Greatest Animated line

"Somebody poisoned the water hole!"

Toy Story

9-22-08

Update:

Perhaps I overstated myself with the word "Greatest". I will say, this line makes me laugh every single time I say it (as Woody would have). I'm thinking the alcoholic beverages I was consuming in combination with the PC readily available made me write something a little over the top. Please forgive the grandstanding.

Let Fries Rule.

I proclaim Steak and Shake french fries can not be beat!


At least by any other food chain. I will not throw my fries to the cock fighting ring against some "Ringer from Route 66" that only Ma and Pa Kettle know about.

This post was inspired by my lunch.

A nod to Gregory McDonald

Since I was a young, naive man I have loved the movies Fletch and Fletch Lives. Gregory McDonald has died. He wrote the books that preceded these movies, there was 9 in total in the series. I feel the need to tell a funny tale, Fletch Lives got me into trouble.

I was in the Air Force from 1988 to 1992. The security police at Cannon Air Force Base ran exercises about every month or two. They practiced making sure they could be ass holes if there was a war. It didn't take much practice, it was a prerequisite before joining, if you have the intelligence of a monkey. Anyway, I only had about three or four weeks before leaving the Air Force. When one entered the flightline, you had to show and display your ID authorizing to you be around the planes. The reason mine wasn't out was you couldn't wear it off the flightline.
I had watched Fletch Lives many times and the night before was one of those times. As I walked through the checkpoint, the Security Police ass bag made the perfect statement. "This is a secure area." I couldn't resist. I looked at the guy I was working with, smiled, and responded with "Well I'm happy for it, most people live in terrible neighborhoods." and kept on walking. My pal just starts laughing as I get my face slammed into a puddle because the SP's suck and have no sense of humor. What were they going to do, kick me out? I was already on my way out.

This is my story. Here is my homage to Gregory McDonald.



RIP

The First Episode of "Use That Word"

la·ment [luh-ment] 
–verb (used with object)
1. to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
2. to mourn for or over.
–verb (used without object)
3. to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret.
4. to mourn deeply.
–noun
5. an expression of grief or sorrow.
6. a formal expression of sorrow or mourning, esp. in verse or song; an elegy or dirge.
[Origin: 1520–30; (n.) lāmentum plaint; (v.) lāmentārī, deriv. of lāmentum] —Related forms la·ment·er, noun la·ment·ing·ly, adverb —Synonyms 1, 2. bewail, bemoan, deplore. 3, 4. grieve, weep. 5. lamentation, moan. 6. monody, threnody.  (compliments of www.dictionary.com)

This word was used when I was reading an article on Yahoo! sports about the 10th anniversary of "Home Run 63".  The article is a nice reminder of what brought America back to baseball in 1998.  The author likes using many words with many syllables.  Reminds me of my high school days, trying to come up with different words that have a lot of syllables so we could say them quick while rocking our asses to each syllable.  The "buttrock" might as well be famous.  

Which allows me to use the word of the day.  I lament social "buttrocking".  To this day when I come across a word that make me smile, I'll take the moment to reflect.  But gone are the days of immature simplicity.  I don't think any of the people in my "social circle" (which include just a few) would enjoy this simple pleasure.  Then again, maybe everyone does it.  My friends and I should receive an award, maybe a Nobel Prize of some kind.  A VMA wouldn't do it justice,  I would've have to stand next to Brittany Spears. 

Maybe this is a list I could compose, that way everyone could read and "rock", I guess I'll have to think about that.  Lists seem to be a popular thing in the blogging world.  An easy entry I guess.