The Reader

I just went to see the movie The Reader and I liked it very much. The story, I don't want to reveal much, is about a man and a women and other things . It stars Kate Winslet as the women and David Kross as Ralph Fiennes as the man. It takes place across the pond. Kate Winslet character does something and she meets David Kross and they do something. There is a lot more stuff going on, but like I said I don't want to reveal to much. So go and see this fine film because the stuff that they do is very good.

This is the trailer for the movie I think.

I KNEW IT !

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Evil On the Ground

Last nights spin class was jammed packed. There is a problem with not having enough bikes to go around, caused by breakdowns. Last night because of this Evil Republican Spin Goddess had to run the class with no bike.( This problem was caused by a interloper in class that did not signing up.) She walked around, or should I say lurked, yelling and screaming like I have never heard from her before. This is not a good thing because she had much more time to judge the way each individual person was working out. I think this made the other people a little nervous. I mean other people not your pal, who was spot on with the workout. I don't know when the group will catch up, they may never but it gives the little people something to shoot for. Well any who the class was very good as usual, and Evils music mixes are just great. We will have to keep our eye on the interloper problem, I mean them sneaking into the class without signing up. I am going to make it my job to expose these people and have them removed from class in the most humiliating way. Probably with their pants down around their ankles. And you know how hard it is to walk with those biking shorts around your ankles.

Rush (give me another pill) Limbaugh

Let me say a couple of things about Rush Limbaugh. There are thousands of people that listen to this knucklehead every day and believe everything he is saying is spot on. There is no back checking of what he says. Most of his listeners just go with the crap he is spouting. Now I don't want to say that I am a conservative, god forbid, but one thing I do is, listen to their side of the issues, as crazy as they are, just kidding. And here are a couple of items that his listeners are listening to from Rush; Limbaugh believes that Obama's agenda is socialism. Dose Rush want to abolish Medicare? Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich called out Rush for falsely suggesting that he proposed excluding white males from the President's stimulus package. Which Reich did not.Read the speech Rush. Rush falsely suggest Panned Parenthood mainly provides abortions. Not true but will his listeners investigating the charge, I don't think so. And the best of Rush and the true sense of what he is all about. He hopes that our President Fails. I think this personify s what Rush is all about, himself and nothing else. And by the way what's with his giant head, it looks like it is going to explode any minute. I'm just saying that this big fat pill popping teller of non-truths is well not a nice person. There I've said it and I don't care.

Check some of the wonderful thing Rush has said here.

Dirty Water Dogs

Is everyone waiting for the super bowl coming up this Sunday,I know that I am. And it is not because I have dog in the hunt, but it a chance to get together with friends to eat drink and be merry. In the pass I have had over 25 people in our home for the game. I would have many cases of beer and we would buy about 100 Sabretts hot dogs, rolls, and all of the condiments that go along with the dogs. We would make the dogs in the time tested way , dirty water dogs. This way of cooking the dogs is from the technique used by those small stands with the big umbrella, that you see on the sides of roads. The dogs would sit in this heated water all day with the water taking on his wonderful gray hue, yum. Well any who it was always a good get together with friends and family.

*Go Steelers!

* I have to pick the Steelers because I have a relative that was born in Pittsburgh and who is a rabid fan. And the other Pittsburgh fan is the Evil Spin Republican Goddess, enough said.

High Five

HIGH-FIVE INAUGURATION! - watch more funny videos

Believe it or else

This is very cool. I don't know if it is real but what the hey, its football season. Enjoy.

Make Your Own Snuggie

I have just discovered away of saving people some money. There is a new infomercial out and I am sure you all have seen it. The product is called Snuggie. It is a rap that you put on when you are sitting around the house in these days of lower thermostat settings. Oh how I would love to return to the days of yore, when my grandmother would keep our home, in the winter, the same temperature as San Paulo Brazil. But that's another story. Getting back to the Snuggie, I have figured out that if you grab your regular old house coat and put it on backwards you got yourself a Snuggie. Am I a genus or what? Keep checking this blog everyday, because you never know if I might save you a buck.

Is he or isn't he?

