Anecdotes, Antidotes, and Anodes

Fun Monday #15

As you probably know, I'm off on my broom and I have no idea who is hosting today's Fun Monday or what the 'assignment' is, so, just for Fun, I'm guessing it has something to do with one of the following:

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Can someone help me here and try to relate something you've seen above with today's Fun Monday assignment ?  Do any of the above photos trigger flashbacks to a BloggerBud's previous post?

Swampy is Dancin'

Any guesses as to what dance this is?

Sunsets over the Pacific

Have a wonderful day...

Questions

Since I don't have time to post anything, just thought I'd ask if you have any questions or comments?   Someday, I will have the time to respond to them.

Sunrise Over the Mesa

This is another virtual post, as I'm still running around without a cornpooter.

I hope you enjoy this photo of Sunrise over the Grand Mesa.

Here are some links to this beautiful place in Colorado. Maybe this can be a geography lesson for those who want to read more about the Grand Mesa or provide information for anyone planning on a vacation to this area.

Grand Mesa Lodging

Grand Mesa Scenic Byway

Wikipedia Definition

Thank you for continuing to visit. Someday, there may be a cornpooter in my life again.

Lions Club - Reverse Parade

A Message from the Emergency Swampcast System...I did find a computer with a string and a can attached that's works quite well. Broadcasting this message from the Bluegrass State to say thanks for visiting and commenting yesterday.

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In February, I posted The Lions' Club Parade. These guys and gals are having a rip-roarin' good time, but keep in mind their club has the single most profitable fundraiser in the World. Last year they raised $180,000.  For more information, click on the above link.

Because my time for blogging is limited these days, I decided to share a few photos already on my computer from The Reverse Parade.  Typepad is doing a wonderful job automatically posting for me...and will be the cases for about 2 weeks.

Put it in reverse...back it up...walk this way...and yes, this post is discombobulated (is that a word?) but so was the Reverse Parade.

In keeping with my RANDOM way of posting, this reverse parade is about as random as it gets. The pictures are as out of order as the participants were in these photos.

Strike up the band and come along for the fun. If you'll notice on the parade route map above, the geometry 'formula' of "The Shortest Distance between Two Points is a Straight Line" was not used here. 

  In fact, theHansMan formula of the Longest Distance between two points is a Shortcut, seemed to be the rule of thumb for this parade.

Please notice how much larger our cheerleader is than the "Animal House-type" statue is.

A toast to Kevin and a t-shirt worn in his honor.

This post is dedicated to the memory of Kevin Wagner. 

Fun Monday #14

Well, well, well...guess who's hosting today's Fun Monday...my trashy friend, Robin at Pensieve. (Go check out the complete list of participants at her place.)   Our friendship goes way back. There was something called S.P.E.A.R. Challenge 2007. But, on with the show...she has asked us to find our Worst "Bad Hair Day."  She goes on to say, "If you're the unfortunate soul who has more than one, well, then post as many as you are willing." 

More than ONE ? How 'about more than TWENTY ? Here goes..
This is a collage of old school photos from my school teaching days...

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Moving left to right, top to bottom...
No explanation needed for the first one.
Four school teachers who were chaperoning a middle school party, having a blast. In fact, we probably had more fun than the students.
Invitation (designed by theHansMan)to my 50th birthday party: L to R: 4 years old, senior picture-class of '69, pic at daughter's wedding)
Green hair:  What else? St. Patrick's Day
Orange hair:  Preparing to watch Oklahoma State University NCAA basketball game
Pink hair: No reason. Just wanted to wear pink.

Chichen Itza Mexico(interesting link for those interested)

That's where we were when this pic was taken. I didn't think I would ever get those beads and braids out of my hair. Thoughts of maybe leaving them and starting a dread locks entered my mind.

This next picture is probably my favorite "Bad Hair Day" picture. It represented a new beginning for me.

So, there you have it... two dozen Bad Hair photographs in one click of your mouse.

Thanks for visiting.
I'm somewhere in this state
flitting around on my broom
I hope to locate a cornpooter
And be able to visit you sometime soon.
 

That's a Wholenother Story

Having been raised in Southeastern Oklahoma, I came away from there with a distinct dialect  a syrupy drawl. Not to mention, I use many terms and phrases that might seem a bit strange to normal people.
I have had previous posts categorized under Verbal-Linguistic that were just for fun, but today this is a completely serious post.

Your help is needed to clear up an ongoing discussion argument between theHansMan and me.

The disagreement between the two of us is that a certain phrase I use makes no sense at all to him.  Please submit your ideas so that what you say can be tallied and taken under consideration.

I don't know fiddle (if it will) make any difference whether I stop using it or not, but thought it would be interesting to take a poll.  (An entire conversation is recorded at the fiddle-link.)

In predicting a rainstorm, I will say, "Looks like it's going to come a flood. Just look at those ominous rain clouds." 

  Or, after the rainstorm has happened, I will say, "Wow, it came a flood today. Look at all those drowned frogs in the driveway."

Another question:  What is a "wholenother?"  I hear people say things like, "Well, that's a wholenother story."   or  "He had a wholenother opinion."  I've never seen it written, but I hear it used all the time. In fact, I use it all the time.

Here is another discussion argument we have on a regular basis.

So, here are the questions I pose to you:

Have you ever heard or used a phrase similar to, "Looks like it's going to come a flood?" Do you understand it?    Any discussion ?

Swampy Award

The Third Swampy Award is given Just Because...just because I want to thank this BlogBud for being one of the first visitors and commenters at my blog back in August...just because she has continued to visit and comment on a daily basis...just because she designed my 'new Cruella look' with the pink Breast Cancer Awareness ribbons. Just because she sends personal e-mails to stay in touch.
This Swampy Award goes to Pamela at The Dust Will Wait...just because.  Pamela, this song is for you...just because.   Oscar sings <HERE>

Shoe-Boot-Foot Fetish

BARNGODDESS requested a full size photo yesterday. I think her exact words were, "I want to see #11's whole package...looks like a gunslinger.  Well, here's it is...

The rest is the same old post from yesterday.  Read the comments for better entertainment.

TheHansMan and I attended Festival of the West last month, and for some reason, I started taking pictures of people's feet. After a few hours of pointing my camera downward and asking people to "hold still," they started coming to me asking if I would take pictures of their feet. Why, I do not know, but I obliged and shot their feet.

These are just a few of about 65 photographs. Not sure why I thought it would make a post, but possibly some creative captions could make it more interesting.

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Remember [this story ] ?  Those scars on his left leg are proof that he really did slam into an aspen tree as we dismounted the ski lift.  And, his legs were parallel to the ground as pictured here.

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No, these are NOT my feet.

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Just another random post about my fetish for shoes and boots.  Min, this one's for you.