Greetings everyone. How’s your week so far?
My week started with a planned minor surgery (removing a ganglion cyst from my lower leg). Although the worst part was arriving 2+ hours early, I’ll take it easy for a few days, which include no ballroom. On the other hand, I have time to a) prepare the next act of Life: The Musical, b) wrap the gift bags for the 2014 aFa Holiday Gathering (date TBA), and c) try to catch up on visiting your blogs.
This week will always be one that touches our hearts with memories as Monday has the 3rd anniversary of losing this wonderful friend (tribute post), while Tuesday was the 1st anniversary of my mother-in-law’s (MIL) passing (tribute post with good music). For me, I look back at the positive reminders that each of these ladies gave me. Meanwhile, I talked to the surviving spouse on Monday, plus we went to dinner with my father-in-law on Tuesday. Here’s a handbell piece that we played for our friend and fellow ringer above, plus my MIL would have loved it.
Enough of that, after all, the mid-week posts are about boosting your energy. Because the holiday crazies have begun, so it’s time for my annual video demonstrating frantic. Besides, I know Eleanor loves this video … and that crazy woman will get up, move, and shake it to this tune.
Now that the music is done, it’s time for your mid-week dose from The Onion. As is the custom, those desiring an extra challenge can create their own satirical headline by using the words from the headlines below. It’s easy, just think nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and whatever parts of speech you need – but you can only use the words below. My “combo” is at the end.
Have a good rest of the week.
Man given 3 months to live throws in one or two non-sexual things to do
Parents considering second child so daughter can have someone to grow apart from
Toll booth attendant wishes just one high-speed chase would crash through entry bar
New study finds humans shouldn’t spend more than 5 consecutive hours together
Study: 63% of all human speech occurs under breath
Area dad wants to watch one 7-hour block of television without interruption
New biodiversity program busses in species from outside ecosystems
Hospital comforts patients with new therapy oyster program
Woman worried student loans could prevent her from one day owning entirely different kind of crippling debt
Man stuck in dead-end body
My Combo: Worried woman spends 5 hours outside toll booth to comfort non-sexual area man with oyster therapy without interruption
Yes, I did boogey down to Wizards in Winter. Very cool bell arrangement and choir. Just topped off the tree, hung the lights, and pinned the stockings. Wizards in Winter was a perfect topper.
P.S. Thanks for the mention! 🙂
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E-Tom,
Glad you saw it and that the timing was good with you dancing around your new tree for the season!
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“New therapy oyster program throws in two non-sexual things without interruption.”—I think this is the recommended treatment at a sexual addiction clinic…
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Carrie,
Perfect!!! … and I imagine this will published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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For sure.
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Readers will rely on your short-version interpretation of medical speak.
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Praying for your complete and quick recovery, Frank–empathizing with loss anniversaries, too.
63% of parents considering all non-sexual things to do; crippling, dead-end–in therapy together….
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Ponder,
Thanks for the best wishes on both counts … meanwhile .. oh no! … the couple’s therapy industry can’t be crippled!
BTW … if I recall, you like handbells, so I hope you watched both of these!
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May your healing be fast.
‘Man comforts someone in bar.’
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Jim,
Many thanks … I imagine I won’t notice anything by Friday … so if not, I could need comforting in a bar.
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Oh, Frank. Thanks for the laugh. We have been on the phone with Cox, which provides our cable and internet and phone all evening. So this one absolutely cracked me up: “Area dad wants to watch one 7-hour block of television without interruption.”
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Elyse,
As we know, sometimes timing is everything. … good luck with dealing with the cable company!
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Oyster finds 63% of all humans different kind of species.
Speedy recovery…happy week!
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Cynthia,
Oh my … an study of humans for oysters. Love the spin!!!!
Many thanks … and I notice a positive difference this morning.
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Just thinking….if an Onion can be a newspaper, then an Oyster can be a researcher…and I conclude from this study that 37% of humans are no different from oysters…
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Perfect rationale!
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Television comforts man stuck in toll booth with 5 hours of high-speed chase program..
I know it’s lame, but it’s the best I could do Frank!
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Suzanne,
Not lame at all … I like the way the television programs and the toll booth play off each other!
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You just can’t trust inanimate objects…you’re right, they do team up.
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True about inanimate objects … but trust them more than squirrels?
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Well I wouldn’t go THAT far!
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I’m glad that it was just a minor surgery, Frank, and that you’re not the guy in the picture who needed the attention of nine nurses.
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Lame,
That pic was a last minute addition, so I’m glad that it got a comment!
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Here’s mine: Parents want second child to occur from non-sexual things.
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Ha! Good one.
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X,
Simply outstanding!!!!!
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Thank you.
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No face-hitting Onions today but I enjoyed the bell choirs. Comments on their performances to follow during UC-San Diego State TV timeouts, starting with me not thinking the Bearcats are very good yet.
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Tim,
The Bearcats in the process of finding their way.
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Cheers to being a little lighter on your foot! Bet you will now be flying on the dance floors!
Add me too to the list of people who love this handbell piece [both actually].
…and for a surreal attempt:
‘Hospital considering humans under television could prevent ecosystems crash 63% of all high-speed crippling species.’
Happy Wednesday, Frank and -as we say here- ‘perastika’ [may you heal soon] 🙂
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Marina,
Thanks for the well wishes. I think i’ll be back on the dance floor very soon, but I will follow my surgeon’s directives. It feel much more normal today, so I anticipate normalcy next week.
Meanwhile, cheers to you for working a lot into your combo!
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Parents with new non-sexual therapy, stuck in toll both more than 5 hours.
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Catherine,
Therapy seems to be the popular angle at the moment, but that sounds like a lousy 5 hours to me. 😉
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lmao, thank you for giving me a good belly laugh this morning. 🙂
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Hope your leg soon heals, Frank. Any procedure, however small, isn’t a pleasant experience. Love the hand bell pieces, but the second one is really great. “Area man shouldn’t spend more than five consecutive hours stuck in toll booth.”
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Sylvia,
Many thanks … and I’m confident that healing will be quick. I know you enjoy the handbell pieces, but they deliver different moods! … Meanwhile, stuck in the toll booth would be horrible, but at least the area man has a time limit.
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Study: 63% of all human speech occurs under breath. lol! That’s especially true if there are teenagers around. I hope you’re healing quickly and smoothly, Frank. Enjoy your rest time. 🙂
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Robin,
As a blogger, you know how much you talk under your breath! 😉 …. Thanks for the best wishes, and healing seems to be progressing well as I notice a big improvement today!
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I hope you are healing nicely after your surgery, Frank. Wishing you positive vibes for the rest of the week!
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Amy,
Many thanks …. much improved today from yesterday …. walking is almost back to normal, so at least I’m trending in the right direction.
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My onion: “Woman stuck in Toll booth 5 consecutive hours considering therapy.”
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Fasab,
That’s real … very real!!! 🙂
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