Advertising Week Voting: Home
After I wrote the "Texas Does NOT Have It All" post I got to thinking there are probably those that don't know that title comes from the slogan "Texas Has It All" which is not as popular as "Don't Mess With Texas", but it's something that's been advertised for years. So while Googling my buns off for Texas slogans I came up with the link above and it's kind of fun. I voted for "Don't Mess With Texas" and the Energizer Bunny. I was torn between the Bunny and Smokie Bear, but that Waskly Wabbit won!
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Texas Does NOT Have It All!
I'm bummed. I thought I was living in the greatest state in the world, much less the US of A and come to find out while I was off gazing at a star (apologies to Gigi), the goddamn Bible thumpers have made massive inroads into mail order commerce. You can NOT order an adult DVD and have it shipped in Houston, Dallas, Blah, Blah, or Blah. You also can't have "toys" shipped, but there's ways around that.....you just keep searching into you find a online retailer that hasn't gotten the memo. I just spent HOURS trying to find an online DVD retailer that would send me a little ditty called "Pirates". No luckie. I could always borrow a copy or rent a copy, but I wanted to OWN a copy if for no other reason than it's a unique piece of film....a front runner....the "Deep Throat" of the 2000's. Something for my kids to fight over after I'm dead and gone! And equally as appealing is something to shock the shit out of anyone that thinks 60 plus old broads can't view porn with the best of the big boys and enjoy it! I had cold, hard cash (sort of) in my hairy, hot hand (not even!) and they don't want my moola! Go figure.
Lemme see....no shipment of "porn" or "toys" and no casino gambling. Phooey. Then the question arises, are "they" trying to save me from the debbel or have the adult video stores locked down the biz for their own bad selves? Do they want me to crank up Old Bessie and motor down in the August Texas heat to rub elbows with a bunch of hairy, sweaty Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in the back room of some Porn Palace, but I can't discretly click a few links and order my prepacked fantasy and view same in the privacy and comfort of my own home? Well that's just not right. And I'm totally and irreconcilably bummed.
P.S. I could get my Bud up in PA to accept delivery and then reship to moi, but not only is that a GREAT deal of trouble for HIM, but I'm not sure my DVD player will work with sticky goods! Sigh.
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Yea! Someone took pity on me and showed me the way! The way to order the movies I wanted that is. It's an online retailer called Adult DVD Free. I would not have found them on my own in a gazillion years! The second movie I ordered is called The Visitors and it sounds good too! Thanks, BudD!
Lemme see....no shipment of "porn" or "toys" and no casino gambling. Phooey. Then the question arises, are "they" trying to save me from the debbel or have the adult video stores locked down the biz for their own bad selves? Do they want me to crank up Old Bessie and motor down in the August Texas heat to rub elbows with a bunch of hairy, sweaty Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in the back room of some Porn Palace, but I can't discretly click a few links and order my prepacked fantasy and view same in the privacy and comfort of my own home? Well that's just not right. And I'm totally and irreconcilably bummed.
P.S. I could get my Bud up in PA to accept delivery and then reship to moi, but not only is that a GREAT deal of trouble for HIM, but I'm not sure my DVD player will work with sticky goods! Sigh.
-----!-----!-----!-----UPDATE-----!-----!-----!-----!
Yea! Someone took pity on me and showed me the way! The way to order the movies I wanted that is. It's an online retailer called Adult DVD Free. I would not have found them on my own in a gazillion years! The second movie I ordered is called The Visitors and it sounds good too! Thanks, BudD!
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Alas, I've Been Impaneled!
I was sworn in Tuesday as one of 12 Grand Jurist for the 262nd Criminal District Court. We'll hear cases twice a week, for 3 months, in beautiful downtown Houston. Our sole purpose is to decide if there is probable cause to indict an individual accused of a felony or not.
It's an awesome responsibility and one that can serve to keep you up nights due to the mental imagery of the evidence presented during the day. The worst testimony always involves children and the horror that some adults will inflict on them. I lead a relatively insulated, naive existence and it's always shocking to realize that there are men who would desire an infant as a sexual object or could strip the innocence from a 3 year old Grandchild or niece. It's as if these animals "grow" their own females for their pleasures. One of the cases that will never leave my thoughts was one where the grandfather was accused of molesting his granddaughter. The charges were being brought by the girl's mother who was herself one of his victims!
This is my 3rd time to serve on Judge Mike Anderson's Grand Jury and it's always an honor to "make the cut" and be one of the 12. It's hard work, but the time just flies by and since one has to wait a year and a month before being allowed to serve again, it is usually every two years that I've been impaneled. Between my jury service and my stint at cardiac rehab, I might be rather hit or miss in the posting department, but don't worry about me, when I'm not knee deep in it I'll be slumped in front of my TV routing on the Astros! (Berkman is a babe!). Last night's 14 to 1 rout of the Pittsburg Pirates was deliciously enjoyable to watch! Go 'Stros!
