As we sit here with open window, feeling the coolness of the early morn waft in and invigorate our dreams and wishes, one of our wishes is to see "wait for it" shelved for the new year as it has fulfilled it's time on the reels and video clips stage, and should join other "widely" used phrases from the past such as "That's how I roll." Remember that one? How could you forget - we each individually said it at least a hundred times after it debuted, overused, and the cause of many winces and cringe frowns in reaction to those who refused to "just let it go," or kept trying to "squeeze blood out of a turnip." Amazingly, the latter has stuck around since at least 1836, likely because it's not pounded to death. Reminds me of a lie we have all been told since the beginning of time, that a watched pot never boils. I know this to be false because I have stood over one and watched it until the water was roiling with steam...
Speaking of the elephant in the room, who marches in around New Year every year, guns. Just read another tragic story of a three year old finding his mother's gun she thought was hid under the bed so well he would never find it. I don't have little ones but if you do and you own a gun or guns and you think they are hidden so well no child on earth could find it, think again. Little kids today are so smart you could lock the gun in a safe but leave the keys on a tall dresser, and the child would push a chair to the dresser, find the keys, find the right key, and open the safe...
Anyone who has to fire a gun off on New Year's Eve likely has an IQ in the range of about 85, which is borderline mental disability so maybe they shouldn't have a gun at all?...just thinking out loud. I'm not "against guns", just against how too many of them are used...
I'm working on a screenplay and can't wait to delve into it again this morning, and as it is the end of the year and folks are still chilling "recovering?" from Christmas, I am scrolling the place many of us catch up with each other, the home of a college student who started a school "year book" online and it turned into the reason some of us live, Facebook... here are a few I saw...
Chasity Gray reposts a mime from What You Got in Dat Pot: "We been eating black eyed peas and cabbage for 40 years and we still broke." Okay, you know you laughed and muttered ain't that the truth...
Alan Sealls the famous local weather guy tells us to check on the sky Gulf Coast, the clouds have thinned enough in spots to create a lunar halo...and my two cents - do it guys, this counts as exercise...
The Waterfront in Daphne reminds us the chilly weather can still be enjoyed at their restaurant as they have covered outdoor seating and heaters...
Grace on Dauphin Street in Mobile will host a champagne toast at midnight on the 31st...if they have those crab claws appetizer on the menu run don't walk to the kitchen...they also make a sweet Cosmopolitan...
The River Shack has posted the Mobile Mardi Gras menu, or schedule if that rocks your float better...it is not accessible to those who are traitoring and running off to New Orleans thinking we don't know...the first Mobile parade kicks off with the Conde Cavaliers on Friday, January 26th...
If you think New Year's Eve will be a drag, then B-Bob's downtown wholeheartedly agrees, with a stellar line-up on December 31st with doors opening at 9:00 PM. Gracie Lou and other stars will be there and a first for any bar in the entire world on New Year's Eve: the champagne will be...wait for it...free...
The Mobile Public Library invites you to celebrate Kwanzaa on Wednesday, December 27 from 2-5 PM at the Virginia Dillard Smith/Toulminville Branch where there will be speakers, poetry, drummers and a taste of African culture...
And Darlene Tran reposts a quote from Quotes Gate..."2023 is almost gone. Not all our family and friends made it. Never take for granted the people you love. Be thankful for today, because in one moment your entire life could change...
Seems like a great note to close on today...have a safe and prosperous day....
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