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The Turners New Blog

2010-03-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

As you have probably noticed, this blog of mine has become a little stale. However, Lindsay and I have started a new blog together. Visit us now at http://turnertattler.blogspot.com/.

K.I.T.

Pocahontas Day

2009-10-12T10:40:00.000-07:00

Well, here I am at work...on Columbus Day (or Pocahontas Day, as I like to refer to it). We're here because our Governor is a B@$!@*!). Yes, he is.

If you haven't heard about the Columbus Day controversy, feel free to read a lil' bit about it here online via our "favorite" local newspaper: http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/the_state_worker/

In a nutshell, our proposed contact with the butth@le in charge was to exchange both Columbus and Lincoln holidays for two floating holidays, meaning we'd be free to use the time at our own discretion. This proposal saves the State money by not having to pay correctional officers double pay for working on said "holidays". However, the governor renigged on his handshake and the contract was never signed and ratified. Technically, this means that our old contract should still be in force since a new one has yet to be agreed upon. Apparently, he and his crackers feel they get to pick and choose what is and is not in effect. We're in the middle of quite the brawl being had between Butth@le and the Union! In the end, we're here on Pocahontas Day AND we're still working with three furloughs! Could life get any better as State workers??? I look forward to receiving my double time in pay (which will end up costing him more money) for working on a holiday!

Answer me this, why is it that Columbus and Lincoln are the two days to be picked on? These holidays have been in place for YEARS! In my opinion, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered us...and Pocahontas! Why not get rid of the last two holidays we were given, Caesar Chavez and MLK?! I'm sure we don't need to wonder too long why those two weren't touched!

Kevin "bowm chicka bowm bowm"

2009-08-04T18:19:00.000-07:00

My little Kebs is too stinkin' cute!!!
Be sure to pause the blog music before playing the video.

"Woop Woop!"

Trip to Zion

2009-08-01T21:48:00.000-07:00

Amanda was finally done with Paul Mitchell late last week. Dad, Grant and I drove to the UT to bring her on home. We left mid-day Wednesday. It took us a good twelve hours to get to Provo due to road work along I-80, much of it in and around Reno. I knew Amanda needed assistance moving her life back to Sac Town so I was prepared to make the trek. That drive to UT is one I have ALWAYS dreaded. The last time we had driven that lovely stretch of highway was nearly twelve years ago. I had been lucky enough never to have driven it other than that one moment in time. It's not one I'd ever like to do again. However, we enjoyed ourselves as much as we could and made it home in one piece, safe and sound. Here are some highlights from our journey:

First, let me show you what we were up against. Between the orange barrel thingies blocking one of the two lanes, semis galore, and a 55 mph speed limit, we never had a chance to make anything close to resembling "good time". Hi 12 hours! Personally, I think they purposefully left those orange barrels there as their "money makers". Seriously, I never saw any construction going on and yet the barrels were left out. You know that traffic violations within construction zones are doubled! It's all a scheme...

Here is a snapshot of our state of mind just four hours into the trip...

In our travels, we came across this, I've never experienced such a HUGE BM!!!!! hehe...

For entertainment, we went to a place called Cabela's, which I think was the Fry's equivalent of an outdoors shop. Here's Grant trying out the tent cot thingie...

We stayed at some very good friends of Dad's, the Richey's. Here we are playing in their backyard:

I must say that Zion certainly has a great variety of different eateries. Twice, we at ate a place called JCW's which is a burger joint but also has GREAT milk shakes and a variety of other items. LOVED IT! For dinner one night, we ate at a placed called The Pie near "The U" in Salt Lake. Excellent pizza and "Zappis".

Here is Dad and Tom Richey with their two pizzas:

Here is my pepperoni Zappis:

Before going to The Pie, we stopped at Sister (Sharon) Richey's. Dad stayed with Sister Richey before and after his mission as he was adored by the Richey family. It's in the blood! See, I come by it honestly!

Here we all are with Sharon Richey herself. She was DARLING!:

Here is a shot of Dad, Sharon Richey, and Tom Richey:

She happens to live down the street from the Mount Timpanogas temple which was right next to a corn field. Here's a pic. The corn fields always remind me of the Hitchcock film "North by Northwest".

Thursday night my friend Melissa and my new friend Joni came down from Idaho and we went to dinner at the Cracker Barrel. Cute little eating establishment! We enjoyed ourselves while catching up on life.

Here's Amanda and I during our drive home. Thankfully, it only took us 9-ish hours to get home. Thank goodness!

Overall, it was a decent trip. Many thanks to the Richey's for letting us stay in their beautiful home!

Expired: By Date or by Smoke?

2009-07-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

I always like going to our local Grocery Outlet. It's always an adventure as one never knows just what they'll find. I've found a variety of items there (i.e. Coleman blowup camping couches, $4.99 DVDs, $1.99 Dreyers ice cream, etc.). I always make that my first stop when food shopping as they may or may not have some of the items I've been needing. The prices are awesome! They have a great frozen foods section as well as a good size produce section. Sometimes some of the produce looks a little sick, but you take the good with the bad, right? This brings me to the issue at hand (allegedly). One does need to check out the expiration date of the foods purchased. I've noticed some items are set to expire anywhere from a month to several months away from the present. Honestly, if I need mayo for a salad for camping during the upcoming summer months, who really cares if it expires just after the summer's end. This is not to say that everything sold there is at the brink of its expiration. Today I purchased cans of Rotel tomatoes, $.69 each!!! That's a STEAL! The expiration is May 2010! HELLO! Works for me.

Anywho, during the past year, I've had to walk through picketers standing in front of the store, trying to shove their fliers in my face. The "activists" claim Grocery Outlet sells some items close to the expiration date. Okay. So. What of it? Today, as I marched through the picket line, I had to pass three people handing out fliers...with cigarettes in their mouths. So let me get this straight - you're concerned that I'm buying nearly expired items because of your concern for my health? You, with the cancer stick hanging from your mouth, are advocating against nearly expired food?

Personally, I'm an advocate of an intelligent consumer. Almost everyone has internet access. Do your own research on your products before going to purchase something. Shoppers of the Grocery Outlet are probably able to make their own judgments as to whether or not they'll buy that jar of mayo that is about to expire in the near future. I just thought it was ironic/contradictory the cause these people are fighting for.

There's my rant for the day. I shall continue to shop at the Grocery Outlet! It's clean, the employees are friendly, and the prices rock!

Storm clouds approaching...How's your ark coming?

2009-07-19T16:48:00.000-07:00

Alyssa sent this out a few days ago and I thought it was really well done. Take a few minutes to view it. You will probably end up feeling more inspired to prepare you and your families afterwards. (Note: be sure to pause my blog's music before playing the video)

Here is the blog from where it came. You might find some other little helpful tidbits. http://letusprepare.blogspot.com/

Happy Fourth of July!!!

2009-07-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

Two hundred thirty three years ago (July 1776) America declared Independence from Great Britain. The Committee of Five, which consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman, signed their names to the Declaration of Independence.

John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail:

“The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. ”

Please note he did say "second day of July". If you wantt the details, go and Wikipedia it.

I believe the painting below is one of the most powerful having to do with our country. We believe these men were inspired, by God, to sign this document which declared our independence, thereby creating the United States of America.

May we all continue to take pride in our country...despite our current political leaders...and be thankful for the country we live in today. I can't help but get teary eyed each time I hear our national anthem. "...the land of the free and the home of the brave." Indeed we are.

My two favorite patriotic songs are "God Bless the USA" (which also brings on the tears, I know, I'm a baby!) and "America the Beautiful" by Ray Charles.

What are yours? Feel free to leave them in the comments below.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Fourth of July! I know I did!!

Easter

2009-06-28T17:45:00.000-07:00

I realize Easter has come and gone but I apparently failed to upload some great photos from our family festivities. Enjoy the slideshow! These photos are super fun!

Bad week for Hollywood

2009-06-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

The world lost three Hollywood icons this last week, one right after another.

Ed McMahon, 86, died Tuesday
Cause of death: Unknown, but he supposedly had bone cancer
I remember him from Star Search back in the 80s and 90s. Also known for Publisher's Clearing House.

Farrah Fawcett, 62, died Thursday
Cause of death: cancer
Yes, Charlie, one of your angels has left the building. I'd say she was better known for her role in Charlie's Angels. Also known as part of the freakshow that was the on and off relationship of Ryan O'Neal and Farrah!

Michael Jackson, 50, died Thursday
Cause of death: Unknown, possibly pain pills and dancing too much (seriously, that's what I heard!)
Freakshow indeed but I can't help but think how miserable and lonely this man was. Hopefully he's in a better place now and the happiest he's ever been.

They say things happen in 3s. Let's hope we don't start another set of 3 anytime soon.

Quick Post

2009-06-24T10:36:00.000-07:00

I realize it has been what seems like forever since my last post. Since my return from my European vacay, life has been busy and full! Please know I do plan on posting as soon as I get a moment.

Please stay tuned as I have much to update ya'll on. Highlights include Europe, camping, WiCKED in SF and a lil' something I like to call LC!

Talk at ya soon!
~JT

Arnold, the A$$hole

2009-06-08T12:47:00.000-07:00

Here is an article from the SacBee regarding Arnold and the State employee:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he doesn't have a problem with state workers making $63,815 in average base pay, but he does not think the "unbelievable benefits" they receive are sustainable.

"I think that it doesn't bother me as much that a state worker makes $60,000," Schwarzenegger said. "What bothers me more is when you have those unbelievable benefits that cost the state an enormous amount of money on top of that. So at one point or the other, something has to give." (I THINK WE, THE CIVIL SERVANTS, HAVE ALREADY GIVEN ENOUGH)
Schwarzenegger answered a wide range of questions from The Bee's editorial board and online readers during an hour-long Web interview. The video will be available for replay later today at www.sacbee.com/live.

