Oscar Quote of the Week- Sally Field

Now that she is nearing my mom's age it is a tad bit unsettling to admit that as a teenage boy I had a huge crush on Sally Field after seeing her opposite Paul Newman in "Absence of Malice."

Field had won a Best Actress Oscar for the first time for "Norma Rae" (1979) based on a story that took place at a now-closed factory in Roanoke Rapids, NC, and then again for "Places in the Heart" (1984).

Here is her quote:

"I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet."

Silly Photo to Fill Space- Mushroom Cloud

With the impending doom upon us as the Republicans are set to take over Congress, a part of me wishes I had checked out the entire "Godfather" triology from the public library in Murphy, NC.

Silly Photo to Fill Space- Darth Vader Dogs

We thought we'd post an entry with this vintage photo of a dog dressed like Darth Vader. Some friends and co-workers are urging to keep my promise of dressing up like the Star Wars for Halloween as I jokingly promised a few weeks ago, but costumes are going for (yikes!) $90 online. My friend Chris Knight of Reidsville, NC, might be inclined to buy it though since he loves Star Wars, so much so that he once used in a local political campaign when he ran for school board offie in 2006.

The Asheville Humane Society in Asheville, NC, is sponsoring a special event aimed at increasing adoptions over the upcoming Halloween weekend. The event called The Halloween Dog Festival will be held on Sat. from 1-5 p.m., and it will include costume categories for both large and small dogs.

Among the mutts that are up for adoption in Asheville are Cassandara, an 11-month-old spayed retriever lab, Anchoive, a five-year-old terrier/chihuahua and Honeycomb, a nine-month-old female lab beagle.

For more info, one can call 828-761-2001.

Winter Break from Blogging

I was going to use the sixties Hanna Barbera cartoon Wally Gator (see a trend here?) for this entry as a joke that I was going to visit my aunt and uncle in West Palm Beach, Fla., this weekend but I think it might confuse my sister in Provo, Utah, who knows I am not going to Florida this weekend. And, that we don't have an uncle in West Palm Beach, but another part of the Sunshine State. I guess I should add that my sister does not live in Provo or Utah. She would probably also want me to mention that she is not a Mormon either. Not that I have anything against Mormons. But, I can't say the same for Mitt Romney or the Osmond family.

Anyway, I promised myself I would go out to have a coffee at the local Starbucks here in Winston-Salem, NC. Ok, I'm not in Winston-Salem or North Carolina at the moment, but I could really go for a pumpkin latte right now as it is freezing outside. The family cat Gizmo is resting under the bed. He hasn't come out from under there in hours!

We will return some time in the middle of next week with our usual nonsense!


SIDEBAR: Today, there was a letter-to-the-editor to "The News and Record" in Greensboro, NC, written by an apparent Christian fundamentalist who emphatically stated that "God is NOT a socialist." (How would she know?) Such sentiments are fairly common in the Tarheel State, so it's not surprising that newly elected city councilman Cecil Bothwell, 59, of Asheville, NC, is getting flack for the fact that he is openly agnostic. His opponents, who are of course conservatives, are trying to enforce an 1868 statute disqualifying anyone who doesn't believe in God from serving public office. I suppose these people are not going to become Facebook friends with Sam Adams, who is the openly gay mayor of Portland, Ore., anytime soon!