1. This is what I come home to. I love my puppy dog. We’re thinking she’s about 13 or 14 years old. I’ve had her 12 years and they thought she was a couple years old when I picked her up from the pound. Samantha “Boom Boom” Baumgardner.
This by the way is also what I leave everyday. It’s like she’s saying, “You’re coming back, right?”
2. I understand that the 9-1-1 emergency call system is a public service. I also understand the “rights to public records” but honestly, the media playing 9-1-1 tapes seems like an invasion of privacy. Some of these calls are at the person’s most vulnerable moments and they’ve become entertainment for the masses.
3. Bike to Work Day is coming up! I had to post the news on the City’s official website. It’s a great way to exercise; it’s a fantastic way to start the day; and it helps the environment! (click to enlarge photo)
So ride your freakin’ bike to work on May 15th!!!
4. I wrote a blog a few weeks back called, “Being a Victim Sucks“, and how some people will play the victim. One aspect of being a victim is not wanting to take responsibility, but the other aspect, and I’m warning you this could be harsh, is to just make the other person wrong, Wrong, WRONG.
I’ve seen it. I’ve done it. It’s a completely bullshit thing to do.
5. If you don’t take a stand against bad behavior you are tacitly agreeing it is okay.
Just sayin’.
6. The first song we ever sang together while listening to the radio was “Where it’s At” by Beck. Syd would sing “Where’s it’s At” and I would come in with “I got two turntables and a microphone.” This was around 1997 or 1998 when the song was all over the radio, so Sydney had to be only three or four years old.
True story
Most parents go with “The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round” Not this Mom!
7. Let me just say right off the bat, it must have been horrifying being attacked by a bear. That being said…
I confess that this news story of a woman in Florida being attacked by a bear made me kind of chuckle. She had walked into her garage where she found up to five bears rummaging through her trash. One of them picked her up and removed her and placed her in her driveway.
The bear obviously could have killed and eaten her. But he didn’t. It’s truly unfortunate that he has huge claws and sharp teeth because they did damage to her while removing her from harm’s way so they could continue their business.
(full story)
8. I conceded a few years ago that I do in fact have an hour-glass figure, but for most of my life my own attention just went to the bottom half of my body and I always felt awkward about that. I had “birthin’ hips” and they were what determined every single outfit I’ve ever worn.
9. I like it!
10. I was killing time in Trader Joe’s the other day (a dangerous thing to do), and I found peanut butter that had only peanuts and salt listed on the label. I had read about it before and thought perhaps it was just an urban legend, but it’s true! And though I have to refrigerate the jar after stirring up the PB, I’m digging it!
11. So I was sitting there minding my own business (playing “Shoot Bubble Deluxe” on my phone) during a weekly work meeting one morning, when the subject of Monkey Butt came up. That got my attention because I had never heard the term. One of the guys was complaining he didn’t want to exercise that afternoon (crossfit) because he had developed a rash from the gravel on the ground at the top of his, um….crack. The guys insisted it was a real thing so when I got the chance, I Googled it.
What came up was this: “Relieve the friction of monkey butt and painful butt rash…” http://www.antimonkeybutt.com. They even have a Facebook page.
How funny is that? I guess if you pay enough attention, you never stop learning.
(I thought it nicer to share a photo of Shoot Bubble Deluxe than an actual case of monkey butt. You’re welcome.)
From my favorite quotes file: “A word to the wise ain’t necessary – it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.” – Bill Cosby
Thanks for listening.
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