The governor said that while he may not feel the same way , "people" tell him they believe state workers should share in the economic pain that the private sector is facing. IS THE TEN PERCENT, SOON TO BE 14.5% NOT ENOUGH?!
He already has required state workers to take twice monthly furloughs. Last month, he began laying off 5,000 general fund employees and asked the Legislature to cut state worker salaries by 5 percent. Altogether, the salary cut and furloughs would reduce state worker pay by 14.2 percent.
"People come up to me and they say, 'What are those state employees complaining about?' " Schwarzenegger said. "'I mean, you just made a cut of 5 percent layoff, in the general fund area only. Not in the special funds, just in the general fund area, 5 percent layoff. And they are screaming and complaining. Are they in touch with reality, that the outside, the private sector has 11 percent unemployment? Where is their 11 percent unemployment.' So those are the questions, that's not my question, those are the questions the people are coming up to us with."

Schwarzenegger added, "I think the bottom line is, we all have to chip in. It's a crisis."
The End.

The State of California is in a world of hurt with this piece of crap running the state. I’m not looking forward to the next election either as our options on either side of the fence seem to be disastrous!

The people of California, the whiners about state civil servants, here’s a big SCREW YOU! Let’s go ahead and shut down the DMV twice a month. SCREW YOU! Let’s have CalTrans stop work on the freeways twice a month. SCREW YOU! All of you pathetic abusers of Medi-Cal and welfare, you shouldn’t be able to call in two days out of the month to either enroll or get assistance. SCREW YOU! You want to continue to cut our wages, your services should be cut as well. After all, as your piece of crap governor has mentioned, “we all have to chip in”!

Bonjour mes amies!

2009-05-18T15:41:00.001-07:00

We made it to Paris FINALLY around 1pm Sunday afternoon. We had a few very tight layovers but we managed to arrive.

Today was a very busy day. We hit up the Louvre, Arch de Triumph, Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coures, Moulin Rouge, a ride on the Bateaux down the Seine and the Eiffel Tower again when it was all sparkly! A VERY productive day. Yesterday we did Notre Dame and Luxemborg gardens. Tommorrow (Tuesday) we're off to see Versailles and the catacombs. I'm sure we've done more but I can't remember.

Right now I'm using the free internet our hostel. Dustin has been DYING to use his Russian. He justfound two people sitting across from me who speak it! Isn't that exciting...

I think we've spent a small fortune just on metro tickets alone. There's got to be a more efficient way of payingfor these things!

Anywho, after our day tomorrow, we fly to Athens later, arriving at 11:30 and then we're on the ferry at 7:30 the nex morning.

I hope everyone is doing well! Miss me! We're having a BLAST!!!!!!

TTYL,
XOXO
John

Relay For Life

2009-05-07T13:17:00.000-07:00

Alyssa's friend Eliza put this video together, showing her journey through her experience with cancer and why she participates in the Relay for Life. Take a look:

When you’re done if you wish to contribute please follow the link below to Eliza's page and click donate. "I know times are tough right now, but even the minimum donation of $5 would be truly appreciated and you are even able to write it off on your taxes as a charitable contribution." ~Eliza

Donate to Relay for Life

Also if you would like them to light a luminaria at Relay for Life in honor or remembrance of someone you know that has battled with cancer you can follow this link to have them set one up for you. The luminarias are an amazing site to see lit up around the track during the night.

Light a Luminaria

Oprah be givin' way come chicken ya'llz!

2009-05-06T14:50:00.000-07:00

Oprah… FIX YOUR KFC COUPONS! I WANT A FREE BISCUIT!

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090430-tows-kfc-coupon-download

Now there's gonna be a chicken shortage! BO, you gonna do somethin' about this?!

American Idol - Rock 'N Roll

2009-05-05T21:35:00.000-07:00

Adam - This is definitely his gig!!!

Allison - And hers as well, but sing Somebody to Love next time please.

Duet w/ Kris and Danny - I don't think they could hear themselves up there.

Kris - Bottom two!

Danny - Bloody mess. Bottom two!

Duet w/ safe #1 and safe #2 - They were eatin' that song up!

Little Billy

2009-04-29T11:21:00.000-07:00

Mom sent me this one. I thought it was cute.

A little 3 yr old boy is sitting on the toilet. His mother thinks he has been in there too long, so she goes in to see what’s up.

The little boy is gripping onto the toilet seat with his left hand & hitting himself on top of the head with his right hand.

His mother says: “Billy, are you alright? You’ve been in here for awhile.”

Billy says: “I’m fine, Mommy. I just haven’t gone ‘doody’ yet.”

Mother says: “Ok, you can stay here a few more minutes. But, Billy, why are you hitting yourself on the head?”

Billy says: “Works for ketchup.”

Monday, Monday

2009-04-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

I'm extremely bo(red) here at work today. I'm practically by myself. It's so quiet and it's driving me nuts! Mom Turner and I just did our walk around the Cap. It was nice to get out.

This weekend we cleaned the church building...all four of us that showed up. That's always a delight. I'm just going to go ahead and assume that no other team does as thorough of a cleaning as ours. Nor do I think that the other buildings get cleaned every week, let alone once a month. That's all I'm going to say about that. I will say this: Group 4, you're on your own next month because I'll be enroute to Paris. Happy cleaning!

I also planted 200 bulbs I had ordered direct from Holland. Doesn't that sound so fancy? I don't really think they're that fancy, but probably more so than those from HD or Lowe's. I'm hoping that within the next month or so, I'll have Irises (Iri?), Gladioli, Alliums, and Peonies. Per usual, Paiute Place will be back to being the best looking home on the block. Yes, my backyard still looks like @#$%!

Don't worry everyone, I was able to use Toro on Saturday. It's such a pleasure now to mow the lawns of Paiute Place! It was almost too sad for me when I was finished. I must have looked like a fool as I stood there with the mower running, staring at my neighbors overgrown lawn, itching to mow it for them. I'm sure they wouldn't have minded but I didn't want to insult anyone. Instead I called it done. However, I later found that the fun didn't end there - this nifty new mower of mine has an attachment for the hose allowing the mower to clean itself beneath the deck. How cool is THAT?! Pretty snifty, right?! I know, I know, you all want mine...but you're gonna need to back off because you can't have Toro. He's mine! I will tell you that Costco had it for $10 less than what I paid for it. No, I'm not going to haggle over a $10 difference but my point is that if Costco has it, then I know it's a great product!

Let's see, what else do I have to share with you. Those of you who have seen my DVD collection know that it has been in dissarray for nearly three years. They have resided on my dining room floor, carefully stacked along the wall NOT in alpha order. Gross, I know! I finally had DVD shelves made. In usual John Turner fashion (Meja, I know you'll feel me on this), I had to stress about the paint/stain color for a few days. Don't worry, a decision was made and I'm okay with the results. The shelves look very nice in the corner of my living room. I have a lot going on in my living room but I really have no choice. My home is quite small and until I can upgrade, this is how it's gotta be. I'll try and post pics soon as I know everyone will be just DYING to see them! I know, right? Pretty exciting stuff!

With that, I think I'll sign off and figure out what in the crud we're doing tonight for a FHE activity. That is the neverending question!

AI Entertainment!

2009-04-22T22:12:00.000-07:00

OKAY!!!!! So many things to cover.

1) What is with the lip syncing? It looks so cheesy!
2) Paula may be a loon but that girl can sure move!!!! Gotta give a girl that! Props to her!
3) Dang, Kris can move. Who knew?! Go white boy, go!
4) They did NOT waste any time getting get rid of Lil (short for "Little")! For real, yo!
5) Which brings us to out first set of performers...Let's start with Miss Freda Payne and her Band of Gold. Oh my. Did ya'll catch that last move she she made at the end of her performance? I WAS DYING!!! Then we had Big Bird...gone black! FRIKKIN BIG BIRD!!!!!!!!! You know which one I'm talking about too!!!! Oh my word. KC and the Sunshine Band, what a strange group of individuals...
6) Little David Archuletta - I have to say, he talks like a muppet! For reals! His live performance didn't sound so hot but that could be because I've had his CD in my car that last three weeks or so and I couldn't help but compare it to that. Bless his heart...
7) Anoop daWg is gone! Take your hand out of your pocket...screwball.

What a fantastic night! Who knew it was going to be so entertaining?! The final two lackees were sent home! YES! Now we're down to the top five. I think we should stop here. I don't want to see what happens after this. They're all really good.

For more of Paula, click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX9dXTxeGLg

American Idol, April 21

2009-04-21T22:35:00.000-07:00

Ryan said "Pool of Abdul" when referring to Paula after Adam's performance! HAA! While I thought the song was drawn out tooo slow, I agree with Simon when he referred to the performance as "immaculate". That dude can sing anything!

Kris rocks.

I thought Lil's performance was entertaining and I thought she gave it everything she got. Was it the best performance? Not even close. Poor thing spent the entire song chasing after the right notes...and never found any of them...

Matt's back!

I still think Allison should have sung MacArthur Park. Just sayin...

Disco Tuesday...

2009-04-17T11:58:00.000-07:00

I've been putting a lot of thought into the Disco themed American Idol slated for next week. I am very concerned about our contestants. Seriously, Disco? After much consideration, here is how I believe Tuesday night should go down:

Adam Lambert – You Should Be Dancing (BeeGees)
Allison – MacArthur Park (Donna Summer)
Kris – Staying Alive (Bee Gees) OR I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
Danny – Never Can Say Goodbye (Jackson 5)
Anoop – That’s the Way of the World OR After the Love Has Gone (Earth, Wind, Fire)
Lil – Last Dance (Donna Summer) or Everlasting Love (Gloria Estefan style)
Matt – September (EWF)

May the force be with them all! If any choose to veer from this path which I have chosen for them, may they have their bags packed!

