my closest friends had banged the heck out of a red, white and blue star on the 4th of July... and Mama and Daddy thought such an activity would be perfect for my big day.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">There was one thing they forgot.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And that's the sentimentality of their daughter, who had consuming empathy for all creatures and a multitude of inanimate objects.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">The first thing I did was name her. It was obvious to me that she was a "she", but I vascillated over whether she was "Mary" or "Lammy". (Remind me to tell you about my favorite stuffed animal whose name is 'Deery'. For the time being, I'll let you guess what animal he actually is). I was nothing, if not clever.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Needless to say, Mary Lammy was put away safely on the big day, and I would have gladly been hung from a tree limb and pounded with a stick to protect my precious ewe.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Mary Lammy was moved carefully in Mama's car, along with all of my treasures too delicate to pack, from my pre- to post- fourth grade home.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">She lived a comfortable life in my second floor flat (bedroom) for many years, before finding her way into the guest flat (bedroom). As teenagers, you see, we each needed our personal space.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Several years after my father passed from this life, with Mama in a long term care facility, and when we were clearing that home of all its furnishings, its memories, its treasures... I found Mary Lammy in the closet of the guest bedroom. Clearly, after I left home, Mother had felt comfortable in exiling her, and while I might have felt slightly offended, I found comfort in the fact that she hadn't thrown the old gal out.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">The day was emotional for me, more emotional than I can begin to describe. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">I had limited space... in the truck I had rented, as well as the tiny townhouse and storage unit with which I had been forced to 'make do' (because of other losses, 'nother story, 'nother day).</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And I had limited time. I won't go into the reasons, because it is a source of real contention and pain. They are reasons with which I have come to terms and accepted. And I have forgiven the other parties involved. So I shan't say more than... I was in a huge hurry.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And there was Mary Lammy. What to do, what to do... I struggled. Today, I'm sad to say that I left her behind, because today, for whatever crazy reason, she's on my mind... and I miss her.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">I cried every one of the 155 miles home that day, and for many days of many years thereafter. I left a lot of myself behind that day. Today I'm grateful that I can recall, with fondness, a tiny portion of that self, my former life.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#000066;"><em>While 'googling' the internet, hoping to find a yellow lamb pinata... I encountered the pink pony, who shares similar eyes and the same size and build... though, Mary Lammy's legs were straight as boards. I'll admit... if my searches had yielded even a remote facsimile, she would be on her way to me... express shipping. I can only assume that she would then either reside in my toy/memory/exercise room... or occupy a place of honor in the guest bedroom!</em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-90152190547271770912008-03-01T17:57:00.002-06:002008-03-01T18:27:49.207-06:00Welcomed Childhood Memories<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">I went through an extended period of overwhelming stress, and frankly, clinical depression, in the 90's. It was a time of great, almost uninmaginable loss. And in the process, I lost a lot of the memories that I had previously treasured.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Sobbing on my therapist's couch, I mourned that there were so many moments of my past that I couldn't force my mind to retrieve. Likening my situation to post traumatic stress disorder, she assured me that these memories would return. I can't tell you how much I wanted them. I needed them to remind myself how truly I had been blessed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Many have now returned. Many have not. In quiet moments of reflection, I often dig and scratch at the journal of my mind, trying to remember the joys of life, pre-1992. I rarely succeed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Those I do recall, I consider souvenirs. And I give words to them, so they'll never be lost again.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-40605110827976785292008-02-07T20:41:00.002-06:002008-02-14T19:43:46.222-06:00Respect is a Mirror<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">It is.