Nuts 1 the rest of us 0. Some knucklehead on Fox new, go figure, said that because Justice Roberts can't remember 35 words, that's builds a lot of confidence about our highest court, that President Obama is not officially the president. And that some how the old comedian Soupy Sales is. I just made up that last bit. But come on, why do we, or why does the press pay so much attention to the people that spout the craziest crap. I guess because the mundane things in life are just not that interesting. Which reminds me yesterday for no reason at all, I wore gray socks instead of white. But why did I do that? What is the significance and will it now change my life and the life of others around me. Only time will tell. Stay tune for more excitment.

Thank Jebus

Did you here that? It was a whole country letting a collective breath go. We have a leader and he came in with a bang. There is once again hope in the country that we can all move on as one, to tackle the mounting problems we were left with from the pass. I and many more people feel that there is hope once again, a new feeling about what we all can do. As I watched the pomp and ceremony of the the new presidents inauguration I was brought to tears many times. The feeling of a new day for us all. The real and genuine love of this family for each other. The shades and hues of the many face es surrounding our new leader, made me feel that we are finally are living a dream of equality. It is a great new day for all of us.

And one thing that is a first for our country, is that we now have a president that finally has his groove on. Thank Jebus for Barack Obama.

Under the Weather Again

Less sick but still sick.

Under the Weather

Sick

Sunday Funnies

Andrew Wyeth

Yesterday Andrew Wyeth passed away at the age of 91. The area that we live in now is closely associated with the Wyeth's. He had a summer home here in Maine and his son, Jamie, lives in the area as well. There is a museum in Rockland,the Farnsworth, that has many of the Wyeth paintings. To me, he and his father and his son were on the top of my list as wonderful painters. You could not say that one of their painting wasn't fascinating and beautiful. If you get the chance check out the families art, you won't regret it.

Go here for some of Andrews painting.

The picture above is called The Last One To the Olson House Is A Rotten Egg. It is my our creation using one of Andrews most famous paintings, Christina's World.

Spin Hell

Here is a post for all you people out there are rapped up in spin class news. I missed the Monday class with aforementioned jelly bean fever. I did take Tuesday night class with Evil,who decided to make the class climb about 400 hills, for what seemed like 2 hours, instead of the 1 hour that it was. The class was filled with interlopers with the regulars being Jim, who was tortured by Evil in the Monday class, and the return of pregnant Carrie,who is not pregnant, yet, and of course your pal. There was one interloper who was peddling like Lance Armstrong going down hill. He was going like at mad man for the full hour, with his head down. Every time I looked at him he looked like the wolf man, with his head down all I could see was hair.(Men with a full head of hair should quit flaunting it around us hair challenged people.) Any who, it was a good class as usual, with very good music.

The Wednesday class was a real surprise for me because after Tuesday nights ride from hell, I had expected a moderate challenge, with Victor. But no, when I walked in and spotted torture boy, Josh. Well I knew that I was in for a hell ride. And you know what, I got it. Once again the class was filled with interlopers with a couple of the regulars in class. Mary, Dede, Wendy and your pal were there representing the Real Spinners. Josh's idea of spin class is let us all start out with some pain and then increase the pain for 45 minutes more. I have to say that it was a good glass with good music as well. Next up for the Friday class is torture boy again. Oh boy! I don't know if I am going to take the class or have my fingernails ripped out. I am leaning towards the fingernail option.

Come on January 20th

A little poem by Calvin Trilin, The Way People Feel About the Bush Administration And the Future of George W. Bush;

So when he leaves we won't be keeping track of him.

We're just relieved as hell to see the back of him.

Is that the feeling most people have about this pass administration? I know that's how I have been feeling for the last eight years.

When a reporter asked Bush what he thought about his first hundred days in office he replied "Has it been a year already?

That's what I will miss most, the speeches and the jokes.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

The Bush Years: Farewell, Mr. President

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Fahrvergnugen You!

Let's talk about product slogans. Does any man or woman use the phrases, " Does she or doesn't she? Only her hairdresser knows for sure. Do gentlemen prefer Hanes? Will we sell no wine before its time. Is it "So easy, a caveman can do it." "There are some things money can't buy." Does "Everybody needs a little KFC." Is it really "Time to make the donuts." Can you actually "Have it your way". Is it really "Good to the last drop!" How do they make their money "We make money the old-fashioned way. We earn it." I really " Don't leave home without it." And does "Every kiss begins with Kay." Is "Fosters: Australian for beer."

All these slogans, do these phrases really sneak into our everyday speech. I mean what the beef about the best part of waking up is Folger's in your cup. Maybe .

