The Voice...

I know that this is a blast from the past... but I'd like for you to take five minutes out of your day to watch this. Karen Carpenter's amazing voice and this incredible song affected me deeply as a child. 

Just soak it in... her voice... and the lyrics. What a beautiful combination.

Angel...

Farrah Fawcett has lost her courageous battle with cancer. May she always be remembered as the beauty from the iconic 70's poster.

After showing us how to face life's overwhelming challenges so gracefully... go, be free of all the pain you have withstood... and fly with the rest of the angels.

Alice in Wonderland...

Tim Burton is adding his off-beat creativity to a classic. Here are some first-look photos of Alice in Wonderland that is coming to theaters in March 2010.

Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen...

Anne Hathaway as the White Queen...

 and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter

I do love the collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. They continually amazing me with their playful (and sometimes dark) charm. It should be another interesting creation by Tim Burton!

Techno Fun...

I got a new play thing... um, I mean phone!!

On Friday, I went to Verizon and upgraded my phone to the new LG enV Touch. And although I am trying to figure out all of it's bells and whistles... I absolutely love it!!

Here is the phone when it's closed. The front is a touch screen...

And if you need to do any in depth texting... you just flip it open to use a full QWERTY keyboard!

It's my fourth LG... and it's really a great phone... Way to go LG!!

Totally 80's...

I was sucked into a serious time warp this weekend when I turned on VH1.  I watched "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80's" and "100 Greatest Songs of the 80's".

Oh, such a guilty pleasure...

Ice Waves...

I was fortunate enough to grow up on Houghton Lake, the largest inland lake in Michigan... taking approximately 33 miles to drive around it!

I remember as a kid... in the spring, I would get into the car with my parents and we would drive around the lake to view the ice damage on the shoreline.  What that meant was checking out the piles of ice that broke from the lake, seeing how high the "ice waves" were... how close they were to the lakeside homes... and assess the damage to the homes that the ice overtook!

I thought I'd share some photos from the local paper to show you the progress of this year's ice. It was noted that some of the ice piles are 20 foot high.

Great Lakes State...

Michigan needs to be renamed as the "Great Weight State" 

after this one...

Michigan baseball park to offer 

4,800-calorie burgers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Well, at least the salsa is low-cal. The West Michigan Whitecaps, a minor league baseball team, will be offering up major league cholesterol, carbohydrates and calories in an enormous hamburger being added to the menu this year at the Fifth Third Ballpark.

The 4-pound, $20 burger features five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips, all on an 8-inch sesame-seed bun.

The Grand Rapids Press reports that anyone who eats the entire 4,800-calorie behemoth in one sitting will receive a special T-shirt.

 Um.... I hope it's an Extra-Large T-shirt!