|
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Aug 24 2008, 05:21 PM
It was Senator Lazich who tipped us off that she was available to be"dunked" today at the Muskego Community Festival.
If you have ever wanted to dunk a State Senator
I thought if I was in the area...I would stop by.  Senator Mary Lazich observes the dunk tank prior to her turn in the seat.
For some reason there was a 15 minute delay.Not soon after she got her butt in the hot seat, a big, burly man couldn't wait to purchase some balls and get her wet. He warned her he would do so, and he did just that. Was he a Republican who had read Fred Keller's blog post on TABOR? A Democrat? Or just someone aware of his elected officials (he did know who Senator Lazich was). Maybe I should have asked him.  Senator Lazich just before the first ball hits the target…notice she is
hanging on. She didn’t want to get her hair wet.
Keep that head above water! Just like in politics
Back in the seat. Actually the Senator's family did their share of dunking
and she was a good sport and eventually her hair got wet.
I, on the other hand, was not as lucky as Big Burly Man. For the cause I took three shots and came close...and frustrated, because I like to get things done, I bought six more shots..but, I'm not one for throwing a ball, and while I came close a couple times, it just wasn't my day.
Or was it? I did get to post these pictures : )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's an idea...maybe we can help with Franklin's budget shorfall by putting some of our Common Council in a dunk tank to raise funds. Any contributions would be beneficial about now.
|
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Aug 24 2008, 07:05 AM
Photo HKLUG
Hong Kong Lego User’s Group (HKLUG) is truly amazing.
They have made an unbelievable recreation of the 2008 Beijing Olympic setting, including mini-figures.
Using 300,000 Lego bricks, and 4,500 mini-figures, they have taken 24 square meters and constructed all of the Olympic structures from the Games. This includes The Birds’s Nest, The Cube, the equestrian grounds, and all sports and residential villages. So far 43,000 visitors have seen the display in Hong Kong. Will it come to a location near you?
Who doesn't love Lego's?
This is Legolympics!
Visit the HKLUG Lego Sport City
HERE
I found this comment on the site amusing:
RSS fabriek » Blog Archive » Lego Beijing Olympics Doesn’t Include Tibetan Monk Minifigs [Lego]
August 13th, 2008 at 2:44 am
|
By Janet Evans
Friday, Aug 15 2008, 06:35 AM
I don’t shop very often in stores. I shop online as often as I can. While on vacation I went into a store that had some hobby and toy items and came across the marbles pictured above. It was a lot of marbles. Not the most I’ve ever seen…but a good amount and a nice variety.
What does she know about marbles, you may ask? Not a lot, but seeing them just flooded my mind with memories and I was again a smiling 2nd grader. Long ago, I was a tomboy shooting marbles, especially in the spring. My friends and I always played for keeps. A purie was something I always had my eye on winning. Steely, aggie, cats eye, beach ball…there were many types of marbles we played with.
I made sure my kids had marbles…instead of the old fashioned homemade marble bag I had, somehow my kids ended up with Crown Royal bags, reinforced with my sewing machine.
So, parent’s of young kids today….
Do children still play marbles? Or are they just in the hobby stores for people to collect?
History of Marbles
Marbles originated from ancient Rome and Egypt. The name Marble comes from a material called Marble (expensive stone). In the year 1800 the best Marbles were made out of Alabaster (white Marble). People wanted to use a cheaper material. They tried clay but it crumbled when the marbles would hit each other. Finally in 1846 a German glass blower invented special scissors that could cu t glass and make marbles. That way marbles became cheaper and easier to produce. Now marbles are made in factories where hot glass is dropped onto steel rollers that shape the glass into marbles.
How to Shoot Marbles HERE
|
By Janet Evans
Thursday, Aug 7 2008, 04:37 PM
I guess we can't wait to see the real outcome.
We have to play house.
Harper's Bazaar has a photo spreas of the Obama's in the White House.
Bizarre is right.
But the Huffington Post says it isn't weird that Harper's Bazaar ran the spread. They think it is weird that Tyra Banks is playing Michelle Obama.