Turner OUT!

Comments? Concerns?

It's been one of those days...

2009-04-16T12:05:00.000-07:00

Check it - yesterday we went to the Old Pasghetti Factory for Betty's birthday lunch. I ordered the sicilian sausage sandwich with I love but can only get at lunch time. Between the ice cream and salad, (because it's the complete meal at OSF!), I was only able to eat half of the sandwich. I had decided to eat the other half today for lunch. I left it in the fridge with my name on it last night. This morning when I went to grab my breffas, I noticed that my lunch was gone. Somebody stole my food AGAIN!!!!! This has happened to me at least four times since I've been here. I was NOT a happy boy! Don't worry, I shot an e-mail to all four levels of management expressing my disgust with this continuing to happen. I filed a missng item report and dropped it off to the powers that be. I'm over this! I think we should chop the person's had off who is stealing from others. Isn't that what they do in Thailand or someplace like that?!

What irritates me the most is that I have plenty of food at home in my fridge that I could have had for lunch but I knew I had something here. I had to go out and buy lunch AGAIN.

Oh but wait, there's more! I went to McDonald's to get one of those $3 meals. It's a bargain! K-Flo asked that I get her some tea as well. Not sure if you've ever purchased a sweet tea from there but it's in this huge styrofoam cup. I made it all the back to the parking garage without it tipping over...and then I had the nerve to park my car. As I was parking, the little bastard fell out of the cupholder (Ava's cupholders are pretty worthless BTW!) and onto the passenger seat AND it all spilled amongst everything and onto the carpet. WHAT. THE. HELL. Needless to say, K-Flo did NOT get her tea. I had already been toying with the idea of getting Ava detailed but I think this incident assisted my decision making.

If there's anything else that needs to happen, it needs to happen now so we can just get this over with and taken care of!

AI Results -

2009-04-16T11:56:00.000-07:00

I don't ever want to see Matt that close to going home again...until I say so. There are two people who need to go before he does. Good grief America!

Let's talk about Hannah and her performance -
That girl does NOT look like she is 16 mkkaayy!
I had never noticed that her two BIG teeth are kinda yellow. Not cute! Let's go ahead and get that taken care of!
Did anyone else notice how she was dancing/guessturing as if she were singing to a rock song? That was way weird. How about that one part where she had her arm up in the air and she yelped. Yikes...
Finally, the best part of the evening, the one, the only JHud! Always a treat to hear from her. She looked good except for those horrid pants she was sportin'. Not cute but we'll let that slide.

Next week the genre is disco. What in the...???? Seriously? Matt's screwed right off the bat. Lil (short for 'little') will most likely sing Gloria Gaynor or Donna Summer. Kris, the only disco tune I can see him doing a semi decent performance of is Stayin' Alive. Allison, can't think of a song she'll be able to pull off in disco. Adam, I think we know he'll pull something out of his bag of tricks to make it work! Danny, he should be scared as well. Anoop, good luck. Seriously? Disco? There could be a chance that more of them could be in that bottom three with that pool of songs. This ain't right.

AI Tues Apr 14

2009-04-14T22:13:00.000-07:00

...because it was the judges that took so much time last week and made the show run over. I am so sure...check it, if Ryan would quit shootin' the shiz at the beginning of the show, there would be plenty of time for the performers! We don't need complete introductions to the judges every week. Personally, I would like to hear from all of the judges (and by all the judges, I mean Randy, Kara, and Simon).

What was going on with the diamond studded dog collar and leash Paula was sportin'?

How random was it that Quentin Tarantino was the "mentor" for the week. What in the world does he have to do with the music industry? Surprisingly, he had some very good suggestions. I think Anoop took his advice which contributed to an improved performance.

Matt...if he would stop trying to do those extra curricular woowoos and concentrate more on hitting the right notes, he'd be able to stay in the game!

I think Lil should probably sing gospel because realy, she's just not suttin' it anymore with this other stuff.

I think everything else is self explanatory. Hear from me tomorrow!

American Idol Cuts Off Adam

2009-04-10T16:58:00.000-07:00

From realityblurred.com -

Ryan Seacrest blames producers for overrun; critics call director Bruce Gowers “incompetent”

Ryan Seacrest’s DVR recording of the show he actually hosts was also affected by its eight-minute overrun that left Adam Lambert’s performance out of DVR recordings for many viewers. But the American Idol host says it wasn’t his fault and blamed the show’s producers, although at least one blogger is calling for the show’s “incompetent” director, Bruce Gowers, to be fired.

After the show ran over, a viewer complained to Seacrest on Twitter: “WTF, Seacrest! Host your f****** show better! I don’t get to see all of the performers because it ran over and I record it.”

Seacrest responded by blaming producers: “idol went long. producers build the show time… 8 singers 4 judges… my tivo cut out too.” Later, he announced that he’d put video of Adam’s performance on his site.

But Bruce Gowers, the director who left last year but returned this season, is getting the blame from in-the-know bloggers and critics. His direction is often pretty abysmal even when the show comes in on time. As Marc Hirsh previously wrote, one of American Idol’s “lies” is “Directed by Bruce Gowers,” saying Gowers “ability to pace a broadcast to come in on time is nonexistent” and calling him “incompetent from a technical standpoint.”

Vote for the Worst’s response to last night said “Bruce Gowers is a f****** idiot who can’t get a show to finish up in an hour (ever thought to get rid of the stool chats, Bruce? How stupid are you?).” And MJ says, simply, that he “needs to be fired. I swear.”

American Idol Results - April 8

2009-04-08T21:31:00.000-07:00

How totally random to have Frankie Avalon on American Idol! I know who he is but does the rest of young America? Should they? Absolutely. Do they? Probably not. I wonder how Annette is these days...

Anywho, what is going on with Matt's facial expression in that opening number! Yikes!
I hate Adam's shoes. Gross.
Flo Ride THIS! How do we go from Frankie Avalon to Flo Rider?! What the...ghettoness...

BOOYAH BOTTOM THREE!!!

Oh the Pickle, I must say that I've heard this song on the radio and it rocks. Girl was having a great time with this performance. AND I think I just saw KP's tampon string. That dress...gracious! Ryan said CALAMARI!!!!!!!

Scott should be going home but let's see if the judges pull a politically correct move and waste their save on this guy...

Was anyone else uncomfortable while the judges made the decision to send him home? Good grief. he's not the best one, send him home.

SEE YA!

TURNER OUT!

American Idol - Tuesday

2009-04-07T20:14:00.000-07:00

Danny - I agree with the judges. Really didn't like the arrangement but he did it well.

Kris - He good!

Lil Rounds - I think I'm officially not a big fan of Lil (not just a stage name) Rounds. The way she sings each and every word...and I think it's the type of songs she's singing. I think she should probably try more R&B. Maybe that will make her sound better?

Anoop - He shoud stick with the ballads and we'll go from there.

Scott - Another GREAT song choice. I'm still okay with him going home soon. And then there's the screech of that last note...oops. Is it just me or did he look extra "special" when he started strumming that guitar.

PAULA HAS LIPTSTIPCK ON HER TEETH!!!

Allison - Great job, but she's wearing another Mexican fiesta!

Matt - Still top 5!

Adam - AWESOME!

BTW - While listening to track 9, To Be With You, on David Archuleta's CD, I wondered who the female background vocals belonged to. After looking through the CD insert, I discovered it was Kara DioGuardi! Well done Kara!

Toro! Toro! Toro!

2009-04-04T19:35:00.000-07:00

I had my last fight with my ol' Snapper lawn mower last weekend. That thing was always so sensitive. If all I had to mow was my front yard then Snappy was sufficient. Since I've had to mow about four lawns (both sides front and back), it's had a hard time keeping up. Last weekend, the rope broke going to the recoil. That was it. Dad had spent some time working on it's other issues several months ago but now this. I think it's had a long enough life. Dad got it used years ago and I've had it since I've lived here at Paiute Place. I've decided I'd be done with such nonsense and buy my first lawn mower.

Everyone, meet my new Toro!

Let me tell you that I don't think I could have been more excited about my brand new shiny red lawn mower! It's self-propelled AND it starts right up! How fantastic is that?! I wanted to mow everyone else's lawn in the neighborhood it was such a great experience!!!!

That's my story. May Snappy rest in peace! I can't WAIT until next week when it's time to mow the lawn again!

Kevin and Landon

2009-04-03T18:22:00.000-07:00

What do you get when you put Landon and Kebs together at church in Sacrament meeting? Ringling Bros!

But in the end...so worth it! Check it out!

Is this not PRESH?!?!?!
Just melts my everlovin' heart!

Happy Birthday to Kebs!

2009-04-03T18:00:00.000-07:00

For his 3rd birthday, I decided that Kebs and I needed to spend some time together. We went to McDonald's for lunch where he thoroughly enjoyed his Happy Meal and his toy. Little did McDs know that they also threw in an extra for Landon! Upon completion of our tasty little burgers, off we went to the park where we fed the duckies (which BTW seem to be well fed).

Kebs carried the bread.
It took everything he had to haul it to the duckies.

Feeding the ducks.

"I'm gonna get you duckies!"

"I'm getting closer..."

"muahahahaaaa!"

We sat on the bench and waited for the ducks to come to us.
Kebs needed a moment to ponder the situation.

