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Some Things Are So Very Thong

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                                                             photo images:UK Daily Mail Humankind never ceases to amaze when it comes to the ingenuity and torturous methods applied to the improvement of the female form.  The newest development, aptly named the Double-O Thong, is the latest piece of personal hardware to evoke clandestine sexiness with which to snag a man.   Just a few nano seconds ago, being stick thin was the preferred look. Then, it was thin with gigantic boobs.  And now, it's thin, with big hooters and a round, lush tushie. One out of three is not good enough.  You've got to have all of them.  All of these physical attributes involve some sort of pain and for those fortunate to have them all naturally, the inevitability of their loss is no consolation. Of course, as it is with the Wonder Bra,  that crafty, uplifting device which renders flat chests into perky protuberances, the conundrum becomes problematic as the romantic juices begin to flow, and t...

Autumn Leaves

It doesn't get much better than this... Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis,Hank Jones, Sam Jones & Art Blakey

North Coast California-Bodega

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Summertime and the living is easy...
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The Ray Brown Trio featuring Gene Harris at the piano Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe, California                                                                                                                                   

Thank You America!

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Today, July Fourth, is a day which reminds me of all the good fortune that the United States of America has bestowed me.  As the child of immigrant parents, who fled the Russian Army, became refugees in Austria and ultimately made their way through Ellis Island, I reflect upon this day how lucky I was to be born here.  My cousins, aunts and uncles in Transylvania suffered decades of brutal dictatorship under Nicolae Ceausescu and Soviet domination.  My relatives in West Berlin lived inside mortared walls crowned with concertina wire for 40 years.  My parents, Hermann and Helena had the guts to leave everything behind, enter a new land, work their way up the ladder from chicken farmers and cleaning houses, learn a new language, take night classes for U.S. citizenship and after five years they proudly exclaimed that they too, were "Americans".  They didn't receive welfare and didn't expect it either.  That was for people who needed help.  My sister and I were taught ...

CALIFORNIA BANS HAND-HELD CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING

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                                                               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...

Gin and Diesel? With a twist of grime please!

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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.