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Archie Will Chose Between Betty and Veronica

Published on May 21, 2009 in Baby Boomer, Childhood, Entertainment and Family. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

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Archie will finally choose between Betty, shown here in an updated drawing as a buxom ditzy blonde stripper, and Veronica, the raven haired buxom stripper. (Notice the difference?)

And what’s up with Archie’s look?

Archie will choose between Betty Cooper or Veronica Lodge in comic book #600.

More Realistic Archie, Betty, Veronica

More Realistic Archie, Betty, Veronica

Archie has been enjoying his threesome for sixty years. So will Archie really choose between Betty or Veronica?

Not so fast says Gillian Gelling.

For starters, this is a marketing ploy to get people (who are not me) to read Archie again. They tried this same tactic a few years ago with “The Love Showdown,” in which Betty and Veronica finally forced the ginger-haired one to choose between them both. And who did he go with? Cheryl Blossom, the snobby, redheaded Pembroke Academy transfer, thus bonding Betty and Veronica in their new quest to oust this conniving bitch and forget their squabbles over the checker-head for a while. We had to deal with Cheryl for about a year or two, but they eventually managed to squash her and free up their own little love triangle once more.

Conniving bitch indeed.

Archie will choose between Betty and Veronica?

Here’s the rundown according the Gillian

Betty:

She’s smart, sweet, perky, athletic, cute, can cook, and adores Archie with all her heart. She deserves it! She’s the best! But my guess is she’s becoming too smart for him these days. Five years from now, Betty will either be in politics, a famous journalist, or working with Doctors Without Borders delivering HIV medication to African refugees.

Veronica:

Ronnie, though beautiful and spoiled, does not lack for brains. She’s inherited her father’s knack for business and in five years will no doubt be on the board of Lodge Enterprises, amassing a fortune of her own.

Archie will choose between Betty and Veronica?

Archie will probably choose Reggie.

Single Mom’s Mother’s Day Treat

Published on May 8, 2009 in Childhood, Empty Nesters and Shopping. 0 Comments Tags: , .

I’m not a single Mom, probably never will be, but Nancy has a friend that is and she has a young daughter. For the past few years, Nancy has called and made arrangements to pick up the daughter and take her Mother’s Day shopping.

Her mom knows about it, provides the money, etc. etc.

Nancy just totes her to the store, steers her away from the Hello Kitty stuff, gets it gift-wrapped, remembers the card and she makes a single mom’s Mother’s Day special for both.

I think Nancy likes it too.

Hollie Steel May Give Susan Boyle Comeuppance

Published on April 26, 2009 in Childhood and Entertainment. 6 Comments Tags: , , , .


Simon Cowell hated Hollie Steel flitting about the stage of Britain’s Got Talent in her tutu doing ballet, until she opened her mouth and this big voice began singing “I Could Have Danced All Night.” His hand was poised over the X button ready to buzz her outta there.

Who would you pick? Hollie Steel or Susan Boyle to win Britain’s Got Talent? Little girl who doesn’t know the talent she has? Or a woman who maybe frumped herself up to get audience sympathy?

Simon said Hollie Steel’s talent was just the tip of the iceberg.
I’m wondering where her voice goes as she matures.

I’m still rooting for the Geezer broad – Susan Boyle.

Michelle Obama Blows It: Adopts a Dog from a Puppy Mill

Published on April 11, 2009 in Childhood, Dogs and Politics. 12 Comments Tags: , , , , .


Michelle Obama and The Fresh President have ditched another pledge and are getting a dog from a puppy mill.
The dog’s original owner returned the Portuguese Water Dog to the kennel where it was bred.

The Obamas decided that keeping Ted Kennedy happy was more important than keeping their pledge of adopting a shelter dog.

The puppy mill where this dog came from is where Kennedy buys his dogs.

Puppy Mill Pooch

Puppy Mill Pooch

This really pisses me off. This was so simple. Four million dogs will be killed this year because they don’t have a home. The Obama’s had set expectations that they would set a great example.
Instead, they buckled to pressure from Uncle Teddy and are accepting a gift dog from a puppy mill.

Obama has taken Chicago politics right with him to the White House: tell the public what they want to hear, then do whatever.

I’m surprised that Michelle didn’t live up to her promise. I bet that those vegetables from the garden in the back yard of the White House never see the White House kitchen.

Forget all the tough decisions, this was an easy one, and President and Michelle Obama blew it.

They say they will change the name of the dog from Charlie, so at least the website that grabbed the domain will have a short life.

I’m guessing they won’t name the dog Chappaquiddick.

A Boomer’s Life Before Legos

Published on March 28, 2009 in Baby Boomer, Childhood, Entertainment and Money. 4 Comments Tags: , , , .


Legos are fun, but I never had any growing up.

My construction materials were Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Playmate Building Blocks, and some other kind of building block that I can’t remember. Maybe other Boomers will remember. They were white blocks about 3/4 inch long with two squares on top for connecting.

Lincoln Logs were invented by the son of Frank Lloyd Wright and included instruction on how to build Lincoln’s Cabin.

Tinkertoys were invented after a stonemason saw kids being totally entertained by building things with pencils and spools of thread. LEGOs were invented by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a master carpenter who lived in Denmark. The word comes from the Danish words LEg and GOdt, which together means “play well.” They later discovered that in Latin, Lego means “I put together.”

Lego my Ergo.

Usually my construction project was a combination of Logs, Tinkers,  and blocks because I wouldn’t put away my toys and pieces disappeared over time.

Unlike Wes, I didn’t bother to keep a list of all the toys I had. My toys were also from the ’50′s and had not reached the same sophistication as the Whammo Astro-Ray Gun.

But the world is now  Lego nuts. Everywhere I turn I see Lego!

Forget the giant Lego buildings, I presume you have seen them everywhere too.  And Lego people are everywhere including Lego people involved in adult adventures.

Lego replicas of every icon have been constructed: Star Cruiser, Batmobile, Death Star, Indiana Jones, full size Ferrari Formula 1 car, and on and on and on.

But have you seen or heard about…

Lego business cards? very cute.

Lego knitting machine?

Lego difference calculator? … a difference engine is able to solve mathematical problems (2nd/3rd-order polynomials) and calculate the answers to 3 or 4 digits.

Lego Pinball machine?

Lego Air Conditioner?

Lego 3D Scanner?

BTW: these machines all are functional! This is nuts! The coolest thing I ever made were ramps to shove plastic model cars over to crash into the invading army of toy soldiers.  Having pieces fly all over the place was part of the fun. How much fun would it be to turn on a Lego Air Conditioner, sit down at the Lego Difference Calculator to work out a pattern for the Lego Knitting Machine?

The world has gone Lego Nutso.

Here’s another nutso idea: selling toy forts made out of cardboard boxes for $50.

I’m just mad because I didn’t think of it. Or Legos.

Lego my Ergo.

Hee. Love that.