No Thank You ... I'M NOT BUYING ANY BRIDGES TODAY......

A 38 year old mystery solved. Carly Simon inadvertently reveals the case cracking clue. "The Sun Of London" has deciphered the “You’re so Vain” mystery man evidence and ……. it is not ANY of the prime suspects! The new clue in the case is Carly saying the man’s first name backwards in her re-released version of the song. The egotist is ... ARE YOU READY? ....... record/film/theatrical producer DAVID GEFFEN. ….who? … how? … why? … when? …. That's what I say! The story unfolds Geffen, who has always been openly gay, was Simon’s boss at Elektra/Asylum Records in 1972. Apparently, Carly became jealous of the attention Geffen was showering on to her then rival Joni Mitchell and HER music. According to the "SUN" it all fits ... Hallelujah!!!!

I don’t know if I’m buying this tent, Omar! Simon has been known to mislead before. As a matter of fact, "Vanity Fair" published a list of Simon’s previous candid disclosures through the years:

• 1973: Simon tells Rolling Stone she “can’t possibly tell who it’s about because it wouldn’t be fair.”
• 1983: Ten years later she admits to the Washington Post that the song “certainly sounds like it was about Warren Beatty. He certainly thought it was about him.”
• 1989: Fame magazine reports, “For the record, Simon acknowledges the song is a little about Beatty; it’s a composite of three men from her L.A. days.”
• 1990:“I can never give it away,” Simon to VH1. & Simon also says later: “It’s about the young Oprah Winfrey.”
• 1994: Simon: “I think it’s a very attractive man. I think it’s a very complicated man who is obviously concerned with his image, but obviously worthy of my love or my interest. I don’t LOVE just anyone. You know, he’s gotta have a certain amount of character. If he was only vain it would be boring, but there’s a lot more to him. He hobknobs with the underworld.”
• 2001: “I could never really solve it because if I did, then no one would have anything to talk to me about.”
• 2003: Dick Ebersol gives his letter "e" clue.
• 2004: Carly gives the letter "a" clue.

One "Vanity Fair" missed was Carly's letter "r" clue given to Regis Philbin. One clue the "Sun" missed: with the name "David" there are reports the name "Warren" can be heard backwards also ....... I really do not want it to be Warren!

I personally cannot accept as truth after all these decades it's David Geffen. The song was about a jilted romance. I hear it, I feel it and see it in the "clouds in my coffee". The boss not noticing your genius? That song is called "Take This Job And Shove It"! Maybe I'm wrong but one thing I know for sure is ..... Carly Simon is having way too much fun with this for it to ever end.

I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.........

Conan O’Brien is back. Weeeeelll, sort of. O’Brien has taken his show to Twitter. On his account opened Wednesday, his Twitter picture shows him with a monkey on his back and looking destitute. …..HA HA….. Clever, but I’ve never been a Conan fan. When the first late night shake-up happened in 1993, Conan a virtually unknown comic to American culture took over Dave Letterman’s spot. I followed Dave. Tried on Conan a few times. He never seemed to fit my comic type wit. I thought he was too goofy and slap stick. I hate slap stick it is sooooo predictable. …It was okay for comedy of the ‘20’s – 60’s …… So far O'Brien has 2 tweets: “This morning I watched Remington Steele while eating Sugar Smacks out of a salad bowl. I was naked.” & “Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me.” …with 370k+ followers in 2 days. My daughter did tell me he was more popular than I thought.

I could not understand NBC’s decision to give him the “TONIGHT Show” other than he was there. I remember the days of Johnny Carson when the show had a sophisticated sense of humor. Leno seemed to continue the trend. Conan … errrrr ….. I admit I did not watch because I pictured the sophistication style ushered out of the sound stage. Do I think what NoBrainConduction did in the Conan/Leno fiasco? No! They gave him the show. It was his show to make it a hit or miss. Obviously the decision makers of NBC decided they were ready to go in a new direction. Hmmmm ....you know ....... he looks better in a beard!