Thanks Evil

Yesterday I did not attend Evils spin class because I was a little under the weather. It all started with your pal winning a water bottle from Evil as a gilt gift, because of the Burl Ives mix up, in spin class. Inside of the bottle were these little pellets of candy, and there was the problem. Because of me ingesting these candies I have a rare ailment, jelly bean fever. It is caused by eating too many jellybeans. The symptoms are a slight upset stomach but the most unusual symptom is that your solid bodily waste is encased in a hard candy shell with multicolor variations. It's like Easter basket in the commode. I know it is kind of gross, but I just had to tell my story. So be careful Easter is coming up and that is jelly bean season. You are so warned.

Eagels Suck

I dislike the Philadelphia Eagles very much today. Why? Because they are cheaters and they are mean and I think that they all, each and every one of them, beats their mothers. I am only half kidding, I don't think they are mean. I was watching the game yesterday with my beloved Giants and I could just about get through the first half. Why you ask, well because I knew that they were going to lose and I just could not go through all of that emotion. So after half time I went outside and started up the old snow blower and I blew me some snow. Then I shoveled me some more snow till I was as tranquil as a yoga instructor on ludes.
Now I will wait till next year to see my beloved Giants back up at the top. And then all will be right with the world

Only in Texas

A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it.
While in the Grayson County Jail in Sherman, Thomas plucked out his right eye before his trial later in 2004. A judge subsequently ruled he was competent to stand trial. Only in Texas would he be ruled competent. He was later stopped from cutting off his nose to spite his face.

Smoking

The picture is of my brothers and I at a wedding. After we all had a couple of drinks, someone passed out cigars to everyone who wanted one. Naturally we all took them. Neither my brothers and I smoked, but we all liked using it as a prop. You can see from the picture that it looks like we had been cigar smokers all of our lives. With cigar in hand we engaged everyone at the wedding in conversation using the cigar to make many points. I bet those people really loved that. It was a fun wedding, and after it was over, all of our wives wanted nothing to do with us because we all smelled like a 100 foot cigar, which really makes your breath so not appealing. My wife asked me if I had eaten, by mistake, a decomposing skunk. My wife is not very funny.

Here is Bob Newhart with his routine about the discovery of tobacco.

Who is this man?

This was sent to me in a email by a buddy.

In a few short days, an African-American man will move from his private residence into a much larger and infinitely more expensive one, owned not by him but by the taxpayers. A vast lawn, a perimeter fence and many well-trained security specialists will insulate him from the rest of us, but the mere fact that this man will be residing in this house should make us all stop and count our blessings - because it proves that we live in a nation where anything is possible.

Many believed this day would never come. Most of us hoped and prayed that it would, but few of us actually believed we would live to see it. Racism is an ugly thing in all of its forms, and there is little doubt that if this man had moved into this house fifteen years ago, there would have been a great outcry - possibly even rioting in the streets. Today, we can all be both grateful and proud that no such mayhem will take place when this man takes up residency in this house.

This man, moving into this house at this time in our nation's history is much more than a simple change of address for him - it is proof of a change in our attitude as a nation. It is an amends of sorts - the righting of a great wrong. It is a symbol of our growth, and of our willingness to "judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character."

There can be little doubt now that the vast majority of us truly believe that this man has earned both his place in history and his new address. His time in this house will not be easy - it will be fraught with danger and he will face many challenges. I am sure there will be many times when he asks himself how in the world he ended up here, and like all who have gone before him, the experience will age him greatly.

But I, for one, will not waste an ounce of worry for his sake - because in every way a man can, he asked for this. His whole life for the past fifteen years appears to have been inexorably leading this man toward this house. It is highly probable that in the past, despite all of his actions, racism would have kept this man out of this house.

Today, I am proud that I am an American, and that I live in a nation where wrongs are righted, where justice matters and where truly anything is possible.

Who is this man you ask? See below.

Go here.

Srinkage

Did everyone see the news story of the man who got stuck on the ski lift with his pant down. It is a embarrassment just to be hanging from the ski lift , but having lost your pants, it is a double wammie. But the biggest embarrassment is that his winkle was out there for all the world to see, and with the temperature in the 20's, well their was significant shrinkage, if you know what I mean. I don't want to say it was major shrinkage, but witnesses first said that they thought it was a women. Now that is shrinkage. And then to pile on this most unfortunate person, this story, with pictures, was in every newspaper and every TV news program. I feel for you my
friend.

