Well, dear readers, your gracious bloggerette has agreed to let me take over the reins here on her blog and do a guest post. I love it!!! I love when people have a lapse in judgment and allow me to spread my particular brand of nonsense.

Thank you my trusting host, I know a blog is like a child, you cultivate it, nurture it, then turn it over to a babysitter so you can get away from the little bastard for a bit, and you come home and the babysitter is trying to teach your child to smoke.

Disappointing, but at least you got away from the demanding little pug for a couple hours. I think that’s probably a good metaphor for giving me a guest spot. Well, on Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, on Vixen… let’s move on…

Charlie and the Crack Factory!

Okay, dear readers, a little about me. I like addressing you, dear readers, not because I think it’s nice, or builds a rapport between us, but because I read somewhere that using the phrase “dear readers” was considered a weak and annoying writing device.

I want no one to ever think of me as anything but a weak and annoying word putter togetherer. I don’t think I’m a writer.  I think I’m someone who has a lot of fun stringing words together, and using words like “togetherer”.

Words like “togetherer” make me laugh then make me relaugh.

And words like “relaugh” make me rerelaugh.

That’s the kind of writer I am.

You like? I’m over at Inspired by Caffeine and Nicotine Monday to Friday, and on Saturday we classy the place up with a visit from a real Princess.

Oh yeah, it’s that good, and that’s another thing I’m good at: shameless self promotion. Oh yeah, with next to no pride will I plug myself. I once claimed I was giving away free condoms on a Pro-life website just to get a few views.

The above paragraph was going to read “coat hangers” instead of condoms but I don’t know how distasteful my host will allow me to get. Just take this paragraph out if you want.

Okay, so I didn’t visit a pro-life site to promote myself, those pro-lifererrites are mental!

Screaming about the sanctity of life then bombing abortion clinics. In my opinion that’s like vegetarians blowing up cows to prevent Big Mac consumption. That scares the hell out of me!!!

Anyway, Charlie Sheen is the topic it was suggested I blog about, and I’m almost five hundred words in and haven’t got to Chucky yet. Sorry about that, dear readers.

I’m inclined to like Charlie Sheen, and there are three good reasons for that.

  1. Awhile back I heard he was caught in a hotel room with a prostitute.  Not shocking when taken alone. What caused my admiration for the Sheenanator was that his wife was in the next room at the time. And my girlfriend used to get mad at me for ordering pizza. When Charles writes his guide to a happy marriage, I’ll buy that book!
  2. I loved that movie “The Mighty Ducks”
  3. Every time I see Charlie Sheen show up on my T.V. I change the channel, and whenever someone wants to talk about old C.S. I stick my fingers in my ears and go, “La La La La La” until they walk away. I liked “The Mighty Ducks” so much I don’t want to hear anything bad about the Sheen of Charlie.

So, due to reason number three I really am ill prepared to do a blog about Charlie Sheen, so I guess I’ll wrap up by saying, I’m inclined to like Charlie Sheen.

I just realized that Charlie Sheen wasn’t in that Duck movie. That’s a little disappointing.

The End

P.S. I like to add a P.S. to the end of each of my posts. I think it’s nice, just when you think it’s over, nope, there’s a little extra bonus from Robb.

P.P.S. And I usually add a special message in the P.S. to the Princess. She really likes to see her name in type. So Princess, feel free to steal my “To-do” list idea!

Bio:

Robblogger’s unique and twisted outlook on life can be found at http://inspiredbycaffeinenicotine.blogspot.com/, and despite the fact that he claims not to be a writer, he has written a book.  A hilarious book about travel called Don’t Go There! A Robblogger Look at Travel. It is available on Amazon for Kindle here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004OC07SA/. Stay tuned for his second e-book coming soon to a Kindle near you by friending him on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001869657808 and following his tweets, @Robblogger.

 

 

I’d give just about anything to have a VIP ticket to this event, (only $350 – and includes a post-concert reception with Sting and Trudie). Oh yeah, I’d give my right arm and the left one too!

London’s Royal Opera House in 2007, which was released on the Opus Arte label in 2009. Since then, performances have been held at Windsor Castle, Salisbury Cathedral, and Cortona’s Tuscan Sun Festival. Culture Project produced the most recent U.S. performance of Twin Spirits at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on June 30, 2010.

The February 15th performance of this poetic meditation on the passionate relationship between composer Robert Schumann and his wife, Clara Wieck, will feature Sting and Styler reading from letters between Robert and Clara while their story is interwoven with music composed by Robert — whose spirit will be embodied by violin, baritone Scott Hendricks and pianist JoNathan Kelly — and by Clara, who is evoked by pianist Natasha Paremski, cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio and soprano Camille Zamora.

Read more here at BroadwayWorld.com

 

“Fragile” by Sting

 

“Be Still My Beating Heart” by Sting

 

We just switched to DISH Network satellite TV and wanted to share the same offer with you. These are bonuses only available when you use my V.I.P. number, so keep the number handy. I hope you can use these!

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Josh Holloway of Lost

Josh Holloway

Ok, so I waited until the very last minute to start watching Lost, but I’m slow that way sometimes. Besides, I like it better when I don’t have to wait a week to see what happens next. And with this show, I’d lose my ever-lovin’ MIND if I had to wait that long!

