You've seen Joe before, here is after

Joe Beegle had to have surgery today. He had a quarter-size tumor on his right front paw. We won't know for a while if it is cancerous or not. Then, we discovered a huge lump on his left ear so he had to have that removed too. It was an Aural Hematoma, which is an any abnormal blood filled space.

Poor Joe.

Talking head

Our green friend is getting a little perturbed at all the attention you-know-who is getting. So in order to smooth ruffled feathers, here you go, The Talking Head himself, er, herself!


Talking head 

Spring Break continued

Further developments in the Spring Break capital of the world.

First a little background information: The city has adopted a new flag warning system at some cost because the basic flag warning system (green-swim, yellow=swim with caution, red=don't swim) wasn't working. We still had people drowning in a rough sea. So the new flag warning system, including signs placed all over the beach and in hotels, is:

Two red flags - Water closed to public (should be read as THIS MEANS YOU!!)
One red flag - High Hazard (high surf and strong currents)
Orange flag - Medium Hazard (moderate surf and/or currents)
Green flag - Low Hazard ( Calm conditions, exercise caution)
Purple flag - Dangerous Marine Life (should be read as SHARK!!)

Local headlines courtesy of WJHG News Station 7. "One drowned and five others rescued from the Gulf in a one-hour time frame Tuesday afternoon". Swimmer dies after being caught in a riptide. A bunch of drunk college students went swimming off of La Vela nightclub. One couldn't make it back into shore. Listen up, people, those flags are flying for a reason and not just because they're pretty waving in the breeze. ONE red flag means that you are risking your life to go past your ankles. TWO red flags mean go out there and you will die. Moral of the story: We cannot protect people from themselves.

and heard from the horse's mouth:

A nationally syndicated show who match people up for a blind date refuses to come here because the college students are "too intoxicated" to put in a limo and driven to the zoo for their date. Insurance companies scream about things like this because of problems in the past. Moral of the story: These are our future leaders?

and restaurants get in the act:

Hammerhead Fred's a well known local restaurant sponsors a wet t-shirt contest out in their Spring Break tent. The announcers are three men in their late 30s' and they encourage female contestants to take off their wet t-shirts and have their nipples fondled by others in the crowd, male and female. These are 17 to 23 yr old girls. Moral of the story: How are they going to feel when THEIR daughter gets hold of this information and 17 years from now she wants to go on Spring Break?

and I'm sure there is more to come!

American Idol - 3/21

Wow, the boys were hot tonight singing oldie-goldies. Did you watch it? Did you hear Chris Daughtery?????? Man, he can sing!! And to take an old favorite like Johnny Cash's I Walk the Line and turn it into an alternative music sound was absolutely great!!

My top four this week are:

1. Chris Daughtry - I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

2. Elliott Yamin - Teach Me Tonight - Al Jarreau

3. Taylor Hicks - Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly

4. Kelly Pickler - Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline

(sorry, Mandisa...I didn't like your choice)

And the one that needs to pack his bags could either be:

Ace Young - In the Still of the Night - Five Satins

Bucky Covington - Oh Boy - Buddy Holly

It was a first for us that we actually watched the show. Luckily we taped it too just in case someone fell asleep so we can watch Chris again.

New species of flowers

I have discovered new species of flowers. Not just your old run-of-the-mill flowers that you plant, but brand spanking new ones.

If you try to grow grass you know what I am talking about. These new flowers grow faster than the grass and can displace the grass in a month.

I've decided to just let the whole damn yard get covered in dandelions, and those little pretty pink flower weeds. This way we'll be ecologically correct. Not herbacides, weedacides, fertilizer and other harmful products. Full steam ahead, mother nature.

Of course, by the end of the month I won't be able to breathe for all the allergents in the air.

Mail

I have been viewing the different mail programs that come with about any program you enter today. I have Outlook, MSN, Yahoo and the latest that comes with AOL Instant Messenger is AIMmail.

I love Outlook Express. The problem is that you cannot access it if you are not sitting at your computer. That sucks!

MSN is ok but I see a lot of spam.

Yahoo is plain vanilla.

AIM Mail is ok.

Is there anything better out there?

FEED ME, SEYMOUR

Why is there never a computer nerd around when you need them? Took me hours this morning to hook up my digicam to my computer. Why do they give you 3 cords when you only need one? And then, from my lovely d-i-l I got a new photo program that I am trying to learn to use. Joe Beegle is my test subject.



You will feed me treats. You will feed me treats. You will feed me treats, NOW! 

Joe Beegle

Joe Beegle 

Very Sad News

With all the sadness and trauma going on in
the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on
the death of a very important person, which
almost went unnoticed last week.

Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote the song,
"Hokey Pokey", died peacefully at the age of 93.

The most traumatic part for his family was getting
him into the coffin. They put his left leg in,
and then the trouble started....

Me and Fluffy

Me and Fluffy 

Here's a picture of me and Fluffy at the beach Wally Mart raising money for the zoo by selling pictures with one of the animals and discount admission tickets. Plus the free advertising we enjoy just standing in front of the nation's busiest Wally Mart this time of year.


Never knew I was a snake charmer, did you?

Tondalayo and TK

Want to start your day off with a smile? Check out Tondalayo and T.K.!

Laughter is contagious!

Has someone tried to tell you a story, or a joke, but couldn't get to the punchline because they are laughing too hard?? CD tried to tell me about a conversation he was involved in at lunch...took him ten minutes to get to the end of the story and I ended up laughing at him laughing.. If you know CD, you know there is not much that will crack him up like an idiot, but this did. It was really not a funny statement, but something about the way the guy said it almost sent him to the funny farm.

Why do we laugh when others are out of control with laughter? It is almost impossible for me to keep a straight face when someone is laughing so hard.