Your Blogger Has a "Senior" Moment

ME:  (All friendly cordiality and friendly foo-fa-raw to new male resident.) Hi, Tony, my name is Chuck.

RESIDENT: (Shaking my hand) Call me Gerry.

Gerry is a female, and has lived here for about three years. 

Rap Song of Residents' Names

 

1. I went around an copied the names of all 93 residents off door plates.

2. I made a list of first names

3. I sorted first names by number of syllables

4. I sorted each list by which syllable was accented

5. I sorted each accented list by sound of final consonant

6. I put the sorted names into a song

7. I checked the song to see that everyone was included…once.

8. I selected music for the song

9. I played music, and sang the song

10. I recorded the song

11. I played the recording for residents

12. Nobody cared.

Rap song of residents' names...a work in progress.

Who Lives Here

Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret

Lorene, Loraine, Loraine, Loraine,

Colleen, Nadine, Gordon, Helen, Byron, Herman, John, John

Agnes, Annis, Ardis, Doris, Lois, Louis, Lucy, Iris, Inis, Grace, Grace

Anna, Darla, Clara, Donna, Edna, Emma Ilah, Inga, Myrla, Thelma, Vera

Lydia, Wilma, Wilma, Paulina. Heidi, Mary, Mary, Maurice,

Betty, Minnie, Tony, Tony, Shirley, Frankie, Jennie, Gerry, Peggy

Chuck, Frank, Mark, Jim, Kay, Kay, Fay

Earl, Pearl, Blanche, Ruth, Ruth, Ted, Bob

Rachel, Gertrude, Ethel, Esther, Elbert, Charlotte, Charles

Barbara, Dorothy, Dorothy, Eleanor, Anita, Alvira, Eugenia

Photo Round Robin -- Topic: COLD

Photo Round Robin.

I saw some birds flitting around the bare trees.  They were wild and crazy, so I thought it must be courting time.  Since there was no place to hide, I think Ms. Bird got impregnated, so that, as Mrs Bird she would soon be building a nest...a tough chore when you are pregnant.  So Sprng has reached Merced, same as Puncsutawny, PA.

But while the rest of you are suffering in the cold, the only way I can photo shoot some "cold", is by going. (through the rain) to Starbucks, for an iced treat.

Topic:  COLD

Trivia Contest

If you'd like to enter a really tough trivia contest, the tournament by Kellen O'Grady  (<<link) may be for you. It will start Feb 20, 2007, but you have to register beforehand.

I think I knew ONE of the Twenty questions in the last contest, and was able to look up or Google a couple of others.

Tags: tournament, Kellen O'Grady, trivia contest

Patrick's Saturday Six - Superbowl

Patrick asks us to answer the questions and post a link at his site.
1. Who's going to win the Super Bowl?
Bears
2. Have you been invited to any Super Bowl parties? (Or are you throwing your own?) Yep, right here at the old folks home.  With snacks.  I even made up some team songs...stole the tunes from college teams.

3. If you were invited, would you go, even if you hate football? I may go.

4. Have you ever thrown a party focused on a television program? No but we used to pause parties to watch George Gobel (remember him) when he was "hot".

5. If you were given free tickets to the Super Bowl, would you attend? Why or why not? Sure, if it was held here in my town.

6. Do you worry about security at such an event? Would those worries prevent you from attending or in any way make you less likely to attend? No, can't let terrorists stop us from living.... but if there were warnings from local law enforcement...that would be different

XLI According to SI

 

Sports Illustrated has a curious point of view about the Superbowl game coming up.  They feature it as a personal contest between Bears defensive linebacker Brian Urlacher and Colts quarterback Payton Manning.

No mention that when the Bears have the ball, the same confrontation will occur between their quarterback and the Colts defensive linebacker, whomever they may be.  Their names are not mentioned, nor is it suggested that their contributions may be important.

Because of this curious coverage, I will be watching with special interest when the Bears have the ball.

Sunday, about dinner time in California.

National Holiday - Tomorrow

Pay attention:  All eyes on Western Pennsyvania tomorrow, Feb 2, 2007.  Panic, PA,? No. Desire, Harmony, Stump Creek, no. Ugly Run creek? No.

Punxsutawny.  The groundhog comes out of his hibernation.  (Is dragged out, actually.) According to traditon, if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter.  If he does not, presumably there will be mild weather until Spring.

This grand event  (<<Link) will be webcast at SEVEN AM, (EST). The sun doesn't come up until 7:15, so they will be dragging poor Phil, the groundhog, out of his burrow before dawn.  That is four AM in California...I may miss the event, alas.

I love Groundhog Day.  I will join you later.