To be honest, I don’t watch much prime time television. The last television show I got interested in was House. And it just drove me crazy having to wait a week, or possibly a month or more between episodes, so I stopped watching it, (though I do sometimes catch-up on it whenever Bravo has one of its House marathons). Yes, I know. Patience is a virtue…yadda, yadda, yadda. I’d just rather wait until there are at least two or three seasons of a show, so I can watch episodes at Hulu at my own leisure.  That way, if I want to stay up till 5am watching Lost episodes, (which I did last night), then I can. Remember the “good ole days” when we were forced to wait? Wasn’t that fun? Thank the gods for the interwebs, (and websites like Hulu).

If you’re like me and never watched Lost, you should go to Hulu and give it a go. It is one of those shows where you really get to know the characters. You get glimpses into each one’s past, and then watch how they evolve and adapt to life on the island. Some of them change drastically over time. It’s fascinating.

As you probably guessed, my favorite character is that of Sawyer, (played by Josh Holloway, pictured above). Yeah, he’s a bad boy, but what can I say? Maybe it’s because he’s Southern, like me, and I can relate to that aspect of him. I dunno. There’s just something about him I like. Remember, though, at present, I am only a couple of episodes into season 2, so my feelings could change later on. We’ll just have to wait and see. Who is your favorite Lost character and why?

If you like action and suspense, Lost is definitely the show for you. It seems something terrible happens to one of the characters in each episode. It never, ever gets boring. In fact, you will probably need to make sure you’ve taken your blood pressure meds before watching. I am always “pumped” from start to finish. So…um…be careful if you have issues there. Ha! No, I’m just kidding (maybe). I’ve never heard of anyone having a heart attack or stroking out while watching Lost, (though, I guess it could have happened…I dunno).

Since I’m only a few seasons in, last night, I thought I may have made a huge mistake by watching the Lost series finale, because I was totally LOST! But, then I found out afterwards (via Twitter) that even people who had watched the entire 6 seasons all the way through were asking, “WTF?” So I don’t feel like I ruined it for myself. Why did I watch it? Because I knew there would be spoilers all over the internet, TV, etc. for the next month (or three) and I’d never be able to escape it. So, I watched it with my husband, Charlie, who, by the way, had never seen a single episode! Afterwards, he posted this about it on his Facebook wall:

I’m officially lost! Probably, shouldn’t have picked the series finale as a starting place! LoL, I’ve decided I’m seriously going to watch the show in reverse! Instead of putting pieces together, I’m going to scatter them about!

LOL! Bless his heart.

In conclusion, I would like to say that when I’m done with Lost, I’ll be starting on Roswell, then Fringe, and then Carnivale. If you have any suggestions for me, please leave your feedback in the comments section below. I’d love to hear what you’re watching!

 

Steinway Grand Piano

When I was a kid, I really loved pianos, mainly because my family owned a piano store, and my Nana could really tickle the ivories. I always wanted to take lessons, but even though my Nana taught piano since before I was born, she could never find the time to teach me – so I never really learned.

Throughout my life, I have learned to pick out a song or two by ear, but I’m really not that good at it. I can read music, but verrrrrry slooooowly, so that doesn’t work either, unless I just memorize it.

The summer I turned 14 years old, I went to stay with my aunt for a few weeks at a Christian camp in Linden, Tennessee, (Camp Linden). While I was there, a very nice boy taught me to play Beethoven’s Für Elise – and I can still remember how to play most of it. But I don’t get to practice much, as I don’t even have so much as a small keyboard anymore.

My dream is to someday have a Steinway grand piano, like the one pictured above. My Nana had one and it sounded so beautiful when she played it. I doubt I’ll ever be able to afford such a luxury, and even if I did, where would I put it?

So, I ask you…

What is something you wish you had learned to do earlier in your life? Leave a comment below and let us know!

 

Ok, you guys know me…I freakin’ LOVE zombie movies, and this one looks pretty cool. I’ve never seen an animated one. It’s called “A.D.” and it looks very promising.

Here’s a little taste of it:

What? Animated Zombies…? Hell yes! After years of saturating the marketplace with family-friendly animated fare, “A.D.” just might be the genre-busting shot in the arm Hollywood needs. Written by Haylar Garcia and Directed by Ben Hibon of “Codehunters” fame, the trailer contains some of the most kick-ass, stylized animation in years. Currently, the project is in search of a studio. For the sake of both horror and animation fans alike, let’s hope “A.D.” finds a zombie-friendly home quick.

Here’s an interview with the creative team behind A.D.

via Boing Boing

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I know this song is probably kind of old, but I seriously had never heard it before today – I was browsing around MySpace, (which I rarely do anymore). If you’ve never heard it, I encourage you to give it a listen. It’s so beautiful. I just love Spanish guitar. Always have. Enjoy.



 

via APOD

What’s happened to the Sun? The Moon moved to partly block the Sun for a few minutes last week as a partial solar eclipse became momentarily visible across part of planet Earth. In the above single exposure image, meticulous planning enabled careful photographers to capture the partially eclipsed Sun well posed just above the ancient ruins of the Temple of Poseidon in Sounio, Greece. Unexpectedly, clouds covered the top of the Sun, while a flying bird was caught in flight just to the right of the eclipse. At its fullest extent from some locations, the Moon was seen to cover the entire middle of the Sun, leaving the surrounding ring of fire of an annular solar eclipse. The next solar eclipse — a total eclipse of the Sun — will occur on 2010 July 11 but be visible only from a thin swath of the southern Pacific Ocean and near the very southern tip of South America.


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