"You dirty english, K-Nigit"

IT GUY Had this challenge for us this week: "I need YOU (yes, the wonderful YOU!) to pick 5 memorable lines from 5 different movies (if you could tell us which character said it and to whom, would be a bonus)...and tell us to WHOM (who in the people in your life) you could have said those lines."

With some help from the wife, I have put together the following list of memorable movie quotes. (OK, I admit some of them are probably only memorable to me)

"Luke, I am your father..."
I say this all the time to our puppy Luke... If you don't know what that is from, I am selling a bridge in San Francisco, call 867-5309 if interested...

"I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is..."
I say this to my wife on a relatively regular basis.

"Ding, ding, ding, Gutter tell him what he's won"
From PCU "Draws" to "Gutter" I say this when someone guesses correctly, very handy in the classroom.

"Don't tell me my business devil woman."
You all know that you say this under your breath to your wife, I say this out loud to her when she really gets to me.

"I'm not even supposed to be here today." From the movie "Clerks"
I say this whenever things are not going right.

Well, that's it for my quotables now go check out everyone else's! Thanks for reading and visiting again!!!

FUN MONDAY: The Best Song EVER!!!!!!!!

This week, The Crown Princess wanted to hear the ONE song that is you. The song that whenever it is heard, you smile.

That being said, I had to resort back to a soundtrack that my Platoon made in Afghanistan. My roomate and I decided to make a songlist involving everyone in the Platoon. It turned into a great ordeal, and we came up with all these outlandish rules about how we could veto a choice and how we both had to agree on the nominated songs! We made a rule that no one could pick their own song, which supposedly meant that which ever song we got tagged with is what everyone thought of us!!! Needless to say a few feelings were hurt, especially when you give a guy a song titled "Shitman"!!! Anyway, loads of funny songs and 1 that was deemed as mine...

Asshole by Dennis Leary

I hope that you don't think that I do do (I just said do do American Idol) all the things that he talks about. But damn do I wish I did sometimes!!!

Thanks for reading now go get your chuckles elsewhere....TRY HERE!!!!

FUN MONDAY: The Bucket List...

This week Tiggerlane assigned us this task...

Have you heard of The Bucket List? Well, that's what I want from you! Make a list of things you want to do before you die. It must be at least five items - and you can make it as long as you desire. Photos are optional. And let's hear about some of the wackiest, most bizarre to-do's on your Bucket List!

So here is Retro's bucket list...

-------late addition to top of list-----
GO TO A STAR WARS CONVENTION

- Become a Grandpa.
- Invent something absolutely useless to everyone but me.
- Beat Kaytabug @ Sing Star for the PS2!!!!
(Although that will never happen, because apparently unbeknown to me, I am tone-deaf!!! Love you too HONEY!!!! Or should I call you Simon!!!! lol....
- Build my own website
- Earn a degree in psychology, and use it
- See a Kansas State Football game in person
- Build the house of our dreams with my own hands, and it still stands...
- Make friends, not acquaintances
- Eat a 2lb steak at a 5 star restaurant
- Relive the movie National Treasure
- SEE TOP OF LIST....
- Grow a mullet!!! (yes, I am serious, just ask Kaytabug)
- Own a Harley!!! (a real one)
- Go back to Great America with my oldest!!! 10 Roller coasters in 70 min!!!! (lines were all gone)
- Get a tattoo the "old way"
- Unplug from the MATRIX

Well, that is about al I can come up with tonight. I hope you enjoyed them, and remember the MULLET will make it's comeback!!!!!!

Now get out there and check out everyone else's entries!!!!!!

Fun Monday: Welcome to the ZOO!!!

This weeks Fun Monday was hosted by Lisa she wanted us to show off our pet(s). Well, Kaytabug and I have a few, but I assure you, NO REPEAT PHOTOS. We worked together on this...

This is Neko, I have no idea how old he was here but I would say about 2 or 3 months. What a cutie huh??!!!

Interesting side note, Kaytabug will be the first to tell you how much I love our pets. One morning almost 10 years ago I came home from work, and Neko was gone. Some ass munch decided that walking around our fenced in back yard was too much work, so they opened the gate, let the little puppy out into the world and cut through our yard. Trust me, I followed the boot prints. There was snow on the ground. Kaytabug was out of town with our oldest and I was a mess. I made phone calls, drove around town for about 4 hours, then I saw a tattoo shop. I pulled something out of my sketch book, went inside, came out 3 hours and $200 later with a sore shoulder and an aching heart. I got back to the house and there was a message from the local vet. Someone had found our puppy and took him to the vet. I picked him up and have put locks on our fences since.

I love my doggies!!!


This is our oldest with both of our cats. I would venture to say that they wasted a lot of time staring out this window. Celeste is on the left, her brother Yoda on the right.

If you look closely, you can see the squirrel saying "PUSSY"

Fun Funny Monday

Peter is hosting this week and the mission was as follows:

I want you to tell us your favorite joke and/or show us
your favorite cartoon, don’t worry if there is some
duplication that just means more than one person
found it funny.
So come on and regale us with your best joke and/or
cartoon, remember its New Years Eve and we feel
like a good laugh, before 2008 comes along and does its thing on us.

As I stop to think about all of the funny shit I have shared with my students over the past 18 months, there is one video that has been watched more than any other. I would have to say that this is one of the most funny things I have ever watched! "I know"....




This video has been a favorite for quite some time. I know that the task at hand was to tell a joke but, this guy is way more funny than anything I could say!!!

Well, now that you have my entry, go back to Peter's site and check the rest!!

