Out Of This World Wednesday

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SPAZE...the final front tear! These are the thrilling voyages of Rosie and Gary, on the starship Silver Sausage! Finding new worlds and destroying all the bad guys that dwell within them, emulsificating gigantical spaze creatures that seek to devour them, and bickering like an old married couple as they simultaneously save the universe!

Rosie - "Having escaped the belly of the monstrous Ramadragon, are you ready to trek forward and destroy the evil Krug the Kruddy?!!"

Gary - "Surely! Onward, outward and upward, to conquer the scourge of the multi-dimensional universes!"

Rosie - "I'm all in, Gary...but don't call me Shirley!"

Traveling through the vast reaches of ow-der spaze and multiple dimensions to find Krug, or any other nasty villain, makes you hungry! Why, it even makes all you readers hungry, right?

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Now, back to the exciting adventures of Gary and Rosie in...OUT OF THIS WORLD WEDNESDAY!!!

Rosie - "Gary, our "bad guy barometer" indicates we are getting very close to Krug's hideout! We need to organize our necessary tools and weapons to be totally prepared for the agonizing journey across Krug's forbidden planet and the immense battle that will ensue!"

Gary - "Okay, but can't we land this jalopy first?"

Rosie - "Okay! Krug's Forbidden Planet dead ahead! Make sure you land this buggy very quietly!"

Gary - "Roger dodger that, me lady!"

Rosie - "What kind of landing is this? We're coming in tail first!!!"

Gary - "Yes, uh, I mean..this is the quietest way to land!"

Rosie - "Good grief! Are you ready to go over our preparation list, goofhead?"

Gary - "Yeah, Rosie! Ready as Ruff and Reddy!"

Rosie - "Okay, I'll read off the items and you put them in a pile here, and say check, kapeesh?"

Gary - "Kapeesh..I mean, check...or whatever you said."

Rosie - "Atomic flares?"

Gary - "Check!"

Rosie - "Grappling hooks?"

Gary - "Check!"

Rosie - "Big emulsificator weapon?"

Gary - (Gary dragging it over and grunting when he throws it on the pile) "Check!"

Rosie - "Miniature emulsificator weapon?"

Gary - "What do we need THAT for, Rosie? That pipsqueak of a weapon ain't gonna help!"

Rosie - "What if Krug overpowers us, THINKS he has stripped us of all our weapons, and you have the miniature emulsificator hidden on your person, hmm?"

Gary - "How could I do that, Rosie? You know I don't wear clothes!"

Rosie whispers something in Gary's ear, he gets a shocked look on his face and begins to sing this song...

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Inspirational Iconic Song For You!

Bloggadocious 222 is hankering to inspire you guys and gals today!

So...without further ado...I present my unique performance of "Impossible Dream" that I performed back in 2016, before the global pandemic...

I know, there should be more pictures of COVID-19 activities, but I'm not clairvoyant. If I had known about the coronavirus back in 2016, I would have included photos of social distancing, folks wearing masks, and such. 

On the other hand, I feel like this song is still pretty inspiring, in spite of the lack of pandemic pictures. 

What do you think? Did you listen to the song? If not, go back and listen now, unless you lived back in the 60's, when this song was sung on every TV show that had singing! 

I think this is a Pagliacci song, but I can picture this dude singing "Impossible Dream." 

Yes! Even though I LOVE this song, I got really sick of it back then. Too much "Impossible Dream" for my liking. But after all these years it sounds great and inspiring again. Even with me singing it!

This is not me, but he has the same style as me.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my humble attempt at inspiration, in this uncertain nation...we all need a vacation!

Is Social Distancing A Thing Of The Past?

Here in Central Illinois the weather has been real nice the last couple of days and folks have forgotten about social distancing in my neighborhood.

Yes! I've seen groups of kids in large numbers (up to 10 kidlets) playing tag and roughhousing, while two or three parents stand together (two feet apart) gabbing!

What do they know that I don't know? I thought the social distancing thing was still a GO!

