A little different.........

I was thinking about expressions and what they mean, like, "It's not my cup of tea." What do you say if you aren't a tea drinker?

I just changed the wording above from are not to aren't. The idea for using the apostrophe is to contract, or shorten, the word or words.....are not has six letters and a space.....aren't has five letters and the apostrophe which total six. So, I saved a space, Big Frinkin' Deal.

Jill is licking my left hand again.

Some of this has been covered in old posts. I apologize for repeating myself, that is, if I have.

I've been giving a lot of thought to where I want to go with the blog. I have been writing for just about a year now. I would like to get between 250 and 300 good posts, then I will make a decision. The other day Wanda and I were discussing it and she said, "Maybe you will write it for friends and family." If I know some of you are reading and enjoy it, that should be enough to keep me going.

Here is one of the reasons I am a little conflicted. I have been getting regular anonymous comments to old posts. Most of them, for whatever reason, are attached to posts from April 2011. This is one of them:

Thankfully some bloggers can write. Thanks for this blog post!!!

It's a nice comment, don't you think? The problem is it's the eighth time I've received it. And the day before yesterday I got one of those, The family is stranded with no money or passports, please help etc etc. etc.

If you know Matthew Epstein you may want to contact him in Spain.

Speaking of Spain, I can go into my blog settings and see a world map as well as a listing of Traffic Sources. These are countries and the referring sites, like Face Book, people use to get here. This morning I clicked on one of the referring sites and learned all about the FBI and how they listen to ALL THE CELL CONVERSATIONS IN THE COUNTRY. And, just so you know, they can do it even if you turn the phone off AND remove the battery.

If the FBI wants to listen to me asking Wanda to stop for a pizza on the way home from work, I really don't care.

To tell the truth, I do hope I get a reader that offers me a chance to write for money. I think I would be pretty good.

"Hi, I have sad news. While on vacation in (fill in the blank) we were mugged by several people dressed in clown suits. We lost all of our money, passports, credit cards, wallets, a box of animal crackers and a large container of milk duds. I have been to the local police and the American Embassy to no avail. Can you help please? Send your bank and account number asap.

I'm changing settings and will no longer accept anonymous comments.

By the way, I know this post is very different than most, if you got this far it must be your cup of tea.

I love this story..........

Not long ago, Tommaso, an Italian cat, lived on the streets of Rome. Now, he’s a millionaire.

The 4-year-old black cat has inherited $13 million from its owner, the wealthy widow of an Italian property tycoon.

When her health took a turn for the worse, she made plans for her felines future. Initially, she instructed her attorneys to identify an animal welfare association or group to which to leave the estate and the commitment of looking after Tommaso. Unable to find a suitable association for her cat, she decided to leave all her money to the cat via her nurse, Stefania, who cared for her until her death.

Tommaso is now the world's third wealthiest pet behind Kalu the chimp, whose owner left him $80 million dollars, and Gunther IV, a German shepherd who inherited $372 million dollars from his father, Gunther III, the companion of a peculiar German countess.


I wonder if there is a Gunther V..........?