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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Weird Homes

I have always liked Canadian televison. Instead of just doing another HGTV show, they manage to put a unique spin on this series. The above home would drive me crazy. It's fun to look at, but I'm glad I don't have to live there.


Violette, the chicken lady.

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All the Cats Join In

A 1946 Disney animation featuring Benny Goodman's orchestra.

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More nostalgia

This poem has been circulating in an email. The author is unknown, but there are two forms to be found. The form below seems to be the original. The second form substitutes the line The land of Sandra Dee, with The land that made me, me.
submitted by Michael

In the Land of Sandra Dee

Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot,
Before the days of Dylan, or the dawn of Camelot,
There lived a race of innocents and they were you and me,
Long ago and far away, in the land of Sandra Dee.

Oh, there was truth and goodness in that land where we were born,
Where navels were for oranges, and Peyton Place was porn.
For Ike was in the White House, and Hoss was on TV,
And God was in his heaven in the land of Sandra Dee.

We learned to gut a muffler, we washed our hair at dawn.
We spread our crinolines to dry in circles on the lawn,
And they could hear us coming all the way to Tennessee,
All starched and sprayed and rumbling in the land of Sandra Dee.

We longed for love and romance, and waited for the prince,
And Eddie Fisher married Liz, and no one's seen him since.
We danced to "Little Darlin'", and sang to "Stagger Lee,"
And cried for Buddy Holly in the land of Sandra Dee.

Only girls wore earrings then, and three was one too many,
And only boys wore flat-top cuts, except for Jean McKinney.
And only in our wildest dreams did we expect to see
A boy named George with lipstick in the land of Sandra Dee.

We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice,
And when they made a movie, they never made it twice.
We didn't have a Star Trek Five, or Psycho Two and Three,
Or Rocky-Rambo Twenty in the land of Sandra Dee.

Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, and Chester had a limp,
And Reagan was a Democrat whose co-star was a chimp.
We had a Mr. Wizard, but not a Mr. T,
And Oprah couldn't talk yet in the land of Sandra Dee.

We had our share of heroes, we never thought they'd go,
At least not Bobby Darin, or Marilyn Monroe.
For youth was still eternal, and life was yet to be,
And Elvis was forever in the land of Sandra Dee.

We'd never seen the rock band that was Grateful to be Dead,
And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson, and Zeppelins weren't Led.
And Beatles lived in gardens then, and Monkees in a tree.
Madonna was a virgin in the Land of Sandra Dee.

We'd never heard of microwaves, or telephones in cars,
And babies might be bottle-fed, but they weren't grown in jars.
And pumping iron got wrinkles out, and "gay" meant fancy-free,
And dorms were never coed in the land of Sandra Dee.

We hadn't seen enough of jets to talk about the lag,
And microchips were what was left at the bottom of the bag.
And hardware was a box of nails, and bytes came from a flea,
And rocket ships were fiction in the land of Sandra Dee.

Buicks came with portholes, and side show came with freaks,
And bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks.
And Coke came just in bottles, and skirts came to the knee,
And Castro came to power in the land of Sandra Dee.

We had no Crest with fluoride; we had no Hill Street Blues,
We all wore superstructure bras designed by Howard Hughes.
We had no patterned pantyhose or Lipton herbal tea,
Or prime-time ads for condoms in the land of Sandra Dee.

There were no golden arches, no Perrier to chill.
And fish were not called Wanda, and cats were not called Bill.
And middle-aged was thirty-five and old was forty-three,
And ancient were our parents in the land of Sandra Dee.

But all things have a season, or so we've heard them say,
And now instead of Maybelline, we swear by Retin-A.
And they send us invitations to join AARP,
We've come a long way, baby, from the land of Sandra Dee.

So now we face a brave new world in slightly larger jeans,
And wonder why they're using smaller print in magazines.
And we tell our children's children of the way it used to be,
Long ago and far away in the land of Sandra Dee.

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A couple of interesting websites

People interested in what their ancestors did in wartime are getting a free look, until the end of the month, at a vast collection of military records online. The National Archives and Ancestry.com have worked out an agreement to speed the transfer of millions more war records to the Web and make an existing collection free for people to see during a Memorial Day commemoration from today through May 31. Military records containing information on about 100 million people can be accessed here. After May 31, a paid subscription will be required to see them. Ancestry.com has been buying microfilmed copies of the records from the National Archives for several years, putting the documents in digital form and allowing its members to access them online. The documents cover almost every conflict and includes draft registration cards from both world wars, images of headstones of Civil War soldiers and Vietnam prisoner of war records.  link
submitted by Michael



James thought this website, 1 Sale-a-Day might be of interest to our readers. They sell only one item, each day, at a very low price. Even if you are not in the buying mood, they offer entertainment in the form of Joke, Word, Statistic, and Historical fact of the day. This is not an endorsement of the website - I have no experience with it. Customer reviews seem to be mixed.

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Today's Activities Schedule

7:30 Men's Golf @ Shores
7:45 Ladies' 9-Hole Golf
7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
8:00 Tennis
9:30 Ladies' Bible Study
10:00 Women's Support Group
2:00 Dance Class
7:00 Mexican Train Dominoes
7:00 Line Dancing

Tomorrow's Activities Schedule

7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
10:00 Cribbage
1:00 Hand & Foot
3:00 Investment Group
4:00 Pickle Ball
7:00 Men's & Ladies' Poker
7:00 Bingo

See the complete calendar

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Coquina Daily Cat

Black Cat by Ariel Mai - link

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Coquina Daily Dog

Dog in flowerpot by Korrigan - link

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Coquina Daily Sunset

Wednesday, May 21, 2008