http://www.glumbert.com/media/walmart
You just have to appreciate a man who spans the generations with Black Flagg, The Rollins Band, spoken word, and now this, his own take on Wal-mart, the devil .
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
Dazed and Confused
Im knee deep in my high school flashback this week. Ever since i volunteered for coordinating our 20th reunion ive been getting emails from old classmates...even spoken with a couple on the phone and its weird. Seeing their names, seeing pictures of their children, hearing their voices.
It takes you back people.....waaaaay back. And it makes you realize how oblivious you were in your formative years. Most of these people.....really all of these people, are unknown to me. I have collective memories with them, but nothing else. Its a thin connection to your childhood, most of which i cant even remember. Seems kind of sad when you think about it too much. Perhaps looking back makes you appreciate being in the present a little more. It also makes you realize that once a moment has passed IT IS GONE. You cant get it back....not even a photo can capture it.
That being said, those years in West TN im sure were influential in making me into who i am today. And also responsible for alot of much needed therapy......HA!
I figure it will be a hoot though. Reliving or remembering over a cocktail or two.
It takes you back people.....waaaaay back. And it makes you realize how oblivious you were in your formative years. Most of these people.....really all of these people, are unknown to me. I have collective memories with them, but nothing else. Its a thin connection to your childhood, most of which i cant even remember. Seems kind of sad when you think about it too much. Perhaps looking back makes you appreciate being in the present a little more. It also makes you realize that once a moment has passed IT IS GONE. You cant get it back....not even a photo can capture it.
That being said, those years in West TN im sure were influential in making me into who i am today. And also responsible for alot of much needed therapy......HA!
I figure it will be a hoot though. Reliving or remembering over a cocktail or two.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Brush your teeth, everyday, round and round, prevents tooth decay
..thats our little toothbrushing ditty we sing at night. Followed by a round of "GET OUT OF OUR MOUTHS CAVITIES....we dont want you !!"
We are trying desperately to teach the wolverine good dental hygiene. But as most of you know, brushing a toddlers teeth is like herding wild cats....slow, frustrating, and sometimes painful.
We have had some success lately by letting him hold the shampoo bottle while we brush his teeth. For some reason he is more willing to open up and let us brush if he gets to play with something he usually cant touch. go figure!!!
Anyway....how do you guys do it?? Any foolproof methods. And dont even get me started on flossing!!!!!! ha!
Luckily we dont give the wolverine sugar so that helps. If you dont know....let me be the one to tell you...SUGAR is the cause of cavities. Thats right people....knock out sugar out of your diet and youve fought like 95% of the battle.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
No 20 year class reunion....
that is what i learned on classmates.com . The group that planned the 10 yr. has decided they cant do the 20th. I understand and respect that, however it would have been nice to get a heads up like.......6 months ago. Its the end of April....in the year the "event" would take place.
Wow.
So i may jump in and try to throw together something. Am i insane i ask? yes.
I watced my sister plan her class reunion 2 years ago. I remember the headaches, the deadlines, the classmates that ignored deadlines and pleas for rsvp's and money and then called at the last minute wanting to come. Its alot of pressure ESPECIALLY when you dont live anywhere near the city or state you graduated in. And even MORE when you havent spoken to most of the people you went to school with in 10 or 20 years. I dont exactly do alot of "keeping up" with my chums from my youth. The one person i do keep up with i havent talked to in almost 2 years. yeah.....im the one you want in charge of putting together a reunion.
But still, a part of me thinks it would be worth the challenge .....to get an opportunity to look back a bit.
Maybe i am insane. This year is a biggie for us. Our first year in this house. The hubby is up for review in the next couple of months and we will find out if all his hard work is going to pay off with a littl stability. The wolverine is at "that age" and really needs alot of time and attention and patience. I am at a crossroads career wise AND then there is the possibility we may add to our family. And then there is that pesky IRS bill that we will spend most of the summer paying off. Plus my dad retires in like 2 days. (this has nothing to do with our big year but i thought i would give a shout out to him).
So planning a reunion would be an additional pain and strain on my rump.
And yet, im still sitting here contemplating doing it.
Wow.
So i may jump in and try to throw together something. Am i insane i ask? yes.
I watced my sister plan her class reunion 2 years ago. I remember the headaches, the deadlines, the classmates that ignored deadlines and pleas for rsvp's and money and then called at the last minute wanting to come. Its alot of pressure ESPECIALLY when you dont live anywhere near the city or state you graduated in. And even MORE when you havent spoken to most of the people you went to school with in 10 or 20 years. I dont exactly do alot of "keeping up" with my chums from my youth. The one person i do keep up with i havent talked to in almost 2 years. yeah.....im the one you want in charge of putting together a reunion.
