Thursday Random Thoughts 7/3/2008

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-Odd or interesting search note of the week. I have it on pretty good authority that my old friend Jennifer Wilbanks may have found our blog last week by googling herself. I am not going to say how or why but I am pretty sure on this one.... Hi Jennifer stop in and make a comment or two. We love to have new readers.

-I am sorry but I saw the commercial for the new Will Farrell movie "Step Brothers" this weekend and that movie looks really stupid. I think it's time for someone to tell Will that this silly ass formula he has been using for these movies is old and played out and really hasn't been funny since possibly Old School and certainly since Talladega nights..

-Is it just me or does the blogger world seem very flat during the summer months?Posting seems to be way down and certainly our visitor count has gone way down since Memorial Day. Does this happen every summer or have you all just gotten tired of us?

-Horror of all horrors!!! There has been a rules change to the annual 4th of July hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island NY. The length of the contest is being cut by 2 full minutes. I sure hope this doesn't hurt the Champ Joey Chestnut's performance. He needs to crush Kobyashi again this year. Stay tuned

-After last weeks random thoughts where I mentioned the "WTF" license plates in NC what did I end up behind on my way home from work that afternoon? Yep a WTF license plate. I took a picture of him with my cell phone cam but I can't get it off there so you will just have to take my word for it.

-Tomorrow on the 4th Patrick is going to ride in the annual kid's bike parade over in my parents neighborhood. Well actually he is going to get pulled in his wagon by Daddy. I get to play the proud papa and I am looking forward to it. Look for pictures coming soon.

-Check out the new feature here on YJKOBT. It's the 'US People Required Reading' list. It's over there on the right hand side of the page. It takes you guys our friends blogs and shows links to the last 5 most recently updated postings. Check it out!

- I also want to thank Sassy Mamma Bear for naming Mt. Cat and I the Blue Ribbon Bloggers for July. This is a great award and we hope to live up to our reputation this month. Please visit Mrs. Penelope at The Cafe whenever you get a chance!

-While doing our monthly audit for May follow up calls my supervisor gave me a call. Normally I am at 100% compliance for these follow ups but for some reason my percentage slipped to 90% in May. he called me to ask if I was off work or if something happened on May 20th because he found two follows that weren't done until May 21st. I have no idea why or how I could have possibly missed any calls or follow ups on May 20th do you?

-Yesterday when I was driving home I heard the great tune on the radio that contains the following line. "I wish I was in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana" Real quick without looking it up can anyone name the song and group on this one? (Not you Mt. Cat I know you know it)

-On a bit of a sad note I know some of you read yesterday that my cat Josette has gone missing. Here is a picture of her to the left. Josette is a bit of a tortured soul. She tries to be sweet but she was taken away from her mommy too soon and raised by me. At the time had no idea what to do with a cat so I tried to teach her to hunt and defend herself. I guess I did it a bit too well because she will go from sweet to attack cat in the blink of an eye. Just ask Mt. Cat who thought he was on great terms with her only to have the vicious claws of death (the total opposite of the jaws of life) turned on him. I hope that nothing has happened to her but I fear that it has. I have not seen her since last Thursday night or Friday morning. She has never been gone longer than overnight before. I miss you Josette and hope that you are well.

-Enjoy your 4th and if you have time check back tomorrow morning for a special Independence Day posting and the rest of the weekend for a couple of special things that I have found.

-Doc