Song of the Week.....

Watching the Wheels....acoustic.

Westport, IN

Wizard of Oz.....in 4 minutes.

With a cool soundtrack....
with actual Oz samples.
Listen closely.


This one might be better....
if you're on acid.

Marty
Carrollton, OH

Trivia Tuesday.....

Ok.....the last TT for June and let's see who'll take this one.

Don't need individual names.....but looking for a Family Name....

mmmmmm?

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name this group will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints...

• Not the Brady Bunch.....but there are 6 kids.
• Dad was born in Iowa
• Married his H.S. sweetheart more than 50+ years ago...
• a one time pill pusher....
• currently resides in Indiana...

That's it.....I need a win this week.

Marty

Westport, IN

Great marketing....

Japanese cookies....
don't think Oreo could get away with this.

Marty
Catlin, IL

U-Socket.....

The socket of the future?
http://fastmac.com/usocket.php


Marty

DisneyMix.....

Marty

We have a Wiener!!

So....
I have been intrigued with the "Mayhem Guy" from the Allstate commercials for awhile now....funny what a little advertising can do for a company.
But what I didn't know was that Dean Winters (the actor) is obviously a little more popular than I may have thought.
So this week's winner goes to Mz. Mary Pollard...whoot...whoot.
Not the first one in but I have to keep a balance in that Pollard household.

-- A couple of years ago...he developed a bad bacterial infection where he collapsed at his doctor's office and while being transported to the hospital...his heart stopped beating for almost 3 minutes. Over the next 12 months...he developed gangrene and had a couple of his toes and thumb amputated.

Marty
Westport, IN

Obviously not a Mac guy.....

(Click on letter for larger view)

Marty

Carlisle, OH

qwArty....

Marty

Simpson, IL

Trivia Tuesday.....

Welcome to the first TT of summer!!

...and to celebrate summer I am going to give you a little break this week

(because I am so confident that I will succeed)

Full name is not needed....and that's all I'm saying.

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the stud above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT bragging rights for the next 7 days.

Hints...

• TV regular.....I saw him recently on "30 Rock"
• missing a couple of toes and a thumb
• heart once stopped for almost 3 minutes
• Italian and Irish
• you wouldn't want to run into him.

Marty

Columbia, IL

Flower Talk....

So now that summer is almost here....a quick flower update.
Dahlias are growing like weeds out on the corner which will ensure flowers "as big as my head" in a few short weeks.
No Gutter Garden this year due to time constraints.....
but I have not given up!!
I pulled all of the remaining rose bushes on the side of the house and planted this garden a few weeks ago....
I like to call it my
"I don't know what it is so don't ask me" Garden.

Marty
Caitlin, IL

Happy Fathers Day to all.....

Last minute gift idea....

Marty

Time to move to Dayton.....

$3.39/gallon.....
not so HI in oHIo.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Just when I thought victory was mine.....

in comes Mz. Molly Flynn with one of her "better late than never" emails and nails me.
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer....takes the prize.

--Born in London during the WWII German bombing raids.
--was once Mayor of Cincinnati, OH...until he hired a hooker.
--ran for Congress and Governor in Ohio....
thought about Senate but decided against it.
--Law Degree from Northwestern.
--Political advisor for RFK's Presidential run in '68

Marty

100......and growing.

Marty

Lafayette, IN

Flambone.

I should have been in band......

Mr. Manna would have had to put me in front.

Marty

Carrollton, OH

Trivia Tuesday.....

OK kids.....it's that time of the week again!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name Mr. Sideburns above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

• Was born "across the pond"...
• You can call him ...."Mayor"
• and once ran for for Congress...
• and for Governor....
• and almost for Senate.
• Has a law degree.....
• Was once a political adviser for a major Presidential candidate....
• Has one daughter who is blind and partially deaf.....

Marty

Ireland, IN

Guns & Cellos

Marty
Elwood, IN

Song of the Week.....

......might be my favorite Dylan song.

This one is almost 30 years old....
Bob just hit 70 a few weeks ago.


Marty

I fought the law.....

