you know...the ones with screw top bottles. Some of them can be quite good at the end of a long evening out.

But wine in a juice box with a straw? Maybe it's just me, but I think I'd worry about kids that can't read yet mistaking these for theirs and then you'd have drunk toddlers on your hands....probably not worth the risk.

On the other hand, if kids aren't an issue and you're not a wine snob - why not? Kinda weird, but it might be convenient if you like your wine on the go.

This just goes to show you. If your man asks you for a sandwich, you'd better make him one...

Because honestyrain tagged me, I must come up with six weird things about me. However...lucky me, I did five weird things about me a few months ago.

So I only have one more to add to the list, and here it is:

6. I like to dip my potato chips in ketchup. Lots of it. The only time this is not the case is when I have tuna salad or chicken salad - then the chips must NOT be dipped, because even I am not weird enough for that.

Well that was easy. Back to napping now...

Okay, I got all caught up on The Apprentice from last week's episode and just finished watching my DVR'd this week's episode. Two things:

1. What the HELL was that whole weird scene with that English guy Sean laying on the bed with two chicks draped across him hither and yon? I mean, seriously.....are they THAT attracted to the British accent?

2. Brent...is weird. And now he's gone.

Finally, is it just me....or has the show never been the same since they voted Omarosa off? I'm just sayin'....

P.S. Clearly I watch a lot of T.V. Do you think I should create a category just for it?

I am the first to admit that I am by no means a fashion maven. Hell, I don't even know where the Brighton store is located and living in Dallas I really should know that...but I don't.

Anyway, while we were waiting for the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, a number of "well-dressed" people started arriving for some sort of social event at the palace. I caught some images of what they were wearing that I really think need to be seen to be believed.

Notice the black feathers on the blond lady's head? Here's another blond lady with feathers...there was an interesting choice made by a male member of her party. I call him "kilt guy".

Wasn't it considerate of the "kilt guy" to ensure we all saw him in his full glory, drawing attention to his sock tassels...and...ahem...other "bits". More feathers on other female heads. "Kilt guy" continued to adjust as he strolled through the courtyard:

Here are some other people "dressed" up for the occasion. More hats...more bird feathers.

Ah yes...London fashion. Feathers, hats and kilts seems to sum it up.

So said Peaches on the topic of "Travels" & "Weird Stuff"
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It's much worse when he tells it to you in person.

Are you loyal to your dry cleaner? Do you go to the same one religiously, never thinking about what they do there or who works there? I would like to be that way, confident that when I drop Tommy's uniforms off, they will be clean and ready to go at the time promised.

However...I have not had the best of luck with dry cleaning establishments since we moved to Dallas. The first one I went to seemed very professional and everything was fine...only they were closed on Saturday and I had to turn left to return home. I hate turning left. And sometimes I needed the stuff on Saturday. So I switched to the cleaners on the other side of the road so I could turn right and pick up the clothes on Saturday.

Well.....the business changed hands a few months ago and things really went down hill. They only had one person working there that could barely speak English or make change...and this one person would leave at odd times during the day and close down the store for an hour or two. VERY inconvenient when you have that errand on your list and have to come back another time...especially if the spouse needs his uniforms that day for a trip.

So....I switched again. To another place (still one where I could turn right) that is near my nail place. This shop only accepts cash for orders less than $8 (which is really weird). One time I only had a $20, and they didn't have change so I had to dig around the car to try and find a few ones and some coins. A mostly cash only business...very strange. But I figured it was conveniently located so I would put up with it.

Then...last night Tommy was out so he went to pick up the uniforms...and the pants weren't done. They weren't going to be done until this morning. So I had to take the extra trip after dropping Scytheboy off. When I got there, nobody was at the counter and there was this weird gold shower curtain deal pulled shut so you couldn't see what was going on in the back of the place where they do the clothes. The girl came out from a side office (with a 2-way mirror that they can see out but you can't see in). Her hair was all messy like she'd just gotten out of bed and she had thrown a coat over her pajamas.

Very....very weird. I paid cash for the pants and got the hell out of there.

Guess where I'll go when Tommy gets back from this trip? Back to the original place where I have to turn left (dammit) but at least the business is above board, you can charge stuff, and they have more than one worker so they don't close down whenever they feel like it. Except on Saturday....oh well.

