Dear Karen-
Before I get to the football thing, I have a few things to throw out there. First, I think you should be aware that your nephew seems to be following in his sister's footsteps. Not quite to the same whole-immersion degree, but still...we have a new dawg in the family. His name is Sniffle (doesn't it just subliminally imply that you need to keep a kleenex handy?) and I'm pleased to say that he's nearly housebroken.
Next, a question: do mothers of small children the world over suffer the same lack of privacy in the bathroom? or is it just me? So this evening, I'm in the bathroom doing the same things that all of us do in the bathroom...and in comes Ethan with a small bowl and a box of crackers. He wanted help pouring them in. Now, bear in mind that his father was in the living room (which, as you recall, is much nearer to where the crackers are kept), but yet Ethan chose to bring them to the BATHROOM for me to deal with it. And lest anyone say I should have a lock on the bathroom door (don't think I haven't already thought of that), it wouldn't matter. They would simply yell to me through the door instead.
Now, about this football thing. You may be surprised to learn that I was just thinking earlier this week that if anyone could convert me to football, it would be you and Curtis. Heck, it worked with college hoops, right? Why not football? I will admit right off the bat...football has always seemed awfully start-stop-start-stop to me. Perhaps Football for Dummies might help.
The sad thing is that I don't even know who Your Team is. So...who's your fave? I think the first step for me would have to be to be presented with which team I should support and why. Once I give it a try and formulate my own opinions, I could then decide if I still wished to support said team or drop them like a hot potato and focus my energies on another one. I don't feel any particular affiliation or affection with the Titans, so don't feel tied to them on my account just because I live here.
And really...I think Faith Hill should have chosen to lip-sync tonight. Just sayin.
Love,
Julie
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Are You Ready for Some Football?!
Dear Julie,
It's here! It's finally here!!! Today is the offical Kick Off Day for the 2007-2008 NFL (that's National Football League) schedule!!! This is almost better than Christmas. Definitely better than Flag Day, Arbor Day & Check-Your-Cubicle-Mate-for-Head-Lice Day combined. I actually blocked my work calendar months ago and designated September 6 as an offial "no travel" day for me so that I wouldn't even have the possibility of traveling tonight. It's also been sitting on my FranklinCovey planner for months ("NFL Opener!") like a shining beacon of hope.
I wonder if I need a VY Fathead? You DO know who VY is, dontcha? You live in Nashville, TN. You gotta know who VY is.
So, here's the The Big Question! (Click on the link to the left.) Well...are you??? Colts vs. Saints @ 7:30 PM/CST. I think I'll take a nap so I'm fresh for the game. Ooooo - I just got goose bumps!!! (I love that because they feel like a football.)
C'mon, catch the football fever! I'll loan you my Football for Dummies. I'll teach you the lingo. We'll bond over brats & beer. You will like it, Sam I am.
Love,
Karen
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
25 Most Influential People of the Past 25 Years
Dear Julie,
I woke up this morning listening to Mike & Mike in the Morning, as I do day every weekday morning. Greenie (Mike Greenberg -- the Metrosexual Mike) was quizzing Golic (Mike Golic -- the Macho Mike) on who made the USA Today's list of Most Influential People of the Past 25 Years. Now granted, these lists are always controversial. But this list is ridonculous.
Let's take a look at some of the names on this list, shall we?
#1: Bill Gates. Okay, I'll buy him on that list. Let's just hope his haircut isn't influential.
#2: Ronald Regan. Helping end the Cold War is impressive. I guess we're erasing "Bedtime for Bonzo" from his legacy.
#3: Oprah Winfrey. She's the only person who appears on her magazine cover and she has more money than God.
#4 & 5: Francis Collins & J. Craig Venter, mappers of the human genome. I bet these guys are seething over their placement behind a talk show hostess. (Sadly for American education, there was a question on M&M about whether or not this was in any way related to Gnomes.)
#6: Osama Bin Laden. I guess one can be a horrific influence.
#7: Stephen Hawking. Do you ever wonder if people just assume he's brilliant because they don't have clue what he's talking about?
#8: Lance Armstrong. Uh, he rides a bike & hangs out what that creepy Matthew McConaughey.
#9: Pope John Paul II. USA Today is going straight to hell. The Pope behind a talk show hostess???
#10: Bono. Yes, Bono.
#11: Mikhail Gorbachev. You end Communism and still end up behind a talk show hostess & a scruffy singer.
#12 & 13: Sergey Brin & Larry Page, co-founders of Google. Well, they actually have improved the quality of my life significantly. More so than Stephen Hawking.
