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Whistling Can Be Harrassment - Don't do it

Time for more of my most embarrassing moments in history.  I drove into the parking lot at one of my jobs one morning.  I got out of my car and started to walk to the door.  In the distance, I could see a woman who I will call Susan.  Of course, Susan is not her real name.  I was going to yell at her and say "hi" or "morning".  However; in my head, I thought that whistling at her would be an interesting and surprising for her.  I pondered this in my head because I thought that someone who might hear me whistle at her might consider this harassment.  I looked around and did not see anyone.  I also thought that if I whistled the wrong way, it might give the wrong impression.  If you whistle for a dog to come to you, it sounds one way.  But, if you get caught whistling at a woman in way that might be considered harassing, you might get slapped upside the face.  Although I had known Susan for some time and I knew she could handle it either way.  We would just laugh it off.  Just as I was starting to pucker up my lips to let out a loud whistle, Susan turned sideways as she walked into the building.  My whistle screeched to a stop, I almost fell over my own feet, and my face turned red.  That was not Susan!

There is one thing good about life.  That you might think to do something is one thing, but to actually do it is another thing.  May I add that the real Susan (not her real name again), got a great laugh out of this story when I told her.  Thank goodness I did not let out a whistle.

The attack of the mean vacuum cleaner

I was helping a friend vacuum one day.  I was using this friend's brand new Dyson DC17 Animal Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner that this friend had bought.  I have to say this vacuum has some real power to it.  I accidentally ran the vacuum over the wires to the TV.  I guess you can only guess what happened from that point.  Before I had a chance to shut off the vacuum, the wires were pulled way into the vacuum and wrapped around the insides.  It suddenly got quiet in the house.  Sort of the way it sounds right after someone drops an expensive glass on the floor.  A second later I heard a voice say, "You have to be careful around the cords".  I think it was a little too late for this.  Now this friends was standing in front of me looking at my mess with a half grin.  I spent the next twenty minutes untangling the cords from inside the vacuum.


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This would be the end of this story, but it has an interesting ending.  I was at this friend's house again a few weeks later.  This friend was vacuuming in the other room and suddenly I heard the vacuum come to a screeching stop.  Then a second later I heard a thud sound on the wall.  I poked my head around the corner.  I saw a broken phone cord and a small hole in the wall.  The friend had accidentally run over the phone cord and the vacuum ripped the cord out of the wall.  The power cord is what went flying through the air and put a small dent in the wall.  If I would of stepped into the room to find out what the noise was all about, I would of been hit in the forehead and knocked out on the spot.  I can read it in the newspaper now.  It would read, "Man dies from power cord that hit him in the head".

Although I felt sorry for the friend who just broke the phone cord, I felt the urge to say something.  With a half grin I said, "You have to be careful around those cords".

Get Some Hand Lotion

I went to the doctor on Monday.  I had recently had a small mishap that injured my hand.  I had fell and broke the fall with my hand.  My hand has been aching ever since.  I would of normally not been that concerned, but this accident happened about a month ago.  The doctor had me take three xrays and could not find any broken bones.  The doctor suggested that I just take some anti-inflammatory medication such as Advil.  I still open doors with my other hand and pick up heavier objects with my other hand.  Hopefully my hand will heal up on its own.  At the end of the exam, the doctor looked at me and said, "By the way, get some hand lotion for those hands!  Those hands look awful!"...Umm...how embarrassing.  I think the cold weather really got to my hands this time.

Who you calling bald - Embarrassing someone over baldness

I was recently at an event where I had to stop and give someone a hard time about a comment they made.  I have changed the names, dates and other information to protect the identity of the guilty party (just joking...but I did change this information so that it wont be revealed who said this).

A conversation had come up about famous people that we had met.  I explained that I had seen Jack Nicholson before when he came to Omaha, Nebraska to act in the movie "About Schmidt".  The conversation circled around the group and then one woman responded, "I have only met Telly Savalas, but he was bald and old".  Although the woman was not looking directly at me, I was frantically pointing at my bald head (and should I add that I am getting older?).  Then when she did not catch that I was pointing at my head, I said, "Hello....Hello".  She stopped talking, turned red and started to giggle.

