Happy Birthday Meaghan

As it has now become a tradition, please view the video of the our birthday girl Meaghan.

Or if you would like to view it a full screen mode click on this Meaghan

Nothing Going On So Some Odds and Ends

Ho Hum, things have been quiet, real quiet. Perhaps it is the lull before the storm? Let's see, "The Madge" had to bring her car in to the dealer as the "check engine" light came on. This happened because the car was approaching 5,000 miles and it is the manufacturers way of scaring you into bringing it in to the dealer. Read the owners manual, "If the Check Engine light comes on, shut the car off and immediately bring it to your dealer". As soon as we told the service department what the mileage is they just said to drive it in for it's 5,000 mile check up. The reason I am mentioning this is the car is 2 1/2 years old, she averages about 155 miles per month, or 5 miles per day. When her car was about two months old she had to call roadside assistance because her battery was dead. When the man came to the house to charge the battery he noticed the car had 14 miles on it, that's right FOURTEEN. "The Madge" is considering getting a new car, Hello !!!, she has one in her garage.
Colleen and Mark are off skiing in Tahoe and sent this photo of the view from their condo. They are trying snowboarding for the first time, so take a lot of pictures now before the camera breaks from a fall. In about one week Caden will be driving down from Frisco with his Mom, Dad and dog to spend a Easter week with the Grandparents and Uncle Cooper. He is currently enrolled in a three month course at Emler Swim School, but not to learn how to how to perfect the butterfly stroke but to teach him to hold his breath while under water and how to float on his back without flailing about. Good for him, I'm glad he talked his parents into this. Here are the latest pictures (taken yesterday) of the little Aqua Tot.

She and the Doctor should be shot

Tabhair 'om póg, is Éireannach mé

Beannachtaí na Féile Páraic oraibh! An bhfuil tú dálta fós? A Happy St. Paddy's day to ya. Tis' March the 17th. The wearing of the green. My day starts out normal until about 10 A.M. when "The Madge" begins to remind me that I am a Mutt and not as Irish as she is. What a day at our house, with the sounds of Irish music playing in the background and the smell of corned beef and cabbage drifting through the house. I am sure she will watch "The Quiet Man" at least twice. All day long she will tell at least two dozen people that SHE IS IRISH, 100% pure, and that I am a Mongrel, a blend of German, French, Irish and god forbid English. She will also point out that our children, Colleen, Erin, Meaghan and Allison Shannon are more Irish than me, I am amazed that she could do the math. Today everyone is Irish, even the Mexican gardener is wearing green. "Hola Ricardo. Día de Patricks santo feliz." As far as I am concerned Irish Coffee should start being consumed around noon and hmmmm, I think I will wear my Orange "longhorn" shirt, that should get a raise out of her.
Slán agus beannacht leat 's Póg mo thóin!

A Few Laughs To Brighten You Day

On their way to get married, a young catholic couple is involved in a fatal car accident, The couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they to wonder. Could they possibly get married in Heaven? When St. Peter arrived the asked him.
St. Peter say, "I don't know. This is the first time anyone has asked. Let me go find out," and he leaves.
The couple sat and waited, and waited. Two months passed and the couple is still waiting. As they waited they discussed that if they were allowed to get married, what was the eternal aspect of it all. What if it doesn't work? they wondered, "Are we stuck together forever?
After yet another month, St' Peter finally returns, looking somewhat bedraggled. "Yes," he informs the couple, "you can get married in Heaven/
"Great" said the couple. "But we were wondering, what if things don't work out? Could we also get a divorce in Heaven?"
St. Peter, red-faced with anger, slams his clipboard onto the ground/
"What's wrong?" asked the frightened couple.
"Oh, come on". St. Peter shouts, "it took me three months to find a priest up here, do you have any idea how long it will take me to find a lawyer?"

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Murphy told Quinn that his wife was driving him to drink. Quinn thinks he's very lucky because his own wife makes him walk.

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An American lawyer asked, 'Paddy, why is it that whenever you ask an Irishman a question, he answers with another question?'
'Who told you that?' asked Paddy.

