Don’t Sing this at Work !

Posted on April 20, 2011 by dfolstad58

I work in a cubicle. Yes, one of those tiny spaces that the Geneva Convention overlooked when they were describing cruel and unusual punishment.

The walls of the cubicle are low, it makes it easier to exchange thoughts with co-workers but it also means they can overhear me when I sing to myself. [That’s cruel and unusual punishment!]  Tunes pop into my head all the time, the other day I was humming ” Monkey Grip Glue” – you can look that one up or hear it at http://www.grooveshark.com (by Bill Wyman).

It’s not my fault that I hum and sing, it makes the day go by quicker! and that my friends is real REAL motivation.  Anyway I digress and am getting farther and farther from the thought behind the title of this blog. Which is?

Don’t Sing this At Work!

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Isn’t Love Wonderful?

Posted on April 16, 2011 by dfolstad58

foreheads glued together

Do you like love stories? Platonic ones? – Look it up, it has nothing to do with a man in a dog suit (chuckle).

Actually I feel like I could be one of the last to have seen this story, more than a million views on youtube. That should tell me something, basically people want to watch and hear the story. Curious?

Here for you to watch – it’s your turn. Allow me to introduce you to Maria – the Goose.

ah shucks

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Don’t Rush me, I’m a thinking and my head hurts

Posted on April 15, 2011 by dfolstad58
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I love the ending of this cartoon,  Sam wins! or does he? That Bugs is a lucky varmint!

Foghorn Leghorn is also a character you have to enjoy, he comes up the most interesting quips, and insults? Can you remember any?

Not only animated but other types of picture humor I really enjoy like “Calvin & Hobbes” and “Herman”.  From 221B Baker Street to the funny papers, I enjoy enjoy it all for different reasons; it depends on how much time I have.

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Internet – doublespeak for Time Machine!

Posted on April 15, 2011 by dfolstad58

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I love when I am looking around on the internet and find music from a few years ago when I was young (cough, cough). Ahem…moving right along.

Remember “Guitar Man” by Bread, “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray?

So many memories, and these jaunts to the past only add fuel to the singing I do in my cubicle at work, which is half the size of solitary confinement in Sing Sing. (sorry, I digress- grin)

Some of those songs from my recent past, I just know that you know those tunes also AND when you hear them once, they never go away! (evil laugh)

Like what?  Remember

” Buh Buh Buh Bennie & the Jets! – oooooh the weird and wonderful, Oh Benny she’s a really keen.She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit, I read it in a mazazine, b-b-b-b Bennie & the Jets!

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Been a while since I was seventeen

Posted on April 10, 2011 by dfolstad58

Darcy on the left, Dave on the right

When I was seventeen, I don’t think I ever had a stiff back, or sore feet.

When I was seventeen, I could eat  two A &W teen burgers back to back without a passing thought about calories or weight.

When I was seventeen, I never thought about the future, mortality, or how I survive. I was too young to worry about it, or at least it never crossed my mind.

Yes things, have changed for me, certainly my perspectives have and if I could do it all again; I wonder what I would change.

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Classic but true

Posted on April 9, 2011 by dfolstad58

I remember my grandma (Baba) teaching me manners when I was just 5 or 6. She took me to a hotel in Kindersley, Saskatchewan and bought me a cola. I think it was 5 cents. I couldn’t drink it until I said thank-you. She told me, and taught me to remember my manners, always please and thank you.

Baba was right and even for the simplest things, I remember my manners.

My parents and Grandparents taught through their actions. Family was important, and actions speak louder than words.

We never ate in front of a television, my parents taught me to try new things and do it myself. I made kites from balsa wood and newspaper. I used to play “Battleship” with my Dad and I drew 10×10 tables so we could call out the grid numbers for our “bombs”.

I hope I have done some things right teaching Classics I was taught about living and respecting others so my Baba is proud.

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