WELL,THAT'S THE WAY I HEARD IT SHOULD BE ...

In the early … gulp …. ‘70’s, Carly Simon released her hit, “You’re So Vain”. Almost 40 years ... IT CAN'T BE!!!!!..... later there is still much speculation as to the identity of the man Carly spites in the lyrics. Many fingers point to her old boyfriends around the time which include quite a list: Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens …. You know him now as Yusuf Islam. Ummm okay …… her husband James Taylor, Warren Beatty ……. who called and thank’d her for writing a song about him ….. and Mick Jagger …. who sang back up vocals in the song. Is he in on it? ……

In 2003 she sold off the secret in a charity auction. So, Dick Ebersol (the winner), the one person he was allowed to tell (assuming his wife Susan St. James) and Carly know who the conceited egotist is. Ebersol was also allowed to publicly release a clue: the person has a letter “e” in his name. Since then, Carly herself has released additional letter clues of “a” and “r”. HHHHmmmm …… let me get a pen and paper to eliminate suspects ……

Simon has re-release an acoustical version of “You’re So Vain” on her new aptly named album: “Never Been Gone”. ........ My all time favorite Simon song “That’s The Way I’ve always Heard it Should Be” is included … GROOVEY! ...... Presumptuously, I see it as an attempt to promote her album by announcing she has a contest for a video of the legendary song .... VAIN … not my favorite .... sniff!...... Interested amateur/fan/curious filmmaker you ? Visit Carly Simon 's official web site for more info on entering.

I may do one myself! Daughters, friends get ready for your close ups!

WELCOME TO BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WILD WEST SHOW! Starring ......

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E Can I tag a self-absorbed crybaby sore loser or what? Evgeni Plushenko is complaining again. This time because he did not win a gold medal. He feels because he can do a quad jump in competition, he is on a superior astral plane above skaters who do not. It also seems the other five skaters who do a quad, along with Yahoo sports writer and former Olympian Elvis Stojke …….. read his article: "The night they killed figure skating”.……… do also.

Skaters like Stojke ……. who did the QUAD too and never won Olympic gold ….. and Plushenko are what is killing their sport by refusing to see that figure skating is more than being a "ONE TRICK PONY". The judging is not totally based on technical difficulty. It also has to do with artistry. Before he saw the scores, Mr. Plushenko assumed he was out “artisted” … okay I made-up that word …. It was actually the technical merit that did him in. It does not take a former Olympian to tell me what I saw was PLUSHENKO’S ROUTINE WAS NOTHING BUT A SLOPPY MESS!!! After landing his Quad he took for granted he had it in the bag. Barley landing the simple jumps he was too busy blowing kisses and giving cutesy pouty looks to the audience. HOW ARROGANT! He obviously believes a Quad is all you need to win. Whoa Mr. Plushenko, what about the rest of the program … give us one hoof stomp for "you forgot" .... or two for "I am Legend"!

Bottom line, you have to wrangle all the doggies to compete in the Olympics. Tonight Plushenko only roped some. In my opinion, after Plushenko started to pony express it in after his ONE BIG TRICK, he was lucky he earned(?) a silver. He probably received silver from just being who he is "A LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND"! (ie, Visit Stojke "offical" web site. He believes he is a living legend too!)

DEAR MR(s) STOJKO & PLUSHENKO,

Apparently you do not know your own sport is more than being a "ONE TRICK PONY". According to you two show horses everyone who did not have a QUAD in their routine should have went home. Too bad for YOU they stuck around. Apparently, Evan Lysacek can do something you could not that evening ….. skate a more flawless performance at an Olympics. Giddy-up!

♫ IT'S DONE DAWG!

Get ready American Idol fans next week you start voting! Last night the final 24 were all selected. Did you agree? There were QUITE a few I questioned. Oh well, I’m not in the auditorium … the judges must have seen something I didn’t.

