On A Pale Horse

I find myself bitching about the dumbest things at time. 'Oh man, I broke a finger nail' or 'Damn I forgot to get that book back to the library' even better 'I can't believe I'm out of Diet Pepsi, my life SUCKS!'. Gawd, no wonder why my liver is shot and my therapist is over paid. I always heard that God doesn't give you more then you can handle which, without going into a whole theological discussion, is true, BUT how will we ever know what the extent of our crap capacity is? I guess I liken it to the amount of weight you can carry...at first it's just a five or ten pound bag but after awhile you start building up your muscles and can handle more. Life doesn't just give you a little bag of crap there's usually about 25, 50, 100 or more pounds that are going to get dumped on you before your time is up. Some people crawl into a bottle or a corner and hope that it just goes away, some people deal others still can take it all on and then some.

I'm sure everyone in the free world by now has watched the movie 'Mask' (if you haven't then get your ass out there and rent it). It's this story about Rocky Dennis (1964-1980) who was afflicted with afflicted with craniodiaphyseal dysplasia. His mother Rusty Dennis (later Tullis) wouldn't listen to what the doctors told her about the short and painful life he would have to endure, failing eyesight, severe headaches, learning difficulties and that he might not have a full productive life. She ignored those who said that her son wouldn't be able to function in a normal school environment, he did, and ended up graduating junior high with honors. She took this whole bag of crap that the 'experts' were giving her about her son and his limitations and threw it back in their faces.

"This was not the PTA mother of the year," Phelan (the Screen Writer for Mask) said of Tullis in a 2001 interview with People. "But she was the perfect mother for Rocky. She never made him feel sorry for himself."

She wasn't the model citizen, she got in trouble with the law a few times, the latest in 2002 when she went to prison for 16 months for admitting she violated her probation on a drug charge.

On October 14th she was seriously hurt in an accident when her three wheel motorcycle hit a utility pole. She never fully recovered and passed away on November 11, 2006 from an infection.

RIP

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-tullis15nov15,1,611912.story?coll=la-news-obituaries&ctrack=1&cset=true

Labels: 2006 November deaths, accident, related to someone famous

Everyone has their 'perfect type' the one characteristic that draws you in and wants to get to know them better. It could be the eyes, the ass, the tits or something a bit creepy like toes.

My type depends on the mood I'm in. Some days it's tall & somewhat of an athletic build - not muscle bound kinda like John Cusack. Other days it's blonde with big boobs, you know, like Janine Lindemulder. Don't know what dictates the driving factor...I'm just a girl that likes the extremes I guess.

As creepy as it may sound I think I would be in lust with a couple like Mickey Hargitay & Jane Mansfield. They both fit my description of lust worthy. I'd probably be a big mess of drool if I was lucky enough to be in their presence.

Mickey Hargitay was born in Hungry (go team) and was the son of an acrobat and was raised in a very athletic environment. He immigrated to the United States in 1947. Somewhere along the way he was inspired to start body building and claimed the title Mr.Universe in 1955. He parlayed this title into a show business career. He met Ms. Mansfield while performing in Mae West's Muscle Man Revue. He started in a few movies with Jayne such as "Will Sucess Spoil Rock Hunter?" . After his divorce he continued to work in motion pictures, Italian westerns and horror movies mainly. He moved on from Hollywood to a sucessful real estate career. But he recently went back to the small screen as a guest spot on his daugter, Mariska Hargitays', show "Law & Order: SVU".

Mr. Hargitay passed away from bone marrow cancer or multiple myeloma.

January 6, 1926 - September 14, 2006 - RIP

Labels: 1926 births, 2006 September deaths, actor, cancer, related to someone famous

One of my least favorite traits in people is the name dropping, glomming on to friends of famous friends to get a chance to schmooze with celebrities. If you had enough talent, skills or personality you could be a true friend/associate rather then using a family member or friend. I've ran into a few people like this in my life, too bad, such a waste of sperm.

I know the story is that Patricia Kennedy's' brother, John F., introduced her to her husband Peter Lawford but I think that this introduction was a way to solidify his connection to the Rat Pack and closer to his alleged mistress Marilyn Monroe. But maybe that's my imagination working overtime. I've been accused of that before.

She worked with her brothers, John, Robert & Edwards political campaigns. After her divorce from Peter in 1965 she moved to New York and worked with the Committee of Literary Arts, the Kennedy Library and the National Center of Addiction.

She passed away due to complications of pneumonia.

May 6, 1924 - September 17, 2006 - RIP

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Back in grade school one of my friends bragged that her dad was on pit crew. She was pretty excited about it, I on the other hand, had absolutely no clue what a pit crew was and why that was important. I spent the night at her house once and she asked her dad to tell some stories and show off the trophies and pictures. I was still baffled.
Many, many, many years later I marry a NASCAR fan. He knows what a pit crew is, he knows what a spotter is, he knows all this crap about racing and now I do too.
Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin, father of Sterling Martin, raced NASCAR from 1966 to 1980. He never won a race in his 165 races but finished in the top 10 in nearly a third of the races he started.

He passed away after battling lung cancer in his home town of Columbia, Tennessee, 300 Miles from Bristol.

RIP
January 3, 1932 - August 14, 2005

Labels: 1932 births, 2005 August deaths, cancer, related to someone famous, sports

The inspiration for Neil Simon's 'The Odd Couple', one of my favorite shows and movies, passed away on Tuesday, July 26th of heart failure. Simon who was the older brother of Neil was an accomplished writer in his own right penned for such shows as 'Diff'ent Strokes', 'My Three Sons' (yeah Uncle Charley), and Sid Ceasers 'Your Show of Shows'. Brother Danny helped Neil meeting great writers such as Carl Reiner, Larry (Cheers & MASH) Gelbert, Mel Brooks and Woody Allen.
In addition to writing he also directed and contributed to Broadway Shows.

December 18, 1918 - July 27, 2005
R.I.P. Felix

Labels: 1918 births, 2005 July deaths, related to someone famous, stroke, strokes, writer