winner, winner, chicken dinner!!!

I'm a bowler.... I'm a crappy bowler, but a bowler, none the less.  I bowl on a league with my dear friend, Kelly (http://www.ramblingalong.com/).  Last night, my bowling sucked!!!  I mean, I didn't knock down 100 pins in any of my three games..... but, I won the 50/50 raffle drawing!!!!!!!  The league president announced that it was the highest raffle pot so far this season. 

I'm glad no one got pictures or video of this for me to share on this blog.  I do believe all the jumping and running to claim my prize may have knocked a few people over.  I may have stomped on a few feet, plowed into a few people, and laid a few more out.  But it was hysterical!!!!  My husband came to watch me bowl (coincidence that my game was terrible....hmmmm??), and he kept trying to take the money.  Nope! Not happening here.  But, I won $100, and $75 of it was in $1 bills.  I felt like a stripper - a happy stripper!!!

It's got to be fate that I won this money.  Fate knew that I'd need a bunch of $1's for the Dinner & Divas show that I'm going to Saturday night.  Divas..... I'm ready for you!!

this is crazy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVYG0rz7Ea8

I hope you can see this video.....

Jon Claude Van Damme did a stunt for Volvo.  Two trucks...... in reverse..... and he's standing on the mirrors between them.

Then, the trucks separate..... and he does what he does best - the splits!!

Now, I know Jon Claude hasn't done anything since the 90's (I think the last thing I saw him in was a cameo in a Friends episode).  But OMG!!!!  He's older, a few harder lines in his face (but who hasn't got those after some years)...... and yet, his body is still BANGIN!!!!!  Who can do this?  It's like he's not human..... I'm not sure if I'm in awe and completely amazed or just freaked out that anyone can even do this. 

Not overly news worthy, but I thought it was cool!

Win by race....??

Now, I'm not even sure what to think about this.  Part of me wants to scream that he should be removed - even if he did win - for misleading the constiuents in the district.  The other part of me thinks this guy is brilliant.  He knew he didn't have a chance in hell to win that seat being an older, white man.  He employed campaign tactics that won him the election.  I mean, come on..... we've gotten so used to politicians lying about everything else..... should we be shocked when a politician lies about his own race to win an election?  I don't think so.  I think if you asked any politician - off the record, of course - they'd admit that they would slap their mommas if they thought it would help win an election. 

So, the bigger question here:  are we still so divided that a candidate can win by forging his race?  It would seem that way.  And if we are, who's creating the divide?  It's something to think about.....