1. Happy 82nd birthday to my father, Gilbert. This is one of my favorites. He was around 26 years old in this photo.
2. Yeah, this is happening on my window sill. It works! I’ll get back to you on whether the regrown lettuce is tasty or not.
3. I’m leaning towards naming my car either Janet, Mabel, Beverly or Floyd.
4. It’s candy corn season again! I totally get candy corn haters (haters gonna hate), they say it’s nothing but sugar wax, but I totally disagree. You don’t need a bunch to satisfy a sweet tooth, and there’s only about 7 1/2 calories per piece. Brachs candy’s nutritional facts state there’s 140 calories in a serving (about 19 pieces).
My favorite way to enjoy candy corn involves nibbling on them in combination with a small bag of movie-popped buttered popcorn. I’m sure that increases the calorie count somewhat. 😉
5. Jealousy, envy, resentment are very close first cousins all of them bad.
6. There are a few items over the course of my life that I could never bear to throw away including this baseball card. It was given to me by Mike Strahler when I was a waitress at Bob’s Big Boy on Beach Blvd in La Habra, CA. I came across it while sorting through some stuff and decided to Google him; sadly, Mike passed away this past July. I did a little research and learned that a non-signed card is going for $1.25 on Amazon and a signed card sold for $24.99 on Ebay.
7. The worst: Having someone sit next to you at a bar and it slowly – and painfully – becomes apparent they have a bad case of gas. Do they think you don’t notice? Or do they just not care?
8. Have you ever feared being killed by a shark? I hope this helps to put things in perspective:
(average annual animal-caused fatalities in the US 2001 to 2013)
Mauna Kea Road
9. Did you know it snows in Hawaii? It actually snows there every year on their three tallest volcanoes (Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and Haleakala). This totally blew my mind!
10. Geek Alert: When I was in grade school, I loved school so much I would make up homework to do at home.
11. Do you know anyone who is perpetuating a culture that promotes violence against women? Is there any chance that you help to perpetuate it, without realizing it?
Please do the women that you love a solid, and take a look at this video. I love his honesty when he says, “I don’t know what her ass has to do with my hamburger, but I’m gonna drive thru the very next day.” Perhaps you have friends who might benefit from viewing it.
12. From my favorite quotes file: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
Thanks for listening.
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Always an entertaining read.
Happy Birthday to Gilbert!
I’m totally with you on the candy corn but I may have an ever-so-slight preference for the Brachs Harvest Mix. I find the creaminess of the pumpkins balances nicely with the grainy corn kernels.
If you’re going retro with car names, how about Hazel?
The video is pretty powerful.
Keep ’em coming!
Thanks Steve!
I will give my father your regards. Yes, the pumpkin shaped ones are especially yummy.
Thanks for reading, I appreciate your feedback and I’ll consider Hazel for sure.
1. 82! I bet your dad’s a cool guy! Party at your place!!!!?
2. Growing yer own . Don’t forget to dry it, BEFORE you smoke it. Oh wait. It’s lettuce. Easy girl; next thing you know, you’re a vegan. MK and I will guide you.
3.MK’s mom’s name was Beverly. I once dated a girl called Floyd. She a boy named Sue. She also had so many children, she didn’t know what to do. #referencemashup
4.Candy Corn. Addictive. I like to centrally incise each piece, by color. 7.5 calories? I have to measure my the sack.
5. Never marry a cousin. Especially a 13 year old cousin. The Buddhists liken the carrying of resentment to eating poison and expecting your enemy to die from it. Nasty stuff.
6. One word: Koufax. Get it? Of course you do.
7. Beans, beans the magical fruit. If you’re gassy at the bar, why not just scoot?
8. Being eaten by a shark, as compared to just being bitten by a shark. What a great anecdote. “How did Kramer die?” “He was eaten by a shark! Fucker swallowed him whole; Captain Quint style!”
9. Snow on volcanoes always reminds of Japan. Yellow snow always reminds , me of Frank Zappa.
10. Speechless.
11. Wow! Connell is like a modern day Ginsberg. MK sadly notes that those who need to hear that most. would likely be unable to digest it.
12. Step 1: Admitting that you need to change. It’s like the light-bulb; it has to WANT to change.
Good stuff as always, Pam. Thanks for writing.
DBS
MK is certainly right about #11. Thanks for your feedback Steve!! Maybe I’ll name the car Sandy after Koufax!
Ooh! A unisex name!!!