We have eaten our turkeys, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, yams and pumpkin pie. Our belts need to be loosened. Our stomachs are full and our turkey sleep is restless.

The best part was the turkey...or was it. This year's Butterball (like Kleenex we call all Turkeys this silly brand name now) was a little greasy. The mashed potatoes, I mean smashed potatoes with redskins and sour cream. Yam casserole?  Green Bean casserole with French Onions.  Cheese ball and crackers. Yummy! Rum and cokes, mojitos, dessert wine, christmas ale and bottled water.  Peach cobbler and custard pie! The collard greens with hot sauce hit the spot.  The pumpkin roll was fab.  Oh my God, the spinach dip with pumpernickel bread was outstanding.  The cheesy potatoes that Aunt Edna brought were even good, the sharp cheddar was just right.

Still the turkey was the best part, but I'm sure the turkey didn't think so. Poor gobble gobble.  Were do these poor turkeys come from.  It really makes you wonder. How do they live before they are slaughtered?  How are they treated?  Hopefully with respect, love and care, afterall they do belong to th Earth and we do eat them. They are God's creatures.

Just don't watch any Peta videos. The bait and tackle store down the street has an interesting sign in the window. PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals. Gotta love those turkey burgers. And what about all the veggies that were slaughtered to make that veggie burger.  No baby shrubs were clubbed to make the paper we write on everyday.  That cowskin jacket is beautiful. The shoes match nicely.

Oh, well what is a meat eater to do. Ominovore, Herbervore?

Just remember all the turkeys who gave there lives so we could be thankful. Ode to a Turkey.

Get Stuffed, the Turkey did!

Well Ohio finally went smoke free in public places, I can sleep soundly now.  Our very dedicated politicans have served up another sucker punch to the American public.

I mean we all know smoking is bad, very bad. I hate when smokers light up before you even have finished your meal.  I hate smelling like smoke after a long night at the local club or bar.  I hate how they cause cancer, heart disease and decrease birth weight.

I just don't understand our country anymore.  Why do we do the things we do ?   I mean we fight some causes so well but others get lost along the way, never to be found again.  SMOKING IS BAD AND SECOND HAND SMOKE IS EVEN WORSE, WE GET IT.

DID  YOU ALL HEAR, THAT DRIVING AUTOMOBILES MAY BECOME ILLEGAL BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE TO THE ENVIRONMENT?  LET'S FACE IT, THE TOTAL ANNILATION OF THE HUMAN RACE DUE TO OZONE DEPLEATION MIGHT BE A REASON TO MAKE DRIVING CARS ILLEGAL. DON'T YA THINK? Let's take a vote on that.

Furthermore, we have wiped out wildlife and polluted OUR waters,all in the name of humanity. Big companies continue to due so and they get away with killing millions of people a year.  The foods we eat cause cancer , like MSG which makes our food taste better. And then there is the Insurance companies......we won't even go there.  The medical industry wants us to smoke, so they have more cancer patients, treating cancer is a business after all. Why would they want to find a cure?

But putting all of these things aside, I hope the loss in tax revenue won't scare to many non-smokers.  We might just start taxing fast food, your workout membership, or put an even higher tax on alcohol. I hope that silent killer abestos doesn't scare you either.  There's probably some in your old office building, school or even your home. Shoot- at least smokers will now tip (as in thier waiters) just as bad as  non-smokers do. I mean why is it that smokers always tipped more?  Now all people eating out will be in non-smoking, so will all the tips be bad?. I feel sorry for those restaurant and bar employees. Not to mention the owners.

  And yes, it's a hazard for them but aren't most jobs hazardous?  And there are plenty of jobs still out there that increase your chance of getting cancer.  Try working in a coalyard or nuclear power plant.  And yes I had an immediate relative who did work in a coalyard and I once worked at a nuclear power plant.  So there......Sticks and stones......I was even contaminated at the plant I worked at.  Who knows what will happen to me in the future?  Scary?

So I understand the risk involved in any job- it's the risk we all take- heck I was threatened today at my job. Shucks, a little second hand smoke would have been easier to deal with.  LOL.  But I signed up for these jobs...so I need to suck it up, right? 

Sometimes, Americans and in this case, Ohio citizens do not see the full picture. PROHIBITION failed for a reason. What's next, no bars at all?   The working and middle class have little luxuries in this country.   We need to stop taking things away.

