Swag!

One of my favorite people ever sent me some swag. It's a 4" x 4" mixed media collage.

Thanks much Kim! You're the best!

Best blog name ever...

...is this one.

TCB baby, TCB

First off, I need to thank the smokin' hot Diva Jood and the hotter than a 1000 suns K Line for the lovely awards they bestowed on me.

Aparrently these crazysexycool chicks dig the crap I churn out here day after day. I'm humbled that they not only read me, but also because they take the time to comment and because they saw fit to honor me with these nice awards. Thank you ladies, I mean it.

My second order of business is a pesky meme my little west coast latke, Katie Schwartz, tagged me with the other day. Sorry it took so long to get to Katie, here you go my dear:

1. Clothes: Since I have a bit of a belly...oh ok, shut up laughing, seriously, I'm not fat I just have a big belly damn it, I now have to shop at the Mr. Lard Ass section of the department stores (aka the Big and Tall Men's area). Lately, I've been buying my XXXL polo shirts at the Big and Tall Men's section at JC Penny's.

2. Furniture: I mostly just agree when Sparky asks if I like this or that chair or sofa. Occasionally I'll spot a table or an odd piece in a thrift store and I'll bring it home to refinish it but mostly Sparky chooses our furniture. And that's okay because we have the same taste in retro modern and contemporary stuff.

3. Sweet: Brownies, fruit cobblers, apple crumbles, and low fat ice cream. Alas, no more candy bars and the like for me, they are riddled with too much bad fat.

4. City: Knoxville, Roanoke, Detroit, Johnson City.

5. Drink: Beers-mostly Heineken, Moosehead, Rolling Rock, and some of the new wheat beers. Soda-Blue Sky organic soda (Black Cherry Cherish and White Tea Pomegranate) and Dr. Enuf. Cold water with two wedges of lime, mmmm.

6. Music: Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, The Pipettes, The Motor Primitives, Lilly Allen, Corner Shop, and many many more.

7. TV Series: Lost, The Daily Show, Life on Mars (American version), Little Britain, Father Ted, Monty Python, Sportscenter, my local on the 8's, Countdown, The Rachel Maddow Show, My Name is Earl, The Office, 70's schlock like Night Gallery.

8. Film: Airplane, Godfather, Godfather 2, Fight Club, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, About a Boy, I Heart Huckabees, Stranger Than Fiction, the Harry Potter movies, the Planet of the Apes movies, Baron Munchhausen, all the Monty Python films, Art School Confidential, shit I could go on but I'll stop now.

9. Workout: Disc golf, walking, yard work, going up and down the stairs in our new house.

10: Pastries: There was a time when if a pastry had creme in it and chocolate on it, it was in my belly. But no more of that. I hardly ever eat pastries anymore since my heart attack. If Sparky bakes something along those lines I'll eat it but that's about it.

11. Coffee: Nope. Never drink it. I never acquired the taste for it. I prefer cold water with lime, or a Blue Sky brand soda (they're made without High Fructose Corn Syrup), or if I want something hot to drink, then tea or hot chocolate.

I'm due to do a meme for the lovely Helenwheels and I'll get to it soon, I promise. But right now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to get the sand out of my ass.