It's Me It's Me, A Blogwright

Well, I didn't get to see live fireworks this year. Didn't feel like going alone. Didn't feel like going to sit in the bleachers. Teddy didn't feel like getting out of his jammies to go.
I saw my fireworks from my nice, comfy, air-conditioned house, sitting on my rocking chair, viewing High-Definition TV. Watched the Fourth of July Gala from Boston, with the Boston Pops playing, Aerosmith's lead singer and guitarist played some cool songs. Only thing that was weird was that it was hosted by that "I know everything to make relationships work, and I am perfect, and you are not" Dr. Phil and his wife who really messed up reading the cue cards.

Dr. Phil-- UGGHHH! Tell me, how, how has he brainwashed sooooo many people into believing that he can adequately help people after talking to them for what, like 15 minutes????????? He talks to both parties, and lo and behold, he decides who is at fault and they stink and they should change and this is what they should do. Or, he reads the letter from one, invites them on his show without telling the other one what is going to happen? Badda bing, badda boom.

I just don't believe this. You can tell, I don't watch his show. I saw him a couple of times on Oprah, and that is my impression up above. Really, don't watch Oprah that much, either; but she is entertaining.

Gee, get the world leaders on Dr. Phil if he can really do this! He will solve the world's problems and everyone will get along and live happily ever after.

Baaa Baaa

Well, I was thinking about Steve Hawking again. I don't like it when people are made fun of. If I were him, I wouldn't like it much if a comic made fun of me. I know you are supposed to be a good sport about this sort of thing. So I would be a good sport.

Consequently, Steven Hawking must be a good sport. For those of you who don't know who he is, he is a super-duper brainiac scientist who has written books and goes about in a wheel chair with a computer that does his talking. I am sure he has done a lot more than I know about. He lectures, too. Currently, he is in China lecturing. Yes, silly, I read most of his book about black holes and creation of the universe.


Panda update: She is being less shy with her host family. She loves France. French speaking is a bit difficult for her. Last year she went to a US French camp; consequently, this leads me to believe that French-camp parle is quite different than French-continent parle.

I am so happy for my daughter!!!

Wow, the Germans are doing major fab at the World Cup.

Some dumbasses tried to plot and blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago, among other places. My brother works across the street from there. When all the cities evacuated on 9-ll, my brother stayed at his building with some of his crew. Apparentally, all the businesses and tenants go, but the maintenance crews stay. This means, if the Sears Tower goes, well, so most likely will my brother and all the other buildings'-around-there maintenance crews.

They are really quite brave, when you think about it.

I am going to put a recording of the Youth Orchestra my daughter is in on my other blog, as I can't seem to do it on this one.

Check it out!!!


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Isn't that a weird word. I like it, though.

Been dreaming about obelisks. Also, been seeing them on cable, in front of the White House, in Egypt. I think I saw one at the World See? Isn't there one in Paris? Dreaming of 'em and noticing them on TV, Coincidence?

Also, more relevant to me, there is a small one here in my town. It stands on a slight atoll, has no plaque telling what its relevance is. A Boy Scout troop landscaped around it, so now it has a small wall with flowers and bushes surrounding it. It is in the Community Park. Why?

Also, in graveyards, some graves are marked with an obelisk.

Are they just decorations or is there a symbolism?

Where else are obelisks? I have to do a web search to find out.

Somehow, obelisks remind me of that Tanquery person on commercials, you know, the guy who says, "Do you Tanquery? I am (whatever his name is)." Is this guy supposed to be a black-James-Bond- type-Tanquery drinker? I mean, what is up with him and his smiling face? Well, perhaps someday I will Tanquery; but, really, I want to spend my bucks for something more useful than liquere or liquor. Granted, I absolutely adore Lenny's Beer from Wisconsin. Yummmmmmm. There is a honey-berry beer that is out of this world!! They have all these different flavors that come out at various times. Actually, I cook with them; but, like Julia Child, I do take a "nip" of the juice. It takes me hours to drink a beer. I like to drink it slowly and relish the flavor.

Also, another great beer is one I get from Mexico. I cook with it, too. I has agave in it, and lime. Gosh, I can't remember it's name now; but I recognize it in the shopping mart. Brats taste marvelous when cooked in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really, I am weird in that I can drink the beer cold or warm. Enjoy both.

