You Heard Me!

                                                               Photo: unknown source Beginning July 1, 2008, California motorist's will be banned from using ha nd-held phones while driving their vehicles. California Highway Patrol will be on the look-out for violator's and issue $20 tickets for first-time offenders. Tickets for the following violations have not , so far, been entered into legislation: 1.  Applying mascara while driving. 2.  Shaving beard, armpits or legs 3.  Eating a drippy Big Mac™, Taco Bell™ Chalupa        or KFC's Fiery Buffalo Wings™ 4.  Clipping nails, polishing nails 5.  Flossing teeth 6.  Reading novels, maps and minds 7.   Smoking, drinking coffee, loading firearms 8.  Changing shirts, bras, pants, shoes, etc. 9.  Dogs/cats in laps, parrots on shoulder, monkeys/marmots hanging from rear view mirror Here is my list of annoying driving behavior which should be punished with $500 fines: 1.   Using the far right-hand lane as a passing lane. Please do...

OK, I realize that we're all dealing with ridiculously soaring fuel and diesel prices, but what I want to know is, what the Hell is going on with tonic water prices? Last year my beloved Schweppes Tonic Water™  started to increase in small increments of chump change.  One year later I'm lookin' at a jump from $2.39 per six-pack of 10 oz. bottles, to almost $4.89 per six-pack!  Now, if one gallon =128 ounces and one gallon of gas is currently selling for $4.53, that would make my precious tonic water around $10.00 per gallon! Thats' an outrage, don't you think? I think that there's a definite link and I'm going to get to the bottom [of the glass] to find out who's responsible! In the meantime, I'll drink to the endangered quinine and  hope that its demise is not responsible for this inconvienence.

Once in a while I have to give in to my husband's wishes. It keeps it fresh, ya know.  So, because he is crazy about speed, fuel, beer and daredevil acts, we spent the weekend at the Sawmill, Enduro MotoCross Race in Lake County, CA.  I will do just about anything to spend time in our Airstream trailer, and let me tell you, this really pushed the limits.   We were one of the first to arrive at the event and had "first pick" of the creek bed on which to set up camp.  This is not a virtual creek bed, but a genuine rocky, wet one! Oooh! That's a nice spot...right next to the trickling creek.  Mark had quasi-warned me that this may not be my cup o' tea.  Oh, well, what could be so bad?  Granted, the serenity was palpable when we pulled in and unhitched the trailer.  Then, an hour later the caravan of S.O.B's (Airstream talk for" Square Old Boxes") began to arrive.  These RV's (several hundred) are gi-normous beasts who take no prisoners!  Toy boxes ...

                    Northern California in April '08 Living close to the Pacific Ocean has its magical moments.  This photo is of the coastline near Jenner, California.  

Dean Martin's, "Sway" When marimba rhythms start to play Dance with me, make me sway Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore Hold me close, sway me more Like a flower bending in the breeze Bend with me, sway with ease When we dance you have a way with me Stay with me, sway with me Other da ncers may be on the floor Dear, but my eyes will see only you Only you have the magic technique When we sway I go weak I can hear the sounds of violins Long be fore it begins... Make me thrill as only you know how Sway me smooth, sway me now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I was about 4 or 5 years old I remember my mother dancing around the living room in our tiny San Francisco house, vacuuming, humming and swaying her hips to the sweet mambo rhythms on the hi-fi stereo turntable, with her imaginary partner, Mr. Hoover.  As she dusted with one hand, she grabbed my small hand with the other and we twirled and cha-cha'd to the smooth melodies until we were dizzy a...

A fellow blogger, Jo on the go , whom I met on the Airstream Trailer Forums website, "tagged" me for this fun little game called, Six Pieces of Trivia . As I tried to come up with a list, it occurred to me that my whole life is a patchwork of trivia! How to pare it down to only six? This is what I came up with. Some mundane and some inane. You should see the one's I cut. If you add a comment I will send you the really juicy one's! The rules: 1.) Link to the person who tagged you. 2.) Post the rules. 3.) Share six non-important things / habits / quirks about yourself. 4.) Tag at least three people. 5.) Make sure the people you tagged know you tagged them by commenting what you did. So ... here goes! 1. Eggs and Tof...

Chimp as Thinker Sculpted by Francisco Ramo in the 20th century Once again, it's that magical time of the year when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us. Here then, are the glorious winners: 1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California , would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked..... And now, the honorable mentions: 2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cuttin machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of it's men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved. 3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woma...