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Reilly went to trial for armed robbery. The jury foreman came out and announced, 'Not guilty.'
'That's grand!' shouted Reilly. 'Does that mean I can keep the money?'

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Slaney phoned the maternity ward at the hospital.. 'Quick!', he said.
'Send an ambulance, my wife is goin' to have a baby!'
'Tell me, is this her first baby?' the intern asked.
'No, this is her husband, Kevin, speakin'.'

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Brenda O'Malley is home making dinner, as usual, when Tim Finnegan
arrives at her door. 'Brenda, may I come in?' he asks. 'I've somethin'
to tell ya'.
'Of course you can come in, you're always welcome, Tim.. But where's
my husband?'
'That's what I'm here to be telling ya, Brenda. There was an accident
down at the Guinness brewery'
'Oh, God no!' cries Brenda. 'Please don't tell me.'
'I must, Brenda. Your husband Shamus is dead and gone. I'm sorry.
Finally, she looked up at Tim. 'How did it happen, Tim?'
'It was terrible, Brenda.. He fell into a vat of Guinness Stout, and drowned.'
'Oh my dear! But you must tell me true, Tim, did he at least go quickly?'
'Well, Brenda, no. In fact, he got out three times to pee.'

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A drunk staggers into a Catholic Church, enters a confessional booth, sits down, but says nothing.
The Priest coughs a few times to get his attention, but the drunk continues to sit there.
Finally, the Priest pounds three times on the wall.
The drunk mumbles, 'Ain't no use knockin, there's no paper on this side either.'

A thank you to Lorraine, Tony, Jim and Patrick

Here We Go Again

For some strange reason I thought that income tax time was only about two weeks ago, oh well it's time to get organized, submit the papers and wait for the accountant to give me the bad news. I, for some reason, always thought that when you stopped working you wouldn't have to worry about taxes. Hello, wake up.
The other day, my daughter Erin asked me if I knew the Old Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme. You know the one that goes; "Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone. But when she got there, the cupboard was bare and so the poor dog had none." That's the only part I knew and didn't realize that this rhyme goes on and on. Further into this little children's nursery rhyme the dog dies then they have him laughing, dancing, smoking etc etc. Don't believe me? Click on Old Mother Hubbard . I wonder if the Three Blind Mice had automated lamellar keratoplasty regained their eyesight, and had all their little friends thinking they were still blind, got government disability pay and laughed all the way to the bank.
I finally got some recent pictures of Buddy aka Sean, thank you Meaghan for finding the camera. That was a shot.
A friend of mine, Mike Jordan, sent this video. No, this is not The Michael Jordan, this guy is white and probably made about 100 million dollars less.

An Audio Stroll

After looking at a website that was dedicated to my 45th high school reunion I decided to give you an audio stroll back to the 50's and 60's so sit back and enjoy.

Snopes

OK Snopes says the story about AIG is false, now I am wondering whether one can "snopes" snopes??

Some Tidbits

It's Texas Independence day so take a look at the video I've posted. I received the following email from Jim Garrity. I haven't checked it out yet.

"Don't Worry Be Happy!!

Remember when this economic crisis hit and Congress let Bear Sterns go under, pushed a forced marriages between banks, etc., etc.?
Then they bailed out AIG. At the time, I thought "That's strange what does an insurance company have to do with this crisis??" I think I just found the answer. Among other things, AIG INSURES THE PENSION TRUST OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS!!!!! No wonder they got bailed out right away!! To hell with the people, let's protect our future, said all our Senators and Congressmen. Nice to see where their loyalities lie!! (I'm from the government and I'm here to help you!)
Well on to the grandkids, Caden is now a full time crawler with walking right around the corner. These pictures were taken yesterday .
The cruise was exactly one month ago and finally Kay Kennedy dropped off the pictures she took. Since she is still using a Kodak Brownie it took a few weeks to find a place that knows how to develop the film. Get with the times Kate!!! After looking at the shots only one deserves to be on this blog. Here's Big Joe wearing nothing but a bandaid and watch eating his chocolate covered strawberries.

Happy Independence Day