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">In a perfect world, we would all respect each other equally. And I guess, in the end, we do.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">I think it's next to impossible to respect and honor someone who doesn't return the courtesy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">My observation is that those that don't respect others, those that don't follow the golden rule, fit into certain categories:</span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">The young and immature, as their cognitive reasoning hasn't yet developed to the extent that they can fully understand their place in the world, much less have empathy toward others.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">The truly ignorant, and this is a tiny, tiny group.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">Those developmentally stunted, self absorbed individuals who mask their feelings of inferiority with actions of self entitlement and superiority over others.</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">It's easy to understand those in the first group, and it is incumbent on parents and other role models to model appropriate behaviors. That said, it's difficult to understand and tolerate this sort of immaturity in a 30 year old.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">Ignorance breeds ignorance and is to an extent, forgiven. And thanks to the opportunities that our Good Lord continues to provide, more and more people are overcoming these circumstances.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">My primary issue, this evening, is with the self absorbed. I'm growing a wee bit tired of continuing molly coddling, justifications, cheer leading and, frankly, babysitting. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">With every act of disrespect, disregard and dismissal, I lose an ounce of my own respect in return. And while, as a matter of my own personal eithics, I won't stoop to that level... I WILL eventually disconnect and cease to deal with the irrationalities, excuses and temper tantrums.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">It's just fact. My life is way too valuable to me to spend any time in relationships that don't work for either of us.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-37528707284609174052008-02-01T20:49:00.001-06:002008-02-14T21:28:11.329-06:00Project GHB: What exactly is GHB?<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Straight from </span><a href="http://www.projectghb.org/what_is_ghb.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#996633;">Project GHB</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><span style="color:#663333;">,</span> what you don't know might kill you:<br /><br /></span><a name="top"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">GHB</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">: Gamma hydroxy butyrate or Gamma hydroxybutyric acid, Sodium Oxybate<br /><br />Made From: </span><a href="http://ntp-db.niehs.nih.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#996633;">gamma butyrolactone</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> (GBL) and Sodium Hydroxide or Potassium Hydroxide - basically it is degreasing solvent or floor stripper mixed with drain cleaner. When GBL or BD or products containing them are ingested, GHB is produced in the body, that is why we refer extensively to GBL and BD products on these pages.<br /><br />Street Names for GHB: GHB, "G" (most common), Gamma-OH, Liquid E, Fantasy, Georgia Home Boy, Grievous Bodily Harm, Liquid X, Liquid Ecstasy (is not ecstasy), Scoop, Water, Everclear, Great Hormones at Bedtime, GBH, Soap, Easy Lay, Salty Water, G-Riffick, Cherry Meth, and Organic Quaalude, Jib.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.projectghb.org/analogs.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#996633;">GHB Precursors</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> (analogs): (They turn into GHB in your body) </span><a href="http://www.projectghb.org/whatisgbl.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">GBL</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">, BD, Blue Nitro, Revivarant, Renewtrient, GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE, Revitalize Plus, Serenity, Enliven, GHRE, SomatoPro, NRG3, Thunder Nectar and Weight Belt Cleaner, Invigorate, Firewater, Verv, and more.<br /><br />Description: A clear liquid. Looks just like water. Can be mistaken for water because it is usually found in a small (30ml) clear plastic bottle, a water bottle, or even Gatorade bottles, which contains several doses. One quick taste, and you'll know it's not water. Not as common, but also found as a white powder. In fact powder use is on the rise!<br /><br />Effects: Intoxication, increased energy, happiness, talking, desire to socialize, feeling affectionate and playful, mild disinhibition, sensuality, enhanced sexual experience, muscle relaxation, loss of coordination due to loss of muscle tone, possible nausea, difficulty concentrating, loss of gag reflex.