Fire Bob Costas...hire Howie & Bradshaw!

 

I am EXTREMELY disappointed with the news reporters (using that losely!) coverage of the olympics, especially Bob Costas!

Last night I was livid with Costas shredding Bode & others! What is with NBC's spin of complaining about all the American athletes. They put Peekaboo on complaining about "professionalism!" What a  witchhunt? Only Gold is good enough for America? We have more medals in a foreign land than ever & you still are not happy?

What is the point of the Olympics? All they do is whine & complain. They should learn from the Olympians! I don't see Bob Costas spending 4 years or more working his body & striving for this type of competition, but then again you know what they say..."Those who can't do..."
It is the Olympian's lives they are putting on the line & their own sense of accomplishment. If they are happy who are any of us to say anything? The Olympics are suppose to be much more than "just winning...much less winning gold!" Why do you always have to lead the questions with disappointment. Just ask them how they feel & congratulate them by all means! Thank them for representing us! Ask them what else they have gotten out of the Olympic experience! The reporters just come off sad & pathetic. They are so lucky there is not an award for unsportsmanship because NBC sports would win it by a landslide!

Anyone else notice Bob Costas' hair? Ok, sure I highlight mine so I'm not totally saying anything, but it just does not look that appealing...almost fake...too much! What happened with it being ok for guys to go gray. They usually can...it is woman in society everyone has a problem with. He has a bit on the sides but then it looks goofy with the darker color. Think he is using some Grecian Formula? Maybe they should get the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" for him! They could straighten him out quite a bit! He just comes across over thetop likehe has an inferiority complex!


Get some past athletes to do the coverage! Get HOWIE! ;-) Ya, I know Howie has colored his hair too but it isn't bad either way. I prefer the blonder though. Heck, I'd take Bradshaw! At least he would be fun! And see he is not putting on some silly rug! I say HOWIE & Bradshaw do all future Olympic coverage. Can you imagine them commentating on ice dancing! Ha! It would at least be entertaining on top of reporting. Anyone want to start a petition with me??? :-)

Eight Below

My niece & I went to see "Eight Below" this afternoon & it was AWESOME! I loved it! She did too! She fell in love with "Max" :-)

I do agree he has awesome eyes. but truth be told, even though I loved all the dogs, I was drooling over Paul Walker &  Bruce Greenwood from Racing Stripes a bit more. And a man who loves animals that just gets extra points! ;-) I will forewarn you...there is a nasty Leopard Seal in there! Man, is it fierce...looks like some dinosaur face! Check out the other wildlife there!

I went on the movie website to let me niece play & learn more & man did I learn a great deal! The movie is inspired by the 1957 Japanese Antartica Expedition. 6 of the 8 dogs survived 6 MONTHS on their own! AMAZING! Antartica holds over 10% of the earth's land area & is twice the size of Australia! Over the winter when the icebergs break off & the ocean freezes the size doubles! During the winter it is dark 24 hours a day & gets to -80 to -90 degrees Celsius! BRRRRR! Wait, dang I am hearing my grammar school teacher ghosts haunting me that I would one day need to know how to convert to Celsius! Why do we have 2 systems...Geez! Anyone remember how to do this & what this would be?

Ok, now December/January is their summer and the temperature will rise to -35 Celsius...somehow this still does not sound too warm to me! HA! Now they get 20 hours of light a day! Man would that be cool! Now this is real interesting. It is so cold there because 80% of the incoming radiation from the sun is reflected back into space by the ice & snow and the other 20% is absorbed by the atmosphere or reflected by the clouds. That blows my mind! This also blows my mind...it is the driest continent! Odd to me? They get very little snow! The absolute humidity is drier thanthe Sahara Desert!

They also said one area called the Dry Valleys has not had rain in thousands of years! Scientist go down their to study the Ecosystem & find Meteorites since there are more there than anywhere else! NASA goes there to study the area since it resembles MARS so much. Fascinating! I love learning new things!  I hope you go see it! Let me know what you think! Wow...look at this link on taking trips there! Now wait...this site says summers can get as high as 40 degrees F! Heck, that is what I have now...it sounds not too bad. Now would you take a trip there?

 

Wise Old Men!

  
Ok everyone, I want you to imagine a small town beauty shop. I'm in there getting my hair trimmed and highlighted. My hair is probably the longest it has been since I was a little girl, so I made sure she just evened it out.

About 5 minutes after a she starts on my hair the first older gentleman comes in. He wants his hair buzzed off. The girls says, "All of it?" He says nothing on the sides & just buzz on the top. She says, "Are you sure?" He says, "Not much there anyway might as well" Actually he did have a fair amount. He says he won't have to come so often then. HA! I suppose that is a way to save some money. He so cute.

Then after he leaves another gentleman comes in. White hair with beard & mustache. Very distinquished gentleman. He says he wants it trimmed on the side with top feathered more. Says he knows he has a bald spot & it will show more but he doesn't care. He says if you do that, my wife will be happy & then I'll be happy. Well that got the 3 of us in there. We smiled & laughed & commented how nice that was of him to please her. He says, "Well ya but then again its my 3rd wife!" HA! We were all laughing so loud. Then he says, "Actually, I think I'm still in training!" Ha! We could not stop laughing but it was because he was sooooo adorable! He was moving to Southern New Mexico soon and I just loved talking with him. I think the younger guys need to hang out with the older men & learn some things! :-)
  

Thought for Today

Thought for today....

I just read this & thought it was great to think about & try to do today!

"Are you living in a way today which inspires REJOICING?"

Lets try & see what happens! Especially since it is suppose to be 50 degrees by me today! Ha!

True Love!

Wow! I just had to share this with you...

I came across this website with Pictures of the Year & found this one & if it is not the perfect image of TRUE LOVE I don't know what is! This is EXACTLY what I would do! There are several on this site for Lt. Cathey....

"The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."

The plane one is really amazing also! It is Lt. Cathey also! I would have wrote a message of "Thank You" and shown it out the window to the family!

I placed them in here this way so you can click to view larger! I just wanted to take a few to show you how great this website is. I will tell you though, be careful with February 21 Newspaper spot News pictures...quite horrific photos & very intrusive! I'm lucky I can sleep tonight. I didn't even look at anymore after the one that had me quickly look away. Explore the others on the website though...really cool!

The Poor Guys!

Sometimes you just gotta feel sorry for the guys....

I wanted a haircut and phoned a salon early for an appointment with a highly recommended stylist. I was told customers were taken on a walk-in basis only. On Saturday I got there by 9 a.m., only to learn that it was that hairdresser's day off. I drove to another salon, but it was booked solid. Still another had no openings.The situation seemed hopeless, so I went home. My husband greeted me at the door. "That was fast," he said cheerfully. "Your hair looks great!"

Contributed to "Short Takes" by Michelle Kline

Angel Braclets

I thought these Angel Braclets were cute & I thought I'd share them with you!

Maybe one of my family members will get me one for my b-day...yep creeping up! :-)