VICTORY!!!

It's about time! Rosie or "Ro" as she calls herself on her blog will finally be ousted from The View. Sure, they all say that the reason why she is leaving is because ABC, Rosie and her agent couldn't agree upon key contractual terms. The one main contract term they are floating around is that The View wanted Rosie to sign a three year contract and Rosie only wanted to sign a one year contract. Does anyone actually believe that? In the words of my wife Tatum, "If The View really wanted her back they would have agreed upon a one year contract." Either this is a cover up story to let Rosie save whatever face she can scrounge up or The View offered contractual terms that they knew she wasn't going to accept. If they really wanted Rosie, they could have signed a one year contract and received whatever benefits they hoped they would gain - for one year. By not signing a one year contract they now receive no benefits from Rosie and only have a month and a half to find a replacement that will need to benefit them at least as much or more than Rosie would have for the next year. My theory is that they have been looking for her replacement and had already found her before the contract negotiations with Rosie began.

Chapter 22: My Encounter With a Midget

I seriously don't know what to think. Throughout the video I was trying to decide whether or not there was some computer aided effects and if that was actually a little toddler or a magical little person. I came to the conclusion that I believe this to be a toddler -although a magical little person would have been just as amazing in my book. As far as the computer aided effects issue goes - There are definitely a few that hold his position still and possibly a few that speed up his moves, but when it comes to anything more than that - I'll let you decide 2005.

Do I look like a senior citizen?

This morning I took a little jaunt to CVS pharmacy (which happens to be located on the fringe of Sun City) to buy some much needed supplies for my wife who is feeling under-the-weather. When I was ready to make the purchase I went up front and had the following conversation with the 68 1/2 year old cashier:

Cashier: Hello
Me: Hi
Cashier: Do you have a CVS card?
Me: No, I don't.
Cashier: Well, why not?
Me: I don't know.
Cashier: Do you live around here? I mean...you're not a snowbird are you?
Me: Nope, I live around here.

A snowbird? Wait a second...I knew I had a few gray hairs but I didn't think they were noticeable to the naked eye. I might shop occasionally in a Sun City store or two but never once did I think I might be misstaken for one of them. I've always had a fear that one day as I shop in a Sun City store all the elderly would point at me while chanting over and over again, "You're not welcome here!" At least I know now that I will be able to shop in peace.