Something is just not right this year with Labor Day weekend. I am missing the St Louis County Fair and Air Show. It was the highlight for me both as being a photographer and ending Summer. I know Scott Air Force Base is hosting an air show but the one at Spirit of St Louis Airport was always a fun time. Hopefully the folks that ran this show will reconsider at some point and bring it back!

Sweden's Loch Ness monster possibly caught on camera

  GO HERE TO SEE VIDEO AND VIDEO OF IT LOOKS LIKE GIANT FISH TO ME..

GO DOWN TO BOTTOM LEFT VIDEO IT SHOWS IT REALY GOOD..

http://www.storsjoodjuret.nu/bildarkiv.html

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Sweden's own version of the Loch Ness monster, the Storsjoe or Great Lake monster, has been caught on film by surveillance videos, an association that installed the cameras said Friday.

The legend of the Swedish beast has swirled for nearly four centuries, with some 200 sightings reported in the lake in central Sweden.

"On Thursday at 12:21 pm, we filmed the movements of a live being. And it was not a pike, nor a perch, we're sure of that," Gunnar Nilsson, the head of a shopkeepers' association in Svenstavik, told AFP.

The association, together with the Jaemtland province and local municipality of Berg, installed six surveillance cameras in the lake in June, including two underwater devices.

The project, which has so far cost some 400,000 kronor (43,000 euros, 62,500 dollars), is aimed at resolving the mystery of the Swedish Nessie.

The first sighting dates back to 1635 and the most recent to July 2007, with most speaking of a long, serpent-like beast with humps, a small cat or dog-like head, and ears or fins pressed against the neck.

The association employs one person full-time to review the recorded video footage each day.

In the images filmed Thursday and posted on a website dedicated to the Storsjoe monster (www.storsjoodjuret.nu), a long serpent-like being is seen swimming in the murky waters.

"A highly-advanced system on one of the cameras detected heat produced by the cells," indicating that it was a live being, Nilsson said.

"It's very exciting and quite spectacular," he said.

He readily admitted however that the project was also "aimed at improving business around the lake."

"The monster has helped us," he added.

Some 20 more cameras are due to be installed soon, including one at a depth of 30 metres (100 feet) to catch any movements under the winter ice.

I'm a bartender laid-off by the Rattlesnake Club. They aren't going out of business,so I  expect to get a call to report  to work when things get busy.I have faith in my boss,  Chef  Jimmy  Shmidt. I try to stay in touch,but Summer days in Detroit  have kept me busy

.Lets see; things to do on Labor Day...are you kidding...Detroit, Pontiac, and Hamtramk are calling. Now would be a good time to start my dance career!

Help-wanted ad for nanny: `My kids are a pain'

Thu Aug 28, 6:17 PM ET

It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain." But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never been a nanny before.

"If you cannot multitask, or communicate without being passive aggressive, don't even bother replying," Rebecca Land Soodak, a mother of four on Manhattan's Upper East Side, wrote Aug. 19 in her advertisement on Craigslist.

"I can be a tad difficult to work for. I'm loud, pushy and while I used to think we paid well, I am no longer sure."

This being the age of instant communications, the ad took on a life of its own, making the rounds of parenting blogs and e-mail inboxes and inspiring an article in Thursday's New York Times.

Soodak, a 40-year-old painter whose husband owns a wine store, eventually hired Christina Wynn, a 25-year-old University of Virginia graduate, to take care of Rubin, 12; Ellis, 9; and Shay and Cassie, both 6.

"I made a commitment to stay in the job for at least a year," Wynn told the Times. "I met the oldest child, but not the others, which my mother said was crazy — to accept the job without meeting all the kids. So we'll see." She noted that one of the pluses is that the children are all in school for several hours each day.

Some other excerpts from the listing: "If you are fundamentally unhappy with your life, you will be more unhappy if you take this job, so do us all a favor and get some treatment or move to the Rockies, but do not apply for employment with us."

And this: "Also, if you suspect all wealthy women are frivolous, we are not for you."

And this: "I have all sorts of theories on how to stack my dishwasher, and if you are judgmental about Ritalin for ADHD, or think such things are caused by too much sugar, again, deal-break city."

No word yet on whether a sequel to "The Nanny Diaries" is in the works. Meanwhile, Soodak tells the Times: "I hope she likes it here. I sent the ad to one of my old sitters and she said she felt it was pretty accurate, which sort of stung a little bit."

 

Hey Movie Buffs --

I just interviewed Tyler Perry about his new movie, "The Family that Preys".   For someone who is worth more $$ than most of us will see in a lifetime ... TP is extremely down-to-earth.    As soon as I know when the interview will air, I'll let you know.

