AAMCO and Live Free Die Hard team up

By getting your car fixed right at AAMCO you can be part of the most spectacular, attitude-filled movie of the year.
Visit your local AAMCO service center to enter to win a four-day trip to Hollywood and a day with the Live Free or Die Hard Movie stuntman.
The prize includes round trip airfare and return airport transfers In Los Angeles with three nights At The Four Star Renaissance Hollywood Hotel for two people--including Breakfast and a 'Die Hard' Goody Bag.

It also includes a day with the stunt coordinator from Die Hard 4.0 for one person, comprehensive worldwide Ttravel insurance for two people and return transfers to location for stunt day. The Four Star Renaissance Hollywood Hotel is just steps from the Kodak Theatre, Grauman's Chinese Theatre and The Hollywood Walk of Fame.

A California get-a-way would be just great right now. I would get to lay around a luxury hotel, hang out with an acutal stunt man and ask all kinds of questions about the industry and star gaze, of course.

A trip out west would be nice for several reasons besides the warmth, I've never been to California. I have never been to a movie lot and I would like to see how the whole layout of the Hollywood moive industry is played out amongst the people.

Hey, Peter--I've said some things over the years...

I was taking a stroll down memory lane, looking at all of the blog posts I have made over the years. I have made some hella comments over the years. Here are some of the more shocking posts. I'm still in shock from some of the things I have written.

I'm Not Walking On Eggshells Anymore, Either!
Borrowing an old Isley song lyric, "...here we go again. Here we go again--I thought what we had was over..."
I just don't understand the outrage. It seems la haute societe and bourgeoisie are always outraged and surprized by the afflictions of the poor.
Except this time it is really horrifying.
It's real life.
Like yall didn't know folks could be poor down in the Bayou. (ain't no such thing as workin' roots either.)
Anyone following the Hurricane Katrina updates--please pay attention. These stories will not be retold. (more)

If You Get Me
Sometimes it's good to stop and think--do a little reflecting.
Measure what you're doing by reviewing your value structure. But
make sure you've established one.
A good value structure can keep you on the right track and out of
a lot of hot water.
Let's start with relationships. I don't have one.
I decided that I can only have a relationship with a man who gets
me. This is why I am alone.
But it's okay. I can do alone. I can't do nagging, worrying and
sour disposition. (more)

Why Do I Take It Personally?
I'm just a fan--only a fan. I wanted all of my favorite artists to win big at this year's Grammy Awards but they didn't. They just won. They won in their respective catagories. I wanted the big win because they seemed to want the big win.
But I got my own problems. The world of a celebrity is entertainment and relaxation for me. I'm not getting myself into trouble, getting pregnant, dating married or otherwise engaged men, annoying anyone blah, blah, blah.
And, these are just my stupid little opinions.
I bought the John Legend cd (even my seven year old son appreciates the calming tinkle of the piano--or he's just f***** with me), the Jamie Foxx cd and the Kanye West cd. West got some Hip Hop chops. He has lyrics. It's not just a rap style. (There is a difference between Hip Hop--as in culture and rap--a rhythmic style of word delivery).
If you caught the show Foxx and West put on, well, what else can be said? (more)


I Know Some Really (nice) People...
I Know Some Really nice People and They Act Like I don't Know.I don't want to have to write this blog but someone has to say it.And I'm only saying it because I really like you. Thank you for being so nice up but find some way to be humble.
Humility is God's gift to us. It prevents us from being insufferable know-it-all, pains-in-the-ass idiots to the rest of the human race.Humility stops other folks from disliking you.Humility brings knowledge and self discovery. I no longer avoid humbling experiences but welcome them. The single most important lesson learned: how to develop good news judgement. (more)

First Friday Weekend Art Walk

On Friday and Saturday, December 7th and 8th, along with the first weekend of each month thereafter, St. Augustine's Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Florida comes alive with music and art exhibits during the First Friday Weekend Art Walk on the first Friday and Saturday of every month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Enjoy the latest exhibits, music, entertainment and refreshments at over 20 participating galleries. Tours begin at Rembrandtz Fine Gifts for Fun People, 131 King Street. St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains and Old Town Trolleys offer attendees a complimentary shuttle service to most of the galleries. Shuttles run on a continuous loop every 30 minutes.

What interests me most about the St. Augustine Artwalk--besides enjoying the fabulous Florida weather is the enticing array of artwork by Peter O'Neill.
An original oil by O'Neill was sold at auction for the sum of $20,000.00 on October 10th, 2001. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of the original was donated to the New York City Fireman and Emergency Service Relief Fund.

Donated to date are 14,000 lithographs of the "Two Minutes of Silence" to Fire Departments, Police Departments and Emergency Service Stations. It is O'Neill's intention to donate, with the support of the public, to every station in the country.

