Instead of Christmas Cards.....

Can I just send the above ?

LMAO ~!

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

P.S. SciFi Channel : Enough of the friggan James Bond Movies - M'kay ? I want to watch Sanctuary and SGU....NOT THIS SHIT !

Harrumph !

~ Bruce Of The Day ~ Happy Friday !

As an extra bonus....courtesy of the Beeb :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/extra/video/p005bqp0

I adore Brian Blessed.

Have a safe day, safe shopping and weekend.

SU is about to start the cookie-paloooza tomorrow so I will hold off on cleaning the floor.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

THe Muppets Cover " Bohemian Rhapsody"

http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/archive/2009/11/24/the_muppets_sing_bohemian_rhapsody.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+celebuzz%2FpuGs+%28Socialite+Life+Atom%29


I bet Freddy would love this.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Happy Thanksgiving Y'All !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23UVdJvl8LM&feature=player_embedded









I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving this year.

SU is going to his sister's sister in laws...don't ask...and I will be home buried under covers since I have some sort of kill me now respiratory thingy going on and I am NOT going to expose my frail lil mother in law to this shit.

Let me put it like this....I have come home every night this week and been in bed, face washed, teeth cleaned by 7: 20.....and we get home about 7.

I am oddly enough not running fever, but I sincerely feel like krep and it doesn't help that the two I work with have each taken one of the days off this week and it's only Wednesday....oh yeah.


I doubt that SU will be coming home with a plate for me which is fine...I'd comment further but he does read this...there is plenty of vittles in the freezer so all is well. Judging from the state shall we say of my bee gee's....I could stand to skip a fork or three.


That's just as well since we just got the invite to a birthday par tay for Mrs. Crazy Cajun. This blow out starts at noon....and all y'all need to know is as follows :

1. Sistah hits the big 5-0 ( Book 'Em Danno)

2. She's married to the Cajun.

3. See the above.


It this is anything like the beloved childs high school graduation...jeebus H.

And I have no idea what to get her...none...zip....nada.



Talk to you later from the Casa...

Hugs to PG...Miss Lisa, Calamity Anne , Sarah, Aimee, Nee Nee, Lael, Double 0 Mullet and all the fur folk.


Gobble Friggan Gobble Y'all.


Ciao,

Aunty Pol

If It's Monday ~ It's John Barrowman Time ~!

Note to daughter of attorney:


Madame,

As always it is my deepest pleasure to genuflect before you and your spawn . Your demands are quite reasonable given the miracle of childbirth displayed before me. How fortunate is your child to have such a model of charm and gentility to guide her through life and to educate her in the finer graces.

Your presence has both graced and elevated my meager life and as always I remain ,


Suitably Grateful and beneath your sublime notice.


Aunty Pol

Well Crap !

Well, I hope everyone had a great weekend.

SU had to work and so the honey do's that were plotted out will have to fall into place post Turkey day which is just as well since one of them involved moving a potted plant to the ground...and it was cold and rainy here.

I spent some time with the brudder....spent most of it laughing my ass off ...poor SU had no clue about half of what we were talking about but that was ok too since SU basically just wanted to sleep.

Sadly tho..Jeri had to put Gumbo down so it was a very sad weekend between the two houses. He'd been going down hill for a bit and being such a small breed....Shi Tsu...any weight loss is super apparent. It's really hard..anyone who has gone thru it knows.....even SU who is not really a dog person was very upset by the news....sigh.

On top of all of that , I think that I am coming down with the crud......crappity crap crap crap.

Never fails.

Have a great week.

Ciao.

Aunty ( Achooooo) Pol

Bruce Of The Day ~ Happy Friday ~

Happy Friday People !!

The above is from " Burn Notice" and thus is not the younger BC that we all know and love.


All ages..all Bruce....yep...that's my motto.


It looks to be a busy weekend, and since I have to yet again spot clean the carpets where the children decided to decorate/yodel...it's raining.


I can't catch a break.



I am fighting a rather solid case of the holiday blues right now...I am usually the one who remains the " Oh don't be like that"..and I recognize that I am married to a self proclaimed Grinch....


