Time for some Friday night cute...

to kick off the weekend.

Don't forget to enjoy one of these:

The travails of travel...

for Friday.

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair  styled for a trip to Rome with  her husband..  She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who  responded:  

 

" Rome ?  Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded  and dirty.. You're crazy to go  to Rome .  So, how are you getting  there?"  

 

"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"    

 

"Continental?"  exclaimed the hairdresser. " That's a terrible  airline. Their planes are old, their flight  attendants are ugly, and they're always late.  So, where are you staying  in Rome ?" 

 

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Teste."  

 

"Don't  go any further. I know that place.   Everybody thinks its gonna be something  special and exclusive, but it's really a  dump." 

 

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope." 

 

"That's  rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a  million other people trying to see him.   He'll look the size of an  ant.  Boy,  good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're  going to need it."  

 

A month later, the woman again came in for a  hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip  to Rome. 

 

"It  was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot.

   

And the hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5  million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel,  the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were  overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their  owner's suite at no extra charge!" 

 

"Well,"  muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and  good, but I know you didn't get to see the  Pope." 

 

"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to  meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind  as to step into his private room and wait, the  Pope would personally greet  me.  

 

Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked  through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."  

 

"Oh,  really!  What'd he say ?"  
 

He said: "Who fu*ked up your hair?"

It's Friday...

a good day for stealing.

I lifted this from fellow blogger and friend LarryD of Acts of the Apostasy, because not all of my readers ( I love you all!) visit Larry.  And a shame that is, because Larry is one of the most brilliantly funny and insightful people anyone could have the honor of reading.

I've spent the entire morning, from 4:30am to 7:00am, reading articles that were profoundly disturbing and depressing.  Most of these articles chronicled events impossible for me to change, which is the most disturbing and depressing part of the whole shebang.

How about taking 9 minutes this morning to watch something guaranteed to remind you that America is still populated with mostly decent people.

"The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with 5,000 people, and involved a major shutdown of downtown Grand Rapids, which was filled with marching bands, parades, weddings, motorcades, bridges on fire, and helicopter take offs. It is the largest and longest LipDub video, to date.

This video was created as an official response to the Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a "dying city." We disagreed strongly, and wanted to create a video that encompasses the passion and energy we all feel is growing exponentially, in this great city. We felt Don McLean's "American Pie," a song about death, was in the end, triumphant and filled to the brim with life and hope." - Rob Bliss, Director & Executive Producer(Source)

Enjoy!

Some Friday Fun...

before someone or other drops a nuke somewhere or other.

Reaganite Republican brings us  More Spike-the-Football Bin Laden Humor - and we thank him.

Woodsterman, the wonderful and creative Odie, shares some New Advances In Red Neck Technology - which IMO are pretty dang cool.  I guess that makes me a red neck.

MOTUS posts pictures that are guaranteed to require a Clorox bath for your eyes.  If Mama Ain't Happy - Ain't No One Happy.

Friday Fun

****Off to Mass at 8am followed by a workout at the gym. Then back to Lowe's for Latex Floor Primer, the missing ingredient for laying our stupid sticky tiles in the kitchen. For heavens sake - hubby and I have put down wood parquet in all three of our homes, meaning the entire house, and here we are stressing about putting down some sticky tiles in the kitchen. Arrrrgh!

*****Went back to ebay and purchased another five Lowe's 10% off coupons from the same nice folks I got the first two from. The coupons ended costing 86 cents apiece and we've already saved about $30.00.

****It used to be a very good idea to stay busy on Friday's because our current President saved his most insulting and egregious garbage for Friday, which is a slow news day. But have you noticed he doesn't give a cr*p anymore when he throws the drivel out??


I wish...

....that not one person graduating from Notre Dame showed up for commencement. NOT ONE!! Oh Lord, wouldn't that make a statement?

Friday Fun

*****After the gym we are off to buy the new flooring for the kitchen. Next week we'll buy the new refrigerator to sit on the new tile. We'll be doing the 12 x 12 self-stick tiles (something tells me I should use some extra glue), because we don't want any single item in this house to have a higher value then the house itself.

*****The new fridge will be nice because the one I have now randomly freezes stuff. Besides, it needs to be cleaned and a new one will relieve me of that nasty task.

*****We have set aside the money for the floor and the fridge and I purchased two 10% off coupons on ebay. Cost of coupons: $2.50. Savings: about $65.00.

****Spent some time deleting about 1000 photos and close to 1000 emails (yes - you read that right) from my computer. I emptied my recycle bin, cleaned, optimized, and defragged this poor old computer. It is behaving more like a 40 year old now instead of a 70 year old, but it is probably time to think about a new hard drive.


Then and Than

My husband and editor called my attention to my misuse of the word then/than in some earlier post. I have a real problem with these two words (along with being comma challenged). I shrugged and carried on with what I was doing.

He looked incredulous and said, "Well, I don't understand. You have a sign above your desk!"

"I know. And I even consulted it, but sometimes I can't even figure it out after looking at my sign."

And so in true ADD fashion I just shrugged and moved on with life. Sometimes it's best that way.

My little sign over my desk says:

Then is used either as a time marker or with a sequence of events.
Than is used in comparative statements.

Mmmmkay - got it - kinda of!

*****I'm seriously thinking about taking the weekend off from blogging. But knowing me, I'll find something that I must say. We'll see.