YES! I’m going to see Iron Man again, RIGHT NOW. The Gent is putting on his shoes as I type; he hasn’t seen the movie yet.

I know, I know….I have a paper due Monday. I’ve started it and only have one more page to go. It’s all up in my head. I’ll get it done. First, I must go see Iron Man again.

And this time I will stay until the credits have rolled all the way through.

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This is the church we will be married in come this November.

Now I just need to find a reception site.

More photos of the church here.

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Save Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani

Sign a letter to the Yemeni government protesting his upcoming death sentence.

Let Mr. al-Khaiwani and his family know you appreciate his efforts to bring democracy to Yemen.

Additional information at Armies of Liberation

A few weeks ago I posted an “idea” or a “request” in the online discussion group for Google Reader Group. My input was to have Google Reader have something in it to where you can write your own comments when you share one of your news items.

So, I’m in my Google Reader this morning sharing away when I suddenly noticed the WRITE A NOTE option. I’m stoked!

Here is what it looks like in action, from my actual shared items website that Google provides.

Now, if I can only get them to implement it into the little widget boxes provided to put up on your blogs.

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I took my son, yesterday, to see the movie Iron Man. Oh OK, I wanted to see it too but purely for the fact that Robert Downey, Jr. was staring in the film. He has always had a soft spot in my heart. I wish him continued success and sobriety. I feel like I know this man on a personal level, of course, I do not but that is beside the point, and I do have a point and hopefully I’ll make it now….

GO SEE THIS MOVIE while it is in the theaters! Don’t wait for it to come out on DVD, it is totally worth the money. Again, keep in mind, I’m a little biased towards my man Robert Downey, Jr., but still it really is worth the money. I enjoyed this movie immensely.

I had never heard of Iron Man before, I am not a comic book follower. Still, this little flaw of mine did not tarnish my experience at the movies yesterday.

You know, I don’t even know what to say except to tell you to go and see the movie! Robert Downey, Jr. is HOT HOT HOT. The story line is good too, and the graphics, and the technology was awesome as well. Anyway, it’s all good. Go see the damned movie. Go today.

Read all about the comic version of Iron Man.
Read about the film version of Iron Man.

Technorati Tags: Iron Man, Movies, Entertainment, Comics, Marvel, Robert Downey, Jr., Hotness

Asshat of the hour - Jake Tapper of ABC News.

This idiot is trying his best to link horse racing with Hillary’s campaign. No, I’m not defending Hillary (but so what if I were) and this jerk is stupid for trying to tie politics into this poor horse’s death. People never cease to amaze me.

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A snippet from Obama’s speech. You can read the full speech via the New York Observer.

Generations before us have fought wars and revolutions; they’ve struggled and they’ve sacrificed; they’ve stood up and spoke out and marched through the streets for the opportunities that we enjoy. And that’s why the only way a black guy named Barack Obama who was born in Hawaii, and started his career on the streets of Chicago, can win this race – if you decide that you’ve had enough of the way things are; if you decide that this election is bigger than flag pins and sniper fire and the comments of a former pastor – bigger than the differences between what we look like or where we come from or what party we belong to.

Read the whole thing….

Obama is playing off the Jeremiah race theme, in my opinion. Reverend Wright sets them up and takes the fall (and rightfully so) while Obama reaps the benefits. Same ole politics after all, there is no “change” in Obama’s campaign.

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White Trash Mom nails it.

But how? Any suggestions?

Over the past two weeks I have had a few of these occur and let me tell you, it’s PAINFUL. Yes, I thought I was really having one of these instead.

Don’t ya hate it when a blogger links something, sending you off in another direction instead of just typing out what they want to say instead?

To top it all off I am also having this sensation on a regular basis as well. Notice the causes? Yeah. I have four of those conditions for sure. I do NOT have an overactive thyroid, I have the opposite and just started medication for it today, so I am assuming my heart palpitations will increase. Oy!

I need a vacation.

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Here’s one of many questions that have been running through my mind today:

Why do the Tornadoes Have To Bring Love? It’s just the headline for a news article at the Catholic Online website.

“Tornadoes in Virginia Bring Love”

I’m sorry, but that doesn’t sit right with me. There was love there before, I’m sure, perhaps on a smaller level but nonetheless it was there. I think that headline is asinine, ‘tornadoes in Virginia bring love’, pffft.

