Voyage to the bottom of the sink....again.

Yes it's true, another adventure in doing the dishes, in fact, not since my last entry about doing the dishes, when was that? I put up a strong fight kept up with them for a while, but they took over and now I'm back whee I was a few weeks ago. This time, I wasn't alone. I had The Dave Clark Five by my side and playing on the speakers in the kitchen. We all have our favorite songs that get us motivated and their song, "Glad All Over" is a big foot stomping tune and actually was the only song in 1965, that knocked the Beatles off the charts for a whole fifteen minutes. It's true. The Beatles owned the top spot with many songs that year, but Dave and the boys had that honor for their fifteen minutes of fame. Glad All Over is one song I can play the drums to, without missing a beat. Like most of their songs, they explode out of the starting gate and other than the ballads, the songs have no instrumental interlude and they blast each verse at you until the end. I love the song, "Any Way You Want it", with the fading echo added in the studio at the end of the lines that end with, hey, hey, hey--ey--ey--ey. Ahead of their time with that one.

I really like the ballad, "Because" and is a love song that I can relate to. One that if a woman would have a man sing this to her, surely she would melt in his arms. In contrast another love song, more upbeat and rowdy like most of their material, is "You've Got What It Takes." This is one song I'm not sure any man should sing to a gal who he wants to woo, but get these lyrics, repeated for the last three verses: "You don't live in a fancy place, and you don't dress in the best of taste, and nature didn't give you such a beautiful face, but bay-yay-yaya-bee, you've got what it takes, to satisfy and you've got what it takes, and so do I, so oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-a yeah, you've got what it takes for me." So by the time I play the eight songs from them that I pirated off the computer back in 2001 (thank goodness I did. I want the History of Dave Clark Five collection so bad, but can't justify spending $78 and up on Amazon), I'll have my last batch of dishes done in that time. Then off to record the movie, "Rear Window" on my DVR on TCM.

Take care all of you.

Viva Viagra

No, I don't use it, no need, but I love those ads on TV for those sex drugs, you know, the ones that have those warnings about possible four hour erections..lol. There are two ads that crack me up the most. Have any of you ever seen the one for Viagra, where they play the song "Viva Viagra", to the old Elvis tune, Viva Las Vegas. There is this good looking gentleman who looks like he's in his late 50's, gray haired, thin, and a lot better looking than most men his age. He's dancing with this young babe who looks like she could pass for his daughter and dancing to the above tune. Elvis, if you are still alive, we now have the drug for you...lol. The commercial makes me laugh every time I see it.

The other is an ad for another drug that warns that it should not be taken by women. Why would they need something for an erection? The next warning cracks me up the most. Should not be taken if you are pregnant. Take heed all you men...lol. Then comes the warning from both ads about getting medical help if you experience a four hour erection. Women take heed...lol. I figure it this way, if the "thing" doesn't go down, put it to good use. Once the gal is all sore, worn out, passed out and one is still all revved up and no place to go, I have some great ideas. Why lay there and watch the clock, knowing how embarrassing it will be to have to go to the emergency room and have all the nurses laughing about you when you are in one of those waiting areas. I know all about the nurse thing, as when I was in the hospital two years ago for other reasons. I had some procedures done, not relating anything to this, but I quickly became known as the "hairy one". I had half a pound of tape on my privates (twice) from two separate stent catheterizations and hearth monitor things taped all over my chest, torn off, redone and torn off many times over. My point here is how the nurses get to know their patients quickly and I'm sure they had a good time with me behind the scene and certainly have a lot of fun with the four hour erection thing when those guys show up. "We got another one."....lol. What the heck do they do for that problem anyway?....lol.

Anyway, why waste a good erection. Get out of bed and grab yourself a shower and you now have a nice place to hang the washcloth while shampooing your hair. After the shower and dry off, you now have a place to hang a towel while you dry your hair, brushing your teeth, whatever....lol. If you are going to end up going to the emergency, you might as well be clean.

The guffaw is when the ads say to visit your doctor and make sure it is safe for you to have sex. What a way to "go", huh? Why not die with a smile on your face?...lol.

