When you say to your Wife, "I need a Hug", does she...

Give you a Token Hug that barely gets around your Love Handles and then says...

• "...Rub my Back"

Or, does she really Hug you ?

Celebrity Home...on HGTV, not Slovakia...

Waiting for the Canada vs Slovakia (could you go DIRECTLY to the map and find Slovakia, homeland of Chuck Bednarek's folks) I digress, phone rings and it's Kate. "Dad quick put on HGTV House Hunters. Our new house is on! I was in the house last Friday. Of course it was empty and had been repainted builder neutral. The price on the show and what K&A got it for was VASTLY different. Thank goodness somebody is making out with this economy.

All we need is about $224,000 & a knowledgeable Boxer...

Sam, Jason & myself have tired of the L.A. Fitness scene. We think a Gym that specializes in Boxing will draw a Crowd...we are even considering classes in that Kick Boxing stuff...

• All we need are Investors willing to put up $224,000 to back our first year of operation & a person that knows how to Box

Are you in....?

• ...in the clearing stands the Boxer...

One of the reasons that Judy Ann was sent home after her Heart Attack was...

Some Tests showed that she may have Lung Cancer. Well, we got the results of her PET Scan yesterday and her lungs are fine. PET Scan, never heard of it before. It stands for "Positron Emission Tomography". They put a Radioactive Chemical in your blood stream and scope out your organs! Who thinks of this stuff?

• She has not had a smoke or a Beer since the incident
• I am now smoking & drinking for two
• She has gained 9 lbs since release from the Hospital & I am starting to see Hips form
• Cardiologist says her heart is OK but the arteries that service it are clogged and too small for stints (stents?)
• So the solution is by-pass

The sooner that happens the better

Winter Olympics & my Second Son

Jason gets home early from work and calls me @ 3 PM

• "Are you watching this Hockey Game?"

I say what game? He flies off the handle & tells me the USA is up 6-0 in the first period. AND...

• If I am a Sports Fan I would be glued to my WideScreen (even though I don't own a WideScreen)

So, I finally go to the Olympic coverage and I see that this Canadian skater Wins a Bronze Medal, like, 3 Days after her Mother died...

• ...and the Story made me Cry...

And I have another Winter Olympic comment...people like Bryant Gumble and others have complained about the "White Complexion" of the Games...Question...

• Is it illegal for a non caucasian to buy skis a Snowboard or Ice Skates ?

Bryant Gumble and his ilk make me angry.

Hurling while Curling

I'll say right up front; I'm not a winter Olympics fan. I skied twice in my life in high school. First time I liked it. Second time I had a date, more like a stalker, since I didn't know she was going to be there and didn't have as much fun since the snow bunny didn't ski but looked sooo cute in her fashionista outfit that I married her. Not that day, a few days later .

• Closest or is it closeist or closeest I ever came to a luge was a spectacular spin out on the PA Turnpike a few years back

1. Snowboarding; nope.
2. Hockey; nope.
3. Cross country skiing while shooting things; ummmmm don't think so.
4. Men's (I use that term loosely) Figure skating while wearing spandex,feathers and fur; NO COMMENT.

Curling??? to borrow a phrase from that great Philosopher Allen Iverson, "Curling? Curling?" Who made that a sport? Put them in their correct uniform, sear sucker shorts pulled up to their chest, plaid shirt, blue knee socks, white belt and black oxford dress shoes. Play it in a retirement village in Florida and call it SHUFFLEBOARD. I work with a Swede and he said, "Nobody in Swededn curls." Where would you go if you wanted to CURL? I wanna hurl when I see them curl.

• See the Women's Gold Medal game? Canada finally won one. Then their under age female players came out swizzlin beer and champagne and smoking cigars and partied on the ice. Wonder if any of them wrote their name in the ice while.... oh never mind you get it. Olympic Committee horror!

• American Idol gets bigger ratings and NBC paid billions to televise by taped delay, doesn't NBC know about the internet and instant results?

Gotta sign off, I sound like the bushy eye browed old TV commentator. Whadda you think of the Winter Olympics? (not you Pea; you're addicted to ANYTHING on TV)

Politics..! The people in Washington had a Summit about Health Care & the Mr Lucky Rumor...

