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Saturday, August 20, 2016

I Found a Toad

This fella was waiting for me when I got to work.

Pet Peeve

Is "over-exaggerated" an actual word/phrase? Isn't exaggeration, uh, exaggerated to begin with? At that point isn't it easier to just say "I lied?". It takes fewer syllables.

Great 43 minute workout that left me sweat soaked and my hip aching. I was very happy to see Olivia Slap run on the treadmill the whole time I was lifting. While there I also had my body fat percentage checked. Since mid-March it's fallen 4.8%.

Angry Emoji

Stupid geek anger: Quit referring to the Charlton Heston version of Ben-Hur as "the original." IT was a remake. Try to learn something, bucko.

And while we're at it, reporters can stop saying Lady Gaga's A Star is Born is a remake of the Barbara Streisand movie that was first done by Judy Garland. Janet Gaynor and Fredric March say hello.

The Grave of Orville Cadwell

At noon I went to Forest Home Cemetery for a Rec Division tour that's been on the calendar for months. The only problem? The cemetery knew nothing about it, doesn't charge for tours (the Rec fee was $5) and there was no such tour. I've been robbed! But the cemetery officials, while turning away the other unfortunates, allowed me access to their Halls of History. A bit creepy being in the locked museum alone, as there are crypts there, but very neat. Here's the stone of Orville Cadwell, the first person buried there, in 1850. The cemetery has replaced this marker with one honoring his status.

Junie and I at the MSO - March 8, 2016

Back in March Junie asked me the chaperone a trip to see the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. She told us her class would be performing onstage with recorders, and she was both nervous and excited.

It was quite the feat for me to climb the steps to the balcony at the MSO, less than three months after hip surgery, but I did it for my girl. As it turns out, they weren't performing on stage- that bit never made much sense to begin with - but rather participating from the audience ALONG with the musicians on stage.

It was an interactive experience meant to drive the kids into the arts, and dang if the audience didn't soak it up, shouting out the answers to symphony related trivia questions displayed on a big screen, and bouncing around to the music.

I was impressed.

And my Junie and I had a very good time :)

Friday, August 19, 2016

Hypocrisy

Where's all the MSM cries of racism that were levied at Bush for Katrina?

Beauty and the Beast - an unpublished post from 2013

***Apparently, I forgot to hit 'publish' on this back in the day ***

This weekend was the annual school musical. 2013

Thursday, August 18, 2016

LOL

College for Kids 2016

Once again my kids were privileged to participate in UW-Milwaukee's College for Kids program for two weeks this summer.

This is fake outrage (again), as she had a big grin before and after the pictures.

All are now old enough for full roaming privileges on the campus.

They each had three classes.

Here are some of LuLu's art pieces.

And some Photoshop examples from YaYa - the latter was featured on the CFK website.

YaYa and friends.

Pottery by Junie. One day the power went out on campus, and they couldn't use the kiln. For three weeks we tried to co-ordinate a pickup of the items - only to discover they all fit in the palm of my hand! (the last pic)