Evil Back To Back

Last night it was Evil making here first appearance of the year, in a evening session. Evil was using a routine done by a friend of hers, most likely from the dungeon next door. The routine and the music, I thought, was very good. Evil was Evil except for her nose running all over the floor, she has a cold. I think it is too much time in the dungeon, you know how damp those dungeons can get. Your pal was surrounded by people who where hocking up all kinds of fluids. Evil in front on me with that flowing nose, and Heidi next to me hacking up flem balls, it was a symphony of bodily fluids. It is going to be a miracle if your pal does not come down with some kind of disease. Well any who among the missing was, Mary and Dede and Jim. The class was filled with *interlopers, maybe the regulars will show up some time in the future. One amazing thing about last night was that there were more men than women. And you know what that means. Not a thing.

*in·ter·lop·er

Pronunciation:

\ˌin-tər-ˈlō-pər, ˈin-tər-ˌ\

Function:

noun

Date:

circa 1590

: one that interlopes: as a: an illegal or unlicensed trader b: one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity

Evils Back In Town

Yesterday Evil has made her triumphant return from vacation with a really tough workout. You would have thought that she would have taken it easy, and kind of eased into the class. But no she went all out. There must have been some extra torches burning in the dungeon so she could come up with this workout. And what's with the "Oh take some water when you can." What happen to the "0k lets take a minute to hydrate and catch our breath." That is suddenly not the case any longer. "It's drink if you want to on your own time, because I am not going to stop for you butt holes." What ever happen to the less evil Evil. But any who Evil is back and the planets are a lined and all is well with the world.

Uncle Willie's Film Recomendation

With my brother and sister-in-law visiting this pass week we have been watching a lot of DVD movies. And one of my new favorites is Tropic Thunder with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. It is a very funny comedy about filming a movie about the Vietnam war in the jungle when the actors, to motivate them, are left on their own, where they are confronted by real bad guys. The actors think it is part of the filming, and that is when the fun begins. Each and every one of the character are very funny. I recommend this film to all 6 people who read this blog. You won't be disappointed. Oh and Tom Cruise has a cameo that is hilarious.

Animal Problems

Here a couple of clips that reinforce the fact that you should always be very carefull around animals.

Hattie New Near

Did anyone see Dick Clark on the New Years Eve program. I did, and I have a mixed feeling about him appearing on national TV on New Years Eve. On one hand it was good to see Dick back on the show, he looked great for being 106 years old as he always does. But with the stroke he has a little problem speaking clearly. He has the same exuberance for what he is saying and doing , but with his diminished speech it was a little off putting for me. Like when he was doing the count down to the new year; nen, nine, eight, seben, ix, five, mor, thre, noo, one, Hatty New Near. I'm just saying, again it was nice to see him back in that position but it was uncomfortable for your pal. And yes I know "All aboard, on track number 13, the train to Hell is waiting, climb on up Uncle Willie."

Good Tune

Well it is I got nothing today because of our visitors from the south, so there.
This Johnny Mathis singing the Simon and Garfunkel's" 99 Miles from LA ." It is a great song sung by a great singer. And if you don't like Johnny Mathis, tough crap, enjoy it and get out of town.

Happy Friggin New Year

Well it is the new year and do you know what, so far it is exactly the same as last year. I thought that when that ball reached the bottom of that pole in Time Square I would feel some how different. It's a new beginning, bull crap, it is the continuation of December 31st. The only change for me will be my annual struggle to write 2009, and that will last till at least the middle of February. But you know what, I do have a feeling of change this year and it was after going outside this morning. It is fu-king cold. Yesterday it was a balmy 22 and this morning it is about 5 below, with a wind chill factor or 15 below. Maybe 2009 could not arrive for me because it was frozen in 2008. Well any who I hope that this new year brings a new attitude for the whole world. And just maybe we will all be able to live in peace with each other. Let's hope. Let us pray. "Jebus please bring world wide peace to this planet and anyone who does not buy in to this movement may they be sent to Crawford Texas and have to listen to G.W. Bush make speeches for most of their lives, and then be run over by a very large John Deer 8030 Series Tractor. Amen."