Patriot's Day Bombing

Patriot's Day

will now be remembered as the day of the 

Boston Marathon bombing.

When I think of bombings I think of Baghdad…

not Boylston Street.

Patriots Day, a state holiday, 

is a big deal in Boston.

Between the Boston Red Sox game 

and the Boston Marathon…

it always brings thousands of tourists and locals into the city.

Who would think that as a spectator …

you'd end up running for your own life?

Through all the chaos, confusion…

and carnage…

it was hard to get in touch with people.

We couldn't talk with our Sweet Wishy 

who lives at marathon mile marker 25.

Cell service was intentionally turned off…

leaving those trying to get in touch with loved ones 
anxious.

There have  been hundreds of accounts of

self-less and heroic acts.  

People offering to 
house and pick up people who were stranded 
after the bombings, 

feed them, give blood.

Bostonians are tough people...
with a wicked strong spirit.

During times like these Americans always reunite.  

Republicans stop waving the red flag, 

Democrats stop waving the blue flag, 

and together we fly the 

Red, White and Blue.

And as Americans 

under one great flag

we lower the flag 
in memory of those who lost their lives.

Ventriloquist's Dummy

Recently I saw a ventriloquist on television

which immediately brought me back to my childhood and 

my childhood passion.

When I was around 10 years old,

I was fascinated with Ventriloquism.

 aka "throwing your voice."

 My fascination started with the Shari Lewis Show 

and her puppet, 

Lamb Chop.  

From then on I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

 I remember practicing every chance I could.

I'd stand in front of the bathroom mirror 

and talk to myself...

trying to not move my lips. 

I'd have long conversations with myself 
through a scary frozen smile.

(I probably looked like the Ventriloquist's dummy.)

And, I thought I was pretty darn good.  

I began visualizing my future as

 Kat the Ventroloquist...

touring the country with my dummy,

(Who you calling a dummy?)

making my dummy talk back to me.

Anywhoooo….

Shari Lewis's Lamb Chop 
was an adorable puppet that
could bring a smile to everyone's face.
(waaay cuter than the dummy.)

There is a even a painting 
you can buy on ebay entitled 

"Jesus Tries to Cheer Paul McCartney w/ Lambchop Puppet & 

Create Oasis at Home."  

I'm not sure why Jesus looks like Ashton Kutcher in

"Two and a Half Men."

(By the way, this painting can be yours for only $177,000.) 

After watching the ventriloquist on television…

I tried "throwing my voice"...just to see if I still had it

and I gotta tell ya...

I still have it.

I just said out loud to myself...

"Kat is one ace blogger."

And my lips didn't move.

I guess you will have to take my word for it.

Now that I know there is still a future for Ventriloquists...

I'm thinking I might have time to follow my dream.

Does anyone know where I can find a dummy?

Wait a minute...
 who you calling a dummy?

Scams by Scum

Apparently there are a lot of 

innocent gulp-able or

gullible people 

walking around with 

big targets on their backs.

People who are easily

hustled and hoaxed.

Victims of 

scams 

by scum.

I'd like to give those folks a little heads up.

"If it's too good to be true…IT AIN'T TRUE."

So,

if you are sending money to a stranger 

who promises you a 
subsequent "windfall" of new found money….

please know…

the check is not in the mail.  

Anywhooooo…..

The latest fad in scams is 

catfishing.

I remember when catfishing used to look like this...

But the FACE of catfishing has changed.

Now it looks like this...

You remember Manti Te'o and the 

love of his life,

soul mate,

 "girlfriend"...
he never met.

Te'o fell victim to an internet predator 
who fabricated an identity and tricked him into an
 emotional/romantic relationship.

I'm not an expert on catfishing.  

All I know is that whiskers on a fish scare me. 

They look so devious.

But, here's another heads up….

If you're a guy 
"talking" to a girl 

you haven't met face-to-face...

and her name happens to be

"Siri"…

Dude, please know…. 

That Siri girl???

She ain't for real.

Learning Curves

Whenever we're first introduced to something…

whether it's a new sport, dance, job or…

even a new cell phone…

it takes time to become proficient and 

master the skills required.  

There is always a

learning curve

to go from rookie to masta.

I recently joined a Zumba class…

so I've been dealing with that learning curve. 

 In order to get the moves down …

I've had to pay careful attention to the instructor.  

And because I was so preoccupied 

with not zumba-ing in the wrong direction...

I wasn't getting a huge workout.  

I didn't want to look like a

zany Zumba Zoolgist.

Anywhooo….

Yesterday a new Zumba recruit showed up in class.  

ahhh, fresh zumba meat.

I was curious to see how she would deal 

with the learning curve. 

I quickly found out…

she wasn't worried about any ole learning curve.  

She didn't slow down...

for nothin'. 

She wanted to keep a high aerobic intensity level 

so no new

samba or salsa moves

were putting the brakes on her.

.  

I loved her 

effort, 

spirit, 

and 

zeal for Zumba…

even if she zumba-ed left...

right into me.

(Or was that zumba-ed right -

into me?)

I have to give zumba cred

where zumba credit is due...

she didn't care about working on

learning curves.

The only curves 

she cared about working on

were her own.

Work it,  girl.

Happy April First Fools

Tread carefully today.

dun dun dun dun

It's April 1st…

the day for pranks, 

practical jokes and 

put-ons.

No surprise that 

Twitter, Google, Facebook 

are all in on the jokes.

Twitter is saying you have to pay extra to use vowels…

otherwise it's consonants and Y's only..

dnt lk tht vry mch

If you see people smelling their phones…

they've fallen for the new

Google nose app.

scentsational

And with the "Facebook Friend Fence"…

there is now a price for having access to the fb pages of more than 20 friends. 

(20 works for me.)

Just remember to

play nice when it comes to pranks….

no inserting mayo for creme in Boston creme donuts,

or toothpaste in oreos,

or arsenic in coffee.

(Wait, that's diabolical not a prank)

Nothing is worse than a food prank that kills you.

My favorite pranks look like this…..

a post-it prank...

just so much fun.

Anywhooo….

As for an April Fools joke from this Kat...

I could say that I'm shutting down my blog, but

I did that one year…

and the joke was on me.

People were dancing in the streets.

I think it would be hard to deliver bad news today....

no one would believe you.

"I'm sorry, but you didn't get the job."

"That's a riot....so, when do I start?"

 I hope you remembered to say rabbit 3 times today.

Otherwise your luck could be scary….

And that's no joke.

Rabbit

Rabbit

my oh my, your teeth need brushing

Rabbit

ps.  Just noticed this is my 1,111 blog entry...

and on the 1st.

woo hoo