May 12- Stand By for –Random Rants!
I don’t think I have one single thing to write about today that will fill up this entire blog, so- why not occupy this space with another heaping helping of- random rants?
Okay, plenty of people have pointed out to me that in the episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” last week that was written by the staff of “Two and a Half Men”- it appeared that the possible cause of death for the murdered Katey Sagal (who we’ve pretty much figured out did NOT ever appear with Bette Midler on a Svengoolie show!) was- a rubber chicken! I can’t tell you how many times one has almost killed ME…it had another use as well, but, this being a family-viewed blog, anyone interested should wait for the rerun…
In other TV-related rubber chicken news, the Sun Times had an interview with comedian Craig Robinson, who plays warehouse manager Darryl on “the Office”-in which he mentioned a comedy club he went to in college, where they would throw a rubber chicken up on stage when they felt you had out-stayed your welcome. He said that, his first time on stage there- they threw two of them! No wonder he transferred to Dunder-Mifflin…
From chickens to roosters- today, the price of a first class stamp goes to 42 cents (yes, some of us still use stamps!) That sent me searching for any “make-up stamps” I might still have, to combine with my leftover 41-cent wonders. I found some that pictured a rooster on a weather vane, that only said
“Class H make-up stamp”, or something like that- but no actual monetary worth-so I had to find out what it was actually worth. Naturally, it’s worth a penny.
…which leads me to an article headline I saw regarding the government considering making certain coins out of less expensive metals, so it’ll cost less than their face value to mint them. It said “House of Representatives Decides: Steel Pennies.” At first, I thought they had just mis-spelled “one word, and that it was business as usual (get it? “Steal pennies?” Never mind…)
I was amused by a few people who contacted me to tell me how sorry they were to hear that Eddie Arnold had died- and wasn’t he great in “Green Acres?” Ahem- that was Eddie ALBERT- Eddie Arnold was a great country singer…who, actually, probably would have felt right at home among the inhabitants of Hooterville…
That’s it for this blog…there’s more rattling around in my skull, but I’ll save it for another day…
Okay, plenty of people have pointed out to me that in the episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” last week that was written by the staff of “Two and a Half Men”- it appeared that the possible cause of death for the murdered Katey Sagal (who we’ve pretty much figured out did NOT ever appear with Bette Midler on a Svengoolie show!) was- a rubber chicken! I can’t tell you how many times one has almost killed ME…it had another use as well, but, this being a family-viewed blog, anyone interested should wait for the rerun…
In other TV-related rubber chicken news, the Sun Times had an interview with comedian Craig Robinson, who plays warehouse manager Darryl on “the Office”-in which he mentioned a comedy club he went to in college, where they would throw a rubber chicken up on stage when they felt you had out-stayed your welcome. He said that, his first time on stage there- they threw two of them! No wonder he transferred to Dunder-Mifflin…
From chickens to roosters- today, the price of a first class stamp goes to 42 cents (yes, some of us still use stamps!) That sent me searching for any “make-up stamps” I might still have, to combine with my leftover 41-cent wonders. I found some that pictured a rooster on a weather vane, that only said
“Class H make-up stamp”, or something like that- but no actual monetary worth-so I had to find out what it was actually worth. Naturally, it’s worth a penny.
…which leads me to an article headline I saw regarding the government considering making certain coins out of less expensive metals, so it’ll cost less than their face value to mint them. It said “House of Representatives Decides: Steel Pennies.” At first, I thought they had just mis-spelled “one word, and that it was business as usual (get it? “Steal pennies?” Never mind…)
I was amused by a few people who contacted me to tell me how sorry they were to hear that Eddie Arnold had died- and wasn’t he great in “Green Acres?” Ahem- that was Eddie ALBERT- Eddie Arnold was a great country singer…who, actually, probably would have felt right at home among the inhabitants of Hooterville…
That’s it for this blog…there’s more rattling around in my skull, but I’ll save it for another day…
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Speaking of stamps (and rants) - isn't it about time your graphics people make up a new stamp for the mail segment? Maybe they can make a Svengoolie "Forever" stamp. That will solve the problem - forever!
If you have "Forever" stamps (the ones with the liberty bell) they don't need any extra postage.