But still, a part of me thinks it would be worth the challenge .....to get an opportunity to look back a bit.
Maybe i am insane. This year is a biggie for us. Our first year in this house. The hubby is up for review in the next couple of months and we will find out if all his hard work is going to pay off with a littl stability. The wolverine is at "that age" and really needs alot of time and attention and patience. I am at a crossroads career wise AND then there is the possibility we may add to our family. And then there is that pesky IRS bill that we will spend most of the summer paying off. Plus my dad retires in like 2 days. (this has nothing to do with our big year but i thought i would give a shout out to him).
So planning a reunion would be an additional pain and strain on my rump.
And yet, im still sitting here contemplating doing it.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Drove
Multiple sources are confirming that Fox's new series starring Ex-Firefly hunk, Nathan Fillian, has been canned after just 3 short weeks. Im bummed. We kinda liked it. It was a Tim Minear produced show....another ex-Whedonverse guy. These guys cant catch a break. Minear had another short lived Fox show last year, Wonderfalls.
I think i would go to work with a different network.
Fox stinks. If its not Idol, or 24, or House....or some awful reality show.....they can it.
I love a good serialized genre show. I like a running thread that builds and culminates in a great season finale. I love getting involved in a good character and good storytelling. I like shows that have kick butt ensembles. That combine drama and humor. And i am willing to follow a show 5 or 6 or 7 seasons. If it is worth it. Few are. And even fewer are being given the chance to prove that they are.
Hats off to Minear and team Fillian.
We hardly knew ye.
Head check
The third leading cause of death in the U.S. is a stroke.
Strokes are the leading cause of disability in the U.S.
My parents 58 yr old friend had a stroke this year.
My 92 year old grandmother just had another stroke.
I worked on a patient this morning who has no left leg, only 1/4 of his right leg, and is blind.
He was a seeing, fully mobile man until earlier this year when he was hit by a dragster on the Texas highway going 200 something miles an hour.
The science of consciousness is a growing field. They are now saying that the "I" voice your hear inside your head isnt really "I", its just the thought that takes the forefront for that moment. I wont bore you with the details. However, scientists are quick to point out that this somehow disproves the existence of the soul. That somehow if we can find a spot in the brain that every function, thought, feeling and movement was originated that means we are souless. because if our consciousness is IN our brain then without that we are nothing.
Hmmmm.
I never have really thought much about the whereabouts of my soul. I dont think it resides somewhere specific. I see it more as energy permeating space. Not some actual form. So to the scientists i say, keep studying consciousness but dont rain on my soul parade.
Strokes are the leading cause of disability in the U.S.
My parents 58 yr old friend had a stroke this year.
My 92 year old grandmother just had another stroke.
I worked on a patient this morning who has no left leg, only 1/4 of his right leg, and is blind.
He was a seeing, fully mobile man until earlier this year when he was hit by a dragster on the Texas highway going 200 something miles an hour.
The science of consciousness is a growing field. They are now saying that the "I" voice your hear inside your head isnt really "I", its just the thought that takes the forefront for that moment. I wont bore you with the details. However, scientists are quick to point out that this somehow disproves the existence of the soul. That somehow if we can find a spot in the brain that every function, thought, feeling and movement was originated that means we are souless. because if our consciousness is IN our brain then without that we are nothing.
Hmmmm.
I never have really thought much about the whereabouts of my soul. I dont think it resides somewhere specific. I see it more as energy permeating space. Not some actual form. So to the scientists i say, keep studying consciousness but dont rain on my soul parade.
Friday, April 20, 2007
80's Duo have all the answers
This is FOR REAL!!!!
"OK, TV fans -- here's your chance to ask '80s teen heartthrobs Corey Haim and Corey Feldman anything! They return to the tube this summer with a new reality series on A&E, but they will also be guest columnists on MSN, and you can ask them anything. Seriously. Got a question about your relationship? Ask them. Need advice on breaking into the acting biz? Ask away. Want to know what it was like to work with Kiefer Sutherland? Ask them, already! The best questions will be featured in the column and answered personally by each Corey. So, go ahead, Corey-maniacs, ask away: askcorey@microsoft.com"
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
It is television night
and now we just have to wait for the wolverine to go to sleep.
We celebrated being so in debt by going to El Toro and eating a big meal with MAGUERITAS AND DESSERT!!!!
Take that Uncle Sam!!! You cant keep us down. You may smack us around but we will never be your *%&***!!!
We celebrated being so in debt by going to El Toro and eating a big meal with MAGUERITAS AND DESSERT!!!!
Take that Uncle Sam!!! You cant keep us down. You may smack us around but we will never be your *%&***!!!
Monday, April 16, 2007
You Have Been Warned........
June 29 in Cincinnati .............
