I believe I mentioned somewhere (maybe it was twitter... or maybe it was here, I'm too lazy to go look) that my pilates instructor was participating in the US Adult Figure Skating Championships this weekend. 

Well, she came in Second Place!  That's second in the country... Wow!

Congratulations Cynthia! 

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Extreme Sheep Herding...



I love it.

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You Are a Black Panther

You see through people. You understand others' motives and plans. You have a knack for predicting the future. You just know what people are going to do. People are attracted to you. You are naturally able to influence other people's thoughts. You have the charisma to be a beloved guru or dictator. It's all about how you handle it.

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1 Mine was lynx.  I only like it because it looks odd... the word, not the cat.

You are a quiet observer of the world around you. Your wisdom comes from listening carefully.
You've always been extra sensitive and aware. And it's made it difficult for you to fit in.

You see past people's outward personas. You are able to penetrate a stranger's soul.
What you've learned about people is both beautiful and ugly. And you keep these secrets to yourself.

I could go on all day about why this one is wrong... I mean, keep these secrets to myself? Me? Keep my yap shut? QUIET observer?
Excuse me while I go stalk a squirrel.

Posted by: LeeAnn at April 15, 2009 09:03 AM (ayhdB)

2 I got black panther as well.  Hmmm....

Posted by: Pam at April 15, 2009 11:30 AM (l6NIn)

3 I like it! 

Posted by: Richmond at April 15, 2009 11:35 AM (jrwY6)

4 LeeAnn - I always remember to set down my drink before reading your comments.  This has saved many a computer from an untimely demise due to excess liquid...ROFLMAO.

Pam - I was just happy I didn't get "cougar"... really.

Posted by: Teresa at April 15, 2009 12:41 PM (ybEr8)

5 LeeAnn- I was a Lynx as well.....you stalk the squirrell, I'm stealing his nuts.

Posted by: Rave at April 16, 2009 11:56 AM (2M/UD)

6 I'm a jaguar and boy did that thing nail me down to a tee.

Disturbing.

Posted by: Serenity at April 16, 2009 10:09 PM (3usbu)

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Instead of a cute bunny picture, I'm gonna send you over to Jihad Gene's place.  Take seven minutes and watch the video he has posted. 

North Platte, Nebraska - WW2. 

It's perfect for an Easter Sunday.

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1 Thank you Denny for clueing me into Technicalities.  Teresa, you are book-marked just below GOC.  Great pictures and I have always appreciated your insightful comments on GOC.  Happy Easter......

Posted by: B....... at April 12, 2009 12:30 PM (KBnAV)

2 Why thank you B!!! That's very nice of you!!! 

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As I said in the comments to LeeAnn on the last post... this commercial cracks me up every time I see the twitter bit. 

It won't let me embed - so go here to see it.

I had no idea it was a Palm Pre commercial - I really want one...

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1 Technology...oy.

Posted by: Erica at April 12, 2009 11:04 AM (/HN8P)

2 Hey, I made matzoh look like Vermont this morning.  How cool is that?

Posted by: Cappy at April 12, 2009 12:00 PM (j2THU)

3 ROFLMAO - sounds good to me if you like making shapes with your food.

Posted by: Teresa at April 12, 2009 12:10 PM (ybEr8)

4 Oh crap, T, THAT'S the one I was talking about... it was Sprint, not Windows being advertised.  Duh!

Posted by: LeeAnn at April 12, 2009 12:22 PM (ayhdB)

5 LOL - oddly enough until I found it, I wasn't sure who it was by.  I had to sit and think for a few minutes.  For some reason I eventually remembered it was about 3 and 4 G networks.  

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Way back in 1987 and 88, our dog was a puppy. 

She had the ungainly phase... all skinny with floppy ears:



But it didn't take her long to grow up!  Not to mention grow a lovely coat and get those ears to stand up straight. 

She LOVED the snow:



Her favorite game was to run in the snow and grab mouthfuls along the way. 

Yes, you do notice a long leash on her, even though she's in a fenced yard.  Until we had a chance to get her into puppy classes, we could not catch her when she didn't want to be caught.  This was maddening.  However, it took 1 class with the obedience trainer and we were on the way.  She was very smart.  We trained for 2 years because she liked it so much.