Rebel without a clue.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Mz. Molly Flynn was the first of many in this week....
with the correct answer....
Judy Garland...aka....Frances Ethel Gumm

Most hints are self explanatory...
-Distant relative (3rd cousin) to Ulysses S. Grant.

Didja know...that on the day she died there was a tornado in Kansas.
Great hint...but way too easy!!



Marty

This baby rocks.....

....not sure how this was done?

Midget behind the couch?

Marty
Ironton, OH

How HOT is it....?

Marty
Columbus, OH

Trivia Tuesday...and a CHA...CHA...CHA!!

Welcome back to another exciting chapter of TT.....

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the lightfooted dancer above...

Will be this week's GRAND PRIZE winner...

and have TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

...and of course, need FULL name.

Hints...

• Would have been 89 this week!
• Married 5 times...
• Had her own television show....
• Her dad was in the closet....and not cleaning the closet.
• Had a former U.S. President as a distant cousin....
• Oscar Nominee...
• Grammy winner...
• Has her own stamp....
• I.R.S was not her friend...

21 years ago today....
I closed on the house in Lockport by day and had a baby by night.
(..... actually "I" didn't have the baby..
but I helped Mar with her breathing...hee..hoo..hee..hoo)

Watch out world!!

Marty
Fowler, IN

When Batman needs a break.....

Marty
Hartford, MI

Something stupid for a Sunday......

Marty

Back home....

Sorry for the late post....
But you know you're out too late when you're
eating White Castles and more onions are on your lap then in your mouth.

Took the school tour with Mr. Guerin at 6pm...
and par for the course I was running a little late.
Which was odd because Jim Farrell was at the school before I was....
and that NEVER happened when we were younger.

Mr. Guerin and the rest of the tour then proceeded over to Grouchos for a pretty great night....lots of fun with friends that didn't have any problems picking up the conversations after 35 years. Mr. Guerin looks better now than you can imagine.....he was only 29 when he had us as his first class.....really committed guy. Not a lot of $$ to work with keeping up the school and a lot of the additions and improvements have come from a lot of sweat and blood from him and other parishioners.

The old gym.....listen closely and you can still hear Mr. Carlson's whistle.

Funny how my old 8th grade wing looks a little like a cell block in Statesville?!?!

My old 8th grade class room is now the computer lab filled with $30k worth of iMacs all donated by one of the older Crane boys who used to live across the street from us on Kilbourn.

Considering how large the Chicagoland area is....
I think we lived in the best square mile in town.

Marty

35 years......really?

Well....tonight's the night.
The hunt that started on New Years Day to find all of the 192 graduates of the St. Bede Class of 1976 is over......and the party begins.

Principal Guerin will welcome his first graduating class
to tour the school tonight at 6pm and then will follow us to Groucho's.
Not too often you get to drink with your Grammar School Principal.

--8 out of the 192 are no longer with us....
(kind of shocking to find obits when "Googling" ones former classmates)

--5 out of the 192 are still MIA?

People coming from Arizona, Minnesota, Florida, Massachusetts, and even London.

Doctors, Lawyers, Nurses, City Workers, CEOs,
Bankers, stay-at home Moms, entrepreneurs,
....should be a fun mix.

No nuns invited.

Marty
83rd & Kostner

You know you're in Grand Rapids when....

...used to love this song.
...then it got tired....
...think I like it again.

One take.

Marty
Marion, IL

FloriDUH!

Now for a new segment I would like to call....
"FloriDUH"!

Marty
Ashland, KY

By Barbara HijekMay 25, 2011 07:29 AM

Dawn Elizabeth Rhash, 49, was arrested last
Saturday after deputies said she was involved
in a food fight with her roommate,
reports the Naples Daily News.

It was the old kitchen food feud:
Her food v. his food.

That's when Rhash allegedly threw butter

at her roommate striking him in the leg.

And that's no county crock.

Rhash told deputies that she had been

drinking vodka and denied trying to

butter-up her roommate.

Hope all churns out well for them.

But in the meantime,

this duo could use some Smart Balance.