Looking at the pics as a whole it becomes clear that the weirdness factor has nothing to do with Harper's Bazaar running a Obamas-as-First Couple photo spread so much as their decision to use Tyra Banks in the role of First Lady. If they had, say, decided to cast the part of Michelle Obama using an anonymous model, chances are we'd be discussing how the fashion photos perhaps signify that a black presidency (specifically an Obama one) has become culturally acceptable. However, by choosing Tyra -- a cultural force in her own right -- it feels like we're merely watching "Ms. Banks" play out some weird personal fantasy of her own making.
HERE More photos from media bistro
|
By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Aug 6 2008, 11:45 AM
Okay...I admit it...sometimes I'm really out of the loop on certain things. And it doesn't bother me either. This one doesn't bother me in the least. So what is it that I didn't know? What's the big deal?
That this hair style is called a "fauxhawk"
Ewan McGregor (well known for his role
as a young Obi Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars series)
Yeah...I didn't know it.
But did you know the history of the fauxhawk? I bet not...
Let me fill you in.
"The slight, sculpted crest that represents a civilized simulation of the ancient-warrior, punk-rock Mohawk speaks volumes about the wearer, who demonstrably straddles the fence between conformity and nonconformity: I'm a team player with an unrepentant dash of mischief. I may be rumpled, but I clean up nice.
Generally speaking, the fauxhawk represents the "safe," less severe version of the traditional Mohawk, without shaving the sides of the head or growing the top long enough to fashion Liberty spikes or the equally confrontational Roman helmet/broom-bristles affectation."
Read the story Tuft Love from the Boston Globe
HERE
And see a slide show of famous fauxhawks HERE
|
By Janet Evans
Monday, Jul 21 2008, 11:55 AM
Mine? Not so good...not when it comes to mastering the the Hula Hoop, anyway.
Can you Hula Hoop?
"The hula hoop marks its 50th anniversary this year, and its popularity is still going strong."
I don’t know that I could master it now if I couldn’t before, but there are a lot of people who are giving it a try, and they are loving it.
Right…I rank that up there with baton twirling…another thing I could never do.
I was more of a stilts and pogo stick kind of girl….
Read the story from the Boston Globe
Hula Hoops Have Come Full Circle ×
View the Hula Hoop Photo Gallery ×
Hula hoop moment from Circus Smirkus performance 2006
|
By Janet Evans
Saturday, Jul 19 2008, 01:10 PM
I’m holding a challenge.
I know there are many of you who would love to be a blogger on MyCommunityNow but are afraid to take the step. So now is your chance to get your little toe wet.
Write me your best summer vacation memory…past or present. Write it as a blog the way you would like to read it if one of the bloggers was writing it. It can be a funny experience, exciting, touching, whatever you want.
Write it in Arial font in 11 point. Attach one picture if you like (in a proper image size, please). Email it to me here . Please indicate if you would like your real name posted with your “blog” if it is chosen to be posted, or your comment name (please include that - your email information will remain private).
Start today if you like…deadline is Saturday, July 26th at midnight.
Here’s what will happen. From all entries submitted, I will choose my favorite five. One will be posted each day August 4th through the 8th. Based on reader comments combined with my favorite, one of you will be chosen by me to write a guest blog on a topic of your choice (blog must follow NOW guidelines and I reserve the right for final approval). My decision is final.
So what are you waiting for? I know at least five of you out there would like to write a blog.
Entertain us with your best summer vacation experience. Who knows, maybe you'll decide to be the next NOW blogger after this experience.
My challenge is open to readers from all Communities.
Good luck!
|
By Janet Evans
Friday, Jul 18 2008, 11:42 AM
Holy tomatoes…the all clear has been given.
What was thought to be bad is now good!
"As of today, FDA officials believe that consumers may now enjoy all types of fresh tomatoes available without concern of becoming infected with salmonella Saintpaul," the outbreak strain.”
Read the story from My Way
So it is now safe to indulge in all types of tomato activity….
Dip your hot dog in homemade catsup.
Coat those ribs in homemade BBQ sauce.
Put a giant slice of beefsteak tomato on your burger.
