Lesley Gore "It's My Party" Season 1 "The Gift" It's my party and I'll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to you Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone But Judy left the same time Why was he holding her hand When he's supposed to be mine It's my party and I'll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to you Then all my records keep dancing all night But leave me al...

Did the title perplex you or make you go "OMG!  I have not heard that in a bazillion years!".  Yea it is an old saying from when I was young.  It means that we hooked a live one and are playing with it. But this is about Fly Fishing!  While not my favorite type of fishing, it holds tons of enjoyment.  Why? How many of you are fly fishers?  Do you know what that means?  You take some string (I guess you can take a fly, but I have never actually gotten one ...

You're So Vain - Sung by Carly Simon You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strategically dipped below one eye Your scarf it was apricot You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner They'd be your partner, and.... You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you Don't you? Don't you? ...

Really.  What do you do with one.  They leech onto you and when you pick them off and throw them aside, they come back.  Like a leech.  You try to ignore them.  But then just pucker up and suck up to you again.  Not really caring about what you say, just leeching off you for their own pleasure. Do you pick them off and squash them?  Have you ever tried to really squash a leech? (I have not!  I hear they pop when you do). So you just ignore them? ...

The heat is on, on the street Inside your head, on every beat And the beat's so loud, deep inside The pressure's high, just to stay alive 'Cause the heat is on Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) (Tell me can you feel it) The heat is on, the heat is on, the heat is on the heat is on Oh it's on the street, the heat is - on. --Glenn Frey (not to be confused with Amber Fre...

Sitting at Count Dracula's abode draining for the good of my fellow man (and woman), I got To thinking (not much else to do in the process): There are 2 questions on the questionaire that are for women, and one for men.  And they have a check box that says "I am Male" or "I am Female" if they do not apply to you.  What do transgender people do? There is a question that your blood may be used to test for West Nile Virus (note not WILL be, but MAY be).  If you refuse to parti...

Yep!  for the past 5 days (today being one we did not have to), my son and I mulched the back 40.  It looks really nice now (we bordered it before hand - which the previous owners never did and why the mulch was always ending up in the grass part of the yard).  But all total, I estimate we picked up and spread over 12 cubic yards of the stuff.  For those slow on the calc button, a cubic yard is 27 cubic feet.  If you buy your mulch from Home Depot, you get about 2-3 cubi...

With Kudos to Mason on the Trucker Lingo, I give you Richmond Va. Lingo. For those not familiar with it, you cannot go south and talk this lingo.  It is very regionalized, even though at one time it was the Capital of the Confederacy.  I will try to differentiate. Y'All - that means one, two or a bunch.  It means all of you! All Y'all - Does not exist.  Speak it, and we know you are Yankees Aboat - Means About.  cant you understand English? Huse - Gee!&nbs...

I guess my blood is getting sweeter cause this time it took them ONE day to call me (I dont think they were open on the 4th when I became eligible).  I guess I am eligible.  After all, the blood my doctor has been sucking down does not count. But one day after I am eligible? I am wanted! (actually my wife hates my snoring, but then when I am not.......) I hate the process, but do it because I can, and my blood type is needed.  I wish more could or would give.  I...

More than a friend actually.  When I was at my lowest, she was there.  Many a night we chatted and talked well into the wee hours of the mourning.  I bared my soul to her, and she laughed it off.  We were a continent apart.  But she was my friend. SHe had heart problems. I knew it.  Yet I loved her anyway.  But love was not enough.  And her heart gave out.  I have not talked to her in many months.  Her life got busy as did mine.  So we lo...

Yea, this is going to be one!  Of independence from weeds and low lying tree limbs!  My son is down and our Governor, Ted Matthews, has give us a 4 day weekend.  So what started out innocently enough - sculpturing the deck and the back 40, has turned into trimming the trees to allow sunlight for the ne'er do wells! (well, I kind of like that little spruce tree).  But with temps hovering in the 100s and humidity to soak a sun, it is not pretty! But we are bound and determin...

Gideon wrote an excellent article on the Liberal Bloggers he likes. https://forums.joeuser.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=16&AID=122304#948891 And I contributed my 2 cents.  We still have some.  Albeit they are a dying breed.  It seems that the Australian liberals have a much better time.  Only one has been kicked off, and that was for his incessant desire to pick nits more than his views.  Still, I do miss him even if he never wrote an article.  But the rest ...

Many of us here at JU are Baby Boomers.  Others are Gen X, and Gen Y.  With the exception of Stevendedalus (and others less frequent members perhaps?), that Pretty much encompasses all of us (Steven is the Greatest Generation).  So what defines each generation?  Well, for Steven it is easy.  The Great Depression and WWII.  Nothing can top those 2 for defining their generation, and the rest of us still are in awe at their sacrifice and tenacity in the face of ove...

I have had this credit card for over 10 years.  Closer to 15.  It was one of those unsolicited things you get, but the name grabbed my attention.  Harris Bank.  Why the name?  My boss at the time was named Cam Harris, and she is unquestionably one of the best I have ever had.  So it became my favorite one. Over the years, the card limit was bumped and bumped and bumped.  Until it is one of those platinum cards with lots of credit.  But something happene...