Archive for the 'Life' Category

135th Edition of the Carnival of the Vanities

Wednesday, April 20th, 2005

Welcome to the 135th Edition of the Carnival of the Vanities. The COTV is showcase of blog posts which have been submitted by their authors as an example of their best work. Each week a host is selected to compile these posts and present them to the blogosphere so that people who may not have [...]

A Noteworthy Event

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

March 30, 2005 was my wife’s parent’s 42nd wedding anniversary. As in-laws go, I definitely got the cream of the crop. These good-hearted souls took me in before they even knew how to spell my last name, and have treated me like family ever since. Every time my wife or I have needed something, they [...]

Meet Bubba’s Little Brother

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Awhile back, we all met Bubba the giant lobster. Well, today we met Bubba’s little brother, Donovan. While only 15 pounds compared to Bubba’s 21 pounds, Donovan is none the less causing quite a stir. Jeff Grolig ordered a “large lobster” for the tank of his Potomac seafood store three weeks ago, confident he could [...]

Thoughts On The Schiavo Matter

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

I haven’t written about the Terri Schiavo matter because I haven’t really been following it. I don’t really know enough about the circumstances of her current situation to know which side is telling the truth. I will say that I have heard a lot of very negative things about Michael Schiavo and his treatment of [...]

Could It Be…..SATAN?!?

Monday, March 21st, 2005

Of all the forms the Dark One™ could have taken upon his return to the Earth, apparently he has choosen the turtle: MICHIGANTOWN, Ind — The owner of a turtle that was the only survivor of a pet shop fire says he sees an image of Satan’s face on its shell. “The marking on the [...]

Bubba the Lobster to Educate Kids

Friday, March 4th, 2005

Even though Bubba the lobster has passed, he will continue to educate the children of America into the future: A gigantic lobster that may have survived two world wars and Prohibition before being plucked from the ocean will live on — but only as a shell of its former self. The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG [...]

Evil, Evil Chimps

Friday, March 4th, 2005

After reading this story, I think I understand why FrankJ hates monkeys: The couple had brought Moe a cake and were standing outside his cage when Buddy and Ollie, two of four chimpanzees in the adjoining cage, attacked St. James Davis, Martarano said. Officials have not determined how the chimps got out of their enclosure, [...]

Meet Bubba

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005

Meet Bubba the lobster. He weighs an incredible 22 pounds, compared to the average size of 1 to 2 pounds. He could be older than Warner Bros. studio, General Motors and the Boy Scouts. He could have survived two world wars and Prohibition. He could have been dinner. He’s Bubba, a 22-pound leviathan of a [...]

8 Years And Counting…

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Today, my wife and I celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. Words fail me when it comes to trying to quantify my feelings for Rene. She is such a huge part of me, there just aren’t words that describe it. Knowing full well that any words I write will be inadequate, I still want to say [...]

Today’s Sign of the Apocolypse

Friday, February 18th, 2005

When I was a kid (in the late 60′s and through the 70′s) everyone I knew watched Bugs Bunny cartoons. Of course we watched them because they were terrific examples of physical comedy. Some of those cartoons have become classics (like Bugs and Elmer Fudd at the opera). Well, it seems that nothing is sacred [...]

Some Blacks Hate Black History Month

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

Did you know that there Americans that hate Black History Month? Did you know that this group includes blacks? I didn’t. John Wiley Price, the only black county commissioner in Dallas, Texas, spoke Monday to 100 mostly black middle school students about history, responsibility and their futures. If he had been invited the following day [...]

This Is Why No One Takes Racism Seriously Enough

Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

The victim mentality of many blacks in America is why racism is not taken as seriously as it should be. This story is an illustration of what I mean: Sorry about the snacks Just think of all the ways a man might use a banana to offend a woman. Then you may imagine why some [...]