I even have folks trying to walk over and try to pet Chevy like they did in the olde days!! Then they're surprised when we move over to the other side of the street! 

What gives? Who declared the virus over with? The weather Gods? 

Does everyone think the sunshine has disinfected the virus, and all is A Okay now?

As for me and my household, we're still keeping our distance, although my neighborhood has gone a bit cra-cra, if you ask me! 

Of course, no one asks me anything, because THEY think I'M  cra-cra! 

Disclaimer - Let's not forget that I live in Pekin, Illinois, which has a reputation for not accepting the average norms of society, except for Norm from Cheers. So any abnormal behavior of the residents of Pekin should be taken with a grain of salt in a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. 

Disclaimer - Pabst no longer resides in the Peoria region, but Pekinites still like it! Go figure!

Special Saturday Blog To Address A Huge Controversy That Has Boiled Over.

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We report...you decide...

So as a Respiratory Therapist....I watched the clip about the "disinfectant that Trump talking about". People need to listen closely....and before I say this, I will tell you that I am not registered to vote and I don't vote. I am neutral. He is basically brain storming for an idea to help the lungs. He stated that the disinfectant kills the virus in one minute, so he proposed the question can we inject disinfectant (not Lysol), he used the word "disinfectant" ...in the lungs, but that is for the doctors to figure out. Now a lay person like Trump will say disinfectant and a medical person would say "medicine". Medicine dumped into the lungs happens all the time! I personally have dumped respiratory medicine down an Endotracheal tube directly into the lungs. When babies are born prematurely, guess what? Yes we "inject" the lungs with a medicine called surfactant that helps keep the alveoli open to oxygenate the lungs. Antibiotics are sometimes injected into infected parts of lungs through a chest tube. So what I want the general public to know, is that we do "inject" medicine into peoples lungs, that yes act like a disinfectant (antibiotics), so why is everyone in uproar over this? If you are a lay person and don't understand what he said then ask a medical person. His statement was so twisted around and misinterpreted, and this is coming from a Respiratory Therapist that has injected medicine in peoples lungs. Lysol brand has perpetrated misinformation and panicked the general public who doesn't know anything about lungs. And Trump never used the word "Lysol". So why did Lysol brand think he was talking about them, that's narcissistic on their part. Why would Lysol brand embrace that? They look ignorant. So people, yes we do inject medicine into the lungs! This is why people need to know the facts and stop panicking people.

By the way, if I had been given the information President Trump was given, I would have asked the same exact question.

C'mon, give the guy a break. He's got a lot on his plate!

The Birds, Bees, Fishes In The Seas...

Yes, All God's Creatures Give Me Hope!

I was out walking Chevy-dog this lovely spring morning, and heard hundreds of birds singing their beaks off, saw a baby bunny come out from under our front deck (there has probably been about 10 litters of baby bunnies born and raised under our deck since we've lived here), squirrels were chasing each other around trees, and even tiny insects were buzzing about my head. 

This is not me, but just an example of bugs flying about the head.

It almost seemed like they had no clue that we are suffering from a worldwide pandemic of biblical proportions! 

Unless they are all just faking it. You know, pretending to be oblivious to the bible-like pestilence, but deep down in their little hearts they are extremely terrified. 

We cool, we cool!

If you're like me (which almost nobody is) you've always believed that animals and insects have a special relationship with God and understand God's ways, WAY better than hoomans!

So why aren't all of God's creatures huddled up in caves, and tree holes, and under front decks, to escape this major calamity...Jane?

To the contrary, they are all acting normally. Robins are yanking worms from the ground, bees are gathering pollen, squirrels and rabbits are doing what they do best (while I look the other way), so, what do they know that we don't know?

Then you counter with, "They are just dumb animules and bugs, they don't know nothin'!"

Oh, yeah! What about the times dogs, cats and chickens have predicted earthquakes by their erratic behavior? Or dolphins have predicted tsunamis by walking on their tails in the ocean? (Okay, maybe that was in a Flipper TV show)

I'm not suggesting we have not experienced a major, heartbreaking pandemic at all, but God's creatures give me hope that everything will be okay one day...which probably makes me cra-cra...but every night I pray that covid-19 goes away..

