Everyone who loves nighttime cartoons knows the first words of, "Good Morning USA" is the beginning of the cartoon, American Dad. It is about Stan Smith and his family, his alien and his job. He is Mr. America and works for the CIA. Until the American Dad cartoon came on, I did not know the CIA could be so much fun. His boss sounds a lot like someone from other shows. Hmmm.. I know who it is, but why ruin it for others. His hot wife is Francine and for some reason her memory of certain events keeps getting erased. It always happens with some type of CIA involvement and when Stan wants her to have only good memories so he does not get in trouble. Then their is his very liberal daughter, Hail! ey. She is the cute, hippie type, always fighting against her conservative father. But we have learned that Hailey has been trained as an operative in waiting when she was just a child. Now Stan has a great son, but he is a skinny geek, still coming into his own in life. He is smart, cute and cannot quite get the girl. The whole family is great. They are funny and they have an alien living with them that Stan rescued from the CIA. Roger the alien lives in the Smith family attic and is a master of changing his looks. I love watching my favorite hero on satellite tv from www.ExpertSatellite.com and I never miss a show.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Knitting Is A Way To Share Love
Guest post from: Denver Stephens
I don't think I could say enough about the wonders of knitting. I taught myself to knit many many years ago and have not forgotten the pleasure it brought. Although I have not knitted anything at all for the last few years, I know that I could pick it up again, anytime I wished. The thing about knitting is that it is kind of like riding a bike, you just don't forget how to do it.
In fact, I think I am going to go dig out my knitting needles and find some yarn that has been hiding for several years and hone my skills again while I'm watching satellite TV from www.DirectStarTV.com tonight. That's the way I learned it to knit to begin with, just sitting in front of the television. I felt like that sometimes I was wasting my time idly watching the tube, so I began to knit. This turned into a wonderful hobby and allowed me to create something beautiful at the same time.
What I found as I learned to knit was that family and friends admired what I had created so much that I was knitting things to give away as gifts at Christmas time. I still see some of those creations in the homes of the people I care about. Knitting provided me a way of sharing my love.
Friday, December 24, 2010
The First Snow Of The Winter Has Arrived
December 4th, 2010 will go down in history as the first snow fall to occur in my town and area. Though it was only between a dusting to an inch in some places, it did scatter the ground, covered vehicles, and covered rooftops. The weather is still cold and it is giving us a look at what forecasters are saying could be another cold and snowy winter here in Eastern Virginia.
There is still a little snow on the ground from last night and today I will sit back and turn on my Satellite TV Sports Packages and watch football games. My anticipation for the first snow is very different than it was from my younger days. When I was younger, I could not wait for that first snow. It meant no school and being able to go outside and have fun. These days, it is cold weather and sitting back and looking at the beauty of the snow.
It seemed like it would never snow here but over the past decade or so, every winter it snows here. Last winter was especially brutal and went down as one of the snowiest on record. Though the first snow of the year has arrived, I really don't expect it to snow as much as it did last year.
