Happy April 1st

April  

the month for

Fools,

Feasting at Easter,

Following the Masters,

Filing your Taxes.

By my bookkeeping calculations...

a quarter of the year is already in the 2012 books.

I might sound like I’m an accountant, but the only thing I’m keeping track of is....

the depreciating asset of time. 

Here’s hoping you said

rabbit,

rabbit,

rabbit

this morning. first thing.

to secure your month of good luck.

And just because it’s April 1^st   

don’t get fooled into thinking that this ol kat’s tale is not credible.

Animated Programming

Who decides what channels will be displayed on public televisions in
airport terminals?


At BWI (Baltimore airport) on a weekday morning..

take a guess as to what was 
on for the viewing audience?

CNN?
Nope

Fox News?
Nope

Try..........

Scooby-Doo

followed by Pink Panther,



with Yogi Bear


 bringing up the furry rear.
  hell ya.


I found the cartoons an interesting choice.....
No one looked at the screens.
 Not even the two toddlers in the room. 
(They were only interested in
chasing each other in circles
and knocking over old people.)


Anywhoooo.....


I swear Airlines look for ways to mess with our heads. 
They search high and low for ways to torture us. 
(hmmm...let's not only delay their flight 3 hours, 
let's make them watch cartoons while they wait. mwuhaha)


I'm not sure who determined Yogi Bear and friends
was in demand by the flying public?


I'd like to let them know...
we are smarter than "the average bear"...
and
their programming choices can go to hell

in a pick-a-nick basket. 

Ain't that right, boo-boo?

"Big Brother"

Can you imagine giving a prospective employer access to your Facebook account?  

Say what?

There are now occasions when job applicants are asked for their password

so a prospective employer can check their background.

They must be mad.  

(And I'm not talking the cool mad men and women from the TV show.)

So at their leisure, employers can sit down with a cup of coffee...

and peruse your  postings,

ponder your photos,

and pore over your privates.

(ya know what I mean.)

We already know not to put things on Facebook that we wouldn't want public...

that's one thing.  

But having to give out your private password...

that's a thing of a different thing.

What if you haven't posted anything obviously incriminating on FB...

but the employer just doesn't like what they see?  

Maybe you look scary without makeup,

or your friends look sketchy...

or they don't like your pit bull.

Or they see a tattoo (that isn't normally visible.)

Or you mention being pregnant or wanting to get pregnant.

And with the new Facebook Timeline....

they can easily go back in time and get a good line on your life.  

We might as well give them the keys to our front door,

so they can rummage through our bureau drawers.  

"Oh, Prospective Employer...Here's the key to my diary.

And check out May 15, 2011.  Really Juicy stuff."

Anywhooo....

In "1984" there was Big Brother..."Big Brother is watching you."

but in 2012 there is a new Big Brother..."Big Brother is creeping on you."

This new Big Brother...can get direct access to your all your laundry.  

and who doesn't have some dirty laundry in Da House???  

(My laundry day is next Tuesday...

until then it's all dirty.)

The Word on Energy Drinks

I'm not in the habit of

PDA

wait, PDA is Public Display of Affection. 

(I am a little shy.)

I mean, I'm not in the habit of...

PSA ..

a Public Service Announcement.

BUT, after what I saw on The Today Show...

I couldn't shy
away from addressing the monster issue surrounding...
energy drinks.

The mother

of Anais Fournier,

a 14 year-old from Maryland,

who died of cardiac arrest after drinking two Monster energy drinks in 24 hours

was on the Today Show last week

discussing the serious dangers of energy drinks. 

Her daughter did have a heart condition called "mitral valve prolapse",

but the condition is usually harmless and

as many as 1 in 100 to 200 people have a form of the condition.

Energy drinks are not regulated by the FDA,

because they are considered a dietary supplement and not a food.

2 Monster drinks are equal to 14 cans of Coca Cola. 

That much caffeine stimulant  can easily have you flying, jumping, and sky diving ...

just imagine what your heart is doing.

The caffeine rush found in energy drinks

has led to an increase rush

for hospital E.R's
where they have seen a dramatic spike in caffeine overdoses and toxicity.

anywhooooo....

These drinks are being marketed directly to our children with cool names like...
Monster,

Red Bull,

and Rockstar.

It would probably be safe to say

young people wouldn't be drinking them

if they had names like
Senior Stamina

or

Mature Mojo.

I commend Anais's mom for getting the word out about

the dangers surrounding the energy drinks

and pushing for a law to have the drinks regulated by the FDA.

So folks, that ends my PSA.

