Today, February 27, 2009 I witnessed an historical event on The Oprah Show.
One of the guests Opray featured was Steve Harvey, who happens to be the author of a book that is currently on the best sellers list. It is titled "Act like a lady - Think like a man."
Everyone that is reading it might consider it to be a humorous book. Personally I believe it just might be a long awaited revelation.
Oprah discovered that she had not set aside enough time on today's show for Steve Harvey's topic. She had announced that she will do another show featuring Steve Harvey and have an audience made up of women only because there was so much interest in what Steve had to say.
Now, after thinking about what I witnessed, I do believe that Oprah should have provided a special security team to protect Steve Harvey until time for the promised show. It is quite possible that someone might do a drive-by shooting on Steve, taking him out before he can reveal all men's secrets.
Sure! I laughed right along with Oprah and Gail as various skyping women asked Steve's opinion about certain situations related to current relationships with men.
Steve is not fooling around here fellows. He's going DEEP into men's psyche's; messing with our most closely guarded techniques about how to deal with women.
No one on the show was sure as to what Steve's motives are for writing his book and talking out of school the way he is.
Something tells me that his motives are honorable and unselfish. I honestly believe that Steve could be trying to change our society with these shocking revelations. It's about time someone grabbed hold of the horns of the beast and tried to subdue it before it's too late.
Check it out for yourself and see if you agree with me or not. Watch for that promised show and listen to the questions and Steve's answers. You may be glad you did. I can hardly wait.
On Friday, Maureen and I drove over to the multiplex and enjoyed "Taken."
To myself it was the perfect movie, produced as all perfect movies should be.
It had a beginning and an end with lots and lots of action in between.
I love a movie about anyone whose word is their bond.
When Liam Neeson's character explained the choices the kidnapper had; release my daughter now and it ends here, refuse to release her and I will hunt you down and kill you and the kidnapper responds with "Good Luck" I knew something exciting was sure to fiollow and I was correct.
It has nothing good to say about the French which was perceived by myself as a plus.
I almost allowed myself to applaud when Liam flipped the switch on that sucker and walked out of the room.
Promise kept! Everything after that was bonus material.
I was quite taken by "Taken."
What I know for sure is this; if you don’t need to get out of the house and go somewhere…for your own sake…STAY AT HOME!
The reason I know this one thing for sure is….I got out of the house to take Maureen to work and that is only a stone’s throw from here, and during that short time I saw no less than five crazy people driving their cars and with me on the roads, that made six. Consider yourself warned.
Sort of a pet peeve follows; read at your own risk. I may be talking about you. Why is it, when people that have lived somewhere other than the United States are so blessed that they are able to move here, somehow their life improves some ten thousand fold and the first thing they do is start buying stuff? I guess that’s ok; it’s the American Dream but how in the world can they afford to do it?
I was born here and I struggled for many, many years just to get my head above the surface where I could finally start to breathe normally. Years later, my life had improved to where I could finally save up a down payment on a cheap home, where I still live to this day. I consider myself “A Success;” perhaps wrongfully so, but I still do anyway.
Then, one day, a good neighbor that lives near by, puts their house up for sale and you come to miss them dearly. Next thing you know, one of those aforementioned people buys that empty house and moves in. Things start to change very suddenly. At this moment in time, those people have no less than seven motor vehicles parked around their house at times. There is one man, one woman and two small children living their normally. Who is driving all those cars? Is the man of the house trying to build up a used car business or what? Another thing that really pisses me off…..why is it that around eleven o’clock at night, (mind you my regular bed time is around nine o’clock) someone in that house decides they need to go out and start one of those cars and they have this need to fire-up the LOUDEST one they own; sit there in their drive way and keep on gunning it, then they turn on the music system in it and it’s one of those window rattlers with some kind of hip-hop or rap CD playing. Is that the way they lived before they moved here or did they suddenly transform into thoughtless @#%&*%@#$% after they arrived?