This band is coming to rock your mommys world.
You can either be a part or get out of the way.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Once upon a time
every botoxed, restylned, nose jobed, wacky plastic faced aging starlet was America's sweetheart. Instead of aging gracefully and naturally and with a little dignity they choose to be part of the growing problem in our country. No one wants to look their age. Heck, no one in Hollywood even wants to look like themselves evidently.
Case in point.
Meg Ryan. She was once, you got it, America's Sweetheart........Remember........(dont look up, just focus on this cute, sweet , lovely woman underneath us.
She was the girl next door, the best friend, the one all the good men ended up with. She had spunk and sass.
And throughout most of the 90s she had her own face.....and a few lines creeping in even.....
But then it started. Her lips started getting a little fuller and uneven.
The lines started smoothing out. She got a lot paler. Her eyes started looking "odd". And her nose thinned out, filled back in, and then settled on this.
Im not sure how much of Meg Ryans real face is actually left here. It seems around the early 2000s she was the recepient of some very unfortunate plastic surgery. My question is WHY??!!! Who told this woman she needed a nip/tuck??!!! And who was responsible for the less then fabulous end results?? I mean its no Kenny Rogers hack job, but its not good.
Case in point.
Meg Ryan. She was once, you got it, America's Sweetheart........Remember........(dont look up, just focus on this cute, sweet , lovely woman underneath us.
She was the girl next door, the best friend, the one all the good men ended up with. She had spunk and sass.
And throughout most of the 90s she had her own face.....and a few lines creeping in even.....
But then it started. Her lips started getting a little fuller and uneven.
The lines started smoothing out. She got a lot paler. Her eyes started looking "odd". And her nose thinned out, filled back in, and then settled on this.
Im not sure how much of Meg Ryans real face is actually left here. It seems around the early 2000s she was the recepient of some very unfortunate plastic surgery. My question is WHY??!!! Who told this woman she needed a nip/tuck??!!! And who was responsible for the less then fabulous end results?? I mean its no Kenny Rogers hack job, but its not good.
Cant we all just be O.K. with aging. I would have been alright Meg , watching you gracefully wrinkle and dimple and crease onscreen over the next 20 years.
I couldnt make this stuff up....
but someone at SCIFI network is ALWAYS pulling out gems like this:
http://www.scifi.com/kaw/Tonight at 8pm on Scifi network
"KAW"- "Agressive ravens attack townspeople barricaded in a diner. With Sean Patrick Flannery. (2007)
Oh my....your career must really be over when your doing those original Scifi "nature gone wrong" movies
This one is for you hunny.......i knew you could use a laugh.....its almost as good as "Mansquito". For those of you who dont know, it has become a source of great fun and amusement for the hubby and I finding these awful movies that Scifi puts out now. Feel free to join in.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Winds-day
Midway thru a long week, ive been channeling Linda Hamilton of T-2 fame in order to get by. Mothering a sick toddler is a bit like fighting an almost indestructable machine sent from the future to destroy you and your son. The sleep deprivation.....check.The feeling of constantly being on the run.....check.
The slicked back ponytail because youve got no time to fuss with your hair....check.
The battle weary grimace....check.
The sweating aching biceps bulging as you lock and load that automatic machine gun ready to take out the next person who calls "momm....."......oh wait.....um...just kidding.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
"Daniel Popeye Shofner".....
Congrats go out to the Shofners who found out today that Melinda is carrying a boy. We love you!!!!
Monday, April 09, 2007
Its April 9th
and i havent even started on our taxes yet. Add to that horrific thought the fact that alot of our "records" for taxes were destroyed in the flood of 2006 and you can see where i am going with this. Headache. So if you dont see or hear from me this week you know i am here at the altar of Turbotax sweating it out.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Hippity Hop Hop.....
the easter bunny has left the building.
Easter morning and im reminiscing about my own childhood memories of the annual rites of spring. Some things change and some stay the same. Although im not really a big advocate of playing up the whole "easter bunny" thing we did do a basket for the wolverine. That i cannot give up. Its too much fun to see his face light up when he comes into the living room and sees a basket full of fun. Somehow he just knows it is his without us even telling him...Ha!
So the basket is chock full of things. Plastic eggs full of cars and trucks. Elmo eggs filled with tiny box of raisins. New bubbles....spill proof (great for those of us whose children insist on trying to drink theirs). A Thomas the Train book. Dr Seuss Green Eggs and Ham book. A pail, shovel, and handrake to help mommy in our garden. (This garden is fictious and although talked about endlessly has yet to appear in our backyard). And a Thomas the Train backpack....to carry fun things around in.
The day was uneventful other then that. No easter egg coloring or hunting. No spring fancy clothes. No church. No gluttonous overpriced brunches. Just us. The grandparents left at lunch.