Now maybe I should go read the damned article and see what they are talking about…my guess is the tornadoes in Virginia bringing love.

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OK, so yesterday was The Gent’s birthday. We didn’t do a whole lot of fancy stuff, we just went out to Donato’s and rented a couple of movies; The Gent’s choice of course, seeing as how he was the birthday dude of the day.

When I came home from work, he told me what he rented. Remember, this was his choice - Tommy Boy.

“Oh crap”, I thought. Tommy Boy had not even entered my mind when we were discussing rental choices. I thought he was going to come home with the latest Die Hard installment. But no, it was Tommy Boy.

But it was The Gent’s birthday after all, he likes those kind of mindless comedies so I put on my best face and went at it. Actually, after taking a few moments to think about the Tommy Boy selection, I secretly relished watching something of this nature; silly slapstick so to speak. At this point in time, after a long drawn out week, I needed to just veg out in front of the tube and escape.

So, on to the movie. I laughed a couple of times, like the part where David Spade smack Farley in the face with the 2×4 and then in the restaurant when Farley asks about the mark on his face. That was funny. But when they were on that plane, headed for Chicago to talk to Zalinsky Auto Parts (played by Dan Akroyd) I howled out loud, and howled hard!

David Spade steps into the tiny airplane bathroom to change his clothes and takes a whole three seconds, the look on Farley’s face when Spade steps out started it all; the unraveling of my composure.

When it was Farley’s turn to enter the bathroom the fits and convulsions from my hysterical howling really started to concern the kids. At one point in time they asked if I was “OK”, and of course by now my uncontrollable bursts of laughter, loud laughter, has gotten The Gent all tickled and he starts laughing. The kids are freaking out. I am laughing so fierce-like that I can’t hear the television anymore. I can barely see it due to the tears in my eyes and now starting to stream down my face. I somehow managed to ask The Gent, because I can barely talk from laughing so hard, to rewind it to the part when Farley finally is blasted out of the bathroom and somewhat regains his composure only to say, “I’m alright.” Oh you just have to see it.

Maybe another time it would not have been that funny to me, I think I just needed the release. I haven’t laughed like that in YEARS. I think I’m even a little sore this morning from laughing so hard last night.

You know, I’m going to have to dip into the male perspective a lot more. It’s kind of fun in there.

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I need to do laundry.

Here is how desperate I have become due to neglecting the laundry pile….

This morning I had no other choice but to put on my bathing suit bottom to wear as an undergarment.

It’s pretty bad when you have become so busy that you don’t even have time to do laundry! Something has got to give and hopefully it won’t be the worn out elastic around my bathing suit britches for I am wearing a dress today. Oy! I won’t even get into the time I had to go commando in this very same dress.

Talk about “airing your dirty laundry”, eh?

Hey, give a hollah to The Gent….today is his birthday!!!

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Last weekend I attended a co-worker’s wedding. Unfortunately he is no longer our co-worker, for he and his bride are moving out of state to finish up their education; graduate school. It is a great opportunity for the both of them and I wish them well.

The wedding was lovely. The bride was beautiful but of course. John was handsome and didn’t seem nervous at all, although he did tell us his stomach had been upset all morning, and that’s all I’m going to say about that, I assured him it was probably just too much alcohol from the night before from whatever last minute bachelor party they may have put together. None the less, the wedding went off without a hitch. Is that the right saying?

Here are some pictures, as promised, but if you want to see the full set then you may do so on the ole FLICKR ACCOUNT, FULL SET OF PHOTOS.

Yeah, I was being a redneck and taking pictures of the food which was to die for; marinated Jack Daniel’s steak, garlic mashed potatos and steamed asparagus. The food was out of this world. And as promised, Steven Segiel.

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Some questions I have asked myself over the past 12 hours:

1. Where’s the delete button?
2. Where’s the back-space?
3. How do you turn this thing off?

LOL, I am kidding of course.

A few days ago I posted on one of my many other blogs that I have a new obsession; manual typewriters - vintage manual typewriters but I reckon all MANUAL typewriters ARE vintage in this day and age.

Check out this website that specializes in old typewriters - mytypewriter.com

When one of Alabama Improper’s regular readers, and regular commenters, a one Mr. Infamous Don S., read that post he immediately offered to give one as a wedding gift to The Gent and me. He had one stored up in one of his closets, in his home, and it wasn’t being used.

