Norefil

My 58 year old cousin Sal called his doctor recently to order his new heart medication over the phone from his pharmacist.

The following conversation came next:

Sal: 'I need to get more of my medication please.'
Pharmacist: 'Sure Sal. What is the name of the medication'.
Sal: 'Ahh...wait...on the bottle it says...Norefil'.
Pharmacist: '....I don't think we have that medication sir.'
Sal: 'I bought it there before. It says it here on the bottle'.
Pharmacist: 'Sorry sir there is no such thing as Norefil'.
Sal: (agitated) 'That can't be! I was given this medicine before by the other pharmacist in your store. And I have the bottle right in my hand. It says Norefil right there on the
bottle!'.
Pharmacist: 'Sal. I think you are confused. That is not the name.
It just says No Refill. The bottle cannot be refilled sir.'
Sal: '......oh wow. Ok. Sorry'.
Pharmacist: 'I will have to do some research with your old prescription
and get back to you with the proper medication'.
Sal: 'Ah ok. Thank you.'

I can't wait until I turn 58.

- The Mountain Cat

Hello Kitty for Men = Bad idea

Umm let me just go on record as saying this is a bad idea. The article states that Hello Kitty is no sexist and "Young men these days grew up with character goods," said Tohmatsu. "That generation feels no embarrassment about wearing Hello Kitty." So they are going to introduce a Hello Kitty line for men as seen in this picture. Well I beg to differ. I happen to think it's a terrible idea right up there with Michael Dukakis riding around in a tank to show that he was military tough. Teenage boys aren't going to wear that stuff.

I would suggest a better option for young men to enjoy if they like feline mascots.

How about the Carolina Panthers mascot Sir Purr?

By the way, Has anyone noticed how many posts in this blog have something to do with cats? Must be Vin's Mountain Cat influence creeping in *rollseyes*

-Shane (doc)

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At my office I have a running gag where instead of saying 'Citibank', I say in a cute childlike voice 'Kittybank'.

- The Mountain Cat

The Best Songs of 2007

Well folks I have to say I am getting old and I am no longer into all the hip sounds you young crazy kids are into nowadays. But there were still some tunes that helped me keep jiggy with it in 2007. Here are my favorites:

1. The Pretender by The Foo Fighters.
Not that Kurt Cobain’s suicide was a good thing, but we would never have had to Foo Fighters otherwise. Dave Grohl is the panacea of rock!

2. Straight Lines by Silverchair.
Best song from a band no one has heard from in 10 years. Fantastic lyrics about a fresh start and redemption.

3. Rehab by Amy Winehouse.
Just say No, No, No! Never has a triple negative sounded so soulful! Let’s just hope she cleans herself up and stays alive in 2008!

4. I Don’t Wanna Stop by Ozzy Osborne.
The Grandfather of Metal! The Prince of Darkness! The Sultan of Slurred Speech! Nah we still love you Ozzy. And you still put out great music as you approach the age of 60. Also in part to your great young guitarist, Jersey City’s own, Zakk Wylde!

5. King Without a Crown by Matisyahu.
For so many years I wished Hasidic Reggae were more popular. Thanks to this kosher rastafarian, my dream has come true. He composed a very strong rock track musically and lyrically.

6. North American Scum by LCD Sound System.
These New York City’s alternative-techno rockers burst on to the scene with the best 3 chord head-bopper of the year. ‘New York’s the greatest if you can get some one to pay the renttttt!’

7. Icky Thump by White Stripes.
Hard to believe two people, Jack and Meg, can produce so much noise and still produce great original music. ‘Well you can’t be a pimp and a prostitute too!’

8. She Builds Quick Machines by Velvet Revolver.
Axel who? Slash you still rock, but please take a shower! You haven’t changed your clothes in 20 years! This is the best driving song of 2007.

9. Dance Tonight by Paul McCartney.
A cute, simple ditty from the holy master himself. (Hey Paul, is it true the mandolin in this song is made from one of Heather Mills’ old wooden prosthetics? Just wondering).

10. It's Not Over by Daughtry.
Power Rock lives! Pure emotion from this North Carolina American Idol. Thanks, dogg.

Hope to keep groovin’ in 2008.

- The Mountain Cat

It's a Tiger and Tigers DON'T PLAY

Ok people listen up. I was saddened to hear about the recent mauling of patrons at the San Fransisco zoo by a 300 pound Siberian tiger named Tatiana but I kept thinking to myself that something is not quite right about this story. My instincts were as usual correct.

Follow along with me here folks. Now first of all the name of this cat alone should have tipped these folks off that she was not to be messed with (my own personal philosophy is never mess with anything whose name sounds like a female Russian spy) I can understand if her name was Snuggles you may think aw how cute but dadgum folks IT'S A TIGER ! Tigers don't play.

So still this is looking like a tragic lost of human life and the hands of a wild beast, but based on the news reports that the tiger habitat had a huge wall as well as a moat and was basically inescapable I still had an uneasy feeling about this one. Then today I read THIS It turns out that they are investigating the guy that was killed may have taunted because "police found a shoe and blood in an area between the gate and the edge of the animal's 25- to 30-foot-wide moat, raising the possibility that one of the victims dangled a leg or other body part over the edge of the moat."