Tommy found this quiz where you type in your name (or your blogger name) and it tells you what you are.

Of course, when he types in his blog name he gets this.

I'm convinced the man has a death wish. The only question is....should I kill him now or wait until I've had an adult beverage?

is that nobody seems to EVER eat or take a bio break. But they do seem to drink coffee here and there. So where does that coffee go if that is indeed what they are surviving on? And when do they shower? I mean, are these people supposed to be human, or......?

Anyway, I just think it's weird. That's all.

Sugar Mommy tagged me with this meme....five weird things about me. But I did it a while back so here's the link.

Ha. That was easy.

P.S. I still have my headache, so I don't have the energy to figure out who hasn't done this meme. So you're in luck.
I'm off to watch 24 on the TiVo. Gotta love the TiVo.

Man, leave it to California. We all know there are a lot of weird things going on out their with their legal system. We've all heard stories about their judges legislating from the bench to promote a certain agenda so we won't talk about that. It's been done.

And I'm sure this has been done too, but I really can't believe that California passed state legislation in 2001 that allows certain undocumented immigrants to pay the same charges for college as other California students. This, while the state has been charging out of state, LEGAL U.S. CITIZENS a much higher tuition to attend the same schools. You can read all about it here in case you haven't seen the news.

While I do believe that kids should not have to pay for the "sins of their fathers", as adults past the age of 18 I think they absolutely must take responsibility for themselves. By this, I mean if you want to attend a college in the U.S......THEN BECOME A NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN!!!! There is a process they can go through to get this done. Especially with Mexicans, I think the rules are quite lenient (especially in California) for being allowed to stay here and work and go to school or whatever while you go through the process. I am not a lawyer and I don't claim to be....but it's just ridiculous how after being in the country a number of years as an illegal, taking advantage of all that America has to offer, these people continue to ride the system instead of just playing by the rules like all LEGAL citizens have to.

While this legislation leans toward playing nice with California's immigrant population, it is estimated that this courtesy toward illegals could potentially cost "hundreds of millions" of dollars, according to Redwood City attorney Michael J. Brady.

I know, America's a melting pot, everyone deserves a fair shake and all that. But come on, people. If they're smart enough to get into college, they're smart enough to figure out how to become a U.S. Citizen. While they may live in the state, unless they're a legal citizen I don't think they should be allowed to take advantage of advanced public education without paying some sort of penalties for not being legal.

On the other hand, I absolutely don't think the out of state students should be given in-state tuition rates. Although the law is not fair to them, we have to be reasonable about this. The legislators need to go back, fix the law, and charge the illegals for all the back tuition they should owe the school for being NOT a legal citizen of the state when they registered for classes.

Thoughts?

I'm only doing this because Paula made me. I mean, seriously...who wants people to know five weird things about themselves? But I know the rules are now I have to play, so here are five things about me that are slightly on the weird side:

1. I have a very narrow tolerance with regard to the temperature range in the house. It cannot be cooler than 73 degrees nor warmer than 75. Tommy says it's a ridiculously small window...I say it's two whole degrees. Who can't work with that? Geez.

2. I can't stand clutter or messes so I keep the house picked up and clean. I've gotten such a rep among the family that when I go visit them they clean "extra special" just for me before I arrive. I don't think cleaning someone's microwave while I was visiting a few years ago should warrant such a response, do you?

3. I like even numbers. I don't like odd numbers. My son tortures me regarding this weirdness by asking for odd numbers of things to eat (three slices of cheese, 11 pizza rolls, etc.). He is evil.

4. If given the choice I would sleep 12 hours a day. I love to sleep...a lot...and often. I've been known to take three naps on a Sunday.

5. If I have something I have to do...it gets done RIGHT THEN. I mean, like immediately. Or I can't sit still. If I'm forced to put something off, then everyone around me suffers from my freaking out about it not getting done. Yet I'm married to an expert procrastinator. How weird is that?

So now I'm supposed to tag five people that must also take part in this craziness. The following five must now tell us five things on the weird side about themselves:

Jack
Sugar Mommy
Cybervassals
honestyrain
Janet

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OK so I'm Maximus. That's kinda weird. Which action hero would you be? Go take the quiz and find out.

