What's that, a cat?
A crazy, funky,
junky cat?
Over fed
too much catnip?
Havin' a Jerry Garcia
bad trip?
We've been there,
we've done that,
we run right past your funky cat......
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Ground rules....
This elections stinks...and I'll tell you why, because once again we are all at each other's throats, divided,cranky and broken.
I was so hoping it wouldn't be this way. I am so tired of family members arguing at the dinner table, harboring grudges, eradicating so and so from the will, scratching names off the family tree, etc...
Workplaces are hostile, more than before.
We are in trouble and no one person is going to solve it. No One person caused it, and we refuse to see our own hands in this.
That's why we must take thoughtful action in communicating with each other during this time.
I recently responded to an email of political nature sent to me, with the following words....
"Not sure what it was you sent, I clicked on the link but there were several articles none of which where listed in the link...having said that, we have to set some ground rules partner, since we were raised well, and we want to remains pals, no political baiting or debating for that matter.
Last time I checked, the voting booths were a private affair and it's only your business who you vote for. So in a polite society, of which we are a minority, let's agree to privacy and civility, you ignorant slut. "
They responded immediately, called me a maverick and sent hugs and kisses.
I love this country!
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wormburners deluxe...
This is how we roll in the burgh.
Brilliant move of Mr.Higinbotham (I loved typing this name) to yell "Fore!"...it's the only way to get a golfer to pay attention.....
A serious drive at Cloverleaf
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
By Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Golf was mixed with traces of NASCAR yesterday when a speeding SUV carrying five golfers zipped across fairways, slammed into a pine tree, spun around and burst into flames.
Dave Higinbotham watched the scene in horror from the third hole of the third nine of Delmont's Cloverleaf Golf Course. The SUV, he said, rushed up a hill, heading straight toward him at 50 mph.
It missed him, instead grazing his golf cart before zooming up the hill toward the tee of the fourth hole.
"I yelled as loud as I could yell, 'Fore, fore, fore!' " said Mr. Higinbotham, of Greensburg, who looked on as the SUV struck an oak tree and careened into a pine tree. It was the final stop on a crash course that sent five people to hospitals and golfers on a year-end outing scrambling for cover.
Mr. Higinbotham, 66, ran up the hill toward the fiery SUV, dialing 911 on his cell phone and shouting for his playing partners to help.
"I said, 'We've got to get these people out of the car,' " he said. Fellow golfers quickly joined Mr. Higinbotham, some in golf carts. "We pulled them out as gently as we could, then laid them on the ground."
Driver Paul Lazear, 82, and his four passengers, all from Wilkinsburg, were safe, but 2-foot flames still shot from SUV, Mr. Higinbotham said.
"I said, 'We've got to push this car out of the way, and away from these people,' " he said.
He and six other golfers started pushing, sliding the burning vehicle about 30 feet before emergency crews arrived and could treat the injured.
Mr. Lazear and passenger Carol Lazear, 72, were taken with minor injuries to Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital at Jeannette, state police said. Two other passengers, Ruth Daniels, 83, and Flora Lee Katz, 74, suffered moderate injuries and were treated at Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg. A fifth passenger, Bertram Katz, 80, was flown to UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. State police said all of the injured were expected to recover.
Mr. Lazear told police that he'd "lost his brakes and couldn't stop." His collision course started in the course's north parking lot, where police said he hit a parked car and kept driving, first across some large stones and then onto the golf course. He picked up speed as he headed west across the first hole of the first nine's tee box, and continued, just missing the clubhouse as he veered onto a path and back into the parking lot.
Mr. Lazear didn't stop there. He told police he couldn't.
They said he crossed Cloverleaf Drive through the south parking lot and again onto the golf course, gaining speed. Heading north, the SUV jumped a ditch and kept going, hitting a parked golf cart at the third hole of the third nine.
Pressing on, police said, the SUV hit an oak tree, then went out of control before "bouncing off" a pine tree and spinning in a circle. The vehicle stopped there, police said, completely in flames.
