KIARA AND KATO KICKING IT
While I was putting together the post on the Wiggle Waggle event featuring the dogs phots, these two were taking a nap on the ottoman. It is rare they sleep together, so I had just had to snap the picture! A little equal time for my feline family members!
While I was putting together the post on the Wiggle Waggle event featuring the dogs phots, these two were taking a nap on the ottoman. It is rare they sleep together, so I had just had to snap the picture! A little equal time for my feline family members!
WIGGLE WAGGLE WEEKEND IN PASADENA
Sunday was the annual Wiggle Waggle Walk for the Pasadena Humane Society at The Rose Bowl. My last two dogs are alumni, so I have been attending this event and raising money for it for many years. This year, I took my camera along and in addition to taking pictures of my wonderful pup Samantha, I got some shots of many of the great dogs who attended the event with their humans. Thanks to everyone who donated and worked so hard to put on this great event!
Sunday was the annual Wiggle Waggle Walk for the Pasadena Humane Society at The Rose Bowl. My last two dogs are alumni, so I have been attending this event and raising money for it for many years. This year, I took my camera along and in addition to taking pictures of my wonderful pup Samantha, I got some shots of many of the great dogs who attended the event with their humans. Thanks to everyone who donated and worked so hard to put on this great event!
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL WEEK THREE
Tough sledding in the football pool department this week. Lots of upsets, including my beloved Green Bay Packers loosing a very hard fought game to the Cincinnati Bengals. I needed something to drown my sorrows, so after listenining to numerous games and hearing a ton of commentators, I have developed a drinking game for your watching football enjoyment. Put out some shot glasses and a couple of bottles of your favorite liquor of choice. Tequilla or vodka work well. Then every time you hear a commentator utter one of these phrases, take a shot.
FOOTBALL IS A GAME OF EMOTION
Really? I thought getting chased by 300 pound buildings trying to hurt you while 50,000 people are screaming was really relaxing, but what do I know?
YOU HAVE TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD TO WIN THE GAME
The only game that uses negative points is golf, so this is a true Captain Obvious statement.
And then, my personal favorite........
CLEARLY
Do this one on any game former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Troy Aikmen is doing and you will be messed up before the end of the first quarter.
As always, drinking games are best played from the comfort of your own living room, or at a bar within walking distance of your living room! Be safe and enjoy the games!
FOOTBALL IS A GAME OF EMOTION
Really? I thought getting chased by 300 pound buildings trying to hurt you while 50,000 people are screaming was really relaxing, but what do I know?
YOU HAVE TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD TO WIN THE GAME
The only game that uses negative points is golf, so this is a true Captain Obvious statement.
And then, my personal favorite........
CLEARLY
Do this one on any game former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Troy Aikmen is doing and you will be messed up before the end of the first quarter.
As always, drinking games are best played from the comfort of your own living room, or at a bar within walking distance of your living room! Be safe and enjoy the games!
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL WEEK TWO
Here are this week's top conversation starters for you ladies and maybe guys who are football novices and want to engage someone in your life or someone you WANT in your life, in some football talk! If you missed my week one post, go to my JUST LIFE page and get caught up!
WHEN IS RG III GETTING BACK TO BEING RG III?
RG III is Robert Griffin the third, the Washington Redskins second year quarterback. At the end of a great rookie season, he suffered a bad knee injury and couldn't play until the first game of this season. He hasn't been very good in the first two games this year and today the Green Bay Packers basically got so far ahead, Fox stopped showing the game. If your were a Packers fan with no Direct TV, this was heartbreaking. Another reason to have the Direct TV football package, but that is a seperate discussion!
TOM BRADY NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS BODY LANGUAGE
Tom Brady is the star quarterback of the New England Patriots, but right now, he is on a team with a bunch of guys who look like they should be playing on the Reseda High School Junior Varsity squad. This week his team was particulary lousy, even though they won the game. He basically broke every rule in Management 101, visibly showing his extreme frustration with his team and acting like Aretha Franklin in the Snickers commercial. Great at passing, not so great in motivating.
THE MANNING BOWL BECAME THE PEYTON SHOW
Peyton Manning and his little brother Eli are both quarterbacks in the NFL. To add to that, their father Archie was also a quarterback. This is EXTREMELY rare, as you can imagine, so every season, the NFL sets it up so their teams play each other. Three times they have played and three times Peyton's team (first the Colts and now the Broncos) beat Eli's team (the Giants). This time it wasn't even close. I keep waiting for a reality show callled "Holidays With The Mannings," but so far, no dice!
That's it for now, but keep the conversations going and check back next week for some more starters!
WHEN IS RG III GETTING BACK TO BEING RG III?