Fun Monday Holiday Decor 101

This Fun Monday is hosted by Kaytabug This is what the assignment was:

In the spirit of the season I would like to see your favorite Christmas tree ornament. Not to be confused with the WHOLE tree. I want you to zoom in and show me one or a few(you know I can't choose just one!) of your favorite ornaments. If you don't decorate a tree, show me your menorah or dreidel, Kinara, or Yule Log. I want to see your favorite decoration for this holiday season.

I am sure that many of your families were like mine and at some point developed the tradition of giving similar items each holiday season to make up for whatever traditions they decided not to carry on. I know that seems like a harsh way to look at it, but I am a realist and I love psychology, sometimes it is necessary to look at things from a different perspective to see them for what they actually are! I digress...(Sorry Hun...)

Anyway, I have selected some of my faves. Kaytabug took pics of them last night for me, but to her suprise I added my own!!! HA HA HA, i mean Ho Ho Ho!! The weather turned shitty overnight so I got the great phone call halfway in to work telling me not to show up until 0800!! So here I sit at 0615 posting my Fun Monday. ENJOY and Happy Holidays ALL!!!!

I have always loved the muppets. (no that is not the year I was born either...)

This is a toy that I may never actually get. Maybe someday.... (hint hint Kaytabug!!)

The great thing about this ornament is that it talks!!! Every time we turn the lights on we get to hear the Emperor say:

"As you can see my young apprentice, your friends have failed.
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!
Fire at will, Commander!"

It's really fun to watch the dogs cock their heads wondering, "why the fuck is that tree calling me its' apprentice?!"

Any guesses on what my favorite movies might be? Damn you for saying Star Trek!!!!!

Well, I hope this was as entertaining for you as it was for me...

Fun Monday #39

The hostess this week is Candid Karina. She has asked to see our security blankets, or the things that we can't leave the house without.

I only have one thing that I truly can't leave the house without. It is the memorial bracelet pictured below. It bears the name of my best friend. I know that I probably bummed a bunch of you out, but this is probably going to be my security blanket for the rest of my life.

I miss you...

http://www.memorialbracelets.com/

Fun Monday #38

This week's Fun Monday is being hosted by WT, he wants to see some clothing art. That's tee shirts, baseball caps, hoodies, sports uniforms or any bit of clothing that you or your kids own that has interesting, funny or artistic graphics.

Due to some technical difficulties, I can't remember how to link to WT's site. This is what happens when the blogger of the house leaves for a weekend!!!

This has been in my closet for about 10 or 11 years now. Kaytabug really likes this one for some reason....

This was "hand made" by our youngest last year for Father's Day.

My mom got this for me in St. Louis about 15 years ago. It is totally worn out, and for some reason I am not supposed to wear it out in public!!!

This is my second favorite sweatshirt. Kaytabug has a good story about this one!!!

And of course as well as I know the Captian, I have to have some Captain Morgan comfy pants!!!
Kaytabug would love to have this sweatshirt in her closet!!!

Yeah, I like to skate.

I was in the studio for this show. Tom Hanks was the guest. He was really cool and down to earth. Was right before Castaway came out.
Was on the ground for this show. Unfortunately had just gotten back off of patrol and slept through the visit. But my Gunner took care of me and got pictures and this shirt for me! Thanks "Gunner"!

Well, that's it. I did not really want to disclose that I am in the military, but that may come in handy for my next few posts since I will have students again next week.

Hope you enjoyed this look into my closet, Now GET OUT!!!!

Fun Monday; how I met the love of my life...

Today's fun Monday is being hosted by Janet from the Planet of Janet. She wanted to hear the story of how we met our significant other.

Well, Kaytabug told her side of the story, now it’s time for the real story.

Now she did have a few key points right… It was a strip club, I was bald, I did have sunglasses on, and I was wearing a leather jacket. OK, no one else had better be singing “I wear my sunglasses at night.” Anyway, in walks this gorgeous, tall woman, with legs that go on forever wearing black boots and shorts that may have been a few sizes too small, and a t-shirt that I might have worn when I was in grade school. MY GOD she was smokin’ hot! I leaned over to my roommate and said, “That’s her man”. All I remember was him laughing, and telling me to get another pitcher of beer. Good times good times.

So anyway, I decide to try something, now you can say it is cheesy as fuck, or whatever else you want to, but a buddy of my dad told me to fold a dollar bill in some unique way to get a girls attention. (At this juncture girl is equivalent to stripper.) So I being the not so unique type decided that an arrow was easy enough to do, so that is how I folded it.

(Insert Forrest Gump voice here) For no particular reason at all, she walked over to our table. She walked over, and all the while I am hitting my roommate in the thigh under the table saying “holy shit” under my breath. Again he told me to get another pitcher of beer. Fuck I hated that guy!!! So she came over, sat down, and started talking. I have no idea what she said to me other than asking me about the dollar and why it was in the shape of an arrow. Yes I do actually remember that… I can’t remember what I told her, but I am sure I tried to make it a little bit cooler sounding than what I stated above. I remember looking into her eyes the whole time, I had shades on, so she had no clue how much I was diggin’ on her!!! At least I don’t think she did. So she has to go for a while, and comes back again, I get her name and phone #, and she had to phonetically spell her name so I could pronounce it, I may have been a bit inebriated at that point.

And almost 11 years later here we are. I am older, still bald and have a protective covering over my totally sculpted 8-pack!!! And there she is, hotter than ever, and YES I can say her name just fine thank you!!!!

I love you baby!!!