"I think I'm kinda hungry."

"The ducks have had enough. I'm going for it!"

American Idol Results

2009-04-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

Don't stop and believe this! Those kids are lip syncing again!!!! Could Scott look anymore ridiculous pretending to play the keyboard????

Ryan, why do we care who can do who?! Let's wrap this up real quick all nice and tight!

Oh look, Fast and Furious #48, how...original.

April Fools...shfee shfee shfee...can we just get through this already?!

Megan said she didn't care what Simon said...and that's obvious. She's boring. What's with the flapping of the wings?

What was the little kid having a seizure on stage with Lady Gaga?
I'm not sure I've ever seen Ms. Gaga before. She is quite the interesting creature. Goodness.

Simon said "NOR DO WE (CARE)!" Fantastic! Well said Simon. And look at her dance like a white girl as she sings her song again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is retarded!!!!!!!! UH HUH!!! I think she's on something tonight!

I'm out!

American Idol - The Nine

2009-03-31T22:40:00.000-07:00

I just finished watching the show. Before I forget, here are my thoughts really quick:

1) Anoop is not a very good singer.

2) Megan Twist - snoooozzeee... OF ALL THE SONGS! Seriously, how did she look over Adele and Duffy! Right. Up. Her. Alley!!!!

3) Danny - He's in my top four...but I'm just not seeing what was so great and wonderful about this performance. I thought he was over shooting much of the song. I don't agree with the judges. It was not a good performance.

4) Allison - WHAT WAS SHE WEARING? It was like she was sportin' a Mexican Fiesta in celebration of Cesar Chavez day! Yikes! Not a fan of the performance but she can still sing. Keep her!

5) Scott - Ya'll know how I feel about him. He is NOT in my top four/five. However, at least he figured out how to pick the right song!

6) Matt - I don't think it was that bad of a song choice. He just really over sung some parts. he could have sung it better. A little dissappointed.

7) Lil' Round - She broke the "Nobody sings Celine except for Celine (and sometimes Kelly)" rule. I must say that she did a decent job...if you can disregard all the bad notes she hit. Girl has the power to sing such a song. Seriously though, MJB YO!

8) Adam Lambert - BOO. CAN. SING!!!! He can hit those notes dead on. Definitely one of the top two performances of the evening.

9) Kris - The other of the top two performances of the night. Those other kids better watch it because this kid is quickly rising to the top making my top four a top five!

American Idol Results

2009-03-27T21:14:00.000-07:00

I'm just getting to the results show. Some quick notes before I forget:
1) Were they lip syncing that opening number???
2) Having been in a REAL production like WiCKED, you know Adam must be DYING having to pull off that hokey choreography!
3) Rubey Doobies - What a waste of an American Idol. Gaiken has been more of a celeb than this boo and that's fo sho! I miss Luther V...
4) Let's talk about this bottom three. What is Matt doing there?
5) Since we haven't heard enough of Stevie Wonder from the contestants throughout the tryouts, he's performing for us. Scott should be pleased...that's all I'm saying.
6) WHAT was Kara attempting to sing with Stevie??? HILARIOUS!
7) Of course we had to throw in a holla at B.O. Please, that fool has monopolized enough of my TV this week.
8) Michael is finally gone! He kinda reminds me of a fatter version of whatshisface from Everwood.

Turner OUT!

American Idol

2009-03-25T20:39:00.000-07:00

Let's do this:

1) Matt - He's still my favorite. Definitely needs to made it to the top three.

2) Kris - He's like a Jason Mraz Jr.! Nice.

3) Scott - Definitely should have sung "Reach out and touch". Honestly, that's the song that came to mind first...but no. I still can't believe he's in the tour now instead of blondie/pink hair girl.

4) Megan "Twisty" Joy - Let's see how she twists tonight. I counted five twists. How about you? Ummm, if there were any less dress... Ugh, and that tatoo...

5) Anoop noop noop shoobayyy doo doo doo - I'm BORED.

6) Michael Sarver - Ughhh, he's still here?

7) Lil Round - What's...going on...with that...hair... Girl ain't no Kelly Rowland, that's fo sho!

8) Adam Lambert - Did you catch the shoes (without socks) he was sportin'?

9) Danny - Bringing things back to life! This boo can SING!

10) Allison - Cute hair style. It'd be cuter if she'd wash the Kool Aid out. Girl can sing too! We won't discuss her outfit... Kara apparently REALLY liked her!

Bottom three shouldn't be hard. There are easily four to choose from - Scott, Lil Round, Michael and Anoop. Nobody else should be in that bottom three, but that's just me.

TURNER OUT!

Netbook?

2009-03-24T13:19:00.000-07:00

I think I've decided I want one of these little guys. I don't really need a laptop - I have a PC that I'm quite happy with. However, there are times when I'm sitting in my living room and I want to check my e-mail or see what's happening on the Face. I DON'T want to pay AT&T any more money than I am already for my cell phone just to get internet access via a teeny phone screen. Plus they charge more than what I'm charged for my home internet, which is faster! It's not that serious to me. I think one of these little guys would sufficiently meet my needs.

Take a look -

Stay tuned as I make an attempt at a decision in the near future...

Homies of the Traveling Levis

2009-03-18T15:00:00.000-07:00

Every year Dustin Bankston of the Bankstons, our friend from Ole Miss’, leaves the country to go gallivantin’ across the world. It seems like he’s been all over. We got to talking about Mamma Mia…which led to Greece…which lead to "I want to go there someday"...which lead to “Hey, let’s go!”

Ladies and gentlemen, holla atcha boy because he’s about to get GREECE-Y! That’s right, Dustin, Loren and myself will be going to Europe!!!! Don’t worry, we’re stopping in Paris on the way! If you’ve ever been á chez John, you’d know how much I’ve always wanted to go to Paris. After 4+ years of class de Francais, I’d like to use it! After some discussion and planning with a travel agent in Greece the last few days, the itinerary has been ratified and approved (unlike the SEIU union contract for the State…but stay tuned on that one).

Actually, our itinerary includes an assortment of destinations including New York, Iceland, Paris, and Greece (Athens and Santorini).

You’ll want to go ahead and check out some of the pictures I have found of Santorini…BEAUTIFUL! You’re gonna fart when you see how gorgeous it is…and I’m gonna be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flickr - Santorini

We leave Saturday May 16 and return May 29. More info will follow.

"Look, you seem like a sweet kid... actually you seem like a real pain in the ass... " ~~The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Kelly's back!

2009-03-11T22:29:00.000-07:00

So check it out dawgs, my girl Kelly's new album dropped on Tuesday.
That's right, my life would suck without you!

Of course the timing was perfect. She was able to perform her new song on American Idol last night. I noticed the lack of excitement in Kara as Kelly was performing and I almost had to crawl through the TV and slap her face. I like Kara and think she's a great addition to the posse but that was unacceptable last night!

http://www.kellyclarkson.com/

On another note, I'm not sure I'm happy about Anoop being the one to stay. No, I'm pretty sure I don't like him. He picked a horrid song to sing Tuesday night. BLEK!

Turner OUT!

This Too Shall Pass

2009-03-03T07:56:00.000-08:00

Here's a fun little story of two Mo's in the news!

Check it out:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29462344?GT1=43001

Thanks to Jenn Harlow for finding this!

Goat Milk

2009-03-02T11:12:00.000-08:00

Ya’ll know how I try to stay healthy and combat my persistent acid reflux (aka. heartburn) by eating healthy, right? I’ve been going to the nutritionist (Scott), taking my supplements, etc. Milk, as we know it, isn’t really good for anyone (For starts:
http://beandiet.blogspot.com/search/label/milk). Scott suggests rice milk, almond milk, goat milk and raw non-pasteurized cow milk. I prefer the raw cow milk. Unfortunately, it’s about $8 a gallon and doesn’t last long. The rice and almond milk really aren’t bad and fairly inexpensive. Unfortunately, once opened, they don’t last very long either. However, they are great for storage as they are housed in boxes and have long shelf lives. They work great for cereal, baking, cooking, etc. As I am a faithful gymster, I look for things with protein. I miss my yogurt! Finding a yogurt that does not use pasteurized cow milk without sugar is very difficult. Scott suggested that I try yogurt using goat’s milk and/or Greek yogurt. I was at Trader Joe’s and thought I would try the yogurt made with goat.

This morning I tried my cereal with the goat’s milk. Ummm, you know how goats smell? That’s how this stuff tastes. Then I had the yogurt. I had put some blue agave in to sweeten it up as well as some blueberries. All the berries and sugar in the world would not be able to cover up the taste of goat. At this point, I think I’ll stick with my almond and rice milks and try the Greek yogurt.

Moral of the story:
GOAT’S MILK=GROSS!

JHud on the Oprah Show

2009-02-28T09:57:00.000-08:00

As usual, FUHNTASTIC!
I suggest you watch it before somebody gets wind and removes the video from YouTube.

American Idol Contestant - Adam Lambert

2009-02-25T22:00:00.000-08:00

When Adam Lambert first tried out on American Idol, I wasn't surprised when he said he was in the cast of Wicked. He totally looks the part. The other night I went ahead and pulled out my Wicked Playbills (you know how I've seen it twice at the Pantages in LA, right?). Guess what I found - Adam Lambert had been in both of them! He's listed as part of the Ensemble and the understudy for the character Fiyero. But wait, there's more! He was actually Fiyero when we saw the show in November 2007!

I found a video clip of Adam "Dancing Through Life" in Wicked on stage. Take a look:

American Idol Performances

2009-02-25T20:43:00.000-08:00

Responses on the fly -

Jasmine - Eh.

Matt - I thought was fantastic!!! Not sure what the judges had stuffed in their ears.

