Carrying over from the bad TV post that Amanda had last week, I just wanted to give a shout out to my still favorite TV show, Will & Grace. If I'm lucky (and remember), I can still catch one to four episodes a night on the CW (10-11pm) and WE (11pm - 12am). Boy, are those lucky nights for me.
I just happened to catch an episode last night - it was the one where they all went to the movies to catch a special showing of 'Sound of Music.' Grace dressed up as Maria, Will as Captain VonTrapp and Jack as one of the kids in their play clothes (made from Maria's drapes). That show always manages to crack me up no matter how many times I've seen it. They had so many memorable episodes - where else are you going to find out that a Barry Manilow fan is known as a 'Fanilow' or Jack's auction screen name is 'Hotsy Totsy' or run into a 'frosted mini-wheat' named Beverly Leslie (as Karen likes to call him).
I agree that the show did eventually go downhill but I felt there was only one reason it did and I have to say it was Grace. She started to get annoying and I didn't enjoy any of the scenes she was a part of. If they could've had a show just about Jack & Karen, I would've been one happy camper.
Will, Karen & Jack...I miss you! You made for some good TV. I don't think I've laughed that hard since 'Wings.'
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Twice Around
Okay, so let me start by saying I am glad my former co-worker from Texas from 6 years ago finally removed me from her "mass joke/chain letter forwarding" e-mail list. As much as I love some good e-mail diversion to break up the drudgery work can be, I just didn't need that crap clogging up my inbox. At least half of the time, I'd heard better jokes from my 3-year-old nephew. But now and then, I find before me "the little e-mail joke forward that could," an e-mail that not only bestows upon me a surprising chuckle, but that I actually deem worthy to protect in one of my "save" folders. During some mailbox spring cleaning, I found this little gem. True, they're not all masterpieces, but there are some good ones in there. I am particularly fond of 5, 6, 8, 10, and 17.
Children's Books That Never Quite Made It:
1. Strangers Have the Best Candy.
2. The Little Sissy Who Snitched.
3. Some Kittens Can Fly!
4. Where Would You Like to Be Buried?
5. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her.
6. The Attention Deficit Disorder Association's Book of Wild Animals of North Amer- Hey! Let's Go Ride Our Bikes!
7. The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking.
8. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?'
9. Bi-Curious George.
10. You Are Different and That's Bad.
11. Dad's New Wife Timothy.
12. Pop! Goes The Hamster....And Other Great Microwave Games.
13. Testing Homemade Parachutes With Nothing At All But Your Household Pets.
14. The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables.
15. Start a Real-Estate Empire With the Change From Your Mom's Purse.
16. The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy.
17. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will.
18. Controlling the playground: Respect through Fear.
Children's Books That Never Quite Made It:
1. Strangers Have the Best Candy.
2. The Little Sissy Who Snitched.
3. Some Kittens Can Fly!
4. Where Would You Like to Be Buried?
5. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her.
6. The Attention Deficit Disorder Association's Book of Wild Animals of North Amer- Hey! Let's Go Ride Our Bikes!
7. The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking.
8. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?'
9. Bi-Curious George.
10. You Are Different and That's Bad.
11. Dad's New Wife Timothy.
12. Pop! Goes The Hamster....And Other Great Microwave Games.
13. Testing Homemade Parachutes With Nothing At All But Your Household Pets.
14. The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables.
15. Start a Real-Estate Empire With the Change From Your Mom's Purse.
16. The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy.
17. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will.
18. Controlling the playground: Respect through Fear.
Monday, June 11, 2007
She's Into You....Or So I Thought
It is a very blah Monday. I have been really busy at work but if you ask me what I've been doing, I can't really quantify it except to say, 'I went to lunch at Chik-Fil-A...yum!'
So interesting story of 'things aren't always as they seem' from the weekend.
A bunch of Purdue friends got together at the new local hang-out, Clare -N- Don's, in Falls Church. Our friends, 'T&A,' had a gig Saturday night and after what seemed like a never-ending softball game earlier in the day, just hanging out in the nice, warm weather sounded like good fun. Good friends, good fun.
So T&A are playing their tunes, sounding good, working the crowd....and in the crowd, they were working one couple in particular ...they're on their first date...awww. I keep glancing over at them. They make a good looking couple. She looks like she's having fun, he looks like he's having fun and why shouldn't they - they've got like eight empty cans of PBR (Pabst's) between them and they just kept coming. So the night goes on, they seem to be enjoying the music and I'm thinking 'these kids just might make it.'
The happy couple eventually leave before T&A's second set is over but not before Andy, or 'A' of 'T&A', can whisper into the mic, 'So will there be a second date?'
Giggles all around and now the REAL story comes out....the good stuff....oh yeah!