The Big Topic was Health Care and Reconciliation was a word used often...that stuff is so confusing...

• On the local front... I got a 3rd party e-mail inviting me to another CD Basketball Award soiree' affair.

It was actually a response to an e-mail that was sent out to a multitude of people where my name had been erased from the original e-mail List. The Respondent failed to erase my Name from the List. Thus...

• I am aware of an Award Dinner that will be held in March @ a venue 10 minutes from my Abode, and...following that same "thread" from these Old Timer Basketball people...

*** Keep reading...I have read (via internet Gossip) that my older brother may be the New Head Coach of the St Joe Prep Freshman Basketball Team...Anyone else hear or read about this?

With Pitchers & Catchers in Camp & another 6 to 12 inches on the way...

Justin & Archie have reported to the same Baseball Camp Chase Utley reported to 27 years ago. Another Cloudy Morning in L.A. Temperature a cool 60something but No Snow forecasted...

• I have to go to the AcAMee for more eggs, milk, cheese & bread before the Storm hits!

The 2022 Version of Donny & Marie? practice.practice.practice.

I Truly Am Confused...

We had the Plushenko/Lysacek controversy and now I read the Yahoo Blog about 2 Canadian announcers making fun of this guys Gender. Was this guy part of the P/L competition or is he in some other competition? I also read that PETA People are threatening his life cause he wears feathers. Geronimo wore feathers too...

FAST WOMEN>>>>>>>>>>

Who will be the Bigger Celebrity after the Olympics?

A Tiger Apology Post

BIO

Arianna Huffington: Tiger Travels the Stations of the PR Cross

Tiger Woods doesn't owe us a thing. Not an apology. Not an explanation. Not contrition. Nothing. Unless a public figure has broken the law, there is only one legitimate answer to the illegitimate probing of private lives: "It's none of your business." That said, purely on its own terms, Tiger's apology was, pardon the expression, par for the course. You can just picture his handlers working on the statement and going down a checklist. Accept blame: check. Look right into camera: check. Touch hand to chest: check. Watery eyes: check. Defend wife: check. Accuse the media: check. Hug mother: check. Go back to rehab: check. It was déjà vu all over again. Another public figure navigating the now-requisite Stations of the PR Cross.

OLYMPICS, Plushenko or Lysacek...Who was better ?

Crazy Joe Biden had ashes on his forhead during an interview on Ash Wednesday and...

...the News Babe asked him if he hurt his Head! True story...The Vice President bore the ashes on his forehead as he introduced President Obama at a White House event celebrating the one-year anniversary of the so-called Recovery Act. Burley asked Greg Milam, Sky News's US correspondent, about the mark as they monitored Biden's remarks: "What's happened to his head? I'm sure that's what everybody's asking at home." After a short pause, Milam replied, "Yes, I don't know. It's a simple answer. Maybe we'll get a chance to find out a little later." Burley then remarked, "It looks like he walked into a door, doesn't it? I'm sure that's one of the questions that the networks will be asking him." (video clip above is from Thursday's Morning Joe on MSNBC; audio available here).

• If your daughter/son got to interview Joe Biden on Ash Wednesday and asked him if the Dark spot on his forehead was caused by "walking into a door", would you be ...
• Proud, Humiliated, or figure you wasted a Ton of Money on raising and educating said child ?

• Do you do anything different during the 40 Days of Lent ?

Fast, give up Meat, do the Stations of the Cross, refrain from beating your spouse and pets...?

Speaking of quotes, here are some from Susan. I call them "Susan-isms"

1. Beating the gun... (combines "beat the clock" and "jumping the gun")
2. Happy go lightly (means "happy go lucky")
3. I scratch my back, you scratch yours (well, you know what she means)
4. The cat is out of the box (means, "the cat is out of the bag")

Famous Family Quotes & Who Said Them...How many can you identify? The Quoter & the Context...

