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A Couple of Things…

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Jeez it’s been awhile since I last wrote anything. I’ve missed you!

1. Mother’s day this year was nice enough.  I had breakfast with the Mimiagas, shot hoops for an hour, then had dinner with my Dad and Carol down in the Harbor. Of course I had the obligatory phone call from Sydney Rose, but it was short because not much new had happened since she had called earlier in the week on Mexican Mother’s day (I had texted her to alert her to that fact and to remind her that I am in fact half Mexican).

2. Father’s day was short and sweet taking pops to Casa de Soria for dinner. This photo represents me being Daddy’s little “angel” with my favorite doll I took everywhere with me.  If you’re old enough, then you just might remember who Emmet Kelly was.

3. OH!  In between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, I took a mini vacation to Portland to visit my Sydney Rose and we had a blast visiting Sydney’s favorite places to hang and I got to meet so many of her friends (who all told me great job on raising my daughter). I rented a VRBO where Sydney stayed with me during my visit. We took in a couple of movies including “Wonder Woman” which we both absolutely loved!!!  I found Portland’s rapid transit to be pretty amazing.  You can take the MAX (light rail service) right outside the Portland airport directly to downtown for only $2.50, or you can get an all day pass for $5.  That includes their buses as well. They also have a huge bike riding community and bikes you can rent all over the city.

4.  It’s time to confront the fact that I no longer wear a size 2 let alone a 0.  It’s sort of a weird strange dream that I use to be that skinny and it was just one year ago! The last time I weighed 114 pounds  was when I wore a training bra. And while I am confronting this fact, and I’m happy I feel healthier and look healthier, I still find it so hard to part ways with these skinny pants. the stupid thing is that I wasn’t trying to lose weight (it was a side effect of my knee surgery), so it wasn’t much of an accomplishment anyway!
Side note:  I gave Sydney a few pairs and they fit her so their staying in the family at least.

5.  Variety is the spice of life I guess when it comes to the new line of Ken dolls from Mattel. You can choose Kens from different ethnic backgrounds to dolls with dad-bods and man buns.

6. So I’m back on the radio! CAPS Media cancelled my Ventura Rocks cable show last summer as it was too costly to produce (it took seven staff to pull off a half hour program); but they told me they had a radio station in the works.  Well they went live on air in February and I’ve been hosting a weekly radio show highlight local musicians.  I’m going to be calling it the Pam Baumgardner Music Hour where I play mostly local music, but a few indie artists are thrown in and every now and then along with a national act who has actually played in Ventura before.  It’s been a blast but it takes four to five hours to produce.  At least it’s only my time and the CAPS Media staff’s time.

7. And speaking of being back on the air, it’s the first time I’ve used my legal name since college.  I’ve always gone by Stephanie Rose as a professional broadcaster. It was weird getting use to saying Pam Baumgardner.

8. The day after I don’t buy a lottery ticket, I always think the winner owes me, because had I bought a ticket, he would not have won.

9. Some people assumed the reason why men cheat on their wives is because they were bored, but according to Superdrug’s Online Doctor, the most common reason why men are unfaithful is because the other person was just really hot.
I say, give me a freakin’ break!  The reason he cheats is because he has no self control.

10.  And speaking of bad men bored of their wives, or worse, can’t stand their wives, do you remember the story of the man who robbed a bank and deliberately got caught so he could get away from his wife?  Well according to the Associated Press (via MSN.com) June 14, 2017, his sentence was home confinement.  Now that’s just brilliant Karma.

11. From my favorite quotes file:  “I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband…” – Margaret Cavendish

Thanks for listening!

A Couple of Things…

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1. So I got to see my baby girl this past weekend.  I flew up to Portland for four days.  We spent one afternoon driving to the coast down at Pacific City; she took me around a few of the different districts; we took a limited number of photos; we bowled; we went to the movies; we had a few adult beverages and we dined to together.  BREAKING NEWS…. Sydney is no longer a vegetarian.  This is a direct quote from her, “I’m over it, I did my time.” She didn’t eat meat for eleven years!!

As for her hair color, she told me she was going to dress up as Princess Bubblegum, hence the purple/pink hair…but I think she rocks that color Halloween or not!

2. I came across this short video on the horrors of Daylight Saving Time.  It’s funnier than shit.  If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor… This is totally brill:

3. Speaking of movies, my friend Carol thought it prudent to warn me out of the blue, “Just so you know, ‘Cowspiracy’ is not a comedy.”  Yeah, I probably would have made that assumption too.  And while we’re on the subject I’m pretty sure “Raccoon Nation” isn’t either.
Here’s a link to tease it:  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/raccoon-nation-introduction/7518/

“It’s possible that moving into the urban environments is creating technically smarter raccoons.”

I wholeheartedly concur.

