So, my dad's birthday is coming up on the 13th. I don't usually buy the guy presents because he's, like, the hardest dude to shop for. So I end up taking him out or something like that.

This year, I'm making a CD for him. He listens to a lot of country, which I don't, but he also listens to classic rock, oldies, and instrumentals, which are my favorites. So, I thought I'd put this little mix together for him from my iTunes collection.

X-Files Theme (Dado Paranormal Activity Mix)- DJ Dado
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots
Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty
Pipeline - The Chantays
Magic - Olivia Newton-John
Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
Games People Play - Joe South
Fishin' in the Dark - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Deliverance
Different Drum - Linda Ronstadt with The Stone Poneys
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Adiemus - Adiemus

Happy Birthday, Pops!

Then I will be at 1,000 visitors!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like those 20 people can leave me a comment...then I know you've visited. I will also give those 20 people a million points, to be used in whatever way they wish.

Glorious happy day. And Super Bowl Sunday too.

I would like you all to disregard my earlier entry where I hailed February and sang its praises. February is no longer my friend.

If February were a disease, it would be something like psoriasis, painful and practically insufferable, but yet endurable, unfortunately.

If February were my phobia, it would be head lice and other tiny things I cannot see crawling all over me.

If February were my least favorite food, it would be liver and onions.

If February were a book, it would Grapes of Wrath, because I hated that mother.

If February were a person, it would be my ex-boyfriend whose ass my mild-mannered husband wants to kick...still...after 10+ years.

AD NAUSEUM!

February sucks. No offense to February lovers out there. We've reached minus temperatures...I mean, way minus temps, and it just wears me down. It's the type of cold that is painful. It's the type of cold that gets right down into your bones and doesn't leave until May. It's the type of cold that forces me to abandon my "The-Earth-is-cleansing-itself" bullshit philosophy and want to tell everyone to go f-ck themselves. In fact, it's the type of cold that makes me use the f-word a lot more than I normally do.

So f-cking there.

Not that posting here is a waste of time, but I've got to do something purposeful until 5:35, which is roughly six minutes from now.

5:35 is when I can eat food.

I had my dentist cleaning today. I loathe going to the dentist, but hey, I don't want to end up like my parents in their mid-50s with dentures...so I go.

And naturally, I get the strawberry-flavored fluoride...and then I'm not allowed to eat or drink anything for 30 minutes.

Hey - I'm down to three minutes!

Blogging here is like blogging in a black hole. Time becomes nonexistent and years could pass here on Earth...and it would seem like a few seconds to me. I fully expect, when I emerge from this computer room after updating my blog, my children will have grown and graduated from college and my husband will be nearing his mid-60s.

Of course, this clock here now says 5:34. But it might be slow. In fact, it probably is. Somewhere else in this house, it's 5:35...

In that case, Pizza Hut pizza awaits. Bye now.

Well, January is about to come to a close. Let us all take a moment to wonder where the hell the last month went and gear up for February, the shortest month of the year. In fact, let's take more than a few moments to give it up for FEBRUARY.

1. Most often misspelled as 'Febuary.'

2. February 2 is Groundhog's Day, which is some farce about a rodent seeing its own shadow. Like it even matters...spring is six weeks off, no matter what. February 2 also the pagan holiday of Imbolc and the Catholic Church also celebrates Candlemas on February 2.

3. My husband, Brent's, birthday is on February 5. He will be 32 this year.

4. My dad's birthday is February 13, right in between some important President's birthday and Valentine's Day. He will be 58 years old this year.

5. Valentine's Day is February 14th. Lots of people get flowers or candy or sex.

6. Amethyst is February's birthstone - beautiful purple color.

7. Lots of important, historical people born in February. Too many to list here.

8. Black History Month

9. Host month of Mardi Gras

10. The word February comes from the word 'februa', which means 'cleansing' or 'purification'

The Earth cleanses itself for Spring!

Hail February!!