Soap Opera?

Why do they call daytime TV shows Soap Operas? What a weird name. I realize that when they first started out, soap companies sponsored these shows, but opera? I don't believe they could EVER be considered an opera. Let's see we could call them Soap dramas, but at times. that would stretching the truth. Daytime gossip? There's plenty of that in each show. Serial Gossip? Wait! Just change it to Cereal Gossip and tap a whole new income stream!

To this day, if you ask me, I'll tell you I NEVER watched one minute of that trash. Well, there was that Dark Shadows thing back when I was young. Thankfully, it only ran 30 minutes, 5 days a week for 5 years. HEY!!! I only watched it for the soap commercials! Get off my case!

Trail Turned Cold

If I were a wannabe political type person and my "Hey-look-at-me" index was heading south, what would I do???
Oh yeah, I'd quit my current office 18 months ahead of schedule. That would get all the pundits talking and in turn would get the general public abuzz with my name*.
Funny how the media falls for this move EVERY time. And the public? Like a moth to the flame.

* Please note that the name appears nowhere in this blog.

What Blog?

Good Grief! I forgot I had this blog. I'm on verbose overload...My Space, Facebook, Twitter, blah blah blah all about me...

I must remember to post a new rant soon. Maybe I'll rant about not remembering my own blog!


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March 19-30 Exchange Student

I survived my first ever exchange student living in my home. He was only 13 but my 17-year old son took to him immediately. He was like the brother my son never had. It was quite interesting to learn about another culture and to try to communicate with our live-in. The first few days were rough, but, by the end of his stay, he was actually using full sentences in English. This guy was a quick study. I would recommend this experience to anyone who may be on the fence about it. It will be very rewarding for you and your family.

So, as not to cause an international incident should he ever return to the USA and someone realizes what "choice" english words my son taught him, I'll Just refuse to say what particular country he hailed from.

Guess all you want, my lips are sealed!

Leap Day

Well - I survived Leap Day. I always have a problem with an extra day during the year. It kind of throws off my circadian rhythm. I think too much about it. Like, will July 4th (which would have been July 3rd) have better weather than July 5th which has become July 4th for this year only? That would really mess up my fireworks plans.

I don't get an extra days pay, so, my employer is actually getting a "free" day. That doesn't seem fair! The least he could do would be to give me a comp day.

And don't get me started on birthdays... I'm still miffed that a friend of mine, who was born the same year as I but on February 29th, is so much younger than me.

It took years of research to figure out why Hallmark didn't push to make this an "official" American holiday. They wouldn't make much money selling these cards every 4 years. Duh!