Everest: On Approach

This is a newish band, quite honestly, I had never heard of them before, but thanks to my teen aged daughter and music on cable, I got some exposure to it. This is Everest's single that came out in May, Let Go. See what you think.

Sun Baby

Yeah my camera is still broken, as is my computer (and the A/C in my car, but it is under warranty and being fixed while I write this now). The teenager says that Augustus looks just like the baby that is in the sun on Teletubbies. The Teletubbies are one group I just missed. So I looked it up. The kid is cute, so sure I'll take it.

Maybe this won't make you laugh, but it probably will make you smile.

Oh Yeah, You Are Still Punished

So on top of everything being broken, and the Wiggles, and dance class, and the multitudes of other equally important things revolving in my world... we still have to deal with discipline of my daughter, who went and signed up for ROTC with out us knowing about it. I'm fine with her being in ROTC, however I'm not necessarily ok with the extra stuff that is involved. And she is graded for it, or so she says.

It is like this, she wanted to be in ROTC (regardless of what we wanted) and this means it will take even more time from which time is a precious resource, so it is in limited supply. But still that is fine. If she really wants to be in ROTC, then so be it. However lying about it (being in ROTC and then lying about the requirements) really is just not cool at all.

I've tried everything imaginable to come up with a fair punishment that still allows my daughter to go through ROTC. But I keep coming up empty handed. So what have I come up with? She has to tell the truth for a month and look for employment. That really doesn't sound like a punishment does it? More like a goal or even just a nice way to be. But this is the best I can come up with. When you consider that my daughter is the carbon copy of my ex-wife, and she lied about anything and everything, you take what you can get. She already has limits on just about anything you can do... no TV in her room, no computer access unless one of us is around, we want to know who she is with and want her friends to come over to our house... yes I know I'm awful, but still I hope this will all be worth it... one day.

The Wiggles

Why in the world would I be wanting to review old kid's songs? Because it is a right of passage in my family... everyone likes the Wiggles and Augustus is almost one... she likes them too. Plus with my home computer still on the fritz, it is much easier to post some YouTube videos than anything I might have.

Now  I'm not talking about the crap with that new guy, Sam. I mean the stuff with Greg, who will always be the real, original Wiggle, and yes I know he had to quit due to a medical condition, but he was the Wiggles in my mind. So we keep the old stuff around, and it is just as well, because the baby absolutely loves it. Maybe you will too... 

Yep, This is How I Feel

I just feel like this... lately.

Everything is Broken from cwd543 on Vimeo.

Maybe I Need to Drill, Maybe Not...

While on my way home, I found out that dentists may or may not really see a cavity. Well that helps doesn't it?

Classic Film Friday: River of No Return

In this western classic Marilyn Monroe plays a singer Kay Weston, in a saloon who is watching a young boy, Mark Calder (Tommy Rettig) who's father will pick him up... Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum). So the boy and the father go off to live the farm life and leave Kay to her own devices. Or so we think, but when her gambler boyfriend Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun), tells about how he won a gold claim and they have to go to Coucil City to file it right away.

Well you see they take a flimsy raft, that happens to go right past the Calder's place. They have some trouble, the Calder's help them out, so Harry asks them for a gun and his only horse. That seems reasonable but if Matt gives them to him, then we won't have anything to defend himself with from Indian attacks. Harry steals the gun and the horse but leaves Kay behind.

Not five minutes after he leaves, the Indians attack and they have no choice but to take the flimsy raft in an effort to escape. And so Kay and Matt get along pretty good, dodging arrows from Indians, or rapids, or even a cougar attack (this movie has it all). Matt has sworn to kill Harry, all the while Kay proffesses Harry's inocence. She even told of how she knew that the reason he was gone from his kid was because he shot a man in the back, thus he has been serving time in prison. How she knew that was anyone's guess, but his son overheard the conversation and that wasn't an honorable thing to do.

So anyhow, do they make it to Council City? Does Matt make Harry pay for what he did? Will Mark forgive his dad for shooting a man in the back? Is anyone headed back to jail? You'll have to watch and see for yourself...