In this Poloroid, the gold coneheads really don’t do a solid job of distracting you from the beehive Mom is sporting or the layered lingerie look I’m attempting.  And hey, you still get the message here:  Nothin’ beats a quilted robe in the hot sun.     

The return of Caption Free For All comes with a prize for the winner.  A new batch of sherritalley.com t-shirts is being printed as we blog.  We’ll post finalists on Friday and go from there.  Have at it! 

Oh sure, you’ve seen the occasional Coke can in a movie shot or two.  But how do you feel about products placed on your local newscasts?  

I don’t have a problem with this, as long as the anchors and reporters near the products can hold on tight to their journalistic integrity. 

And–as long as the products aren’t FAKE and IGNORED!  C’mon! 

The anchors at the station above make no reference to the fake products.  I would find that EXTREMELY difficult!  C’mon!  If there’s a new product in front of you at your house, you’re going to at least acknowledge it.  You’re going to eat, drink, play with or explain it…something!   If not, it just seems so contrived!  If you’re going to put something weird on the set, don’t pretend like it’s not there!  How stupid do you think viewers are? 

Beginning at 6:00 tonight, KTBS 3 is back on Dish.   We’ve settled the programming dispute that resulted in our removal from Dish.   For more information, go to www.ktbs.com or watch the news tonight.   

You may or may not know that I have an obsession with quotes.  I love them.  I want to marry them. 

I ran across this cool site with nothing but quotes.  It’s call Blogtations.  They’ve taken a liking to some of our quotes on this site.   While they may not want to marry us, one of our quotes is featured today!  And you know what that means…it’s eligible to win a Blogtations Award!  If you share in my quote geekiness, then you know how excited this makes me. 

Anyway, I would never ask you to vote for any one quote in particular (pay no attention to the banner above this sentence).  So, just head over there and enjoy.  And if you’re new to this site and would just as soon quote someone as look at them, check out our Newsroom Quotes and Friend Quotes. 

I was blogging when The Boyfriend brought his puppy, Blue, over.  Spuff was not amused. 

In all the cat-dog chaos, I set my laptop on top of a burning candle.  Not on purpose. 

The Boyfriend, a firefighter, asked what was burning.  I said, “I’m not cooking anything tonight that smells like toxic plastic.”  Then I noticed my laptop, rapidly melting around the flame of the candle.  

What now?  I’m sitting two feet away from a fireman and nothing’s sinking in by osmosis.  Do I stop, drop and roll?  Implement my escape plan?  Begin crawling on the ground to avoid the heat and smoke?  Do I get some baking soda? 

It’s sad that all these options had to run through my mind before I actually removed the computer from the flame. 

But hey, I’m not blaming myself.  I’m blaming the school system, my parents and our government for not having the foresight to drill laptop fire relevant phrases like, “Stop, drop and roll” into my memory bank.  I mean, what catchy phrase comes to mind as a course of action when you think of laptop blazes?  See!   The empty set!  Oh sure, Texas gives every child a laptop in the classroom.  But do they teach them what to do in case they burst out in flames?  No.  They don’t.    

It’s one thing for a kid’s laptop to combust in flames, but what if it were you?  You’d be forced to talk on the phone or actually meet with someone face-to-face!  OMG!

So, that’s why in addition to opening a discussion forum here on what we can do as a community, city, nation and world to end the senseless burning of computers, I’ve started a for-profit organization called, “My Laptop Is On Fire, So Now What Do I Do?”  Or MLIOFSNWDID? for short. 

Here’s how it works.  With my new internet upgrades since the fire, you can leave your suggestions for how to handle a laptop fire, including catchy phrases that can be taught in our schools, under comments.  As soon as your comment is posted, your bank account will be hit for the cause.

Do it.  It’s for the children.