<br /><br />Many people have bad reactions. These can include nausea, headaches, drowsiness, dizziness, amnesia, vomiting, loss of muscle control, respiratory problems, loss of consciousness, being conscious but unable to move, and death- Especially when combined with alcohol or other drugs.<br /><br />Effects of large doses: Disinhibition, sedation, desire to sleep, rambling incoherent speech, giddiness, silliness, difficulty thinking, slurred speech, passing out, and death. Here's one scenario: </span><a href="http://www.projectghb.org/while_sleeping/sld001.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#996633;">While You Were Sleeping - Online Presentation of GHB Dangers</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">***WARNING - if your friend passes out, always seek medical attention immediately, no matter what anyone else tells you.<br /><br />Effects of overdose: Sleep or deep sedation from which you cannot be awakened by any means for about three hours, and in many cases, death. Passing out while on GHB is sometimes called carpeting out, scooping out, or throwing down.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056563.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#996633;">Center for Disease Control</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">: "GBL is an industrial and household solvent of acrylate polymers, and unintentional poisonings have been reported ... It also is marketed as a dietary supplement at health food stores and on the World-Wide Web under several trade names. Although labeled as dietary supplements, GBL-containing products are illegally marketed, unapproved new drugs that have been involved in .... reports of adverse events..."<br /><br /></span><a href="http://emedicine.com/emerg/topic848.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#996633;">EMEDICINE</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">: "GHB is readily manufactured from its precursor, gamma-butyrolactone (also known as 2(3h)-furanone dihydro or GBL). GBL is a solvent found in floor cleaning products, nail polish and super glue removers. Saponification of the lactone with sodium hydroxide in the form of lye results in nearly quantitative conversion. This method is not without its drawbacks however; there are several case reports of caustic alkali ingestion from undissolved lye. GBL also undergoes conversion into GBH in vivo (by an unknown mechanism) and, accordingly, is associated with many of the same symptoms." click their link for more.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-15519507991654488092008-02-01T20:04:00.003-06:002008-02-14T20:48:09.378-06:00Natalee Holloway: Case Solved<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Nobody has ever covered the disappearance of Natalee Holloway more thoroughly than </span><a href="http://scaredmonkeys.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">Scared Monkeys</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">, and it appears as though </span><a href="http://scaredmonkeys.com/2008/01/31/can-it-be-true-after-all-this-time-peter-r-de-vries-solves-the-natalee-holloway-case/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">the proverbial light</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> at the end of the tunnel may indeed provide some closure for Natalee's family.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">My instinct has never waivered. Out of respect for Natalee's family and fear of recrimination of those that have no conscience, I don't think I've ever publically stated it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">In general, however, I believe her death to be accidental but due to a lethal mixture of alcohol and GHB. I've never believed that her death occurred at the beach, so I'll leave the location to your own imagination. I will say, though, that I don't find the fact that the Kalpoes drove Joran and Natalee by Joran's house... as a minor detail.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">As for other behavior that I find shady and incriminating? Let's just say "family". And let there be no mistake... I'm not talking about Natalee's.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">We shall see.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-41884766564113953202008-01-12T22:36:00.000-06:002008-01-12T23:03:46.515-06:00Rev Run Message: Mastery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgInY5c8d4HpPtFoKipvDI0U_q2UwQbbsHbnM9p64Cz8qdvMobnLVw845ffspT0290a1LY7XCen8FC-afMIYghyphenhyphenvVoSIRx3BV1yF0cF8sCrwDGwc6JLLFWVSNK31OFlYV2e9o/s1600-h/REVRUN.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154816103271040674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgInY5c8d4HpPtFoKipvDI0U_q2UwQbbsHbnM9p64Cz8qdvMobnLVw845ffspT0290a1LY7XCen8FC-afMIYghyphenhyphenvVoSIRx3BV1yF0cF8sCrwDGwc6JLLFWVSNK31OFlYV2e9o/s320/REVRUN.