Life, The Universe and a really good Martini

Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy. Janet Long

Well I say if you can't live a little there's no use in going on... so here goes...

My wife is going to London with a friend for a week and I can't take any vacation so I'm not going... My brother's wife is going to Manchester to give birth to their second child... this all happens next week... next weekend is along weekend so I jokingly sent my brother an e-mail asking him to fork over the airfare for me to go and visit him in Milan... after a few backs and forths we agreed to split the cost... so it turns out I'm going to Italy for a weekend....I'm just sooo Excited It's been a dream since I moved to the states to be able to do something crazy like this ... wohoo anyways you all have a great weekend

And now, for some completely useless piece of information

Welcome to Oklahoma, the sooner you get there the sooner you want to leave.

I always wondered why Oklahoma was called the Sooner State and what the hell a Sooner was... I mean usually states have nicknames like Sunshine, or Garden or even Empire, Peach, Golden and Old North.. but Sooner? so here is a description of why it's called the Sooner state.
In 1889, the Indian Territory was opened to settlers. Thousands of people lined up on the border and, when the signal was given, they raced into the territory to claim their land. Some people went in early to claim their land. They became known as Sooners.
Hence, Oklahoma's nickname today is “The Sooner State”.

Incidentally can anybody guess the what the states I mentioned are? if you get six out of six I'll buy you a beer

The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely. T. S. Eliot

Once again I would like to toot the horn of this great show on BBC America called Coupling... it's on Sunday nights at 10 PM and friday's at 8 PM and what better than to leave you a few quotes.

Susan: "what do you answer to a woman who offers you unconditional sex no strings attached?"
Patrick mindlessly: "Can't stay the night got an early breakfast meeting" everybody glares at Patrick " Sorry i'm on autopilot"

Patrick:" Jane, could you please explain to this constable why the hell am I standing in the rain yelling "park the car you stupid bitch" to an empty car?"
Jane to the constable: " Sorry He can never do it alone"

And then there's Jeff Murdock: 'Do you know what would be the best way to wipe out all of human kind if you were a space alien with a special kind of mind ray..?..make all women telepathic. Because if they suddenly found out about the kind of stuff that goes on in our heads they would kill us all on the spot. Men are not people - we are disgustoids in human form'

or again:'I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it'

or even:'Fact is some women don't have large breasts, and they're people too. Maybe they'd like the freedom to show us their bottoms instead of their breasts. Maybe they'd enjoy a more flexible arse friendly beach that says..."Hey so long as you've got cleavage, who cares which way it's facing"

and other Jeffisims:'Yeah, my boys...my swimmers...my landing party'
'Exactly! I am a prison for sperms. Those poor little tadpoles have been sentenced to life in Jeff Murdock's groin and let me tell you that can be a pretty lonely place'
'Well yeah, there's that, but that's not what the boys are wanting is it. See they want to think they're going somewhere when they go. I keep thinking about my brave lads all excited on the launch pad and then suddenly it's..."Oh no! Daylight!"

and one More:'Having a girlfriend is like legalized sex'
'Whenever I have sex with Julia it's just so realistic'
'I've got my own private bottom. Anytime I want to see a bottom I just ask Julia. "There's nothing to watch on the telly tonight dear, why don't you pop your arse out?" It's brilliant!'

And I could go on and on and on WATCH THE SHOW!

Space, the final frontier, These are the voyages of the Starship enterprise....

Now a little reflection.......................................................................................Godspeed Columbia Astronauts... Godspeed

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles

Well then how do you explain that now everyewhere you go in Italy there's some stupid rule about driving with an alternate license plate? and How do you explain that in Switzerland pollution is minimal? Moreover how do you explain the Milka purple cow? please someone get me some sanity!!!!

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again. George Miller

What a perfect quote to end our restaurant tour of NYC.. San Domenico, the last leg of this tour is an upscale Italian restaurant where the entrees cost at least 35 dollars ... however with our 20 dollar prix fix we were able to get away with some good food at a reasonable price... excellent desserts and a good cup of coffee to top it all in a place where you're surrounded by servers all wearing a different color based on hierarchy... well then saturday we went to Amarone which is the restaurant I used to work at to cash in on a free meal the owner owed me and now I can't eat for the next three to five weeks.... well so long food thanks for the wonderful things