NOTH'N LIKE A COUGAR FOR A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.....HERE'S TO YOU JIM!!!

A LITTLE PICTURE FOR JIM....BEING SINCE HIS FRIEND VIRG, HAS A FIXATION ON DARA; I THOUGHT I WOULD LET JIM FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS THE COUGAR AND WHICH ONE IS NOT??!!!!! IS IT THIS ONE???????

OR THIS ONE??????

DANA "COUGAR" TORRES SETS OLYMPIC HISTORY!!!

I love it when something like this happens....it makes us 40 something's feel like we're just as good as we think we are....because we ARE!!!! This news article that you're fixing to read from the AP writer Paul Newberry reports the stats.....what it doesn't report is what the typical 40 + woman is thinking......."YOU GO GIRL!!!" We, as mothers, workers, wives and taxi services work hard every day and I know that every man under the sun gets really tired of hearing that....however, when you see one of your "sisters" succeed as Dara has and still juggled all that other "fun, loving stuff"(toung in cheek, there...), it really makes us all proud that we're doing what we're doing as women; Because, in reality, how many men can actually say they do all that on a daily basis? Don't get me wrong; I know they're out there! I commend them....I admire them.......but it's "those ones" that really get under the skin when they freak because they have to "babysit their own kids for a night while their wonderful wives want to go out for a pedicure or movie"???? that really make me scratch my head........ALL COUGARS RAISE YOUR 'TINI GLASS TO DARA!!!!! SHE DESERVES A GOOD COSMO!!!!! I'm embracing my 40's and can only look forward to my 50's.......I think I'm gonna start taking better care of my body.........

TORRES SETS ANOTHER AMERICAN OLYMPIC RECORDBy PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer Jul 7, 1:22 pm EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP)—Dara Torres already knew she was going to the Olympics.
That’s not good enough anymore.
The 41-year-old Torres won the 50-meter freestyle Sunday night with another American record, giving her the chance to swim two individual events in Beijing. She’s already done what no one thought possible, returning from her second retirement—and just two years removed from having a child—to reclaim her place as America’s most dominant female sprinter. She’ll be the oldest American ever to swim at the Olympics, but she wants so much more. “I can’t sit here and lie and say, ‘Oh, I’m just glad I’m going,”’ said Torres, who’ll be in her fifth Olympics. “I want a medal.” Having already won the 100 free Friday, Torres got off to the third-slowest start in the most frenetic lap in swimming. But she was in control midway through, touching in 24.25 seconds to eclipse the mark of 24.38 she set the previous night in the semifinals.
Jessica Hardy claimed the second Olympic spot in 24.82, beating Lara Jackson by six-hundredths of a second. Torres has raised the possibility of dropping the 100, worried her still-buff body can’t take the grind of two individual events, especially when she likely will swim two relays, too. “I’m hoping to go somewhat fast because they have girls in the world that are going 24.1 and 23.9, and I have five more weeks to try to drop a couple tenths to hopefully be in competition with those girls,” Torres said. “I’m very happy with my time, but I know I have more work to do.”

Sorry.....but today is a sad day......

Children should not lose parents at an early age......believe me, I've seen what it can do to a little girl....but she turned out o.k..(really, you did!!!) But, it's just not right for a parent to lose a child before they go....it's the hardest thing to watch parents go thru and my heart aches for parents when they lose a child....I've seen it all too often and it has hit so close to home more times than I can count, that I pray daily that my kids and my friends kids are safely watched upon daily on their travels....But nevertheless, we lose another. Parents will mourn this week and we will mourn with them....this shall to will pass? It never passes.....each day, you deal....you wake up, and it's there and they're not....but you deal! We love you all and we are thinking about each and every parent, child that has had a loss and I hope and pray that it never happens to me! Peace and love......Out.

Justify Who's Love??? Guy?? Alex?? Lenny???

I came upon a "FLASH" newsbreak today, you know those ones in the celebrity world that are like a train wreck and ya have to look; well anyway, in reading it, it said something to the effect about A-Rod (Alex Rodriguez, baseball super-hero)breaking up with his wife; then it went on to say that she had run off to Paris with Lenny Kravitz, which her mother adamantly denies! But then ya have the rumors of A-Rod slipping up to Maddonna's upper pad in New York, as of late and all the wispers of Maddonna and Guy's (Richie) problems.....And then it all goes back to this Song...."Justify My Love" which Madonna did in 1990 with Lenny Kravitz singing background vocals! My my!!! What tangled web we weave.......she wears me out and this homegirl will be 50 August 16!!!