Long Legged Black Girl - not good.

Nick Mitchell - I'm not ready for Sanjaya #2. I swear I will boycott this shiz until that fool is off of my TV!

Allison Iraheta - OH MY GOSH! I was not expecting that to come out of that! "She blew it out da box, yo!" Fuhntastic! Let's just get rid of the horrid red hair...

I think Paula was high tonight.

Kris Allen - If you want to make the world a better place then you better step it up an make that change... He has potential.

Megan Corky Tatoo Girl - What's with the twisty twists? She could probably pull it off.

Oh my word, that Subway commercial with the dancers. ...that's so totally me.

Matt, The Welder - Well done! Judges...whatever!

I'm sorry but compared to Kara, Paula looks so drugged!

Jesse - I like Bette Davis' Eyes! I like her! I would like to see more from her.

OOHHH, I want to see this new KNOWING movie!

Andrea Boccelli...I mean, Kai Kalama - CHEESY! Pack your bags brotha man. Back up singer indeed.

HOLLA AT THE NEW JULIA ROBERTS MOVIE!

Mishavonna Henson - Pretty darn good! How can we have so many to choose from this week and barely any last week?

Can anyone explain the significance of the Heigh Ho song in the Hershey Kiss commercial? Each time I wait the castle or Mickey to appear. So random...

Adam Lambert - He forgot his eye liner tonight. I think he is a very strange performer. Good performance tho. Ummm and whoa, his parents and he don't look like they go together!

Alright kids, let's see who stays and who goes tomorrow. Knowing how STUPID America is, we'll probably end up with Sanjaya #2 in the top 3. ...and I will BOYCOTT!

Until next time, Turner OUT!

Cantankerous Canker!

2009-02-24T19:07:00.000-08:00

Saturday night we went to see Confessions of Your Mom Going Shopping (which was super cute BTW). While I was in the theater watching the movie, I could feel the start of a canker sore. I don't remember biting my tongue but maybe I did. That little bastard has grown to half an inch and it hurts like a mofo! It's right beneath my tongue near the side, perfect for rubbing against the neighboring teeth. It hurts to talk. It hurts to eat. IT HURTS and I want it to go away!

Monday, I also woke up with a stiff neck. Lovely. By the time I got to work, my canker sore had flared up and my neck was out. Don't worry, it gets better! Around 10:00 I felt something was not right with my tummy. As if the cantankerous canker and stiff neck weren't enough! I left work soon after and couldn't get home fast enough. I sat on my bed for about an hour pondering the situation. I knew what had to be done. Whatever was in there wanted out! After 2.5 barf sessions, it was out and I was in bed for the remainder of my day. I'm thinking it was food poisoning but not sure. I'm still waiting to see if something is still about to rumble from down under. Stay tuned.

House of Mouse, Part TEACUPS!

2009-02-20T12:18:00.000-08:00

House of Mouse, Part Un!

2009-02-20T11:02:00.000-08:00

Over the long weekend, aka ValentiMe's Day weekend, a small group of us struck it down to Disneyland. If you only knew what the planning and discussion process was prior to our final decision...yeesh! We left Friday after work and stayed until Monday. Here are some pictures from our time together.

We were the first ones at the gate Saturday morning.
From left to right: Lindsay, ME!, Dustin Bankston of the Bankstons, TL, and Ariane.

Main Street. Good thing we got a picture of us with the castle in the background...oh wait, you can't see it!

Cheese! Our Splash Mountain photo. Lindsay was afraid of the water.
Oh, and be sure to ask Loren about his new friend.

We stayed at the Hollywood Tower of Terror for a few minutes and this is what happened...

Ariane REALLY wanted to go on the Winnie the Pooh ride, so we did. Here we are in a honey pot...

"Feel the rhythm. Fell the rhyme.
Come on everyone it's bobsled time!"

Dustin is driving his rocket like it's a horse.
Loren is intent on arriving at his destination.
Lindsay is driving with her foot.
Oh, and P.S. in the rocket behind Dustin was the most adorable kid!

House of Mouse, Part Deux!

2009-02-20T10:45:00.000-08:00

Here I am in my space rocket...

Teacups...

TL, Ariane and Lindsay singing "We're all in this together..." in the Innoventions place...thingy...attraction. Don't worry, I've got video!

Disneyland is really quite magical. Here is the front with Mickey sportin' a birthday hat next to Mickey balloons. I want to do this in my front yard!

Dustin, Ariane and TL so excited to go to the park that they were jumping with excitement! Love it!

Here was our first park intermission. We had been there ALLLLL day long and we finally needed to break for a meal at Millie's (where I had a FANTASTIC salad BTW). As you can see everyone is QUITE tired. Ariane was resting up for round two.

If you haven't heard, coming to the waters of California Adventure, is Disney's World of Color (Click here for more info). It's supposed to rival the waters of the Bellagio. Stay tuned!

but here's where it's not so magical, the water has been drained so they can do the necessary work...a bit depressing but necessary for the greater good!

House of Mouse, Part Trois!

2009-02-20T10:44:00.000-08:00

Disneyland is very magical! Here are some more pics that I though captured some of that magic. Sit back and enjoy!

Disneyland EXTRA!

2009-02-20T09:09:00.000-08:00

The Grapevine was closed on Monday due to bad weather conditions which allowed us two options: the desert (Hwy 58) or the coast (Hwy 101). We chose the coast. In doing so, we stopped at our favorite cupcake joint in Beverly Hills, Sprinkles! As you may recall, this has been one of Oprah's favorite things. Most of our gang hadn't been. I had, remember that one time I was there and I saw Collier Strong (aka hair/makeup dude from Project Runway).

Anywho, this time we were patiently standing in line, making sure the door to the shop remained closed. They are VERY sensitive about this as it dries out the cupcakes if the door stays open. While standing in line, a very familiar face (to me) walked up and stood behind us. Is that Hank? None of my people knew who I was speaking of. When I overheard his conversation on the phone "Hi, this is Hank..." I KNEW IT!!!! Don't mess with me and my head full of useful knowledge! Another real live celeb in our midst! Here's the picture we calmly snapped while in line as Lindsay strategically placed herself in position. Do you see him behind Lindsay looking at us? Click the picture for a zoom. What a day!

P.S. For those of you who don't know who Hank is, he was married to Helen Hunt. He is several voices in The Simpsons (BLEK!), voice of Bartok the bat from Anastasia ("That fell right out there, sir") and more. Click here for more info.

P.S.S. It took us 12 hours to get home that day due to weather and traffic. We drove by everything else we had previously discussed visiting if we hadn't gone to Disneyland - Solvang, San Luis Obispo, Hearst Castle, Paso Robl...just kidding!

And the Grammy goes to...

2009-02-09T13:22:00.000-08:00

Jennifer Hudson!!

I had no idea the Grammy's were on last night. Apparently my girl JHud was nominated for:

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (Stolen by Alicia Keys. That girl ALWAYS wins!)
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ("I'm His Only Woman" w/ Fantasia)
Best R&B Album

Don't worry, the Grammy went to Jennifer Hudson for her album "Jennifer Hudson"!!!!

Baby girl all growed up! I found the footage from her Grammy performance. Here you go!

Girl had a hard year so just watch it! (Be sure to pause the blog music below in the right hand column before playing the video below.)

Little Rascals

2009-02-08T09:30:00.000-08:00

Jenny has moved to CA while Jason is back in Kuwait. Marissa was in town last week. All the kids were together. Talk about combined powers...YIKES!

Here's one with Landon, MayMay and Bubba. So cute!

Here are the Little Rascals eating Grant's birthday cake.

ARB Turns Three!

2009-02-08T09:04:00.000-08:00

Our very own American River Branch turned three in January! Can you believe? Those of us who have been there since it's inception can't really believe it either. That's another year we've spent in a YSA ward/branch...but that's another issue.

Anywho, here are a few pics from the party. As you will most likely notice, it was a superhero themed party. We had some great 'heroes' in our presence:

Here we have Jenn D (Super camera girl (?)), Lindsay (Jem, truly truly truly outrageous!), Errin (Batgirl), and Ariane (American River Branch). Their powers combined were quite overwhelming!

Here's Clark Kent (c'est moi!) and Super camera girl:

BTW - Don't you just totally dig my new glasses? I do!

...and another Clark Kent. Copycat...

Here we have Becky (Pink Power Ranger), Shana (Rogue, X-Men), et moi (Clark Kent):

Here's American River Branch and Clark Kent, off to save the world! Don't worry, her hair lights up so we're safe to travel at night!

Shady O

2009-02-05T20:22:00.000-08:00

Is anyone else concerned that several of Obama's appointments have withdrawn because of their shady pasts?

Tom Daschle - Appointed to head of Health and Human Services. Failed to pay taxes for a limousine service provided to him by an investor. Innocent mistake? Perhaps. He has since paid the taxes. Also, Reporters have documented his work for health care interest groups.

Bill Richardson - Appointed as Secretary of Commerce. Alleged pay-for-play schemes in New Mexico.

Timothy Geithner - Confirmed as Treasury Secretary. Failed to pay taxes while working at the International Monetary Fund. He has also paid the back taxes but really? We're going to have somebody like this in charge of the national tax system?

Nancy Killefer - Appointed as Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget. Tax issues with household help.

This is who we could have working for us and running the country for the next four years? It's corruption from the top to the bottom. So far The Chosen One hasn't done a very good job at picking staff or making vOery good choices. That $900 billion stimulus package is full of crap! There's nothing stimulating about it! This could be it people! America could never be the same again! Hunker down and get your food storage ready because you'll be needing it!

