Various Videos

Since I've still got nothing to say, here are a few videos that I've got laying around, trying to decide what to do with.

This first one's a little hard to watch, but stick with it, to get his mother's words of encouragement:

Here's a video that I find quite useful. Now, I just need someone to practice on with:

(Preferably someone who doesn't look so much like Bob Saget.)

Lastly, I hate it when this happens (sNSFW):

And, finally:

Women Eating Corndogs

Both Samsmama and OneBadMammaJamma went to state fairs today, and each promised to send me photos of them eating corndogs. Neither did. :-(

Not to be discouraged, I went out and found some of my own.

Oh, you tease....

C'mon, don't be shy.

That's better

Two Girls One Corndog

Teeth! Watch the teeth!

Everything's bigger in Texas.

Well, maybe not everything.

Ok, so he's not a woman (that I know of), but how is this not photoshop?

Supposedly, this photo was taken outside St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Oil City, PA (link).

I tried to find something for the ladies, but this is the closest I could get:

New Clothes!

My niece gave me this t-shirt:

I didn't even know that she read my blog.

Roadside Finds

One of the nice things about riding a bike is that you see more stuff along the side of the road. Not only do you see more stuff, but it's a lot easier to stop and pick it up. Last week, I picked up an XL t-shirt that will be used as an oil rag and a fairly new inner tube, with an easily-patched puncture. If I stopped to pick up every bungee cord I saw, I'd never get anywhere.

Just this past Sunday, I found this Gerber multi-tool

It needs a little cleaning up, but overall, it's in pretty good shape.

One of my coolest finds, though, is hair:

When I was visiting my sister and her family a couple of weeks ago, my niece took this picture of me, sleeping at the Monterey Bay Aquarium:

Man, I didn't realize that my bald spot was getting so large! But now, that doesn't have to be!

I can even go fancy, and throw some blonde in there:

If you think it looks good from that angle, just get a load of how it looks from the front!

Now, I'm happy with my chest hair, but imagine if I wanted more there, too:

And, one last photo, because I know my audience:

I've got to go, now, I'm beginning to itch....

First Kiss

This video brought back memories of my first kiss (with a girl who wasn't related). It was in the coat room at the Catholic kindergarten that I went to. I don't remember the girl's name, but I do remember the kiss, on the mouth, with our heads moving side to side, just like in the movies. Back then, of course, all movie kisses were closed-mouthed.

Proud of my accomplishment, I went up and told the nun. Her reply? "Frank, that's not nice!"

That statement scarred me for years, if not for life.

A New Year's Resolution

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You Light Up My Yard

A few years ago, at about this time of year, I was sitting at home, watching something on the teevee, when my phone rang.

It was Lillian, my neighbor from across the street. "Hey, Frank. Whatcha watchin'?"

"Huh?" I replied, in a teevee-induced haze.

"Whatcha watchin' on the teevee?"

After checking behind my couch, I asked her if she was peeking in through my windows.

"Go look out in your front yard," she said.

Carefully opening my front door, I saw nothing.

"Walk out into your front yard, then turn around and look," she said.

Ignoring the voices that said, "Don't go outside!" since they were coming from the teevee (what was I watching, anyhow?), I did as Lillian instructed.

It was then that I saw the gift that Lillian had left for me. My very own Christmas decoration:


And here's the what the decoration looks like when you use a flash:


I guess that was Lillian's way of helping to make my house look more festive, and not like it was owned by some Christmas-hating curmudgeon.

I continued to put the decoration out, every year, to do my part to help brighten the mood of the neighborhood. For a few years at least, until it became too much trouble.

This year, however, my Home Owners Association is having a Home Holiday Lights Contest, so I dug my decoration out of the back of my garage, put it up, and sent in my entry. The judging is December 15, and the announcement of the winner will be the next day. Check back here then to see what I won!