Does it really matter what I think? I do not even buy any of their CD’s, let alone name the last 8(?):

1. Kelly …. Kelly …. it will come to me …
2. The teddy bear guy
3. The mess that has her own reality TV show
4. Carrie Underwood
5. The old guy
6. Jordan something
7. David Cook
8. The guy that beat Adam Lambert ….. oh yeah ........ Kelly Clarkson!

SHE LOVES YOU YA YA YA!

Heather Mills this past week declared that she is broke. That $54 MIL paid from Sir Paul? GONE, ZIP, SPENT, OUT TO SEA, DEPLETED, DOWN THE SHITTER, BEQUEATHED, EXPENDED, DONATED(?), ZINGO’D!!!

Now I never knew or bothered to glimpse at their divorce details or the rag mag coverage of the proceedings. …. I do remember Mills pour water over the female solicitor of Sir Paul’s at the closing hearing ………. I always wondered if she got a bum rap in the vilification from reporters and British public opinion. There was mention of her exaggerated claims and expenses. SO, I took a look. How far was the actual settlement from her original request?
McCartney offered £15.8 mil. Mills wanted £125 mil for expenses:
In 2007, £1 = US $ 2.00 (approx)

£500,000 a year for holidays, £176,000 a year for clothes, £1 million for legal expenses, £650,500 a year for donations to charities, £650,400 a year to run seven properties (She was also asking for) with staff, £360,000 for personal security, £175,000 for her daughter’s security, £200,000 a year for chartered jets, £186,000 a year for chartered helicopters, £43,300 a year for a chauffeur, £20,000 a year for a nanny, £191,150 a year for "professional expenses". £40,000 a year for wine and £30,000 a year for equestrian activities and the ownership of four homes all of which owned by McCartney and his wife Linda for years. In addition to these homes she wanted £8 - £12,500,000 to buy a home in London, £3 million to buy a home in New York, and £750,000 to buy an office in Brighton, England, for her sister.

Basically what it came down to is that the $54 Mil Mills DID receive equates to $1500 for every hour of her marriage.

Mills also claimed she deserved the initial settlement request because while married in those four years, she saved, collaborated and facilitated McCartney’s career and the music in it. WOW to think we really owe it to her. I have to say the Brits tagged her correctly! She loves ya!?

OLYMPIANS OR PRIMAS

Don’t you miss the days when the Olympics were for appreciative amateurs and not self-seeking Prima Donnas? I’m beginning to!

Take for example the return to single men’s figure skating, the legend in his own mind, Evgeni Plushenko. Plushenko, known for his quad jumps, first complained about the new scoring system. The old system favored him before just fine!
Former Olympic champ Jamie Salé (2002 pairs skate, Canada) is unimpressed with Plushenko's triumphant return. Remember Sale and her husband and skate partner (Pelletier) were almost victims of another scoring system in 2002 that benefited “favorites” in their sport. Sale is quoted as saying, "(I thought) he (Plushenko) was just throwing his arms up in circles in the air all the time, there's nothing there," she says. "He wasn't doing anything quality on the ice ... but by throwing his arms around, they (judges) were like, 'Oh my God, he's amazing. Well, no, I'm not buying it. That's not skating. There's no edges. There's nothing to his program. All he does is quad (jump), then skates around in a circle, then a triple Axel and then skate down the ice and do a triple Lutz and his program is done." Salé believes Plushenko is unfairly rewarded for his reputation as a champion and, as a result, is points ahead of his rivals even before he has marked his territory.(Rueters, 2/11/10)

Now his coach is complaining about the skating order. (Plushenko is 10th) What is wrong with it? Well you see the old thinking (and system, you know the one that benefited Plushenko before) is the judges are saving the better scores for skaters later in the program. Tell that to reigning Olympic pairs figure skating champions, Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao who skated first in the short program this past week. Maybe it is time Plushenko competes on a level playing field or rink as the case maybe!

The Olympics was once for athletes that had national pride in representing their countries. One thing is crystal ice clear, Plushenko (and MANY others) are there for themselves.

TRAGEDY AT THE OLYMPICS - Did NBC go too far?