Good Night Irena

2009-02-05T19:57:00.000-08:00

I received a tender little story via e-mail a few days ago. It was a story of Irena Sendler, told by Glenn Beck. Take a few minutes and watch...

Alowizzle Designs

2009-01-31T16:59:00.000-08:00

This is to give my meja a shout out!

Check out her space over at Cafe Press.

There you will find shirts, magnets, buttons, etc. with all kinds of funnies having to do with babies, women and...flatulence.

Click on the image below to take you to her shop.

CHECK IT OUT!!!

Conan and his Sword

2009-01-29T07:41:00.000-08:00

For those of you living under a rock, the Governor signed an executive order last month requiring State workers to take two unpaid days off a month beginning in February, equaling a ten percent cut in pay. Granted, a cut in pay is better that a cut in my job completely. HOWEVER, I feel that no matter what State workers sacrifice, it won't be enough to satisfy anyone.

According to the SacBee, which I still loathe BTW, Conan would save the State $1.3 billion through furloughs and the laying off of those with less seniority. Is that a lot of money? Sure! Does it even make a dent in the $40 billion budget deficit? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No matter what we give, it's never going to be enough. The budget deficit will always be the fault of the State workers.

Raise the sales tax, you moron!
Cut Medi-Cal for crap's sake!!
And that prison system...SERIOUSLY?
I think many in the Medi-Cal and prison systems have it pretty cush! If they had any more rights and privileges, people would be lining up to get into either one of these institutions, more than they already are!!

Ya'll, the end is near! Times are hard but I have a feeling they're about to get harder! No telling how close to Hell we're actually going to get with B. HUSSEIN OBAMA in charge. With Conan slicing and dicing everything State worker, the economy and Satan running the show, things aren't looking very pretty!

I'm getting my food storage ready...

American Idol is back...

2009-01-25T17:24:00.000-08:00

...and the controversy has already begun!
Is Joanna Pacitti the nest Carly Smithson?
Here's the scoop...

Red Hawk Casino

2009-01-22T21:06:00.000-08:00

Our friend, AmyAnn, is an attorney for the new Red Hawk Casino up in Placerville and had VIP access to the Grand Opening festivities held earlier this evening. (Yes, I said casino. Get over it. They have the best buffets!) One of the many special guests scheduled to appear was Erik Estrada, best known as "Ponch" Poncherello on the television show "CHiPs". AmyAnn was able to grab him just before his departure to get this picture with him. I know. Pretty exciting, right? Well, we take what we can get up in Placerville!

Here we have Loren, Erik Estrada, Ariane and myself. CHEESE!

Within the VIP "lounge" we had sushi, lamb chops, and chocolate covered strawberries at our finger tips. DELICIOUS! The three lamb chops I consumed were FANTASTIC! I got AB to try one and she was hooked. TL seemed hesitant at first but was on board once he tasted one.

AmyAnn gave us the VIP tour of the facilities. You would have thought she owned the place the way she maneuvered herself throughout. If you ever see her coming your way with a badge, I would watch out! We saw behind the scenes where the employees kick it as well as the children's playground, which was actually very cool! Your kids can go and play on the very fun play structure as well as every video game machine available, karaoke, movies, etc. Quite amazing...and sad at the same time. To think that parents would often drop their kids off while they go blow their college tuition...idunno. It seemed kinda wrong. Still nifty, nonetheless.

On the way back to the VIP lounge, we ran into Mark S. Allen, our very own local celeb (KSFM 102.5 back in the day, Good Day Sacramento).

It took us awhile to get out of the parking garage. We left around 8:00 and there were cars lined up for miles jsut waiting to get in! Good grief! While they have their own exit, the freeway was still backed up for miles, as you can see below.

It was a very fun evening all around!
Thanks AmyAnn!

New Year's Eve

2009-01-14T19:23:00.000-08:00

My New Year's Eve posse decided to go downtown and watch the ball drop...or just watch as
they unplugged the lights.

Here we are (Me, Loren, J-Mo's man, Jessica (J-Mo), and Leanna), L2J2 +1!

If you look closely, you can see the ball through the trees.

There were GOBS of people down there. I have never experienced so many smokers in my life. N-A-S-T-Y!!!

The end. Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas Pictures

2009-01-14T19:05:00.001-08:00

I'm finally getting around to posting some pics from the holiday season.
Per usual, click on the images below to make them bigger.

How stinkin' cute is this?!

Kebs in his Lightning McQueen slippers.

Doesn't get much cuter than this!

For those of you who weren't privileged to experience all that is Christmas at Paiute Place, here are some images for you!

Inspired by the Pier 1 catalog, I pulled a Martha and framed my colored balls for the wall...

...along with the MERRY from Pottery Barn.

I think that was the extent of my craftiness for 2008!

Girl is back...

2009-01-13T20:44:00.000-08:00

...and let's hope she's learned from her mistakes!

Miss Kelly may be back and as Blender put it:

"It's back to basics, which means songs from the Swedish hit factory that turned out her mega-awesome 2005 hit, "Since U Been Gone." Sweden: land of ABBA, purveyor of pop you can't get out of your head, uniter of you and your mom, who will both likely be caught singing this Kelly Clarkson song in the supermarket by early June. "

No, YOUR mom! hehe. Let's hope KC has dropped the attitude and the black eye makeup and returned to the stuff that made us love her to begin with!

Pearls

2009-01-13T17:53:00.001-08:00

Click on the image to make it bigger:

No Autographs, Please!

2009-01-11T11:24:00.000-08:00

As you may or may not have heard, Rancho Cordova recently experienced a dramatic and fatal disaster. Specifically, a house exploded and it was about ten houses down from me. It was Christmas Eve and I was sitting on my living room floor doing some last minute wrapping. I then heard and felt two "BOOMS". Living practically ON the freeway, we hear little rattles here and there every so often as the diesel truck roar by but never anything as bad as what I had just experienced. This time it felt as if one of those trucks landed on my roof! I remember seeing the ceiling fans shake, the blades bouncing up and down a good six inches. I thought the fans were coming down from my ceiling. I immediately jumped up with my heart racing and ran through the house to see if something had exploded. Nothing. I continued out to the garage to see if my food storage had exploded. Nope. At this point, my thoughts turned to Paiute #10 and wondering "What in the hell are they doing over there?" maybe they had slammed the garage door or something and then I started to be concerned for Kristina, Ryan and the boys. I thought for sure something had happened on the premises as it felt like it had! By the time I made it outside, they were already standing on the street watching the people of Paiute flock to the scene of the disaster. The house was up in flames and smoke billowing from the site. I was only able to get two pictures as I didn't feel comfortable joining in the flock to the site. There were already enough people down there. Apparently it was a three alarm situation, meaning that at one time there were about 9-12 fire trucks (I forget how many per alarm - 3 or 4), cop cars, and ambulances. Emory, my other neighbor, came running back with news of a gas explosion and workers trying to shut the line off. At this point I was grateful our little duplexes were 100% electric! All those people with gas whatevers...they can have it all!

Due to the unknown, they were letting people out of the area but not in. Olson was blocked at Zinfandel. I was on my way out to the big yellow house for Christmas Eve festivities and was a little hesitant about leaving without the proper provisions...and my nicely wrapped gifts! However, I hoped that things would be fine by the time I returned home and they were. Workers were there late that night removing debris. Christmas Day morning, a fire truck and cop car were down there.

As of now, the NTSB has retrieved everything they need to further their investigation as to how and why this happened. No one is able to say for sure what caused this to happen as everything is still under investigation. We should expect to see the final report in 6 - 12 months. I suspect PG&E won't be the innocent party in this event but I believe that in the end they will make sure everyone is taken care of...eh hem, Erin Brokovich anyone?

I'm happy to report that there is no damage to Paiute Place, at least from what I can see. My quiet little street isn't so quiet anymore due to the constant stream of looky loos. I'm hoping that will die down soon.

Here is a picture of the madness:

Also, for those of you who missed it, I was in the Sac Bee (I hate the Bee, but I'll take the fame where I can get it) and on the KCRA website:

SacBee: http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1499188.html

KCRA: http://www.kcra.com/news/18355105/detail.html

2008 has come and gone...

2009-01-11T10:19:00.000-08:00

...but not without it's own experiences. I've managed to throw together a very brief recap in picture of many of my activities from the year. Here's to many more!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2008-12-31T18:55:00.000-08:00

Be back soon...

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I know ya'll miss me but don't worry, I'll be back soon. Just let me get through the Chrismukah season and I'm yours again!

Until then, miss me!

~JT

Have a Very Merry Chrismukkah!

2008-12-18T08:33:00.000-08:00

The second day of Chrismukkah is today! It's the most wonderful time of the year!

For those of you unfamiliar with this holiday, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:

Chrismukkah was popularized by FOX television program The O.C.. On the show, the character Seth Cohen has a Jewish father and a Protestant mother. As a way to merge the two faiths, Seth claims to have "created Chrismukkah" when he was six years old...Seth simply said in the first season's Chrismukkah episode that it was "eight days of presents, followed by one day of many presents," with a stress on the word "many".

You might be a bit confused as I am neither Jewish or Protestant. However, I am a fan of The O.C. Somebody has to carry on the tradition now that the Cohen's are off the air (tragic!). Besides, who wouldn't want eight days of presents, followed by one day of many presents." It's fun and we support Seth Cohen!

HAVE A MERRY CHRISMUKKAH!

Spotted - Frosty at the Market!

2008-12-17T08:14:00.000-08:00

Click the image to make it bigger -

Ever have one of those days...

2008-12-16T08:49:00.000-08:00

...when you just want to hit something or somebody? Yesterday was one of those days.