 

Actually my PSA goes hand-in-hand with my PDA..

My Public Service Announcement

is actually

my Public Display of Affection

for my own children....

and their friend's friends...friend's friends.

I feel it's vitally important to

spread the

word

about this eye opening issue
regarding the high levels of caffeine in energy drinks

and the serious dangers
they can pose.
Word.

Hungry for Hunger Games

I finished reading the "Hunger Games" trilogy

by Suzanne Collins

and now I'm hungry for the movie.
I won't be satisfied until I get my Katniss butt into a theatre.
(and eat a feed bag full of popcorn.)

I normally make it my policy to not see the movie after I've read the book. 

 I like to keep the visual I've concocted in my own crazy little mind

and not have someone else's visual...

(from their crazy little mind.)  

But there are times...

I'm interested in seeing the movie...just to see how it would be brought to life.

And that is the case with the Hunger Games.

Anywhooo...

If you haven't already heard what the book/movie is about..

(where ya been?)

it is about a futuristic apocalyptic world...containing a capital and 12 districts. 

 (Don't worry, this is not a spoiler.)

The Capital requires each district to send a boy and a girl
between the ages of 12 and 18 (chosen at random) to the Hunger Games..

which are televised to the public.

The children must fight each other until death...

 until one child is left standing.

Such a CRAZY idea. 

Which led to this crazy idea for a new Hunger Games....

(CrAzy begets cRaZy.) 

"The Blogger Games"

A competition where bloggers take each other out...

(not on a date, silly)

but knock each other out...into non-blogger status. 

When a blogger receives a Thumbs down sign...

he/she/it  is blown out of the blogger water...

until there is
one Blogger Person left in BlogWaterWorld.

May the best blogger be the last blogger

blogging.

"The Blogger Games"

 coming to a blog near you.

just call me KatnissOUT

Reincarnation Dilemma

Hinduism believes that when you leave this world...

your soul or spirit will come
back reincarnated...

in some form
be it...
another person,
a plant,
or animal...

I was wondering...hmmm

If you were reincarnated...and had to come back as an ANIMAL...
"What animal would you choose?"
For me, it's a difficult decision
But if forced to choose....

a dog would be my first choice

but a chicken
would be a close second.
(Shirley, you can't mean a chicken.)

Granted, a dog is man's best friend and has a cushy life in most households
except, maybe, Michael Vick's...
but

you shirley can't beat the life of a chicken..

on the Hawaiian island of
Kauai.

If you've been to Kauai you can't help notice the colorful chickens

freely roaming around the island. 

There must be some paltry poultry law on the Kauai books that the
"chicken rules."

These chicks have free rein.

The entire island is their oyster and

 their chicken coop. 
"Born Free"

is the soundtrack of their lives...

as
they cluck and cocka-doodle-doo

around the island.

They look amazingly healthy

and are many in number because they have few predators... 
except for the occasional rabbit and  jaguar...

who forget to stop when the chicken

is crossing the road.

Which reminds me.......

"Why did the Kauai chicken cross the road?"

Shirley, because it can.

Anywhooo....

There is one other animal I might consider coming back as...
One with an even cushier life...

the  party animal.

The life of a party animal

on any island

rocks.

Rock-a-roo

Coincidence? Coinkidink?

We all experience

coincidences or coinkidinks...

but 3...in a week???

What the hell?

First I mention the random word 'leprosy' in a random blog... 
(It seemed like a natural progression  after...lava, lagoons, leis...leprosy.) 

Two days later..I mention my upcoming Hawaii trip to a friend

who brings up the interesting/unusual fact that years ago

Hawaiians with leprosy

were sent to a peninsula on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i. 

What the hell?

Then right before our trip to Hawaii

my book club suggests the book

"Moloka'i"  by Alan Brennert...

about the Hawaiian island and leprosy. 

What the hell?

Again, I ask you...
coincidence?  coinkidink?

Anywhoooo......

IN 3 days...

3 leprosy references...

when it has been 3 eons

since I've thought about 'leprosy.'

Not sure what that means...

but i must say
I would NOT recommend reading "Moloka'i" on the beach in Hawaii.

(Although I would recommend reading it in Maine.) 

With each descriptive word...

I was jumping out of my skin. 

I couldn't stop checking myself for red patches.

I do NOT have thick skin...

so I don't take these coinkidinks lightly.

I'm just hoping there isn't a 4th leprosy reference...
These coinkidinks are making my skin crawl...

and make me wonder about the expression:
"there is more than one way to skin a Kat."