If you Google the following, you'll get here!!

OK, so I totally stole this post idea from my friend Michael. But, it's totally so much fun.

The following phrases were typed into a Google search and it led the searchers to THIS blog. How funny is that!??!

Here are the top ten phrases from the past two weeks:

1. Paddywhack and Ubersetzung
2. Owl Knick Knacks
3. I'm giving very serious thought to eating your wife
4. Hitler Childhood Videos
5. Do I need an American stamp for the return letter from the North Pole
6. Drinking Photos
7. Blood in the Moonlight
8. Emerald Green Glass
9. Putting Up a Storm Door

And my most favorite:

10: Norm Sham

Wasn't that fun??

Crazy Mary Video

"Oh no, you di'n't..."

Uh huh, I did. Yes, indeed. I met Rosie O'Donnell tonight at the Miami International Book Fair.

I'm here for the Americans for the Arts Marketing Project convention and I saw that Mrs. Ro O' was going to be here and I HAD to meet her.

She is, honestly, a wonderful speaker and an heart-warming soul. She spoke to a group of about 1,000 people and answered various questions. She then stayed and signed her book! It was wonderful.

My thoughts...

What can I say, friends & family? I am a content and happy person. Life is good. I can't complain! How many people can say that?!

Without boring you all to death, I must ramble for a few minutes. About...just things.

Today was a wonderful, lovely day. I woke up this morning and had coffee with Jamie and Grandma Dem (who came over to drop off something.) It was nice (although I'm not a morning person.) I then went to take my suit pants to the tailor for some alterations. After that...well, just the normal Saturday afternoon stuff.

What I really wanted to talk about is Jamie's Grandma, Louise. We went to see her today.

The lady is 89 years old (90 in March, I think) and she is just wonderful. She's the one I told you all about a few months ago - the one who said we needed knick knacks. Well, she's been in and out of the hospital the past few months and I'm sure she's very lonely. We sat with her for a few hours tonight. I took out a bunch of her photographs and we sat there and I watched her reminisce. It really made me SO very happy.

Long story short: she told me she had something to give me. I was curious. She took her walker into her dining room and gave me six antique green-glass finger bowls and two antique salad bowls. (She knows I collect green glass...although, apparently, they don't constitute a knick or a knack.) I was, honestly, very touched. She explained that the finger bowls used to belong to her late husband's (Jamie's Grandfather's) mother and that they were very old and very special. She wanted to give them to me because she knew that I would appreciate them, treasure them, and take care of them. It really meant/means a lot to me!

So...needless to say. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes hoping that this post isn't too boring for you, dear reader. I just had to get that out there. I was touched and very, very moved...

An 89 year old lady giving her "other grandson" (her words, not mine) family heirlooms. Both the sentiment, the "other grandson" thing, and the memories are breathtaking...honestly.

Life is good and I am, for now, speechless.

American Legion. Fun.

I've been going to the American Legion in Hamburg, NY a lot lately. I like it there. The people are nice, drinks are cheap, and they have Patsy Cline on the juke box. Keep in mind, please, that most of the people are also quite old. I like old people.

Sometimes, I'll be sitting there nursing my Seagram's 7 and a "new" person will approach me. They always do so in a "who is this young whipper-snapper" way. I don't mind. Inevitably, some "fella" a few barstools down will say, "That's Demerly's kid." Now...hahaha, I know that they're thinking of my Grandfather. They think I'm my Dad. They'll ask me my name and I'm immediately welcomed into their clique. After a while, I'll politely correct them and tell them that I'm Bryan's son Bryan's son. You catch my drift?

Oh...and sometimes they get me confused with the funeral home people in town. Then that's a whole 'nother story. I explain that they are second or third cousins. But then, just for my own amusement, I tell them that my Dad used to work in a funeral home in Pennsylvania (he did for many years). They'll say something along the lines of, "Yeah, that's what I said. I TOLD you that he was the funeral son's kid."

But wait!! It get's better!!

My Mother's father also frequents the joint. They call him "Kell". Just when they think they can't get more confused than they already are, I say, "You know that I'm Kell's grandson too!" By this point, they've all had about a gallon of cheap Genny and they give up on me...until I stop in the next time and, since they're CERTAIN they know me (even if they don't know how), they'll buy me a drink.

Oooh!! When my Dad comes to town, this can really be lots of fun!! I love the Legion.

Need a Halloween Costume??

Click on the video above...if you're still looking for a costume!!

(Hehe.)

My Dad.

My Father apparently reads my blog but doesn't know how to comment. He's a very smart man. He works at one of the busiest airports in the country...but he can't figure out how to post to my blog.

So, Daddy, here are some fool-proof instructions:

Step One: Click on "Comments" below.

Step Two: Leave a Comment

Step Three: Click "Anonymous"

Step Four: Click "Publish Your Comment"

You're done! It's as simple as that.

So, dear Father, I expect to hear from you very soon.

A Meme from Michael

My friend Michael tagged me with the following fun meme created by playwright Marisa Wegrzyn...

List 5 things that certain people (who are not deserving of being your friend anyway) may consider to be "totally lame," but you are, despite the possible stigma, totally proud of. Own it. Tag 5 others.

1) I listen to "old-school" Christmas carols all year long in my car.

2) I still dress up for Halloween and try to scare the children when they come to my house for trick-or-treating.

3) I call our dogs (and even Jamie) silly names. For example: Doogie, Jezabel, Bubalah, Chita, Lisa Ludwig, etc. (Honest!)

4) I have exactly seven half-read books on my bedside table and I can still "pick up where I left off" in each book.

5) I write letters to companies complimenting their products and/or services in hopes that I get free things.

OK- I have to tag 5 people. I don't know five bloggers who didn't already receive this request.

Well, I will tag the following:
Rosie O'Donnell
Ross the Intern
Perez Hilton
Spla-Choo
and my sister Katie who no longer has a blog.