I THINK THE SMOKING BAN IS GOOD, BUT WHAT WILL BE NEXT?   THIS COUNTRY WILL COMPROMISE ON EVERYTHING- EVERYTHING EXCEPT OUR TAX PAYING CITIZENS RIGHTS.  IS IT OUR RIGHT TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC?-

IT WAS, BUT NOW WE DID A COMPLETE 180   -JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY CHERISH- LIKE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, OR THE RIGHT TO BELIEVE IN ANY GOD YOU WANT, OR THE RIGHT TO LOVE WHO YOU WANT, OR THE RIGHT TO HAVE AS MANY CHILDREN AS YOU WANT, OR THE RIGHT TO MOVE TO ANY STATE ON A WHIM, OR EAT FAST FOOD, OR READ THE BOOK YOU WANT TO READ , OR THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE YOUR CAREER.   WE LAUGH NOW BUT JUST YOU WAIT.........Wow, what a speech, I think I'll go have a cigarette, even though I don't smoke....but I've always wanted to lose weight........maybe I'll look cool....there are a lot worse things I could be doing.

IF MADONNA , TOM CRUISE AND BRAD PITT HAD A BABY TOGETHER WHAT WOULD THEY NAME IT?  IT WOULD BE A BOY. IT WOULD HAVE KILLER ABS, A CROOKED GRIN AND A FAKE ENGLISH ACCENT. IT WOULD BE FAMOUS LIKE IT'S PARENTS BUT FAMOUS LIKE PARIS HILTON IS FAMOUS.  FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS.

MADONNA WOULD LOVINGLY CALLED IT BALLOON HEAD BEACAUSE OF IT'S BIG HEAD. FOR THIS, SHE WOULD USE HER BEST JOAN CRAWFORD VOICE. YEARS LATER WHEN MADONNA WRITES  HER LIFE STORY CALLED  LIKE A TALENTED PERSON, OR HOW I FOOLED THE WORLD, SHE SAYS, " I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE HATED IT WHEN I CALLED HIM BALLOON HEAD, I MEAN I WAS A GOOD MOTHER, HE HAD A HIGH LIMIT ON HIS DISNEY CREDIT CARD."

TOM CRUISE COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHERE HE GOT THAT OVER INFLATED OPINION OF HIMSELF FROM. "HE HAD THREE LOVING PARENTS WHO WERE ALL SO DOWN TO EARTH.  AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE DIDN'T GO INTO ACTING OR ENTERTAINMENT WITH BRAD'S,MADONNA'S AND MY OWN ACTING CHOPS. HE WAS BOUND FOR GLORY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY. I MEAN DID YOU SEE MADONNA IN WHO'S THAT GIRL AND THAT VIDEO FOR LIKE A VIRGIN- WOW SHE CAN ACT. AND HAVE YOU SEEN HOW BRAD ACTS LIKE HE LOVES ANGELINA AND HER INTERNATIONAL FAMILY? AND DID YOU SEE ME JUMPING ON OPRAH'S COUCH AS I DECLARED MY LOVE FOR KATIE HOLMES?  I MEAN I REALLY DO LOVE HER AND I'M NOT GAY- DOESN'T MY ACTING PROVE THAT?

BRAD PITT WOULD NOT COMMENT  ON BALLOON HEAD. HE DID SAY THAT HE HAD FOND MEMORIES OF THE CONCEPTION AND THAT TOM CRUISE HAS SOME REALLY UNIQUE HIDDEN TALENTS.  HE SAID MADONNA WAS A GREAT FATHER FIGURE AND SHE LOVES HIM VERY MUCH DESPITE RUMORS THAT SHE HAD CHILDREN JUST TO GET ATTENTION. BRAD ALSO SAID THAT HIS NEW MOVIE OCEAN'S 25 IS RELEASED ON FRIDAY. IT HAS SOME VERY NEW TWISTS IN IT AND HE HOPES YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT.

ANYHOW- CHECK OUT MY STORE- ROCKY AND COMPANY IS SELLING SOME COOL ITEMS.  WE HAVE A  NAKED BRAD PITT, SOME CRAZY TOM ITEMS, LOTS OF MADONNA JUNK. LOTS OF TRASHY MAD MAGAZINES...PLUS MORE!