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NBC is in the doghouse again with their viewers and peers. This time for choosing to show the unfortunate death of Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili, age 21. (I hear ABC AND CBS showed it afterwards also.)

My husband saw it accidentally without warning while channel surfing. Thinking it was stock video of Kumaritashvili competing, hubby watched in shock the gruesome crash. I know Hubby can watch some upsetting stuff; he was shaken a little from this one.

I’m sure because he is so young, there is not much written about the life of Nodar Kumaritashvili. But in his memory for a world that will never know him:

Born November 22, 1988 in the Borjomi region of Georgia. The Kumaritashvili family made their home in the nearby ski resort Bakuriani. He came from a family of lugers: father Dato and cousin Felix who was his coach and head of the Georgian Luge Association. Those close called him soft-spoken and shy but had a life’s dream of being an Olympian. Nodor, always an athlete, started to competed in 2008-2009 Luge season. He completed in 10 World Cups overall. He is ranked 44th out the 65 competitors for the 2009-10 season and finished 28th in his last World Cup January 2010.

Nodar is survived by his mother, father and sister and is to be buried in his hometown. Local officials in Bakuriani, have stated that a new luge track will be named after him where an annual competition will be held in his honor.

LOOOONG TIME NO C!

UUUUUUUuuuuhhhhhh ........ NO!
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I HAD A FARM IN AFRICA ......

I am sure you did not forget that Valentine’s Day is Sunday? Any plans?

Husband and I will probably exchange cards and go out to dinner. I tell him every year DO NOT BUY ME CANDY! Don’t you know I get the biggest heart shaped box the drug store has to offer every year. Hey, everyday is Valentine’s Day around here my husband tells me. Uuuuhhh yea … read the post below and you will see who matters most in this home!

If I want to sense that romancey feeling I can always live vicariously through a movie any time of year. There is the new “Valentine’s Day” movie but, it looks like too much over stimulation from too many love stories. My old favorites? Glad you asked. Here’s a few off the top of my head:

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) – I cried so much at the end of this one (it may have been postpartum, too??). To think they waited so long till she died to be together. Where’s my tissues?

The Way We Were (1973) – THE classic. Didn’t you just want them to run away to be together again after the scene where she sweeps his hair. Maybe the tissues are in the bathroom.

Out of Africa (1985) – Redford … a common thread. She falls in love with him and Africa and loses both. Trying the linen closet.

Pride and Prejudice (2005) – Is it the romanticism of the time period or that there is true love in store for both older Bennet sisters. The rain scene where he first unexpectedly proposes and the sunrise scene is how we all want it to happen. Oh it is on tonight at 10 pm. Now I HAVE to go to store for tissues.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAYTON and Eva too!

My husband and I agree on one thing, if we would ever divorce the biggest battle would be custody over .... the dog!

Our precious little fur ball is 7 years old today. My how time has flown by. One day you are cute little chubby puppy poo poo machine full of energy who eats all the dog food you can give him, next you are a spoil eats people food ONLY sleep all day shed monster who I have to throw outside to do the business. Ahhhhh .... the teenage years.

There will be singing (Claytie howls), blowing out candles (okay we blow them out), cake and ice cream (He gets his share .... what did you think the dog sang for?). Yes .... we are are crazy bunch.

Since I honored ZSA ZSA and remembered Grandma and her sisters this week, I will continue that theme. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVA GABOR! In comparison to the "South Side" Gabor sisters, Eva would be the same age as my Grandma's sister Janet. Whose real name was Antonina when they arrived from Poland. Later her name was changed to Antonette but they called her Janet .......... for short!

WHERE THE DEVIL ........ ?

I enjoy paranormal stories. Not the contrived “Tales from the Crypt” type nor the Hollywood movie treatment of the real life story. I want the real story from the real person and then I like to go to the real place and see for myself … NOT alone though.