It's an awesome responsibility and one that can serve to keep you up nights due to the mental imagery of the evidence presented during the day. The worst testimony always involves children and the horror that some adults will inflict on them. I lead a relatively insulated, naive existence and it's always shocking to realize that there are men who would desire an infant as a sexual object or could strip the innocence from a 3 year old Grandchild or niece. It's as if these animals "grow" their own females for their pleasures. One of the cases that will never leave my thoughts was one where the grandfather was accused of molesting his granddaughter. The charges were being brought by the girl's mother who was herself one of his victims!
This is my 3rd time to serve on Judge Mike Anderson's Grand Jury and it's always an honor to "make the cut" and be one of the 12. It's hard work, but the time just flies by and since one has to wait a year and a month before being allowed to serve again, it is usually every two years that I've been impaneled. Between my jury service and my stint at cardiac rehab, I might be rather hit or miss in the posting department, but don't worry about me, when I'm not knee deep in it I'll be slumped in front of my TV routing on the Astros! (Berkman is a babe!). Last night's 14 to 1 rout of the Pittsburg Pirates was deliciously enjoyable to watch! Go 'Stros!
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Chron.com | Pill offers hope for the 'stupid'
Chron.com | Pill offers hope for the 'stupid'
OhMy...this is just too easy! So many punch lines are running through my head it's not even funny!
Things like...... will it come in suppository form for those that don't know they're stupid? AKA what if you think you're smart, but the rest of the world KNOWS you're stupid? What if you're too stupid to remember to take the pill?
I know I want to sign up to be the first one to test it on humans. I'm always up for stuff being tested on fruit flies and mice! (I wonder just how smart the average fruit fly is anyway?)
OhMy...this is just too easy! So many punch lines are running through my head it's not even funny!
Things like...... will it come in suppository form for those that don't know they're stupid? AKA what if you think you're smart, but the rest of the world KNOWS you're stupid? What if you're too stupid to remember to take the pill?
I know I want to sign up to be the first one to test it on humans. I'm always up for stuff being tested on fruit flies and mice! (I wonder just how smart the average fruit fly is anyway?)
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Gun-Toting Granny Still Firing at Age 82 - EarthLink - Strange News
Gun-Toting Granny Still Firing at Age 82 - EarthLink - Strange News
Gun-Toting Granny Still Firing at Age 82
From Associated Press
August 04, 2006 8:22 PM EDT
JANESVILLE, Wis. - Not even triple-bypass surgery has kept Rita Roherty from the shotgun shooting that has been her life's passion. The 82-year-old great-grandmother underwent surgery last year, and then recovered to win a bronze medal in the women's shooting division of the Badger State Games in June.
She hit 91 of 100 clay pigeons to take third place in the competition, three years after winning the gold.
"When a gun fits you, it don't kick," she said of her pet Browning Lightning 12-gauge over-under shotgun.
Roherty, born Rita McAuliffe in 1923, had 14 children in 28 years of marriage before her husband, Donald Glynn, died.
Then she met George Roherty, who took her trap shooting on the couple's first date in 1973.
"It was a very good couples thing to do," she said.
She says she shoots because she likes competing. When she won her gold medal in shooting, she hit enough clay pigeons to tie a woman half her age, then won in a shoot-off by hitting all 10 pigeons, she recalled.
She said she intends to keep shooting as long as she can still hold the gun, and she'll take on men as well as women.
But be forewarned - Roherty admits she sometimes can't resist asking competitors, "You let an old lady beat you?"
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Information from: The Janesville Gazette, http://www.gazetteextra.com
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I want to be HER when I grow up!!!!!!!!!!
Gun-Toting Granny Still Firing at Age 82
From Associated Press
August 04, 2006 8:22 PM EDT
JANESVILLE, Wis. - Not even triple-bypass surgery has kept Rita Roherty from the shotgun shooting that has been her life's passion. The 82-year-old great-grandmother underwent surgery last year, and then recovered to win a bronze medal in the women's shooting division of the Badger State Games in June.
She hit 91 of 100 clay pigeons to take third place in the competition, three years after winning the gold.
"When a gun fits you, it don't kick," she said of her pet Browning Lightning 12-gauge over-under shotgun.
Roherty, born Rita McAuliffe in 1923, had 14 children in 28 years of marriage before her husband, Donald Glynn, died.
Then she met George Roherty, who took her trap shooting on the couple's first date in 1973.
"It was a very good couples thing to do," she said.
She says she shoots because she likes competing. When she won her gold medal in shooting, she hit enough clay pigeons to tie a woman half her age, then won in a shoot-off by hitting all 10 pigeons, she recalled.
She said she intends to keep shooting as long as she can still hold the gun, and she'll take on men as well as women.
But be forewarned - Roherty admits she sometimes can't resist asking competitors, "You let an old lady beat you?"
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Information from: The Janesville Gazette, http://www.gazetteextra.com
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I want to be HER when I grow up!!!!!!!!!!
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