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Monday, September 24, 2012


The 64th Annual Emmy Night

I was in a prone position for nearly 4 hours yesterday watching the Emmys. I got a little bored and tired after a while, but I never miss it. Jimmy Kimmel did a pretty good job as the host and everything went quite smoothly. But it was too long as always. The presenters shouldn't have to make small talk before they present the awards. Too much time is spent on that.

Everyone looked beautiful. The women had gorgeous dresses and looked lovely even though it was terribly hot on the red carpet. I liked Heidi Klum's dress; she was probably thinking, "I'll show you, Seal!"  Julianne Moore had on a beautiful yellow dress which was just the opposite of Heidi's. It was long sleeved and high necked and a very pretty yellow. Heidi's was green with plenty of skin exposed. They both looked pretty good to me.

I imagine we are going to see several years of "Homeland" getting the honors. It is a great show that I can't see because I don't get Showtime. But I can get by without it. And we'll probably be seeing Modern Family pour onto the stage every year for more awards. Apparently it is a very funny show. I was happy for Jon Cryer winning for comedy actor. He's worked hard for many years and been through a lot with crazy Charlie. I never watch that show as I can't stand it, but I'm happy for Cryer.

The segment I liked best was when Kimmel was wondering what "Breaking Bad" would have been like if it had been made in the G-rated, no cable era. "Breaking Bad" is my favorite show! It was a spoof of "The Andy Griffith Show" with the theme song whistling(I loved that) as Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, dressed in their meth-making clothes, skipped along the dirt road by a pond with their fishing poles. Opie(Aaron) skipped rocks across the pond, and then they saw Don Knotts in a row boat, waving to them. So Andy took out his gun and shot him! I found that extremely funny and clever. Apparently that was the highlight of the show as I don't remember much else.

The next thing I remember was hearing sirens blaring right outside my window in the living room where I sleep. Red lights were flashing in my kitchen and it went on and on.  So I got up and saw a fire truck right beside my house, with guys coming and going. Finally, they left. I don't know what the problem was and just wanted to get back to sleep. I guess I wasn't on fire!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012


Politics Stink!

It's becoming very evident that the wheels are falling off Romney's campaign bus. Even his staffers don't like him and Republicans are wishing he would just go away! He is becoming an embarrassment to his party and himself. His statements at a private fundraiser in Florida that were surreptitiously recorded are frightening. He speaks of his disdain for 47% of the people in the country and considers them as freeloaders and people with their hands out for anything they can get - and they don't pay taxes. He says he doesn't worry about them - they don't matter. He went on and on and just let it all hang out. He said he would have been better off if he had been born of Mexican parents and then come to the US. He didn't mention that his great grandfather had moved to Mexico because he had numerous wives as a good Mormon should. I wonder why we never hear about that? He said a lot of things in his talk with his well-heeled friends in Florida. I loved hearing it!

I read an interesting article in "The Oregonian" this morning about Portland Public Schools hiring a Florida administrator for a job overseeing some of our most troubled schools. However, they neglected to check her out enough to find that she had been reassigned in June after being linked to an open and controversial internal investigation. Her name is Suzanne Milano who was six years at the Miami-Dade County Public Schools as the director of mental health and crisis management service. However, she was recently moved to an attendance job. I used to have an attendance job at a local high school, but I'll bet she made more than I did. But I wasn't removed for doing anything improper although I did lie on the office counter one time in honor of a funeral or wedding or one of those special occasions. I think they even put flowers on top of me! Anyway, she was offered the position as the director of charter schools, special programs and the district's academically troubled alternative schools where she would be paid up to $137,700 annually. My attendance job paid nothing like that!

Our people here knew nothing of what had gone on with her in Miami and were soon to find out that she also goes by the name of Suzy Milano-Berrios. They found that she had overused the law called the Baker Act which is in Florida. It allows police officers to take students for involuntary psychiatric evaluations instead of arresting them, thus allowing the chief to pad school crime statistics. The Baker Act allegations were big news in Miami, and a representative of the Fraternal Order of Police could hardly believe she had been hired in Oregon. He wondered why they hadn't done a background check on her. Chief Academic Officer in Portland defended the district's decision to offer Milano a job. And the Human resources executive director said she would see that the district was following up on questions raised by "The Oregonian." "That's where we're at," she said. When I saw what kind of grammar she used, I figured all was lost. 

Friday, September 14, 2012


Correction to previous posting about my exciting life - 9/12/12

I was talking about an ad on Craig's List concerning poop. But I think I had it wrong. The guy on Craig's List who posted the ad wanted to poop on someone's face and would pay $100 for it. Here's what he said, "I will you $100 cash for me to poop on your face. I will take pictures of me pooping on your face. Will only take 5 minutes."
I had it that the person answering the ad would do the pooping. But I was so wrong! Therefore, I needed to correct my error.

