Caught an appearance on the David Letterman show with Kid Rock back in May and he was pimping his new album, “Rock ‘n roll Jesus.” The song that he played on the show was called, “All Summer Long.” It’s taking the riffs from three different songs, particularly Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and moshing the three of them into something fresh.
I bought the album on impulse at Wal-Mart and have to admit, it’s a work of genius - very catchy songs and quite a testament to Kid Rock’s creativity. I hear he is on tour doing a lot of cover songs from all the rock and roll greats, like bob Seger and the Rolling Stones. After hearing this album, I might actually buy a ticket and hear the rest of Kid’s work.
Just heard the club is planning trips to some great destinations and the prices are still the best bargains to be found. The club does a great job making all the arrangements and organizing some social events. As a single guy, I really like the chance to meet everyone at the pre trip party and then after we arrived there are plenty of opportunities to meet up and do things in small groups.
This year we’re going to:
- Big Sky, Montana
- Vail/Beaver Creek, CO
- Chamonix, France
- Sun Valley, Idaho
- Crested Butte, CO
Clicked over to the ski club’s web site and found out that the next meeting is just a couple weeks away. They’ve moved the monthly meetings from Brentwood to downtown for some reason, and the meeting date is now the first Tuesday of every month.
What they haven’t changed is that the August meeting is when they announce the trips planned for this winter and members can sign up for the trips of their choice right then. Of course, you have to leave a deposit when you sign up. Then you make monthly payments so the entire trip is paid in full well before the trip date. That’s worked out great for me.
June means summer is settling in hard and the weather gets hot, the rains stop - unless hurricane related, and the bugs come out at dusk.
The mosquitos around here are getting thick - you can’t hardly walk out the fornt door and get to the car without getting swarmed. I hear that they have found cases of west Nile Virus in this area, due to all the mosquitos. Don’t want any of that.
I think it’s time to go buy a couple of the electric bug zappers and run them at night to clear out some of those pesky bugs.
I wonder how the words, “May Day!” became the code words in the military for “I’m in trouble!”?
It always meant totally different things, like the beginning of spring and lots of celebrations and traditions from the Old World.
But when I hear “May Day!” I think of Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas and John Wayne in those old WWII movies, with airplanes getting shot down and boats getting torpedoed.
Has anyone every played an April Fool’s joke on you?
Someone got me good last year and I work with the guy (who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty), so now I’m on high alert today.
Here’s last year’s joke: he took a big brown shipping box and filled it up with those styrofoam packing peanuts, put a label on it and shipped it to me. Didn’t cost much to ship since it was empty except for those peanuts. When the mail carrier brought it to the office, he had the receptionist set it aside and give it back to him instead of her taking it to my office. He took it into his office and used a knife to cut around the bottom of the box. Then, while I was in a meeting, he took it to my office and set it down on my desk. So when I came back from the meeting I see the box which I think just came in the mail and I pick it up to take a look. Of course, when I picked it up, the bottom was cut and it opened up and dumped all the peanuts onto my desk and they spilled out over EVERYTHING. It was a huge mess and everyone walking by my office saw the thousands of peanuts and had themselves a good laugh. A week later I was still finding orphaned peanuts under the desks and chairs.
Stopped by the Bass Pro Shops to pick up a new rod. Have high hopes of going fly fishing once or twice this summer, to get back some of the skill before Labor Day. We’ll be in Jackson Hole again to camp and fish and drink beer all weekend.
Came across a nice little propane grill by Coleman. It has folding legs on wheels, good double burners and built in thermostat, and a nice large cooking surface area. Only a little over $100 and I couldn’t resist. Brought it home with me and I’ll be grilling a steak on it tomorrow, to break it in.
What is it about high level politicians that just can’t keep their pants zipped? The Governor of New York and a call girl. Busted out by a rat at the bank. Long suffering wife at his side while he denies and lies and then finally steps down.
Was that a movie? It has all the elements of Hollywood’s glorification of sleaze.
Too bad for the wife’s sacrifices all these years - all for naught. Too bad for the voters of New York. Too bad for the career politicians who hitched their wagon to this horny bastard.
Love this girl. She’s on the radio every morning in L.A. with that smug schmuck Adam Carolla. The show used to be a lot of laugh when Danny was on the show, but I only listen in spurts and for some reason Danny was not on the show anymore after the first of the year. But you don’t have to live in California to hear the syndicated show, you can listen online.
Teresa is the only reason I give it a listen every once in while. She is smart, great sense of humor, and has a whole lot of patience to be putting up with adam Carolla all this time. She’s on TV, too. You can still catch reruns of “While You Were Out” on TLC, and now she’s on the nightly show TMZ.
Wish I could figure out a way to meet this hottie. Until then I’ll listen as much as I can in the mornings!
Did you know:
- Cereal was invented when colonial housewives started serving up popcorn with sugar and cream for breakfast.
- The average American eats 160 bowls of cereal each year.
- The first ready-to-eat breakfast cereal was invented in 1863 by James C. Jackson. It was a form of whole grain flour dough baked into dry leaves, broken into chunks and baked again, and then ground into still smaller chunks.
- Breakfast cereal is the third most popular item sold in grocery stores after carbonated beverages and milk.
These facts are from the American Cereal Council’s website.
I try to eat a bowl of cereal with fruit at least 3 or 4 times a week. I’m not a big fan of pancakes or waffles, but I do love a big Sunday brunch.
This morning I had a breakfast burrito from Sonic, but that is a rare treat. How about you? Leave me a comment and share what you had for breakfast this morning.