A windfall for me (and family) is the huge crop of reality shows tackling the paranormal on TV for the last 10 years. We began our obsession every Sunday night watching MTV’s "FEAR" in 2000. For us, nothing has come close since. So, these newer programs will have to do ... sigh. The latest TV investigators are armed to the teeth with more techno gadgets than the Bat Cave. Yet w/ all these high-end devices I have still not seen anything caught that will convince me 100% of existence ..... I know I want to be a believer.... One of my choice team of investigators is the Paranormal Research Society on A&E’s “Paranormal State”. (http://www.aetv.com/paranormal-state/) Last night PRS had an episode near to my family’s heart: the legend of the “Jersey Devil” …. and you just thought it was the name of a hockey team!

Background … My parents and Grandmother lived in central and coastal New Jersey for over 20 years. We heard the "Devil" tale some time ago and have been keeping an eye out each visit ever since. Our family often took day trips thru the Pine Barrens (home to the Devil) to Renault Winery, Batsto Village, Tuckerton and Smithville. If you have ever been in the Barrens, then you know there is no better place to hide if you are a mythical legend. The picturesque area is stunning in an eerie sort of way. Lots of dense forest, black rivers, bays stretching back inland from the Atlantic Ocean, bogs, marshes, deserted buildings, sparse population, and desolate silence. Yep… this is where I would go not to be seen.

In the early 1990’s my parents rented a house in Leeds Point. Leed’s Point is known as the mortal birthplace of the "Devil" but my parents preferred to label the area “TICK & GREENHEAD HEAVEN”. One morning they found the roof/hood of their car covered in hoof prints. The region IS heavily populated with deer and deer do bazaar things …. but dancing all over a car? Never heard of this one ….. Pleeeease correct me if I wrong.

Other than having a creepy feeling of being watched at Batsto, HAVE I EVER SEEN ANYTHING? Nope. Never. Not that I did not want to. PRS thinks they may have though and …. in Leeds Point. Now to me, it looked like a deer on the “high density resolution digital night-vision thermal cam” … I’d bet Batman doesn’t have one of those ….. However, the PRS team (who has one and is not afraid to use it) claims the creature they captured on screen has wings. Maybe I need to go on their web site and look closer. Could this be the proof devil hunters have been looking for?

Speaking of the official hunters here is their web site: http://www.njdevilhunters.com/
There is a great deal of info on this site about the “Devil” legend and this group’s hunt for him .... or her. If you visit the page go to the ”Sightings” link for my favorite spine-chilling real life story: February 18, 2004.

If you would like to conduct your own “Devil” hunt in the New Jersey Pine Barrens ……. and do not want to admit it …… then employ our ruse and day trip to the places mentioned:
http://www.renaultwinery.com/ Never have had a bad vintage.
http://www.batstovillage.org/ Heart of the Pine Barrens. Call ahead to see if the mansion is open for tours.
http://www.tuckerton.com/ Not exactly in the Pine Barrens but the drive from Batsto takes you on the northern end of the Pines. Love lunch at Panini Bay Restaurant over looking Little Egg Harbor.
http://www.smithvillenj.com/ Near Leeds Point. Shopping and dinner at the Inn!

Even if you do not see a mystical creature you will not be sorry you visited the Pine Barrens…… oh …. bring tick spray!

DOG KNAPPING TOO!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid30317506001?bclid=0&bctid=65151190001

If you viewed this video story about a woman who was arrested in Oklahoma after she led police on a car chase, then you know her "accomplice" was a little 1 year old terrier.

I checked back on this story to see if the little guy found a home. GOOD NEWS he did …. his own! That’s right …. after 25 offers of adoption it turns out that one of them was from the dog’s actual owner. And it is not the woman in the black SUV shown arrested (for speeding?).

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=11943389

No wonder she never came to claim him! What scum!

Super Bowl Sunday – Go SAINTS!

S COLTS AND SAINTS S

Super Bowl Sunday has somehow become a national holiday. It does not however make me un-patriotic when I first say I am not really a sports fan. The only way I would watch the game with any interest is if the home team is playing. So, today I plan to walk back into the room for the….. Yep I’m one of those …. commercials. The commercial replays will be shown just as much as the actual winning team plays on Monday. So, I have to be well informed do I not!

