The Frog Prince

Hmmm. Who knew there were so many versions? This one is close enough.

Here's a song by "Keane". I like it, might have to get that.

Gotta kiss a few frogs before you find the Prince.

So, here I am with my newest acquisition. Frog hats!!!!!

Why you ask? I have no idea. I'm just strange. Most of the people I know are strange in some fashion.

These crappy cellphone pictures do not do them justice at all. They're really quite fun and silly.

Here's a green one.

It's not easy being green. Just ask Kermit.

I've been feeling a little blue lately.

"I'll have a Blue Christmas without you....."

"Blue Moon, I saw you standing alone..."

Here's the insane rainbow version.

Dang, I look like a doofus dork in that pic. That's ok. I am a doofus, I'm wearing a silly frog hat after all!!! Not my most flattering "self portrait", my nose looks huge....

Heck, to put it nicely...... I look serverely mentally challenged in that pic. I can't be bothered with taking another. That one will have to do, even if I do look like the autistic person who might live in your neighborhood.

Different is good.

My new blogger acquaintance Gretchen made them at my request. Here's a pic she took before she sent them to me.

I have a few of the things she makes and I'm quite pleased. I've given them as gifts too and they were a hit. The "oversize wrap" she makes is great as a throw blanket. That's what I use mine for, I can't very well traipse around town in a frog hat w/ blue hair wearing that. They'd clash!

I do soooo have a thing for cowboys. These are nice. Smell wonderful.

I love these things!!

Ok, they're stupid, but I think they're kinda fun...

and since I've been told I'm self absorbed, That I live in my own little world.... Why should I not make it all about Me????

Sure, some people post about politics, their children, crime, pets, celebrities, porn, all sorts of things... Isn't every one's blog about them self? Do I necessarily want to know your 160 pound great dane vomited on your bed last night? (Ewwww. Gross!!!) No, I don't....

Do you want me incessantly posting about how I HATE almost every waking moment of my life... that I wish I wouldn't wake up one day? That I feel like that always? No, you don't...

So I post silly, stupid things. Things where it looks like I'm enjoying myself. Whatever. Does it really matter? Nobody reads this shit anyway. Who can blame them.

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If I don't visit you regularly, I'm sorry. There are only so many hours in a day.

There are places linked here that I don't have time to visit. There are a whole lot of other places I have bookmarked that I didn't link and have neglected as well. Sorry.

**End Stupid Dramatic Rant**

Back to more me!!!!!!! Like I said, I love these silly things.

These are kinda scary.

Warning. They do make noise, so check your volume.

***EDIT*** Grrrr. The darned things refuse to load now. Apparently the embedded flash thingamabobs and blogger don't play well together, so I deleted them.

Look at this sexy beast!!!

Click here and Here.


I also made one for Handmaiden's fish. Poor creature.

I didn't realize what I had done until I had watched it twice. Poor Officer Bryant is break-dancing to "What is Love (Don't Hurt Me... no more) and flopping around on the floor like a fish out of water.... Hmmmm.

I guess it's appropriate though! Maybe one of his spiritual fish ancestors was guiding me.

Happy Birthday!!!!

1947, Born on this day, Elton John, singer, songwriter, pianist, (Reginald Dwight).

1971 UK No.7 single 'Your Song', 1973 US No.1 single 'Crocodile Rock' seven other US No.1's.

Biggest selling single of all time with 1997 'Candle In The Wind 97', plus over 50 UK Top 40 hit singles.



Sold over 150m records worldwide. He auditioned for prog-rock band King Crimson. Elton and Bernie Taupin wrote 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' under the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche.


Some of the aliases Sir Elton has used checking into hotels include, Prince Fooboo, Sir Humphrey Handbag, Lillian Lollipop, Lord Choc Ice, Lord Elpus, Binky Poodleclip and Sir Henry Poodle. Elton John’s official nickname is Rocket Man - but Rod Stewart calls him Sharon.

Text stolen from http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/.

Happy Easter

We need candy don't we?





How about a peep show?






Some eye candy perhaps?

Let's sing and dance. Shall we?



Feel the vibration?



I think I need a shower now.

Oooohhh!! Pretty!!

I have a new thingamabob. I actually have four. They were on sale.

on sale = good

I also supposedly provided 150 cups of food to starving people with my purchase.

I'm going to give one to my friend. I don't know about the other two.

Glass sphere is shot through with phosphorescent grains and mounted atop an easy-to-use garden stake. The solar LED light within stores the sun's rays during the day, and emits them after dark for a dazzling glow -- switching between red, blue, and green, while the the phosphorescence traces glow in the dark, even when the LED light is turned off.