1. 1955...it's another boy..
2. 1967...keep the Faith
3. what happened to that last fish cake?
4. she is only 5'8", he is famous & so TALL , it will never last!
5. the kamakazays were a force to be dealt with
6. i let your brother take your car to school
7. go outside and play!!!
8. he has never been on a horse, no way this will last
9. he's bringing a black boy here for lunch?
10. they rode a raft to where?!?
11. we know we are young but we are getting married
12. a helman? you don't want a helman
13. you need to get a job at the gas company
14. did you check out Glanzman?
15. why'd I do that?
16. who am I to judge
17. he may be an asshole, but he is our asshole
18. you are so opinionated!
19. it was the forceps, his head will get smaller
20. i was born and raised in Ohio
21. you may think I am standing at this bar drinking beer but I am really stretching...
22. may I make a suggestion?
23. my heart started fibulating
24. ...and if not why not, Man?
25. kept goin' higher...higher & higher...
26. "bunch of perverts"
27. I have no idea where he learned to drive like that
28. calm down, it will all work out for the better...
29. so many assholes and so little space
30. if i only knew then what i know now (that one was actually not said by one of us)

any more?

Floating a Trial Balloon here...

Last year we watched the opening day of March Madness in a Pin Ball Machine Factory in Plymouth Meeting & ended up at The Great American Pub in Conshohocken. Not sure what the date of the Tournament is this year but I am thinking we should "pre-plan".

• just trying to think ahead
• maybe uncle john would even show up to give us an "insiders" perspective

Another Snowed in Weekend...

We bought Cheerios this week & I got the 33 Car! Had fun putting together the car & the decals.

• Watching the Daytona 500 made me feel like a person that watches the NFL & has no clue what is going on

I will buy more Cheerios to try to collect all 4 cars!

And, I hope my brother in law that took me on my first and only hunting trip will invite me to my first NASCAR race !

Luke on the Beach / just not the Beach he wanted to be on...

Luke asked his Mom & Dad to take him to Half Moon Bay this past Saturday. They refused. Instead, they took him to Amanda's ballet class & Justin's basketball game. As an after thought they let him roam on the local Beach sans his Wet Suit.

• The 3rd one born always gets the shaft !

In a desperate attempt to maintain the Relevancy of the Blog I reach back to The Puckett Brothers...

Muggles is getting Doggie Dentures...

We've come to a family decision. Since Muggles has an "irregular" bite, he is qualified (under Obama's new health care plan for dogs) to receive FREE Doggie Dentures. He should be just fine after surgery and a brief stay at the Doggie Den Vet. Thought you'd like to see what he will look like, you may be startled the next time you see him.

Announcement !

I have been contacted by Jacques Rogge and asked if I would host the Winter Olympics. Olympic spy sattleites have determined that I have more snow on my lawn and pool than Vancouver. Jacques, or Jack as I call him, suggests that my pool would be good for that snowboarding tricky stuff and they want the ski jump where the plow put everything. The sidewalk can be a VERY short luge, luuge? I'm negotiating as we speak. I know I'm gonna demand that Katie Couric CANNOT show up. That blonde skier girl, Lindsay Vonn, who is on TV all the time and is currently hurt; she can't come either. Too much whining from her yesterday. She speaks only in superlatives, "excrutiatingly", "unbearable", etc. describing her shim injury. Suck it up honey. By March nobody will remember you if you don't win. Pea, I may need your Jeep to shuttle athletes. Don't worry I'll only put a few miles on it. New York Mayor Bloomberg said it costs $1,000,000 per inch to clear so maybe I'll just sell Jack the snow I have. That'll keep the meileage off Pea's wheels. Photos to follow.

February Cabin Fever & Snow Storms...

The more the snow falls the more I will Post from my "Man Cave". The topic is Eggs...are these Branded Eggs really better? Are the Eggs Branded after delivery, or do they come out that way cause the Chicks are Branded?

UGH! And the Hits keep Coming !

This time last week I was Hit with the fact that my wife was not getting enough exercise and needed to Shape Up before they can put a "new part" in her.

• Today I had my Jeep inspected and they put a 'new part" in her
• She got a new "Sway Bar Link"! (whatever that is)

And my mechanic told me she is not getting enough exercise!

• The charge for the State required Emissions Test was $25.00 /half of the normal charge
• It was half 'cause the Jeep only ran 4100 miles this past year!
• 4100 Miles???

