Great Thinkers – Fun is Not a Luxury by Cathryn Johnson With the recession hitting many Americans where it hurts – in their pocketbooks – spending on leisure, entertainment and fun has taken a big hit. Out-of-job families are managing their money, and the first thing that usually goes is spending on entertainment. And I have noticed that not only are my out-of-work friends cutting back on leisure spending, but they are also cutting back on fun in general. They tend to be in a more solemn mood. Friends that once sat around and light-heartedly joked with one another, tend now to be te...

Jose The Jalapeno by Shaun Baird Another one of Jeff Dunhams unique group of colorful dummies will be the one and the only Jose The Jalapeno Pepper - on a stick. Any time Jose refers to his owner Jeff Dunham, he has issues calling him Jeff which means that he calls him senor Heff, not Senor Jeff. It has to be something connected with the full Latin accent. He even refers to him as "Senor Hgrrrreff" (having a tongue rolling effect, it really is the only method for you to pronounce this nonsensical word!) Now Jose constantly ends up in conflict with Peanut (one of Jeffs alternative wardrobe cre...

Bored?  Try A Happy and Healthy Level of Insanity Breaking News: Seems Dorrie and a few of her 'senior friends' managed to get themselves noticed by the local police! What exactly do you suppose they were they doing? Well read on below, no doubt Dorrie's 'Dear Diary' note should clear it all up for you rather nicely. Dear Diary I read an article the other day that there is this perception out there that we ‘seniors’ are becoming a problem – seems we are doing odd things because we are ‘bored’. Well for heavens sake, wouldn’t you be bored if your life was filled with a bunch of ...

The Irish It Seems - Are Still Joking Around ! A twice removed and it seems a thousand times sobered up relative of ours, made this very statement over a frothy Guiness or ten at a recent family and friends of the Irish clan get together. He said, heartily ... "It is just as well that the Irish blood that we have in our veins permits us to laugh at ourselves, otherwise what a 'bland and dull place' the world would truly be!" Then someone, who was not remotely Irish saw this as an opportunity to share some Irish fun poking whereupon our far distant twice removed, thousand time sobered up relat...

Dear Diary - New Car, Body or Perhaps New Doctor Went for my annual check-up yesterday … Funny thing I noticed, my doctor is looking a little older than I remember him since last year.  Actually come to think of it I thought he looked a little old last year too!  Such a shame, he was such a good looking man, men do not age as well as we do!  … do they? Image by teresia via Flickr What really annoys me though is he keeps trying to make me look like the ‘old one’. Get this,  yesterday he told me that I am now at the age where my bones are more brittle so I should 'stay off tables'...