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  • ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
    “The president of Iran announced that he’s going to free the British hostages as an early Easter gift. As an extra bonus, the Iranian president said he’s going to throw in a case of marshmallow Peeps.” — Conan O’Brien

    What do you get when you cross a robot with a pirate??

    Aaaaaaaargh 2D2

    Crazy Cousins

    I was in Laguna today, so I met Dar & Dave, and Lisa & Joel, and of course my sweet little cousins Tommy and Andy.  Andy kept trying to jump into the fountain and Tommy couldn’t stop playing his Gameboy.  I snapped these photos with my cell phone.  We ate at BJ’s Brewhouse which has the best desserts in the world.  They’re called “Pizookies” and they are out of this world!

     

    And Joel tried the mini beer samplers….cute!

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    Is Iraq REALLY that bad? YES!

    This roundup of YouTube clips is meant to give a small sense of what it’s like for the people who are killing and getting killed in Iraq — a view that, limited as it is, one can’t possibly get from the mainstream newsmedia. Terribly sad.

      Oh Oh!! 

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    And Then There Were 8

    SanjayaAmerican Idol – Sanjaya the One to Beat?
    Sanjaya avoided the Bottom 3 again. Is he the favorite to win it all? Over the past week, even more conspiracies and controversy have arose over America’s most watched show, so see our take and the take from all our users who have commented:

    American Idol: Sanjaya survives and the power of mini-skirts
    Top 9 Results Show Quick Thoughts
    Top 9 Performance Grades
    Top 9 Power Rankings

    Wily Coyote!

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    Urban coyote gets his space

    An unusual visitor that startled customers at a Quizno’s sandwich shop in downtown Chicago, is now tasting freedom after being released in the suburbs…read more
     
    Just heard this today, thought it was pretty good. A little like Vienna Teng.

    Dogs, Cats & Kids

    From: Kelsey – Stage Manager
    Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 11:09 AM
    To: Diane
    Subject: Children’s Bios

    Parents of young (Lost) boys,

    We would like to put bios in the Peter Pan theater program for each child. The maximum word count is 45. Here is my sample bio for all of you that have not done one before:

    Kelsey (Stage Manager) is a junior. Some previous credits include Night Mother(SM), Our Town (SM), …Forum(SM), Oklahoma and Assassins. Previous Village Theater credits include A Perfect Fall (ASM), Jungle Book (ASM), Seussical, Pippin, Les Miserables (Revolve Operator) and Mainstage’s TOMMY (SM intern). She would like to thank friends and family.

    Thanks, and “Break a Leg”

    Chelsea

    Junior Class Stage Manager

    —–Original Message—–
    From: Diane
    Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:17 AM
    To: Carey
    Subject: Jasen’s School Play Today

    Carey, I need your help!!  Today is Jasen’s BIG DEBUT as one of the “Lost Boys” in the high school production of Peter Pan and I need a bio for the program!  This is what I have so far.  I’m devastated that it can only be 45 words!

    “Jasen (Nibs) is a 5th grader at Eisenhower.  This is Jasen’s first big production!  Jasen keeps busy with sports and lives with his Mom, Dad and 4 brothers.  He would like to thank his Grandma & Pop Pop for being his biggest fans!”

    Thanks for your help Carey

    Love, Diane

    —–Original Message—–
    From: Carey
    Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:27 AM
    To: Diane
    Subject: RE: Jasen’s School Play Today

    LOL, I love Kelsey’s bio.  Broadway here she comes!
     
    This might be a tad much for Jasen’s bio (imagine that) but I CANNOT be restricted to 45 words.  That control freak “Kelsey” is just going to have to deal with it.  He’s MY Godson!!  If she has a problem with that have her call me directly and I will set her “straight”.  (BTW, who the hell is Nibs????  Shouldn’t my favorite Godson be playing Peter????  I may just have to fly up there and teach Chelsea or Kelsey or whatever her damn name is, how we Italians do things!)  At any rate, here’s my first draft
    Jasen (Nibs the Lost Boy) is making his major theatrical debut in Eisenhower High School’s production of Peter Pan, and is thrilled to be reviving the pivotal role of Nibs.  Jasen’s previous credits include swing roles in Teletubbies - the Musical, Harry Potter Goes to Kindergarten, and the “Rent - the Pre-Teen Years (Understudy – Bum near Benny’s Range Rover).  Jasen’s well rounded activities keep him busy with sports, academics and recreational time with his family.  Jasen credits his mother, who still has time to shuttle him to play practice despite raising 5 boys, his Uncle Carey for his interest in musical theater, his two sets of identical twin baby brothers for making him want to stay late after school for rehearsal (and not have to baby-sit  and God (not particularly in that order).  He promises to thank them all on national television when he wins his first Tony. In the meantime he hopes to bring vim and vigor into each role he is blessed enough to win.  Jasen’s name originates from Jase, the Greek God of Theater.  His passion for the arts extends to his musical prowess, as well as his love for pottery spinning.  His film credits include Family Video #611 - Jasen’s first communion, and #101 – Jasen poops on the potty.  He would like to dedicate this performance to his Grandma and Pop Pop for being his biggest fans and always making him believe.
    Too much??
     
    Love,
     
    - Carey -

    The Boys (Medium) 

    (Speaking of) Boys; Beware!!!