WHIP THIS!!!!!!!

TO ANON: 7/2 2:09pm......either you are too young to remember, or smoked way too much in the 80's!!!! You know what to whip!!!!!!

CRAZY OFF!!

This reminds me of a couple of weeks ago when me and some friends got together.....minus the hair pull'n......

WHIP IT!!! WHIP IT GOOD!!!!! DEVO TO MICKEY D'S

Posted Jul 1st 2008 8:36AM by TMZ Staff

Devo -- yep, as in '80s Bar Mitzvah stalwart Devo -- is red hot over a McDonald's Happy Meal toy that they say co-opts their most famous get-up.

The New-Wave band is looking to sue Mickey D's -- though no suit has yet been filed -- over "New Wave Nigel," (left) a lil' singer guy who clearly wears one of their concentric "Energy Dome" hats. On their website, the Devo boys call the toy an "unbelievable rip-off."

The fast food behemoth had no comment as yet.

SHOCKING NEWS BREAK!!!! THANK GOODNESS THEY GOT THE B*ST*ARDS!!!!!

eBay fined for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online

by Bertille Ossey-Woisard and Gaelle Geoffroy Mon Jun 30, 10:27 AM ET
PARIS (AFP) - "A French court on Monday ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection. The Paris commercial court ruled in favour of six LVMH brands and also barred eBay from selling four perfumes -- Christian Dior, Kenzo, Givenchy and Guerlain -- on its websites.
The world's largest online auctioneer, eBay immediately announced it would lodge an appeal, rejecting the view that the court had upheld copyright law.
"This decision is not based on combating counterfeit material. It is based on LVMH's desire to protect its commercial practices and exclude competition," said a spokeswoman for eBay in Paris.LVMH, the world's leading luxury brand, was seeking 50 million euros in damages from US-based eBay Inc. and its Swiss subsidiary eBay AG for the auctions of fake goods and unauthorised sales of perfumes.
It had argued during the case that began a year and a half ago that eBay knowingly allowed the sales of counterfeit products such as handbags, lipstick, perfume and clothes on its website.
The court issued a cease and desist order to eBay, barring it from running ads for the perfume and cosmetic brands or face a fine of 50,000 euros per day.
The full text of the decision is to be posted on the eBay sites in English and French within the next three weeks, the court ordered.
The ruling came amid a flurry of legal action against the online giant, which claims to have some 84 million active users in 39 markets worldwide.
Three weeks ago, eBay was convicted by a French court of selling counterfeit goods and ordered to pay 20,000 euros in damages to French luxury group Hermes.
That court ruling, which marked a first in France, found eBay directly responsible for the sale on its website of three Hermes bags including two fakes, for a total of 3,000 euros.
France's traditional auctioneers took legal action against the eBay in December, accusing it of encouraging trade in pirated and stolen goods.
A council representing the auction industry also accuses the Internet trader of breaking a French law that requires all auctioneers to be approved by the state.
According to eBay, the total value of items sold on its trading platforms in 2007 was nearly 60 billion dollars." I'm glad this is over.......you don't know how embarrassing this is to the couture world, not to mention when you're walking down the side walk and you know that "THEY" know that you have "ONE OF THOSE" purses........it brings a tear to my eye that the madness has finally stopped and we can all now go back to our regular lives......I'm going to hug my Kate Spade and hold her close as to know that her authentic loveliness is forever held special, closely in my heart! And for all you FAKERS OUT THERE, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!!!!!!!!!!

FROM WHOSE LOINS I SPRANG.........

LAST NIGHT I WAS TOTALLY

"EARED" DOWN BY

THE MASTER......AND

That WOULD be "SHE",

THE ALL

EM-POWERED

GODDETTE.

she put it all into perspective for me.....now I will quote verbatim and please be aware, my ignorance is not due to genetics, only to my youth;

And Goddette Said,

"Put the three candidates upon the plat form; this includes the Dem, the Repub, AND THE GREEN; Let them state their issues; stop the spending and the unnecessary debt spending for political parties (Hillary - however many millions of dollars she's trying to get us to pay for), and USE this money to put into the Security Systems so it won't go broke and the Homeless People that might feed a few starving children.........Give the people of Amercia 2 days to make their decision without being brainwashed by illusive political b.s., campaign tactics and let the votes drop where they may on election day."