Here's pics of one. It's out in my little back yard doing it's thing.

I think it's kinda neat.










So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!

The Sound of Music is on.

It's going to be on all weekend.

How annoying.

300+ channels of nothing.

My latest adventure... Live... live!

I think this is the sixth time I've seen Live. My sister has seen them fourteen or sixteen times. If they're passing through nearby she's there.


She has a thing for the singer, Ed.

So do I.

<---- I didn't take that. I found it on the net.

I think he's terribly sexy.

Her husband seems a little bored with going to see them... so if she wants a buddy I'm more than happy to go.

I think she might have gotten the tickets from the fan club this time. Maybe not.

For just a few dollars more than the tickets cost we had "V.I.P. parking". We also got let in a side door before the rest of the unwashed masses. That's a good thing when you're attending a general admission show.

We got right up to the front of the stage on the left side where I planted myself firmly.

Here's some pictures. Sorry I don't have more.



Here I am at the start of my journey. I almost missed the train...


The ticket seller told me it was coming on track 2.

The arrivals/departures thing said track 2.

It came on track one.

Fortunately, I'm not a dumbass and knew to rush over and get on.

Is it just me, or do most of the announcements for trains and busses sound terrible? Maybe it's just the slums I frequent.

"Wooonn, whaann waaattt woowaaa. Woonn wonn wannwaa."

What?!?!

They sound like the adult voices on the Charles Shultz "Peanuts" cartoons that I watched on television in the 70's.

Nice spot huh? Right up front, left stage.

I had to go to the bathroom for hours.... but I didn't move.

With a view like ths would you move?



My sister did go to the bathroom once or twice.

I extended my arms, planted my feet firmly and occupied "our space" while she was gone.

She's a little tiny thing, while she's perfectly capeable of taking care of herself... I'm not sure she would have been able to keep our spot had I gone to pee.

I didn't want to miss this.


This...........



And certainly not this!!!

















I'm disappointed it came out so blurry. Doesn't matter. I was very close to that shirtless hunk once again. I know what he looks like.

Last time we went there to see them I left my sister & her man where they were and wandered off into the crowd. I ended up bouncing around with all the young people.



^^--- This is from sometime around July 07.

We didn't get back to my sisters until after midnight. I ended up sleeping over this time. Mass transport doesn't run how one might like at that hour.

I slept on the floor in the computer/smoking room, even though the couch was offered. I figured I was out of the way there. I'm invited to come visit whenever I want.



Since Arcturus is apparently currently obsessed with church pix. I made sure to get a few this time.

I've taken pictures of this before, but it was, like 2 am.

The pix came out crap so I didn't post them.



This is viewed from the southbound train platform from New Brunswick to wherever... (I could go home, visit D.C. or go to Florida).


They were doing renovations last year. There was scaffolding then. See the new flashing and drainspouts?

Quite lovely. NOT.

It's a very beautiful building... well, it has a nice enough ass anyway, even with the aluminum.


I haven't been around the front or inside, since I'm always in a rush when I go there.



Here's a picture montage of the trip I threw together. I think it's more fun than the post.

It's also got pics I didn't include.

WARNING. IT MAKES NOISE.

It won't work with some firewalls or if your employer monitors these things.

Click Here


I'm going to bed now. This took way too long.

**edit** That's St. Peter's The Apostle Parish. Mystery solved **edit**

Such a good big brother...

It was nce out so I took the little boys out for a walk.

A very Looooooong walk.

We went here and there and everywhere.

We went out at 3:30 and got back at 5:15. They managed to pee on every darned thing they could the entire time.

Here are the nice doggies looking both ways before we cross the street.

Wait! Wait! Good boys! You such good boys. Ok, you can go now!


They really are a chick magnet... Guys like 'em too.

(Some drunk, stoned, homeless looking guy yelled "Hey! That's a Nice pug!!" then proceeded to urinate in the street..... Nice. Like, dude, at least go do that in the alley where people don't have to see.)

Oh My God! They're soooooo cute!!!

Look! Look!!! Look at them!!!! Do they bite? Can I touch them?!?!?!!

No, they don't bite. They might lick your face off though.

Jake needs a new leash. The retractable locking button thing doesn't stay locked. Gotta hold the button down manually the whole time...

Can't have him walking 20 feet ahead of me...

They are quite a handfull!!

Happy!! Happy!! Happy!!! We're walkin! Walk walk WALK!!

(That's us taking a rest in a park. I'm resting, they wanna go play soccer.)

We almost crashed a wedding, the doors were open. It was their idea. I didn't let them. They'd have eaten the bouquet!