Second, though I will not be watching intently, I will be rooting (from the kitchen maybe) for the New Orleans Saints. Why would I, a dispassionate football fan, want New Orleans to win? Simply, I am all about the underdog! Has anybody looked at the playoff record of this team? It is SAD. Sad to be in a league for FORTY years and never have gone to the big dance. My home team has been there more than enough. We are getting greedy! There I said it. (Now, how will I ever show my face again?) New Orleans almost lost their football team to the vultures that swooped in after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Superdome. New Orleans has never been to the Super Bowl and it is time to give the city and team their due opportunity. Yeah Saints! ... I'm doing a herky now!

Ironically, Archie Manning, the father of Peyton Manning(who already won a SuperBowl!!!) the QB for the "other" team, ...... started and spent most of his NFL career as the QB of the Saints for 10 years. He still lives there too. Could Archie be secretly wishing for a Saints win?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZSA ZSA!

Zsa Zsa Gabor is 93 today! Zsa Zsa …. Isn’t she the cop sla …. Yes … Yes ... that was Zsa Zsa! It is probably what she is most famous for…. THAT and 9 husbands! Zsa Zsa and her sisters Eva and Magda …. That’s right Eva was the “Lisa” on “Green Acres” and sold the wigs and Magda ? … Well, I don’t know what Magda did but I remember her two more famous siblings talked about her all the time ….. Start again … As a kid I viewed the Gabor sisters as iconic symbols of what 60’s womanly elegance and sophistication should be. Zsa Zsa always gorgeous making her rounds on TV talk shows and cameos throughout my childhood. I was never sure why she was famous till I was older and saw her in a movie. ZSA ZSA made movies???? I’ll list some fast facts about that later ….

What is it that connects my childhood to Zsa Zsa? Well not only is Zsa Zsa a stylish image from my youth but, I remember my mother telling me what my Grandfather labeled my Grandma and her 5 sisters. You see ... every family gathering resulted in a performance from the “South Side” Gabor sisters. I understand funerals is where they did their finest work! It was Oscar performances all around that led to who could wail the loudest and achieve the greatest of all acting achievements ….. the believable fainting spell! Yes, it was a race to see which one of them beat the other one on the quickness of executing the fall to the floor into a state of grieving unconsciousness. Now you see where I get MY drama from .... an inheritance!

Grandma and her sisters (like the Gabors) were always pretty, petite, little bee-hived natural? blondes, who lied about their age SO much they forgot how old they were in their later years. They also all had another flaw … they needed MEDS! Unfortunately, meds were not available then so the outrageous and over the top behavior continued till their passings. Zsa Zsa is still going strong though and is the same age as my dear departed Grandma would be this year. Grandma only married 3 times but, I’d bet Zsa Zsa and Grandma are neck and neck in the boyfriend #'s category. Magda was the same age as my Great-Aunt Helen (the oldest sister also) who was actually the last to go(2005) of the "South Side" Gabors. Sniff, Sniff … the good old days!

Fast Fun Facts about Zsa Zsa (you already know about the 9 husbands):

