Today's Grab Bag of Thoughts

Sometimes I sit here watching TV and start thinking about how much I miss old tv. I used to love to watch the old tv shows even if they were in black and white. I was so happy when Nick TVLand come on cable, not like it is today but when it first started. I would sit around for hours watching shows like Mr. Ed, Dobby Gillis, Gidget, Green Acres and so many more. TV these days can be entertaining but if there was a network still playing these and many more shows I would watch or TIVO those all the time. Today I am relaxing and searching for something to watch when I found KTLA 5.2, I have never even heard of it. Funny my employer, The Los Angeles Times (Tribune Corp), even owns KTLA. I just can't believe I am going to say this but FINALLY we've done something right! I'm not sure I'll ever leave the couch. :-) Today's line up is Gidget, Flying Nun, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, S.W.A.T, and so much more. Come on, one of you out there has to be happy ...

Today on the way to church I was inspired and moved to tears. I saw a grown man with a "child" seat on the front of his bike riding all around the area. If I ended it there you'd be like ok well that is cute but really tears and inspiration? However, this was no ordinary child this was a boy/man at least in his teens that was mentally and physically handicapped. His Father or Brother had him riding on the front of the bike as if it was a tandem bike. This Man rides around town (in his bike riding gear and outfit) carrying another 100+ pounds. The "child" in the front looked so free and happy. It really inspired me. How many times do we look at our lives and wish we had something else or prayed for this or that. Here is a man taking what life dealt to him and not only NOT letting it get him down, but also giving his son/brother an experience that not many other people with his lot in life would get to. They both looked so happy and he really could have c...

Will it is 7:00 pm on a Thursday night and I am stuck at work doing someone else's job. Damn the salary or I would ranking in some dough, but nope. Back story in case you are new to my blog, I have been riding the train in some form or the other to and from work for over 3 years now (check out - http://mytaleoftherail.blogspot.com/ for old stories). I have made it my strict rule not to ride the train alone after 7:30 pm due to the nature of some of the riders and that I travel through some rather non friendly environments. With that said it is already 7:07pm and we are not even finished yet. So I asked my mom to come pick me up and she said she'd rather stay at home with my older sister. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? OK her actual text through my sister was "She does not like one way streets." How sad is that, her utter dislike for one way streets has trumped her love for her middle child. WAIT!!!!!!!!! THAT IS EXACTLY IT! If it was the baby sister she'd come and...

Today I have a salad for lunch, well I'm not even sure you could really call it a "salad". It is just a big pile of mixed greens on a plate with ranch dressing. BORING! I can't wait until dinner, Chipotle sounds wonderful right now. Can my dreams of dinner get me through this lunch? Probably, only time can tell. Gossip - bad to do but so hard to resist. I struggle with this daily, but if I keep just repeating the "gossip" to myself in my head I guess that is like telling tons of people right? I strongly feel that there are certain question in life people should ask other people. Here are a few that I feel that if you ask you deserve a smart ass or rude answer back. (That is fair warning my friends) 1. How much money do you make? 2. When are you due? or Are you pregnant? 3. Why aren't you married? or When are you two getting married? 4. Why don't you have/want kids? 5. Did you fart? Then there are those questions that you should no...

Have you perfected "the face"? It is very important to have just the right look on your face to be sure your non-verbal communication come across correctly. There is nothing worse than shooting someone your "You are gross get away from me face" and them thinking you are sending them your "I think you're cute face." Let's demonstrate: Can you guess what these are saying? This is the "Whatever! I'm rolling my eyes at you" look. Get this one down for the dumb people you deal with daily.   [updated 6/25/15] This face is also good for those people you can't stand talking to and you just want to hang up. This is the "Are you kidding me? Are you really going to pop your gum all the way to work?" look. Also good for the "Seriously, they make headphones so I don't have to listen to that." Lastly can also be used for the "what you talkin bout willis" when again dealing with inferior beings....