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A Tasty Treat for a hot day

My entire family loves Crystal Light. We call it "adult Kool-aid."We also like Arnold Palmers, which are half lemonade and half iced tea.
I got an idea: What if I mix one packet of lemonade-flavored Crystal Light with one packet of raspberry-iced-tea Crystal Light? It would be an Arnold Palmer with no calories!
It's really fine, let me tell you.
You may now call me the Master Mixologist.

My Weekend Adventure: Chapter 2

Two other things that happened to me during my recent trip to Disney.First of all, I had a mean-off with this guy in some restaurant in Animal Kingdom.
Also, my arm twisted by good friend, Barbara, I joined a group of friends at the Hoop-De-Do Musical Review. It's a dinner theatre with a Wild West theme because it's situated in the Fort Wilderness campground ... one of those chipper, oh-gosh-gee-whiz, wholesome shows that feels like the Mousketeers shows of the past.
At any rate, near the end ...

My Weekend Adventure: Chapter 1

I met my wife and some friends for the weekend at Disney's Fort Wilderness Lodge this weekend, and there's plentiful news to share. First, this was the view from our window in the $208-per-night room at the lodge: [image error]Yes, a lovely panorama of the smokehouse for the restaurant, some very impressive electrical transformers, and a gurgling lagoon filled with a mysterious substance. Let's just say that nary a bird dared to go near it. (I do have to admit, however, that this was an ideal place to...

Where's my free wi-fi?

I'm on the road a lot, and I've learned something about wi-fi availability in lodging: The higher the thread count of the sheets, the less likely the chance of having free internet access in the room.
Seriously, the scuzzy, scabby chains always have free wi-fi, but the nicer places like Westin charge you about $10 a day. Go figure. I'd rather they forego the nightly turn-down service with free chocolates and give me some free access instead.
More lodging news: Remember the TV news segment...

Mother knows best

Those who have followed my blog for awhile know that my mother, Joy, is a newspaper columnist. Her reflective column this week on Memorial Day is something you should read. Grab a hanky.

Watching our cemetery just north of town come to life in riotous color each Memorial Day is such a special time for me.

Okay, so maybe using "come to life" and "cemetery" in the same sentence is a bit of a stretch.

What else would you call it?

I've often walked the cemetery during the year; when no crowds were...

Please, don't be a butthead.

Sad but true: I was a fat kid with not many friends, but it wasn't my husky-sized pants that made me unpopular. It was the fact that I was the class tattle-tale.

Whenever the teacher had to leave the room she would say, "Now, Ad, I want you to write down the name of everyone who misbehaves while I am gone." ... And you know what? I would actually DO it! And then I'd get the piss pounded out of me at recess.

I don't know why I was chosen for such an awful task. I'm guessing it's because I am kno...

A few words on carbonation and music

1. Though I live part-time in Nashville and love it, I ... I ... I ... er ... uhhh ... I don't like live music. It's a sin, right? And a shame: living in MUSIC CITY and not liking live music. Actually, I don't like live anything: plays, concerts, readings. My wife says it's because I'm a control freak, and, unlike a book or movie at home, I have no control over the delivery of a live event. Okay, maybe a little truth to that ... but I also just don't like being cooped up anywhere for a long t...

Iraq??

I don't know about you guys, but I just don't read the news from Iraq anymore ... for the exact same reason that I never read the news from Israel and the rest of the Middle East. I mean, do you really think they're going to stop blowing each other up over there? No. It's a hopeless situation. Why read about potential peace negotiations when you know they're never going to happen? Big tease.

I'm just sayin' ...

You hear this phrase all the time these days, especially on facebook. People of all ages are saying, "I'm just sayin'."I asked my mom if she knew the origin of it, and she sent the following:

The origin of "I'm just sayin'" is not clear, but most paths trace it back to Yiddish humor. "I'm just saying" was the way some Jewish vaudevillians ended a joke.

The phrase sends the message that the person making an editorial comment doesn't want to be held responsible for the consequences or the...

A question about those new light bulbs ...

So we've all been told to use the compact fluorescent light bulbs, and most of us have diligently replaced our going-to-hell, power-sucking traditional bulbs with the little curly-cue fluorescents.
Don't you remember all the hype when these things first came out? OMG! We'll save an ENTIRE RAINFOREST EVERY SINGLE DAY with EACH replaced light bulb! Your power consumption will decrease 234,445,667-percent with EACH BULB you replace!
I don't know about you guys, but I haven't seen much of a drop i...