What a Turkey!!

So I realized that I haven't written in over 2 weeks! Oh my gosh... my brain was consumed by Thanksgiving. We hosted this year and as you can see by my nephew's face, all went well. I must recommend, if you have the equipment, barbequing your turkey. It came out soooo good with a nice smokey, ham flavor. Thanksgiving has to be my favorite holiday. Celebrating a bounty of food and good old American gluttony with family and friends makes me so happy. We did however have a Mediterranean style menu with dishes from Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, along with the classic stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. It was a great feast.

I LOVE THANKSGIVING!

Would You Like Fries With That?

So I'm watching Primetime on TV last night. First of all, I never watch shows like this because the story teasers are so lame, such as, "what's happening down at the mall this week? You'll never guess." And then it turns out to be about some lame scam for which only an idiot would fall. Or they're total fear propaganda trying to scare the audience with something that no one has to fear. I digress.

Last night's episode was entitled "Fast Food Nightmare." I've never heard of this scam before, but apparently it had gone on in about 70 different fast food stores across the nation since 1994. The scam basically is this: a guy calls and asks for the manager on duty, when the manager gets on the phone, the caller tells him/her that he is the police and that they need to strip search one of the employees who has stolen something. There's a little bit more build up, but not much. Well, the story last night was about the case from which they caught the caller. It was all caught on the McDonald's security camera in Kentucky. This stupid-ass assistant manager, Donna Summers (I kept thinking of Donna Summer, which made watching the show even better; Donna Summers, however, is a 40ish chubby white woman) brought a teenage employee into the back office and followed the caller's instructions for about 3 or 4 hours. Over the course of those hours the employee was stripped of her clothes, cell phone and keys and left with only an apron to cover herself. She was left alone 3 different times with 3 different men. One of the men, Donna Summers' fiance (a 43-year old exterminator) was with her for 2 hours and made drop her apron, spanked her bare ass and I think made her give him oral, but ABC didn't specify. Over all those hours, Donna came in and out of the office and never questioned what was going on and denied that the employee ever asked her for help. Finally, some janitor said that the caller couldn't be for real and then, stupid Donna Summers called her manager and found out it was all a hoax.

So there's the setup. And you know who stupid Donna Summers blamed? McDonalds. Why? Because McDonalds didn't train her properly. Who thinks keeping a girl naked in a fast food office is proper procedure? What a dumb ass!!! Even if she's being advised by her lawyers to blame McDonalds. She should be brought up on rape charges with her sick-ass fiance! Instead, she's charged with a misdemeanor for false imprisonment. The caller (who they have arrested) is pretty smart to prey on the sad saps working as fast food managers (or in this case, assistant managers). Miss Donna Summers probably got off on the power high of doing something important for the police and having control over this cute teenage girl who all the customers and other employees smile at while passing over her own nasty self!

The Best Birthday Ever!

My birthday tomorrow is already shaping up to be the best ever!!!! My friends Imelda & Ken sent this giant cookie to me today! Well, Imelda is the one who does all the work, but Ken is always there to say, "you're welcome" when all the thanks come in.

THANKS IMELDA AND KEN FOR KICKING OFF MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Will the Real Nicholas Cage Please Stand Up

So I was on the treadmill watching Raising Arizona, one of the best films of last century, and it made me a little sad. Yes, I was still laughing my ass off, but what the hell happened to Nicholas Cage? I think of this everytime a movie such as, National Treasure or The Family Man or Matchstick Men or The Weather Man comes out. No, I haven't seen any of these. I won't see any movies where he has sold out to be either a nice leading man, action leading man or a sad caricature of his former weirdo self. He used to be so great and natural and playing funny, awkward and sometimes hopeless characters. Sometimes he can still do it, but it's rare. Raising Arizona highlights how great he once was and how terrible he is now.

Vegas Halloween Baby!!

So we just spent the weekend in Vegas watching Halloween go by. It was one of the best Halloweens ever! I mean everyone was totally into dressing up, which makes it fun to dress up yourself. It's never any fun to be the only ones in costume. I've had the experience. Michael and I dressed up for our first Halloween in our new neighborhood one year and went out to the local bar. NO ONE WAS DRESSED UP! I mean, even the bartenders and servers weren't dressed up. I couldn't believe it. What a bunch of fools!!!

Anyway, Ken threw me under the bus by saying on his website that I would have pictures posted of all the skanky costumes from the Hard Rock. Well, I finally got around to it and added included the funny costumes too. Here you go.