Okay, this is all in fun and in as a layman (no pun intended), the makers of these drugs must protect themselves from lawsuits and must give warnings no matter how rediculous they may sound. These are just my reactions to the ads and thought it would be fun to share.

So for all you women, don't take these drugs, especially if you are taking "nitrates for chest pains"....lol. It may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure........

an evening at the movies

I just drew the line tonight. No trip to a movie theater for ONE adult and ONE child should cost $30 (snacks included). I can see if we ate a half dozen candy bars, twizzlers, dots, chips or other things that can run up the price that we didn't even look at, BUT a lousy tub of popcorn and two drinks for $14.75?

What can we blame tonight's costs on? Gas prices, corn prices, meat prices, health care, possible extinction of the bald eagle, spotted owls or what? I drew the line and the it's going to be a cold day at the center of the earth before I buy another movie ticket. Well all of you know me better than that and know that's not true, but as one who rarely goes to a theater, spending $30 is no problem now and then. It's just the point of the whole thing. Besides, I'm assuming the center of the earth IS hot and if there are any cold spots, well, I guess I'll be going to the next feature.

I look at it this way. I'd probably end up with a DVD of every movie I'd see in the theaters anyway, so why waste the money to go see every movie that looks interesting? I usually end up with them (a DVD) without going to the theater, so I saved a few bucks. The only movies I have seen for I can't tell you how many years, were mostly with my kids. The last movie mom and I saw together alone was "The Flinstones" (spring of 1994). Mom was also along with "Finding Nemo." Always had a good time and either me or any one of rest have a DVD around somewhere of whatever movies we all saw at some point. Note, all kids sort of movies. Yes, even saw Dudley Doo Right, a very underrated movie and I really like it.

Speed Racer was pretty good, but way too long. There was a lot of action, noise, crashing and all that good race stuff, but many people with little kids left early. Elliot can usually hold out to go potty, but he had to go really bad, potty dance and all, just near the ending during the final climactic race. As soon as the bad guy's car crashed, Elliot told me he knew Speed Racer was going to win and suggested we "get outta here." If this had been a western, his dance could have produced some possible showers...lol. (A rain dance for anyone who doesn't get it). Who knows, maybe that's what the Indian's were really doing in those old days and just had to go while dancing around the fire.

Speaking of going,

Gotta go, I mean just go, not potty...lol

The weather

I share my son's sentiments about the weather after reading a recent post in his blog. It is too cold for air conditioning, but my room up on the third floor builds up heat even on a balmy day like today and will be very warm when I go to bed tonight. I can open a window, but with the convection of this house, no air comes in the window, as the air from the downstairs flows up through the house ( goes out the window) and really doesn't cool the room off at all. Yes, some warm air goes out, but not enough. I like my room a bit on the chilly side at night. I work in the heat all day and (especially) during the summer months (with no central air), the house is usually a bit on the warm side. That's all okay, but when I go to bed, I feel it is my reward to spend the end of my day in the comfort I deserve. It's almost at this point already and it isn't even hot outside yet. The downstairs is comfy, but the bedroom will be warmer tonight than I would like.

Speaking more about the frustrations of weather, are the forecasts. I could be with my son Elliot this moment, so why am I here instead? Because up until Saturday, I thought that Sunday was going to be a total washout. I can go see him anytime, but I elected for Monday evening after work, because I felt it would be better than today and not have to run around in the "supposed" downpours. As today turned out so beautiful, I guess I could have went to visit him anyway, but I already told his mommy that I would wait until Monday. My wife always was one who has had to work around other peoples' schedules for so long and I try not to make it any harder for her. Yes, we live apart, but we are still "one" in my mind and always try to make things as easy as I can for her. Anyway, being a meteroroligist must be the best job in the world. What other job can one make so many mistakes and get away with it?...lol.

So I will go see Elliot on Monday for a little night out for dinner, hear his insights about life as he knows it and he surely will come up with another dandy about something. He is one kid that is never at a loss for words and if you would ever have the pleasure to hear him, he would leave you speechless, like he does to me.

I'm stunned. The Flyers advanced to the next round of the playoffs. Nobody expected them to beat Montreal, but they did it in five games. If all goes as expected, the Flyers will meet up with Pittsburgh in the semifinals. Have to see where that series goes.