Other notables....
#18: Howard Schultz, Starbucks entrepreneur. All hail the Coffee God. Liquid crack-rock for the mobile masses.
#20: J.K. Rowling, author. Great proponent of literacy? Yes. Most influential in the past quarter century? I think not.
Why do I even bother with these stupid lists??? Have a good day, Chicken.
Love,
Karen
I woke up this morning listening to Mike & Mike in the Morning, as I do day every weekday morning. Greenie (Mike Greenberg -- the Metrosexual Mike) was quizzing Golic (Mike Golic -- the Macho Mike) on who made the USA Today's list of Most Influential People of the Past 25 Years. Now granted, these lists are always controversial. But this list is ridonculous.
Let's take a look at some of the names on this list, shall we?
#1: Bill Gates. Okay, I'll buy him on that list. Let's just hope his haircut isn't influential.
#2: Ronald Regan. Helping end the Cold War is impressive. I guess we're erasing "Bedtime for Bonzo" from his legacy.
#3: Oprah Winfrey. She's the only person who appears on her magazine cover and she has more money than God.
#4 & 5: Francis Collins & J. Craig Venter, mappers of the human genome. I bet these guys are seething over their placement behind a talk show hostess. (Sadly for American education, there was a question on M&M about whether or not this was in any way related to Gnomes.)
#6: Osama Bin Laden. I guess one can be a horrific influence.
#7: Stephen Hawking. Do you ever wonder if people just assume he's brilliant because they don't have clue what he's talking about?
#8: Lance Armstrong. Uh, he rides a bike & hangs out what that creepy Matthew McConaughey.
#9: Pope John Paul II. USA Today is going straight to hell. The Pope behind a talk show hostess???
#10: Bono. Yes, Bono.
#11: Mikhail Gorbachev. You end Communism and still end up behind a talk show hostess & a scruffy singer.
#12 & 13: Sergey Brin & Larry Page, co-founders of Google. Well, they actually have improved the quality of my life significantly. More so than Stephen Hawking.
Other notables....
#18: Howard Schultz, Starbucks entrepreneur. All hail the Coffee God. Liquid crack-rock for the mobile masses.
#20: J.K. Rowling, author. Great proponent of literacy? Yes. Most influential in the past quarter century? I think not.
Why do I even bother with these stupid lists??? Have a good day, Chicken.
Love,
Karen
Monday, September 3, 2007
Shameful
Dear Julie,
In true Labor Day fashion, I'm eschewing labor altogether. I went to Mom & Dad's yesterday with a three-fold purpose:
1) To retrieve Beloved Pearl (who is now quiet as a mouse after a new muffler)
2) To make Mom's nametags (okay, so a little bit of labor...)
3) To take the little girls to a movie
You know I saw Halloween on Friday night (it was truly dreadful, but no, that's not the shameful bit). But yesterday, I paid hard-earned money to see Daddy Day Camp. I'm quite certain that Sony Pictures showed Cuba Gooding, Jr. the money. That's the only plausible explanation for his presence in this horrible movie. He's a great actor and he chose this??? Shameful, Cuba -- SHAMEFUL. The only thing good about this expedition was that only 8 other people were in the theater with us. I want a refund.
Oh! We turned on the Jerry Lewis Telethon for a minute before I left Mom & Dad's last night. Jerry Lewis IS still alive & he actually looks pretty good. He wasn't nearly as puffy. I wish I could report the same thing about me...(sigh)
Happy Labor Day, Chicken.
Love,
Karen
In true Labor Day fashion, I'm eschewing labor altogether. I went to Mom & Dad's yesterday with a three-fold purpose:
1) To retrieve Beloved Pearl (who is now quiet as a mouse after a new muffler)
2) To make Mom's nametags (okay, so a little bit of labor...)
3) To take the little girls to a movie
You know I saw Halloween on Friday night (it was truly dreadful, but no, that's not the shameful bit). But yesterday, I paid hard-earned money to see Daddy Day Camp. I'm quite certain that Sony Pictures showed Cuba Gooding, Jr. the money. That's the only plausible explanation for his presence in this horrible movie. He's a great actor and he chose this??? Shameful, Cuba -- SHAMEFUL. The only thing good about this expedition was that only 8 other people were in the theater with us. I want a refund.
Oh! We turned on the Jerry Lewis Telethon for a minute before I left Mom & Dad's last night. Jerry Lewis IS still alive & he actually looks pretty good. He wasn't nearly as puffy. I wish I could report the same thing about me...(sigh)
Happy Labor Day, Chicken.
Love,
Karen
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