When my stomach was much younger, my favorite beverage was Stolichnaya. There was a time when I only thought it had been created to help us forget the bad days and long nights. Little did I realize there was lots of other medicinal information contained in that clear liquid.
For example:
1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff dissolves adhesive. (No gain, no pain.)
2. To clean caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew.
3. To clean your eyeglasses, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs. (Life becomes clearer.)
4. Spray vodka on wine stains, scrub with a clean brush, and blot dry. (Then suck on the towel.)
5. Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores. (Beats after shave.)
6. To relieve a fever, use a washcloth to rub vodka on your chest and back as a liniment.
7. Vodka will disinfect and alleviate a jellyfish sting. (Hurray)
8. Pour vodka over an area affected with poison ivy to remove the urushiol oil from your skin. (Urushiol is an oily toxic irritant present in poison ivy.)
9. Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle with vodka and spray bees or wasps to kill them. (A shame to waste on bees and wasps.)
10. Add a jigger of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo. The alcohol cleanses the scalp, removes toxins from your hair, and stimulates the growth of healthy hair. (I'll get back to you on this one.)
11. Swish a shot of vodka over an aching tooth. Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain. (This is one of my favorites.)
NOTE: If none of the above don't work, then SHAKE BUT DON'T STIR, and sip gently.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Olympic Thoughts
It was the evening of February 20, 1980, when I arrived at the Moscow Airport. It had a long name and I have no idea what it was, but I do remember that it took me nearly three hours to clear customs. They really didn't want me in their country.
I was met outside of customs by a driver from the NBC News Bureau. My first question was, "Are they out?" His answer, "They're out of everything." "No, no, are the Russians out of Afghanistan?" His simple answer was, "You've got to be kidding." That's how I found out I wouldn't be back for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. President Jimmy Carter's boycott was going to stand up. I was scheduled to host Gymnastics and Athletics. (Track and Field.)
I mention this because of the recent rumblings out of Tibet and China's reaction. Communist forces moving in and a journalism black-out. However, as we know, word in one form or another always filters out and Olympic countries across the globe are beginning to make sounds about that "B" word, boycott. The difference now and 1980 finds the Olympic Rings have turned to gold, the gold of big business. Ironically this turn around was created by the very successful 1984 Los Angeles Games, also boycotted, that time by the Russians. Plus the Beijing Games closely involve the gold of business between China and the United States plus China's purchase of billions of dollars of loans to help the U.S. support our on going war with Iraq.
It's very complicated, but don't count on a boycott. Too many countries want to do business with the largest market in the world, China.
One other note. Isn't it ironic that in 1980 the Russians were in Afghanistan and in 2008 the United States is the occupying country?
The more the world changes, the more it stays the same.
I was met outside of customs by a driver from the NBC News Bureau. My first question was, "Are they out?" His answer, "They're out of everything." "No, no, are the Russians out of Afghanistan?" His simple answer was, "You've got to be kidding." That's how I found out I wouldn't be back for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. President Jimmy Carter's boycott was going to stand up. I was scheduled to host Gymnastics and Athletics. (Track and Field.)
I mention this because of the recent rumblings out of Tibet and China's reaction. Communist forces moving in and a journalism black-out. However, as we know, word in one form or another always filters out and Olympic countries across the globe are beginning to make sounds about that "B" word, boycott. The difference now and 1980 finds the Olympic Rings have turned to gold, the gold of big business. Ironically this turn around was created by the very successful 1984 Los Angeles Games, also boycotted, that time by the Russians. Plus the Beijing Games closely involve the gold of business between China and the United States plus China's purchase of billions of dollars of loans to help the U.S. support our on going war with Iraq.
It's very complicated, but don't count on a boycott. Too many countries want to do business with the largest market in the world, China.
One other note. Isn't it ironic that in 1980 the Russians were in Afghanistan and in 2008 the United States is the occupying country?
The more the world changes, the more it stays the same.
Friday, March 21, 2008
HAPPY EASTER!