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">"Good morning. Are you a giver???? Do you have money or does money have you? Can you live without that morning cup of coffee, cigarette etc ? (Remember) What you can walk away from, </span><a href="http://revrun.uber.com/wordsofwisdom"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">YOU HAVE MASTERED</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">. What you can't walk away from has mastered you. He who loves the least controls the relationship! God is Love Rev Run"</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Wow.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">How powerful is that statement?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">There are at least three messages in this statement.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Future posts will explore Rev's theories about the blessings of giving and the power of control. For now, l want to concentrate on mastery:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">"What you can walk away from, you have mastered. What you can't walk away from has mastered you."</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">So elementary. So true. So difficult to do. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And yet, just the challenge I need to square off against my demons.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-82541685322235656042008-01-05T21:12:00.000-06:002008-01-12T22:24:08.629-06:00Stephen + Lauren = Who Knows???!<span style="color:#993300;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154799778100348546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhMUlMJMihwK27mcXyVbF_HMQPxl6u5dhtyvJe2gdPW2In-f3OyipW9FD7GZ1nYd0xOk1FwnRDkyQce2wW9W8dJMFjrJzJGzdnftnZnkBUBo2l9cIIWz5GkX3dZZflsA5O704/s200/lauren-conrad-audrina-lax-1230-7.jpg" border="0" /></span><a href="http://x17online.com/celebrities/lauren_conrad/are_lauren_and_stephen_back_together-12312007.php"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">Rumors</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;"> ... </span><a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/lauren_conrad_makes_out_with_stephen_colletti"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">abound</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And what does the end of year connection between Lauren Conrad and Stephen Colletti mean for the new year?<br /><br /><a href="http://gonetothedog.blogspot.com/2007/09/stephen-colletti-lauren-conrad-together.html"><span style="color:#993300;">As the faithful know</span></a><span style="color:#993300;">,</span> I've already cast my vote.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial;">[Insert all of yoiur comments about how reality tv isn't real... and how I should get and/or concentrate on my own life.]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Just sayin'... IMHO, they make a great couple.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;">Pictured are </span><a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/lauren-conrad-kisses-ex-parties-at-lax-202568/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993300;">Lauren, Lo and Audrina</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000066;"> at LAX in Las Vegas, courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.gossipgirls.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993300;">Gossip Girls</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993300;">,<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-45774805223586024522007-12-24T20:42:00.000-06:002008-01-12T21:08:06.273-06:00Dear Santa... I've been pretty good!<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwyyUH5XcQaE0vBKoB_0jjNAMsg2ykrE-8I4VzsnYVPlJlKSCYIgM0QsEvo2qERTyhKzhsuU-t_Y7A360VbsztlcFfzQNvsayvRsm-bm4Fr8jr1xW9mpgPyqu-jcl3ngMwlaL/s1600-h/santa4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154786403572188786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwyyUH5XcQaE0vBKoB_0jjNAMsg2ykrE-8I4VzsnYVPlJlKSCYIgM0QsEvo2qERTyhKzhsuU-t_Y7A360VbsztlcFfzQNvsayvRsm-bm4Fr8jr1xW9mpgPyqu-jcl3ngMwlaL/s200/santa4.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>...as I've had little time to be bad!</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>I know I'm late in writing, but here's my Christmas list:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>1. Unfailing health for Miss C and me. If you can only provide it for one, I pick Miss C.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>2. Fitness.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>3. Will power. Strength. Commitment.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>4. Companionship. Continuing and new.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>5. Happiness.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>6. Contentment, because there's a difference between happiness and contentment.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>7. Energy. Energy to enjoy all that comes my way.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>8. Time. More than anything, time. Time with Miss C. Time to enjoy all my blessings.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>And if your sleigh isn't too full...