We started the day off with two hours of phone coverage. Yes, I had to answer and direct calls from those on Medi-Cal. Who wouldn't want to do that?! What? Did you ask if we had support staff? We're down to one but she can only answer the phone TWO HOURS AT A TIME! WTH?!?!?!?! She sure as heck doesn't do anything else! Useless #$%^&*($*&%#)(%*&#(##$%^&!!!!

We continued the day with a computer that seemed to do nothing but compute...or rumble...or scan...or whatever it was doing to make the little green light continuously flash the WHOLE FRIKKIN DAY! For those of you not familiar with this, it means that my computer was doing everything else BUT what I wanted it to do. It had no time for me. I wanted to throw it out the window!

It gets better - I was approached by the section chief, AGAIN, to update a website that DOESN'T EVEN BELONG TO ME! What time? Oh, it was 2:30. Excuse me, but it takes several hours to download, convert, make sure they're ADA compliant (they seem to be taking over the world outside of the parking lots too!), upload, complete all of the required information for each frikking document as required by the Department, etc...I finally had to hit the power button on my computer because I couldn't get it to do anything I wanted it to do and I sure as heck wasn't staying any later so that I could do somebody else's frikking work.

It was just one of those days...but now it's Tuesday. Stay tuned...

American River Branch Christmas Party 2008

2008-12-14T12:40:00.000-08:00

American River Branch had it's Christmas Party Saturday night. The meal was a traditional ham, caesar salad, green beans, etc. Shortly after, a member of the branch whose family owns a bus, drove us around for some caroling and Christmas lights. We even managed to crash River City Ward's Christmas party by stoppping by to share our joyous song and spirit! They wish they could be us but they can't! HAAA! Oh, and thanks River City for taking our empty cider cups! :-)

Here are the boys of ARB (C'est moi!, Dustin "Mississippi/Co-Tex", TL, and Lance). It's how we do, I know.

I just know this was the highlight of Ariane's entire evening! She got to sit next to me for dinner!

Once dinner was over, we boarded the bus...

While boarding the bus, there was hot chocolate and apple cider for the taking aboard our holiday voyage. Here we are waiting for the bus to take off... (Dustin, Shanna, Ariane et moi!)

After caroling and crashing RC party, we struck it out to Stanford Ranch to see the Christmas lights. Here is just an example of what the people of SR do -

This is csomebody's one car garage they converted into a Christmas scene. Pretty fantastic!

And that ends the evening of the ARB holiday enchantment!

Passing Out Homeless...

2008-12-14T09:49:00.000-08:00

Thanks to JMo for heading this up the past two years! Throughout the year, she gathers items such as sweatshirts, hygiene kits, hats, etc, along with lunches. She got PC.com to donate 40 for those "green" bags to use for this purpose.

Saturday morning, JMo, LW, TL, and I bagged everything up to hand out to the homeless throughout downtown Sacramento.

Here is TL as we made about 100 sandwiches. It's super fun once you get your routine going.

JMo and LW put together the PC.com bags with the sweatshirts and hygiene kits.

The lunches included a bottle of water, a few cutie oranges, a danish, granola bars, a bag of chips and three sanwiches:

We threw in some candy this year. Everybody needs little sumpin sumpin around the holidays!

Here's a pic of the hygiene kits and the sweatshirt:

It is so much fun doing this. I remember when I was asked to partcipate last year. I had my concerns. After a few bags being passed out and seeing the thankfulness of these people, I adjusted. I now look forward to this event! We've learned to look in areas further away from Loaves and Fishes as there are usually an abundance of people handing out items. We usually try to get those people who aren't able to make the trek to L&F. However, this year, we had plenty of extra and noticed that the other handouts have come and gone. We made the surrounding area of L&F our final destination. Here's what was so cool about this experience - we had already handed out most of our lunches and bags but had candy bars and hygiene kits left. We parked on the corner as the people flocked to the car. Not a few minutes later, a family drove up with clothes to hand out. Then another car showed up with lunches. I thought it was so awesome that we all happened to show up at the same place with a variety of items to hand out, meeting a broader range of needs of these homeless people. Such a awesome experience. I'm so proud of LW too for joining us this year!

N. Lake Tahoe

2008-12-14T09:25:00.000-08:00

The first weekend of December, Mom & Dad Turner, LW, JMo, TL and I stayed at Edgelake Resort in timeshares. It's located right on the lake just as you come into town from Hwy 80. I wasn't expecting much but it ended up being a very decent place to stay. Mom & Dad came down for dinner Saturday night. We had ham, turkey, and all the trimmings. Then we watched "Meet Me In St. Louis", you know, the one with 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'? Such a fantastic night!
It had a very small kitchen, especially when there were four of us trying to get all up in it to get our dishes done for our ham/turkey dinner!

The gas fireplace was one of the better ones I've experienced. It actually gave off heat...except for the one night that it just didn't work. BOO!!! We did get it fixed the next day.

We found four lost geese in the grass area. Don't they know it's almost Christmas and they could become somebody's roast beast?

We managed to find a sushi place while we were up there. In doing so, we came across this Italian restaurant, MOFO'S! Alowizzle, this one goes out to you!!!!! I. WAS. DYING.

As you can see, the weather was fan-freaken-tastic!! Here's our cute little pier.

I thought this was a cool shot, so I took it -

More of the cute little pier, and the very low lake -

We played games, read up on the latest Hollywood gossip, got our Christmast movies on, and enjoyed each other's company! It was delightful! Thanks for coming up, everyone!

I've decided to go Blu...

2008-12-11T14:06:00.001-08:00

Bear with me as I wave my geek flag for just a moment - Much like Beyonce (or shall I say Sasha Fierce?), I have found myself at a crossroad <Listen!>. As movies are being released in both DVD and Blu-ray formats, I realize my mad decision making skills are about to be implemented. Just less than a year ago, the High Definition (HD) format war was in full effect, HD DVD vs. Blu-ray. I figured I had at LEAST a year before things settled down and a format winner announced, giving me quite some time before I had to spend money on this new technology. Uhhhh I had no idea prices would drop so soon! Let me tell ya, there were some tempting prices for Blu-ray players on Black Friday. I was almost ready to buy the $128 Magnavox Blu-ray player just so that I’d have one ready to go for my first Blu-ray purchase. You know how desperate I was if I was about buy a Mag! YIKES! My electronic cohort who has my TV’s twin would probably keel over had he known. However, I managed to remain strong and not give.
I’m not sure if you are aware of this or not, but Mamma Mia will be released on 12/16. This is the first movie in a long while that I decided I’d pay full price for as soon as it was released. It’s absolutely fantastic! Anywho, not sure if you’ve noticed but 12/16 is on its way, full speed ahead folks! I have to choose between DVD and Blu-ray. Mamma Mia would be a GREAT movie for Blu-ray as the scenery is amazing! I’ve made my decision and I’m buying it in Blu-ray, player or no player. At least I’ll have it…
…which brings me to this – I’m totally getting a Sony Blu-ray player! Why? Oh because I have enough Sony points to get a free one, the super nice one too! I just knew all that spending would count for something one of these days!

Here’s the little gem here:

For those of you wondering what the difference is, think of the difference between VHS and DVD. Once I started watching DVD, VHS hurt my eyes! Now when I watch HD on TV, even DVD doesn’t look nearly as good. For those of you without a discerning eye, lucky you! You’ll save yourself a lot of money if you aren’t able to tell the difference. For those of us who are able to tell, the resolution of Blu-ray and HD programming is much higher than what we’re all used to. It’s fantastic! It’s taken me a while to be sold on this new technology, but I think it’s finally happened, and with Blu-ray disc coming down in price, now is the time for me, I think.

Turner and Disney in December!

2008-12-10T18:48:00.000-08:00

For those of you who may not have Disney classics on DVD (shame on you if you don't) Turner Classic Movies will be showing 26 classics every Sunday throughout December. How exciting!

Here's a preview (don't forget to pause the music coming from the blog music player on the right hand side of the page):

TCM Presents The Family Classics @ Yahoo! Video

Christmas Divorce (Cute!)

2008-12-05T11:23:00.000-08:00

A man in Jacksonville calls his son in San Diego two days before Christmas and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough."

"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams.

"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the father says.
"We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Denver and tell her."

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this."

She calls Jacksonville immediately, and screams at her father, "You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing. DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up.

The old man hangs up the phone and turns to his wife. "Okay." he says, "They're coming for Christmas and paying their own way."

GG

2008-12-03T22:41:00.000-08:00

Enjoying a little bonding time, S & L are snuggled together watching a romantic movie. Things appear to be going well.

Smitten, indeed!

Until next time...

XOXO,
GG

Gobble Gobble!

2008-11-25T08:27:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving

to all of my turkeys!

More Turkey Ha Ha

2008-11-25T08:26:00.000-08:00

Turkey HaHa

2008-11-25T08:25:00.000-08:00

Black Friday 2008!

2008-11-24T10:22:00.000-08:00

Black Friday is nearly upon us. Each year I'm usually one of the many fools standing in line at 5:00 a.m. waiting to get in to Best Buy or Circuit City. This year, I don't really need anything...but then have I ever really "needed" anything? Well, maybe once, but the past few years I've just been up early just because I enjoy the thrill of it all. Actually, I just thought of something that I really WILL need this year. So, I guess I'll be up at 5:00 again, for sure! Goodness knows I can't pass up cheap DVD! I noticed some places have them for as low as $2!I'm sure my hands will overflowing with digital video goodness in addition to the item that I really do need. However, as the world transitions from DVD to Blu-Ray, I will say that I'm going to be a bit more cautious/selective when purchasing actual DVD.

