I May Get To Europe Yet

I don't fly, I don't cruise.  I do cars and trains ( and under duress buses.) One of my most memorable bus trips was to Miami with my Gram & Pop when I was 15 years old, but that's a whole other story.

However, perhaps in my lifetime (doubtful)  the proposed transatlantic tunnel will become a reality.  It's only 3,100 miles and equipped with a 5000 mph train, I could be sitting in a London pub in an hour.  Hello....That's for me.   I'll pack my scuba gear,  just in case.

Even more intriquing is the proposed Bering Strait bridge.  It's only 50 miles folks!  Drive to Siberia.  Think about it.  I might do that too.  I could meet all the HOG game creaters and tell them all the real names of stuff they might find in America. 

Miss Universe Nudity

The oddsmakers are favoring Miss Ireland to take it tonight.  Wouldn't that be a refreshing change?  As always, I will be watching and critiquing.  I'm a terrific home judge and enjoy the process immensely.

But the big flap is over contestants being photographed having their bodies artfully airbrushed.  Give me a friggin' break.  Is a tit or two offensive?  Especially an 18 to 23 year old tit.

Cloris Leachman had airbrushed body art done at age 70 and the photos were published in Vogue.  There are body artists all over the country and many competitions featuring semi-nude female bodies of all ages.  Their work can be awesome.  The subject wears a thong gstring and the body is used as a canvas.  I personally am planning to treat myself to a full body art airbrushing for my own 70th birthday.  Anyone care to join me?  Maybe we can get a group discount. 

Bare Chested In Public, Yes or No

Don't I wish

Even so, I'm pretty turned off by any man, even those with obvious assets parading around outside my motel with their bare chests ( & fat guts) hanging out.  It just seems ignorant, classless and insensitive to other people's feelings.

Right now, one guy is sitting shirtless outside room #11.  Is he going to deter drive in business from staying here?  I have to say yes. 

This weekend a middle aged father and his 20 something son actually took showers using the hose out in our front yard.  For all to see, they shoved the hose down the front of their pants and then flushed their rears while massaging the sand out of their butts.  Good thing I was no-vacancy at that point, because any normal folks driving by would just keep on going.  I'm assuming, of course, that there are normal people out there.

It's hot as hell here & I understand that men are suffering with the heat. We women are suffering with the same heat, but my housekeeper & I don't walk around outside with our less than prime boobs hanging out. Give us a break guys.  I vote NO.

Rules are Rules?

I don't rent to locals.  I don't want to deal with domestic disputes, drug deals or have the bank VP and his secretary stop by for a nooner.  I flat out will not be that kind of place. 

However...tonight a sweet local family with 2 school age children needed one of my rooms because they couldn't pay their electric bill and won't have the air turned back on until tomorrow afternoon.  How could I say no?  It's 100 degrees out there.  Am I a sucker?  We'll see.

Speaking of suckers, a few  years ago, I had a housekeeper to whom I told that the only way I would rent a room to a local would be if their house burned down.  I was out one day and the DH rented a room to a girl who told him her house burned down, her car died and she had no where else to go.

Turns out, she was my housekeepers sister in law, who knew exactly what to say.  She trashed the room, & ripped out the window screen so she could blow her crack outside.

Is It Fall Yet?

I noticed the difference as soon as I opened my eyes this morning.  The quality of light seeping into my consciousness was purer somehow.  When I went out to get the paper, there was a clarity to the air which I haven't seen in many months.  Granted, it was subtle, but throughout the day my brain kept registering sharper images.  Late this afternoon, while coming out of the laundry room, I was absolutely positive I saw fall.  That's Fall with a capital F.