This little bit of information has changed my outlook on this situation. Yes I still consider it a tragedy however I think the tragedy it that Tatiana is dead. If the "victim" in this case was stupid enough to taunt a 300 pound Siberian tiger then he should not be surprised when Ms. Tatiana takes him up on his offer of a juicy leg and comes after him. You cannot blame the tiger here. It is a shame that others were hurt and that the tiger was killed but dadgum people if there is any lesson here it is this: IT'S A TIGER AND TIGERS DON'T PLAY.

-Shane (doc)

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This story reminds me of an old American proverb:

'So many times, it happens too fast.

You change your passion for glory.

Don't lose your grip (or dangle your leg) on the dreams of the past.

You must fight just to keep them alive

It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight, (yada yada yada).'

(Many thanks to Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik for letting me paraphrase their lyrics).

- The Mountain Tig...er...Cat

Vince is in Shanghai as we speak this holiday season!

So with my Christmas gift cards, last night I ordered my brand new 160 gig iPod. (MP3s are my sickness). My package is on a truck right now about to be shipped from Shanghai, China. Yippee!

Now this morning at work, as I am trying to lurch through my day recovering from 5 or 6 or 7 whiskey and egg-nogs last night, I just received a FedEx package of mortgage documents from a client in.....you guess it! Shanghai, China!

Now I hope none of the natives Chinese use my name for their own personal business and cause an international incident!

- The Mountain Cat

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My understanding is that in China cat is a delicacy - Doc

Santa may have had one to many....

According to THIS ARTICLE someone dressed as Santa may have had a bit too much Christmas cheer. It seems the right merry old elf got himself arrested for DUI wearing a camisole and a g-string outside of Grumman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood - It also says our Jolly ole Kris Kringle was 6 feet 4 inches tall and topped the scales at 280 pounds - Yikes !!

Lets hope it didn't look too much like this:




Let that be a lesson for all of us!

MERRY CHRISTMAS -Shane (doc)

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I think that's John Goodman! - Vince

Trophy Case

Awards and Trophies we have won for our blogging !!

The Comment of the Week from Matt-Man at Bagwine Ruminations


A Coveted Golden Spork from Tink at Pickled Beef





Here is the Peach award I give out for the winner of my Tuesday word games

Here is the Cool and Crazy award from Leighann

Thank you to Single in the City for the Really cool One in a milion Friend award !!!

This is the awesome Blue Ribbon Blogger award given to us by the
Sassy Mama Bear !!





The Kick ASS Blogger award from Sunshine at ...and the pursuit of happiness

Vince's Airing of Grievances

10 people I can do without in 2007 and beyond (In no particular order):

1. New York (Tiffany Pollard) from the VH1 reality show ‘I Love New York’. Just when I thought you could not lower the intelligence scale than Flava Flav’s reality show ‘Flava of Love’, this chick New York lowers the bar even farther below sea level. I have now learned never under estimate the under estimated!

2. Anderson Cooper of ‘Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees’. Why are you popular? Are you gay? Are you not gay? Or more importantly do you have any originality other than about 50 odd other newscasters on your soap boxes???.....Oh yes… you have white hair. I forgot….never mind. Yes in that case you are different. . But let me ax ya? If Anderson Cooper sucks and you spin him around 360 degrees, doesn’t he still suck?

3. Randy & Jason Sklar from ESPN’s ‘Cheap Seats’. Identical musing twins. How adorable. You characters were also the ONLY unfunny moments in the TV show ‘Entourage’ this past season. Your shtick is shtick-less.

4. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also known as محمود احمدی‌نژاد. You have more meaningless opinions than Curt Schilling and more of an ego than Charles Foster Kane. I don’t know what your ‘Rosebud’ was when you were a boy but seriously dude, relax and try hugging a Jew…or at the very least a gay man. You will fell better in the long run.

5. Jimmy Kimmel, late night TV host. Uh huh…ok…....hey Jimmy? …I’m waiting for you to say something remotely funny!…….Yup I guess your girlfriend Sara Silverman wears the pants in this relationship! She is at least mildly amusing when she has sex with Black God.

6. Bob Saget, reformed role model father. Bob your anti-Full House persona was funny for about 3 jokes. Seriously dude cut it out. Stop saying the word fuck for the sake of saying the word fuck. You are a nice guy. Just deal with it! And you have suddenly given Stamos and Coulier some street cred. Yikes!

7. Led Zeppelin, rock god. Yes I said Led Zeppelin! Hey fellas please go on tour or don’t go on tour. Stop keeping us on the fence! Otherwise, put silver haired Jimmy Page and his Cello bow back in his sarcophagus. It hurts to toy with my emotions.

8. Sub-Prime Mortgage Reps. R.I.P. my friends. I’m sure you can get jobs in Gaffney, South Carolina selling 135% above value loans to the locals. Best of luck.

9. McDreamy, also known at Patrick Dempsey of the TV hit drama ‘Grey’s Anatomy’. I am happy you are a sex symbol. But where were these so called ‘fans’ when you starred in the ’80 TV hit ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High: The Series’? Have some standards dude!

10. Al Gore, World Activist. I think Al Gore is the first person ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize by simply uttering the words: ‘Hey, we are really fucked!’ Congratulation Al! And please say hi to Tipper for me too.

- The Mountain Cat