"It was burnt to an ashen shell," said Leonard Manns, who works in the pro shop and didn't see the crash but was told of it later. "It was freaky, that's for sure."
He said the fire left only a charred spot on the course.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
By Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Golf was mixed with traces of NASCAR yesterday when a speeding SUV carrying five golfers zipped across fairways, slammed into a pine tree, spun around and burst into flames.
Dave Higinbotham watched the scene in horror from the third hole of the third nine of Delmont's Cloverleaf Golf Course. The SUV, he said, rushed up a hill, heading straight toward him at 50 mph.
It missed him, instead grazing his golf cart before zooming up the hill toward the tee of the fourth hole.
"I yelled as loud as I could yell, 'Fore, fore, fore!' " said Mr. Higinbotham, of Greensburg, who looked on as the SUV struck an oak tree and careened into a pine tree. It was the final stop on a crash course that sent five people to hospitals and golfers on a year-end outing scrambling for cover.
Mr. Higinbotham, 66, ran up the hill toward the fiery SUV, dialing 911 on his cell phone and shouting for his playing partners to help.
"I said, 'We've got to get these people out of the car,' " he said. Fellow golfers quickly joined Mr. Higinbotham, some in golf carts. "We pulled them out as gently as we could, then laid them on the ground."
Driver Paul Lazear, 82, and his four passengers, all from Wilkinsburg, were safe, but 2-foot flames still shot from SUV, Mr. Higinbotham said.
"I said, 'We've got to push this car out of the way, and away from these people,' " he said.
He and six other golfers started pushing, sliding the burning vehicle about 30 feet before emergency crews arrived and could treat the injured.
Mr. Lazear and passenger Carol Lazear, 72, were taken with minor injuries to Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital at Jeannette, state police said. Two other passengers, Ruth Daniels, 83, and Flora Lee Katz, 74, suffered moderate injuries and were treated at Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg. A fifth passenger, Bertram Katz, 80, was flown to UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. State police said all of the injured were expected to recover.
Mr. Lazear told police that he'd "lost his brakes and couldn't stop." His collision course started in the course's north parking lot, where police said he hit a parked car and kept driving, first across some large stones and then onto the golf course. He picked up speed as he headed west across the first hole of the first nine's tee box, and continued, just missing the clubhouse as he veered onto a path and back into the parking lot.
Mr. Lazear didn't stop there. He told police he couldn't.
They said he crossed Cloverleaf Drive through the south parking lot and again onto the golf course, gaining speed. Heading north, the SUV jumped a ditch and kept going, hitting a parked golf cart at the third hole of the third nine.
Pressing on, police said, the SUV hit an oak tree, then went out of control before "bouncing off" a pine tree and spinning in a circle. The vehicle stopped there, police said, completely in flames.
"It was burnt to an ashen shell," said Leonard Manns, who works in the pro shop and didn't see the crash but was told of it later. "It was freaky, that's for sure."
He said the fire left only a charred spot on the course.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Doomsday to be rescheduled....
Seems the presence of tons of helium can mess up the big bang machine, so we have a reprieve on the end of the world until 2009.
So whoop it up.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Made...er, delayed in China
Dear readers, I have a story to tell. Though it may seem like a vacuous story about shopping, it's actually a tome on commerce.
Having already told you about the switching of my office to a breakfast room, of course a new light fixture would be in the works. I found the perfect one and ordered it over 2 weeks ago.
A week went by with no emails to tell me my online order was on it's way to illuminate my new breakfast room...so I called the store (Home Click.com, love the name) and inquired as to what could be holding up my precious ship-in-2-days order.....turns out the Olympics created the delay...well sorta.
See dear readers, when China shut down their factories so the poor Olympians could breathe, orders for chandeliers, lamps, anything really, were literally stopped...STOPPED! So my little breakfast room pendant was now on back order until late November.
That explains the lack of many things on the shelves at the stores, and you thought it was the economy, you silly rabbits, didn't you.
Sooo, if you are planning any renovations in time for say, Thanksgiving or possibly Christmas, better check twice, because your items may not be available.