Anywho, here is my favorite site that somehow finds the ads for Black Friday and posts them for the world to see. I LOVE BLACK FRIDAY! It's the most wonderful shopping day of the year!

Posts can be found on the main page:
http://bfads.net/

While actual scans of most of the ads can be found here:
http://bfads.net/Adscans

Enjoy!!!

Roomba Kitty!

2008-11-22T11:35:00.001-08:00

Push the play button to view. Hit the pause button on my blog's music player on the right hand side further down the page to pause the music.

Oh heck no!

2008-11-20T22:34:00.000-08:00

Dad and I were up in Auburn a few weeks ago to check out some old Buicks. We stopped at the Foster Freeze's up there to get a tasty treat. While we were sitting there enjoying our treats, we were presented with this little view. Yes, these fools bought two ice cream cones specifically for their dogs! It's just wrong!!!!! WRONG WRONG WRONG! Go buy a bag of dog food for crap's sake!

Fatiqua and TL

2008-11-20T22:15:00.000-08:00

You all know how I've been trying to get rid of Fatiqua for what seems like forever, right? I recently decided I would try AutoTrader this time. I needed to take some new pictures. Once again, her battery was dead. I had to give her a jump so that I could back her out of the garage for picture time. Unfortunately, the SRS light came on again! AGAIN! Out to EG Acura she went. She had to spend the night. Remember the last time this happened? I got to drive a TSX for a few days? This time it was a 2008 TL! Pearl white too! Could this have gone any better?!

Here are some pictures of TL. I must say that after driving her, a few of my happy thoughts were shattered. I've only wanted this car since the day it came out in 2004! Now, I'm not so sure I'd run out and buy one. Don't get me wrong, if I tripped past one for the right price, I'd still manage to enjoy it.

Here are a few things I found disappointing:

The visibility towards the back of the car sucked! The butt is too high and the back window is too slanted, making it harder to see out.
The sunroof is ridiculously small.
The turning radius is HORRID! Fatiqua and her big a$$ has a sharper turning radius than TL had.
There wasn't as much room in the back seat as I would have liked. One never knows when you're bound for a road trip with ones peeps! However, there was plenty of room for car seats. Make no mistake, I'd make it work!

Now for some of the positive things:

SO. FUN. TO. DRIVE.
Plenty of room in the front seats.
Leather and all the trimmings.

Here are some pictures of TL.

It was fun while it lasted!

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

2008-11-20T21:51:00.000-08:00

I acquired two tickets to an advance screening of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". I had heard nothing about the film and never saw a preview. Looking at the flyer, I had reason to believe it would NOT be as horrifying as it was. "A timeless story of innocence lost and humanity found" the flyer says. WHAT?????

Unless you are a die hard Nazi history buff, you'll probably want to stay away from this movie. Here is a brief synopisis. If you plan on seeing it, don't read any further.

Set in Berlin, 1940s, Bruno is an eight year old kid, whose father is a Nazi. They move not far from a camp or "farm" as young Bruno believes. He meets a kid his age who lives on the other side of the fence in the "farm". he tells Bruno he hasn't seen his father in three days. Bruno wants to help him find his father. He digs a hole under the barbed wire fence, puts on a pair of the "striped pajamas" and becomes part of the "farm". I think we all know what happens in these "farms". This definitely makes one think about what else could have happened surrounding these camps. Absolutely horrifying! The end is haunting. Yick.

http://www.boyinthestripedpajamas.com/

BTW: Was I there at 7:00 to make sure I'd get a seat? Yes. Was there a line already forming to get in to see the midnight showing of "Twilight"? Ohhh yes there was. Unbelievable...

GG

2008-11-15T01:00:00.000-08:00

Spotted - S & L standing rather close together at a church dance. Are they smitten...or perhaps just having a hard time understanding each other?

Poor boyfriend P, what is to happen with him?

Stay tuned...

XOXO,
Gossip Guy (GG)

Elder Maxwell called this one decades ago!

2008-11-14T09:44:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I wasn't one who did all that I could do to support Prop 8. Frankly, I got tired of hearing about it and the election in general! Okay? Okay. My bad. After reading this, I will definitely think harder about the issues at hand. Hello! He called this back in 1978! 1978!!!

R-E-V-E-L-A-T-I-O-N ! ! !

Here is a timely quote from a past talk of Elder Neal A. Maxwell, First Quorum of the Seventy(1978):

"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'

This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.

Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat."

--- Elder Neal A. Maxwell

NY Coming Soon!

2008-11-07T13:58:00.000-08:00

I know everyone is waiting with baited breath to hear about JT seeing AP in NY. I apologize for the delay. I really haven't been home at all this week. Tales and pics coming soon though. I promise!

Friday Quote

2008-11-07T13:55:00.000-08:00

If you think health care is expensive now,
...wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
- P.J. O'Rourke

A coworker forwarded this quote to me earlier today and what was the first thing that came into my mind? MEDI-CAL!!!! True story!

Live from New York...it's AFTER HALLOWEEN!

2008-10-30T07:49:00.001-07:00

It's after Halloween but this is still funny...

2008-10-30T07:48:00.000-07:00

Halloween Ha Ha Ha

2008-10-30T07:46:00.000-07:00

More Halloween Ha Ha

2008-10-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

More on Obama...

2008-10-24T14:18:00.000-07:00

Here is a video starring Phil Berg who was on the Savage Nation, previously discussed on a prior post of mine below. Watch it. It's about ten minutes long.

Halloween Funny #1

2008-10-24T13:33:00.000-07:00

Today's Get Fuzzy...

2008-10-24T13:26:00.000-07:00

Click here for Get Fuzzy comic.

So true!!!!

Michael Savage

2008-10-24T08:17:00.000-07:00

Hunker down for this! I was listening to the Savage Nation yesterday on TALK 650. Yes, he can be a bit extreme and paaaassionate sometimes but he tends to have a good grasp on what's going on.

Phil Berg, a Democrat and a former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, was on the show for about 90 minutes yesterday discussing his lawsuit against Barack Obama. They had a fascinating discussion regarding BO's birth certificate and U.S. citizenship (or shall I say, lack of). If, indeed, everything turns out to be true, this guy shouldn't be running for President. He shouldn't even be a Senator!

The discussion is online. Take some time and listen to some of it here: http://michaelsavage.wnd.com/?pageId=2256

Sheep Voters

2008-10-22T12:31:00.000-07:00

TL forwarded me this clip from the Howard Stern talk show which plays on Sirius radio. I think the guy is foul. However, I think this little stint is BRILLIANT! This is part of the reason why I think choosing a political party or affiliation doesn’t make any sense. People tend to choose a side and don’t even know why. They’ll vote one way or another, but not know what they voted for or why they did. It’s a popularity contest. It’s a vote amongst the races. It is so scary to think ignorant people such as these are out there voting for the next President! I think the majority of the people vote for one candidate solely because they’re affiliated with a particular party. They don’t even know or listen to the issues. It’s not right.

Listen to this clip. You’re going to be in shock…or maybe not. It's about three minutes long. Enjoy!

http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3

What day is it?

2008-10-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

Check this neat lil' calendar out! If there is ever a time you have forgotten what day of the week it is, here's a reminder...Brady Bunch style!

Disneyland

2008-10-15T17:55:00.000-07:00

We may have stopped at Disneyland on the way home from Palm Springs last week. Everything was decorated for Halloween. FANTASTIC as usual!

Minnie was sportin' a new dress for the season.

We got to ride the new Toy Story ride in California Adventure. GOOD TIMES!!! It's a 4D interactive ride. SO FUN!!! The lines in the parks were short for the most part.

Here's our gear we had to wear for the ride.

What are those on our heads? Oh, that's right.
We each received Year of a Million Dreams mouse ears!!!!!
Granted, it's not the suite but I guess the ears will have to do.

I thoroughly enjoyed the music played in New Orleans Square...

Palm Springs, Part 3

2008-10-15T17:39:00.000-07:00

Our trip to Palm Springs was brought to you by the Worldmark-Indio.

We stayed in a three bedroom, two bath suite,
with a full size kitchen and washer/dryer.

It was basically a fully furnished apartment. Holla!!!!

We spent a bit of time in the lazy river. Good times!

Palm Springs, Part 2

2008-10-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

Sunday we decided to take a ride
on the Palms Springs Aerial Tram.

Here's a view of the desert known as Palm Springs
from the top of Mt. San Jacinto.

I ran across these gals in the gift shop
having a fashion show of their own...

Here is Susie making sure we don't forget the name
of the joint in which we had lunch.

Our friend Kristie came down from Riverside
to play with us that day.

Palm Springs, Part 1

2008-10-15T16:43:00.000-07:00

A few of us drove down to Palm Springs last Friday. Yes, I said "drive". No, that drive will probably never happen again! The weather was perfect for being Palm Springs. Not sure if you're aware of this but it gets windy down there which explains the 5,000 windmills throughout the desert.

There are 5,000 windmills.
The blades are about 60 ft in length.
Windmills are privately owned on Federal land, leased for 50-100 years.
Cost: $1 million each, two paid off each month.

We took a dune buggy tour to learn all of this. Very fun!

Also amongst the desert are these trail posts lining what is referred to as the Pacific Crest Trail. If goes from Mexico to Canada. If you ever get bored, there's something for you to do! Just follow the posts!

Saturday, we came across this dinosaur exhibit. It reminded me of that place seen in Pee Wee's Big Adventure. As you can see, the dinosaurs tried to eat me.

"No! Not my new shoes!"

Dad wasn't so lucky either...

After we had been eaten, the dinosaurs spit us out
and we got a bit to eat at a little dine called Ruby's.