Make your favorite pasta sauce out of Roma tomatoes.
Or…try this….
Two gangs fight by help of 10 tons of rotten tomatoes. 1st price is a keg of lager ... Note: Certain hot peppers are still on the Beware list
|
By Janet Evans
Friday, Jul 11 2008, 11:45 AM
"Our favorite characters on "Grey's Anatomy" may be able to get away with outrageous behavior on the job, but in real life medical authorities are saying enough. The Joint Commission, an agency that evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 healthcare organizations nationwide, issued a bulletin Wednesday saying that rude, hostile and disruptive behavior among doctors, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, support staff and administrators will no longer be tolerated."
Have you ever experienced "rude, hostile, or disruptive behavior from any in the medical profession? I have experienced "rude" behavior. Nothing more. It is a customer service job. Some people just aren't cut out for it. But obviously, people have had worse experiences or this bulletin wouldn't have been issued. I'd be curious to know what's really going on. Here's the full article from the LA Times ç here
In the meantime...medical shows like Grey's Anatomy have always been popular...Calling Dr. Kildare.
|
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Jun 29 2008, 07:05 PM
This was edited with captions as a birthday gift greeting for someone named April. So, it's a joke.
I always liked Joe Cocker; he's an original, alright.
I thought he was much harder to understand when he was younger, but it didn't matter so much to me when I used to listen to him a lot back in the early 70s.
But after seeing this video I just have to laugh.
I didn't realize it was that bad!
All I can say is, WoW!
Joe Cocker, "With a Little Help From My Friends." Woodstock
|
By Janet Evans
Monday, Jun 23 2008, 07:41 PM
The latest “first” for Barack Obama comes off the Milan runway. Calling the U.S. presidential hopeful "the man of the moment," Donatella Versace dedicated her Spring-Summer 2009 collection presented Saturday evening to Obama, creating a style she said was designed for "a relaxed man who doesn't need to flex muscles to show he has power."
Chatting with reporters in the cool of the garden of her private palazzo in downtown Milan at an after-show dinner party, the designer also had some fashion tips for the campaign trail. "I would get rid of the tie and jazz up the shirt," she said.
 AP Photo Model wearing one of Versace men's
spring/summer 2009 fashion collection, at Milan fashion week
Well, I am trying to think back a few years as to which leader has been “flexing muscles to show he has power.” Reagan? No. Bush 41? No. Clinton? No.
Bush 43? Let me think….Uh, huh. No.
No….None of those leaders really had any six pack abs to flaunt that I recall. No great biceps either. Nope.
Still, it could be a comment about Bush 43. It could be a comment about mental muscle. If that comment is directed at Bush….it should be taken as a compliment. And it will make me feel that much more secure to know if Barack Obama ends up in the White House, at least he will be dressing well when he can’t make tough decisions.
from the Associated Press Ü here
Barack Obama inspires Milan men's runway styles
|
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Jun 22 2008, 11:30 PM
Stay up 20 minutes longer and watch this....
The Colbert Report from 6/19/08.
It was pretty entertaining; especially the Sean Hannity spoof.
|
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Jun 8 2008, 01:00 AM
The Beatles – Rain 1966
When Ringo was asked which song featured his best drumming, he said “Rain."
Rain (Lennon/McCartney)
If the rain comes they run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes, if the rain comes
When the sun shines they slip into the shade
(When the sun shines down)
And drink their lemonade
(When the sun shines down)
When the sun shines, when the sun shines
Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine
I can show you that when it starts to rain
(When the rain comes down)
Everything's the same
(When the rain comes down)
I can show you, I can show you
Rain, I don't mind
Shine, the weather's fine
Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines
(When it rains and shines)
It's just a state of mind?
(When it rains and shines)
Can you hear me, can you hear me?
Sdaeh rieht edih dna nur yeht semoc niar eht fI
(Rain)
naiR
(Rain)
enihsnuS. Gene Kelly in “Singing In The Rain." 1952
Neil Sedaka sings “Laughter In The Rain. 1975
The Everly Brothers – Cryin’ In The Rain 1962
Tina Turner - I Can't Stand The Rain 1973
Early Morning Rain – Peter, Paul & Mary 1965
|
By Janet Evans
Thursday, Jun 5 2008, 11:50 AM
I blog….
