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A Couple of Things…

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mean-raccoon1.  After my close encounters with the local wild raccoons over the past few years, I’ve come to loathe these bandit-looking vermin; however, I felt sorry for what I assumed was one of our local furry scavengers last night when it apparently slipped between the two fences (about 5 inches wide) along my back yard dividing the property between me and my neighbor.  I heard a scuffle thinking my cat was defending her property, but then screams, weird animal noises, and yelling ensued with a lot of pounding and banging echoing through the 4:30 am silence.  I thought I’d have to call animal protective services when they opened in the morning (they’re actually closed on the weekend), to rescue the suffering animal, but fifteen minutes later I saw a nose pop up then disappear.  I was rooting for the suffering animal watching from my secure viewpoint out my bedroom window. Several attempts later a huge racoon climbed out, then to my surprise, two more quickly followed suit.  They were at least 40+ pounds each and they high-tailed it across  fences and roofs making additional racket along the way.  They’re usually pretty smart, so with any luck at all they won’t be returning any time soon!

Then of course there’s this:

Raccoon-on-alligator2.  And just in case you missed it, Yep, that’s a raccoon riding an alligator. A man was watching alligators when his son accidentally startled an unseen raccoon who ran out onto the gator’s back, just long enough for the man to get this shot.  Pulitzer Prize winning shot?

I’ll be honest, I’m liking the critters just a smidgen more.

3.  Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.  Fuck I hate that lesson.
I really need to trust my gut more often.

4.  Somewhere along the same subject line, there are certain people out there, when they open their mouths, you expect not-so-bright things to escape from time to time. It’s the ones you thought were bright, smarter than your average bear and tolerant of others that really floor you when they say something bigoted; and the kicker is, they don’t even realize it.

Definition of a bigot: “a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.” (Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2015)

5. I hadn’t followed the story of Tim Donaghy who went to prison for betting on games while working as an NBA referee; however, a recent headline caught my eye when it said he had joined a white power gang in prison.  “Former ref Tim Donaghy joined white power gang in prison.”  The article said he didn’t like his experience there and he was quoted as saying, “Too many criminals.”
Ya think?

6.  I am not the sum total of my experiences.  If I were I would be bat ass crazy.  Wait…

7.  I hope you won’t think less of me, but I was super jazzed to attend my neighbor’s memorial service recently.  I adored my neighbor because he was a lifelong Marine, and he was always there for you; an incredibly decent man with a life well lived.  We’d spend hours talking about basketball and his two grandchildren who played ball through high school, then college, and now the NBA (you know where I’m going with this, right?).  So I got to meet these fine outstanding basketball players, all 6’9″ of them, and even got a hug from one of them.  Aaron plays for Orlando Magic and Drew plays for the Delaware 87ers. I’m still grinning about this, and yes Dave Davis, you will definitely be missed. You rocked sir!

twitter10008.  I hit 1,000 followers on Twitter recently.  Yay!!!

9.  There were many aspects of working in radio that were either embarrassing, or difficult that put me outside my comfort zone.  But the one that always totally introverted me was when someone would ask me for my autograph.

10.  I bought a pair of those biker shorts, you know the kind that have extra padding in strategically placed sections?  I’ve never wanted to wear them because of vanity reasons (like I need extra padding, right?), but OMG, sweet!!

11.  The trick to getting a new set of pots and pans is to actually throw out the old ones.  This is a trick I have heard about, but not yet applied.

12.  From my Favorite Quotes File:  “There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.” – George Bernard Shaw

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!