Virginia Is For Families

There’s a really big hockey game going to be played this afternoon up in Vancouver.  It’s the US team vs the Canadian team in hockey and I don’t know why I am even bothering to note this event.  Because everybody in the world must already know about it.

It should be an interesting game but I don’t think it’s the kind of sports spectacle we witnessed back in 1980 when a bunch of college kids beat the very professional soviet hockey machine.   There were  a few folks back then who wanted to play catch with a bunch of  ICBM’s  after the game.   But things have changed a lot and today we love and appreciate our playing partners to the north.   We still want to beat them (again) but after the game we will want to boost their spirits!

Because they are great.  Canadians are wonderful people and we are so lucky to have them as neighbors.  I especially like Evita who has a lovely blog called Evolving Wellness.  I believe she is French Canadian.   And I also like Michael J. Fox a great deal.  He made some great movies and seems like a very nice person.

I was going to write a This Date In History post today but I looked at the list of things that happened on this date down through the years and not much happened of interest.

Well there ARE a  couple of things.  Mr. Ed died in 1979.   And the first basketball game was played on television in 1940.   I didn’t even know they had television in 1940.   Back then I’m sure the basketball hoop seemed a lot further up in the air than it does now.    One of these days the players will need to  duck  when they go under  the basket.

Poor Mr.  Ed.   I wonder what he had to say before he was reunited with Trigger and the rest of the guys?

He really was a very smart horse and Wilbur should have helped him get an education or brought in a tutor at the very least.

I really would like to watch the hockey match but the commercials are driving me crazy.   The GEICO commercials are cute.  The ad agency that makes all of them is right here in Richmond.  They recently got an award for their work.

But there are others that are just plain bad.   One of the other insurance companies has a wild-eyed guy sporting an old style blue phone that is somehow tied around his waist.   I can’t figure out if he is supposed to be funny or just plain annoying.  I really wish he would just tie the phone around his neck and jump off a building.   Not in reality of course.

Do it in  a commercial.  Because that’s what it will take to make him interesting.

I still wouldn’t buy what he is selling.  But I might answer the phone if he did that.

They are having a long range skiing contest on television now as we approach the start of the hockey contest.   One of the skiers fell down and started a chain reaction.  There are skiers everywhere in the snow.

But they are getting up again.   I really admire them when they cross the finish line and collapse in the snow.  They look so young and physically fit.  Their skin radiates health.  And in just a few minutes they are up and running around again.

I could run with these guys and probably win too.

If  I had little motors in my skis.  And a relatively small seat attached to the skis so I could sit down.

And a few snacks to keep my energy level up so I could steer around the course.

I hope Evita doesn’t see this post.   She will not be impressed by my workout regimen or my attitude as I sit here waiting for spring.   And she probably wouldn’t appreciate my presumption about the victor in the upcoming hockey contest.   But that part is alright!  Because what if the US loses?

And I don’t get back here fast enough to edit a few things?   Then she can have a wonderful time in the comment section!!

And I won’t care (very much).   Because I will be happy for her and all her  Canadians brothers and sisters (and husband).   And thanks to them by the way for hosting the games.  They have been awesome!

Thank you very much!

It’s 34 F outside and raining.  So much for snowflakes and icy glitter as Christmas approaches.  Once again the skies are gray and full of nondescript clouds.  The trees have given up making wild gestures  of despair.

Now they are all drooping in sodden slumber.  Wake us up when the temperature goes below freezing.   Splash us with a dressing of ice as portrayed in the photo I put up a few days ago.   That was last year.  Nothing so interesting has happened this winter.  Noah is probably happy in his celestial yacht.  Somewhere.

My cough returned for a encore run and I have a headache this morning.  Will it never end?  I decided to go for the cure and went out for Hardee’s cinnamon  and raisin biscuits.   Four of these guys plus some Mountain Dew or (even better) Vault will solve just about any pounding pain in the CD ( chrome domium).    And in fact it’s working.

But the photo taking has been postponed (again!)  until the rain and the coughing stop.

Any day now.   On a more positive note I discovered that liquid Vitamin B12 and B6  are sometimes beneficial for RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome).   I was giving a can of Red Bull a chance to wake me up while having an attack of RLS a few weeks ago.  And the shaky legs went away!   No more bees doing laps from my knees to my ankles.

So I looked at the ingredients and discovered the Vitamin B content.  Now I take a teaspoon per day and it helps once in awhile.  Yesterday I even took a nap!   Oh what joy.   A nap during the day for someone with RLS is better than you know what!  Imagine never being able to rest unless you have taken some medication that is used mainly by Parkinson patients!  Believe me you do not want to take that stuff during the day unless you plan to live in bed.

So here is the good news for the five or ten percent of the population out there who deals with this scourge.  Try B12 and B6 in liquid form.

AND  look for silver linings  in the clouds.  I managed to find some yesterday as I grabbed a few moments of exquisite slumber during the day.   Then dreamed I was kissing a beautiful girl in a field of sparkling grass on a sunny afternoon.

Later, upon awakening, I told Beth about this dream.  And a  few hours later she told me that company would be here tomorrow (now today) and we would not be alone again until   the new year arrives.

We have been wrapping so many presents lately.  Perhaps we should take a moment and unwrap a couple.

Just for fun.

Beth reminded me that the Neptune Festival is happening next weekend at Virginia Beach.   And there will definitely be photo taking opportunities there.  It’s difficult to believe that a year has gone by since the last festival.  There are photos here from that competition.  Hopefully this year I will be able to gain a little different perspective while clicking away.

I had to laugh when I was going over some photos taken last July.  What is that thing out in the water?  Is it Jaws?

I never noticed it before but there is a dolphin out there.  Maybe he is watching the people having fun on the beach.   Maybe he is curious.

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