Sometimes I feel like one of those monkeys because of the antics we have to go through, and watch other people do, too.
It's a regular circus out there....monkey business....
Anyway, the monkey picture is a good one.
This one is good, too...
Hey, I'm hungry...forget the pasta! It's salad days, but hold the dressing...I'm not used to wearing a suit and it might get on my tie....
And those bloggers?
I'll make them an offer they can't refuse....They paid property taxes before, and they're gonna pay them again..and everyone knows it, because it's on these spreadsheets in front of me, which you, too, can get for a modest fee; which is odd, since I'm using them during this official gathering with an official agenda, so why should I have to pay? Do I pay for all of the materials I present at these gatherings? Anyway, Guid-O...I'm as hungry as a horse.
Tax Pledges? We don't need no stinking Tax Pledges! (Oh, wait, that's a different movie).
Yeah, Marlon Brando was a good actor. That picture was from a long time ago so my memory is a little fuzzy.
So many meetings…not enough time.
Do you realize it still feels like winter outside (most of the time) and in 16 days it will already be Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year? That means the days will start getting shorter already!
What happened to enjoying those long evenings outside?
Well, it doesn’t matter…I’d be sitting here at this computer anyway; or in a meeting.
Do any of you readers make business cards? Feel free to throw one together for me with the monkey picture on it!
Next time...Star Wars!
|
By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Jun 4 2008, 11:45 AM
"Bo Diddley, a singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own beat and, with a handful of other musical pioneers, rock ’n’ roll itself, died Monday at his home in Archer, Fla. He was 79."
Bo Diddley was well known for the "Bo Diddley beat," a rumba-like beat, similar to "hambone", a style used by street performers who play out the beat by slapping and patting their arms, legs, chest, and cheeks while chanting rhymes. Referred to as a "shave and a haircut" beat, Diddley came across it while trying to play Gene Autry's "(I've Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle". Three years before Bo's "Bo Diddley", a song that closely resembles it, "Hambone," was cut by Red Saunders' Orchestra with The Hambone Kids.
In its simplest form, the Bo Diddley beat can be counted out as a two-bar phrase:
" One and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and..." The bolded counts are the clave rhythm. Bo Diddley, Who Gave Rock His Beat Dies at 79 ç here
|
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Jun 1 2008, 10:04 PM
Rolling Stone did a fantastic piece on rock 'n roll guitar sound and what has made it great through the years. You just have to check this out. Below I have samples of three of their selections…Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, who's featured twice (how could he not be...could anyone play the guitar like Hendrix?) and The Rolling Stones.
Rolling Stone says, “This is what makes a great rock & roll guitar sound: an irresistible riff; a solo or jam that takes you higher every time you hear it; the final power chord that pins you to the wall and makes you hit "play" again and again."
I remember seeing Chuck Berry in concert, in Florida, in 1972 singing Johnny Be Good. He was much older than in the video below, but he sounded just the same. Check out the videos on this page (and the Go-Go dancers in Berry's video) and then go to Rolling Stone and enjoy the 40 pages of great sound and memories.
Great Rock & Roll Guitar Sound
Rolling Stone ç here
Chuck Berry Photo: Getty
1 "Johnny B. Goode"
Chuck Berry (1958)
"If you want to play rock & roll," Joe Perry told Rolling Stone in 2004, "you have to start here." Recorded 50 years ago, on January 6th, 1958, at the Chess Records studio in Chicago, Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" was the first great record about the joys and rewards of playing rock & roll guitar. It also has the single greatest rock & roll intro: a thrilling blast of high twang driven by Berry's spearing notes, followed by a rhythm part that translates a boogie-woogie piano riff for the guitar. "He could play the guitar just like a-ringing a bell," Berry sings in the first verse — a perfect description of his sound and the reverberations still running through every style of rock guitar, from the Beatles and the Stones on down. "It was beautiful, effortless, and his timing was perfection," Keith Richards has said of Berry's playing. "He is rhythm man supreme." Berry wrote often about rock & roll and why it's good for you — "Roll Over Beethoven" in 1956, "Rock and Roll Music" in '57 — but never better than in "Johnny B. Goode," a true story about how playing music on a guitar can change your life forever.
