HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Have you ever been to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum? If not, I highly suggest you visit & take the historic tour. If you're really feeling jiggy, go through the haunted house. Fair warning - you WILL be scared!!!

http://www.trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/

OH, HO HUM ....

Nothing to do, nothing to say, nothing going on.

Ain't life grand?!

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS?

ORIGINAL STORYHUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Jamie Oliver, best known as the Naked Chef, said his recent visit to Huntington area made the "hairs raise on the back of (his) arm" because of its unhealthy residents and lack of fresh and nutritious food, according to a report on Sky News.

Oliver, who hails from Great Britain, is in the United States filming a new series in an attempt to change the attitudes of "the world's fattest country."

Following is an excerpt from the article:
(Oliver) said his visit to Huntington, West Virginia - the unhealthiest town in America - was an eye-opening experience.

"I've only worked with a couple of families so far and all I can tell you is it makes the hairs raise on the back of your arm," he said. "I feel emotionally connected to this project. They are all anemic with information. They are not stupid, they are not ignorant -- it's just they have never had food from scratch in their life."

Happy Apple Fesitval!

Have y'all enjoyed the festivities? I'm not sure if it really does get more crowded & louder & hotter every year or if I'm just getting old, but ... it sure seems like every year, it gets more crowded, louder & hotter.

What'd y'all see that I missed?

KISS MY GRITS!

The Class of 1984 - the class ahead of me - had their 25th class reunion this weekend. I've been looking at the pictures ... LOL ... Now I'm having a 1984 Moment & y'all are all going there with me! BAHAHAHAHA

TURN THE PAGE ...

Time Passages ....

The lazy, hazy days of summer are just about over. Two more weeks 'til school starts ...

It's just about time to start talking about how bad winter is going to be. "If winter's as wet as summer has been & all this rain turns into snow, why, we'll be snowed under for weeks!"

HOME AT LAST!!

Vacation's a great & wonderful thing, but man, it's always good to be back home!

We packed A LOT! into this past week - Great Wolf Lodge (ritzy hotel with it's own water park - I highly recommend it!!), Busch Gardens, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Natural Bridge (& caverns!) .... & now we're home. Broke, pooped & slightly sunburned. Life is good!

You know those massive taxes we pay here in WV, presumably to pay for roads & whatnot? Virginia charges $18 per person to look at the Natural Bridge - if you want to see the caverns, too, you can buy the combo ticket for $26. We're a family of 4 - you do the math. How many people do you suppose visit Hawks Nest on a daily basis? How about Blackwater Falls? All for FREE. No wonder WV is so broke - we're giving our best tourist attractiions away for FREE.

FETCHIN' UP 101

The other day, I was waiting in line in a public restroom. The only available stall was the handicap one. I don't use handicap stalls (or parking spaces, or anything else) because I'm not handicapped. The young, healthy lady waiting behind me didn't think twice to make a beeline to it, despite the fact that there was an elderly lady who so obviously needed it more than she did.

When Michael Jackson died, leaving behind 3 children, 2 parents & 7 brothers & sisters, all anybody wanted to talk about was the trial. Someone even said, "I bet a lot of people are glad he's dead."

Have we really become such a heartless nation? What ever happened to respecting your elders? Respecting the dead? Common courtesy? Common decency? Compassion? Empathy? Judge not?

If this is the path of human evolution, it's time to veer & take the road less traveled.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Happy 4th of July!!