The Red Cross is taking donations for those involved in the London Bombings. You can fine the link here.
We’reNotAfraid.com is also selling shirts and other items via CafePress.com for those who wish to purchase something. 100% of the profits go to the Red Cross fund. It is not lost on me that this is similar to the bracelets I have complained about, but at least these are USEFUL items like clothing, coffee mugs and so on.
Lordy lordy lordy! Friday is going to be a busy day for me! Busy at work you ask? Nope. Hot date? Well…not for me *wink to you know who* No, my day is busy with entertainment! I know, scary! Let’s see, we have Charlie and the Chocolate Factory coming to theaters that day. So going to a matinee for that.
Then, from 7 – 10 PM, Sci Fi Channel starts the season premieres of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica. YAY! Lots of sci-fi goodness. And for those of you have not yet tried it, give Galactica a try, it is the best sci-fi show I have seen in years.
However, as soon as Battlestar Galactica is over, it’s off to the local Hastings to stand in line for…Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! It will then be awhile until anyone hears from me.
Just last night I was noticing how I have come to dread going to bed. I thought to myself, how that was happening more and more, and perhaps I should blog about it. I talked myself out of it, knowing it would only delay bed more.
Ever since 9/11 I have had moments like this. I just know that while I sleep, something is happening. It’s never really connected to anything, you just think of it. Waking up to a screaming friend to get out of bed and turn on a tv makes you move pretty fast. Ever since then, I just sometimes don’t want to go to bed….for fear of missing something. I woke up after the fires at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX…I woke up after the Oklahoma City Bombing…I woke up after the second plane hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center, but before the first tower fell.
Last night, I was thinking of this around 3:15 AM CST….9:15 AM in London. The first bombs had already gone off. I had no clue until I got up this morning at 9:15 AM CST, 3:15 PM in London, what had happened.
Now I sit here…I’m tired…I have a ton of work to do tomorrow…I should go to bed…and I’m almost scared to. I am a grown man, a mature man, and I fear my own sleep. Its almost like if I take my eyes off the world something might happen. It’s not as if I think I have some power and can influence events with my mere thoughts, it’s just I am tired of waking up to tragedy after tragedy. I don’t want to wake up to “Special Reports” or “Breaking News”ever again, all they mean is bad news.
This morning, one of my employees arrived at work and I had the TV on listening to one of the press briefings. He opened the door to office and heard the TV, it is odd for it to be on. His first words were “If the TV’s on, it can’t be good.”
My condolonces to all affected by the cowardly attacks today in London. Please do not waste your time here, follow up what is going on at your news site of choice.
In Yahoo’s Buzz Index column today, they are talking about all the different wrist bands that are circulating nowadays. It seems another problem is popping up in that multiple causes are using the same colors. According to this article on the Arizona Repbulic site:
“If you’re wearing a gray bracelet, for instance, it might mean you are supporting research on allergies, aphasia, asthma, diabetes, brain tumors or mental illness. Take your pick.”
Ok, great that you are supporting those causes, but come on folks, there’s a lot of colors out there, mix it up some!
What irks me though is the bands I found at beWild.com. Yes, they carry a lot of the true support bands such as Livestrong, but they are also carrying a ton of wristbands with no obvious cause connected to them. Sure, a band that says “Hope” or “Peace” may look nice, heck, it even sounds like it may support something, but it doesn’t. It’s just another bauble to collect dust when you tire of it.
By far though, the most disgusting thing I found was yellow bracelets saying “Be Strong“. You don’t think someone is intentionally trying to cash in on the popularity of Livestrong do you? Naw…that would never happen.
There are also lots of bracelets that use a similar color and slogan to a known cause, but in truth, may have no association with a cause. I see a lot of pink bracelets that say “Find A Cure”. My first thought is breast cancer research, but searching BreastCancer.org and Cancer.org turn up no mentions of those bracelets actually supporting research.
Does this mean you shouldn’t wear them? Heck no, wear whatever you want, but I would hate for you to think that a portion of the sale is going to a charity that it isn’t.
My suggestion (for what little it’s worth), just donate the money to the cause of your choice, the bracelets are too dilluted now to make a difference. If you still want the bracelet, make sure you buy it from a source that is 100% legitimate in what they are selling, or better yet, go direct to the charity so they can get all they can out of the sale.
Tsunami Relief Donations (I could not find an offical statement anywhere as to who gets the money from the bracelets)
If it seems like I am harping on this subject, well…I am. I am just sad that what was a fantastic idea is getting more and more dilluted each day by oppurtunists. So, instead of only complaining, now I am hoping to help sort out the confusion. If you know of an OFFICIAL site stating who gets money from a bracelet, comment with a link, I will read it to make sure, and I will be happy to add it to this post.
As some of you may remember, back on June 24th I blogged about my leg burn I got from a stupid pot pie. Well, some of you have been asking me how it is doing, so I thought I would give you an update. Again, just linking the pic for those who don’t want to see it. Just click here.
As you can see, it has fully scabbed, but my grandmother, a former registered nurse, has informed me that this actually did get to a third degree burn. GO ME! I will have a lovely scar when this is all done, but nothing can be done about that.