I always have watched the original (Donald Version) "The Apprentice". It's been, up until now (at least for me), entertaining T.V. We won't talk about what Tommy (a.k.a. "The Spouse") thinks about this show or reality T.V. in general. Different blog, different subject matter.

Anyway, lately it seems the show has gone down hill both in ratings and in my personal interest. I mean, come on...they fired four people last week....I mean, seriously. These people are desperate.

So I thought last week was the new low. Well, I was wrong....this week they outed one guy for being a virgin and another guy for being gay. But I guess if we were being honest we'd have to say that the gay guy kind of outed himself by focusing on his homosexuality while discussing sex in the work place.

I'm too tired of this show to explain what the hell I'm talking about if you're not a "fan" (and I use the term loosely) or haven't watched the show. Let's just say that now we know Adam is more than likely a Jewish virgin and Clay....well Clay....is gay. If you want to learn more about tonight's assignment you can read here.

And how did The Donald handle this information? Well, with regard to Adam being a virgin, he said something like "You'll learn that sex can get you through a lot of things. It's gotten me through a lot of things and it's also cost me a lot of money." I might add that to this Carolyn held her head in her hands in shame.

Now as far as the whole Clay being gay thing, Donald said something like: "Well, that's the reason why they have menus. Some people like steak...I like the steak, and other people like the spaghetti. So that's why there are menus."

Wait...what? If you're hetero you like steak and if you're gay you like spaghetti? Huh? Oh, Donald. You're SO not PC.

In short, I am fast losing patience with "The Apprentice" half-baked antics, I need good South American wine and TiVo to get through an episode, and I am considering just taking the bottle of wine with me to our hot tub next week and skipping the show all together. Sorry, Donald. You might have to cut bait on this one.

So anyway...I really, really hate to admit this but I was at the final stage of boredom the other night so I went ahead and rented Alexander via our cable OnDemand function.

I know, I know...why in the hell would anyone want to do that given all the really, really bad reviews and comments I've heard from sundry commoners about how horrible this movie is.

However....Tommy was in Chile, I had spent the entire day cleaning, and Scytheboy was busy playing video games, so I figured....why not? If it's bad, I don't have to watch it.

I got the movie cued up, popped me some popcorn, got me a soda, and sat down to watch (sort of).

It would not be an understatement to say that Alexander ranks in the top five of the worst movies I've ever seen. Expected from most of you, I know...but I've found that sometimes movies that the critics pan turn out to be really good so I thought it would be worth a shot given that I like historical stuff. Um....W-R-O-N-G!

The only positive thing I can say about the experience is that I discovered that if you rent a movie on demand you can use the fast forward button on your cable remote and race through the worst bits. This is a function much needed whilst watching Alexander.

Don't do what I did....this movie is definitely not worth taking the chance on...even with Colin Farrell. You can hardly tell it's him portraying that fem...I mean, SERIOUSLY...NOT...A....GOOD....MOVIE.

We have a second line on our phone, created specifically for our "airline of choice" to use as hubby's home phone number in case they want to call him in for work. Needless to say, everyone we know has been absolutely, under penalty of death, FORBIDDEN to EVER answer the phone when the secondary line rings with its special, just for it, double ring.

Anyway.....for the past week or so the secondary line which we never answer has been ringing every few hours - EVERY DAY. The same wireless phone number shows up more often than not.

This wireless caller sounds like a very nice senior lady. About a week ago, she left a message for someone called Amy on our answering machine to let her know that she would be flying into DFW today. She even left her flight number and said she'd call when they got in. This seemed weird to me, really weird because this nice woman had listened to my voice saying it was our residence, asking the caller to leave a message and we'd get back to them as soon as possible. Did she not listen to the preamble before leaving the message? I'm thinking not. Either that, or this Amy person has our same last name.

Well...I thought nothing of it the day the first message was left. I figured the woman would eventually reach Amy somehow or Amy would call her to check on her plans and she would realize she had left a message at the wrong number.

But....the phone kept ringing doubly....all week.....several times a day.