But it's been one hell of a long , bad year...starting last Dec. 27 when I fell and really injured my leg.


Lets see..

Leg injury - me
Flu/ slow death- SU
Teeth-SU
Teeth-SU
Mother
Teeth - SU
Possible Diabetes - Xena
Mother
Car
Car
Mother
Leg Injury-me
Flu - him



For once , I am going to allow myself to feel a bit if the blues during the holidays, recognizing the still agonizing loss of my father and that anniversary coming up ...and the real potential time line with my mother in law.

I am tired. stressed, worn to a nub and can't remember any sort of vacation this year. I am taking the week between Christmas and New Years ...the week off in April taking care of SU does not count...

I am just tired...that's all


Yes, cheese with this whine would be lovely.


It will get better.


Have a great weekend.

Aunty Pol

An Oldie But A Goodie

. Subject: mouse balls


I don't know how they wrote this with a straight face... This apparently was a real memo sent out by a computer company to its employees in all seriousness .


It went to all field engineers about a computer peripheral problem The author of this memo was quite genuine. The engineers rolled on the floor!


Especially note the last couple of sentences.


If a mouse fails to operate or should it perform erratically, it may need a ball replacement.


Mouse balls are now available as FRU (Field Replacement Units). Because of the delicate nature of this procedure, replacement of mouse balls should only be attempted by properly trained personnel.


Before proceeding, determine the type of mouse balls by examining the underside of the mouse.


Domestic balls will be larger and harder than foreign balls. Ball removal pocedures differ depending upon the manufacturer of the mouse.


Foreign balls can be replaced using the pop off method.


Domestic balls are replaced by using the twist off method.


Mouse balls are not usually static sensitive.


However, excessive handling can result in sudden discharge.

Upon completion of ball replacement, the mouse may be used immediately.


It is recommended that each person have a pair of spare balls for maintaining optimum customer satisfaction.


Any customer missing his balls should contact the local personnel in charge of removing and replacing these necessary items.


Please keep in mind that a customer without properly working balls is an unhappy customer.




I came across this about 6 years ago and saved it .

Being the compulsive sorter that I am , I stashed it in a file and promptly forgot about it. This is a seldom discussed family genetic trait I possess. My late mother was known far and wide amongst her peers as someone who was so adept at hiding Christmas presents that they remained hidden....often for years at a time !


Enjoy !


Ciao,


Aunty Pol

One For My Generation .

This is hard to read from the picture so I am going to put the text here .

A self-important college freshman walking along the beach took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen resting on the steps why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.

" You grew up in a different world , actually an almost primitive one" the student said loud enough for others to hear.

" The young people of today grew up with television , jet planes , space travel , man walking on the moon. We have nuclear energy, ships and cell phones , computers with light speed any many more."

After a brief silence, the senior citizen responded as follows.

" You're right son, we didn't have those things when we were young .....so we invented them."

" Now , you arrogant little sh*t, what are you doing for the next generation ?"

The applause was amazing.

My best friend sends the best stuff !!!!

ROCK ON !

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Bruce Campbell Old Spice Commercials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1OxkFOK18&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6bZSM48vU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ba1O8OjbTs&feature=related


My day is improving !

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

OMG ..John Sellers is my hero.

Check this out from John Sellers over at TrueSlant.

He is now my hero.

http://trueslant.com/johnsellers/2009/08/06/the-bruce-campbell-watch-2009/

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Another Opportunity Shot To Hell

I know , I know, but this wouldn't wait until the usual Friday posting .

I have been laughing all damn day.


At least Ms. Lisa and I would have been happy ~ sigh .


It's not all that much to ask now is it ?


Granted the USA channel is pretty much kicking ass and taking names with all of their new shows...so far SU and I are pretty happy with their original series .

White Collar kicks ass by the way.





Scroll on down please.....my c/p skills are a bit off today...it's been one of those ....don't ask and no one gets killed....deal ?



Good...now ...scroll down....you can do it.


Yes....you can .













CNN Fails to Tap Bruce Campbell as Replacement for Lou Dobbs



As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Lou Dobbs abruptly resigned last night as CNN’s 7 p.m. anchor. The network has already named John King as his replacement.