You wouldn't believe the berating and chastising I received during our conversation; I felt as though I had been taken back in time when I used to sneak out at night and come in at 3am in the morning from and innocent ride with the local thugs......(I never understood why she was always so uptight over that)......anyway, when it comes to politics, I can always remember at family gatherings (Thanksgiving and Christmas) and after the big meal, all the adults would be gathered around the dining room table and it would be a smoke filled room.....cigars, cigarettes.....and that's what the women were smoking (isn't that the norm?) Anyway, we always had my mom; the Trumanish Democrat and then my dad's family, the staunch Republicans; it was always a heated debate.....it would get loud; but "SHE" always held strong.....maybe that's where I get it......but unlike her, I guess I'm getting a little liberal for her likes and she really "bitch slapped" me last night and let me know a thing or two.....and then she had to really lay it on me with the "if your PaPa (Republican Papa) could see you now, he would probably turning flips in his grave!!!" And my response was, "well, don't you think your dad might be a LITTLE proud of my thoughts?" and her reply was, "NO, CUZ HE WAS A TRUMAN DEMOCRAT!!!!"("She"loved J.F.K. I think she secretly had dreams about him at nights; she went thru a phase when she kind of looked like Jackie; so I thought this picture I posted would do justice for this post and her and her beliefs).........I do agree with her though on one thing; the brainwashing needs to stop and let's put them up for the last debate; have the shoot-off 2 days before the election; then go to the polls........Peace Out!

Just 37% Believe Clinton Wants Obama to Win.....

(Before you read this, I just want to say that it may just have been a MAN that wrote this......but I won't pinkie swear on it because I can't quite figure the ambiguous overtones of the wording in this write up.......but nevertheless, after what I read ON THE VIRG this a.m., I felt it couldn't hurt anything to post this one.......and the picture i posted here along with this article is just my little touch. it's from "1968, Philip Morris marketed Virginia Slims cigarettes to women with an advertising strategy showing canny insight into the importance of the emerging women's movement. The slogan "You've come a long way, Baby" later gave way to "It's a woman thing" in the mid-1990s, and more recently the "Find your voice" campaign featuring women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. The underlying message of these campaigns has been that smoking is related to women's freedom, emancipation, and empowerment." I'm not all about the smoking thing, because of the obvious; however I'll go along with the racial, ethnic, freedom, emancipation and all the empowerment we can get...........)
rasmussenreports Wed Jun 25, 10:39 AM ET
"Just 37% of voters nationwide think that Hillary Clinton wants Barack Obama to win the White House this November. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 33% disagree and say that Clinton does not want an Obama victory. Thirty percent (30%) are not sure.

A plurality of women (39%) think Clinton is rooting for Obama while a plurality of men (40%) disagree. Fifty-six percent (56%) of Democrats think the former First Lady wants the man who wrestled the nomination away from her to win it all. So do 20% of Republicans and 27% of unaffiliated voters.
Forty-four percent (44%) of Democrats think Clinton should be named as Obama's Vice Presidential running mate. That's down slightly from 51% immediately after Obama clinched the nomination. Just 24% of unaffiliated voters think Clinton should be on the ticket while 52% disagree.
If Obama wins, 73% of Democratic voters say that Hillary Clinton should be considered for a Cabinet position. However, just 41% of Democrats think that former President Bill Clinton should have a role in an Obama Administration. On that last point, 49% of Democrats say no to Bill.
Unaffiliated voters are evenly divided as to whether Hillary Clinton should be considered for a Cabinet position. But, just 18% of unaffiliateds want Bill Clinton to have a role and 75% are opposed to the idea.
Hillary Clinton is now viewed favorably by 52% of all voters nationwide and unfavorably by 45%. Sixty-one percent (61%) of women have a favorable opinion of her along with 42% of men. She earns positive reviews from 69% of African-American voters and 48% of White voters. The New York Senator continues to do well with those on the lower ends of the income scale -- among those who earn less than $40,000 a year, she is viewed favorably by 63%. Among those with incomes over $75,000 annually, her favorable ratings fall to 45%.
This national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports June 22, 2008. The margin of sampling error for each survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information."

MAN IN WHEEL CHAIR CHARGED W/ DRUNK DRIVING......?

