Where'd it go?

After getting that little snow surprise the other day

I was motivated

so I grabbed my camera and headed outside.

Darn!

Too late.

It's Feb 13th for heavens sake.

Global warming/Climate change much?

The forecast was for a dusting of snow.

They were correct.

I remembered to bring in the dogs and cats

before I went to bed.

But I forgot about the poor gargoyle.

The snow will probably be gone in a few hours

so I better go enjoy it.

For you NBA fans, Paul Pierce just passed Larry Bird for total points scored by a Boston Celtic.

That's as crazy as saying Kobe Bryant just passed Shaq on the all time Laker scoring list.

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Have you heard the phrase, there is no "I" in team?

Those Philadelphia 76ers are proving that this year, with a great record so far with a bunch of no-names on the team.

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Rick Santorum just crushed the Republican field, sweeping 3 states last night.

That's like Chris Paul scoring a triple double.

It's impressive but it doesn't assure a Championship...or a Presidency.

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With all this Republican hair pulling going on, John Boehner holds the position of understudy these days.

And that's ok.

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I'm reading the book, "The Obama's".

I've learned the First Lady is no push over.

I like that.

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I'll try to be more focused during my next post.

Back in time

I received a letter yesterday from my cousin who lives on the other side of the U.S.

Actually, it's a copy.

It's handwritten.

It's 8 pages long.

8 pages, and both sides are covered with ink.

Who writes letters that are 16 pages long?

My Aunt Mary was the author of this piece of work and she wrote it to her brother, who turned out to be my Dad.

It was written on January 4th, 1945. How cool is that?

Aunt Mary wrote this letter while she was in Lexington, Mass. and she sent it to my Dad who was stationed in Hawaii during this time of the war.

The letter is an in depth detailed look at the family Christmas of 1944.

She left no stone un-turned.

She detailed who came and went, what they were wearing and what kind of mood they were in, who decorated the tree and what my Grandmother ( who I never met) was eating.

Because of her words, I could picture the excitement of Christmas morning 1944, with my Aunts and Uncles, the gifts under the tree and the exhaustion that so often comes with preparing for this special day. Some things never change.

She signs off by writing, "Love to you from one who prays for your safe return and hopes, next year, you will be here to hang the bells yourself."

Aunt Mary had a way with words.

After meeting with the family football expert

Rosie is quite confident the New York Giants will win the Super Bowl

27-24

Rosie, our dog pictured above, seems like a chilled out layed back mongrel.

Actually, she's just biding her time

waiting for a family member to leave a sandwich close to the edge of the counter

at which time she will pounce with the speed of a cheetah devouring the previously mentioned sandwich.

That's just not right.

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You may have heard the Super Bowl will be played this Sunday.

It's been 2 weeks since a NFL game has been played.

Those 2 weeks have given the the media time to dissect, investigate and question everything Super Bowl related. There has been interviews with players everyday, the same questions asked again and again.

I'm tuned in everyday, listening to those same questions being asked again and again.

I'm not right!

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Last year on this date Pennsylvania was snowed in.

The temperature today is expected to reach 50 degrees.

I've never made golf plans in February before.

Something just isn't right.

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I have really been enjoying these Republican debates.

Watching the participants attack each other has been the most entertaining TV I have watched since "Cheers" went off the air.

That's just not right.

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Have you heard of the workout program called P90X?

The X stands for EXTREME.

I'm on day 5.

I'm typing this post with my nose because I can't move my arms.

That's just not right.

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Happy weekend to all.

Change?

Change is coming.

And the TSA is tickled pink.

It turns out, as travelers in the U.S. rush through airport security checkpoints, they often forget to retrieve their pocket change that they must remove from their pockets before going through the scanners manned by licensed TSA peeping toms.

This must happen a lot.

It's been reported that the TSA, in 2010, pocketed more than $400,000 in change.

That is not a typo. Four Hundred thousand bucks!

That could buy a lot of surgical gloves.

Republican Rep Jeff Miller from Fla, proposed legislation suggesting that the forgotten change should go to the USO.

This is one time I agree whole heartily with a Republican Rep.

But guess what.

He couldn't get the votes needed to make this a reality.

Shocking.

"You should get a MAC"

"Get a mac", they tell me, so easy, problem free.

So I did. Bought one for my wife for Christmas.

The house is wireless, so she should be ably to sit at the table and drink her tea as she checks my blog.

One click on the MAC, get on the internet and surf baby.

Purchased "Apple Care", but I shouldn't even need it because "Mac's are trouble free, you should get one."

WRONG!

Seems her new Macbook pro has issues. "Get a Mac, their problem free."

As I sit here at my dining room table on my little Eee notebook with Windows 7

I am writing to say I am so glad I got the "Apple Care", BECAUSE I'M GOING TO NEED IT.

Mr Macbook pro doesn't seem to want to get a internet connection when turned on in my house.

"Get a Mac, they're really nice."

I wonder if Apple Care, covers laptops thrown from the dining room table out into the front yard by way of a closed window?

We shall find out very soon.

Fly like a bird

Tomorrow I fly home.

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A puddle jumper will take me from Corpus Christi

to Houston

where I will run like O.J. through the airport

to catch my connecting flight

to the city of brotherly love.

I managed to get through 2 3/4 books this hitch

mainly because I'm trying this new tactic of

reading while sitting up

rather than prone.

Reading and prone

just doesn't work for me.

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I watched the President's speech tonight.

It really is fun listening while monitoring Twitter.

I don't tweet while he speaks

just doesn't seem right.

Watching Gabby Gifford,

the congresswoman who was shot in the head

last year

enter the building.....

a little emotional I'd say.

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I love sports.

I can watch almost anything on TV.

I once spent the good part of the evening

watching curling, for heaven sake.

But today

on one of the many ESPN channels

they were covering

the practice of the Senior Bowl.

The Senior Bowl

is a football game that NO ONE

cares about

and ESPN was covering the PRACTICE

of a game no one cares about.

Except for maybe the Mom's of the players.

R.I.P. Joe Paterno

Joe Paterno passed away the other day.

I feel bad for Paterno's wife Sue and his children.

Having experienced the loss of my parents, I can say unequivocally, it sucks.

The difference is, when my dad died he wasn't smack in the middle of a very disturbing scandal.

Joe was.

His former players have his back and that's somewhat understandable.

The anger is evident.

One former quarterback blames the media for his death.

The people of "Happy Valley" are beside themselves, still blaming others for Joe's shortcomings.

People are coming out of the wood work singing Joe's praise.

(Shhh. Don't mention the scandal.)

There is no shortage of people wagging their fingers and yelling.

But for Congress to fly the flag at half mast?????

President Obama called????

If there is a riderless horse pulling a carriage at the funeral, I'm going to loose my mind.

I wonder what that kid who was in the showers thinks?

Joe Paterno has been judged by everyone with an opinion for the last few months.

Joe Paterno is now with the only judge that really matters.