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A Couple of Things…

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1. After a certain age, decisions should be made such as no more bacon, eliminate as much processed foods as possible, eat more veggies and fruits. And then I remember I’m a fan of the hot dog and my local Der Wienerschnitzel literally beckons me as it’s a mere .4 miles away (yeah, I google mapped it for accuracy). Then I quickly rationalize, “Eliminate as much processed foods as possible” could qualify as only once a month. Right? Love the mustard dog on a pretzel bun.

2. Speaking of dogs…I really try to restrain myself from waving to dogs (and cats) I see around town, whether it’s on a walk, in the car, hanging out, wherever. That being said, I still can’t help but nod when our eyes meet

angry woman reading text on mobile phone

3. May I please vent about texting? What happened to the art of conversing on one’s phone rather than tap tap tapping one’s message? I see the value in, “What time did we say?” Or “Are you up for lunch tomorrow?” If I can’t answer in five words or less, I’d prefer a phone call rather than a text.

Also…while we’re on the subject, WTF is up with group texts? I can tolerate 3-4 friends, but more than that and I’m out. Especially if some of those people are not in my contacts as that just might be by design! Every time someone responds, or acknowledges they saw someone’s text, my phone blows up with Ding! DING DING DING Ding! I try to delete, but the next time someone texts, it’s back! I think I’ve found a way to silence a group chat, but after while, the dings are back!

Am I the only one??? #PleaseDon’tSayItsSo

4. I saw a CNN article online last year reporting that a Whippet named Miuccia won Best in Show at Crufts, the world’s biggest dog show. While I thought, “Okay, Whippets are super adorable and worthy,” an ear worm developed almost instantly of Devo’s “Whip It” which lasted several days. Tell me if you have one too now #WhipItGood
See article and photo which is copyrighted: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/uk/crufts-dog-show-miuccia-whippet-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

5. Women: Looking back, have you ever found a drunk man attractive? I’d ask the same thing of men, but in my experience, it doesn’t matter.

6. Have you ever had an argument with Alexa? #Yes

7. Taylor Andrews broached the subject about parents having a favorite child. (https://www.popsugar.com/family/do-parents-have-favorite-kid-44116603).
Of course that got me thinking, YEAH!! But then I only have the only, but I’m pretty sure even if I had ten more, she would forever be my favorite!

8. I think I would dance more often in public if people would stop posting videos on social media. Give it a break!!! #Seriously

9. Have I mentioned I once interviewed Joe Perry of Aerosmith? You’d think it would be about the band and I’d have to bring up how much I loved Rocks from 1976. But NO! The subject was his new line of hot sauce called “Joe Perry’s Rock Your World” sauces. I never would have guessed in a million years that is what rock stars do in-between tour schedules.

10. I still miss my father like the dickens! Check out those shoes! He loved his jazz and loved the crew at Squashed Grapes. He didn’t live long enough to see their new venue, The Grape, but he would have loved it!

11: Books I wish I would have thought of first:
* Anyone Can be Cool…but Awesome Takes Practice (Lorraine Peterson)
* Who Cares About Elderly People? (Pam Adams)
* I Was Told There’d Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
* My Sister The Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
* The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Carolyn Mackler)
These are all real titles to real books! Of course I have no personal experience with any of these topics…except #3, and maybe #5.

12. From my favorite quotes file: “For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.”  – Eleanor Roosevelt

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A Couple of Things…

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  1. I’m going to just assume moving forward that photos of all beautiful people are either AI generated or airbrushed. #BetterForTheEgo

2. I changed Alexa’s voice from female to British male and ask him to give me a compliment.  He said I was sweet, like the corner piece of a brownie. #TrueStory

3. Who is a fan of the colonoscopy?  Everyone dreads them.  I dread the process leading up to it rather than the procedure itself. In fact, my last one, I was totally awake and watched the whole process on the monitor (I don’t think the anesthesiologist was checking on me).
In any case, I received a positive result from my Cologuard test and as a result I needed to do the dreaded colonoscopy. Now if I hadn’t done my routine every 10 year colonoscopy, then the precancerous polyps found, would most likely have evolved into cancer.  No telling how quickly, but still glad it was caught early. And just so you know, not all polpys are precancerous.  Some are beign, and some are cancer, and some have spread into the lining and to other parts of the body.

I guess what I’m trying to say is don’t put them off and …”Just do it.”

4. The biggest lesson the pandemic taught me is just how disgusting blowing out candles on one’s birthday cake really is. After spraying your spittle all over the icing, you then slice it up and serve it to others? This really needs to stop! Ew!!!

5. I still think about those first few months of the pandemic and following all the press conferences and being totally amazed about how closely the people behind the speaker where gathered, and how they all shared the same microphone.  WTF, right?
This one was held on March 11, 2020.

6. Fascinating fact. There are two items you can legally drop out of a car in California, according to the state’s vehicle code, 23114. A driver can technically spill clear water onto the roadway or feathers from birds; however, the law stipulates the birds have to be alive.

7. Great Blue Heron sightings take my breath away. I took this photo a quarter mile from where I live. It’s quite a thing when it becomes mating season. We use to have a dozen or so nests all in one tree two blocks away from the back of my house; they can be quite noisy. I’m sad to report the tree was cut down a few months ago after mating season ended. I will miss them dearly.

8. I found this image on Reddit of a nest here along Pierpont 2021:

9. As I get older, I’m a little surprised by how much I love birds. My dear friend Linda gifted me an owl release for my birthday this a few years back. Part of the package was being able to invited a few friends, so along with Linda, I brought Maggie and Steve & Sally Williams. It was one of those “I’ll-never-forget-this” moment.
Photo below with Kim from the Ojai Raptor Center.
This is a wonderful organization which rescues wild injured birds and rehabilitates them. Make a donation if you can: https://www.ojairaptorcenter.org/

10. Sticking with the bird theme for one more time…I am a huge fan of the Big Bear Lake Eagle Cam. If you haven’t checked it out, please do so! Jackie and Shadow have been nesting here for years and again this year they hatched two chicks who were recently named Sandy and Luna via a 3rd grade classroom competition. You can view via the official website: https://friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagles/ or just click YouTube video below.

11. From my favorite quotes file:

“I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’.”  – Bob Newhart

It’s been a hot minute since my last post. Hope to get back into the swing of posting more often.

Thanks for listening!