Monday, February 23, 2009

And The Winner Is......


The Academy Awards were held last night and "Slum Dog Millionaire" won 8 Oscars including the best movie category as well as best director for Danny Boyle. Kate Winslett and Sean Penn won best female and male actor awards, Winslett for "The Reader" and Penn for "Milk". In the best supporting actors roles, Penelope Cruz took top honors with "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and Heath Ledger won posthumously for his role in "Dark Knight."

Matt Kenseth won the California 500 Sunday, the first driver to win back to back season opening races in 12 years. Kenseth led Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch to the checkered flag. Busch, who won both the Nascar Truck Race and Nationwide race on Saturday, ran well, but had nothing for Kenseth.

The Grocery Shopping Trip - Part One: On a recent trip to the local Publix grocery store, I made some observations that must have registered in my mind at some point in time, but remained dormant in my subconscious until recently. First and foremost, let me say that I committed the first cardinal sin of intelligent grocery shopping to wit; I did not eat breakfast before going shopping.

That said, I was wandering around the store, stocking up on necessary items and due to hunger, additional items like cookies, dark chocolate, ice cream and other decadent non-essentials.

In my euphoria, I began to notice that some people dressed to go shopping while others seemed to be oblivious of anything remotely resembling good taste. While I don't expect to see people in tuxedos and evening gowns, some semblance of decent attire should enter their minds before going out.

Men and women in flip flops and sandals with dirty feet, stained T-shirts on beer-bellied men that should have been a size larger, women whose hair looked like they woke up three minutes ago and just left it that way. The most annoying were the people who brought their entire brood, with each little imp either crying to ride in the baby seat, or demanding at the top of his lungs that his mother purchase candy or cereal. The parents, naturally, have either not enough intellect to reprimand the little bastards or, through the years, have lost what sanity they ever had.

While escaping the infamous "family that shops together", I went over to the best area of the grocery store, the deli and bakery area. If I were writing a book about grocery shopping, some of the steamiest chapters would take place there. If romance exists in a grocery store, it is the deli-bakery area that it is spawned. I like to refer to it as the provocatively dressed department.

Suffice to say, while the cold cuts and prepackaged sandwich meat area is more for the family with kids on a budget, the deli-bakery area is more the St. Tropez area for the well to do. I'll tell you more about this on Wednesday.

On Wednesday - Part Two: It's true what they say about meeting women at the super market.

This Date In History: 1820; Police arrest the plotters of the Cato Street Conspiracy, who planned to blow up the British Cabinet. 1870; The US state of Mississippi is formally re-admitted to the Union. 1885; Convicted murderer John Lee survives three attempts to hang him at Exeter Prison. His sentence is commuted, and leaving prison in 1917 he lives until 1933.

1903; The United States receives a perpetual lease on Guantánamo Bay, in Cuba. 1945; US Marines capture the highest point on the island of Iwo Jima and raise the American flag for the second time that day. 1965; Legendary film comedian Stan Laurel dies in Santa Monica, California, aged 74. 1981; Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero and 200 members of the civil guard unsuccessfully attempt a right-wing coup d'état in Spain.

Picture Of The Day: It's Oscar time and the Academy Awards are spewing photographs in every medium, so I snagged a few for your dining and dancing pleasure. This particular picture is for my pleasure/.

Birthdays: Samuel Pepys, diarist and civil servant 1633, George Frideric Handel, composer of German birth but English by naturalization, one of the greatest composers of the late Baroque period and, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians 1685, George Watts, painter and sculptor 1817, Karl Jaspers, German philosopher 1883, W. E. B. Du Bois, American historian and sociologist 1868.

Printable Things I Never Told You: 1) My first car was a 1956 two-door ford with three speed floor transmission, blue lights under the dash and a tendency to veer to drive-in movies. 2) Your "other car" is just as crummy as my "other car." 3) In my younger, married years, I rode some loopty-loop contraption in Busch Gardens, Tampa, with my kids once....once! 4) Lake Tahoe, Nevada has always been my destination of choice. 5) I woke up one morning at a hotel-casino resort in the Bahamas with a woman I met somewhere in Miami Beach the evening before....life is good!

The Hits Just Keep On Coming:

Emily Sue passed away and Bubba called 911. The 911 operator told Billy Bob that she would send someone out right away. Where do you live?" asked the operator. Billy Bob replied, "At the end of Eucalyptus Drive." The operator asked, "Can you spell that for me?" There was a long pause and finally Billy Bob said, "How 'bout if I drag her over to Oak Street and you pick her up there?"

Father O'Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring day in his new Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside. He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn.

He promptly called the local police station. A voice answered, "Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?" Father O'Malley said, "And the best of the day te yerself. This is Fadder O'Malley at St Brigid's. Dere's a jackass lyin dead on me front lawn. Would ye be so kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of da matter?"

Sergeant Jones, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk, "Well now father, it was always my impression that you people took care of last rites!"

There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley then replied: "Aye, tis certainly true, but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin."

That's it for today my little Oscar winners. More on Wednesday.

Stay Tuned !

10 comments:

garnett109 said...

jimmy has not shopped at the wal-mart deli has he? lol!
There the mold is most welcomed!

Linda's World said...

I think last night's Oscar show is one of the best ever. I loved the song & dance episodes, I loved Hugh Jackman~he did a wonderful job and I liked the way they brought out previous winners to intorduce this year's nominees. I too am appalled at how some people appear at the grocery store. I don't even walk out to get my mail until I put some makeup on. I may be at the store in jeans & a blouse but my hair is fixed & make up is in place. I have been in a grocery store & seen people in tux's and fancy clothes, though...one morning many years ago in Reno. This couple was shopping for breakfast items. I can still remember the conversation I overhead...she said to him "what do you like to eat for breakfast?" Obviously they had just met....hey was that you, Jimmy? Linda wondering in Washington state

Myra said...

I, too am appalled at how people go out in public, let alone a grocery store! I try to go as early as possible, before the throngs of "other people" even wake up! Oh, and I do breakfast before making the trip!

Heli gunner Tom said...

So what do you think about Sean Penn getting an award|??

REGINA said...

ok, now things look normal on here jimmy. it is letting me comment so far. i will check possum's journal as well to see if i can comment. whatever the glitch was, it musta fixed itself.

thanks for checking on it.

regina

Helen said...

I never watch the awards anymore. I of course amd married and not looking so when I grocery shop it is a flying through as fast as you can deal. Lately Ken has been doing all that for me bless his heart. Have a nice Tues. Helen

Amelia said...

I shop in my jammies :)

Joann said...

In my close knit community, If I dressed too sloppy, I'd be scared to death of seeing someone I know from work or church, etc. LOL!! I HATE shopping with screaming kids!! Thank goodness my store doesn't really have that problem. Love the Father O'Malley joke! LOL!!

Rose said...

I can't wait until Wednesday to hear more about the deli-bakery department in Publix!

Regarding the Oscar's. It was the best ever and I adore the talented, Jackman...nice Eye Candy too!

Hugs, Rose

How I See It said...

I guess I am going to have to hang out in the deli-bakery dept of the supermarket if I'm gonna fine my guy, eh?