Then....tonight, just about an hour ago.....right on cue....the double ring happened again....and the nice older lady left a message saying they had arrived at DFW, but their flight had been delayed and their luggage was lost, but that it would be OK because she had given the baggage people Amy's address and it would be delivered there in the morning. Amy is supposed to please call the lady on her cell phone as they are in the car and need directions to her house.

Not wanting to get involved in other people's lives.....I'm hoping this lady has reached Amy on her cell phone by now because she has not called back a second time this evening for directions.

It is very weird to get this peep into the window of someone else's life via random cryptic voice mails detailing plans and arrivals and lost luggage and requests for directions, etc. Very, very weird.

So now I'm left hangin' here, people...hangin'!! I feel like I need to know if this lady did, indeed find Amy's house and I wonder whether or not she will ever get her luggage.

Hopefully, she'll call back tomorrow to leave Amy a message and let me know how it all worked out......

I never, ever, in my wildest dreams though I would EVER utter these words out loud.....I like Martha Stewart. That's right, my newest dirty little secret is I actually like Martha Stewart.

Now, anybody that knows me well knows being like Martha Stewart is nothing I would ever aspire to..at least in the artsy-craftsy creative sort of way. I don't make Christmas ornaments out of sticks and pine cones from the yard, I don't make creative wreathes for my door, I don't make decorative napkin rings...hell, I don't even know where the napkin ringed napkins are supposed to go on a formal table. I will admit to liking a tidy house and having some ability to cook...but that's about as "Martha Stewarty" as I get.

Anyway....why do I suddenly feel the need to confess I actually like this woman? First, let me say her PR machine has been quite spectacular in reshaping her public image. They've done an excellent job of making her look and seem like a "real person" in every single video clip and printed interview I've seen with her and about her since her return to "polite society". She is unabashedly honest about her time in prison, and doesn't complain a lot about how hard it was. She's not even griping that much about how unfair her verdict was. She's chosen to take the high road and get it over with and move on with her life, it seems. At least that's the image she and her people are trying to portray...and I have to say it's a good one.

Now, don't get me wrong. I absolutely hate that she's so domestically talented and could plan circles around me when it comes to a social event. That said, I commend her ability to rise from the ashes and reshape her own image into something that is much more palatable to us at large and hopefully an example to those other actual corporate crooks that are now having to take their medicine.

It will be interesting to see how her new "Apprentice" show goes. But for now...yes....I have to confess I like this new Martha Stewart just fine.

Okay, so I've been searching for a while for something to blog about other than the obvious. I ran across this story over the weekend and I've been debating for a couple days whether or not to post about it.

Then tonight I was watching the local Dallas news and they had a blurb on the story. So apparently it's been picked up nationally.

So...basically this story is about some doctors in Ohio that are signing up candidates for revolutionary face transplant surgery. These candidates would presumably be people with major disfigurements, either from burns, tumor removals, birth defects, whatever. Basically the candidates would be looking for anything better than what they've got now.

If you read the article, it appears what happens is they remove an entire patient's face and replace it with the face of a cadaver. This face would retain some characteristics of the donor face, but the patient's face would remain pretty much the same as the bone structure is what dictates the shape of the face. Also, characteristics such as laugh lines, etc. would be the result of the personality of the patient, not the donor.

Now, there is a possibility that the patient's face might turn completely black or there could be other major complications that could result in a second or even a third face transplant. After all, this surgery is revolutionary.

OK, this is not at all the way this surgery was portrayed in the movie Face/Off. In the movie, both people that trade faces maintain perfect skin tone and their faces remain handsome and a joy to behold. There are no scars, no completely black faces, nothing. Clearly the movie makers misled us.

In any case, my thoughts on the whole face transplant proposition are as follows:

1. The donors are truly selfless in the donating of their bodies for science and should be commended.

2. If I was severely disfigured for one reason or another, I can't say that I wouldn't see this as a viable option for my recovery.

3. If I were a family member of a donor, I might be a little freaked out to know my relative's face is on a completely different person and I would be very curious to see how the new person looked with my relative's face.

4. I might have to rethink the organ donor box on my drivers license. I mean...my face....on another person? It just creeps me out.

That is all.