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Police in Australia have charged a man for drink driving in a motorized wheelchair after he was found to be six times over the legal alcohol limit, local media reported on Monday. Police in the tropical northern Queensland city of Cairns said the man had a blood alcohol reading of 0.31, and was so drunk he was asleep at the controls of his motorized wheelchair in a turning lane of a major highway. It beggars belief," Police Inspector Bob Walters told the Cairns Post newspaper, adding wheelchairs, bicycles, horses and skateboards were all considered to be vehicles under the state's road laws. "It's unlawful, it is unacceptable and people should realize it could lead to a fatality," he said. Other motorists on the four-lane highway had to swerve to avoid the wheelchair, police said. (Reporting by James Grubel; Editing by David Fox) Me and a friend were driving home one night, actually I was driving her home cuz she couldn't drive and we drew straws to see who was gonna drive cuz neither one of us should've been doing any kind of motorized functions.....in fact, we probably would have been safer on wheel chairs.......ANYWAYS (I always get off point....), we were traveling down the road and low and behold we see all this commotion ahead of us and it was some of our local finest; their blue lights just a blinking with their LCD lights just enamoring me towards them like a beekon of light.......should have turned the other way, but I couldn't......not me......my friend was freak'n cuz she was going, "what the hell are ya do'in????" I said I had to see what the commotion was and it was gonna be all right......low and behold, 2 police officers had a guy, oh I would say about in his 60's stopped on a lawn mower!! Double duty here......my friend had an epiphany in her drunken stupor and remembered that he was the guy earlier in the night that had been spin'n hookers on main street in front of her house and now this was about 10pm at night.......always wonder'd what happened to him.........we drove off, ever so slowly and just chuckled.........

GEORGE CARLIN - LESS WE FORGET THE "SEVEN WORDS".......(this video is NSFW)

Thank you George.....you introduced me to good, dirty humor in my innocent years....had you on 8 track...played you till I broke it....it would piss me off when people would steal that tape; however, I would always track it down!!! Thank you George.....

I MISS HILLARY......AND WHAT SHE STOOD FOR!

Ardent Clinton Supporters Eyed in Election

By Andrea Hopkins 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Homemaker Mary Mardis, 52, liked U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton but now she's not sure who she'll vote for in November. Maybe Barack Obama, who beat Clinton to win the Democratic nomination. Maybe Republican John McCain."I was leaning toward Hillary. Now I'm undecided," said Mardis as she wheeled her baby nephew through a Cincinnati bookstore. "I will vote, but I'll probably be one of those people who decide two days beforehand." Since Clinton conceded to rival Obama in the Democratic race on June 7, there has been endless speculation about the intentions of her disappointed female supporters.Would they refuse to support Obama? Not vote in November's presidential election? Or worse, throw their support to Republican McCain? Everywhere, it seems, there are examples of each. Furious loyalists of the former first lady protested at a Democratic Party meeting in Washington, vowing to bolt from the party if Clinton did not win the nomination. I've been taking a poll.......every female I've talked to feels pretty much the same way......Hillary was the glue to the Democratic ticket and again, even though she may have made some mistakes and had a stigma of endless past ghosts and demons (who doesn't), it amazes me that the male persuasion isn't getting it?! Or are they??? Are they scared that a woman MIGHT just have the guts, savvy, inclination of insight and foresight to see that it is time for HER OR SHE to do this ticket??? Hillary is doing everything she can to get her female base to now move towards the Obama movement (see Hillary Clinton asks top donors to meet with Obama ) and I, like so many others, am now getting cold feet.....I'm scared....don't know what to do......but then again, I'm a woman and I can say that......men won't!

The Pizza Bar, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.....Best Little Pizza Bar In Town......

Me and the YaYa's Went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas this past weekend.....I'm still trying to recover......but that's another story for another post......anyways, I wanted to do a little post on the local cuisine that we experience during our stay.....First we dropped in on The Pizza Bar, located at 13 North Main, right off of Spring,(you know when you go down, instead of up......we've all been there a time or two in our lives......) ANYWAY, it's right by Mud Street Station and it's just like going home! It has your buffet for lunch and you can order anything you want, all day long till the streets close up at night.......you can also get your beer and wine, to boot! It was just like walking in to a place and they've known you all your lives!!! The owners, Lorri and Sunday were just as hospitable as they could be and we just loved it!!!! You must go there the next time your cruising down Main and Spring and your look'n for a nice lunch buffet and a good cold one!!! After that we ate at the Cafe Soleil , which was very good as well and has their own link by clicking on the name. We also dined at Ermilio's Italian Home Cooking, which I'm sure everyone has heard of.......wonderful, to say the least. But my heart is with The Pizza Bar for now......they're new, and have just opened their business and for the food, and the prices, with the economy that is hitting everyone right now, not to mention new entenpreneur's going out on a limb to start their own business, I can only hope that people take the time to walk in to The Pizza Bar and feel at home..........give them a try......it's worth it!

And Church Lady's Response............