On Monday I debuted a poll at my Tripod web site that focused on Maurice Sendak's book "Where the Wild Things Are" that had not been based into a movie like almost all others have. Just a few minutes after the poll was open to the public, an e-mail which I opened late Monday night told to me by Melinda Brothers directed me to the IMBD web site where they are beginning filming for the movie. The poll produced 6 voters on Monday. I am yet to see "Kung Fu Panda" which I was aware of 2 years ago. Whether or not "Kung Fu Panda" will be at the new Marquee Cinemas opens at the Highlands next month it is a good bet "Where the Wild Things Are" will probably be playing.

  Staying on the Highlands, the Starbucks is closing at the end of this month.

I saw a bulletin from one of my MySpace friends Tuesday night that she is selling 2 Sunday Jamboree in the Hills tickets for $120 each, however $200 if you purchase both. This person is not alone in selling JITH tickets and it's dependent on the people. In this week's Green Tab, a local for sale ad paper in the Wheeling area here were some of the JITH ticket salers were putting their 4 day passes at about $175 or so. I am not sure how the tickets look with it being a 4 day show now from what they were when my parents, me and David went in 1982 and it was one ticket and Saturday was printed on the left and Sunday was printed on the right. This was back when the show was at Brush Run Park at Alderman Airport where they recently started presenting the new Wheeling Jamboree shows. In 1982, it was just 2 days, it went up against the Shrine Circus and probably the British Open on TV. I have never been enthused with Jamboree in the Hills by the way, because the Statler Brothers never performed at the show because after they did their July 4th show until 1994 in their home town of Staunton, VA they took the rest of the month off. I would hope Jimmy Fortune would perform at it one year.

This weekend is the 40th anniversary of "One Life to Live" which has aired on ABC since 1968. I have watched the show off and on since June 1980 when a character named Mario Corelli was watching ABC's "Schoolhouse Rock" on TV and eating cereal out of a box made it worth watching, but it was shows with Country Music singer Bill Anderson that started OLTL viewing in the house.    While the show does not actually have anyone that was there since day one, the person with the longest tenure is Erika Slezak, who has played the role of Viki Buchanan. The show also has had in the cast Tommy Lee Jones, who went on to movie stardom playing Mooney Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter", Judith Light who went on to play Angela Bower on "Who's the Boss?" and Ryan Phillipe who also did movies. Cast members who have been there for a long time have included Robert S. Woods as Bo Buchanan and Robin Strasser as Dorian, who is a nemesis to Viki. Phillip Carey also played on OLTL as Asa, but ended the role last year because he didn't want to go to recurring. The character died.     The show has had past and future sequences and within the past year has had a feel of the old CBS series "Alice" in a storyline when Viki took a job at Bon Jour Cafe in Paris, Texas.

A toothbrush is suggested for use every 3 months by a dentist. A story in the Sunday News-Register about the never ending drama with oil prices mentions that oil is used to make a toothbrush along with so many things such as your 7 year old's crayons and other things you use to groom and clean yourself were mentioned. I currently have 2 toothbrushes, one in each bathroom, a habit that took place last year while my ankle was in a cast.

   My Aunt Betty visited our house for the first time since Memorial Day 2006 when we last had a summer holiday family gettogether on Thursday night. As a result some snafus hit as far as the mail at our home between 10:30 Thursday morning and 10:00 Saturday morning. On Friday morning, I went to put out something for the mailman and the mail came and then I put a letter out to sell my computer for one of the newspapers Saturday morning when I got the newspaper and there was mail in the mailbox at 7:30, I was thinking to myself the mailman wanted to get done so he could beat the heat outside since humidity was going to be up, then the mail came at 10:00. It wasn't until a hour later I realized that my parents didn't check Thursday to see if the mail came due to Aunt Betty visited, so that meant I was getting the previous day's mail Friday and 7:30 Saturday morning. I noticed the mail at 10:00 A. M. included The Catholic Spirit newspaper which usually is delivered every other Saturday.

I thought about some things you may want to know about:

  First, Did you ever hear anyone say "You put the care in scare"?

  Second, Did you ever think that Texaco may have been a cross between Texas and Mexico?

  Third, I have an illustrated Dream Dictionary and I rarely use it because the dreams I have don't have the objects that are covered.

   Fourth, I could remember the names of pastors of every church that was listed in the Wheeling Intelligencer until they changed the church listings in 1999 and they dropped the pastor's names.

   Fifth, In May 1980, my brother David wore a blue casual suit when he made his first Holy Communion, 2 weeks later my mother made me wear it in my group school picture which had 4 people.

   Sixth, from 6 to 9 A. M. Steve Crow becomes the comic in Jimmy and Steve on WOVK and then after that gets serious as a salesman at Kurtz Monument.

    Last, if I ask Kim Kimmins to go to the Drive-in, I will sit with she and Rosemary at a future Saturday Mass at St. Vincent dePaul Church who will have a new minister.

   I talked about in my third fact about my Dream Dictionary about rarely using it. Scratch it off now when you read of one object mentioned:

I had a dream that I saw a motorcycle stand up and then fall down on it's own. I went to check and there was no mention of what is to happen, but it mentioned if you buy one and you are in for notoriety and fame, sell one and debt is to be repaid. It also mentioned driving a motorbike suggests problems at work and falling off one says a financial situation looks sticky. A motorcycle race is a sign you'll get a surprise to help solve a problem. Maybe I will put on my racing clothes here soon?

   This is the start of some of the highlights from my blogs I typed on MySpace this week. This is some of the info for those who access my Tripod web site.