Farside42's blog: "Stuff"

I was watching the late news last night, and, of course, the top story was the death of new anchor Walter Cronkite.  He had retired from being the regular newsman before I was old enough to remember, but is such a legend that his passing is definetely notable.

On the same news cast, they pointed out that McDonalds is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Happy Meal.  This struck me for a couple of reasons.  First of all, I myself had my 30th birthday last year September (coming up on 31 in a couple of months).  That means that I don't remember a time there were not Happy Meals.  I have a lot of fond memories of the fun had with Happy Meals (both the toys and the boxes they came in! LOL!), and the clips they aired with that story brought back some of those happy memories.

Then it occured to me, that I'm having fond memories of fast food meals?  I'm not sure what that says about me.  I guess all that's left to do is to paraphrase the words of a famous TV man.  Thats just the way it is.

So I just got finished stashing some items in honor of US Independence Day.

The first item is a bit of good ol' American cheese.  It's a clip from 1980s era WWF wrestling TV (Specifically a show that aired occasionally on Saturday nights on NBC, creatively called Saturday Night's Main Event).  It features a music video for Hulk Hogan's wrestling theme song, called "Real American."  The video is ultra cheesy.  But I thought it would be "appropriate" to post it in honor of the 4th.

The second video is taken from the Boston Pops 2005 4th of July Concert, and includes the National Anthem, and the end of the 1812 Overture, complete with cannons and fireworks. :)

The final item, is a little piece called the Declaration of Independence.  I thought that might be nice to post!

And as an interesting aside, I've got a distant cousin on the list of signers (Well first cousin, many generations removed).  Any one else around here have a relative who signed?

Since tomorrow's Mother's Day, I decided to try to come up with a few words on what my Mom means to me.  And so I won't go on for days on end about EVERYTHING she's ever done for me (which would be a HUGE list), I'll just say this:

If you've still got your Mom to talk to, go thank her for all she's done.  Cuz I bet it doesn't get said enough.

If, sadly, she's no longer with you, say it anyway.  Cuz I'm sure she'll still here it and appreciate it! :)

And finally, for all the mothers here on Fubar, have a great day tomorrow!  You all do a hell of a job!  And stop to leave me a note if you read this (either a blog comment or a PM).  Cuz I think you all deserve a drink of thanks!

Happy Mother's Day!

A friend sent this to me today.  I hope you all enjoy it!

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.  He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was...

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if

the jar was full.

The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.

The students laughed..

'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.

The sand is everything else---the small stuff. 'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.  Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Spend time with your children.

Spend time with your parents.

Visit with grandparents.

Take time to get medical checkups.

Take your spouse out to dinner.

Play another 18.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.

Set your priorities.

The rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.

The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'

The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.

 

It seems to me that I've lately that I've seen comments from a lot of my fu-friends complaining about people using fake profiles to downrate or otherwise insult people. I had such an experience myself during a mumm I was running. I personally was amused to have received such attention, but I can understand how it would really bother some people, especially considering how childish it really is. So, for those that have had to put up with this kind of behaviour, I'm dedicating my latest stash item, a video of Christina Aguilera's video "Beautiful," which is a wonderful song about being happy with who you are.

Hi All! Today was my older brother's birthday! And to celebrate we went to see the new "Watchmen" movie! Now those of you who've taken the time to check out my pics know that I am something of a comic book geek (and if you haven't checked out my pics shame on you! LOL!), and it should come as no surprise that I've been waiting with anticipation for "Watchmen" to come out. Well, despite some reservations I had about the movie (the "Watchmen" comic had a fairly complex plot with lots of "background" materials that made it an excellent read but also made it very difficult to adapt to the movie screen), I'm pleased to say that directer Zach Snyder did it justice. No, it wasn't a literal translation of the comic to the screen. And there was a lot of background information that had to be cut (and the movie was still almost 3 hours long!). But it captured the spirit of the story far more successfully than I would have dared to hope for. If you're any kind of comic fan, I would highly recommend it! Before I go, I want to take the time to once again remind all my fans that I'm in a contest being run by Wonder Woman. I ask you all to follow the link at the bottom of the blog, and please rate my pic a 1! Not a 10, a 1. The contest is for the LOWEST score by Sunday! Thanks for your help!

Hi All! I'm part of a contest that the awesome Wonder Woman is running. Not your ordinary contest, mind you. A very special one. The winner is the one with the lowest pic rating by 7:00 PM Fu-time next week. If y'all want to help me, please use the link below to down rate my pic every chance you get. And rate everyone else a 10. They'll love you for it! LOL! Thanks for your help!

Hi All! So, I don't usually ask for help from my fu friends on reaching point levels. And that isn't currently going to change. I am, however, going to ask for your help in leveling one of my good friends Heaven! She is an absolute sweetie, and is currently hard at work trying to make Oracle, still has a long way to go, and currently very little help in the way of auto 11s or happy hours to do it with. So I'm asking anybody who finds this to go check her out. She is one of the nicest people I know here, and she deserves all the help she can get!

I saw on the profile of one of my newest fu-friends (Clover) a neat little graphic that mapped out which states in the US she’s visited. This was interesting to me because over my life thus far, I’ve actually visited a pretty good number of the states. See, I’m a Navy brat. My father served 12 years in the Navy (and another 20 years when that was done as a civil servant working for the Navy). Now, I’ve only lived in a couple of different states (born in California, and spent most of my life in Connecticut), but because he and my mom are both from the Midwest (Oklahoma and Kansas) I’ve actually done quite a bit of traveling visiting relatives by car most years.
visited 32 states (64%)
Create your own visited map of The United States or try another Douwe Osinga project I’ve hit part of the southwest while moving east from California. While growing up, my family hit a good deal of the tourist destinations between Connecticut and the midwest. We’ve also included trips to South Dakota for Mt. Rushmore, northern New England to visit friends from the two years my dad was stationed in Portsmouth, NH, and Florida to visit Mickey. :) And as for having Michigan on my map? Well, I have some very “special” memories of Michigan. One time while flying from graduate school in western Ohio and home, I missed a connecting flight, and got to spend 3 quality hours wandering around the Detroit airport. If that doesn’t qualify me to say I’ve been to Michigan, then I don’t know what does! LOL! Hope you all found this at least a little entertaining!

Hi All! So with the upcoming joy that is Valentine's Day, I thought I'd stop by with a nice message for the holiday. No, this is not going to be a "I love you all so much" blog. Well, not exactly. It's been just over 6 months since I joined Fubar. When I first joined I remember being fairly overwhellmed by all the scrolling and flashing graphics here. But then I got to know some very nice people here, especially the ones who were willing to accept friend requests from some punk who didn't have a very impressive looking page set up. I guess what I'm going for is to simply give a gigantic THANK YOU to all my fubar friends. You all have made this an incredibly fun place to be, and you all have my gratitude for being for being so friendly! So in closing, here's a nice graphic for anybody who wanted an actual Valentine message.
Profiletweaks.com - Free Glitter Graphics Happy Valentine's Day everyone!