My favorite show is back.

America's Got Talent is my favorite TV talent show.  I like it because it;s not just singers or dancers.  This evening the season premier acts included a dancing dog, a daredevil who dived from a one foot step into a pool of whipped cream, an excellent 13 year old opera singer, a magician, an Elvis impersonator who danced with a sixty-something stripper and so much more. How can you not love a show like that?

flowers and flags

I didn't make it to any grave sites today so I am going to use this venue to honor the veterans in my life: my father-in-law, Clarence Vess Foltz, Army, World War I; my father, Freddie William Henry Herman Cohrs, Army, World War II; my husband, Tommy Vess Foltz, Army, Korean Occupation, friend Elvin Newton, Navy, Kennedy era; brother John Fredrick Cohrs, Army, Vietnam; brother Thomas Joseph Cohrs, Air Force, peacetime; nephew Fred Cohrs, Air Force, and currently serving nephew Henry Cohrs, Air Force; daughter Elisabeth Ellen Robison, Air Force; and son-in-law John Robison, Air Force. Quite a list I think and I thank them all for their service then and now.  I also thank God that none of them were killed in battle.  We are a blessed family and I praise God for that.

Kangaroo Proliferation

Heard on the local news - the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo has the most successful kangaroo breeding program in the US. Over the years more than 100 joeys have been born in the zoo and almost every kangaroo in any zoo in the US was either born in our zoo or is a descendant of a kangaroo born here. So the next time someone asks you what's the big deal about the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo tell them to go watch the kangaroos.

I'll take the Xolos

I recently wrote an article (actually finished it today) about a friend at church who is currently president of the Northeastern Indiana Kennel Club. During the interview we had so I could get the information to write the article i learned a lot I didn't know about the Kennel Club and the Dog Show that they sponsor each year here at the Coliseum.  For instance you don't need to show dogs, or even own a dog, to belong to the club.  But most fun I think are the two new breeds (she described them as "odd ball" breeds) that have recently shown up at the show. The first is the Xolotzcuintli (Xolos for short). I googled it and it is Mexican hairless breed, very petite and cute. The other newbie she mentioned is the Boerboel (sounds like burble). This one is also known as the South African Mastiff and in the pictures I saw on line it looks huge. So my advice is if you're shopping for a new and exotic dog go for the Xolos.

Is that really what they want to do?

Google says that to "expedite" means to make something happen more quickly I heard a newscaster this morning, in reference to the long lines at major airports, say that more security people are being hired "to expedite the problem."  Really?? Seems to me the problem is rolling along just fine on it's own. I think I would feel better if they were trying to expedite the solution. And I will really appreciate it if they can get it done before my trip in July.

200,000,000???

Just heard a newscaster rattle off a list of statistics about Memorial Day weekend.  The two that impressed me most - gas prices are the lowest summer rate since 2005 and Americans will consume two hundred million hot dogs this weekend. That's a lot of hot dogs but rather than being repulsed I'm feeling the mad urge to go out and get myself a hot dog.  I wonder how late 'Coney Island' is open?

Hooked on a new show

As one of the last people in the world to not have cable TV. I turn to Net Flix when there's nothing I want to watch on the local stations.  I like Net Flix because you can watch a series straight through without waiting for a week for the next episode and you never need to watch reruns unless you really want to.  Over the last many months I've enjoyed the entire series of "Friends", "Fraiser", "Monarch of the Glen" and portions of several more.  Recently a friend recommended a series called "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries."  I've gotten through five episodes now and between the mysteries themselves, the love interests of the major characters, the costuming and the setting it's really very enjoyable.  The series takes place in Australia in the 1920's. The leading lady's costuming is beautiful.  She's a fabulously wealthy nonconformist who drives fast cars and can fly a plane so she can afford nice outfits.  I was interested in a scene this evening where she was staunching the blood flow of a man shot in the chest but when she stood up not a speck of blood had marked her white fur jacket. I had supper at Buffalo Wild Wings this evening and couldn't even manage that without a smudge on my blouse. Ah well at least I can watch perfection.