So, Elle Was Better. Your Point?

YaYa: 

a conversation between my father and i:

me:  what your LSAT score 

him: I don't remember. 157? or 159

me: elle woods did better 

him: no sht she got into Harvard

LOL

Bruh - shoot it down already!

Meanwhile, in Milwaukee . . 

64 Years Since the Music Died

 

64 years ago, in a lonely cornfield in Iowa, the future of Rock 'N Roll left this Earth. 

Imagine striking down Lennon and McCarthy after Rubber Soul, with their greatest work, their greatest influence, left to come. It would have been the only comparable tragedy. 

RIP Buddy. You are still missed. 

Ramen Station

After dropping off YaYa at her boyfriend's dorm, I treated Dem to dinner at Ramen Station in Madison, not far from the college. 

He loved the ramen but I thought my dish was pretty average. 

Good for Classic Slice!

Ok. I will never trust a word out of this dudes mouth. He's a liar .....that cookie is AMAZING. And Classic is never closed, how about respecting the fact they closed for EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION. 

I mean, if you've had Classic's food you know they didn't need his review. They're gonna be just fine lol. He just could NOT fathom why they didn't stop every.single.thing and fire up the stove for his one slice. SMH...the entitlement lol

My always order (enough for 2): A shippee ahoy slice, spinach artichoke dip, and a cookie.

- Lisa

Collectivo Art

Wednesday night Smiley wanted to work on his art portfolio at Collectivo and invited me to keep him company over some coffee. 

Tyranny

A recreation of actual events in Junie's life yesterday: 

Groundhog Day. Again.

 How'd I know? Brrr - Lisa

Apparently, it's Retirement Day

Tom Brady announces his retirement from the NFL (again). 

Dr. Phil announces he's retiring his show after 21 years on the air. 

And Ozzy Osbourne says he's done touring. 

They say things happen in threes . .  .

Columbia - 20 Years Later

My primary memory of the Columbia's - and remember, this was only 16 months after 9/11 - was brief fear that it was due to sabotage or violent action.  

May the crew continue to RIP

* * * 

#NASARemembers: 20 years ago today on Feb 1, 2003, at 8:59 a.m. EST, space shuttle Columbia broke up on reentry. The entire crew perished.

Rick Husband

Willie McCool

Michael Anderson

Kalpana Chawla

David Brown

Laurel Clark

Ilan Ramon

We will never forget. 

For Free

Needs to be gone by Thurs. One drawer has an incomplete bottom. 1 knob missing. Some rings on top..otherwise ok. Could be an epic project or just useful for some extra clothes storage. Located on first floor (some porch steps)

Why?

 Ok so the change does seem kind of questionable (no notary etc) but why would Priscilla have issue w the estate going to Lisa Marie's sole surviving child?

found this on NewsBreak: Priscilla Presley challenges validity of daughter Lisa Marie's will after discovering she has been replaced as a trustee of the estate by her grandchildren

- Lisa

Well, which one is it?

I'm thinking, maybe . . . both? 

(and yes, the Stan Lee meme is outdated. I originally posted in on Facebook back in 2013. And I'm way past 40 too.  What of it? Don't lose sight of the forest for the trees.)

Moonfall

 

I'm not going to say something snarky like "I'm dumber for having watched this," but I would have when this blog was new. 

The moon, affected by what appears to be an alien life form, breaks its orbit and approaches Earth, causing chaos and disaster around the globe. Two intrepid astronauts - one, of course, stripped of his job and his reputation for having warned the world in the first place - take off on a missiont o save the world. 

I am not a scientist, but I'm pretty sure 95% of this movie was hooey - there is a moon, so they got that right - and if you can't predict every action in the plot then congratulations on watching your very first movie!

That said, it was entertaining enough to pass the time. So it wasn't all bad.

Grade: C 

Cindy Williams

It's hard to put into words how much I loved Laverne and Shirley when I was a young kid. I really did. And now they're both gone.

Cindy Williams - Shirley - has died at 75 after a short illness. 

RIP

When You Finish Saving The World

This movie is impeccable, almost an art film.  Did I watch it [January 20th] just because my youngest is a Finn super fan and I was forced? Absolutely.  Would I recommend it to a non fan? Absolutely.  Julianne Moore was awesome too. Go see it, you'll enjoy it. - Lisa

How to Tip Your Server

Smiley couldn't dig his car out of the snow in time for work so I drove him this morning. Cut ahead eight hours. I had to take the exchange kids to the mall. Rather than keep going back and forth I went to his restaurant and had coffee to wait out the hour until he was off. 

He gave me the check. $3.10, and I gave him a twenty dollar bill. 

"Do you need change?" he asked

"No. Take $6.90 as a tip and put ten towards the garbage bags you bought for us." I said. 

"The garbage bags were fifteen," he responded. 