Or, as in my case, the very lighting fixture I seek is hanging in a showroom in Johnstown, Pennsylvania...which is a quick drive for Invisi-Gal and an excuse to visit Clarks' Corner store in Westmont to get one of their famous subs....food and shopping...only thing missing is nine holes of golf.
Invisi-Gal has informed you, now go on about your lives...you can thank me later.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
No lion about this lion in church....
We forget when hurricanes like Ike blow through an area, that the animals are the most vulnerable....especially the ones on wild life preserves...this "puddy tat" found it's way into a church looking for lunch or bingo, whatever came first I suppose.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Lorraine Bay, among the heroes of United Flight 93
Work to Do
words and music by Carol Lee Espy (c)2001
Listen: Work To Do
Life doesn't owe you any warnings,
although we all could use a few.
You go to work like any morning,
don't know what you'll be asked to do.
And you've got work to do
in the collecting of the courage
You've got work to do
deep in the grips of your goodbyes.
You've got work to do,
In a clear blue sky.
In every prayer there is that worry,
that our time was spent for good,
and now you're walking through the valley
one more minute, if you could
Now you've got work to do
in the collecting of the courage
you've got work to do
deep in the grips of your goodbyes
you've got work to do
in a clear blue sky.
You wouldn't call yourself a hero
you only did what folks would do
but as this folk looks in the mirror
I have to wonder if that's true
And you've got work to do,
in the collecting of the courage
You've got work to do
deep in the grips of those goodbyes
You've got work to do
in a clear blue sky
in a clear blue sky.....
Monday, September 8, 2008
BIGBANGBLACKHOLE.....
Invisi-Gal is all for research and bringing forth great minds, but may I just say, I am glad this motherf*cker is in Geneva, Switzerland and not here in the Burgh....especially since they are whoa, "testing" it this week.
...and y'all think Sarah Palin is scary....silly rabbits.
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...for the uninitiated, see Sept 1st blog below "Quantum Mojo Rising"
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Feed Your Head...
!) I love this website, you can build your own radio station, so while I work at the computer, I can listen to the music I want to hear...if you don't like a song, you hit the "thumbs down" button and it plays a new song....such a service...it's so easy and it's the future of radio!
@) Invisi-Gal has secret yearning to do what Michelle Dresbold does...she is a handwriting analyst and she is GOOD...I love her book and now I look at every body's handwriting to see what their deep dark secrets might be whether they are Jack the Ripper or Mother Teresa.
#) Do we really need a building this tall? I'm not sure dear readers, but I can tell ya, Invisi-Gal will NOT be waiting for an elevator in this building, just imagine the lines!
$) Problems with your golf swing?
%) You know what they say, the dog you choose says sooooo much about you...here's Invisi-Gal's dog:
^) If you live in Western Pa (howdy, Mam...) it would behoove you, BEHOOVE you, to plant native plants. It only makes sense dears, plus it makes you look like you have such a green thumb. The lovely hosta is a perfect example:
&) If you are interested in your genealogy and live in Pittsburgh, here are some great connections for you...trust me, many people are born and raised here for several generations, and they just can't bring themselves to leave. So you might as well dig in and find out who brought your silly ass here.
....this ought to keep you busy, now I must go and try to rid myself of the slice that has been boogering up my game....
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Monday, September 1, 2008
Shrek Wreck...
What's that? A purse?
A crazy funky-junkie purse?
Overslept? Too many Molsons?
Tryin' to look like MaryKate Olsen?
We've been there,
We've done worse,
We see right through your funky purse....
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Quantum Mojo Rising....
They still don't know what holds it all together, it's an energy unknown...Invisi-Gal thinks it's divine love. But then again me thinks dreams are real and reality is a dream...row, row, row, your boat gently down the stream.
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Triple X Files....
What in tarnation is going on down there? David is that you? What's all this mess on my computer screen?
Why does the FCC want to look at my hard drive?
Hey, is this a new movie script you're reading? Harvest of Shame?
David, can you hear me..... DAVID?
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