    Best viewed with Firefox.  Press F5 if video doesn’t load.

    The Hip-pest Cat in NYC?  A Tale of two Oreos

     

    This is Oreo, (which was the name of my dog, that’s why this article caught my eye)  Oreo was the first cat in the New York region to ever to undergo surgical hip replacement, which was just several thousand dollars more than the traditional method; total cat replacement.   Terrible I know…especially since I’ve been reading about all the wonderful veterinary work that Nate Lam does with animals.  Sorry Nate, I’m definitely more of a dog person as evidenced by my Oreo who ended up on the front page of the Chicago Tribune 20 years ago (gasp) for walking 45 miles trying to get home! 

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    RIP Or

    Most shameless cat joke I know:

    Me:  “Oh, you’re a cat lover?”
    Cat Lover “Yes, I love cats”
    Me: “Oh! We should trade recipes!!” 
     
    One more tasteless joke: 

    A hooker asked her surgeon to make another hole in her ass.  The surgeon asked, “Why”?  She said, “Business is good, so I’m opening another location.”

    Thanks to Eric, for finding these 2 videos.  The new Maroon 5 and a different type of Beyonce song.

     

  • Gromit & Oreo

    OK, so the other day, I had a problem with my Xanga Photoblog.  Since the only way to contact Xanga is via email, I sent a few emails but didn’t get a reply. 

    Being extremely resourceful, I eventually managed to track down Chris by telephone and he was more than helpful and solved my problem with a few tweaks of code.  He even called me back from his cell phone when the problem was solved!  I was very appreciative and sent him a thank you email.  I know he was wondering how the hell I tracked him down in the Xanga office (as all of their numbers are unpublished).  I just told him that I’m used to getting what I want! 

    When I looked at his Xanga photoblog, I found the cutest pictures of his dog Gromit.  They reminded me a lot of my dog Oreo (who I lost some time ago…read more here).  I started comparing some of my old pictures of Oreo with pictures of Gromit, and here is the result.  Pretty cute huh?  

    Gromit                                             Oreo

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  • Sound Familiar?

    ASSOCIATED PRESS

    1:53 a.m. January 5, 2007


    Associated Press
    Seven months after disappearing from her yard in Colorado, a rat terrier named Daisy walked into the arms of Tracie Crass in Knoxville, some 1,300 miles away. Thanks to Crass, Daisy got an airplane ride home.
    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Seven months after disappearing from her yard in Colorado, a rat terrier named Daisy walked into the arms of Tracie Crass in Knoxville, some 1,300 miles away. Thanks to Crass, Daisy got an airplane ride home.

    Crass spotted 2-year-old Daisy wandering down her sidewalk on Christmas night. She assumed the 12-pound dog had slipped out of its home amid holiday festivities, so she brought the pooch on her porch and waited for its owner to come looking for it.

    When no one showed up by the next day, Crass telephoned the number on Daisy’s rabies tag. She reached Daisy’s veterinarian, who contacted Daisy’s owner, Vonda Lundstrom of Aurora, Colo.

    “The kindness of people gives you a reason to believe,” Lundstrom said. “It’s the best Christmas present.”

    A cell phone photograph of Daisy sent to Crass confirmed it was the same little dog that dug a hole under the fence at Lundstrom’s home in April and disappeared. With help from Knoxville’s Young-Williams Animal Center, Daisy flew home on Wednesday. The reunion at Denver International Airport was memorable. “She licked me. She loved on me,” Lundstrom said. “I have my baby back, that’s for sure.”

    Lundstrom has no ties to Knoxville and she assumes somebody stole Daisy. She said she has since filled in the hole under her fence. “I’m going to do everything in my power to see that it doesn’t happen again,” she said.

     And This Was My Dog Oreo’s Story, Nearly 20 Years Ago

    Chicago Tribune, August 1987

    After moving 200 miles from the town I went to college in to Chicago, the very first Friday night we lived in our new house, Oreo somehow pawed the door open in the middle of the night and ran out to play with another dog. I vaguely remember waking up, but was too tired to get up. After all, Oreo ALWAYS came back home. What I forgot however, was that there had been a major flood in Chicago that week. Oreo was in new surrounding and couldn’t find his scent back to our new house. He knew that home was “south” so he started walking. By noon that day (roughly 8 hours), Oreo had walked 45 miles to Oak Brook, Illinois. He stopped off at the Western Open Golf Tournament, where a Chicago Tribune photographer snapped this photo, which appeared on the front page of the paper’s Sports section that Sunday. Seeing this unfold, a woman (an angel really) named Lola Proulx, bought 8 hot dogs and earned Oreo’s trust by feeding him. She was able to get him to the Humane Society, where they traced his tags back to our former home, where I had already called with my new contact information. I went to pick Oreo up the following Monday, 60 miles south of where he first started his journey. From that day forward he was scared to death of trains, which led me to believe he had a very close call with a train on his journey south. He went on to live 9 more wonderful years, and even survived an assassination attempt by a local campus keystone cop, and a close call with a herd of massive elk. He appeared on the second season of Friends, and made other front page headlines throughout his 12 year storied life. He traveled with me through 30 of the 50 states, and was never on a leash a day in his life. God love ya Oreo!