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Friday, September 4, 2009

Handmade Films Presents...

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life.

Howdy kiddy-winks. Yer old pal Scrubbie here...

I dont know the date. It was such a long time ago. But - sometime between when dinosaurs roamed the earth and present day, Scrub was living with Mamma Scrub and Pappa Scrub when he was but a Scrubling.

See... back in them days, we here in the Great White would light the tallow candles and sit 'round gawking at each other, huddling together to keep warm 10 months of the year. Then... one day... Pappa Scrub brought home this magic box. This glorious magic box.

"What is that!?" Scrub and his baby bro squealed.

"Why... children... this is a Video Cassette Player" Pappa says.

"What does it do Pappa?" the children queried.

"Watch this..." Pappa says.

And... there before us... wonderful moving pictures! We were gobsmacked. Absoultely, positively gobsmacked.

And, I recall the very first flick that went into that magic box. OHHHH - I remember.

I remember laughing my widdle bum off. I mean SERIOUSLY laughing.

And - I can tell you... that first flick in the magic box spawned a lifetime passion.


Yes, my children, it was... LIFE OF BRIAN. Monty Python's LIFE OF BRIAN.



Now... I can just imagine all you x-Chromosones out there rolling your eyes right about now. And, all you Y-chromes are giggling quietly to yourselves. I know, I know... for the most part, it does seem that Python tends to appeal to those with wibbly-wobblies. I did say "for the most part" - I know there are a few gals out there who get a good chuckle out of it as well. I don't know any though.




So - Scrub is sittin here. Right now. And what is playing before him on the tube? YES! Life of Brian. In full glorious technicolor and rich booming sound. To his left - sits the Kid and punk pal Bobby.

The Wife and the Lunatic Dog - nope... not interested.


So - at 11:09pm on a Friday nite... Pappa Scrub... should you be readin this... just wanna say... Thanks. Life of Scrubbie wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for that glorious day when you brought home that magic box. It's been 40 years of laughter. Pure stupidity... but stupidity inspiring laughter.






Now - time to grab myself a bag of wolf nipple chips and enjoy the rest of the show.



Sunday, August 30, 2009

Weekend Wrap Up

'Ello m'darlin's... It's yer old pal Scrubbie here.

So - it's the weekend wrap. No particular topic tonight kids. Just you and me hangin out.

Oh - maybe some speed topics. That's always fun, right? Ok ... here we go.

BIG BROTHER
Oh yes! The wife and me get the giggles watchin' those folks. It's the ultimate of bad TV, we know. But - we can't help it. It's reality TV and we just think reality TV is da bomb.

LUNATIC DOG
Needs a hair cut. $50. Yikes.

WEATHER
Dang... it's chilly out there in the Great White tonight.

THE KID AND SCHOOL
The countdown is on. Next week. He goes back next week. HE GOES BACK NEXT WEEK! Wooooohoooooooo!

THE WIFE
Smokin hot and love her to bits. 'Nuff said.

THE WIFE AND SCHOOL
Yep - the 'ol girl is still goin strong. Hittin the books this week - but has next week off. She's lookin forward to it.

BING AND BONG
Ya - they're still around. In fact, the kid is crashing at Bing and Bong's place tonight. Yep - it's quiet round here tonight.

WEBCAM
Ya - got one

BLACK LICORICE
Not a fan.

CHILI CON CARNE
Had it for dinner. Dang - was uber tasty.

Now and then, enjoy sweetening up the chili a little bit. Trick learned from MammaLou - Scrub's in-law ma. This time, sweetened with apple and a wee tich of brown sugar. Deelish.


ON THE TUBE RIGHT NOW
The Mummy Returns. Great fantasy flick. Wife cuddled up in a blankie. Lunatic Dog cuddled up in mommy.


IN MY MUG
Tea. Sweetener and Milk. One each.

So - there ya go. The speed post tonight.

And, on the scrapbookin' front - couple other layouts whipped up. More of Hurricane's punks. Why? No reason - just happen to have the pics handy. Hurricane and me took the boys to catch their train home. They start school tomorrow, Monday. The Kid is already missing Big D - they kinda became good buds this summer. Sure - they have hung out in the past - but this summer they just seemed to click. It was good times.