Easter in my mind will always include things like baskets brimming with chocolate and candy. Matching full length purple gingham checked dresses for me and my big sister. Coloring eggs. Hunting eggs. Grandparents. Church, church, church. Uncomfortable tights. Wizard of oz.
I remember one Easter getting a little ring in my basket. That was thrilling. And i remember the disappointment of the Easter i finally "outgrew" the bunny and awoke to no basket while my little brother found his filled to the brim. That one still stings. *Note to self....the wolverine will get an easter basket until he is at least 25.
The weekend was a good one with the grandparents. Lots of eating out. Lots of the wolverine chasing around my mom calling out "grandmother". Playing Rook with my folks and tim. And losing every game!!!!
Hope everyone is well.
Easter morning and im reminiscing about my own childhood memories of the annual rites of spring. Some things change and some stay the same. Although im not really a big advocate of playing up the whole "easter bunny" thing we did do a basket for the wolverine. That i cannot give up. Its too much fun to see his face light up when he comes into the living room and sees a basket full of fun. Somehow he just knows it is his without us even telling him...Ha!
So the basket is chock full of things. Plastic eggs full of cars and trucks. Elmo eggs filled with tiny box of raisins. New bubbles....spill proof (great for those of us whose children insist on trying to drink theirs). A Thomas the Train book. Dr Seuss Green Eggs and Ham book. A pail, shovel, and handrake to help mommy in our garden. (This garden is fictious and although talked about endlessly has yet to appear in our backyard). And a Thomas the Train backpack....to carry fun things around in.
The day was uneventful other then that. No easter egg coloring or hunting. No spring fancy clothes. No church. No gluttonous overpriced brunches. Just us. The grandparents left at lunch.
Easter in my mind will always include things like baskets brimming with chocolate and candy. Matching full length purple gingham checked dresses for me and my big sister. Coloring eggs. Hunting eggs. Grandparents. Church, church, church. Uncomfortable tights. Wizard of oz.
I remember one Easter getting a little ring in my basket. That was thrilling. And i remember the disappointment of the Easter i finally "outgrew" the bunny and awoke to no basket while my little brother found his filled to the brim. That one still stings. *Note to self....the wolverine will get an easter basket until he is at least 25.
The weekend was a good one with the grandparents. Lots of eating out. Lots of the wolverine chasing around my mom calling out "grandmother". Playing Rook with my folks and tim. And losing every game!!!!
Hope everyone is well.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Papa Is Not a Rolling Stone
So Keith Richards evidently snorted a bit of his daddy, who was cremated, with some blow. Why is this not the least bit surprising? What is more surprising to me is that Keith is the same age as MY father. I mean look at these two men......
My father looks so much younger and more, well, normal!! Keith looks all craggy and pasty yellow and kind of like he died and then they brought him back....not actually to life...just dug him back up and put a bunch of eyeliner on him so no one would notice.
What is up with his hair??? At least my Dad just works the bald head thing. I am so glad my dad does not look like a dead dug up pirate.
Also....a 63 year old man needs to button up that shirt Keith....no one wants to see what is down there.
My father looks so much younger and more, well, normal!! Keith looks all craggy and pasty yellow and kind of like he died and then they brought him back....not actually to life...just dug him back up and put a bunch of eyeliner on him so no one would notice.
What is up with his hair??? At least my Dad just works the bald head thing. I am so glad my dad does not look like a dead dug up pirate.
Also....a 63 year old man needs to button up that shirt Keith....no one wants to see what is down there.
Monday, April 02, 2007
The Little TV show that Could
So while other shows are jumping the shark (Lost) or off the air for 9 months (BSG) another little show over on CBS has been quietly gaining momentum all season. Jericho...have any of you watched it? It really is coming into its own. I actually think its been consistently a better show then Lost or Heroes.
If you havent had time to watch it go to http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/
They offer all the episodes for viewing via your computer. This past weeks episode was just indicative of what the whole season has offered. My only beef is the weekly "musical" montage which unfortunately has become standard for almost EVERY serial drama on the air regardless of genre. Its tiresome even if sometimes effective.
So now that BSG is off and Heroes doesnt come back until late April i can enjoy wednesday nights as TV night with a back to back Jericho and Lost.
If you havent had time to watch it go to http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/
They offer all the episodes for viewing via your computer. This past weeks episode was just indicative of what the whole season has offered. My only beef is the weekly "musical" montage which unfortunately has become standard for almost EVERY serial drama on the air regardless of genre. Its tiresome even if sometimes effective.
So now that BSG is off and Heroes doesnt come back until late April i can enjoy wednesday nights as TV night with a back to back Jericho and Lost.
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