"Ok. Then take $1.90 as a tip and fifteen for the bags"

LOL

Thumbs up from R.L. Stine

goosebumps man responded -  YaYa

Idiocy

Alec Baldwin intends to finish 'Rust' production despite facing involuntary manslaughter charges, source says. Despite facing involuntary manslaughter charges connected to the “Rust” set shooting death of a cinematographer, Alec Baldwin intends to finish the movie's production.

THIS IS NUTS TO ME.

- Lisa

Moments that Have Altered my Brain While Working at McDonald's - by Junie

 Moments while working at McDonald’s that have definitely altered my brain 

1. The time I spilled a 2.5 gallon bag of Caramel frappe mix and my manager tried to clean it up and then spilt another 2.5 gallon bag of mocha frappe mix

2. The time a guy refused to go pull up into the parking spot and so my coworker was instructed to just go outside and wait with the food in the parking lot until he pulled up and got it

3. When I got an order for 32 cents.

4. The time a guy and his wife pulled up to the first window where I was working and asked me if id ever been to chipotle and when I lied and said no he asked if id ever been to qudoba and then proceeded to call me a bitch after I said no again 

5. When a guy came into the drive thru PLASTERED and his eyes were so bloodshot that I thought he was blind and I proceeded to defend him to my coworker who said he was drunk until I realized..that you can’t drive if you’re blind 

6. When I spent the entire shift being made fun of by my coworkers for liking Taylor swift 

7. When my family wanted food for the fireworks and so I ordered a big order and spent 20 mins packing it up just to walk into the lobby and have the bag break. I spent 5 mins picking up nuggets and fries off the ground 

8. When my manager picked up a customers dollar off of the ground and it had cocaine folded into it

9. When I was taking orders and started the order with “what do you want.” on accident

10. When my coworker shit herself 

11. When my coworker pissed herself 2x

12. When my coworker pissed herself and then sat in it for the rest of her shift

13. When said unpottytrained coworker made my other coworker cry because she refused to stand up and take orders bcuz of her “knees” even tho my other coworker literally walks with a walker and STILL stands for orders 😭

14. When one of my older coworkers saw a customer (who was male) with nail polish on and ranted to me about how it was disgusting and vile and weird and how angry it made me and how “only women should do that”

15. When I had an argument w my coworker about abortion after seeing a roe v wade protest 

16. My manager getting into a fight with this old dude because he wanted to sit in the lobby when it was closed followed by him screaming that she was ableist (??)

17. When I had to serve my best friend’s ex and they asked if she hated her ( she did )

18. When the line during a Night Shift was so long and stagnant because one of the cars wasn’t moving and we were all wondering why and then my manager went outside to check what was going on and the driver of the car was KNOCKED OUTTTT asleep and he had to wake him up 😭😭

19. My coworker throwing ice down my shirt while I was doing dishes

Amen

 nothing will humble you more than working out for the first time in awhile - LuLu

Congratulations to new HOF'er Fred McGriff!

On the heels of my Scott Rolen post you might think I'm equally down on Fred McGriff getting into Cooperstown via the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee. Not so. 

McGriff was a model of power and consistency that went largely unheralded in the shadow of the numbers put up in the Steroid Era. 

Congratulations sir!

Scott Rolen should NOT be in Cooperstown

Ok, nothing against Scott Rolen as a human being - I mean, I don't know if he's more Mother Theresa or Pol Pot, to be honest, but I'm assuming he's a'ight.

 But as a player? He shouldn't be a Hall of Famer. 

Now, MLB is doing a full on propaganda offensive to convince you he is. But no. I'm not buying it.  It is/was/was commonly perceived as the most exclusive HOF of any sport.  It should remain so. 

2077 hits, a .220 postseason average, 316 home runs (in a super HR favorable era). It doesn't scream Hall of Fame to me. 

And honestly, isn't that something that SHOULD be a criteria for the Hall?  You should hear a guy's name and nod, content that the voters got it right (or near enough for horseshoes).  I appreciated Rolen as a solid player, a very good player, but I never even thought he'd sniff Cooperstown. And I think that was the consensus during his career. He only cracked the top ten in MVP votes once, and only got any votes at all four times. 

If we're being honest, he's in because the players *actually* worthy of the Hall are shadow banned for steroids (Bonds, Clemens, Arod, etc) and so the BBWAA must conjure up a name and pretend they are doing their due diligence. 

Rolen isn't the most egregious admission to the Hall. It still doesn't make it right. 

The Craziest Things

Junie asked me the craziest things that happened when I was a waitress many years ago and they're kinda neat so I thought I'd share here.

1. Serving my now husband breakfast at Webbs and 30 min after meeting him declaring, "I'm going to have to marry you" Just call him Nostradamus. 

2. When I burnt E. Michael McCann's toast during the Jeffrey Dahmer trial because I DID recognize him and I was awe struck. For those unaware he was Milwaukee County District Attorney from

 1969 – 2007

- Lisa

I'm tired of hearing it

“your camera takes such nice photos”

yeah my entry level dslr certainly does all the work for me - Yaya