The Store Is Closed

This image was captured today as Hurricane Gustav hit the coast. 

Lady, sorry to inform you of this, but it's too late to get groceries!!!

Google Riches

It's been about a year and a half now, since I joined the blogging world & started peppering the world and bugging my friends with little anecdotes, YouTube videos and ponderings. From the very beginning, I've enlisted Google AdSense to assist me in becoming one of those bloggers that makes thousand$ of dollars a day in advertising revenue. (Actually my blog has been successful in many other ways, in that it has brought me business in connection with my yummy direct-sales business that I love so... but that's another story. And probably another blog...)

So here we are, a year and a half later and I am ALMOST there!!! No, not thousands of dollars, but literally thousands of pennies!! I am very, very close to approaching that ever-elusive "cash-out" amount where Google will magically make a deposit to my account. Wow. Can you hear the excitement?!! Can you feel it?!

You're right, it's not really there.

By the time I get to the cash-out point, I estimate I will have made approximately 0.00065 cents per hour. And that is just not going to get me that vacation home in the Hamptons that I want oh-so-badly. So I persevere onwards and upwards, although I feel sometimes like it's more backwards and downwards... However, thank you Google, for giving me the opportunity to earn that 0.00065 cents per hour, it's been very enriching. Just hasn't made me very RICH!!!

Oh look, is that a Google Ad below this post?!

Women Are Like Apples...

Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

Now Men.... Men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

Omg, I don't know why I find that so funny....

Get Those 100 Things Done Quickly.....

In 1999, Dave Freeman co-authored a book called, "100 Things To Do Before You Die". The book was one of the first contemporary books to create a travel agenda based on 100 sites and then market it with a title that reminded mortal readers that time was limited. The book started with his quote, "This life is a short journey. How can you make sure you fill it with the most fun and that you visit all the coolest places on earth before you pack those bags for the very last time?"

On August 17th, Dave Freeman fell, hit his head, and unexpectedly died. He was 47 years old. At the time of his death, he had visited approximately half of the locations listed in his book.

Perhaps we should all have a "bucket list"....

Say It Isn't So Part II

Holy schmoley, what is happening to the fave band of the Golf HenHouse?! Barenaked Ladies singer Ed Robertson and three others hiked out of the Canadian wilderness on Sunday afternoon after their float plane crashed near Baptiste Lake in eastern Ontario, it was reported today. Any fan of "Ed's Up" knows about Ed and his plane.

The passengers on that plane are very, very lucky to have walked away from that crash. All of this bad BNL news lately is seriously compromising the chances of a new CD coming out soon. Come on guys, get it together!!!

Alien Song "I Will Survive"

It's hard to believe that this animation was done nine years ago. It was hilarious then, and it's hilarious now.... and yes, the Golf HenHouse does seem to be posting alot of humorous videos lately, but that's just the kind of mood we're in - SILLY!!
Enjoy.... and show it to your kids, they'll love it....

Chip Douglas is Good Looking

Not just a crank call, a crank call with a puppet show to boot! See what "Chip Douglas" thinks about himself:

Faryl Smith-AMAZING opera singer

She's only 12 years old, but England's Faryl Smith has an absolutely amazing opera voice. Even for someone who doesn't appreciate opera, her singing can bring you to tears. In May of this year, she made it to the finals of "Britain's Got Talent". After hearing her sing, I think Britain does....

Crustacean Cruella DeVil?!

It's Sunday, and that's usually "golf subject day" in the HenHouse. However, I do digress today as I came across this photo of a very rare 2-toned lobster. Never seen anything like it... This sucker is a typical mottled green on one side; the other side is a shade of orange that looks cooked. And the colour is perfectly split down the middle. Why they haven't nicknamed him "Cruella", I'll never know.

Apparently the odds of finding a half-and-half lobster are 1 in 50 million to 100 million. And the irony? Mr. Crabs here will never know how uber-kewl he really looks.

Say It Isn't So

Last week in New York, Steven Page - the lead singer of Canada's Barenaked Ladies was arrested and charged with possession. Oh, I wish I hadn't heard that. BNL is a fab fave of the Golf HenHouse, and their latest CD, "Snacktime" is constantly being played for Pitch & Putt in the golf-mobile. When you hear a news item like that, happening to someone you don't know but you admire, you can't help what thing got them in there in the first place. No one knows... just one person. If he has a problem, I hope he gets help. If he screwed up, I hope he owns up to it. If it's a mistake, I hope it's corrected. For his sake and his family's, I hope that this particular situation can be turned around into something positive.