I need to get a Life!

What does this Logo Symbolize and where did it come from?

Also, do you think "The Who" did a good job at Halftime?

• another Super Bowl thought...I thought the guy waking up in a stupor in Africa, looking for a Coke, was the best commercial.

When does the Gift Giving Obligation End?

If you receive the First Four Episodes of a Classic TV Series as a Gift and the Series is Six Episodes long, should you expect the final two Episodes would be given to you as a Gift? Or, would you assume that the Last Two Episodes were up to you to purchase?

A reason I like Peyton Manning

After the Colts lost the Super Bowl, Peyton showed up for an interview before the cameras in a Suit Coat, Dress Shirt & Tie. He obviously had time to shower, chill out & calm down. Although he was born on 3/14/76 and is only 33 years old we Fans tend to look at him as a Guru (a rich guru). Peyton was raised well...he has a lot of Class (I would bet he has no Tattoos), but ...Peyton Sweats!

• During the interview I could see the sweat rolling down his cheek & on his forehead
• He was wiping it with his bare hand, he had no absorption device !

Peyton needs people around him that know about Body Temperature & the need for an absorption device like a towel or even a couple of Paper Towels (preferably BOUNTY, the quicker picker upper)

• I'm just saying...

Super Bowl XLIV...Make your Prediction

The Winner will receive a week of vacation at the Vacation Home of Paul & Alyce or Michael & Mary in Sea Isle City this coming Summer.

• All Expenses Paid !!!

I find it ironic. On the day my wife is told that she is too skinny for a life extending operation

Alberto Giacometti's sculpture depiction of a skinny "man walking" breaks the record for the price of a piece of Art @ $104.1 Million.

• Judy Ann will be discharged from the Hospital tomorrow. No surgery will be done. She needs it but is too skinny to endure it.

31 by 5/31 STATUS

Monday, 2/2/10, was four weeks and I am down Four. I know, you can lose four in a day or gain four in a day. Me too! But I have been down Nine during those four weeks and I have been up Five. Also...

• I was weighed at my Doctors office with my shoes on!

So I am declaring a Four pound loss in the first four weeks. Not great but it is a start.

• Anybody else have anything to say ?

ACHEY BREAKY HEART UPDATE

No surgery tomorrow, Wed. Some issues came up...

• something about the blood count needs to improve thru medication
• they want her strength to improve
• X-Ray shows she might have pneumonia

Of course, since they have delayed the Surgery Judy Ann wants to come home and tells them they should call her when their ready to go! It could be as early as Friday or as late as sometime next week. We will do all we can to keep her where she belongs 'til it gets done.

• PS...When I was leaving I swear I heard the Nurses making reference to "The Heartless Bitch in Room 6". I kept my head low and walked on down the Hall...

A BROKEN HEART

This past Saturday Judith Ann had a heart attack. The 911 call was made about 3PM. They showed up in a Hook & Ladder Fire Truck. She was cleaning the bathroom, I was reading @ the kitchen table when she said to me..."something is wrong".

• Tightness in the chest & arms were numb

Bottom line...she is scheduled for By-pass surgery sometime between now & Friday.

• They want a second Surgeon to check her out because of her "anatomy". She has multiple blockage and I am hoping they are able to go through with the procedure.

She says she is not fearing the operation, she is fearing the Re-hab. Cooker says the Re-hab is bearable...uncomfortable, but bearable.

• I told Judith Ann she would be joining Cooker in the Family Zipper Club. Her eyes went blood-shot, her arms started shaking, and her mouth was Mouthing something but I didn't understand it...so I took it no further...as she laid her head on the pillow and dozed off. While I tip-toed from the room

Say a prayer, a good luck, give a high five, a Hug...whatever...I want to see her get better.

Justin's First Hoops Game

Here's a video from Justin's first game as a member of the Jr. Lakers (he's #24). We don't keep score, but one of the parents told me we won 26-24. Justin got off about 9 shots, but didn't make any. The important part is that he did keep firing. Also, take note of how he rushes back on defense. Somewhere in Flourtown Stoneman is nodding in approval.