Now, if you know anything about vintage typewriters you will understand that Mr. Don just offered to give us a wedding gift equivalent to all three of my OTHER marriages, plus this one coming up. Um, yeah, and the typewriter Mr. Don gave me is in EXCELLENT shape.

So, yesterday I was in Montgomery for a writers workshop. After the workshop, I drove 20 minutes off my schedule to stop by and see Mr. Don, meet him, and pick up the wedding gift - this treasure of memories, and yes I am that old to remember manual typewriters - maybe not THIS one but I do remember manual typewriters. In fact, I learned to type on a manual typewriter, in high school, and get this - I was such a geek that I went to a TYPING CONTEST, for the state, and came in fourth place.

But I digress….

What I wanted to blog about was the pleasure of finally meeting Mr. Don. After reading his comments for a while now, learning about his family via communicating on the internet, and receiving mass emails from him, it was truly cool to get to meet him face to face. He is much taller than I had expected and even handsomer in person. He’s a gentle, kind, generous, and thoughtful soul. He also gave us a plant that is supposed to grow a 50-lb head of cabbage! I can’t wait for that to happen. Pictures will be taken.

Anyway, back to the old Smith-Corona. I got it out last night and played with it, it types great. I already ordered some new ribbons for it too.

Oh, and the smell! I LOVE the smell. I wish I could describe the smell, and how it makes me feel. Sadly, I can not. Maybe it is a writing exercise I will try out on the ole Smith-Corona Portable someday soon. My first task, however, is to type out a THANK YOU letter to Mr. Don. I felt really bad just pulling in his drive way, jumping out and taking his stuff, and then getting right back out on the road. I didn’t even have time to have a glass of sweet tea with the gentleman. Shame on me, but we did agree that if ever I was down in that area again that we would MAKE time to sit and visit for a little while.

If you’d like to see pictures of the Smith-Corona Portable, pictures I took this morning, then go to My Flickr Account.

Oh, and I almost forgot, I have a wedding to blog about too. I went to a co-workers wedding last weekend and took some pictures and wanted to post them too. Maybe later I can get around to doing it. Steven Siegel was there. heh.

And enjoy these two pictures I took of my trip yesterday. Of course I forgot to take pictures of the actual workshop and of the actual people who attended. I didn’t realize this until I was on my way home yesterday evening so I decided to work with that I had at the time, making the best of it. And not one word about my lapsing memory either.

{UPDATE} Kids have just discovered the typewriter and are having a ball typing on it. LOL It was fun to watch their reactions as I showed them how it worked, and more importantly, what it was in the first place! And they really don’t know what to think of the carbon copy paper.

Technorati Tags: Typewriters, Manual, Vintage, Smith-Corona, Friends

Oh my goodness gracious, I am about to have a heart attack with all the Catholics clapping INSIDE the cathedral. You’d think they were watching a sporting event or something. STOP IT. Sit down and be quiet. Do people have no reverence anymore?

I wish the media would shut up about Bill Maher. They are giving him way too much credibility by even letting his name slip off their waggling tongues. And now everyone is calling for an apology. Oh I am so done with all this “calling for an apology” from every single person who says something idiotic.

People, he’s an ass and I don’t need his apology to know and keep in my heart what I know and believe about my Catholic faith. What is his apology going to do? Huh? Tell me. Ignore Pray for the annoying boy and move on.

I’d like to know, really, how many so-called emails Fox & Friends, on a Saturday morning, received from Catholics who are highly upset and irate with Maher.

Of course Bill Maher is going to open his ignorant mouth and say something offensive, it’s his job, it’s in his blood, he can’t help himself. That is what he does, he likes to “shock” people, which for me is so played out and done. *yawn*

So please, let’s not even talk about Mr. Maher. We Catholics are intelligent people and know what he is all about, and seriously, we don’t care what Maher says, does, or anything else. Well, OK, I can’t speak for all Catholics so let me just say that I don’t care what Maher says, does, or anything else.

It is my hope that others out there are also intelligent people and will just consider the source.

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I am so sick of hearing about green this and green that, it’s nothing but a selling tool nowadays. No one cares if it really is helpful to the environment. Everyone has climbed on board the green train and it is nauseating, ad infinitum.

Enough already!

Oh, and I saw something the other day about Go Orange and it had something to do with animals.