I have to keep laughing at myself. Of the all the most absurd ways to burn one’s self, how in the world do you get a third degree burn on your calf from a pot pie?!? I have a feeling I am in a very small and exclusive club of morons now.
In a surprising turn of events, Dennis Rader (AKA the BTK Killer) pleaded guilty to 10 counts of murder today. No insanity defense…no blaming his parents…nothing. You can read all the details in this news story.
My opinion? His defense lawyer probably told him he would not take the stand. Dennis obviouslly feeds on attention, hence the letters he wrote while he was killing, and this was the best way to get all eyes on himself. Shock everyone, get to tell your side of the story and get mentioned on every news program and in every printed form of media. And yes, I understand I am feeding his sickness by talking about him, but I am so shocked by this, I couldn’t fight the urge.
So, Tuesday night I was running way late, and threw a Marie Callender Chicken Pot Pie in the oven, after of course preheating to 400 degrees. 45 minutes later my chickeny goodness was ready. I noticed it had broken open in the oven, but, not big deal.
So grabbing said pot pie, I headed for my usual chair to watch TV and eat. Honestly, I can’t remember what exactly caused me to drop the pie, but I won’t be forgetting it anytime soon.
I am just linking to the picture of the resulting 2nd degree burn. Not horrible, but nor pretty either. Didn’t want to just spring it on anyone. The picture is here, you have been warned.
Like I said, it’s not the most horrible burn ever by any means, but it’s not exactly painless either. Right now it is mostly stiff. I keep covering it in Neosporin, and I guess we will just have to see how it heals up. I think the worst part though is explaining to folks that the horrible burn on your lower leg came from, of all things, a pot pie.
As with any list, some I agree with, some I don’t.
1. ?Frankly, my dear, I don?t give a damn,? ?Gone With the Wind,? 1939.
2. ?I?m going to make him an offer he can?t refuse,? ?The Godfather,? 1972.
3. ?You don?t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could?ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am,? ?On the Waterfront,? 1954.
4. ?Toto, I?ve got a feeling we?re not in Kansas anymore,? ?The Wizard of Oz,? 1939.
5. ?Here?s looking at you, kid,? ?Casablanca,? 1942.
6. ?Go ahead, make my day,? ?Sudden Impact,? 1983.
7. ?All right, Mr. DeMille, I?m ready for my close-up,? ?Sunset Blvd.,? 1950.
8. ?May the Force be with you,? ?Star Wars,? 1977.
9. ?Fasten your seatbelts. It?s going to be a bumpy night,? ?All About Eve,? 1950.
10. ?You talking to me?? ?Taxi Driver,? 1976.
11. ?What we?ve got here is failure to communicate,? ?Cool Hand Luke,? 1967.
12. ?I love the smell of napalm in the morning,? ?Apocalypse Now,? 1979.
13. ?Love means never having to say you?re sorry,? ?Love Story,? 1970.
14. ?The stuff that dreams are made of,? ?The Maltese Falcon,? 1941.
15. ?E.T. phone home,? ?E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,? 1982.
16. ?They call me Mister Tibbs!?, ?In the Heat of the Night,? 1967.
17. ?Rosebud,? ?Citizen Kane,? 1941.
18. ?Made it, Ma! Top of the world!?, ?White Heat,? 1949.
19. ?I?m as mad as hell, and I?m not going to take this anymore!?, ?Network,? 1976.
20. ?Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship,? ?Casablanca,? 1942.
21. ?A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti,? ?The Silence of the Lambs,? 1991.
22. ?Bond. James Bond,? ?Dr. No,? 1962.
23. ?There?s no place like home,? ?The Wizard of Oz,? 1939.
24. ?I am big! It?s the pictures that got small,? ?Sunset Blvd.,? 1950.
25. ?Show me the money!?, ?Jerry Maguire,? 1996.
26. ?Why don?t you come up sometime and see me??, ?She Done Him Wrong,? 1933.
27. ?I?m walking here! I?m walking here!?, ?Midnight Cowboy,? 1969.
28. ?Play it, Sam. Play ?As Time Goes By,?? ?Casablanca,? 1942.
29. ?You can?t handle the truth!?, ?A Few Good Men,? 1992.
30. ?I want to be alone,? ?Grand Hotel,? 1932.
31. ?After all, tomorrow is another day!?, ?Gone With the Wind,? 1939.
32. ?Round up the usual suspects,? ?Casablanca,? 1942.
33. ?I?ll have what she?s having,? ?When Harry Met Sally…,? 1989.
34. ?You know how to whistle, don?t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow,? ?To Have and Have Not,? 1944.
35. ?You?re gonna need a bigger boat,? ?Jaws,? 1975.
36. ?Badges? We ain?t got no badges! We don?t need no badges! I don?t have to show you any stinking badges!?, ?The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,? 1948.
37. ?I?ll be back,? ?The Terminator,? 1984.
38. ?Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth,? ?The Pride of the Yankees,? 1942.
39. ?If you build it, he will come,? ?Field of Dreams,? 1989.
40. ?Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you?re gonna get,? ?Forrest Gump,? 1994.