Today I visited her and asked if she would like any of my Bavarian Baldies Pretzels that I had bought.  I got the same response of giggles from her.

Pictures of New Years Eve

       

 
 
Here is party pictures of the New Years eve party.  You can click on the photos above for larger photos.  It was a complete fun party with party hats, noise makes, food and games.  Frankie (black dog) and Charle (the white dog) even got into the party.
 
 

Dancing Dog Video And Me

I went to someone's house recently and they made a video of me using their cell phone.  It is a video of the dog on my lap while I make the dog look as if he is dancing.  It turned out pretty good for just using a cell phone to record the movie.  Hope you like it.

Dropped Phone In The Toilet

Ok...Here goes my short, but sad story.  I dropped my iPhone in the toilet.  After retrieving the phone (don't ask the details), the phone had a pop up screen that read something like "No SIM chip".  Then th iPhone started to flicker every few seconds.  I frantically tried to get the chip out, but could not find a paper clip to put in the hole to pry the chip out.  I then watched the iPhone as it kept slowly flickering and then finally the screen turned white.  Then the white screen looked a little fuzzy and then finally turned completely black.  All this took place in about 3 to 5 minutes.

I went to Google.com and searched under the embarrassing words of "Dropped iPhone In Toilet".  I came up with 794,000 search results for this.  Hmmm....sounds like others have had this problem.  In fact, this would not of happened if my phone clip would not of opened up which resulted in the iPhone flying through the air.  Most of the searches on Google state to remove the SIM chip and let it dry out.  There was some suggestions to use a hair dryer on it.  One of the more popular things that I found on the internet was to put the iPhone in a bag of rice because the rice absorbs moisture.

Long story short....To all my friends: Please email me your address, phone number, birthday (if you want a birthday card) or other contact information.  I think all the information has been lost if I can not bring the iPhone back to life.  You can also call me at my regular land line phone number.

Weird clocks - Cow Clock, Toilet Clock and Puzzle Clock

I know that getting up in the mornings is hard.  I also know that alarm clocks help you get up in the morning.  But, I also know that you eventually drain out the same old alarm clock.  I know that my mom had an alarm clock that was of Mickey Mouse and would say something like "Wake Up" in a Mickey Mouse voice.  It was really disturbing, but you would wake up to this irritating clock.  I have pictured a few unusual clocks you might want to check out.

	You actually wake to a cow "Moo" in the morning.  I guess if you miss living on a farm and now live in the city, this will always remind you of where you use to live.  You can check out the Cow Wacky Waker Alarm Clock for yourself for lots of fun mornings
	This toilet clock "flushes" every hour.  I guess the best room to put this clock is in the bathroom.  Do you think?  Check out the Toilet Clock for yourself.
	Are you the type that will shut the Puzzle Clock off and go back to sleep?  With this clock, you have to use your brain to actually shut off the clock.  Put the puzzle pieces in their correct spots.

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One Huge Dog - Picture of Dog With Me

I went over to a friend's house on Saturday.  She has this huge dog that I prefer to call a "horse".  It is almost the biggest dog that I have been around.  I had to make sure that the dog did not sit on my feet when the photo was taken or I would of had crushed feet.

Wonder Woman Dog Costume - Dog Costumes

Ape In The Truck - An Interesting Guest In Truck Photo

 When I was out of town I had something catch my eye.  It was an ape wearing sun glasses and clothes in a truck.  At first I thought that it was a person dressed up in an ape outfit, but later figured out that it was a stuffed outfit of some kind.  It's arm was stuck in a pose that made it appear that he was either waving or resting his arm on the truck.  Either way, it made a cute photo.  You can click on the photo above for a slightly larger picture of the ape in a truck (opens in a pop up window).

Gorilla Mascot Costume (Special Order)

Gorilla Adult

Gorilla with Chest Deluxe Adult Costume

Gorilla Adult Costume