So after 'T&A' are finished for the night, we all gather round, talk about how great the gig was and the people sitting in front of us also joined in a bit and we start talking about the first date couple. The guy sitting in front of us comments, 'Oh man, I ran into Max (the first date guy) on line in the bathroom and I'm like 'how's it going, man?' and he's like, 'dude, it's like the hindenberg...it's going down in flames!'
Shocked expressions all around.
Then Andy chimes in with, 'When Max got up to go to the bathroom, I kind of whispered to the girl (can't remember her name), 'So how's it going?''
Her response? A shake of the head and a point at one of our Purdue buddies, Anthony, with a 'Do you know him?'
Hilarious!
In hindsight, just talking about all the things that went on that we didn't really see, I guess other clues that the date was not progressing well would have been:
1) how she kept saying how she didn't eat and she was hungry but all that was in front of her were beer cans
2) when Andy stopped to talk to the couple, she asked if Andy was single.
And here's just a couple of things that went wrong:
1) PBR? PBR? I don't care if it's $2/can...it's PBR...there's better stuff out there.
2) You're at this bar at 6:00 - that's chow time. Buy your date some dinner especially if she expresses that she's hungry. Appetizers, sides, ANYTHING...just buy something to eat. Trade in three cans of PBR for a $6 appetizer.
So knowing what we know now, I guess if we could relive that moment where Andy whispers into the mic, 'So, will there be a second date,' someone could have yelled, 'Hells no!'
I guess she wasn't that into him afterall.
So interesting story of 'things aren't always as they seem' from the weekend.
A bunch of Purdue friends got together at the new local hang-out, Clare -N- Don's, in Falls Church. Our friends, 'T&A,' had a gig Saturday night and after what seemed like a never-ending softball game earlier in the day, just hanging out in the nice, warm weather sounded like good fun. Good friends, good fun.
So T&A are playing their tunes, sounding good, working the crowd....and in the crowd, they were working one couple in particular ...they're on their first date...awww. I keep glancing over at them. They make a good looking couple. She looks like she's having fun, he looks like he's having fun and why shouldn't they - they've got like eight empty cans of PBR (Pabst's) between them and they just kept coming. So the night goes on, they seem to be enjoying the music and I'm thinking 'these kids just might make it.'
The happy couple eventually leave before T&A's second set is over but not before Andy, or 'A' of 'T&A', can whisper into the mic, 'So will there be a second date?'
Giggles all around and now the REAL story comes out....the good stuff....oh yeah!
So after 'T&A' are finished for the night, we all gather round, talk about how great the gig was and the people sitting in front of us also joined in a bit and we start talking about the first date couple. The guy sitting in front of us comments, 'Oh man, I ran into Max (the first date guy) on line in the bathroom and I'm like 'how's it going, man?' and he's like, 'dude, it's like the hindenberg...it's going down in flames!'
Shocked expressions all around.
Then Andy chimes in with, 'When Max got up to go to the bathroom, I kind of whispered to the girl (can't remember her name), 'So how's it going?''
Her response? A shake of the head and a point at one of our Purdue buddies, Anthony, with a 'Do you know him?'
Hilarious!
In hindsight, just talking about all the things that went on that we didn't really see, I guess other clues that the date was not progressing well would have been:
1) how she kept saying how she didn't eat and she was hungry but all that was in front of her were beer cans
2) when Andy stopped to talk to the couple, she asked if Andy was single.
And here's just a couple of things that went wrong:
1) PBR? PBR? I don't care if it's $2/can...it's PBR...there's better stuff out there.
2) You're at this bar at 6:00 - that's chow time. Buy your date some dinner especially if she expresses that she's hungry. Appetizers, sides, ANYTHING...just buy something to eat. Trade in three cans of PBR for a $6 appetizer.
So knowing what we know now, I guess if we could relive that moment where Andy whispers into the mic, 'So, will there be a second date,' someone could have yelled, 'Hells no!'
I guess she wasn't that into him afterall.
"Mourning" Cupcake
Our receptionist informed me of some sad news today. Reeves Bakery downtown has closed its doors. Reeves Bakery was established in 1886, but I remember its more recent years from "cake day" at the office (you know, the catch-all birthday celebration each month - kind of like the generic treat day they had in elementary school for the summer birthday kids).
Reeves, you were good to me. I especially liked your German chocolate varieties.
http://www.reevesbakery.com/index2.html
Reeves, you were good to me. I especially liked your German chocolate varieties.
http://www.reevesbakery.com/index2.html
Looks Like Somebody's Got a Case of the Mondays
Yes. That someone would be me. If only I had Ron Livingston's antics to entertain me at work on a Monday. I am feeling the effects of a cut middle finger (an incident involving rifling through my make-up bag, oblivious to the disposable razor carelessly thrown in there). Right now, my middle finger feels most comfortable in sort of a half "bird" position - away from the other fingers. Is this because of the awkward band-aid and fear of further injury? Or is some higher force trying to tell me I'm having a case of the Mondays? You decide.
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