There is another Cousin in the house!

Nicole & Jeff introduce us all to

Lauren Jeanes Bowlby!

Born today @ 3:00PM...

more details to follow via her GrandPops Facebook page!

Oh! Wait...grandpop doesn't do FB! So I guess he will put the news out on Twitter?

No...no Twitter for Pops!

Grandpop will be making phone calls to all of 

Lauren Jeanes new cousins!

Can you cousins Snail Mail your phone #'s to 

Lauren's GP so he can call you on the Phone?

A notification may take 12 to 20 days...

Lauren's Grandpop refuses to succumb to Corporations like Google, Comcast, Face Book, Apple, Big Oil and Get a Date.com...

Power to the People!  and the USPS...

One more famous person I saw today & then I'm done with the famous people I saw today. OK?

We were watching the game today with the sound off & we wondered why this guy was featured on camera. I did some research...

"Morrison was drafted No. 3 overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2006 NBA draft and famously bombed out of the league, though not before winning two rings as a little-used reserve for the Los Angeles Lakers"

So it is Adam Morrison. I remember him. He is now the video coordinator for Gonzaga & has one of those Man Buns behind his slicked back hair that I am so jealous of...

And he does have 2, TWO NBA Championship rings...

2 more than Charles has & 2 more than me...

Let me ask this...

If you were a famous 71 year old rock star staying in a hotel in Manhattan & wanted to remain incognito would you come out of the front door of the hotel to a waiting black SUV with 4 Security Guards surrounding you and the SUV? Oh yea, and in a brightly colored scarf?

Followed shortly thereafter by your 27 year old paramour?

Why not just go out the back door?

I'll tell you why!

Cause his Publicist gave a "heads up" to the dreaded Paparazzi

& because he craves the attention!

my scarf & my 22 year old Buddy

Poppy Maeve and Pea were eating pizza and laying bets tonight on Notre Dame vs Kentucky

Maeve recorded the point spreads & I just

hi-lighted them w/ a marker

Poppy won! 

Our li'l bro had his exit interview yesterday

came by today & treated TJ & me to lunch. It was a very good lunch. He claims he is not yet retired. Still has things to do & mountains to climb & forests to forage & people to interview...

So beware. He may ask you to join a Forum...

and be video taped with a live mic

The Guy Had Clout

Why?!?!

Baseball Aerodynamics

Illustration By Don Foley

For more than 100 years, the baseball has remained more or less unchanged. This spring, college players will start their season with a new design. With seams that rise to only 0.031 inches, the ball shaves 0.017 inches off the standard seam height. Flatter seams make for a smaller wake and less drag, so a strong hit will send the new ball 20 feet farther than a standard one. For players, that means more home runs. For the NCAA, it means more exciting games and, hopefully, more spectators.

This article was originally published in the April 2015 issue of Popular Science, as part of our annual How It Works package.

The Maravich sock! What a great idea!

Pistol Pete was famous for his floppy socks

Many seasoned citizens suffer with the tight

elastiicity in our socks cutting off circulation

ergo, we need Maravich socks!

just thinkin' out loud here

TJ says I need to post a back to normal photo

Another Treasure...the Mink Stole...

Found a treasure. Chris' drumming debut at the Bent Elbo (he was 9) and Anna being Anna

I need a Secretary!

Justin's 10th birthday was 3/6

Amanda's 9th birthday was 3/16

I acknowledged Justin's but sent him nothing.

I forgot Amanda's 'til I saw it on Facebook

And now Luke's 7th is coming up on 4/16.

I need advice

Would it be OK to send all 3 grandkids a card with some

$$$ in it on Luke's  bithday?

or am I already persona non grata? 

Regarding Dermatoligists

email from Michael..."March is all about Mohs Surgery...spent all day at the Derm, yesterday...8am to 3pm...4 callbacks!
end result:  40 stitches in forehead/temple area, it looks like a giant question mark!...and left nostril has a hole the size of a nickel..I pray to god it closes..not enough skin to stitch..doctor said "don't worry Mike, it'll close up eventually!"
Pain was a killer, legs are still rubbery and let's just say I no longer resemble the "Cooker!"..
When I feel better, they have one more Mohs location on my left Pec.."no sweat, at least it's not the face!" says the good doctor...ha!" 

My thought is that we need find a Derma Doc that is acceptable to all of us & present ourselves as a Group. Since there are so many of us I'm thinking we could get at least a 40% discount on the usual rate & the Derm Doc could advertise & brag about the fact that he landed "The McKendry Account!" ...a steady stream of income...

by the way.

Does anyone know if our cousins have similar needs for

Derma Docs? If so, they would increase our negotiating power.

you always look good Michael

& I like the Pocket Square...

MLB is soon to begin its' 2015 season with a new Commissioner & Pete has filed a petition...

"Pete Rose Must Not Be Enshrined" is what 

David Macaray Become a fan 

Playwright and author ("It's Never Been Easy: Essays on Modern Labor")

writes in the Huffington Post. Does anyone here follow the Huffington Post? Macaray acknowledges that Pete was one of the best to ever play the game, but says NO to the Hall of Fame.

Why? because Pete was a compulsive gambler,  because he accepted a "life time " ban back in the day and because he lied!

Now compare that assesment with some of todays Politicians.

What harm has Pete ever brought upon the law abiding public?

Put Pete in The Hall!

Hey Hubby what would you like for our St Patrick day dinner?