Mister Perry has  played St. Louis many times .. bringing his wildly successful stages plays to  the Fox Theatre.  He told me he loves the crazy St. Louis audiences .. only rivaled by Chicago and Detroit.

What do you think of Tyler Perry? Are you a fan and why?  What's your favorite TP movie?

Talk to me, people!  ;-)

 

 

 

 

 

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW TIM EZELL HAS A KNACK FOR PLAYING TRICKS ON ME..I SAY IT'S ANNOYING..HE SAYS IT'S GOOD CLEAN FUN..HE HAS SCARED ME MORE TIMES THAN I CAN REMEMBER BY JUMPING FROM UNDER DESKS, HIDING BEHIND DOORWAYS, ECT.

WELL RECENTLY WE HAD A GROUP OF FIREFIGHTER TOURING THE BUILDING..FIRST TIM TOLD THEM I "PLAY WITH MATCHES"..THEN AFTER I LEFT TO GET READY FOR THE 11AM SHOW..RANDI INFORMED ME HE HAD PUT A BOX OF MATCHES AND LIGHTER FLUID ON MY DESKS WITH A NOTE ATTACHED THAT READ "NEED HELP.. CALL PYROMANIACS ANONYMOUS" 1-800-FLAME -ON...NEEDLESS TO SAY ALL EYES WERE ON ME AS I WALKED BACK TO MY DESK AND TIM POINTED AND YELLED "THERE SHE IS."

WHAT CAN I DO TO GET HIM BACK..?????

AS HE WOULD SAY IT'S ON LIKE RAE DAWN CHONG!!!!!!!!

THE NEW TREND IS SCAVRVES IN THE SUMMER TIME. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WITH THE RIGHT OUTFIT A LIGHTWEIGHT SCARF CAN MAKE A GREAT ACCESSORY. UNLIKE PERTZBORN WHO PAIRED A BLACK WINTER SCARF WITH HIS SUIT..NOT A GOOD LOOK.. TO BE FAIR I DID GIVE HIM THE SCARF AND TOLD HIM TO PUT IT ON..FOR COMEDIC PURPOSES OF COURSE..ANOTHER HOT TREND SKINNY BELTS...WATCH MY STYLE FILE SEGMENT BY CLICKING ON THE MORNING SHOW TAB

The following website allows you to listen to the police,fire and ems calls from the city of St. Charles, St. Louis and St. Louis county.  I found it Friday night and have enjoyed it immensely!  One nice thing I found is how quiet my neighborhood really is, only thing going on within walking distance of my house is accidents, falls, a fire and a couple of domestic squabbles.  I wake up sometimes at 2 or 3 in the morning and can't go back to sleep, so it's a great way to pass the time.

You can listen to calls all across the country, including calls from the Denver Colorado area.



http://mo.scanamerica.us/index.php?

A Very Weird Thing Has Happened
by Rose Mula

A strange old lady has moved into my house! I have no idea who she is, where she came from, or how she got in. I certainly did not invite her. All I know is that one day she wasn't there and the next day she was!

She is a very clever old lady. She manages to keep out of sight for the most part, but whenever I pass a mirror, I catch a glimpse of her. And whenever I look in the mirror directly, to check my appearance, there she is, hogging the whole thing and completely obliterating my gorgeous face and body! This is very rude. I have tried screaming at her to stop it but she just screams back, grimacing horribly. She is really quite frightening!

If she insists on hanging around, the least she could do is offer to pay a little rent. But, no! Every once in a while, I do find a dollar bill stuck into a coat pocket, or some loose change under the sofa cushion, but that is not nearly enough.

In fact, I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think she is stealing money from me! I go to the ATM and withdraw one hundred dollars, and a few days later it is all gone! I certainly don't spend money that fast, so I can only conclude that the old lady is pilfering from me. You would think she would use some of that money to buy some wrinkle cream! God knows she needs it!

And money isn't the only thing I think she is taking. Food seems to disappear at an alarming rate, too. Especially the good stuff like ice cream, cookies and candy. I just can't seem to keep that stuff in the house anymore. She must really have a sweet tooth, but she better watch it because she is really packing on the pounds! I think she realizes that and to make herself feel better, she is tampering with my scale to make me think that I am putting on weight too!

For an old lady, she really is quite childish though. She likes to play these really nasty games like going into my closet when I'm not home and altering my clothes so that they don't fit. Or, messing with my files and papers so that I can't find them. This is particularly annoying since I am an extremely neat and organized person. She fiddles with my VCR to make it not record what I have carefully and correctly programmed it to record.