Yawn.



Obviously, a great opportunity has been missed here. CNN, as it has been reported, currently finds itself far behind Fox News in the prime-time ratings race; on a recent night, it finished fourth, with just 826,000 viewers, behind even MSNBC and sister network Headline News. Clearly, something more inspired than simply tapping a known commodity — not to mention a second CNN anchor with the last name King — was needed.



I’m thinking that CNN should have instead gone after the only man ever to achieve cult fame by replacing his own hand with a chain saw.



That’s right: CNN should have hired Bruce Campbell.



Okay, so Campbell isn’t exactly known for his views on politics. He’s far more adept at speaking about what it’s like to be a B-movie poobah and hamming it up in ads for Old Spice than he is at delivering hard-hitting commentary about the state of the world. But think about it. By courting him, CNN could have goosed its ratings by enticing millions of loyal geeks every night to drink from the river Campbell. The network also would have netted a natural branding partner for its current 8 p.m. host. And yet, due to CNN’s short-sightedness, the Comic-Con crowd still awaits the Bruce Campbell/Campbell Brown era.


Not that Bruce Campbell needs the gig. In addition to being the occasional subject of our very own Bruce Campbell Watch, he still has his highly visible supporting role as Sam Axe on Burn Notice, one of cable television’s highest-rated shows. And he will be seen again on big screens as Ash Williams when Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead gets a long-overdue re-release in 2010. In fact, Campbell may have summed up the situation best in that movie’s underrated 1993 second sequel, Army of Darkness, when he said, “Hail to the king, baby.”



CNN might not know it yet, but you can be sure he wasn’t referring to John King.


Ciao,

Aunty Pol

If My Children Had A Say In It

Nuff Said.

As if I could find a coupon that would work this good for Iams...LMAO...ROTF.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

For All Of Us Who Are Michael Shanks/Daniel Jackson Groupies !

Frrom TV Guide

" Hawkman Swoops Into Smallville"














by William Keck November 16, 2009 07:23 AM EST



Here it is! A sneak peek at Michael Shanks in the Hawkman costume he dons for Smallville’s highly anticipated two-hour movie event. Featuring the Justice Society, the special airs February 5, and the second hour is directed by Tom Welling. In between practicing his flying stunts above the Daily Planet rooftop and Chloe’s Watchtower, the Stargate SG-1 alum called me from the Vancouver set to dish on his role.It seems we’ll be seeing a lot of you soaring through the air, eh?Yeah. There are a few scenes involving him flying into various sets. One of them is in Watchtower and we’ll also see him on the Daily Planet roof. And at the end of the day, Hawkman takes off his wings and hangs them in the closet.











How’s your flying been going?

Today’s my practice day. There’s no stunt guy, so I need to ace this so I don’t make Hawkman look like a goofball. It’s traditional wire work that involves strapping on this harness so that large men with giant arms can lift me up and manipulate me. I’m also swinging around Hawkman’s giant mace as a weapon.


Are you exposing your chest as Hawkman did?


No nudity. The way the harness is designed they needed to create a bronze chest plate. The helmet is also more of a bronze-tone than a big yellow gold thing. My whole upper torso becomes a big immobile object.



What’s Hawkman’s story?


When we first meet Carter Hall he’s in his museum. We’ll learn he’s a reincarnated prince from a thousand years ago. There is a reference to The Justice Society’s time in the ‘70s, but we have since disbanded.


What advice does he give Clark?


There’s a reference given to him flying, but it’s more of a metaphor to his own personal growth. Clark and his friends are figuring out what their destinies will be, so there is a ripe opportunity for the Justice Society who had been there done that to offer some tough love teaching.Tom Welling is directing the second episode of this arc.


Is he excited or terrified?


I’m sure he’s excited and terrified. The first part is a lot of the character’s back-stories with them in civilian attire. Whereas in part two, Tom gets saddled with a lot of the action elements that will take a lot of time to shoot. He’s also acting throughout the episode he’s directing, which will be quite a task.


Are there references to Society members who aren’t seen in the episodes?


