Anecdotes, Antidotes, and Anodes

A Baker's Dozen with a Bonus

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This Just In:  Egypt's Ruling Party Resigns  !!

No need to go anywhere else to find The Daily News from All-over-the-World, Cooking Tips, Fashion Trends, Celebrity Buzz, Sports, and Plain 'Ole Non-Sense . . .

Look no further.  You've found it !

Yes.  Here you have it folks. The Daily News.

Or otherwise known as: "My Observations and 'Wonderings."

Or otherwise known as:  "A Baker's Dozen with a Bonus."

1)  Want to add a little twist-ella to your next batch of brownies ?  Frost them while still 'warm' with Nutella.  

 

 

 

2)  Red soled shoes by Christian Louboutin (believe me, entering this website is entertaining in itself) are the rage. I've coveted them 'ever-since' I saw them on Oprah's feet.  Once I checked the prices, I realized they cost more than my first house. 
Remedy: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) In the Celebrity Romance Department, what with Valentine's Day coming up and all, there's a rumor that Ken and Barbie will get-back-together.   Just gotta love this clip:

 

4)  On the Technology Side of the news, today we find Twelve Free iPhone Apps that Connect You to Museum Art  (Clink this Link)   At  this point and time, my favorite App is Run Pee.

5)  No Bieber Fever here.  He's accustomed to the screams of adoring teens, but pop star Justin Bieber didn't quite get the same reception at the New York Knicks game.  He was loudly booed by some basketball fans at Madison Square Garden.

6)  U.S. Postal truck hating turkey adds a whole new dimenstion to Going Postal.  In this case, we might say "Going Turkey." This gobbler has been vidoed attacing a mail truck on Cape Code.  Ethel Kennedy's claim that it's a turkey that escaped from their compound is for the birds.

7)  From Small Biz we get this news:  Shrimp is now growing in the desert.  If you check out THIS VIDEO, you'll have to watch a twenty second ad by UPS, but it's worth the wait.

8) Rain Rain Go Away  Snow Snow Go Away is what most of this nation is singing these days. Did you know that two feet of snow on a normal-sized roof can weigh 38,000 pounds ?  That's NINETEEN tons ! If you hear a 'creaking' sound coming from your ceiling . . . GET OUT !  Once you get outside, go buy a rook rake.

9) It wouldn't be the news without news about the Super Bowl.  Do you watch the Super Bowl for the game, the commercials, the cheerleaders, the half-time show . . . or not at all !  Well, if you watch it for the cheerleaders, you're out of luck.  Neither team has them. This video shows the ice sliding off Cowboy Stadium which injured six people. 

 

10) OK. OK. So, it's a Baker's Dozen give or take a few.  (I'm busy today. )

11)  Here's your chance.

12)  Add your very own news.

13)  Just click comments and report it there.

Bonus:

Still, the situation in Egypt is the top news story.  This photo was taken by a 'policeman' in a white uniform with a beret . . . accessorized with a machine gun.  Tourists 'letting' him take this shot were expected to 'tip' him.  Probably not a chance that any of us will be going to visit the Pyramids any time soon, but here were some tips given to us before stepping off the bus.

1) Don't let anyone hand you something saying, "My friend . . . a gift for you."  Once you hold "the gift" it's yours and you'll be expected to pay for it.

2) Do not let anyone take their scarf and 'drape' it over your head.

3) If you choose to take a camel ride, be sure that the 'fee' is for a round trip.  Once your camel takes you well into the desert, some camel owners require another, larger fee to bring you back.

 

The Daily News

Yes.  Here you have it folks. The Daily News.

Or otherwise known as: "My Observations and 'Wonderings."

Or otherwise known as:  "A Baker's Dozen and a Bonus."

1) We are now importing electricity from Mexico.

2) When we start importing their water, we're all dead.

3) I don't Kare about the Kardashians.  Never did. Never will.

4)  USA Today reports, "Egypt's Hosni Mubarak says he fears chaos if he quits."  (Has he not looked out his window ?)  (And, of course he likes us.  We pay him to like us.)

5) A message to Christina Aguilera:  Please don't add notes (aah-ooh-aahs-and-aah-ooh-aahs) to our National Anthem when you sing it at the Super Bowl.

6) Who's playing in the Super Bowl ?