41. ?We rob banks,? ?Bonnie and Clyde,? 1967.
42. ?Plastics,? ?The Graduate,? 1967.
43. ?We?ll always have Paris,? ?Casablanca,? 1942.
44. ?I see dead people,? ?The Sixth Sense,? 1999.
45. ?Stella! Hey, Stella!?, ?A Streetcar Named Desire,? 1951.
46. ?Oh, Jerry, don?t let?s ask for the moon. We have the stars,? ?Now, Voyager,? 1942.
47. ?Shane. Shane. Come back!?, ?Shane,? 1953.
48. ?Well, nobody?s perfect,? ?Some Like It Hot,? 1959.
49. ?It?s alive! It?s alive!?, ?Frankenstein,? 1931.
50. ?Houston, we have a problem,? ?Apollo 13,? 1995.
51. ?You?ve got to ask yourself one question: ?Do I feel lucky?? Well, do ya, punk??, ?Dirty Harry,? 1971.
52. ?You had me at ?hello,?? ?Jerry Maguire,? 1996.
53. ?One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don?t know,? ?Animal Crackers,? 1930.
54. ?There?s no crying in baseball!?, ?A League of Their Own,? 1992.
55. ?La-dee-da, la-dee-da,? ?Annie Hall,? 1977.
56. ?A boy?s best friend is his mother,? ?Psycho,? 1960.
57. ?Greed, for lack of a better word, is good,? ?Wall Street,? 1987.
58. ?Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer,? ?The Godfather Part II,? 1974.
59. ?As God is my witness, I?ll never be hungry again,? ?Gone With the Wind,? 1939.
60. ?Well, here?s another nice mess you?ve gotten me into!?, ?Sons of the Desert,? 1933.
61. ?Say ?hello? to my little friend!?, ?Scarface,? 1983.
62. ?What a dump,? ?Beyond the Forest,? 1949.
63. ?Mrs. Robinson, you?re trying to seduce me. Aren?t you??, ?The Graduate,? 1967.
64. ?Gentlemen, you can?t fight in here! This is the War Room!?, ?Dr. Strangelove,? 1964.
65. ?Elementary, my dear Watson,? ?The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,? 1929.
66. ?Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape,? ?Planet of the Apes,? 1968.
67. ?Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine,? ?Casablanca,? 1942.
68. ?Here?s Johnny!?, ?The Shining,? 1980.
69. ?They?re here!?, ?Poltergeist,? 1982.
70. ?Is it safe??, ?Marathon Man,? 1976.
71. ?Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain?t heard nothin? yet!?, ?The Jazz Singer,? 1927.
72. ?No wire hangers, ever!?, ?Mommie Dearest,? 1981.
73. ?Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico??, ?Little Caesar,? 1930.
74. ?Forget it, Jake, it?s Chinatown,? ?Chinatown,? 1974.
75. ?I have always depended on the kindness of strangers,? ?A Streetcar Named Desire,? 1951.
76. ?Hasta la vista, baby,? ?Terminator 2: Judgment Day,? 1991.
77. ?Soylent Green is people!?, ?Soylent Green,? 1973.
78. ?Open the pod bay doors, HAL,? ?2001: A Space Odyssey,? 1968.
79. Striker: ?Surely you can?t be serious.? Rumack: ?I am serious … and don?t call me Shirley,? ?Airplane!?, 1980.
80. ?Yo, Adrian!?, ?Rocky,? 1976.
81. ?Hello, gorgeous,? ?Funny Girl,? 1968.
82. ?Toga! Toga!?, ?National Lampoon?s Animal House,? 1978.
83. ?Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make,? ?Dracula,? 1931.
84. ?Oh, no, it wasn?t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast,? ?King Kong,? 1933.
85. ?My precious,? ?The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,? 2002.
86. ?Attica! Attica!?, ?Dog Day Afternoon,? 1975.
87. ?Sawyer, you?re going out a youngster, but you?ve got to come back a star!?, ?42nd Street,? 1933.
88. ?Listen to me, mister. You?re my knight in shining armor. Don?t you forget it. You?re going to get back on that horse, and I?m going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we?re gonna go, go, go!?, ?On Golden Pond,? 1981.
89. ?Tell ?em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper,? ?Knute Rockne, All American,? 1940.
90. ?A martini. Shaken, not stirred,? ?Goldfinger,? 1964
91. ?Who?s on first,? ?The Naughty Nineties,? 1945.
92. ?Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac … It?s in the hole! It?s in the hole! It?s in the hole!?, ?Caddyshack,? 1980.
93. ?Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!?, ?Auntie Mame,? 1958.
94. ?I feel the need ? the need for speed!?, ?Top Gun,? 1986.
95. ?Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary,? ?Dead Poets Society,? 1989.
96. ?Snap out of it!?, ?Moonstruck,? 1987.
97. ?My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you,? ?Yankee Doodle Dandy,? 1942.
98. ?Nobody puts Baby in a corner,? ?Dirty Dancing,? 1987.
99. ?I?ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!?, ?The Wizard of Oz,? 1939.
100. ?I?m king of the world!?, ?Titanic,? 1997.
! It will then be awhile until anyone hears from me.