By the next summer, she was nearly a year old and for many years remained at her photogenic best... even when the carpet was a hideous color. 



All you had to do was call out "Sam!"  When she looked, you said, "close your mouth" - which she would do and then tilt the head to the side - viola! Perfect picture every time. 

What a fun dog she was.

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1 What a sweet sweet girl!! 

Posted by: Richmond at April 11, 2009 05:34 PM (jrwY6)

2 Yes, she was.  And now I wish she was here so I could take thousands of pictures of her.  LOL. 

Posted by: Teresa at April 11, 2009 05:52 PM (ybEr8)

3 What a beautiful, smart girl; obviously had some herding dog in her! 

Posted by: Pam at April 11, 2009 06:07 PM (l6NIn)

4 Aw, what a pretty girl. She looks very Vogue-coy in that last pic! 

Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at April 11, 2009 06:12 PM (gvuVw)

5 Pam - LOL yes, Border Collies are herding dogs so she had that going.  She was happiest when all "her people" were home together and she could see them all.

Joan - I love that Vogue-coy... yes, I think you got it. 

Posted by: Teresa at April 11, 2009 06:31 PM (ybEr8)

6 A beautiful goil. One of my most favorite things that dogs do is when they cock their heads a bit to the side, and sport that perplexed "Eh? Whuh?" look on their faces. It's so silly.

Posted by: Erica at April 12, 2009 11:03 AM (/HN8P)

7 E - yes, she was a beautiful pup indeed.  We always loved her markings.  And it cracked us up that we could make her do the perplexed look so easily.  LOL. 

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It's had me giggling all day...

Peeps with hair... 

*** excuse me *ahem* trying desperately to keep from collapsing in a fit of giggles - better yet go read it and join me ***

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1 And what's worrisome... I never said pink peeps or yellow peeps or blue peeps, yet my self-assessment is universally accepted. 
Another thing... that previous sentence had way too many double letters in it for me to deal with without coffee.
Gak... coFFEE. 
Help.

Thank you, T.

Posted by: LeeAnn at April 08, 2009 07:55 AM (ayhdB)

2 A pick-up line involving mulch...that is one innovative old fart!

Posted by: JihadGene at April 08, 2009 12:32 PM (PC4IT)

3 Funny funny stuff!! 

Posted by: Richmond at April 08, 2009 03:45 PM (jrwY6)

4 LeeAnn... even your name has double letters. *grin* 

JG - oh yeah, I was rolling when I read it - can't believe the things some people do.

Oh yes very funny stuff indeed.

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The guys from Car Talk received a call from Bill, who lives up in Alaska near Mt. Redoubt (the volcano that recently blew its top).  This is a little over 6 minutes long...

Stump the Chumps: Bill and the pantyhose vs. Mt. Redoubt.

I hope this link works for a while (I have no idea how long they leave them up) so click on over to listen.  I download the show weekly to my ipod.

Now turn up your speakers, listen, and laugh. 

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1

I can see why you found the call amusing.  For better or worse, though, that's been a constant topic here for the last several weeks, and more so since Mt. Redoubt blew.

That part of the Kenai Peninsula is about halfway between Anchorage and Homer, on the southern tip. They've had so much ash now that they can't drive, and have been warned not to go outside if it's windy, because of the ash clouds that get stirred up.

On the bright side, it will make their gardens grow some GREAT plants, later!

Posted by: Rev. Paul at April 05, 2009 09:56 PM (48ONz)

2 Oh I can certainly understand why.  Of course we get very little news of it down here in the lower 48.  Once the main fireworks are over, the news people lose interest.  In the meantime, the people who live up there will be digging out for quite a while. 

The guy they talked to though had a terrific sense of humor.  I think that's needed in times like that.

