That "celebrities die in threes" theory is grown with inflation. Haven't we had like five or six in the last couple of weeks? If there is six does that count as two groups of three or one group of six? We had Art Linkletter, Gary Coleman, Rue Mclanahan, Dennis Hopper, Ronnie James Dio, Lena Horne, Lynn Redgrave...How far do we go back to connect the celebrity deaths? Do we include people like Chris Haney who co-created Trivial Pursuit? Or T-Bone Wolk who played Bass for Hall & Oates? or PingPing the World's shortest man? Do celebrities really die in threes or is it our human nature to try to make sense of things that make no sense? It's like going to Vegas and betting on black because red came up the last five time. Now green "00" comes up...how do you explain that? The odds of red coming up every time forever are just as good as black coming up. I was watching a bit of the St. Louis Cardinals / Milwaukee Brewers game yesterday and Matt Holiday came up to bat. What a great name Matt "Holiday." I would change my name to that but it's already taken. Maybe I can be Matt Vacation. Don't the British say they are on 'holiday" when they are on "vacation?" Maybe Matt Siesta or Matt Beachparty. Who wouldn't want a guy named Matt Siesta von Beachparty working for them. It's my new marketing plan for getting off the Government Cheese.
With my clothesline study pretty well done I have to occupy my mind with something else so I don't go mad. I have to have too many things to do at all times, even if most of them are in my mind. My new study is to find out why people (specifically me in my case, of course) get teary-eyed in certain situations. Yesterday, at my daughter's graduation, I noticed I began to get choked up three times that will start to link the tears (my personal Trail of Tears without disrespecting the Native Americans). I got choked up during: the Pledge of Allegiance, when the choir started singing and when they announced the valedictorian.
I can link two of them together but the three of them is difficult. I started making a list when I saw "Letters to Juliet" so I will add that to my list and let you know how this new study is going. I think the final outcome will probably be that I am just a puss but I need to delve into my sissified tendencies. I know I don't cry for physical pain so maybe it's not really sissified I guess. I have had parts of my body chopped off and tried to make myself cry because I thought it would make me feel better but I could not cry, try as I might. Maybe I am just a tough guy with a tender side...we shall find out! People have been congratulating me on Splenda's graduation. I really appreciate it and I am trying to figure out what I am being congratulated for. Don't get me wrong, I was congratulating parents right after the ceremony too but I don't know why. I guess, when I think about it, it makes a lot of sense. As a parent I think it is an accomplishment toward all the work we put in for our children as parents. It doesn't end at high school graduation, of course, but it should lighten up some. The worry and unsurity, however, will continue but the hope is now that they are an adult maybe some of the decisions will be their's now. Anyway, congratulations to all of the recent graduates and their parents...godspeed!
Everybody do a dry dance for all of the graduation parties.
I did some research and found that the Native Americans did actually have a dance opposite of a Rain Dance. The difference is they spun in counter-clockwise circles and said their chants backwards. This sounds good and all but they didn't even have clocks so how did they know what was counter-clockwise? Since I don't have a Rain Dance already I don't know if doing it backwards will actually work since I have never done one frontwards. Forget tomorrow is Monday. Actually, forget I said that. Carpe Diem and if it goes well Carpe Noctem. I'll be bloggin' ya!
**dead celebs reserected from examiner.com, crying pacified from mnm.wordpress.com & rain dance dance clockwise from beerandsport.net **
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