Author: The Jody

I finished! I didn’t finish last year, so I am psyched that I finished this year! For those keeping count, I have participated in NaNoWriMo for 6 years, and finished 4 of those. Damn you, 2003 and 2005!

The novel is nowhere near finished or readable. I plan to keep working on it, and will keep updating my official Nano Blog. Whew!

When we were kids, we just loved all the Krofft televisions shows, didn’t we? We never questioned them, either. Just love them and loved them.

I just found the opening credits to a show that I literally haven’t seen since it went off the air, Bigfoot and Wildboy. Think about the pitch meeting for this one: “Okay, so you’ve got Bigfoot, right? He’s really strong because, well, he’s Bigfoot. And he finds this kid and raises him, and his name is Wildboy. So they are Bigfoot and Wildboy, having adventures, preventing crime, you know. Oh, and Wildboy wears a leather Tarzan-like outfit, but Bigfoot can be totally naked because, well, he’s Bigfoot.”

“I love it! You’re a genius! Why hasn’t anyone ever thought to do a Bigfoot and his adopted son series before? You keep an eye on your paycheck for a nice bonus!”

I drink a LOT of sparkling water, which I call bubble water. Because it is water with bubbles in it, that’s why. I do not like the bubble water that has sweetener in it. That is not water. It is soda, I don’t care what you say. If you take water and add raspberry flavor and Splenda (or God forbid the pink or blue stuff) it is no longer water. It is sugar free Kool-Aid. But if it’s carbonated, it’s soda. Done. No more discussion.
I like the flavored water, but not with sugar. So I buy Poland Spring Sparkling Raspberry-Lime by the case (we have it delivered), or I buy the plain kind. Every once in a while I will buy a case of Perrier so that I can take it with me to someone’s house for dinner or whatever, and be all classy-like.
Last time I ordered water, I noticed that they were selling San Pellegrino water too. So I can now choose from American, French, or Italian bubble water. I am tri-liqual! The thing about the San Pellegrino is that it comes in glass bottles. So that is WAY classy-like. Unfortunately, I do not want to have a case of glass bottles in the house, so I may not buy them again until I have a need to impress people with the quality of the water I serve at my house. But if you like bubble water as much as I do, sign up for Poland Springs delivery. Wait, I should see if they have a referral program before I tell you to do that. Drop a note in the comments and I will look into it. I know when I first signed up, a referral would have gotten me a couple of free cases of water. That’s not too shabby!

Gotta do an official Thanksgiving post. The law says so. Never you mind which law. So, in keeping with the standard Big temptress theme of pointless mundane content, I will give you an official list of things to be thankful for that doesn’t include anything intended to pull on your heartstrings. There are enough other sites out there for that, and they usually have little cartoon kittens and hearts in the background. NTTAWWT.

2006 List of Things You Can Say You’re Thankful For When Grandma Makes Everyone Say Something.

• The Internets. Specifically, The Google. And the ability to use The Google to look up satellite photos of our Crawford ranches.
• People who leave comments on our websites. Those people are the best people on the whole planet and also Neptune.
• I am also thankful for Neptune. Neptune rulz.
• The heater in my minivan. Good golly it’s been cold this week! If Thanksgiving were in the Summer, I would be thankful for air conditioning.
• Dunkin Donuts. America runs on Dunkin. Nuff said.
• The color yellow. Last year, we thanked the color green, which then got really snotty and did not reciprocate by thanking humans. So I am no longer thankful for green, I am throwing my support behind yellow. Paid for by the committee to thank yellow.
• My fingers. I am thankful that year after year, they are here to support me and my need to type things. A special shout out to left pinky this year. He knows why.
• Q-Tips. I would lose my mind if Q-Tips did not exist. If I run out of Q-Tips I have to make an emergency run to the store to get some because I cannot go two days in a row without Q-Tips.
• Pilot EasyTouch Medium pens. There is no other pen on the planet I like as much as these, so I am thankful to the Pilot company. The Pilot Precise V5 is a close second, but it is not the EasyTouch, available at fine retailers everywhere.
• Crispy bacon. If you are like me, you know that you don’t even have to explain it. I like to pretend I am living in Little House on the Prairie days when they had bacon for every meal. Bacon and potatoes, but the potatoes didn’t have butter or sour cream, so that is right out. But maybe they had crusty bread and some cheese or something with their bacon. Baaaaacooooooooon.

So there you go. Cut this list out or copy it onto your hand with a Sharpie so that you’ll have something to say when it’s your turn. Gobble Gobble!