She has found imaginative other ways to annoy me. She gets to my mail, newspapers and magazines before I do and somehow blurs the print so badly that I can't see it. And she has done something really sinister to the volume controls on my TV, radio and telephone so that all I hear are mumbles and whispers!

She has done other things like make my stairs steeper, my vacuum cleaner heavier, and all my knobs and faucets harder to turn. She even made my bed higher so that getting in to and out of it is a real challenge. Furthermore, she gets to my groceries before I get them put away and applies super glue to the lids, making it almost impossible for me to open them. Is this any way to repay my hospitality?

I don't even get any respite at night because more than once, her snoring has awakened me. It is very unattractive! And as if there weren't bad enough, she is no longer confining her tactics to the house. She has found a way to sneak into my car and follow me everywhere I go!

She has completely taken the fun out of shopping for clothes. When I try something on, she tries on the same exact outfit and stands in front of the dressing room mirror and monopolizes it. She looks totally ridiculous in the outfit and she keeps me from seeing how great it looks on me!

Just when I thought she couldn't get any meaner, she proved me wrong.

She came with me to get my driver's license picture taken and just as the camera shutter clicked, she jumped right in front of me! Who is going to believe that the picture of that old lady is ME?!

This blog is dedicated to my late wife Debra, who passed away 1 year ago Aug.29, 2007.  Debra was a lung transplant recipient who was doing so well, then when she was due to celebrate her 5th year as a recipient, she went into total lung rejection.

 If anyone out in Blog Land would like to put pics of their late loved ones, be my guest.  I will be having another blog in Sept., to celebrate Debra's  birthday.

Inside the blog, I will have several pics of Debra celebrating her life after her transplant. 
She wanted to live like she never lived before. 


Sept. 27,1967   Aug. 29, 2007

CAN  SOMEONE TELL MEHOW T GET   A HOLD   EVE.RYBODY SO I CAN SEND OUT INVITATIONS TO YOUR HOUSE

 

I F YOU WANT TO GET A HOLD OF ME caall me

Glad their Slogan wasn't

"Where the News Hits you in the Face!"

All the tickets have been picked up and our winners were all extremely excited about seeing MO & IL play some football!

Congrads to the following winners......

 Brenna Matysik of Swansea, Jeannine Reiff of Shiloh, Teresa Laquet of Belleville, Kim Sillery of Manchester and Erin Blood of Fenton.

Enjoy the Game!

 

 

Neil Diamond has been forced to reschedule both his Wednesday, August 27 Green Bay Resch Center and Friday, August 29 Scottrade Center St. Louis concerts due to doctor’s orders to rest his voice as he has been diagnosed with acute laryngitis.  Diamond sincerely regrets this unavoidable shift in schedule and apologizes to fans for any inconvenience caused. The St. Louis show has been rescheduled for September 10 at Scottrade Center and Green Bay for September 12 at Resch Center. Tickets for both shows will be honored on the rescheduled dates. Refunds will be available at the original point of purchase.

 

Arlene Herman of Chesterfield is our Best Seats in the House winner for Neil Diamond!!

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Italian priest organizes beauty contest for nuns

Sun Aug 24, 2:58 PM ET

An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour.

The "Miss Sister 2008" contest will start in September on a blog run by the Rev. Antonio Rungi and will give nuns from around the world a chance to showcase their work and their image.

"Nuns are a bit excluded, they are a bit marginalized in ecclesiastical life," Rungi told The Associated Press after Italian media carried reports of the idea. "This will be an occasion to make their contribution more visible."

Rungi, a theologian and schoolteacher from the Naples area, said that visitors to his site will have a month to "vote for the nun they consider a model."

Nuns will fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. It will be up to them to choose whether to pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered.

"We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said by telephone from his town of Mondragone. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."

Rungi said the idea was first suggested to him by nuns with whom he regularly prays and works. He hopes there will be dozens of submissions once the Web site is started.

The contest drew criticism from the association of Catholic teachers.

"It's an initiative that belittles the role of nuns who have dedicated themselves to God," the group's president, Alberto Giannino, told Italy's ANSA news agency on Sunday.

Emily Riesen joins us this Friday prior to her concert in Cape to talk about  trying to make it in the music business the old fashioned way and not the  new instant star "American Idol" way.    She's an Illinois girl living in Nashville where she says there is so much talent that may never be heard.  She says the record companies will only sign you if you have a very large fan base already unlike the old days when they would turn  a talented singer into a star.  

What do you think?  does she have what it takes?

 

 

 

Submit your questions below for Emily...

Hello and welcome to my life. My little nightmare.  Come with me won't you and see what I see.  This is the bridge close to the Vilander Bluff Natural Area in Onondaga State Park.