RG III is Robert Griffin the third, the Washington Redskins second year quarterback. At the end of a great rookie season, he suffered a bad knee injury and couldn't play until the first game of this season. He hasn't been very good in the first two games this year and today the Green Bay Packers basically got so far ahead, Fox stopped showing the game. If your were a Packers fan with no Direct TV, this was heartbreaking. Another reason to have the Direct TV football package, but that is a seperate discussion!
TOM BRADY NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS BODY LANGUAGE
Tom Brady is the star quarterback of the New England Patriots, but right now, he is on a team with a bunch of guys who look like they should be playing on the Reseda High School Junior Varsity squad. This week his team was particulary lousy, even though they won the game. He basically broke every rule in Management 101, visibly showing his extreme frustration with his team and acting like Aretha Franklin in the Snickers commercial. Great at passing, not so great in motivating.
THE MANNING BOWL BECAME THE PEYTON SHOW
Peyton Manning and his little brother Eli are both quarterbacks in the NFL. To add to that, their father Archie was also a quarterback. This is EXTREMELY rare, as you can imagine, so every season, the NFL sets it up so their teams play each other. Three times they have played and three times Peyton's team (first the Colts and now the Broncos) beat Eli's team (the Giants). This time it wasn't even close. I keep waiting for a reality show callled "Holidays With The Mannings," but so far, no dice!
That's it for now, but keep the conversations going and check back next week for some more starters!
ARE YOU LADIES READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
I was an only child. My father was a fun loving, creative man who loved football, horse racing and betting on both. I grew up going to the racetrack and watching football. I won my first football pool at age 7, picking the teams mostly based on their names and their uniforms. I did the same with horses. Sometimes I think those methods work the best, particularly when some horse that the racing form says just can't loose stumbles out of the gate and the Patriots don't cover the spread.
If you are reading this last paragraph and have no idea what any of it means, this post is for you. Particularly if you are interested in meeting men or connecting with the men in your life. What does football and betting have to do with men? HELLO! The one thing most men discuss with each other is sports and football is the NUMBER ONE sport in the USA. Understand it, discuss it and you instantly go from being a California nickel to a California dime in any guy's
eyes.
How do I know this? Any time I want to get a guy's attention, I make an intelligent sports related comment and almost instantly, a conversation starts.
Now truth be told, I am passionate about horse racing and football, so these conversations are easy for me. However, just because you may not feel as passionate, doesn't mean you can't converse. You probably never met Miley Cyrus either, but that doesn't stop you from discussing her latest antics on the VMAs does it?
In case you’ve been busy, the regular football season started today. I could write a few pages about how to understand football, but if you don’t have the time to follow it, you don’t have time to read about it either!
Instead, try throwing out this week’s top three statements to get some conversation going with a football guy in your life or a football guy you WANT in your life. You don’t have to know anything but the basics, as any sports guy will start giving you facts and opinions as soon as you make the statement. I have included a little info just to help you along.
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES COST THE RAVENS THAT GAME
Basically, because Baltimore has a football team and a baseball team that play on the same field, the football team had to play in Denver. It was very hot and humid in Denver and as you know, the air is very thin. Think about being 250 pounds, carrying around a purse with twenty pounds of stuff in it and trying to run back and forth across a very big field and you get the idea why the Baltimore Ravens lost to the Denver Broncos.
YOU NEVER COUNT OUT TOM BRADY
Despite the fact that the New England Patriots are one of the top teams in the NFL, they got played very tough by the not so good Buffalo Bills. Tom Brady is their quarterback and somehow, even when they are behind, he always manages to pull some magic and get them in a position to win a game.
I HAD NO IDEA A DEAD BALL FOUL MEANS YOU DON’T REPLAY THE DOWN
This is a little more complicated, but the short version of this is the NFL referees didn’t know this either. Some people are saying this cost the Packers the game today against the 49ers. Even though I am a die hard Packer fan, to me it was too early in the game to make that big of an impact. Let the guy you are talking to tell you what he thinks. Don’t tune out and you should be able to keep up with the conversation.
See how easy this is? Give it a shot. The men in your life will appreciate the effort and learning about new things is the key to living a full life!
If you are reading this last paragraph and have no idea what any of it means, this post is for you. Particularly if you are interested in meeting men or connecting with the men in your life. What does football and betting have to do with men? HELLO! The one thing most men discuss with each other is sports and football is the NUMBER ONE sport in the USA. Understand it, discuss it and you instantly go from being a California nickel to a California dime in any guy's
eyes.
How do I know this? Any time I want to get a guy's attention, I make an intelligent sports related comment and almost instantly, a conversation starts.