</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>9. TONS OF TOYS & TREATS FOR MISS C.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;"><strong>10. AND A DYSON ROOT 6 FOR ME!</strong></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-90390851380334561012007-12-15T21:42:00.001-06:002008-03-21T21:32:50.963-05:00Houston Comets Move, I Stay Home<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">The Comets are </span><a href="http://cometstuff.blogspot.com/2007/12/decision-to-move.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">moving</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> from Toyota Center to Reliant Center.<br /><br />And I'm </span><a href="http://cometstuff.blogspot.com/2007/12/decision-to-stay-home.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">staying home</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">.<br /><br />I'm sad. And I'm angry.<br /><br />I can't be mad at the owner, </span><a href="http://cometstuff.blogspot.com/search/label/Hilton%20Koch"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">Hilton Koch</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">... it's </span><a href="http://cometstuff.blogspot.com/2008/12/blame-game.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#993300;">Houston's fair weather fans</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> that are ultimately to blamed.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-27146195878793908832007-12-09T20:18:00.000-06:002008-01-12T21:09:41.937-06:00Dear Santa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VhFPWXogP8TujlaHKNUhqjQUuXRZBAhBZaPU98QTVyYEfC01KtDmy4oQQgWA5zZej7rk-jwMz8Kx1uZYA_UNgoPVtpBw5OYiJVB2WzOq6cbhyujUD5pbeJrwqvZOke6oyXtL/s1600-h/santa-sled-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154785149441738338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VhFPWXogP8TujlaHKNUhqjQUuXRZBAhBZaPU98QTVyYEfC01KtDmy4oQQgWA5zZej7rk-jwMz8Kx1uZYA_UNgoPVtpBw5OYiJVB2WzOq6cbhyujUD5pbeJrwqvZOke6oyXtL/s200/santa-sled-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;">If only you delivered from Heaven, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#336666;">my list would be short.</span><br /></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-10871814576557344782007-12-07T19:24:00.000-06:002008-01-12T21:10:29.625-06:00Current Object of My Desire...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSBz97NZiy2z2uqwwwfPVQyp9FlNEqPeUgsblQiVhHkccbfPHb1e8yjQ7PBZ0P7qg5yQRWxluMCmreb_JYoPcrTFGPXADdNU7CxzUItJsStfFCjDWw-cW1DRW6gMZ2Db_kU2A/s1600-h/dyson+root+6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154767458471446082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSBz97NZiy2z2uqwwwfPVQyp9FlNEqPeUgsblQiVhHkccbfPHb1e8yjQ7PBZ0P7qg5yQRWxluMCmreb_JYoPcrTFGPXADdNU7CxzUItJsStfFCjDWw-cW1DRW6gMZ2Db_kU2A/s200/dyson+root+6.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">The Dyson DC16 root 6.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">In spite of the reviews I've read... I want one.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Santa, are you reading?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dyson.com/store/product.asp?product=DC16-SY-STD"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-53320209765687857212007-11-01T21:35:00.000-05:002008-01-12T20:12:49.234-06:00Halloween Creepy To The Hills!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLqpHRWS2CoZMuhJVCDV2Fka08OGYn_MQuOlGikLuiQjM4j6lgzjJgQ6sj1H741cDA89i4YrtRu9O_jxpZwkgR_TnGB70mLoSVVKJ7b8X3bD7LIry0Y28W5NCzz0TI6OeHs5F/s1600-h/speidi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128068435844918674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLqpHRWS2CoZMuhJVCDV2Fka08OGYn_MQuOlGikLuiQjM4j6lgzjJgQ6sj1H741cDA89i4YrtRu9O_jxpZwkgR_TnGB70mLoSVVKJ7b8X3bD7LIry0Y28W5NCzz0TI6OeHs5F/s200/speidi.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">You never expect celebrities to costume up from Aisle 9 at Walgreens... and yet here are Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.<br /></span><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Cheap, yet eerily creepy... no? </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And please, Spencer, don't you think your 'Speidi' reference is a little too literal? This outfit actually reiterates what everyone says about you... you're of no interest whatsoever without your gullible, low self esteemed, ex-best friend of Lauren Conrad on your arm.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Just sayin'.</span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-63681261935238247012007-10-27T20:42:00.000-05:002007-10-27T21:08:45.536-05:00Spencer Pratt is a Creep<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">I said it before and I'll say it again... well, even if I didn't say it in these exact terms before, still...<br /><br /></span><a href="http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/spencer-pratt-is-out-to-kill-your-libido/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;"><strong>Spender Pratt is a creep</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#cc6600;"><strong>.