Odds and Ends...

My dog is having a great week. The neighbor's Yorkie tunneled under the fence and visited one morning. There's a critter in my watermelon plants that my dog is trying to get. I haven't be able to see what kind of critter made a home in the garden yet. The plants now have trails through them. I don't know if my watermelon vines are going to stay in tact now.

For a few days here, it was thunderstorms. It was raining really hard when we were at the dentist office. A senior citizen caring for his senior dad came into the dentist office. When it was time for them to leave it was raining super hard. His son drove up on the sidewalk so his dad wouldn't get wet. His dad was so proud of his thoughtfulness but he wasn't too crazy about turning into the star attraction of the shopping center.

Email Joke

Does anyone know how to cancel a bid on EBAY?

I put in a bid for a "Mickey Mouse Outfit" and now it seems I'm only six minutes away from owning Obama and his entire cabinet!..

Our old dog...

She is feeling good today. She is being super playful and running every where. After she runs, she comes into the house and sticks her "hot paws" into her water bowl to cool off. It makes a mess for us to clean up. We hadn't cleaned up one of her water bowl messes in a couple of years now. So for today, she was once again a year old dog.

For Odie...

A Malibu Memory Lane moment here.

How life went today in Planet Neptune land.

This morning, I told my husband that I am telling my doctor that I worked out by using the blow dryer on my hair. I sweat faster than the blow dryer can dry nowadays. I ended up throwing the "head soaker" into the drawer again. No wonder older women used to stay for hours under the hair dryers at the salon when I was a kid. They had to get dehydrated first before their hair dried.

I thought for kicks at the base I would try on cougar attractant to see how my old man likes it. I sprayed on Obsession for women. This young airman says, "Can I make love to you? Wow this is quick. Wrong guy asking. I turned to look at him to give him, "Are you nuts look?" He called his girl on his phone and doesn't say hello first but says that. He realized what just happened and starts running. Thanks guy, I now know my "Are you nuts look" is very effective.

At the commissary they are cross training positions. Well, cashiers are now butchers, and butchers are now cashiers. I told the butcher cashier they are really messing up in the back with putting out these mini steaks. He quickly looks to see the messed up steaks and reads "beef for stew".

This other cashier is wearing his sun glasses on the back of his head. I asked him if he tells his kids he has eyes in the back of his head. He said something. I explained to him my planet Neptune universe. He loves it and plans on passing it on. We start talking about our kids that don't leave home. I said my son is dating a cougar. He starts to laugh hard. I said she told us if she gets a job she will move in with us. How screwy is that? She GETS a job means she moves into our home. He gives me his one-upmanship of his eldest daughter saga.

Texas Man Describing a Car Wreck.

I heard this a couple years back. Enjoy!

Pi

Mathematician: Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
Engineer: Pi is about 22/7.
Physicist: Pi is 3.14159 plus or minus 0.000005
Computer Programmer: Pi is 3.141592653589 in double precision.
Nutritionist: You one track math-minded fellows, Pie is a healthy and delicious dessert!

I found this on Engineer, Physicist, Mathematician (EPM) jokes.

Whispers: Where are these nutritionist that believe with all their heart pie is healthy?

XKCD

My son is a computer hardware geek. I personally call my methods of madness fun when I get to watch him put his head in hands.

Dilbert - The Knack

David B. Barkley, WWI Medal of Honor and the dog park

Private Barkley posthumously received his Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in WWI in France.

He was the second person to receive the honor of laying in state at the Alamo. In Texas, this is a very high honor to receive.

On January 10, 1941, US Army installation Camp Barkeley was named after him. There was a clericial error in spelling his last name is the reason why the military installation name doesn't match his last name.

This doggy park group in town wanted a dog park and the raised funds for it. They name the dog park: Camp Barkeley Dog Park. The local newspaper to the ground breaking story is here.

Is it just me, but reducing the Medal of Honor recipient name to people following their dogs with little bags is just plain wrong!

Joy Riding Painting....

Today, I shipped the painting to its new home. I was sad to see this painting go and wishing I could spend one more day with the painting. When I pulled into the driveway, Diamond Rio's song, "One More Day" was playing. Spooky! Kelly is going to have to put a webcam on the painting so Odie and I can look at it. It would be like the Jason's Fishcam. Jason's fishcam is interactive. You can open the alligator's mouth and change the camera's position. You can tell I have a very exciting life watching someone's fish tank in cybersphere.

USS North Carolina BB 55 Oil Painting.

This commissioned 18"x24" oil painting is soon going to its new home.

Special thanks to KE for all his help.

Happy 4th of July

A few years back, I was talking my son's history teacher about the signers of the Declaration of Independence were traitors to their country. Oh my goodness, she never really thought too deeply the full impact of our Founding Fathers were signing. She was letting me have it with both barrels, the signers were not traitors to our country. She was having none of my malarkey. When I pointed out they were British subjects at the time of the signing which meant they were traitors to England. They all knew they were signing their own death warrant. The 56 signers were now on England's most wanted list. This important piece of paper is the birth of United States of America.

Hat tip to Fuzzy's Dad to the link Angelfire's website The Fate of the Signers of the Declaration.