Now truth be told, I am passionate about horse racing and football, so these conversations are easy for me. However, just because you may not feel as passionate, doesn't mean you can't converse. You probably never met Miley Cyrus either, but that doesn't stop you from discussing her latest antics on the VMAs does it?
In case you’ve been busy, the regular football season started today. I could write a few pages about how to understand football, but if you don’t have the time to follow it, you don’t have time to read about it either!
Instead, try throwing out this week’s top three statements to get some conversation going with a football guy in your life or a football guy you WANT in your life. You don’t have to know anything but the basics, as any sports guy will start giving you facts and opinions as soon as you make the statement. I have included a little info just to help you along.
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES COST THE RAVENS THAT GAME
Basically, because Baltimore has a football team and a baseball team that play on the same field, the football team had to play in Denver. It was very hot and humid in Denver and as you know, the air is very thin. Think about being 250 pounds, carrying around a purse with twenty pounds of stuff in it and trying to run back and forth across a very big field and you get the idea why the Baltimore Ravens lost to the Denver Broncos.
YOU NEVER COUNT OUT TOM BRADY
Despite the fact that the New England Patriots are one of the top teams in the NFL, they got played very tough by the not so good Buffalo Bills. Tom Brady is their quarterback and somehow, even when they are behind, he always manages to pull some magic and get them in a position to win a game.
I HAD NO IDEA A DEAD BALL FOUL MEANS YOU DON’T REPLAY THE DOWN
This is a little more complicated, but the short version of this is the NFL referees didn’t know this either. Some people are saying this cost the Packers the game today against the 49ers. Even though I am a die hard Packer fan, to me it was too early in the game to make that big of an impact. Let the guy you are talking to tell you what he thinks. Don’t tune out and you should be able to keep up with the conversation.
See how easy this is? Give it a shot. The men in your life will appreciate the effort and learning about new things is the key to living a full life!
THE MYSTERY LIGHT
Ever read your gas cap?
I have had my Toyota Tacoma for almost five years and have put gas in it hundreds of times. I have to admit, in all those times, I have never read the gas cap. That is, until last weekend. I pulled out of my garage Saturday morning to run errands (ok, it was really the afternoon since the band had a gig the night before and I hadn't gotten up until 1100am, but I digress!), only to have a light pop on the dashboard that I had never seen before (see it's selfie above). Immediately concerned, I called the Toyota dealership and got someone who really needs to go back to customer service school. "It could be any one of 40 things," Mr. Dopey McDope informed me. "Most of them serious. You need to bring it in. It will be $110.00 just to diagnosis it and we are swamped, so you will have to leave it all afternoon."
Not exactly what I wanted to hear the weekend before pay day and a day I had a ton of stuff to do before a Saturday night gig. I drove to the dealership at a cautious freeway speed of 55 miles per hour, sure the engine would be falling out any minute, followed by the transmission and all four tires! Fortunately, once I pulled into the dealership, an angel named Tony came out to see what had brought me over there. He looked at the light and asked a few questions. "Notice the truck running rough?" No, I had driven 45 miles at 300am, going 85 miles an hour the whole way, the night before. I realized maybe that was a little TOO much information, but he went on. "Any trouble shifting?" No. "Put gas in it recently?" Well, YEAH! He smiled. "Let's check your gas cap." I climbed out, we walked back and sure enough, it wasn't tight. Standing at the Toyota dealership, I finally read what's written on the gas cap (see above). Not tight and you get a light! Just a side note, once you tighten it, it takes about four days for the computer system to recycle and the light to go out. But if the truck is running fine, you can be pretty certain you have fixed the problem without using your emergency credit card and spending an afternoon in the service waiting room tackling someone over the last cup of bad coffee!
Not exactly what I wanted to hear the weekend before pay day and a day I had a ton of stuff to do before a Saturday night gig. I drove to the dealership at a cautious freeway speed of 55 miles per hour, sure the engine would be falling out any minute, followed by the transmission and all four tires! Fortunately, once I pulled into the dealership, an angel named Tony came out to see what had brought me over there. He looked at the light and asked a few questions. "Notice the truck running rough?" No, I had driven 45 miles at 300am, going 85 miles an hour the whole way, the night before. I realized maybe that was a little TOO much information, but he went on. "Any trouble shifting?" No. "Put gas in it recently?" Well, YEAH! He smiled. "Let's check your gas cap." I climbed out, we walked back and sure enough, it wasn't tight. Standing at the Toyota dealership, I finally read what's written on the gas cap (see above). Not tight and you get a light! Just a side note, once you tighten it, it takes about four days for the computer system to recycle and the light to go out. But if the truck is running fine, you can be pretty certain you have fixed the problem without using your emergency credit card and spending an afternoon in the service waiting room tackling someone over the last cup of bad coffee!