</strong><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"><br />Well that... and he is about negative 17 million on a scale of 1 to 10, as far as being "sexually appealing". There's not enough bandwidth in the universe, much less the world wide web, to list the many reasons.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"><br />And Heidi is either an equally egocentric money hungry, publicity hound... or she suffers from such low self esteem that bagging an "important" guy is the only way she can feel good about herself.<br /><br />Either way... sad. Just sad.</span><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-25139760343077881782007-10-06T19:07:00.000-05:002007-10-06T19:51:18.420-05:00Bang Bang Bang, Repeat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_veLQL49f7gi6rKAPSTH0dzz6ttMOJgtzK2iAShbBgwmPZqj5MtX9n0dlcnxi13sl1PmbpfW_oZmWl2zuWVVRDiY7nJp2LIiZ27cqFRw2TnX9S4wrmh1qN2DDobFlgtwH9Qm/s1600-h/ROOF-FRAG.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118381513038011282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_veLQL49f7gi6rKAPSTH0dzz6ttMOJgtzK2iAShbBgwmPZqj5MtX9n0dlcnxi13sl1PmbpfW_oZmWl2zuWVVRDiY7nJp2LIiZ27cqFRw2TnX9S4wrmh1qN2DDobFlgtwH9Qm/s200/ROOF-FRAG.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">The bulk of my week was spent getting a new roof on my little house.<br /><br />Four days, it took. Four days sequester, banging, power rationing. and anxiety.<br /><br />Followed by the (equally unnerving) squeaking of my wallet.<br /><br />I'm pleased, though. They did a great job, and were as considerate as nine men with hammers, nails, saws, an air compressor and a torch can be.<br /><br />And as the rains set in today, I am flooded with a sense of security that I haven't felt in a long, long time.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-41080748215145078552007-10-04T21:22:00.000-05:002007-10-06T21:27:07.020-05:00Pathetic Non-Celebrity<a href="http://spencerpratt.com/">Spencer Pratt</a> is pathetic, as <a href="http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2007/10/and-the-circle-is-complete-spencer-pratt-blogs-about-blogs-that-blog-about-spencer-pratt/">he blogs about blogs that blog about 'Spencer Pratt'</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-68901395745460676892007-10-02T22:15:00.000-05:002007-10-06T21:04:23.807-05:00Not Good Enough For Lauren Conrad<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEciQamhlLW8Xrtx8sIKPcoKCnmFx3eToZk5h_8l9gKSARDZrpnEzYz_tuUfo0qB87meQVMzRRWw2c53C9L24EvM_ic1R15NQ3wE_8_vG8Tph2u9MguAngafuFtqN9koc_1XkI/s1600-h/lcandbrody.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118408957879032754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEciQamhlLW8Xrtx8sIKPcoKCnmFx3eToZk5h_8l9gKSARDZrpnEzYz_tuUfo0qB87meQVMzRRWw2c53C9L24EvM_ic1R15NQ3wE_8_vG8Tph2u9MguAngafuFtqN9koc_1XkI/s200/lcandbrody.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#cc6600;"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Last week,we were worried that she was still in love with </span><a href="http://gonetothedog.blogspot.com/2007/09/surely-lc-isnt-still-smitten.html#links"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">Jason</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000066;">.</span><br /></span></span><span style="color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">And after </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1570599&vid=178839"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">last night's episode</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000066;"> of 'The Hills, we might assume that Lauren Conrad is once again enamored with the deep yet shallow Brody Jenner.<br /><br />Let's all (ye with little or no personal lives) say it in unison... Lauren is SO much better than that. </span><br /><span style="color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000066;">She hasn't endured the agony of the Laguna Beach high road (past Kristin, Stephen and Jason)... to settle for a </span></span><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/01/brody-pimpin-jenner-strikes-again/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">smooth talking pimp</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="color:#cc6600;">,</span> has she?????</span><br /><span style="color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000066;">Listen to your mom, L.C.!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-64414079242591604882007-10-02T21:17:00.000-05:002007-10-02T21:31:17.707-05:00More Trouble For Beth and Greta In Aruba<span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">It's clear. Aruba considers the publicity </span><a href="http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2007/10/02/are-we-lost-behind-the-scenes-of-a-road-trip-to-aruba/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">undue scrutiny, aka bad publicity</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">.<br /><br />All Beth Holloway wants, however, is to find her daughter's remains, and to understand what happened.