Monday, July 20, 2009
Wine & Whiskers, Michael Jackson in Butter & Smile, You're On Candid Camera!
On my first official day of vacation last week, Monday, I got a letter in the mail from the D.C. Police. Why, I wondered, would the D.C. Police POSSIBLY be sending ME a letter. I opened the letter to find this picture:
It's a picture of me driving my wife's convertible "Hey, how cool!! They took my picture and sent it to me!" Then I realized it was a speeding ticket. The letter went on to explain that they took this picture of me "speeding" through D.C. back in June. The letter went on the say that they were fining me $100.00, payable by August 12. If I didn't pay by August 12, the fine would automatically DOUBLE to $200.00. This is how they do it these days? There's no personal contact with the cop? No pleading your case? No interaction with the police? I got caught in radar on Leavalls Road back in December, but at least there was a little conversation with the officer, Officer Tudor of the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Department. In fact, he actually turned out to be a pretty nice guy with a great sense of humor. I still got a ticket, but at least I feel like I got my money's worth. But this D.C. thing...................... Anyway, that's I started my vacation.
Happy Birthday today to Julianne Hough.
She's 21 today. (I own shirts older than her)Thirteen years ago today, the first album of LeAnn Rimes, "Blue", debuted at #1 on Billboard's country chart, and #4 on the pop album chart.
She was 13 at the time.Fifteen years ago today O.J. Simpson made news again by publicly offering a reward of $500,000.00 for the capture of his ex-wife's "real killer". Then he probably went out and played golf.
Of course, the big one: 40 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first and second men to walk on the moon. Armstrong's famous quote was: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." All of this, of course, was later surpassed by an even greater accomplishment:
GOLFING ON THE MOON
The Michael Jackson fiasco continues. The latest controversy comes out of (of all places) Iowa. For the Iowa State Fair this year, someone got the idea of erecting a statue of Michael Jackson made entirely of butter. Apparently, it's for a butter festival which is a part of the fair every year. Some people didn't like the idea, so now, the people of Iowa are being asked to vote online as to whether or not they should have this butter statue of Jackson. To add to the insanity, P.E.T.A., People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has jumped in. They oppose the statue because they believe dairy products are cruel to cows. WHAT? P.E.T.A. says if they're going to have this statue of Jackson, it should be made of something called "Earth Balance", which they describe as "a non-dairy buttery spread". Basically, an imitation butter.
People will look at the statue and say, "I can't believe it's not Michael."
My personal recommendation: use margarine, which is mostly chemicals. Somehow for a Michael Jackson statue, that seems oddly appropriate.
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