4. I get a little disillusioned when I see posts about how much one loves their spouse or girlfriend, even though I know better. Why do people post lies?  On my better days I think it’s because they wished it were true, or on my crabby-woman days, I think they just like the validation when people comment how cute they look.   I think I will continue to leave my personal relationships personal, and might, just might post that I got married…someday.  But of course, I could always change my mind. 😉

5. If you build it they will come.

It was a fantasy movie people! TOTALLY FICTION!
If you build it, they will come if you promote the shit out of it and provide a service people actually want.

6. I saw a Facebook thread about the recent music awards here in town. Some people like it, and some people don’t.  But someone who likes them commented, “We’re all in this together.”  Well if we’re all in this together, why are we competing against each other?

fire-message7. A friend of mine, John Vance, is a Fire Chief and he took a photo of the bulletin board at his station saying “We don’t tell anyone to write this on the assignment board, they just do!”

I would make a minor change on #3 so it would become a metaphor for everyone in life:
1. Be Nice
2. Be Safe
3. Put out Fires
4. Do your Job

 

8. I always like to be in the middle of reading a book, sometimes I have more than two going at any time depending on my mood.  Fiction/Non-Fiction/Fantasy/Horror,Drama…I just finished an odd book called “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon and another one called “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins.  Sometimes I’m just happy to get through a book, it’s rare that I give up.  My biggest accomplishment?  Getting through “War and Peace” and completely digging it!

9. Popular foods taking on new hues as food makers purge artificial dyes from their products.
I’m all for it though I stopped buying cereal years ago.  I can’t even remember the last time I purchased milk for myself. CM3bU5ZUcAAvHHT

10. Did I see I story that said, “Starbucks to tweak pumpkin spice latte formula to include real pumpkin.”?  Sadly, yes, I did.

11. Is anyone else completely disgusted by the Cottenlle toilet paper campaign? Something about giving you confidence to go commando? Really???

12. From my favorite quotes file, “We’re developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won’t be able to think.” ― Rod Serling

Thanks for your time!

A Couple of Things…

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Pam and Maggieoregon_1409_0021.  The trip to Oregon with Maggie to visit Sydney was super fun.  If Syd Rose started popping out grandbabies for me, I would seriously think about moving up there.  Meanwhile, Portland-Rocks.com is in the works!  Just sayin’.

There was lots of outdoor hiking with Maggie, good food, cold drinks, and as much time as I could with Sydney in-between her jobs.

2. I saw a cooking website with a blog called, “15 Dinner Recipes Impossible to Mess Up.”  I feel a challenge is afoot.

3. Kobe’s first shot of the season was an airball?  Okay, in all fairness, it’s the preseason; but still, how much does that suck?

4. Did you see those advertisements how Brett Michaels was appearing at an RV Show?  Reminded me of that line in that Don Henley song, “I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.”  Just didn’t seem right.

5.  On the other end of the spectrum – on the extremely COOL end – there’s this video I saw recently of a school band rockin’ some Rage Against the Machine.  Damn I would have been in band if my school had rocked some Zep or Bowie back in the day.  Check it out:

6. Speaking of music, I wonder, “Is it better to have diminished hearing, than to not have enjoyed live music your entire life?” I pondered this after my Aunt Angie’s recent visit.  She is 86, my father is 80 and he’s going deaf.  She has perfect hearing.  My dad spent his entire life enjoying loud music, his sister hadn’t been to a live music event until this year, not since she was a teenager.  My question reminds me of that famous quoted question “Is it better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all.”

Of course there’s always a good argument for wearing earplugs.

7. I saw someone poise the question, “If you could rid the world of one thing, what would that be?” Someone commented, “Cancer.”
I gave it some thought and I came up with, “Stupidity.”  I figured if we were smarter, we could find the cure or stop it in the first place.

8. I believe I experienced my first (and hopefully last) scintillascintillating-scotomating scotoma.  It last about 15 minutes, then it went away.  It could be described as a half circle of refracted light in my vision path, like a floating aroura borialis or light shining through a quartz crystal.   Bright jagged semi circle.  TOTALLY freaked me out!  I’ve read up on them and they usually are followed by a migraine, with or without a headache.  Who knew you could have a migraine without a headache!

9. I hate it when I arrive at an event and run into friends who say, “Oh!  I have that same shirt!”  I guess it could be worse – they could be wearing the same shirt.

evil-raccoon10. Oh! The raccoons are back.  Yep, I woke up and laid in bed listening to odd noises around the house. So I looked out my back bedroom window, and turned on the outside light to find two humongous vermin walking across the back fence.  They froze at first and then looked up at the house with their beady evil eyes, then continued on.  They had to be at least 45 pounds each. They were huge!!  And again, I live at the beach! So weird.

11. Sometimes when I want to show off, I will work into the conversation that I once dated someone (Victor) who saw Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust tour in the Seventies.  But now I can say, my good friend Linda LeBrock actually met Gloria Steinem.   One degree of separation should account for something, which I guess is that I know how to pick cool friends!

12. From my favorite quotes file:  “Without music, life would be a mistake.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Thanks for listening!