<br /><br />What </span><a href="http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2007/10/02/my-notes-to-youtuesday-show-update/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">Greta can't understand</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> is what I can't understand...<br /><br />How can anyone who hasn't lost a daughter (by any circumstances, much less these)... pass judgment?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-74058574569057015772007-10-02T20:04:00.000-05:002007-10-02T21:03:38.363-05:00Our Spiny-Backed Orb Weavers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2XVzKlb3ov25kWyVZgxrSWTYN6PBHX4V6R8Ez2H05Z7uBdKvdqQS7o1ZZ0Tcc801fJ32voMmc-rbpu0V05j0ziE7jGYMmIFcaWm8-QrsoNxDRdLlPjMdiQT3afwnKfAqUJX8/s1600-h/DSCF0001.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116910465264294770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2XVzKlb3ov25kWyVZgxrSWTYN6PBHX4V6R8Ez2H05Z7uBdKvdqQS7o1ZZ0Tcc801fJ32voMmc-rbpu0V05j0ziE7jGYMmIFcaWm8-QrsoNxDRdLlPjMdiQT3afwnKfAqUJX8/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> About this time last year, I began noticing brilliant webs with crab-like spiders at their centers.<br /><br />Because they appeared along with the second appearance of my hummingbirds (more on those later), they caught me at a time when I was particularly curious about nature.<br /><br />And so I discovered the </span><a href="http://home.att.net/~larvalbugbio/eye/gallery-spiny.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">Spiny-Backed Orb Weaver</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">, akin to the barn orb-weaver spider of Charlotte's Web.<br /><br />Mine are known as garden orb weavers, and they are mostly a brilliant red orange in color.<br /><br />Uniformly, my spiders connect primary lines to three fixed objects. Two strands affix to the points (one coming, one going, I assume), and in the center they spin a perfectly round segmented web, comprised of 20 to 30 radii (yes, I've counted them... again with the life!), measuring measuring between 14" and 18" out to out.<br /><br />According to Aggie horticulturists (Gig 'Em, Ags!), these spiders are considered </span><a href="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficial23_spiny_orb_weaver_spider.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">beneficials in the garden</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">, because they prey upon small garden pests, including mosquitoes.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlod7PF-7aAx-aXwj-szSgTLFdCYmvDJk4ZCkZPh7C7fs1wNIDr0lIzdZ2XTl3riPDPKVxREqfif7KMf0NBidy9Pvw6gf3B3PUoQWhci_Z0GTnkGUQBycmTmcjcOSou4qG-0y/s1600-h/DSCF0002.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116910602703248258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlod7PF-7aAx-aXwj-szSgTLFdCYmvDJk4ZCkZPh7C7fs1wNIDr0lIzdZ2XTl3riPDPKVxREqfif7KMf0NBidy9Pvw6gf3B3PUoQWhci_Z0GTnkGUQBycmTmcjcOSou4qG-0y/s320/DSCF0002.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><br /><br />The more I've learned, the more I've come to really appreciate the species. For instance, it is the female of the species that spins the intricate webs, while the male hangs from a single strand... waiting, I assume, for the female to deliver dinner.<br /><br />While I don't condone those roles, I applaud the ambition and fastidious work of the female.<br /><br />I'm told that these gals spin a new web each evening, and that's likely true, when need be. I've gone to great lengths to preserve their webs... including the relocation of a primary point connection. On the rare occasion when a web is destroyed, however, I've noticed a new web somewhere else.<br /><br />Photos are best in the morning sun. I'll be home again tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for better photos?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-20308732580312974522007-09-30T20:15:00.000-05:002007-09-30T20:34:52.360-05:00Beth And Greta In Aruba Again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbAZjo0UcZ3YGAF_ylserINIt8KzqmTMf-23thi_lhvGUyTzltlRvdp3ZyD5A_Hlbu6Fbyn8tq6OgcBePgmS2IcWBKc9IafM3wordftf39zD05NJLCmiVt5Lmd0JByr2SVbSb/s1600-h/1__stories_news_2007_september_sep30_holloway2_100_3389.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116173886962965346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbAZjo0UcZ3YGAF_ylserINIt8KzqmTMf-23thi_lhvGUyTzltlRvdp3ZyD5A_Hlbu6Fbyn8tq6OgcBePgmS2IcWBKc9IafM3wordftf39zD05NJLCmiVt5Lmd0JByr2SVbSb/s200/1__stories_news_2007_september_sep30_holloway2_100_3389.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> According to </span><a href="http://www.24ora.com/content/view/2424/8/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">The Monkeys</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">, Beth Holloway Twitty and Greta Van Susteren arrived in Aruba today.<br /><br />It's not yet known what they intend to do or where they intend to stay.<br /><br />Let's just hope that something productive comes from their mission.