· Her real name is Sari.
· Her mother (Jolie) was an heiress to a jewelry fortune. SO, Zsa Zsa was never hurting!
· She claimed to be the winner of the 1936 Miss Hungry beauty pageant. Relatives later stated she was disqualified because of being underage and yet another claims she was just the runner up.
· Being married to her 2nd husband Conrad Hilton (1942-1947) would make her Paris Hilton’s EX Step-Great-Grandmother.
· She started her movie career (1952) at the age of 35!
· The director (Mervyn LeRoy) of her first film (Lovely to Look At) offered her the role after he saw her dancing at party.
· The 1952 version of “Moulin Rouge” was her best-known starring role. She was cast more often as a supporting actor and in B-movies.
· Claims to have been forced on a date with Frank Sinatra.
· Her best friends in the 50’s/60’s were Joan Collins and Kim Novak.
· Her mother lived to be 100.
· Her sister Magda married as her 5th husband, Zsa Zsa’s 3rd husband, actor George Sanders. YUCK!
· One of her marriages was to the inventor(Jack Ryan) of the Barbie Doll. Hmmmm
· Out of the 20 marriages between them, Zsa Zsa was the only Gabor sister to have a child. (Francesca Hilton)
· She lost an estimated 10 million in the Bernie Madoff ponzi scan.
· Her present husband (Prinz von Anhalt) claims the title: Prince Frederic von Anhalt of Munich, the Duke of Saxony, which would make Zsa Zsa a princess, right! Ahhhh …. No. Actually, Prinz paid the bankrupt German Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt to adopt him in 1980. He has no legitamite claims to the German royal line.

AND yes … I do think my Grandma would have slapped a cop if she had the chance …… especially in her later years!

UNDER CONSTRUCTION -> ->

I started a blog today. WHY? For the first time in over a year I am feeling BLOG-LESS today. SO, I made one …. Probably just to talk to myself but I’ll take that chance.

Formally, I had been reading about 5-6 blogs regularly. Posting here and there on a few, steady on one and “lurking” on the others. Most of the people posting with me seemed to be blogging with each other much longer before I arrived on the seen. My “steady” was the place I felt most comfortable to join in. Did you pickup on the “WAS”? Alas …. Alas? Who says that? ………… I AM out of sorts. My comfy place is sorta, kinda, rathera … gone now! It still exists in name. The people are still around on those other blogs but, I don’t feel like I belong anywhere. Add to that, lately the people from the left over blogs are in discord. Not sure how all that happened. I’m afraid to ask though, I have a theory about a little toady gnome that may be pitting them against one another.

I have to admit I have been thinking of starting a blog but, I have too many varied current and old interests including: International/Domestic/local news, celebrity, political, paranormal, injustice, gossip, activism, charity, social issues, education, reminisce, the arts, travel, cooking and even the darkest of all subjects … reality TV ….Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh …. Would I be able to keep up? Do I want to commit the time to being a responsible blog owner? I don’t know where I’m going with my new BLOG, how long I'll be able to keep it up or if I'll ever write a shorter sentence but, I’m about to find out …………. Look (below) I started with a safe topic….. THE WEATHER!

I LOVE WINTER!!!

AM I CRAZY! Well no, not that I would like to think so anyways. I've been reading my other favorite blogs and everybody everywhere is "HATING" on the winter. Come on people snow is ... well... PRETTY! It is not a daily occurrence for most. 3 ... 4 months tops you even have the chance of it. Think back to when you were a kid. Thinking .... thinking... thinking....... You wished for those snow days! You wished for enough snow to fall that school got cancelled. Enough snow to build the biggest bestest snowman the neighborhood has ever seen. (Having an older cousin live nearby to help was a + .) Enough snow to sled ride. (I had an oval saucer sled that jumped ... more like flew ... over the slightest bump.) Oh .... and don't get me started ... too late ... the ice storms encasing the trees ... WOW (I know, they are way dangerous at times ...... play along .... you are a kid now remember!) what a performance of nature. CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

Okay .... okay ... the reality of adulthood .... it is tough to drive on. Here's where it gets bitchy ..... THEN STAY HOME! Work days excluded from this order. I know there are employers who require your prompt presence. I'm talking about the days you do not REALLY REALLY need to go anywhere. I watched the news the last time we had a huge snow fall on a Saturday morning. Sure enough there they were. All the SUV's over turned in the ditches. Now I say to myself, where does this idiot have to be so badly that: A. They are out in this dangerous weather and B. Why they feel the needed to get there so quickly as to harm themselves! Sometimes I think this special breed of imbecile believes SUV means "SNOW UNAFFECTED VEHICLE". Okay enough of the negative!

Give us your "LOVING" the winter story ..................................