Oh yes. You’ll see a ton of references. This is a fan’s dream. Let’s say there are lots of memories and paraphernalia that people will be familiar with.What is his relationship to Ollie/Green Arrow?We will see an antagonism between them involving political views.



And Chloe?She is a bit of an enigma to him. To have this pretty, smart blonde girl walking around among all these superheroes is an anomaly. Carter doesn’t know what to make of her.


How about Lois?


There’s a little bit of the Clark romance and then more with Tess’ dark plotting.


Have the regular Smallville characters heard about the Society members?


No. That’s a big plot point to find out how come they’ve never heard of these people.


What is his relationship like with fellow heroes Dr. Fate, Stargirl and Martian Manhunter?Dr. Fate and Hawkman have a long history. Dr. Fate’s helmet is possessed by an Egyptian deity, which allows his to see into people’s possible futures. He also teleports. Stargirl is brand new to them and I’m not exactly sure what she does. She wasn’t part of the Society with them. And there are some trust issues with Martian Manhunter that are going to need to be dealt with.


You share a relationship with these actors?


Yeah. Brent Stait (Kent Nelson/Dr. Fate) was with me thirteen years ago on the Stargate pilot. Brent and I just shot a very touching moment between our characters. And oddly enough I worked with Britt Irvin (Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl) in Stargate’s third season when she was like 15 years ago. And now she’s all grown up.


Who are you all battling?



All I’ll say is he has a history with the Justice Society, but I’d never heard of him before.”



Does Hawkman give any advice to Clark and Co. about forming a Justice League of America?


There have been attempts to turn this group of randoms into a cohesive unit, but a lot of these episodes will address their debate into how that would take place and what their philosophy would be.”


Is there any reference made to Hawkgirl?


There’s a lot of referencing to Shayera/ Hawkgirl throughout as his one true love, given the fact that these two have a tremendous history as thousand year-old reincarnated beings who continue to find each other lifetime after lifetime. And we will learn where she is now



.What mood is Hawkman in?



When we first see him, he is a shell of his former self with a heir of cynicism. He wears a lot of grief and guilt and pain over what happened to his friends and the society as a whole and his failures in letting that happen.



Do you change your voice when you switch from Carter Hall to Hawkman?


Yeah. Given his many lives lived, I wanted to build a character with a more fierce quality which involved changing my vocal tone.


You didn’t channel Christian Bale and have a freak-out moment on set, did you?


The way the Hawkman mask fits on me is very Batman-ish, so at one point I passed Smallville’s director of photography who used to work with my wife (actress Lexa Doig) and me on Andromeda, and said with a deep Christina Bale voice, ‘We are done professionally.’


Is there a glimmer of hope offered that the Society could reassemble?


There will be a debate going on about whether we should have formed in the first place, and whether anyone should do it. We came together for the benefit of mankind, but then we were treated appallingly, so there will be a debate as to whether it would make sense for the Justice League to pick up our mantle and do it again.


And you’ll be reprising your Stargate character on two more upcoming episodes of Stargate: Universe?Yes.


I made a cameo in the pilot and they’re keeping me alive to pass the torch. The next one coming up is titled Human, and back-references my character first initiating Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) into the Stargate program, but my character exists more as a figment of Dr. Rush’s imagination. And then in Subversion, near the end of the season, we’ll see myself and Richard Dean Anderson helping out with an investigation where sabotage took place back on Earth.


You also have an episode of Sanctuary coming up?


I think I’m in episode nine playing a murky character named Jimmy who finds out he has a sketchy background similar to Kate Freelander played by Agam Darshy.


What’s the chances of us seeing Hawkman return?


The way things land at the end of it all, there’s an open door for Carter Hall to be revisited and possibly be part of further mentoring Clark down the road.




OK , Ok...yeah I bitched about the whole Jor-El thing....and Shanks looks heavy in the above photo....might be the " lighting"...LMAO...we ladies know how to fall back on that old chestnut...

But....


It's Daniel Jackson !!!!


Enjoy...


Ciao,

Aunty Pol

If It's Monday ~ It's John Barrowman Time ~!

http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/video-john-barrowman-audi.php#more

I just had to post this ....enjoy.

Have a great week.

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Interesting Weekend - FAIL

Poor Thing.

SU has been down for the proverbial count all weekend.

Out of the blue on Friday night , hisself got sick as a DAWG .

Dropped his ass like a bad habit.

Bone aching, teeth chattering ( if he still had them) , 3 bankies on the bed commode hugging death watch time.

He doesn't by nature get sick, but kids....when he does....Holy Shit !

Needless to say, I spent all weekend taking care of the poor sod.

I didn't think about it really until one of the neighbors ( no...not the NG's ) asked if it was the seasonal flu .

WTF ?

Then it hit me.

Yes Kay, it is the seasonal flu and if you wait until the season is over, I am sure it will be marked down .

For what it's worth, he's had the flu shot.

Big Whoop.

I am beat to hell having done all of the usual plus take care of him...so this will be short.

Have a great week.

A Sleepy Aunty Pol .

Just When I Was About To Forgive Them -MEH !

I adore Julian Sands, I really do.

Beyond " Rooms With A View".

I loved the bit he did on SG1 as the Ori leader...fantastic part of the ending of a beloved show.

I was thrilled when I had heard via AIGN ( Ain't It Great News) that he had been cast as Jor-El.

Woo to the Hooo !!!!!!!!!

It almost made me forgive the jumping of the sharkiness with the friggan Zombies ( I mean really...just kill me now. You got rid of the Magnificent Bastard and his spawn...(bad ) and got rid of the squirrel ( finally!)....

ZOMBIES ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

WTF ????

But then you lured me back with Major Zod.

Nice bit of back story that .

But you couldn't even let Kal-El have more than 30 seconds with his father /father clone ?

MEEP !

And for what its worth.....my money says that Shelby killed Jor-El.

Please Gaia don't renew for Season 10.

It's over.

I can't wait to see how they fuck up " Justice League".

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

What A Dumb Shit !

From Todays MSN:

Gilbert Harrison, with MCH Towing, attaches a towing cable to a Bugatti Veyron that was driven into the water near Omega Bay in La Marque, Texas.



LA MARQUE, Texas - A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.
The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist.
The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.





Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.
Celebrity driverThe police declined to release the driver's name, although the incident has drawn a great deal of attention on his vehicle.




The Houston Chronicle reported the Texan has become something of a celebrity. He reportedly told the Texas City wrecker driver who towed his car that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called him Wednesday, along with several other celebrities.




“He said he was getting so many calls that he finally stopped answering his phone,” said wrecker driver Gilbert Harrison of MCH Truck and Auto, which is storing the car. But Harrison said the driver seemed to take his very expensive mistake in stride.




“He was calm,” Harrison told the Chronicle. “If it had been me, I'd have been cussing, but he was calm. I imagine inside he was probably pretty upset.”



The Bugatti Veyron is the fastest and most expensive production car in the world.
A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.



This was on the local morning news and I just found the above on MSN.



WHAT A FUCKING MORON !!!!

Pelican my ass....he dropped his cell phone !


I have to wonder what kind of idiot drives a Bugatti around salt marshes in the first place.


He got what he deserved.


Sheesh.


Ciao,

Aunty Pol

~ Did You Know ? ~

Friday, November 13, 2009

This Day in History...

November 13, 1312

Edward III, King of England from 1327 - 1377, was born. He started the Hundred Years War with France when he declared himself King of France in 1338 (by way of his mother's French blood).

Just a bit of trivia

Ciao,

Aunty Pol

Bruce Of The Day ~ Happy Friday ~

A happy Friday the 13 to one and all.

Am I superstitious ?

Nah .

It wouldn't do me a bit of good sine I work in a building which has a 13'th floor which we occupy and my originally designated personal phone extension umpity ump years ago was 666.

Yes it was, ask any of the veterans here when we were in the 1100 Milam Bldg.

They will confirm it.

Onward .

On one of my favorite blogs, " Tomato Nation" , the brilliant Sars has a Q and A section called the Vine.

Uniformly both enlightening, provoking and flat out hilarious.

One of today's questions asked after a picture or symbol.

Google Toynbee Signs.

It's pretty cool.

Have a great weekend .

Ciao,

Aunty Pol