The Return Of The Thin White Duke Into Your Hunky Dory Neighborhood Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Discover David Bowie And All His Infinite Glory

Dead-icated to my poor, sick little friend Trevor. Get better soon, ya poof!

I remember being around 10 years old and being over at my babysitter's house and looking through her massive collection of vinyl records. I was completely enthralled with looking at all of the covers. Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, The Who, Fleetwood Mac.

I came upon Hunky Dory. I just loved the cover art of the handsome androgynous boy in the slightly hazy background. Then I came up onto Bowie's Station To Station. I was a bit mesmerized by the man on the cover with bright orange hair. What was that funky wall he was peering out of? I remember pulling the vinyl from it's sleeve and setting on the turntable. I still love that sound of the slightly scratchyness of the beginning of a song on vinyl! The title song, "Station To Station" took me on a journey and I loved every minute of it. From that moment I was hooked by David Bowie. Bowie's version of "Wild Is The Wind" is pretty darn incredible.

I think that Bowie is a musical genius. There was a week back in Jr. High where a friend and I listened to "Ziggy Stardust" over and over again on cassette. It just blew our young, impressionable minds away!

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Cal Worthington

I must be on some commercial kick or something right now...

When I was a kid I loved the Cal Worthington car commercials. I was pretty darn happy when I would catch a new one to see who Cal Worthington's new dog Spot was. It was never, ever a dog. I remember a tiger, a pony, a seal, a hippo and even an elephant. Some poor animal always got the glorious roll of "Spot".

I just dug Cal Worthington. I remember thinking that he looked like a kind and honest man and if I had the funds readily available to me at age 8, I would have easily hopped on my tricycle and sped over to Bellflower and purchased one of his fine vehicles.

I also remember the catchy jingle. "If you need a better car..." O.K., this is where the problem starts. When I was a kid I could have sworn I heard this: "If you need a better car, pussy-cow. He's the greatest one by far, pussy-cow. Give a new car to your wife, she will love you all her life, pussy-cow, pussy-cow, pussy-cow!"

I find out years later that they were actually singing "Go see Cal". That makes sense! I had distorted images in my brain of some bovine-feline cross breed. Whew!

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Leeds Mattress Guy

I just have to vent. I despise the Leeds Mattess guy!! He really creeps me out and every morning I have to drive my his stupid billboards that shout out ""I won't be beat!" Ug! What is up with those lips? I mean, if you looked like a creepy pedophile elf would you put your likeness up for all to see?

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Storm Watch 2009

Dang! The rain is really bad tonight. It's taken me almost an hour and a half to get to Glendale from Universal City! Right by work the road I take was completely flooded up above the sidewalk and people were turning around in the middle of the road because they thought they couldn't make it. I decided to chance it and I made it although at one point I thought that I made a mistake because it was a lot higher than I thought but my car seems to be ok. It's bad out there folks. Be careful!

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Rachel's Getting Married

I saw this movie last night and I was completely blown away by Anne Hathaway's performance in this film. Anne stars as Kym, a young woman in recovery who returns home for her sister's wedding. In doing so she opens a huge can of family disfunction and that's where the drama starts.

After finally seeing this film I now know why Anne Hathaway is nominated. In watching this performance I felt like I was a fly on the wall during a family arguments. Amazing.