Category: Entertainment

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Fishing with Owen

This weekend I plan on doing something new and fun. I need to get out of the house and out of my rut. My friend, Owen, suggested that we take a drive to one of the big lakes and try fishing. That sounds like fun if we can get a boat. If he just wants to stand on the shoreline and get bit by mosquitoes for 10 hours then he’ll have to do that on his own. Not this girl!

I would love to rent a decent sized boat and hire a guide to take us out on Nickajack Lake or one of the other big lakes further north. My idea of fishing involves floating on the water, having a cooler with some cold drinks, and some pleasant company to talk with for a few hours. If the weather won’t be rainy or risk of thunderstorms, that’s our plan for Saturday.

Now to think of something fun to do on Sunday, too!

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Playing Solitaire for Stress Relief

Do you remember when computers first came out and all the Windows-based computers had preloaded games n them, like Canfield and Minesweep?

I used to play the Canfield game for about 5 minutes every afternoon when I needed a mental health break. My boss would go ballistic if she came into my office and saw me playing solitaire. She would scream about cheating the company by wasting time playing games.

I would put up with her rants for a while, but honestly she wasted 10 times more time than I ever did. That bitch would take smoke breaks every hour or two, write poems to her boyfriend, and make long personal calls – all on company time.

I think that people are entitled to a short break during the day, whether you are stupid enough to stand outside in the cold and puff on a cigarette or choose to stay at your desk – still available to take phone calls and answer questions – and play a 5 minute solitaire game on the computer to help clear your mind and take away some of the stress from your day.

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Who IS this Cee Lo Green Dude?

There is this singer who shows up every once in a while on the cable music pop channels and on some awards shows. He is like the black Elton John with crazy costumes and nothing but nonsense music.

Where the heck did this crazy dude come from? Is he British? I don’t like his songs at all and his crazy costumes and clothing makes me cringe. Why do people like that make so much money and get all this publicity? Do people really like weirdos like this?

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A Peek into Our Police State

Have you seen the show, Person of Interest”? I think the story premise is frightening. When I watched the previews it was creepy, but I forced myself to watch it. And it was pretty much exactly what I thought it was, which is disturbing. It is pure, subtle propaganda for a police state. The idea is that two guys who care about the world are going after people before they commit a crime because they have special access to data. They are making it look ok and cool because they put their Hollywood spin on it. But imagine being intercepted by law enforcement because they think or assume that you are going to be involved in a crime – no evidence, no proof – just their personal assumption and some computer data from a questionable source. That is frightening to me.

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New Movies

I love the way Redbox sends me an email every week with a list of all the new movies that are coming out. I read over the email and decide which movie I want, then I reserve it online. It works like a charm! I’m so glad my girlfriend Robin told me about Redbox last year. I had no idea it was so easy!

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Reposting Scams

An uncomfortably large number of my Facebook friends seem to be extremely gullible and naive. I am going to have to give this some serious thought. They are way too willing to repost false statements on their walls without checking them out first. The one that really ticks me off are all the self righteous faux christians reposting the lie that Pepsi or dr. Pepper have cans with the Pledge of Allegiance on them and theat they deliberately left off the words “under God.” This is not true and yet I see this reposting almost ever day for weeks now.

If people judge you by the friends that you keep, I do not want other people to think that I am this stupid, too. I am seriously thinking about unfriending anyone who reposts these and just thinning out my list.

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Who Sang That?

It is getting harder and harder to hear a song on the radio and find out who sang that song. The vocalists and bands almost never get introduced by a live disc jockey anymore. In fact, I rarely hear a live disc jockey on any of the local radio stations.

What ever happened to having radio personalities? They were half the fun of listening to the radio. And I want to know the name of the artist and the title of each song when it is played. What is so hard about that?

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Its Better to Laugh Than to Cry

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Some days I need an escape from all the drama. Spending ten bucks at the comedy club is a much better stress relief than taking prescription drugs for depression, anxiety and other mental health issues. It is always better to laugh than to cry. Trust me on this.

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Surprise at Lunch

Today we were in Nashville for another trade show and my boss came up for the day. He took two of us out to lunch at one of my favorite Nashville restaurants, the Sunset Grill.

Every time I eat there we see a celebrity. Today we saw Bo Bice and he was nice enough to let me get this photo of my boss standing with him. Bo is a really nice guy and I really like his songs, too. We took one of me with Bo, but it turned out crappy and I deleted it. Just my luck! Maybe another time . . .

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Free Rentals

Last year I started using Redbox to rent movies and I love them. I signed up online and use their online reservations all the time – it is very easy. Since I signed up with my cell phone, they send me text messages about once a week with a special code to get a free rental. I love getting free stuff – this is a really convenient and affordable way to watch movies.