I think that's enough about poop for now. I assume the pooper and the poopee have connected by now.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012


Another day in my exciting life!

It started with my vacuuming in my bedroom in front of my sink where I brush my hair as I dry it. Hair does come out then and some falls to the carpeting in front of the sink. So I vacuumed there and all over, doing more than I had intended. After that I had to sit down and rest and watch tv. The first thing I saw was an ad for a shampoo for women who are losing their hair! It showed pictures of women with gorgeous hair, long, shiny, curly,and the models were running their fingers through their hair. I think the shampoo was something I used on Teri when she had cradle cap as a baby! No one has hair that looks that good - at least not real hair.

So then I got on my exercise bike and watched the first part of the new "Katie" show with Katie Couric. It started with her jumping out of bed as her alarm hadn't gone off and she was late. Matt Lauer happened to be in a nearby bed and made some remark. I don't remember what he said but I didn't think the whole routine was very funny. I know he wishes Katie were still at the "Today" show with him, but she's not, so let it go, Matt. You got rid of Ann Curry - what's next on your agenda? Katie's guest was Jessica Simpson, and I had to listen to her tell all about how she's losing or not losing her baby weight. I don't really care about her weight, so I found an old "Law & Order" to watch. There was a promo on Katie's show about today's visit with Heidi Klum. Katie was asking her how she felt when someone had said she had been fornicating with the help. I think it was her husband who said it. Heidi had a numb look on her face and that was it. I didn't watch it today. When I heard the word "fornicate" I was really surprised. Don't they talk that way in Britain where all the guys in the courtroom wear big white wigs and look quite stupid? Do we talk that way here? There are so many other words more appropriate than fornicate and more colorful.

So later on Cindy sent me an e-mail picture.  A guy at her store had taken it from Craig's List. It wasn't actually a picture, it was one sentence that said he would give the person who placed the ad $100 for pooping on his face. He also said he would take a picture of him pooping on his face, and it and it would take only 5 minutes! The ad was taken down shortly thereafter which means the guy got a taker or the powers that be decided it wasn't fit for Craig's List. I haven't heard too much good about Craig's List up to now. I wonder why?

So later that night Cindy and I talked and she had told Teri all about it and the job possibilities that could come from it. Face diapers were mentioned and I don't know what all they came up with. All in all, it was a very eventful day!

I used an old picture of my girls showing how they were already thinking up new ideas and schemes. They look pleased with themselves.

Sunday, September 09, 2012


Fox new show - "The Mindy Project" -  Tuesday, September 25 at 9:30 pm

I just watched the pilot episode - twice, in fact - and it's hilarious! Mindy Kaling is an author, producer, writer and creator of this show. She starred in "The Office" as a kooky person who was always saying and doing crazy things. In this show, she plays a doctor who is trying to get more patients but doesn't always do it the right way. She gets drunk, arrested, late for operations but seems to get by some way.  The dialogue is crazy funny and she is  hysterical!

I hope this does well because it made me laugh a lot which is what I like. I knew Mindy was talented, but I didn't realize just how much. So watch it!

Monday, September 03, 2012


Religion

I was reading the "Parade" magazine yesterday as I always do on Sunday mornings, and I noticed an article about a new book written about how NFL players reconcile their deep faith with on-field violence. I never knew they had a problem with the violence they inflict on each other every game. What a surprise! We are hearing so much lately about the old pros who are no longer in the game, physically or mentally. All the hits they've taken have done bad things to their brains, and they will never be the same again. I know in football, the players hit as hard as they can and as often as they have a chance to do so. And now to hear they are concerned is quite a surprise.

But, according to the book by Curtis Eichelberger, they are now finding a way to reconcile their feelings with their actions.  They pray! It tells of one player who knocked the crap out of another player to the point that he looked almost dead. The hitter was scared and got down on a knee and began praying. But when the injured guy got up, the hitter refocused on his job - which I guess was hitting others really, really hard - and went on his way. This player had many thoughts after that incident and prayed a lot, finally deciding it was his responsibility to God to play as hard as he could because the Lord had given him these talents. He was playing the game as hard as he could to honor the Lord. When I read that, I thought, "What a bunch of crap!"

I find this really baffling. It seems people use religion as an answer for everything even though they may not be what you call religious. You see athletes in a prayer circle before a game. Are they praying to win the game? Do they think there's a God somewhere listening to them? I think the whole thing is bogus, but if it makes them feel better, good for them. I don't go along with it, but that's just me.