Sharon Delarose's Blog, page 9
July 15, 2014
The Devil’s Taxes in the Mountain States
The devil began his journey on Route 666 in Arizona and New Mexico, paid for with tax dollars and officially called the Devil’s Highway. The name has since changed but the legends live on. His visit to Utah was equally …read more
July 14, 2014
Quit Smoking Method
Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I tried most of the conventional methods of quitting and they didn’t work for me. After many years of trying and failing, I finally had a flash of inspiration and it …read more
July 13, 2014
Blackbeard the Pirate
Blackbeard the Pirate… the most notorious pirate in the history of seafaring. According to legend, he struck terror into the hearts of his victims by weaving wicks laced with gunpowder into his hair, and lighting the wicks during battle. Blackbeard …read more
July 12, 2014
Carly Rose Sonenclar is an Alien
[Originally posted November 29, 2012.] You don’t have to leave planet Earth to find an alien, all you have to do is watch the X Factor, according to judge Simon Cowell. The X Factor alien has an earthly name, a …read more
July 11, 2014
Sic the Space Aliens On Your Enemies
Most people fantasize over what they’d like to do to someone who did them wrong. Back in the day we fantasized about slipping the evil-doer a laxative, though we never actually followed through. Those were mellow days. We didn’t go …read more
July 10, 2014
Guilty Dog
I came home late one evening to be greeted at the door by my dog Gypsy Rose. The moment I walked in it was obvious she had been on the sofa. This was illegal. She wasn’t allowed on the sofa …read more
Jockeying for Alpha Dog
Dakota had been progressing. From her early days with us as the most godawful dog imagineable, she had reached a place where she brought us joy and laughter rather than work and frustration. She’d come a long way from her …read more
July 9, 2014
Cheese Wrapper Party Trick for Dogs
We’d shown off our two dogs for visitors before by demonstrating our dogs’ prowess at playing the Go Find It game and their understanding of sign language. We’d even shown our dogs’ love for sliced cheese, which is a joy …read more
July 8, 2014
First Contact with Space Aliens
We were watching an episode of the TV show Ancient Aliens about the SETI project (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) which searches outer space for radio type transmissions from other worlds. One woman commented that “we all want to meet an …read more
July 7, 2014
Alien Abductions: A New Theory for the Skeptics
We were watching a TV show about alien abductions. One skeptic put forth the theory that abductees were simply having vivid dreams about things they saw on TV or in movies, and then imagining the dreams to be actual memories. …read more