Well, so long for now. Am off to research obelisks.

Have to make sure I spell it correctly!

Kids are out of school now, all of them.

Today, Karl umped his first softball game. The game he was scheduled initially to do was a snafu; consequently, he helped umpire an upper-level team. He did great!!! Actually, he was kind of nervous doing an upper-level game as he is more informed on the rules for his level; but turned out fine.

I watched; and Teddy was the Board-Member-In-Charge, so he watched and moved around all the fields.

What a beautiful day today is, 70 degrees F and a slightly cool breeze with a wonderfully blue sky!!!

Panda took her SAT today!!

Spee went to Purdue to see a friend off to Australia and he is coming back today.

Oh, leftovers are the missing ingredients of the Universe!! I win the Noble prize!

Just saw War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. There were sooo many inconsistencies. It was not a bad film; but, okay, electricity and car batteries and solanoids get knocked out by the aliens' blast weapon -- but a video camera works and everybody grabs little batteries to run flashlights??? So bitty batteries don't get zonked? Come on.

Okay, then, near the ferry, Tom's car gets commandeered by crazed crowd. His car is only one working; well, why is the ferry full of cars? If they don't work, well, why weren't they pushed off to make more room for the people??????? I mean, come on........

And when they were in the basement and the girl's foot moved and alien-eye-thingee sees her foot and zooms over there only to find an empty boot. Hello, the foot swished when it moved and where did they get this empty boot that didn't even look like her shoe anyway? Are the aliens who have all the advanced machinery and are kicking the world's butt so dumb that they wouldn't play back their video and see the shoes are different and wouldn't they know an empty shoe wouldn't swish???????

At least it didn't have booms showing or mikes.

It is neat watching movies and TV and seeing all the little mess ups and big ones. Just was watching a TV show. Chase scene. Car flies over two other cars in a crashup. Don't know why it didn't just smash. Anyway, when it lands it is obvious that the front passenger's tire bends inward toward the engine block which means car isn't driveable at all. The tire is ruined. BUT, there it goes chasing the good guys and the tires are a-okay, zoom zoom. Couldn't they fix the pic so that the tire is good on landing???? Even Teddy saw this one. He usually just follows the plot and doesn't pay attention like I do. I follow plot and look at all the whole shebang.

Well, liked the BBC version of War of the Worlds much better than Cruise's; and, of course, the original can't be topped!!!

I love those oldee movies. Sometimes I watch the ones without sound, too.

Oldees, Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, A. Hitchcock, musicals.

Oh, just rewatched Music Man, it was lovely.

Tootles as Gidget says!! (Is that spelled correctly? Or was it Patty Duke???)

What the ???? is a Gidget, a female widget???? What is a widget???? A gizmo -- no that is a furry little animal.

ARRGGGG!!!!!!

Today we drove and drove to the bottom of the state for an orientation with our daughter for an honor program she is attending. We live up top of the state.

It was very interesting. I had to concentrate very hard to understand the main speaker as she had an accent, and a little voice so when she turned her head away from the mike, it was difficult for me; however, my husband said he understood one word of hers out of twenty, if that; consequently, I didn't do too bad. So many parents left there in a daze.

Then we went to eat at a Thai restaurant. I had a very tastey green curry dish that even though I requested No. 1 spiceyness (0 being no spices, 10 being fire-spicey-that-you-can't-extinguish-with-20-gallons-of-water) still had the spicey "burn" in the back of my throat. There was an unusual soup, too. The rice was soft and sticky;and it was unusually long. I am not used to sticky rice.

After the whole thingee was over, then my daughter wanted my hubby and I to go to a Chinese smorgasborg. Yumm. My favorites were the green beans in a thick chicken base and watermelon--No, no, silly, not eaten together!!! TEE HEE I had crab ragoon, the barbeque beef on the long toothpick, stuffed mushrooms, 2 oysters, fried chicken and veggie rice, cantaloupe, green melon, and some other stuff am not sure what it was but it tasted fine.

So now, am home tired and happy. Teddy was so cute, he is so happy he can do this for our Panda--me, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!