Greetings from the wild and wonderful Flophouse. Cosmic Cow is now married and the resident fashion expert is a recent college graduate looking to grad school .
Foo Foo's pet frog got loose, so keep your eye out for it .
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My daughter is a winner too, not to leave her out of this. She got her degree in music education, and is hoping to attend grad school in the fall. She's a member of an organization for women in music called SAI, for Sigma Alpha Iota. She seems to really enjoy that. I'm proud of her, she is doing so well.
This time around I'm reading a book titled People of the Moon. It's really good, and is part of a whole series of books. Go to your local library and check out a good book, it'll do your brain good. And while there, check out something by Douglas Adams, one of the Hitchhiker books if you've never read them.
If you want to be magically transported to a cool site, click here to visit 'The Surprise Link Of The Month'. . . boy oh boy, bet that'll bring you back again soon to see what the next one will be. But before you click and go, if you haven't already visited our homepage please do so. Other wise, Foo Foo will be very upset. And don't forget to sign Foo Foo's very own guestbook before you leave.
There's also a place called Foo Foo's Page O' Stuff. It has some artwork on it right now, plus some music to listen to as you admire the art. I use the word loosely, you'll have to make your own judgement on if it qualifies as art. In the future there might be some poems by Foo Foo and friends. I hope to have some new stuff in the next couple of weeks. At any rate, it's just some silly fun that we hope you'll enjoy. So far it's been mostly some quick drawings but Foo Foo has produced a couple of "better" pieces. By better, I mean you can actually tell what they're supposed to be . . .
I was reading one of those educational papers, you know the kind that has endless propehcies by Nostradamus and yet more dead sea scrolls stuff. It still amazes me that one man could have possibly written that many prophecies. Did he never sleep? Most surprising of all, at least to me, is that now those same papers are also reporting supposed prophecies by Confucious and Billy Graham too. All of those dire warnings about what was going to happen when 2000 rolled around have proven to be a big bunch of baloney. I wonder how they explained they were wrong? I mean here it is 2004 and none of those awful things happened plus the world is still around so boy were they ever wrong or what? Heck, bad stuff happens all of the time, it's an unfortunate part of life. But we keep on going and here we are, regardless of what old Nostradamus predicted. I saw one while waiting in line at the store which claimed it had Merlin's predictions. Am I wrong in thinking that Merlin the magician/wizard was just a myth or made up character? Oh well, since those predictions are made up too it really doesn;t matter, now does it?
Say, aren't those products advertised on television something else? Just last night I saw an ad for a motorized thing to braid hair. Just what everyone needs, huh? That fellow who tries to sell us Orange Glow, Orange Clean, Oxy10 and the strap wrench thing sure does holler a lot. Is he really that excited about the products? And let's not forget that fancy $20 shaker thing to coat your okra, chicken and other items with flour or cornmeal. Shoot why use a free paper sack when you can pay 20 bucks for that thing?
Oh say, how about that gadget to get rid of wrinkles. I don't remember what it's called, but you put it on different areas of your face and an electrical charge makes you grimace, or blink. This is supposed to make the wrinkles go away?? The people on the infommercial look like idiots sitting there doing that. I think I'd rather take a few Metabo-Lifes and let it go at that. I don't know that anything can top that gadget where you stick the patches on yourself, turn on the machine and it exercises your muscles while you just sit around doing nothing.
Say, what's with the confusing array of microwave popcorn nowdays? If you don't know what I mean just go to the snack aisle in your local store and take a gander. There's corn on the cob popcorn, movie butter popcorn, cheese popcorn, butter lover's popcorn, even kettle corn. Which brings me to this, what the heck is kettle corn? I never heard of it. Wal-Mart had it so like an idiot my curiosity got me to buy it. What a mistake! It's the nastiest stuff I've ever tasted. No one liked it and now I can't get rid of it. Believe it or not I saw a can of something called half popped corn or like that anyway. Want to guess what it is? OK, you know how when you make popcorn there are always a few of those kernels that don't pop but have that split and you eat them because they're crunchy and taste good. OK, that's what's in the can. I have a hard time believing anyone will buy a can of those but . . .
I've been trying to do some genealogy work and boy it is frustrating. I am beginning to wonder if some of my ancestors every really existed .. .
I am turning one of my GI Joe type action figures into a Samurai warrior. As I'm not very good at sewing it's taking me a long time, but I am making progress, He looks pretty good really. All I have left is making his footwear and a better katana sword. I bought a sword from a well-known supplier of stuff for action figures but am not very happy with it. It's a very wimpy katana. Good news, he is finally a full fledged Samurai. Well, as full fledged as he'll ever be with me at the helm. He has been joined by Rocko the gangster. Rocko is armed with a cool 1928 model submachine gun, the kind you see on those old Untouchables tv shows. Being a very classy gangster, Rocko is wearing grey striped trousers, a blue vest and white shirt with blue tie. Now all he needs is a cool hat, which I have been unable to create to my satisfaction so far.
Well, what do you know, Barbie does indeed have a last name! Did you know that? I sure didn't. A nice lady named Paulina sent me an e-mail about it. She said she was playing a trivia game and trying to find out if Ken had a last name. She didn't find that, but much to her (and my) surprise, she discovered this: Barbie Millicent Roberts, daughter of George and Margaret. The mystery of Ken is still open though. Not only does he lack a big wardrobe, he has no last name either. And to add insult to injury, Barbie dumped him and he ceased to exisit for a while. Apparently though it was a marketing boo boo and he popped back up not too long ago Honestly, that's what Ken got for over 40 years of loyalty. How sad. And whatever happened to George and Margaret?? These things bother me. I mean here it is 42 years later and they are still missing . . . perhaps Rocko knows something about it? Or maybe that's where Ken was for the last couple of years, looking for Barbie's ma and pa.
Now I am wondering if GI Joe has a last name. And why are the Navy Joes called GI Joe? The current Joes look kind of sissy, they don't even have a scar. They don't look very tough either. I kind of wonder if Barbie couldn't beat one of 'em up. I found a soldier figure in the dollar store and he looks just like Walker Texas Ranger, no kidding! I put him in a plaid shirt, jeans and a cowboy hat and it's like he jumped right out of the tv screen onto my desk. Cool!
If you're bored try one of our other ventures, called Foo Foo's Bargain Bin It's some funny products we found in catalogs. We're also working on Foo Foo's Backyard, which will have some of our cyber pets, and assorted critters on it. It has several there now but will be added to whenever Foo Foo drags home another pet.
You know there's one thing that depresses me. When you're young you think once you grow up you'll know everything; have all of the answers. But it seems to me that as I have gotten older the only thing that's happened is I have even more questions that I can't answer! Maybe you have to live to be really, really old to know all of the answers? I hope so, if not I'm a real idiot But if nothing else, I have learned to be very careful with what you say and not to make decisions about a person too quickly or without knowing why they do the things they do, or act the way they do.A lot of pain and hurt can be caused with just an offhand remark. And you can't take it back after you've said it. The harm is done forever.
That's all for this time. Whenever the mood hits me, or I get a braincramp I'll put some more stuff on here. Guess it's time to go on a quest for the perfect velvet Elvis . . . . .
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