7)  You can now follow Charles Manson on Twitter. He has for the second time had a cell phone smuggled in to him. He has called or texted people in CA, FL, NJ, British  Columbia, and Canada.  It is reported officials don't know who smuggled it in to him.  (Can't they just find out who's paying the bill or who has the 'contract' on the phone?)

8) Where is Ted Williams ?

9) Has anyone seen or heard from Sarah Palin lately ?

10) Speaking of lately, does anyone change her hair style more than Chelsea Lately ?

11)  Someone needs to just duct tape Lindsay Lohan to a wall.

12) You have until April 22 to cash in your $25,000 chips at the Bellagio before they become worthless.

13) Who should replace Regis ?  (Anyone ! Just do it soon.)

Bonus:  

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. -- Here's one way not to try and start your vehicle in cold weather: Don't place burning charcoal briquettes under the engine.Workers at the Summit County Landfill found out the hard way Tuesday morning as temperatures were in the minus double digits.According to KMGH-TV, the workers wanted to warm the oil pan of a semi-tractor and put a pan of burning charcoal under the truck. The plan worked too well at heating the engine and caught the truck on fire, said Lake Dillon Fire/Rescue spokesman Steve Lipsher.Firefighters extinguished the blaze, but the truck engine was heavily damaged. (Here's your sign  OR  you just can't make this $hIT up.)

And that's what I just wasted 30 minutes of my day doing . . . observing and wondering and posting it here.

And you just wasted about five minutes of yours.

Please feel free to waste a few more minutes of your time, and add your own comments about the above or add your own current news observations or wonderings. 

Catalog Choice

There was a time in my life when catalogs in the mail were fun to receive.   I was almost as excited as Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin ~ The Jerk ) was when the phone books arrived.  That was when I was living in the boondocks of southeastern Oklahoma (I say that in a proud way) and the closest place to go shopping was Paris. 

Oh, you're thinking Paris, France.  Nope.  Paris, Texas !

I sat and drooled over every page but very seldom ordered anything. 

My catalogs were stored in a basket.  In alphabetical order.  When a new one arrived, the old one was tossed and replaced with the latest issue.  The collection probably contained maybe twenty or twenty-five catalogs.

This has totally gotten out of hand. 

Evidently, I've ordered enough times,  and obviously from the catalogs that perhaps 'have shared' my name with a thousand or three more catalogs

While we were away from home for almost a month, the mail piled up.

So did the catalogs . . .

Just in case you can't see how many inches of catalogs arrived . . .
here's a closer view . . .

Fourteen inches of wasted paper . . . trees that have been cut down and gone forever.

In this day and time of The Internet, shopping is at my finger tips.  Literally.

I don't need these catalogs anymore !

What's a person to do ?

The solution is simple !

CATALOG CHOICE 

This link will take you to a site that allows you to cancel "your subscription" to most catalogs.

I spent TWO hours yesterday cancelling all the catalogs pictured above.  It might take a couple of months for my request to be honored, but eventually this stack of wasted paper will diminish.

The service is free.  Just think . . . if everyone who reads this post will cancel their catalogs, together we can save an entire forest of trees. 

Now, please excuse me while I drag all these catalogs to the re-cycle bin.

 

Happy Mother's Day in February

Did you know that Mother's Day is being celebrated in February this year ?

Well, maybe not exactly.

But, it's not too soon to start thinking about how special you want to make your mom feel this Mother's Day . . . which is actually May 8.

 

 

These photos are of my mom.  I think of her everyday.  She was a Master Teacher and loved being in the classroom. She was my first teacher at a two-room country school north of Antlers, Oklahoma, called Kellond. We lived on the "teacherage."  (If you don't know what a teacherage is, think parsonage.) She was a talented seamtress and made all my clothes. At the time, I wanted "bought" clothes, but now realize I had my very own "haute coutre" closet.  She even designed and made my wedding dress.  She was also a great cook.  She made a mean peanut butter and banana sandwich.

Mom was probably the best Grandmother ever.  Her two granddaughters were treated to about anything they ever wanted...like warm brownies twenty-four hours a day. But mainly they were treated to  warm,  unconditional love twenty-four hours a day.

When I lost her, there were no words left unsaid.  She knew she was loved. I knew I was loved.

When I see the sun's rays or the stars twinkle at night, it reminds me of her beautiful smile.

If you are lucky enough to still have your mom, make sure you tell her you love her today, because E.V.E.R.Y. day is Mother's Day.

And now, the rest of the story . . .

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