Valentine’s Day, roses, and bacon

So yesterday was Valentine’s Day.  I was wondering why people had balloons and flowers in their cars and why my wife was mad when we ate leftovers for dinner.  It may seem like a big day now, but with the passage of time, it’s just one day among thousands.  She’ll get over it.

Okay, so that’s an embellishment.  No, scratch that — it’s an utter fabrication.  I did remember the “holiday” and got my wife a mushy card and some roses and chocolate — got nice stuff, without spending a lot of money.  Some people sure are trying to rip you off this time of year!  But that’s a rant for another post.  I started this post to talk about bacon.  Yes, bacon and Valentine’s Day can go together.  Actually, I think they should.

Supposedly red roses are all romantic, but they look good for only a few days, then they wither and die a horrible death.  But what if the roses were edible and made of bacon?  Would that not be the best “roses” ever???

To me, a guy, it seems like a great idea.  But knowing women, it might be a turrible idea.  I remember I once asked a girl (who I wasn’t dating) if she would prefer roses made of chocolate, and she was adamant that it would not be a good thing.  Apparently, “someone” decided that you had to give red roses or you’re cheap and not romantic.  Hence the huge price increase on roses in February.  It sounds like a big conspiracy to me.

Anyway, about bacon roses, what do you think?

Star Wars music on the radio

I just got in my truck and the radio was playing the Star Wars main theme at the big majestic part, and it made me want to go save the universe.  I thought about it, but my wife really wants me to get the dishes done today, and that’s gonna take a while.  There’s some other household chores, too.  I know, saving the world is a big deal, but as the saying goes, if your wife ain’t happy, no one’s happy.  Oh well.  Such is wife.

You might be wondering what radio station I was listening to that would play Star Wars music.  It would be a good thing if all radio stations occasionally branched beyond their “top 40” policy and played all-around cool songs like the Star Wars theme.  There are a few stations now that play a wide variety, which is refreshing, but most are stuck in a deep rut.

Anyway, I was listening to KLRE 90.5 FM, which is the classical music station in Little Rock.  I know, some of you probably just tuned out (no pun intended) when I said classical music.  It’s normal these days.  Many people think they don’t like classical music, although I suspect a lot of people do but don’t realize it.  I won’t get into a long discussion on that (maybe another day), but consider this next one point.

John Williams composed all the Star Wars music (which is over 14 hours of orchestral music), along with the music for Superman, Jaws, the Indiana Jones films, E.T., Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Home Alone, and the first three Harry Potter films, along with many others (including most movies by Steven Spielberg).  He also composed the theme music for four Olympic Games and NBC Sunday Night Football.  The next time you watch any of these movies, listen to the music and realize most of it is classical music.

I realize the emotions of the movie make the music more memorable, but also consider that the music makes the movie more emotional.  It works both ways.  As George Lucas said, “Sound is fifty percent of the motion picture experience.”  Many of the songs from the movies referenced above can stand on their own as good music.

caption contest, traffic jam

Another week, another caption contest.  This time we have a huge amount of cars lined up at what looks like a gas station.  Of course, they can be lined up for anything you might imagine.  Or maybe the situation is something completely different.  You can invent whatever context you want.

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funny pictures, episode 13, baby edition

There’s been more talk about babies around here lately, so I figured why not have a baby edition of funny pictures. Surely there’s a lot of people who enjoy funny baby pictures, so this is something for them.

I've actually been looking at baby strollers of late, but I'm fairly certain my wife wouldn't go for one like this. She doesn't seem to understand that sometimes you need to go off-road. I realize that's not normal for baby strollers, but if they had tires like this, maybe people would more often...
Here's another neat baby stroller / carriage, but I'm not even gonna bother showing this to my wife. How many guys would appreciate a baby stroller that looks like an AT-AT from Star Wars? But this is one of those areas in life where a man's definition of cool usually doesn't factor into the vote.
I've also been looking at colors to paint the baby room. I knew there were (supposedly) millions of colors, but we didn't see any of these at the paint store. Maybe they only show them upon request...
I don't have a baby yet, so there's a lot I still have to learn, but I'm pretty sure using the toy like this would be a bad idea, not to mention illegal.
Again, I'm no expert on children, but I bet I can guess what happens next...

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