NOTE: I have edited this entry from its original content. I wrote and posted it and then got to thinking about the fact that lately many of my posts are about the same topics and that I must be in a rut...a very boring rut. I used to have a life, an interesting one but it has changed and now I am becoming an old grump.
Yesterday that fact come home in the form of a T-shirt my daughter gave me for Valentine's Day along with some sugar free candy. The shirt had the image of one of the Seven Dwarfs on it and asked the question: "Does this shirt make me look Grumpy?"
Recently, our dog Jenny, presented us with a new problem. I began to notice little spots of stain in the usual places she sits from time to time. I examined her more closely, looking at the normal areas that are want to be suspect when it comes to most dogs. Sure enough, she had some matted hair on her upper, inner thigh, both sides, which I calculated was due to some type of fluid discharge from her vulva. Sure enough, there was some dried substance on the hair which tips her vulva too. I became very concerned. I immediately phoned her Vet and reported my concern and why I was thus. The woman I spoke to told me she would contact the on-duty Vet, passing on the information I had given her and that Vet SHOULD be calling me back at the number I provided said woman. This took place on Saturday, shortly after one o'clock in the afternoon. I waited the remainder of the day for the promised call, which never took place. Need I tell you that I was a little irked?
Jenny seemed just fine otherwise so I told myself it wasn't something that couldn't wait until Monday when the Vet's office opened for the day. Sunday too was uneventful where Jenny was concerned. I was calm when I called the Vet's office shortly after nine o'clock to find out what had happened and how come I was not called back with some course of action. The woman who answered my call told me she would once again relay my request to the on-duty Vet and added that she could transfer me to the office management person so I could register my complaint and request that they look into the matter concerning why the Vet had not called me back as promised.
The management person called me back later to gather first hand information for accuracy. She apologized several times and assured me that the problem would be investigated and actions taken to correct the situation for the future. I was saited.
While I waited for a call from some Vet who would inform me as to my choices for treating the condition Jenny was presenting, I did some searching on the Internet. I discover this site called SeeFido.com, a discussion forum and source of various information on a variety of pets. It was there that I found a link to an FDA publication concerning the complaints they had received from a number of dog owners who had been feeding their dogs a type of treat known as Chicken Jerky Tenders. Here's the chief concern of said complaints.....The product's origin was CHINA. Everyone knows that nothing good can come out of China. That's not my belief but seemed to be the belief of those who wrote the complaints I was reading on-line.
As a result of said complaints, the FDA posted a cautious warning to any person presently feeding their dogs these identified, China produced treats. Then they began to investigate and analyze the producer and the product. Back in 2007, the FDA and other investigating labs had NOT come up with any specific toxins or contaminants that may account for the symptoms reported in the complaints.
I continued my search and checked everything I could find on the FDA's recall list. I could find nothing pertaining to the said jerky treats.
Now, do you see why I am confused and at the same time, concerned?
Jenny really likes those Chicken Jerky Tenders and might I also add "They are not cheap." I could save a lot of money by stopping feeding her them but on what would I be basing that decision? A few prejudiced opinions concerning anything that China might produce.
If anyone out there has some input about this matter and it is based on something other than suspicion of China's production quality pertaining to anything other than lead in paint, I would like to read it and would appreciate your sharing of such information.
I have read articles that claim this product has been removed from the shelves of several well known super stores. I have not found these claims to be true here. I can buy all of them I am willing to pay fifteen dollars a bag for.
Most dogs can and do become ill for any number of reasons. I would hate to find out that Jenny got sick because of something I was providing for her, believing that it was good for her. If that happened it is possible that I could join the ranks of all those other prejudiced complainers.
We humans have manipulated the gene pool of most of the popular breeds, many times contributing to the problems faced by the resulting animals but when something goes wrong, we look around for someone or something else to blame.
Wild dogs will eat most anything they find that smells good to them, some even enjoying a crap sandwich without bread when they can get it. You do know that they lick their butts and genitals all the time, don't you? And still, we love them dearly and at times, to death without knowing it.