I would like to obtain one of the lithographs for the firemen in my city.

The Original oil now hangs in the Fire Fighters Museum in New York City.
In September of 2002, the image was chosen for the cover of the FDNY and City of New York memorial held at Madison Square Garden.

Curb Your Enthusiasm GDMFB!

Meg McCarville is amazing

This is all I could find of her but I laughed for a long time

after reading her work. Such talent--though I wonder how much

of her life/act is a bit. I found her name after Googling "a**

f*****g disgusting" because I was searching for video of a man

getting gored by a bull in his a-r-e-a.

I was on the phone talking and my friend kept telling me not to

search for it because it was nasty but I found the gore video.

Niciey told me don't keep playing the video because it was

annoying her. After finding several porn sites, I found McCarville's

writings. Enjoy.


Read her stuff


Entertaiment in a past life offered at Z Film Festival in Chicago, IL

Remember Kodak Instamatic cameras?

You can use a scanner to scan pics and documents. A friend of mine would use hers to scan photos of her high school friends and e-mail them to people.
"Didn't you go to school on certain theme days and take pictures of people? That's when I would take my Kodak Instamatic pocket camera to school and take pictures. For homecoming we had a homecoming parade," she said, remembering the good ol' days.
She eventually had to get rid of the scanner because it was incompatible with her new computer.
She said taking snapshots was fun but couldn’t figure out how anyone could get photos taken with a Kodak Instamatic camera onto the Internet without a portable scanner.
I told her that it is lightweight, convenient She was impressed and it is easy to see why.

What is a sponsored post?

A sponsored post is a post that someone (company, individual etc.) is paying me to write. A non-sponsored post is a post that I am writing for free--meaning I have not been or will get paid for the post. Paid posts will have something called a "disclosure notice" which is a statement clarifying if I was paid to write it or not. Non-paid posts will have no such notice--unless I need to clarify its purpose on my blog.

Thanks

Ms McCloud

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Thanksgiving menu

I finally pulled the bird from the freezer. I'm letting it thaw in the refridge. I hope three days is enough. I splurged and got a Butterball because I cannot stand dry white meat on my turkey. The dark meat is oily enough to never be dry.

This year I will stuff my turkey with bell pepper, onion and mushroom. I will also have cornbread dressing and steamed veggies. My children won't eat homemade macaroni and cheese or tetrizinie or the homemade lazana that well.

However, I heard on TV that the first Thanksgiving had Lobster and scallops and other delectible seafood choices on the menu.
Is that where oyster dressing comes from?

Anyway we are sticking with a traditional midwestern Thanksgiving.
I will not be baking sweets--my mom is the best at that and why waste good flour, sugar, milk, eggs and butter!

Freeze It helps

Freeze It Gel has to work for my friend Mary.


Every day she is climbing flights of stairs, bending and picking up toys, clothes and what have you and running up and down the stairs some more checking on her children to make sure they are doing what she told them to do.

I can hear her doing this when we talk on the phone. When she was in high school she broke her ankle while skateboarding. We were all friends then and now and we both had become pretty profieicent at it (she won a local contest and
never let us forget it) but after breaking her ankle she sort
of gave it up. It took a while to heal and she was on crutches forever but over the years after healing it hadn't given her
any problems. A couple of days ago, I noticed that she kept

saying that she was aching all over but the ankle she broke was
throbbing she said.
Last month she remembered falling off of her stilletoes but it
wasn't very serious. Of course, she ignored it but it wouldn't
go away. Well later on that week she said she felt like she
coming down with a cold so she took some asprin. Suddently, she
said she wasn't so achey anymore and her ankle didn't hurt.
Finally I put two and two together and saw that everytime she
took the asprin her aches went away too. So I got to thinking
what if there was some sort of topical medicine she could use
to make this pain go away instead of constantly taking asprin.
Mary told me the pain was keeping her from sleeping. To top it
all off she wrenched her back trying to dust the top of her
kitchen shelves on a wobbley step stool.
I told her about Freeze It®. I said it is effective in helping
people who have trouble sleeping due to persistent pain and
discomfort and that they reported getting a good night of
undisturbed sleep--when Freeze It® is applied just prior to
bedtime.
Winning a supply of Freeze It® would help her out tremendously.
She could get back to normal and stop complaining about how
much she hurts.
Pain can hinder the ability to perform movement and exercise,
decreasing mobility and hurting quality of life. I told her
that Freeze It® quickly delivers pain relief, providing a
"cool-revitalizing" feeling of well being after exsercising.
Mary stopped going to the gym after her aches and pains flared
up.
More improtantly Mary hasn't cleaned her house in a few weeks
because she said it hurts to move. I told her by massaging
Freeze It® into sore muscles and joints the pain relief may
make it easier to complete daily tasks.