While searching the web I came across a taped segment from Oprah and I want to share it with you this weekend. There with Oprah was Mister Sour Mouth himself, Simon Cowell of American Idol.
He was talking with Amy and Randy Stoen of Minnesota. Their three year old daughter, Madelaine, has cancer and every day they drive her 100 miles for her cancer treatment from their home in Minnesota. Simon found out that things are so tough for the Stoens that they are having trouble making their house payments. He told them, not to worry, that day he was paying off their entire home loan of $162,000.
And he was now Madelaine's Guardian Angel. WOW !
HAPPY EASTER.
He was talking with Amy and Randy Stoen of Minnesota. Their three year old daughter, Madelaine, has cancer and every day they drive her 100 miles for her cancer treatment from their home in Minnesota. Simon found out that things are so tough for the Stoens that they are having trouble making their house payments. He told them, not to worry, that day he was paying off their entire home loan of $162,000.
And he was now Madelaine's Guardian Angel. WOW !
HAPPY EASTER.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The Best of Sports and The Worst of Sports
March Madness starts this week. I love the first round games on this Thursday and Friday. What a great time for 32 teams, half the field. They want to line-up and try their hand against the BIG BOYS. They'll lose and go home. BUT, they made it to the NCAA's. There are always some surprises. I pick Arkansas to scare a few teams. My second pick, maybe to the semi-finals, USC. "Fight On."
Major League Baseball starts playing for real in a couple of weeks. What ever happened to their latest drug problem, and congress?
Have you been reading about China. Unrest. And they don't like unrest. Haven't heard any more about Bush going to the Games.
About four decades ago Arnold Palmer was named the Athlete of the Decade. Several dozen sportswriters took him to task, claiming he wasn't a true athlete because he didn't run. HMMM, don't hear anything about Tiger, except he's the best ever. And I hope the NFL does clear up the mess with the Patriots and that the officiating in college basketball improves. What if they went to four officials, or even better, went back to one.
Major League Baseball starts playing for real in a couple of weeks. What ever happened to their latest drug problem, and congress?
Have you been reading about China. Unrest. And they don't like unrest. Haven't heard any more about Bush going to the Games.
About four decades ago Arnold Palmer was named the Athlete of the Decade. Several dozen sportswriters took him to task, claiming he wasn't a true athlete because he didn't run. HMMM, don't hear anything about Tiger, except he's the best ever. And I hope the NFL does clear up the mess with the Patriots and that the officiating in college basketball improves. What if they went to four officials, or even better, went back to one.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!!
This new BLOG is one week old today. I have discovered that a BLOG is a lot like a new marriage. "Gosh, what will we talk about, the rest of our lives?" There's plenty to talk about. St. Patrick came down my chimney last night and stole all of the left over green beer. BUT, our world still goes around and around.
MUST READ: The new ESQUIRE magazine with George Clooney on the cover. Way in the back is the article on FORMER CENTCOM commander Admiral William Fallon. I've lost count but he must be the 8th or 9th FOUR STAR that C. in C. Bush has fired in the last five years. And to think Bush wants history to compare him to Truman. But Truman only fired ONE FIVE STAR. Back to the article in Esquire. Admiral Fallon will make an outstanding Secretary of State for our next president. Fallon wants to talk with the Middle East countries, not create war with them.
Happy St. Patricks.
This new BLOG is one week old today. I have discovered that a BLOG is a lot like a new marriage. "Gosh, what will we talk about, the rest of our lives?" There's plenty to talk about. St. Patrick came down my chimney last night and stole all of the left over green beer. BUT, our world still goes around and around.
MUST READ: The new ESQUIRE magazine with George Clooney on the cover. Way in the back is the article on FORMER CENTCOM commander Admiral William Fallon. I've lost count but he must be the 8th or 9th FOUR STAR that C. in C. Bush has fired in the last five years. And to think Bush wants history to compare him to Truman. But Truman only fired ONE FIVE STAR. Back to the article in Esquire. Admiral Fallon will make an outstanding Secretary of State for our next president. Fallon wants to talk with the Middle East countries, not create war with them.
Happy St. Patricks.
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