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Ah the morning Starbucks adventure.  You never know what you'll get.  Mostly it's pretty much the same thing.  That's okay since I'm not really into weirdness before having my morning caffeine.  But every once in a while we see "interesting" people in the store (BTW - I'm pretty sure those who work there see "interesting" people every day - I'm not there long enough to catch the show for the most part)

Today's peeps of interest were 2 young teen boys ahead of me in line with a 3rd friend waiting off to the side, all of them in sweats with sleeves rolled up - one in shorts.  I'm guessing around 14 years old, certainly not older than that.  One of them had the hyperactivity thing going, he could not stand still.  This doesn't bother me, but I did take a step back so during his bouncing about he didn't step on me. 

Fidget, fidget, fidget...
Bounce, bounce, bounce... 

All the while talking a mile a minute to his friend trying to decide what he wanted to drink.  He gets to the counter, leans over and props his elbows on it (his feet never stopped moving though) and is still trying to figure out which drink he wants.  The young lady behind the counter (who I see often and is a very nice person) was very good at pinning him down and getting his order underway.  He then looks down at his left lower arm, which is resting on the counter and says - do you like my new tat? 

I think she's in her late twenties (not high school), she's pretty, and smart (we've had conversations on slow days).  She was completely at a loss.  She said, "Sorry I don't know much about tattoos, you can get your drink right over there, can I help the next person?"

Teen boy turns around and sure enough I can see a black snake tattooed on the left inside forearm.  He walks by and  I hear him say to his friend... "I asked her if she liked my tat". 

It was all I could do to keep from bursting out laughing.  The whole thing was hilarious.  He was so proud of his little bit of art and wanted the girl to tell him how cool it was.

Of course I had to then wonder, which parent signed the consent for such a young boy to get a tattoo?  I think you have to be 18 to get one yourself.  Not that I have anything against tattoos, just that I think it would be better to wait until you're a little older before putting something so permanent on your skin. 

Makes me wonder if he bounced and fidgeted and talked at his parents until they gave up and just let him get the thing so he'd leave them alone.  Or if one or both parents is into tattoos and thought nothing of it. Or if he did it without consent and his parents don't know it yet...

My husband believes that young people trying to decide what to do in life, should consider going into the tattoo removal business.  He feels this will be an up and coming career in the future.  Considering the popularity of tattoos, and the age of many who are getting them...  I think he's on to something.

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1 I am so glad I never got one when I truly wanted one, since I know, at this stage, I would have been incredibly disappointed in myself and my choice.

I seem to recall wanting an ornate design with a 9-ball somewhere on my arm but the thought of it now -- much as I love tats on others (really!) -- makes me ill.

It makes me laugh inside, imagining some young girls growing old and having to explain their tramp stamps to their grandkids one day.

Posted by: Erica at April 04, 2009 03:04 PM (/HN8P)

2 The tattoo removal biz will have quite a boom someday. That's for sure!  My sister got her first tattoo at age 16. She's now 50, and has most of her chest and arms tattooed, and totally regrets it.

But to make matters even worse, she laid out in the sun her whole life. Have you ever seen a freckled, age spotted, slightly wrinkled 50 year old chest? Now imagine that covered in tattoos. Eeek!

I almost was going to get a tattoo, but seeing how my sister turned out, I realized that it was a bad idea.

Posted by: DogsDontPurr at April 04, 2009 04:01 PM (1KC4A)

3 LOL - yeah.  Or that tat with the name of the most wonderful guy in the world who turned out to be not so wonderful. 

Posted by: Teresa at April 04, 2009 04:13 PM (ybEr8)

4 DDP - I'm now pretty happy (at the same age as your sister) that my skin doesn't like the sun.  I never laid out and thus I am *** so far *** not sun spotted or wrinkled yet.  (at least not too much )

Posted by: Teresa at April 04, 2009 04:15 PM (ybEr8)

5 Red Forman, where are you now that we need you most!

Posted by: Cappy at April 04, 2009 04:56 PM (Xzbc+)

6

I wonder if he got one of those painted on ones.  You can get a fake tat that looks real.  He may have gotten one of those.

I don't have one.  I never really wanted one.  But I will tell you, I tell girls all the time, teenagers, if you're going to get a tat, don't get one in a place that expands during pregnancy. Stay away from the breasts, hips, tummy... as when the flesh compresses back into its normal state... the tat does not.  Just ask my sister in law whose sweet blue dolphin on her hip, now is a blue blob after 3 kids.

