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| I met these guys at King's Island when I was a kid |
Because of a comment generated by yesterday's blog from my buddy Eddie Z. I was inspired to add some new stations to Cha Cha's Pandora on her playlist. I also changed her settings so her stations would be listed alphabetically because, as I added the new stations, they were all at the top of her page so she would have seen them as soon as she logged-on. I thought they autoMATTically alphabetized them but I must have that setting on my station list. Anyway I added: The Banana Splits, Tiny Tim, The Brady Bunch, Vanilla Ice, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, The Village People, Spice Girls and The Chipmunks. I am just trying to spread the joy of music - these groups need to eat too (well, maybe not Miley and Justin since they have decided to both be naked all the time now and probably want to stay overly thin). If you can think of any other stations she might like let me know and I can add them so she can enjoy your selections too (Ed suggested the The Chipmunks and Tiny Tim). But remember, that will make you an accessory to my mischief. Unless he gives me ideas for stations, Ed is in the clear because he was just sharing a story with me and I liked the harmless fun and acted on my own accord.
Yesterday, right after I blogged, I got a wild hair up my asterisk and decided to shave my face. First I used the buzzer deal and shaved off the beard and, upon seeing that I looked like a 1970's porn star with just a mustache, I shaved that off too. Why is everybody that works as an actor in porn a STAR? Aren't there just porn actors. I think, if I were in that industry, I would call myself a "porn bit actor." Anyway, now I look 23.3 years younger. Only a person who was losing mental faculties would have a beard during the summer and then shave it right before Winter begins. I will now save money on shampoo and spend it on more soap instead. One added benefit of this new beardless phase is that I think I slept better. My doctors make me wear this mask hooked-up to a machine that blows warm, moist air into my nose all night long and, without the hairs under my nose, the mask fits much better and there is no air leakage. Also, it doesn't hurt in the morning where my hairs were MATTed down under the mask between my nose and upper lip all night long. Bonus!
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| It looks like the Cubs may choke before Doc Brown gets his chance |
Could Back To The Future be wrong? The Chicago Cubs are on the verge of elimination after getting beaten by the New York Mets again last night; the Mets are up three games to zero and only need to win one more game out of the next four to go on to the World Series. I find it difficult to believe that the Cubs will get swept but other things have happened in this post season that I didn't imagine would happen either. I find that more likely than the Cubs now winning four straight. I heard that actor Christopher Lloyd wants to throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field if the Cubs make it to the World Series. I suppose Michael J. Fox couldn't do it because of his Parkinson's Disease. I am always happy knowing that MJF is older than me because I always think of him as being young - perhaps because he never had a beard? Maybe he could at least be at Wrigley with Lloyd. Could he catch the pitch from Lloyd and then remove the catcher's mask to mass hysteria from the fans? I do not know his limitations but that would be cool. If they want Lloyd to throw out a pitch they should probably call him and have him in Chicago tonight since THIS is Back To The Future day.
I have been having a problem with my right leg just above my knee. A couple of weeks ago I awoke in the MIDDLE of the night because it, literally, felt like someone had stabbed me in the outer portion of my leg about 4" above the knee. Not a little stab rather taking a huge butcher knife in both hands, raising it above their head and coming down at full speed right into my leg. I actually woke-up and yelled in pain because I thought I had literally been stabbed while I was sleeping. Ever since, I am fine during the day but, when I go to bed, some nights the leg feels like it has fallen asleep (that tingling of when a part of our body falls asleep) and other nights it just aches. Jill says I should go see the doctor but I have not gotten much good news from doctors over the years. I would say that I am 94% bad news, 1 % good news and 5% they have no idea so I will just deal with it and lose the leg if necessary later.
Tonight is Italian (Prince Spaghetti Day) Night and it is my goal to cut-down on calories and fat with small portions but still have the food remain satisfying. I am starting my own Matt In Reducing the Middle Diet (TM, PP, copyright...). Of course, my first obstacle is that most Italian food uses pasta and pasta isn't all that trimming-friendly. Maybe a reduced fat Chicken Parmesan?
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| Too bad they the Cubs didn't play at 07:28 this morning |
This is so weird and I swear on the lives of my children (including Jeff) that it is true. Right now, this very second, I received a message on my watch that told me that I got a new email. It just shows who the email is from and has a little picture of an envelope. Anyway, it read "Michael J. Fox." Of course, I immediately had to see what that was about so I went to read it. I will add the letter to the Matt In The Middle Facebook page if I can figure out how to do that and if you are interested in seeing it. The file is too big to just screen capture and I may have to wait until Cha Cha is around tonight because she is a computer wiz and will know how to do it. She hates when I say she is a computer wiz but it is true. I will let you know in the blog when the letter is there. If you subscribe to that page you will probably know ahead of others - free subscriptions/followings have their privileges. I did not even know that this was actually Back To The Future Day when I wrote that thing about Christopher Lloyd and Mike Fox (yeah I feel, now that he is emailing me, I can call him Mike) but this letter says that it is. It does not say one word about the Cubs though Mike's Canadian so he is probably is still rooting for the Blue Jays who may also be eliminated tonight. The letter actually came from whitehouse.gov but it was supposedly written by Mike. In case you are unaware Back To The Future Day is the day that Marty McFly, played by Mikey J., traveled-to when he went back to the future in the movie. I cannot believe the premium movie channels and TBS and USA Network dropped the ball on this - they should be showing this movie all day long today. Maybe some are and I just don't know it.
Okay, I am out of jiggawatts today and I have to mow the lawn, do a bit more painting, shop for and prepare tonight's dinner. I hope you enjoy one of our remaining few warm days. I bet today will be the warmest day we will have the rest of this calendar year; I can check with Mike Fox on that. Thank you for stopping by and I will let you know when I get that letter posted on the MITM Facebook page. TTTT...MITM (out) TA!
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