2 "Purple Haze"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
The riff is pure blues — the same kind of guitar figure Hendrix played nightly back on the R&B-club grind, as a sideman for Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. But in "Purple Haze," Hendrix's second British single and the first track on the U.S. version of his debut album, he declared himself a free man — "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky" — and unveiled a new guitar language charged with spiritual hunger and the poetry possible in electricity and studio technology. "Guitar — you can play it or transcend it," said Neil Young when he inducted Hendrix into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. "Jimi showed me that. I heard it, felt it and wanted to do it." Hendrix wrote "Purple Haze" backstage at a London nightclub in December 1966 and recorded basic tracks with his band, the Experience, two weeks later. But the galactic travel came in overdubs recorded on February 3rd, 1967: Hendrix's solos, swimming in echo and sparkling with harmonics, were put through an octave-boosting effect and played back at twice the speed. In less than three minutes, Hendrix opened a new age of expression on his instrument.
5 "Brown Sugar"
The Rolling Stones (1971)
"Satisfaction" may be the Rolling Stones' most recognizable riff, but this Sticky Fingers hit — based on a gutbucket guitar part devised by Mick Jagger — is the band's raunchy guitar pinnacle. Keith Richards' secret weapon: He's playing a guitar that's missing its lowest string.
|
By Janet Evans
Saturday, May 31 2008, 02:00 PM
By Janet Evans
Sunday, May 25 2008, 12:05 PM
- Hulu is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips at Hulu.com and other online destination sites — all for free, anytime in the U.S.
Hulu brings together a large selection of videos from more than 50 content providers, including FOX, NBC Universal, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros. and more. Users can watch current primetime TV such as The Simpsons and The Office the morning after they air, classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Married...with Children, movies like The Usual Suspects and The Big Lebowski, and clips from Saturday Night Live and other popular TV shows and movies.
Hulu does not require a download of any software. Users only need a Flash 9.0 enabled computer and an Internet connection to enjoy. Hulu is free and legal through an advertising supported model.
- Videos are available for unlimited streaming; watch favorite shows and clips over and over, for free
- Videos contain fewer ads than on TV. Advertisements appear during normal commercial breaks
- Hulu acquires the rights to distribute its videos, making them available to users legally
Visit HULU anytime to view a movie, a T.V. show, a political clip, a movie trailer, and a whole lot more
Õ here
|
By Janet Evans
Saturday, May 10 2008, 08:24 AM
By Janet Evans
Saturday, May 3 2008, 12:25 PM
Well, maybe you are.
And maybe not.
Because if you "are," Playboy’s YouTube Channel is looking for just that….
their interpretation of the "girl next door."
Someone sexy…perhaps blonde and busty….
Is that you and if so, would you like your shot at becoming famous?
“Just post a short video on YouTube that highlights your best assets — your figure, your face, your sense of humor, and especially your fantastic personality,” she [Holly Madison, one of the Girl's Next Door] purrs in the release. We’re secretly wondering if Holly herself could even figure out how to boot up a computer, let alone upload video to YouTube."
“The women with the most impressive videos will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the Playboy Mansion and participate in a Playmate test-shoot with me!” Surely aspiring playmates can’t wait to meet and then replace you, Holly."
"Oh, and one last thing, gals: Keep your clothes on for this clip. (This isn’t Hustler, omg!) Per the release: “Interested women can visit Playboy’s YouTube Channel (www.YouTube.com/PlayboyCasting) to post a two-minute, non-nude video response to Holly’s digital invitation by answering a question or telling a story.”
"Who would want to hear a (we’re sure they will be just riveting!) “story” from a hot 20-year-old blond from Tulsa? We'll find out soon ...”
Read about it from the Entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times
Playboy Meets YouTube ÷ here
|
More Posts Next page »
|
|