Irish stew...

or corn beef & cabbage?

The Hubby responds, "Irish Stew"

The wife responds,  OK "I'll be making corned beef & cabbage"

why would you be making what I don't want?

because I prefer Corned Beef & Cabbage, you don't cook

& I was just being polite by askin'

planting a seed...Lancaster Flea Market & a Travelling Band

Think of it as "Butch's Auction"! We used to love going to Butch's Auction when we were kids

Do you know what a Riser is?

Well I'll tell you.

If you were selling your house & you want to Stage it right you may want to sand & stain #'1 thru #11 here. That way your steps would "blend" w/ the Risers. Or your Risers would blend with the steps.

Either way you want to look at it...

"Sandy S." is sanding & staining this week.

I'm thinking she should call Mary!

riddle me this...

Just suppose we all got a Family spot at a Flea Market & sold our wares on a Saturday? Personally, I have no wares to sell. But!
My Sis has quilts, my brother's have plant holders whatevers, tables & stuff...

jewelry!

T shirt & sweat shirt printing

original novels signed by the Author!

And I am sure there are other ideas out there

Like I could sell my paintings on the sidewalk...

"please come to Boston in the spring time...'

I am sure it won't happen but if it did

don't you think it would be a Fun Day!?!

A Family Fair at a Flee Market!

I now have 2 Irish soda breads & you have none!

TJ tried to scam me

saying "Pea, I have butter"

I told him I already have butter

& also I have cream cheese!

I then ran down the stairs & hid my soda bread

This is why Timmy was in A3 & I was in A14

I just finished this book. It's the 2nd time I read it. The 1st time I read it I thought of it as an Adventure story. The 2nd time I read it I thought of it as a Historical story.

It really is a good read

While I was reading it this time Timmy was asking me where I was in the book. He had read it 10 years ago...he was "jumping the shark" in telling me what was to come...

Remember, I had read the book just 3 years ago...

My big question was, "if you name your son Merriweather

what do his friends call him?"

Timmy said they called him Captain Lewis.

A-3 vs A-14

some people remember what they read.

Me? I remember what cards you are holding.

Comcast was here yesterday for an Upgrade...we now have New remotes...

and Chaos abounds tonight!

!@#$%^!

the New remote

the Old remote

"I have no idea how this New Remote works!"

said  Maureen to Maura

they each then yelled 

"Timmy?Dad!?!"

and I will leave it at that

Alyce messed up! (an email from Alyce)

"Pea...OOPS!  Can we change the day from Friday to either Saturday or Thursday?

Slight little problem:  My friend and I made plans to go to a Quilt Show in downtown Lancaster.  We thought it was NEXT Friday but found out today that it’s THIS Friday.  Are you able to switch days?  I’m o.k. with going to the Quilt Show another time if you’re not able to change.  I’m really looking forward to your visit and don’t want to NOT get together –after all, St. Patrick’s Day will be upon us and you NEED to get your ‘bread fix!"

Even though none of our brothers responded to the original Invitation you brothers now have a second chance to not respond to the Invite on "how to make soda bread"

Of course! You all would rather be Given soda bread than learn how to make soda bread!

You didn't Build That!

Give a man a fish & he will eat today...teach a man to make a soda bread & he will eat soda bread forever...

A message from Alyce to her brothers, et al

This Friday, March 13 Alyce will be hosting a 

"how to bake a soda bread"

session at her home in Mechanicsburg

She will also be showin' me how to make an Easter Basket for Brynn

(to impress Brynn's parents & other Grand Parents)

Alyce has asked me to extend the Invitation to all

of you & your spouses & boy friends (Jim Whalen?)...

Festivities will begin around Noon & depending on how many soda breads we make

it could extend into the Evening.

Alyce has only one oven

(PS...when these photos were taken I was applying

my Dermatoligist Magic Cream all over my Torso)

I look a lot better today

Brynn Bundled in Blue

Born in September just before winter

October I don't remember

but I remember September...I opened my eyes...

November was strange, we went for rides

I was bundled in Blue I remember that too

In a big Fat machine & I sat in the back

Since then I've not been outside

Except when I get bundled in blue & go for a ride

So I'm looking out the window

and the white stuff is gone & Mommy is singing, she is
singing, she is singing a song

And I'm surprised when she takes me outside

and I wonder what this is about?

no sitting in the back of a big black machine?

no wonder the neighbor called me baby in blue...

Mommy is strolling me around a wonderful scene! she calls it the neighborhood...
                                       I like it.

and I Love being bundled in blue,

with a Hood that is too.

and a year later

I am so Glad I don't own a Smart phone & can only get in trouble through my Desk Top (which TJ says is too small)

Hillary is two years my junior, has a grandaughter,

mucho dinero, two beautiful homes, two great pensions,

is Loved by the Left, makes $200 Large for a speech,

is married to a 69 year old Lounge Lizard who has a place in Little Rock called the Clinton Library & Massage Parlor that his buddies refer to as Mucho Rock...so...

Why the heck would she want to be President?

remember...Pea is for Politics...why doesn't she just enjoy Retirement, huh?

Once again I find myself babysitting on a Saturday night when I could be out Clubbing.

Hi Brynn!

But tonight I am dog sitting

Yes, I have been assigned Dog sitting duty.

Why?

Cause TJ & Maureen are @ John Kuhar's 90th.

You remember John Kuhar, right?

He's the guy that taught Timmy concrete

and how to do this: