"Throughout our history Americans have put their faith in God and no one can doubt that we have been blessed for it." -- Ronald Reagan
Hi Drivelers! Come on in and take a seat. For those you can't attend in person, close your eyes and pretend to be here. We are writing live this morning from Coffeesmith's Coffee Shop. They have some good coffee here. I particularly enjoy the Fox Hound dark roast. This place is hoping this morning. A lot of people sipping on coffee and chatting as their day starts. I have my laptop at one of the booths, IPod tuned into my best 60's tunes. With the sound at warp volume, the earphones block out most of the ambient noise. I look a little goofy to most as I groove to the tunes and write at the same time. It takes all of my will power to not sing/hum/lip-sync along. Darn shame but really good for the other customers. Coffeesmiths has a small meeting room. It will hold about 30 or so. In the future maybe we can take that over for an hour or so and just drivel our time away.
I see one young girl reading a book. I can't get a look at the title but it most likely is a romance novel. She alternately is laughing, crying with a beet red face and chewing on a finger. She is really focused on it. Across the table from her is a friend who is watching a video on her laptop. Next to me are a couple of ladies talking business I would guess. This is kind of fun and inspiring.
I have to tell you a little story. Many of you, if not most, know Sunday was Easter. For scheduling reasons we had an evening Easter meal. Debby, the younger, and the 2 pugs came at about 1:00. I was already hosting Kinnick at the spa so as soon as the pugs were on sight, everyone took off to the grassy exercise yard in back. It was so nice I just left the doors open so they could come in at any time to recover and grab a drink or two. Barney was gassed early on so he came in. We had some quiet time together. We were talking, you know like Grandpas and Granddogs do from time to time. I asked him if he had seen the cartoon of the dog walking out of an "Adult Dog Store". He indicated that he had not seen that one. I repeated, "There was this dog walking out of an Adult Dog Store carrying a box with an inflatable leg in it." I thought it was pretty cute but Barney didn't see the humor in it........
We continued chatting along for a while between interruptions by Max. Barney tells me about the time he and Max were in this bar sipping some cool ones. They both noticed, at about the same time, that they were the only ones with collars. Suddenly, they realized they were in a "stray" bar. Barney really went nuts with that one. His tail wagged at 60 mph. and had a big grin on his face. Max was hooting it up too. They got one on Grandpa I guess. I fell for it completely.
ALERT! Apparently, over the weekend, the NRA (National Rifle Association) has become a Federal Agency according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. In their article entitled “Overreach” on page 6A in the “GOMERS” section of the April 21, 2014 edition, the Gazette stated “The NRA and IRS aren't the only federal agencies overreaching these days........”. Who knew? I have been listening to Fox News and other media all day yesterday and this morning and I can't find any mention of this event. Could the Cedar Rapids Gazette have made a typo? I think probably.
A Drivel reader friend shares witty things that come across her desk from time to time. Here is one I just couldn't pass up. It is too good and needs to be shared.
British Airways In-Flight Announcement:
Shortly after a British Airways flight had reached its cruising altitude, the captain announced: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain. Welcome to Flight 293, non-stop from London Heathrow to New York. The weather ahead is good, so we should have a smooth uneventful flight. So, sit back, relax, and...OH MY GOD!" Silence followed.
Some moments later, the captain came back on the intercom "Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm sorry if I scared you. While I was talking to you, a flight attendant accidentally spilled coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" From the back of the plane, an Irish passenger yelled..."For the luvva Jaysus...you should see the back of mine!"
This weekend was awfully long for me. It started with an unwise decision on my part to attend the Silver Sneakers Yoga class Friday morning. I am not a yoga aficionado anymore. I have too much “muscle” that gets in the way when I try to twist like a pretzel. We did this wrap your arms around each other thing and lean this way and that. Shoot, my current wife had to help me get unwrapped. Then we did these squat things. We held that position while doing other things. I can only assume that Katy lost track of time because we were in this squat position an awfully long time. Sweat was pouring off my face like I just took a shower and didn't dry off. The shirt was wet and I could hardly move. At the last water break, I sneaked a peek around and it appeared as though I was the only one experiencing near total exhaustion. Not one other person even had a moist forehead. What's up with that? I would assume you realize what my solution to that is don't you? You bet, I will never attend the yoga class again.
Baby I Need Your Lovin' – I can see the Four Tops clapping, snapping their fingers, and dancing on stage. Yikes, I love those sounds. What is coming up next.....How about Smokey Robinson singing The Track of My Tears.......People say I'm the life of the party because I tell a joke or two. Although I might be laughing loud and hearty deep inside I'm blue, so take a good look at my face. You'll see my smile looks out of place. So goes verse 1. It hit no. 2 on Billboard in 1965.
Shoot, it is time to wrap this up for this week. I was really getting into a grove. The editors are waiting and we know how they can get. The Fox Hound dark roast is gone anyway and a bathroom break is needed. Thanks for stopping by. Maybe we could do this again. I'll have my peeps get with you all.
REMEMBER, a day without a smile is like a day without sunshine! And a day without sunshine is, like...........night!!!! TA!
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