Baby boomer man humorously looking at mid-life, retirement, and memories.
Its a Giggle Fest when the Swiss Finance Minister is giving a very important speech about cured meats. Hans starts out OK, hits a giggle patch, gathers himself, and then hits another giggle patch.
I hope someone can clue me in that perhaps he made a mis-statement that caused the giggles. But sometimes just talking about cured meats makes me giggle too.
Tomorrow is opening day for the World Equestrian Games.
Do you care?
By the by – do you know ANYTHING about the World Equestrian Games? They are held across the state in Lexington, Kentucky, a whole time zone away, the first time the events have been held in the U.S. in the 20 years of competition.
It’s big… if you believe the innernets.
In fact, the largest airlift of horses is underway with nearly 450 horses preparing to depart from Europe, 19 from Australasia (the region encompassing Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea) and 35 from South America.
The tourism and government folks have just been going nuts. Three friggin’ years ago, the highway department put up humongous signs at the state borders trumpeting the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
Apparently it’s the only time the Rolex wearers can co-exist with the John Deere drivers. Both are sponsors of the deal.
Anybody who might benefit, or who has a job that depends on horses is breathlessly making statements like:
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for world-class equestrian entertainment and competition for the area,” said organizer Becky Jordan. “The world spotlight is on us.”
It all presents a once-in-a-lifetime cultural opportunity for anyone who attends, said Jamie Link, chief executive officer of the World Games 2010 Foundation, which is the equivalent of the local organizing committee for the games.
I guess if I was a horsey person, I might be breathlessly awaiting the ponies too. But to me, it’s one of those over-hyped, over-sold, over-wrought over-trumpeted events that tourism and state government bigwigs like to tout as making the difference of life and death on the future well-being of the Commonwealth.
Just in case you need to know, Robobank is the official bank of the World Equestrian Games.
And it’s been a good deal for the homeless in Lexington, they got some new digs – albeit just temporarily – kind of like getting the beggars off the street in New Delhi.
“Now that they have this big thing going on, and they’re trying to redecorate the town and everything, they don’t want other people from out of town to see that they have a problem with a lot of homeless people here, and they’re trying to hide it,”
New Delhi is the home of the Commonwealth Games. But in New Delhi, they put you away in subsidized housing for up to 10 years for beggerary.
“Beggary is considered an offence and can lead to imprisonment for up to 10 years.”
And the World Equestrian Games wants you to enjoy a day at the old ballpark too - which happens NOT to be in Kentucky. The Cincinnati Reds are up the road and across the river from Lexington and the World Equestrian Games.
Even the state press association is trumpeting the event:
Imagine 16 straight days of the Kentucky Derby, a Super Bowl and the next two or three largest sporting events. All going on each day and night.
It’s grueling just to cover one of those but starting September 25, the eyes of the equestrian world will be focused on Kentucky…
Grueling. Simply grueling.
I shall be home trumpeting and following them on Facebook. BTW: there are no trumpets at the World Equestrian Games. Pfbbt.
This commercial pretty much sums up my enthusiasm for the deal…
Day-am. This happens more often than I care to think is just co-inky-dink. It is a conspiracy to prevent me from having the most fun possible on a Saturday. There needs to be three of me to cover all this fun:
Saturday September 25:
UPDATE:
Christine O’Donnell dabbled in witchcraft.
Young people do those kinds of things. We all laugh at them. Especially when they go on that old worn out MTV show that was cool a hundred years ago.
What else can you dabble in?
First comes the magnificent truth that anybody under the age of 25, doesn’t know what KFC stands for…
and certainly don’t recognize this face as being attached to the brand formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken.
On the 120th anniversary of Colonel Harland Sanders’ birth, the company that he founded has discovered a little more than half of young Americans think he was made up.
The revelation has led KFC to try to raise the dead with a campaign meant to reacquaint people with the man behind the chicken.
Now, YUM! (the parent of KFC) has decided to send the brand to the asses. Not the masses – the asses. Thinking on top of the buns, getting cheeky, putting the brand on behinds…
If you are a cute co-ed with nice firm buns, ( no XXL need apply) you can earn while the guys ogle your ass.
KFC is paying women at various college campuses across the United States to wear red sweatpants with the KFC Double Down logo and the iconic Colonel Sanders portrait logo.
The chicken restaurant chain said it will select certain women to serve as “human billboards” and pay them with $500 stipends and KFC gift checks.
Yes, Harland Sanders Double Down on your butt.
No, that won’t draw unwanted attention or crude comments.
John Cywinski, chief marketing and food innovation officer for KFC, said that the promotion is aimed at attracting KFC’s key target: young men.
Next up: Tee shirts! What would be the totally inappropriate KFC slogan on a woman’s chest to appeal to young men?
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