What dog is right for you?

Check out this site… Answer some questions, and they’ll narrow down the type of dog that would be right for you!

Depue VFW in Barack’s Acceptance Video?

Does this look like the Depue VFW?  I know he was there at the boat races in 2004 campaigning for Senate.

These screencaps were taken from the big 10 minute video that played before Barack’s acceptance speech last night in Denver.  So, if it is Depue… This 15 seconds of video was sent to millions of households around the nation by Network and cable TV news.  Click the link below the pictures to view.  It’s from 4:19 to 4:31.

Recognize any faces?  I grabbed this from the Democratic National Convention website.  Here is the direct link to the video… You have to download Silverlight and some video player program to get it to play.

*UPDATE: Gary Vicini of Hall HS called this morning and said he saw his friend Mary Jane Marini shaking Barack’s hand on TV last night and about fell out of his chair.  CONFIRMING THIS IS THE DEPUE VFW!

America’s Best Restroom

OK — Black and Green? I’m not sold that this is the “best” bathroom America has to offer.

Really?! Married in a bathroom?

Check out Chicago’s Signature Room and Rockford’s Brio… both pictures are cooler than the Hermitage Hotel.

I’d like to see a list of the “Worst” bathrooms.  What’s the first place you think of, when it comes to the worst bathrooms?

Celebrity Baby Naming: Zappa 101

Gwen Stefani/Gavin Rossdale’s newest addition… Little Zuma Nesta Rock, born August 21st.  Wow.  Celeb’s have a lot of pressure on them to outdo each other naming babies.  Did Frank Zappa set this standard over 40 years ago?

Frank Zappa’s kids are famous themselves now… and have famous names:  Meet Frank’s kids born in the late 60’s early 70’s:

Moon Unit Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan, and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen.

Thanks Frank… for the music… and especially for setting the bar for all celebrity’s kid names.

JC Podcast: Michael Levine

Michael Levine, veteran celebrity PR guy, who represented several A-listers… visits with me. We talk Michael Phelps and Madonna. He sounds tired.  I don’t think they get up before noon in LA.  Which 9:30 central is 7:30 pacific.  His book is Guerilla PR 2.0.

click here to listen

Weird Pets

OK — so, your dog can bark “I love you” and your cat knows how turn the TV on…

But, they only have two ears and one head.

Meet Yoda:

Here’s a Turtle Found in a contaminated River.

more about “Crazy Pets 2“, posted with vodpod

Back to School

Here are some tips dealing with back to school anxiety.

I liked this section dealing with Kindergarten:

The Words: “Have any other older kids told you about what kindergarten is like?”

The Reason: Older kids sometimes delight in telling frightening kindergarten stories to younger children. These kindergarten veterans speak with the voice of authority and may say things like: “They don’t ever let you go to the bathroom!” and “You’ve got Mrs. Peterson? She expects everybody to know how to read on the first day of school.”

You can use these “war stories” as a springboard to offer a kinder, more realistic picture of kindergarten.

Also, here’s another link offering lunch tips and other back to school tips.

I’m looking for something to offer to you for your kid’s first day of Kindergarten… That can be tough on you sending them off for their first day of school.  I can’t imagine the feeling.

Any tips or stories?

Bad Poetry Day

Not much of a writer?  Can’t even write bad poetry?  Click Below:

BAD POETRY GENERATOR

I wrote the first line of this poem:

BIGFOOT

Bigfoot is on the loose

His old lady Bertha said noway!

The juice is loose.

But genital warts save the day

———–

That’s gotta be the worst poem EVER.  Can you beat it?

BK: Bathe Your Way

I used to do this with my kids… When they were babies.  I hope they bleached after that fella.

But… you know, it’s nice to see the employees are bathing.  I’ve seen some scary individuals making my burgers.

Do You Still Believe Old Wives Tales?

Wow… What a beautiful weekend we had for a parade!

Did you go to Mendota for the Sweet Corn Festival?  It’s one of those “get-together” festivals for family and friends, pull out the BBQ, grab some beers… you know?!  There had to be twice as many people at Sweet Corn Fest this year than last, which you could definitely attribute to the weather.

So — at the parade on Sunday, plenty of candy was being tossed to the kids…  My little guy, Jake (he’s almost 3), caught a packet of SMARTIES… at least I thought it was.  He looks up at me with these huge puppy-dog eyes and says, “Daddy, Pleeeaaasse?”

How was I to say no?  “Sure Jake, go ahead.”

In seconds, he tore through that whole thing of SMARTIES.  Being a good example, I picked up the wrapper from the ground.   Upon closer inspection, I discovered he had downed a packet of SMARTIES GUM!

“#$%&! It’s gonna take him 7 year to digest all of that!”

My wife looked at me like I’m a total idiot.  Apparently, that’s an Old Wives Tale. Another lie told to kids by their parents so they won’t choke down a wad of gum.  Why?  Wouldn’t you think mom’s would be happier if their kids swallowed their gum instead of sticking it under the table, or their little sister’s hair?

Another one that caught me off guard, don’t go swimming after a meal or you’ll cramp up and drown. BS!  Really?!  All those birthday parties at the city pool as a kid… Wasting time after the Manwich, Potato chips and Orange soda… running around outside to kill an hour before you could get into the pool.  Man! You could have had more swimming time!

Have you ever purposely told a little white lie to your kid to get them to do something they didn’t want to do?  Did it backfire?