“Well, if this ain’t a frosty Friday!”*
by chuckofish
“Having the right approach to life was a great gift in this life….Do not complain about your life. Do not blame others for things that you have brought upon yourself. Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself…You can do that in the company of an old friend—you can close your eyes and think of the land that gave you life and breath, and of all the reasons why you are glad that you are there, with the people you know, with the people you love.”
―Alexander McCall Smith, The Double Comfort Safari Club
Do you have exciting plans for the weekend? As usual, I do not have exciting plans. I’m not sure I even know what exciting plans are. But I have a couple of estate sales to go to and the OM and I are going to get the ball rolling on having new kitchen counters installed.
I can’t say I care about the Super Bowl. Football is on the way out if you ask me. I won’t be sad to see it go. And I am not one of those people who watches the Super Bowl in order to see the commercials. I mean, commercials are the bane of my existence! I hardly even watch network tv anymore, such is my loathing of commercials.
I saw something online about this emotional-support peacock and I thought it was a joke! Imagine my surprise reading this in the WSJ! Good lord! What is the world coming to?
If you want a weekend movie pic, here’s an idea. After watching The Valley of Gwangi last week, I thought I’d watch The Big Country (1958) which also features great music by Jerome Moross. So I watched it last night and enjoyed. It is not a perfect western–mostly due to the annoying character portrayed by Carol Baker–but it is still a good one, and the music really is great. Gregory Peck is at his most appealing and Burl Ives certainly deserved that Oscar he got for supporting actor. You gotta love straight talkin’ Rufus.
Well, the wee babes will be over on Sunday with their parents.
There is no pick-me-up like laughing babies.
Have a great weekend!
*Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country
dual personalities 
I am not watching the Super Bowl. And that peacock story just reaffirmed my loathing for society. But that pick of the wee lad did brighten my thoughts!
The clip with Burl Ives is good too as an example of good venting–boy, I would like to unload on some people just like that, i.e. stinkin’ yellow hypocrites!
Weekend plans:
• Car Inspection. We can order license plate stickers online now and they come in the mail. Everything links up on the Internet. No more trips to DMV with 8 pieces of paper (and I always forget the ninth).
• Counter Tops! We can get excited about mundane things and be grateful for the thrill of it.
• Laundry (which means crisp flannel PJ’s and a drawer full of sock balls). Nice!
• Getting an early start on the taxes – be thankful to pay them, because . . .
We’re living in a Golden Age ~ Glenn Reynolds
I loved the Burl Ives clip and the babes — I saw the video of them in the tunnel laughing. Adorable! That peacock story is over the top — the things people will do to avoid paying to transport a pet!