Posted by: Bou at April 04, 2009 05:05 PM (UG2Rt)

7 Cappy - LOL

Bou - never thought about a fake tat.  LOL.  And yes, I soooo agree with the "placement" being so very important.

Posted by: Teresa at April 04, 2009 06:23 PM (ybEr8)

8

Teresa,

I had to come back & spend a little more time rummaging through your posts.  I like your outlook & have linked to your blog through mine. I hope you don't mind.

Paul

Posted by: Rev. Paul at April 04, 2009 07:24 PM (48ONz)

9 Teresa~ Good thing you avoided the sun! I too had to avoid the sun, as I am a natural red head. I think I can get a sunburn just by thinking of the word "sun!" I'm now in my 40's and still have ivory skin. Yay!  (Thanks to spending most of my life in Oregon covered up and slathered in sun screen!)

I now live in Southern California, and it's crazy to see these young girls, with obviously no sun screen,  lying out on the beach next to shriveled up, sun baked ladies of our age. Don't they get it?! 

Also funny, is that I live three blocks from the beach, it's usually sunny and warm all year long here.....yet there is a tanning booth salon just down the street! Crazy.

Posted by: DogsDontPurr at April 04, 2009 08:42 PM (1KC4A)

10 Rev Paul... why thank you!!!  I need to get to work on my blog roll as I haven't done anything to it in ages, I shall add yours too so I can keep up with the doin's in Alaska.

DDP - I'm amazed myself.  My daughter loves the sun (she tans)  I keep telling her to be careful, but you know how young 'uns are - tomorrow will never come.  *grin*

Posted by: Teresa at April 04, 2009 09:24 PM (ybEr8)

11 What I'd like to know is how this kid stayed still long enough to get a tat.  You can't be fidgeting and bouncing around during that.  I have a tattoo.  Got it when I was 26.  Yep, thought long and hard about it and finally decided to get one.  Normally, you can't see it unless I wear shorts and I have not regretted it yet.

Also one of those who doesn't like laying out in the sun.  Extremely pale skin would burn.  My job now requires I be out in the sun all day so you might want to all invest in sunscreen as I'm buying it by the gallons.  Every hour I have to put more of it on.  And in just as little as two years that I've been doing this, I can see a difference even WITH the sunscreen.

Thankfully I'm not leathery and spotted and I try to find shade as much as possible when I can.

Posted by: Serenity at April 05, 2009 09:09 AM (5kFGJ)

12 I was kinda wondering myself - maybe they drugged him. LOL.  Of course Bou might be right about the fake tattoo thing - I didn't think of it when I wrote the post and I didn't get a good look at it as he walked by.

I think at 26 a person is well able to decide what to do about a permanent tattoo.

As for the working in the sun thing - I couldn't do it even with sunscreen mainly because of skin cancer this means outdoors jobs aren't for me for that reason. 

Posted by: Teresa at April 05, 2009 02:58 PM (ybEr8)

13  I was only drunk enough to want a tatoo once. I was saved by the MPs, one of my buddies was in the chair, I was next and we had to run for being a little bit too drunk.

 Out the back door we went, fleeing through the back alleys of Olangapo. The escape went well until one of my buds fell in the binjo ditch (open sewer).

 That was the last time I ever managed to drink Rum, ever since then the very smell of Rum makes me sick. Manila Rum, invented by Satan to punish young men for their many sins.

Posted by: Peter at April 05, 2009 04:33 PM (vdXEy)

14 Peter - ROFLMAO... Well I'm glad for your sake you didn't get a "drunk tattoo".  As for me, the only alcohol I like is a little white wine and some of the sweet mixed drinks I can manage to have one - then I'm done... just don't like it much. *grin*

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I was over at Grau's and saw this post

Makeup and fashion gurus sue Queen Latifah

A makeup artist and a fashion stylist claim in coordinated lawsuits that they got ugly treatment from Queen Latifah when she cheated them out of $1 million.

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