And Me.

Diggin the summer sun in my sorry little life.

I was within the boundaries of this sign without knowing it.  There was no sign from where I went in to this point. I don't trespass  or do anything that will cause to to be ejected from the park. Well, at least not at this point in time, at this juncture and factor in time.



 I was very hot due to the black I was wearing on this day. Its all good G.
Sun On.

Well well well.  I'm back.  And what a trip its been.  Since you cannot see where I was at night I shall show you where I was during the day. Its the same except it was night time.  This is where I set up my little camp.
The weather was beautiful that day and so it was at night.  This was my fifteenth trip up the mountain and my fourth at night tho it was my first on the new trail.  They built a new parking lot and a new path to the trail, which they say is wheel chair accessable.  Not the trail, just the path.  The new trail is a bit of a killer, which climbs much more steeply than the old trail but it intersects with the old trail and the old trail is much easier to navigate. Here I am on the "easy part" leading up to the "hard part".

The path is really nice tho.
On my way up I spotted something glinting in the sun. I walked over to it and it was a water bottle filled with water. Someone had forgotten it or threw it away or whatever, so I picked it up and dumped the water and put it in my pack.  Gotta keep the area clean mang. If you are gonna be here ya gotta pack it in and pack it back out.

People who throw trash and littler really tee me off.  Why would you do that in a place like this?  Dang assmasters!

This is where I was at night.  I got here at midnight and it was simply magical. I put down my tarp and pulled out all my stuff and looked at all the stars. The moon was coming up behind me and was a very sinister looking brown in color.  The clouds were starting to roll in.  I could hear dogs barking miles away and several Whip-Or-Wills were just singing away close by. Amazing to hear them.  They were gone for so long. I thought they had gone extinct.  I brought some fried chicken that I had made and some Diet Pepsi and had a very nice midnight snack on the mountain. While I ate I was listening to my scanner. From up here I could hear Berkeley PD as well as Maryland Heights and North Central Fire Alarm, Saint Louis County 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th precincts. Amazing!  With nothing more than a little rubber antenna.The Rhyolite here on Devil's Honeycomb is wonderful. Its Precambrian, meaning its over FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION YEARS OLD!!!!  Some people don't believe that. They can't comprehend that kind of time span. Thats frosty. I understand.  As a scientist I can relate and comprehend the immense span of time that it takes for things like this to occur.  These rocks were old when the Dinosaurs were here in the Jurassic period one hundred and sixty to two hundred million years ago.  As a matter of fact these fine examples of Rhyolite might have been UNDER WATER. Hard to believe?  Yes it is but totally true and frosty to the max mang.  



My little Vid Cam.
Well it got to be two o clock in the morning and I knew I had a long drive so I gathered up my little camp and began my way down the mountain.  At the terminus of the forest there is a large marker consisting of a steel pole with a sign at the top telling you where the trail to the bottom of the mountain is.  At night you can't see where the forest and the trail is without it.  The sign has been torn off by the severe weather this place sees.  On the way up I had snapped a chem light and affixed it to the top of the pole so that no matter where I was I could see where the forest trail was.  It cast an eerie glow in the distance from my vantage point.  I made my way to the marker and took the chem light down and stuffed it in my sock.  When I leave you cannot tell I was even there. All I leave is foot prints.  I take any trash and leave it a better place than it was before. I was almost to the bottom of the trail when I spotted a glowing light in the forest. I have an LED headlight on when on the trail at night as well as a powerful hand held LED light in my hand to help light the way.  As I got closer to the light in the forest I could see that it wasn't a light at all.  It was the reflection of TWO EYES looking at me.  I almost freaked out at that point mang but I thought, ITS ONLY A MOVIE.......uhhh.....I mean, its only an animal looking at me.  Probably a Raccoon.  Then there were two sets of eyes looking at me.  Then three!  As I watched them with their eyes they began to move up and down a tree and one was on the ground running around.  I was totally intrigued by this excellent display of night time wildlife.  I began to slowly walk toward the eyes to get a better look when a loud buzz began to circle me.  Than the buzz stopped.  I waited.  What happened to the buzz?  Then without warning I was stung on my side by the buzz bomb!  I let out a yell that I am sure scared the bejesus out of the animals that were watching me and I am sure they got a big laugh at the stupid human running down the path in the dark.  Holy cow that hurt like the dickens.  What a climax to a great morning.  Sheeesh!  I got home at FOUR TWENTY.  Went to the little room, put on some anti itch stuff and a bandage and went to bed, thanking GOD for another wonderful and safe adventure in the night.
Sting On