What’s next?

I say Go Mocha, and drink all the damned coffee you want, and in a Styrofoam cup no less. While your at it, Go Nicotine too and smoke up the atmosphere.

Technorati Tags: Green, Go Green, Sickening

I was all worked up about something regarding Obama and Clinton earlier this morning, and I do mean early. I remember thinking, “I’m going to blog about that by golly!” I even said something to The Gent this morning when we were watching it on the news.

Of course the day went on and I forgot. Still don’t have a clue what I was so upset about or what I wanted to say. It’s gone.

Technorati Tags: Old Age, Forgetfulness, Senility

We have six teenage girls in the house, they are upstairs.

The Gent and I are downstairs.

It is way too quiet.

Is this a bad thing? Should I be concerned?

Today, my Glorious Girlchild turns 13. Dear God, help me.

No, actually, she is the GOOD child. However, I do hear that once girls reach “this age” that they turn into Godzilla or some other monster, but seriously, I don’t see this happening to my dear sweet girlchild. I have my fingers crossed behind my back.

We’ll have her party this evening and then we will proceed to have 6 to 7 teenage girls spending the night at our house. The Manchild will be elsewhere. I’m not stupid.

At any rate, the girls need to be gone on Saturday no later than noon because I have a wedding to attend at 4:00, out in the Florence/Shoals area.

So, I hope everyone has a great weekend and stays clear of the storms, or no storms, depends on what weather channel you watch for north Alabama. Sheesh.

Oh, and if you pray, say a prayer for me and The Gent with regards to the new venture of having a teenager in the house. A GIRL teenager. I’m scared, very scared.

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Now, maybe I’m just getting softer in my old age but I saw a bumper sticker today that was pretty liberal and I agreed with it. Dear heavens, what is happening to me?

It read, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” And I said a quiet, “Amen” when my eyes first laid eyes on it. Maybe it’s not so much true liberal views trying to surface but rather my Catholic beliefs instead.

However, it was on a car that also had Auburn Tiger paraphernalia pasted all over it, so, you know, take it for what it is worth.

What the heck is going on here?

A well-organized effort is advancing behind the scenes to create a coalition of Catholics — dissatisfied with the Iraq War, angry toward George W. Bush, and pushing “social justice” issues — to win the Catholic vote in November 2008.

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Do they not realize his record with abortion and such? I mean he’s a liberal isn’t he? A Democrat, right? Hello?

If you are supporting Obama then you are no Catholic my friend. Just sayin’.

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver might be surprised to find that he is quoted extensively on the home page of the “Roman Catholics for Obama” Web site. It states, “We acknowledge that Senator Obama’s position on abortion is in conflict with the vision of the Church,” and then offers the following quotation from a letter by the archbishop:

“So can a Catholic in good conscience vote for a pro-choice candidate? The answer is: ‘I can’t, and I won’t.’ But I do know some serious Catholics — people whom I admire — who may. I think their reasoning is mistaken, but at least they sincerely struggle with the abortion issue, and it causes them real pain.

And most important: They don’t keep quiet about it; they don’t give up; they keep lobbying their party and their representatives to change their pro-abortion views and protect the unborn. Catholics can vote for pro-choice candidates if they vote for them despite — not because of — their pro-choice views.”

“Roman Catholics for Obama” interprets Archbishop Chaput’s statement as giving them ecclesial permission to vote for a pro-abortion candidate. But they are obviously ignoring the most salient part of the statement where the archbishop says, “They don’t keep quiet about it; they don’t give up.” Chaput’s words hardly describe NETWORK advocates and, thus far, what Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is promoting. The same goes for the other sponsor organizations of the convention to be held in July.

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Back in the days of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Red Army had an official choir composed of male soldiers and musicians. It still exists. The Red Army Choir performs throughout Russia to this day.

Now consider the Finnish rock band called The Leningrad Cowboys. A little while ago, they held a concert in Russia, in which - to the screaming applause of Russkie teen-agers - they got the Red Army Choir to join them on stage for a performance of “Sweet Home Alabama.” In English. You couldn’t make this up.

H/T Fence Postings Sorry Shiny but you know being Alabama Improper and all I just HAD to post this!!

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Check out The Gent’s latest blog entry. Priceless.

There’s another word, too, that I can’t think of right now. Anyone?