Squirrels...Finally a song just for them!

SO while looking through one of my new favorite websites "YouTube" I came upon this delightful video and felt I had to share. I cannot believe there is a combination of three things that I love...Squirrels, Dr. Demento and Beastie Boys......this is the best and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I have!

**WARNING** While the message of the song is cute and very “Pro-Squirrel”, there are some images that are not for the squeamish so viewer beware!

Die Sauerkraut ist in mein Lederhosen.

This is what woke me out of sound sleep tonight:

Nick Rivers: Listen to me Hillary. I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground.

Hillary Flammond: I know. It all sounds like some bad movie.

[Long pause. Both look at camera]

----- From the movie Top Secret (1984)

I know, I need help!

Beware the dark side...

So while surfing the web, I discovered a site that utilizes face recognition software to tell you what famous person you most look like. You upload an image of your face (preferably a close-up with your face forward) and it gives you a list along with the percentage of facial similarities of who you most look like. The greatest fun of this site is that you can do it as many times as you’d like and see what strange images you come up with.

So in the interest of science: I took the following image of myself:


And got the following results:


WOW: Rachel Weisz, Kate Hudson and Brooke Shields, I mean what nice software…but wait what’s this…I look like freakin DARTH VADER?!?

I am now permanently scarred and intend to never lean towards this kind of dark side again…

If you would like to try the website out for yourself please go to MyHeritage and try it for free…..BUT BEWARE they seem to warm you up with beautiful flattering comparisons than when your head is so big you can’t walk through the door BAM you’re freakin Darth Vader…..

Excuse me I’ve got to go destroy some images and scrub my memory clean

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

An aging man lived alone in Ireland. His only son was in Long Kesh Prison, and he didn't know anyone who would spade up his potato garden. The old man wrote to his son about it, and received this reply, "For HEAVENS SAKE, don't dig up that garden, that's where I buried the GUNS!!!!!"
At 4 A.M. the next morning, a dozen British soldiers showed up and dug up the entire garden, but didn't find any guns. Confused, the man wrote to his son telling him what happened and asking him what to do next.
His son's reply was: "Just plant your potatoes."

Top 10 reasons that Samantha rocks as a best friend!

10. She discovered “She Wants Revenge” long before they made it big :-)

9. She willingly drives in the rain to take me to the ER and wait with me for hours for the tests results to come back.

8. She is fiercely devoted and has stood by me when no one else will. She shares my victories and my sadness.

7. She is always the first person to return a call and is always willing to sit on the phone for hours when I’m stuck waiting in traffic/airport lounges/grocery stories.

6. She is Jewish but has more Christmas Spirit than my entire family!

5. She carries these fabulous little ‘Seafood cards” around and is never afraid of handing them out to strangers and friends….sharing with the world what seafood is environmentally safe to eat.

4. She car dances with abandon.

3. She watches all the “guilty pleasure” shows and is never afraid to admit it and invite others to share in the pleasure.

2. She knows all my dirty little secrets and loves me anyway.

And the number one reason Samantha rocks my world:

She saved on her DVR (very high priced real estate) the U2 appearance on Conan O’Brian and kept it on there for almost a month before I was able to watch it. She than transferred it to tape so I could keep it forever.

Jennifer’s Hierarchy of Needs:

I have not written in a while. But tonight I am inspired to post regarding a subject that has importance in my life currently.

When searching for love there are in my mind 5 levels of compatibility: Mental, Emotional, Physical, Spiritual and Sense of Humor. I believe that without those levels being met, you will never be happy with the one you are with. A very good friend of mine pointed out that I look at these levels as follows:

As illustrated by my image above. Each compatibility level is a single component (a piece of a puzzle) that makes a whole picture.

He explained that the problem with looking at relationships in this way is that it places equal importance on each level. He astutely pointed out; in a love relationship there needs to be more importance placed on the physical than the other levels. The reason for this is you may be extremely close to a friend but without a physical relationship that is all that it is: a friend. With a lover if there is no sexual attraction/compatibility there is no basis for the relationship.
Please don’t misunderstand me, I truly believe that there is an increase depth of the other levels that make a relationship fulfilling but without the basis, you cannot honestly move to a deeper connection. This physical connection does not just represent sex. For me it encompasses the full range of physical touch as well as desire.

For example, you may have a friend that has a completely different spiritual belief structure than you which in no way impacts the friendship you have, however when trying to find a mate for life, those difference can easily become deal breakers. It is with this idea in mind that my dear friend advised that he looked at the compatibility more like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need. The idea being that you have to have a strong solid base (in this instance it would be a physical connection) before you can move up the ladder to a successful relationship. So given the levels I believe in, my hierarchy would look something like this:

(Note - This is my hierarchy of needs, for others the mental may have more importance than the emotional.)

I believe that by approaching my future relationships in this way, I will save myself and the people I chose to be with a lot of pain and sorrow by dealing with the deal breakers up front. Rather than trying to approach the relationship from a top down approach which will only lead to frustration and heartache.