The King and (tr)I(athelete)

Rachel and I are on a ride home from dinner, chatting it up. She's trying to remember the name of a famous family who owns the building we are passing by, and being silly I blurt-out "The Kardashians?!" referring to a reality show about some rich family which I've only seen segments of. "That show is so random," I add, "It's like having The Brady Bunch with Dabney Coleman in it. Wait! No, I mean GARY Coleman in it!"
"What are you talking about?"
"Yul Brynner hanging-out with the Kardashians?" I point-out, in a don't-YOU-think-that's-a-wierd-pairing tone. Thinking about the random man who is dating the mom on the reality show, I find myself unable to find another example of a pairing more unnatural.
"That's weird considering he's dead." Rachel reports.
My synapses fail to fire and I assume she's making a joke about the fact that the man I am thinking of has had so much plastic surgery that he might as well be dead.
So I continue on, stretching my arms out in front of me like Frankenstein's monster. I joke about how he's kept alive by batteries, or perhaps a pull chord, "I'm running out of power! Give my cord a pull!" I say in a low voice, pumping my arms up and down slightly and bobbling my head. Thinking about how the man needs his strength, I add, "I'm a famous triathlete!"
"Triathlete? He was an actor!" Rachel announces.
"An actor?!" I'm still not catching my oversight and now we're both completely confused. Amused, but confused.
"Yeah, he was in The King and I. Yul Brynner?"
I burst out laughing and realize my mistake, "I meant Bruce Jenner!"


(And yes, I know now, he's a decathelete, not a triathelete.)

Another New Collar

Oliver has a new collar, thanks to Jim who was visiting my alma mater a few weeks ago.

Pooch Video

Gymnasts

I was excited about this picture but we didn't end up running it in this week's Npost.

this picture is copyrighted by the Palm Beach Post.

New Pair of Boots?

Only in FL would this happen, and not just because of the species being native!

Sea Horse

I do love these little creatures, and not just 'cause the males are the ones to give birth. I took this at John D. MacArthur State Park where they have a neat little nature center.

Chocolate Killer Cake

I wanted to make a special cake for dinner at Libby's tonight. I got the recipe from a photo subject I met months ago. Needless to say, the cake was too big for my bundt cake pan!

Problem solved with some thread! (I thought about floss, but didn't want any left over minty taste.)

Mmm, how do you like that! You wish you were coming to dinner too, huh! To look at it, you'd never know it's butt was cut off!

Website

A close friend of mine from Ohio University's sister is now an actress living and working in California. In checking out her facebook page, I checked-out her website. I totally took that photo of her on the homepage! It's like I know what I'm doing or something! How cool is that!

http://www.dawnashleycook.com