Little girls in frilly dresses wanting to come running out of the church and chase my dad's dogs. Too funny. Look!!! Puppies!!! Mommy!! Puppies!!!

Poor kids must have been on their best behavior for hours and hours. Maybe I should have let the dogs run into the church... I'm going to hell anyway.

This used to be a very nice little neighborhood park. It's maybe 8 blocks from where I live.

It's still nice. But... where's the grass? Where'd the trees go? There was a nice big healthy tree in that park. It's gone.

I understand why they bricked it over. Less maintenance. Less cost.

What you can't see in that pic is the giant ugly metal fountain sculpture that must have cost several thousand dollars. (you can't see the kids playing soccer either)

Those things in the background? The metal things? Those are giant oversized steel (aluminum?) lounge chairs with ottomans. This is art?


I'm all for adding beauty. This is not beauty.

They don't function as a chair, bench or a picnic table. They're hot as hell to try and sit on in the summer... being METAL...

Then there's the hundereds and hundreds of gallons of water that spew out of that hideous sculpture. (I'm pretty shre there must be some sort of recirculator thingamabob built into it to help conserve water, at least I hope there is.) It really doesn't cool anything off.

At least you can dine at these ugly tables with the odd looking, non functional lights stuck in them.

They might function. I've never seen them lit though.

Your tax dollars at work.

I gotta say, the neighborhood kids do enjoy the fountain in the summer though. Most of them are poor, where are they gonna go? It's not like they can take a weekend trip to the beach.

Here's some really bad video of Clyde. It MAKES NOISE!!! So turn your volume down. You don't need to hear me shrieking "Wiggle! Wiggle!!! Wiggle!!!!!" at the top of my lungs.

He wiggles alot. He likes when I tell him to wiggle. He's a very odd creature.

Dreary Day...

It was a horrible day. Massive flooding was expected everywhere. Fortunately, that didn't happen.

Nice view huh? That's route 206 in Bordentown, NJ as seen from a fourth floor window. (There's a Wendy's right next door. I wanted some, but food was not an issue. The catering was already done. Frozen dinners.)


There's a truck stop surrounding it and I could have walked to the Turnpike should I have had some insane desire to do so.


This Is Why I Was There. Ok, not only that. I just wanted a room again. With a Jacuzzi. I could have walked to the venue, being here just complicated matters... and it made it way too far to walk.




I got pretty close to Jack. Apparently he's glad he has fans...

He was signing autographs and saying hello to everyone afterwards. He really does seem like the nice likeable guy we've seen on tv all these years.

I wanted to have him sign my ticket. I did... but I didn't want my friend to have to wait.

Sorry I don't have more pictures. You aren't allowed to take 'em in there, and it was an animal show. I wouldn't have wanted to freak the animals out.

Pissed me off, people were using flash cameras all over the place. Idiots.






The staff at the hotel were very nice. Penelope brought us drinks.

Her Twin Sister was quite a character.




She does have very firm hands.


She had some really scary stuff in that giant leather bag.


I ran into some members of some sort of Rainbow Coalition.



They were singing a very strange song.



Red and yellow and pink and green,


Purple and orange and blue,


I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too.

Ok, I'm bored. I don't feel like doing this. Here's the video version. It includes a picture of someone other than ME!!! See, I really do have human friends.

Click Here.

The Beasts...

It was nice out, so I was a good big brother... I grabbed the leashes and took the wee litttle ones for a walk.

Wee. Wee. Wee. Yup, that's what they did. Clyde also left some DNA evidence in an ornamental bunch of plantings. Fortunately he did it where I didn't have to clean it up. Nobody will step in it or have to deal with it in any way. Fertilizer is all it will be. ((Ewww!!! Clyde, what has Daddy been feeding you!!!))

Clyde (ugly thing!) is much smaller than he looks. Angle, perspective and all that. He's only about ten pounds, max. He's an Affenpinscher.

For some reason the little freak likes me. Maybe cause I rub his tummy.

Jake, (the tan pug) is about 25 pounds I guess. He's solid as a rock. When he runs and leaps on your lap or chest, it's like getting hit with one of those really hard medicine balls from gym class.

Why do they call them medicine balls anyway? Mmmm. Okay.

Here their much older brother is grasping their leashes tightly while he sits on the church steps having a smoke and resting after they drug him all around the neighborhood.

Cute doggies are definitely "chick magnets".... OH! They're Soooo Cute!!!

I got some smiles from guys as well. Seems nobody can resist Clyde's radiant personality, he's such a wiggly, squiggly, squirmy thing.

The church is for sale BTW. If I had a million dollars to spare I might buy it. You get the church, the rectory, the convent and a parking lot. I think I'd dwell in the belltower mostly, like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.