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo courtesy of </span></span><a href="http://www.24ora.com/content/view/2424/8/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#cc6600;">24ora</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#000066;">.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-56463832378990569822007-09-29T17:59:00.000-05:002007-09-29T18:08:11.631-05:00Object of My Desire<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJd0OkFbfQM0SryyGXjtxZtYkBYIIBIfVvvxqHeKfcoTq_nPWPPyKi50VF24zclIh6EXxy2zQnxupspSuHNM6uSJQlOTQDQMgUOxsCHyhf6zm7jUJNTFCpDIgRljgys_EgTHy/s1600-h/dyson-hand-vac%2520010.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115764855752530738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJd0OkFbfQM0SryyGXjtxZtYkBYIIBIfVvvxqHeKfcoTq_nPWPPyKi50VF24zclIh6EXxy2zQnxupspSuHNM6uSJQlOTQDQMgUOxsCHyhf6zm7jUJNTFCpDIgRljgys_EgTHy/s200/dyson-hand-vac%2520010.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> <a href="http://www.dyson.com/range/feature_frame.asp?model=DC16-SY-STD&sinavtype=pagelink"><span style="color:#cc6600;">The new Dyson Root 6.</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">I gotta get it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;">I know, I know... that and a life.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-58298224525757047062007-09-25T20:07:00.000-05:002007-10-06T20:49:07.903-05:00Surely LC Isn't Still Smitten<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixvAUQEc8ZRhSyr7-T3Cc8hOsTwMVobAvml31VjMfqSLs6ZeIxIVXopSfb2FXa96JlfUl4kfiGXAdgGnLoPcRMZ36D6XmQocCpZsQljlVb3i7rK5ZUlh5c4Lj8QO7pVS3dp0S/s1600-h/LaurenConrad_JasonWahler_150.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118404551242587042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixvAUQEc8ZRhSyr7-T3Cc8hOsTwMVobAvml31VjMfqSLs6ZeIxIVXopSfb2FXa96JlfUl4kfiGXAdgGnLoPcRMZ36D6XmQocCpZsQljlVb3i7rK5ZUlh5c4Lj8QO7pVS3dp0S/s200/LaurenConrad_JasonWahler_150.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">It's always hard to celebrate the moving on, much less </span><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2007/08/28/jason-wahler-engaged/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">engagement</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> of a former love. And last night Lauren had to endure it, on The Hills.<br /><br />I'm hoping it was just for good television, but previous episodes seemed to raise a glimmer of hope in Lauren, that she and </span><a href="http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2006/08/laguna-beach-bad-boy-speaks-out/"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">Jason Wahler</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> might rekindle their friendship, if not something more.<br /><br />And those feelings were replaced in </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1570296&vid=177513"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">last night's episode</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> of The Hills, when Lauren learned of the engagement. I'm hoping the emotions that surged... were pity and relief.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Photo courtesy of WireImage.com, by way of </span><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/News/Aug06/LaurenConrad_JasonWahler_150.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx%3Fnews%3D230139%26GT1%3D7703&h=237&w=150&sz=36&tbnid=KwHoNigCmzNzBM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=69&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djason%2Bwahler%26um%3D1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">this MSN breakup story</span></a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758131.post-65714571609720717992007-09-25T19:34:00.000-05:002007-09-30T19:44:58.949-05:00New Levels at Columbian University!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvUKXAmoIcLqcarAalrDfACBVWtDPZ5aLw1QmWHzcRsBbCPeLkuQW99pvakCBXalKAcHmaXBBXNHdQcExftwOhI7i_lvtll5TUF5gHBWgt73ZiAuO170UYiiunw16qIpce1Ao/s1600-h/protest-cu.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116162007083424594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvUKXAmoIcLqcarAalrDfACBVWtDPZ5aLw1QmWHzcRsBbCPeLkuQW99pvakCBXalKAcHmaXBBXNHdQcExftwOhI7i_lvtll5TUF5gHBWgt73ZiAuO170UYiiunw16qIpce1Ao/s200/protest-cu.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">Amid </span><a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2007/09/28/the-iranian-leader-renews-an-age-old-debate-on-free-speech.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">protests</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;"> Iranian President (Tom) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University yesterday and revealed </span><a href="http://anonconformist.blogspot.com/search?q=fun+fact%3A+iranian+president+speaks+at+columbia+u"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;">many fun facts</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000066;">!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo courtesy of Chris Hondros/Getty Images, by way of U.S. News & World Report.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0