Tales Of Balloons, Swine Flu, and Soupy
Hello, one and all!
First of all, an update on "The Adventures of Balloon Boy:"
Well, it's official. Balloon Boy's father is in trouble, as I predicted last week. Balloon Boy's mother has just turned states evidence on her husband and admitted to the press that the whole thing was a big hoax (She probably was promised a much lighter sentence by the law if she told the truth, I'll bet). Yeah, this dude is looking at a whole list of stuff to be charged with: reporting a false 911 call, sending emergency crews on two freaking wild goose chases that both turned out to be big false alarms (the one in the air and the one on the ground, after Balloon Boy was not found in the balloon), and, not to mention, the not-so-good grief that the rest of the country obviously felt, watching this whole thing unfold on TV and listening to it unfold on the radio, as we were at my school, only to find out that all of it was just not true. Yes sir, this is, by no doubt, going to go down as being one of the most bizarre stories ever to come out of this year, if not the most bizarre.
In more serious news, it's also official about the swine flu. It's nationwide now, with a lot of people (mostly young) coming down with this thing and quite a few dying from it as well. But not to worry. They're still ways in which you can help protect yourself and your family from this thing, and the best part is, they're still the basics: washing your hands regularly and keeping them clean with hand sanitizer or, if you don't have sanitizer, just plain old rubbing alcohol. And don't forget about herbs such as echinacea and gold seal, and spices such as ginger and cayenne pepper, not to mention naturally virus-fighting foods such as chicken soup and orange juice and grape juice and green tea. And, of course, the most important and simple way to stop the spread of the flu: stay at home and work on yourself the moment the sniffles and the sneezing and the wheezing starts getting out of hand!
Before we close this blog today, speaking of soup, I feel that I must say a couple of things about the great comedian, Soupy Sales, who went on to that big comedy club in the sky this past week. True, he was way before my time, as I'm sure he was before yours as well. I. myself, found out about him through older friends and relatives, as well as looking at classic cable networks such as TV Land. He was more or less a TV comedy show host, and he was most famous for hitting people in the face with pies (no word of what Sara Lee would have thought about him). But anyway, he sure was one of the greatest. They don't make them like that anymore. Maybe if they did, this world would be a much better and, quite possibly nicer, world.
Well, that's all for today, folks. Until next time, be well and stay well!
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
First of all, an update on "The Adventures of Balloon Boy:"
Well, it's official. Balloon Boy's father is in trouble, as I predicted last week. Balloon Boy's mother has just turned states evidence on her husband and admitted to the press that the whole thing was a big hoax (She probably was promised a much lighter sentence by the law if she told the truth, I'll bet). Yeah, this dude is looking at a whole list of stuff to be charged with: reporting a false 911 call, sending emergency crews on two freaking wild goose chases that both turned out to be big false alarms (the one in the air and the one on the ground, after Balloon Boy was not found in the balloon), and, not to mention, the not-so-good grief that the rest of the country obviously felt, watching this whole thing unfold on TV and listening to it unfold on the radio, as we were at my school, only to find out that all of it was just not true. Yes sir, this is, by no doubt, going to go down as being one of the most bizarre stories ever to come out of this year, if not the most bizarre.
In more serious news, it's also official about the swine flu. It's nationwide now, with a lot of people (mostly young) coming down with this thing and quite a few dying from it as well. But not to worry. They're still ways in which you can help protect yourself and your family from this thing, and the best part is, they're still the basics: washing your hands regularly and keeping them clean with hand sanitizer or, if you don't have sanitizer, just plain old rubbing alcohol. And don't forget about herbs such as echinacea and gold seal, and spices such as ginger and cayenne pepper, not to mention naturally virus-fighting foods such as chicken soup and orange juice and grape juice and green tea. And, of course, the most important and simple way to stop the spread of the flu: stay at home and work on yourself the moment the sniffles and the sneezing and the wheezing starts getting out of hand!
Before we close this blog today, speaking of soup, I feel that I must say a couple of things about the great comedian, Soupy Sales, who went on to that big comedy club in the sky this past week. True, he was way before my time, as I'm sure he was before yours as well. I. myself, found out about him through older friends and relatives, as well as looking at classic cable networks such as TV Land. He was more or less a TV comedy show host, and he was most famous for hitting people in the face with pies (no word of what Sara Lee would have thought about him). But anyway, he sure was one of the greatest. They don't make them like that anymore. Maybe if they did, this world would be a much better and, quite possibly nicer, world.
Well, that's all for today, folks. Until next time, be well and stay well!
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
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