Or could it be the creatures instinctively know they ain't gonna get the virus?

In These Uncertain Times...

"In these uncertain times" has become the catch phrase for a LOT of commercials during these "uncertain times."

What I'm asking is, when were we in CERTAIN TIMES?

In my ordinary, mostly uneventful life, nothing has ever been certain. Nothing!

My job, my relationships with others, my automobile trips, and even getting up every morning is not a certainty for me, or ANYBODY!

Think about Siegfried and Roy, the white tiger and lion tamers. Everyone thought they would never be attacked by their beloved lions, but Roy (I think it was Roy) was attacked one day by a white tiger!

To take it down to the common person level, remember when you planned that big family reunion in the park, on the 4th of July, and it rained? 

Of course, it's true that with nearly EVERYTHING shut down here on 4/23/2020, the times are more uncertain than usual, but those of us who have lived a number of decades should be pros at adjusting to uncertain times. 

Many of us were certain we were in good health, and then BANG, we were diagnosed with something we never dreamed we would get!

Christopher Columbus was certain he had discovered India or something, but instead, he discovered America...or maybe the Vikings did...or the Polynesians did, which proves how uncertain times have always been!

Think about this. How many folks have been certain the world would end in the years 1900, 1918, 1941, 1962, Y2K, and probably all the years in between!

My point is..um..I forgot my point, but let's make the best of these uncertain times, the best we can, uh, in these uncertain times...pretty much like we've always done..I guess...but I'm not certain.

Out Of This World Wednesday

Narration Situation!

Rosie - "I'm happy to have escaped the skin eating tummy acid of the Ramadragon, Gary!"

Gary - "What are you doing, Rosie! You have to wait for the narrator to recap last week's, Out Of This World Wednesday, BEFORE we can talk!"

Rosie - "Oh, I'm sorry! Coming out of that liquefied state made me a bit loopy."

Narrator - Ahem, thank you, Gary. Before I was rudely  interrupted...Last week we saw our Glirkazoid Gladiators escape the inescapable belly of the hangry Ramadragon, by accelerating their Silver Sausage spazeship to such a phenomenal speed that they needed to mentally shape-shift themselves into a liquid form to survive the, uh, acceleration, and not be squished by the bi-zillions of G forces upon their tiny little bodies!

Rosie - "Rudely interrupted? I may have started too soon, but I NEVER interrupted you, you big blow hard!"

Gary - "NO! Rosie! It's not wise to insult the narrator!"

Rosie - "That big fat, bull dog faced narrator doesn't scare me, Gary! He ain't nothin' but a second rate big mouth, anyway!"

Gary - "Rosie! I suspect your brain is still in a partially liquefied state and you don't know what you're saying! Just take a little nap until you've completely solidified."

It seems that the LESSER member of our Glirkazoid duo has succumbed to the physical and mental stresses of the escape from the Ramadragon, due to her inferior brain, which means that Gary will have to continue on alone, but Rosie was never much help anyway!

Gary - (makes a special Glirkazoid finger gesture to the narrator) "Stress THIS, butthead! Rosie is the STAR of this extraterrestrial team, and just because she hurt your wittle feelings, whilst in a semi-delirious state of mind, you have no right to put her down!! In addition, I ain't goin' nowhere without her!! Kapeesh?!"

Kapeesh.

Rosie - "Oh, Gary, I must have nodded off for a minute. Did we escape from the ravenous Ramadragon in one piece?"

Gary - "You mean, you don't remember ANYTHING since we blasted out of the Ramadragon's butt?"

Rosie - "Not a thing. What's been goin' on? Is our handsome narrator okay? I would hate to lose his deep, dulcet tones that provide a sense of authority to our stories!"

Join us next Wednesday, as our sweet, beloved, Gary, and the beautiful, magnificent, wonderful Rosie, trek forward, to defeat the nasty Krug the Kruddy!

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