Author: The Jody

Did Amazon guarantee Harry Potter delivery by 10am, or just some time on the 16th? Cause it’s not here yet and it’s 11am and I’m just a bit ticked off about that. I mean, not enough to make a few phone calls, but I can say the book has been in Leominster since YESTERDAY and yet, it’s not here at the house. Not cool. Not cool at all.

Wait, didn’t the weather report say sunny today? My step-daughter convinced us to take them all up to Canobie Lake Park today, but it looks kind of icky out.

I know I told you guys we should have a BDT Summer Outing up there, but Mr. Dump would freak if he knew I invited all of you to meet up with us at the park. If you (Christine, I know you wanted to go) just happened to be at the park this afternoon and we ran into each other, well, wouldn’t that me a great coincidence? If you were already planning to go there today anyway *cough* just drop a comment on this post and I’ll get it in email. Woo!

Here are some thoughts for you, to help you transition into the weekend.

• If you are going to eat a whole package of pumpkin seeds (aka “salty fiber bombs”) you just need to be prepared for the eventual, how shall we say it…”outcome”. Remember the old SNL commercial for colon blow? ‘Nuff said.
• When you have a burial at sea for a beloved pet, and your seven year old says “I want to flush” seriously consider how he’s gonna feel after he’s done it and realized he’s the one who actually made it go down the drain. Junior was sad about Mike the Fish’s demise, but he sobbed a bit after he physically flushed him. Sure, he wanted to do it, asked if he could, but I don’t think it occurred to us how we’d feel as we watched Mike the Fish whoosh away.
• I’m a big believer in being straightforward with Junior, so he’s aware of some things that I don’t feel like trying to explain away. Thus, he’s now got a good understanding of what’s going to happen to Phantom when he gets neutered. And he made the appropriate guy noises at the news. (Of course, a short while later he asked “When is Phantom getting his tonsils removed?” “Not his tonsils, honey, his testicles.” [insert moaning noise here]
• Speaking of Phantom, he has mastered understanding his name, responding to the “come” and “sit” commands, and will actually sit patiently for 10 or more seconds. Thank you, clicker training! This weekend I’m going to try to train him to draw me a bubble bath.
• Man, now I’m craving more pumpkin seeds. You see what you do to me?

From a link on Chuck’s site.

Apparently the guy who used to play Cooter on the original Dukes of Hazzard is telling people to not go see the new movie. Now granted, Ben Jones used to be a Georgia congressman, for whatever that’s worth. But in the grand scheme of things, do I really need or want this guy, who know makes his living selling Dukes of Hazzard memorabilia, telling me what movies I should or shouldn’t see? Plus, this is the Dukes of Hazzard…what the hell? It’s about two guys who spent time in jail, have no jobs, are always on the run from the local police, who live with their hot cousin and their moonshiner uncle. When did THAT kind of disfunction define “family-friendly entertainment”? It’s not like the show is in the pantheon of all-time bestest most wonderfullest TV shows. Sure, I watched it, but I was lusting after the Duke boys in their tight, package-enhancing jeans. And the guys lusted after Daisy in her, wait for it, Daisy Dukes. That’s right, those slutty barely-there shorts are known around the world as Daisy Dukes. Wholesome?! What color is the sky in your family-friendly world?

Cooter, my friend, you’re a moron. You have a Dukes’ store. Why not cash in on the movie in addition to the television show?