Sexy Baby with Tom Hanks...

This is yet another reason to love JKL...  I was watching GMA this morning and they did a piece on "Pageant Dads", and the public response to dads being involved with their daughters for shows like Toddlers & Tiaras (rather than the traditional parenting role most dads have).

Not sure how Jimmy got Tom Hanks (and the rest) to participate in this spoof, but he definitely has some "big ones" to pull it off...  

Make sure to watch the reaction Hanks has after the winner is revealed.

Over and "Out" on the first day of National Pride Month, from Portsmouth, VA, USA

Memorial Day 2011

All there is to say...

Over and "Out" from Portsmouth, VA USA

Zip-a-Dee-Ga-Ga...

Just like Hugh Jackman did in the Oprah Australia show:

Lady GaGa ziplined (without a crash into a light) onto the stage this morning in the kickoff to ABC's GMA Summer Concert Series in Central Park (NYC). Click the interview below to watch her answer some questions from George, Robin, and fans:

Over and "Out" from Portsmouth, VA

A Little "Blogscaping"...

I am planning/doing a little housekeeping on "My New Life". First item is the new banner to celebrate the upcoming holidays... Second was a minor clean-up of the side-bar (over there >>>>>).  Next I took off a link to my blogger profile and added a page (up there ^^^^^^) About Me & the Blog...

More to come!

Over and "Out" from Portsmouth, VA, USA

MEAN... Taylor Swift's new Anti-Bullying Video...

Whether or not she is "Gay-Washing" for our "Pink Dollars" is not important. Taylor Swift has just released her new video "Mean" and is helping to sustain the awareness about bullying. I post this in memory of a kid I met a few years ago (the son, of a boyfriend's, sister's, girlfriend) who, for whatever reason, decided to take his own life this past week, at the age of 21...

Mark, was one of the sweetest and most intelligent kids I have ever met. He was not afraid to dress differently, wear his hair differently, or act differently. His mom (I'm sure) was challenged by his style, interests, and behaviors, but always supported him. He got good grades, was an avid reader and introduced me to the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", from where this blog get's it's description (in the banner at the top of each page) "A Colorful Perspective on Life, Love, the Universe, and Everything". I don't know if he was ever bullied for his uniqueness (although I suspect he was), but I do know he will be missed by many...

My heart and thoughts are with his mom Denise, who will always be my friend...

Over and sadly "Out" from Portsmouth, VA

RAPTURE... Take me Away...

A request of all my blogging friends... Please let me know if you are taken away by tomorrow's Rapture, so I can remove you from my blog-roll...

Sarcasm   is a wonderful tool, isn't it?

Over, "Out" and here to stay, from Portsmouth, VA

A Sense of Humor...

I have been told by many that I have a weird sense of humor... Personally, I have no idea what those people are talking about. As Forrest Gump's mom may have said "Weird is...  as Weird does". Who, beside myself, is better qualified to put a label on my "quirky" sense of humor?

If I were to put a finger on the adjective that best describes mine, it would not be weird or quirky, it would be "Sarcastic"... I know it's a bit of a fault, but it's all I got folks!  I ran across this a week or two ago, and know many of you (in retail or service industry jobs) might at least empathize with me as to where it comes from...

Over and Sarcastically "Out" from Portsmouth, VA

Mothers Day in Absentia...

Four years after coming "out" to the world (and my kids) in 2005, my two youngest children lost their Mom (see post here) to breast cancer that metathesized into her bones... I will never try to compensate for their loss, as I could never replicate the feelings they had for their mother... I can only be there for them when they want or need me.

Yesterday was one of those times. Michael had gone up to Charlottesville Saturday to watch his son's baseball game, then stayed with his Mom in Richmond overnight. We planned an outing for Sunday for all the Mom's on his side of the family at Islamorada Fish Company, at the Bass Pro Shop in Ashland, VA.. Not knowing what my youngest's (daughter's) plans were, I invited her to join us (and the 5 collective Mom's attending) for the event. She accepted...

I had to work Saturday, so I drove up Sunday morning, picked up my daughter, and headed up I-95 to Ashland. We all had a grand time, although with almost 20 people at the table it was difficult for her (or any of them) to really get to know each other very well. (note to self: smaller gathering next time)...

Everyone was capturing the multi-generational event with their cameras, yet this is the one I liked best:

She is so much like her Mom (although her Mom would never have tattooed her arm like that) she is definitely "her own person" and I love her for that... (another note to self: invest in some anti-aging serum for those wrinkles)...

While I can't replace her Mom, I am so glad I got to substitute for the day...

Over, "Out", and so proud... back home in Portsmouth, VA

JKL: Just another reason...

This is just another reason I record JKL:

Who else could make you smile in the light that there could be some serious retaliations being plotted, as I type this entry...

Over, "Out", and still giggling, from Portsmouth, VA

I never Knew...

While watching the news this morning about Osama bin Laden's capture and death, there was a piece on a memorial that I have never seen. After a close look, I didn't understand the design or intent (other than the fact that it memorialized the 184 people that lost their lives at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001). The following is a CBS video on the Pentagon Memorial, a couple of the families, and the designer:

Sorry for the commercial up front (if it shows), but the video explained enough to me that I thought some of you might find it interesting as well... The benches are all in line with the track of American Arlines flight 77 as it plowed into the building. Those pointing towards the building were on the flight, and those pointing away were in the Pentagon...

Over and "Out" from the day after "his death", in Portsmouth, VA