Things the Barenaked Ladies Would Buy You If They Had a Million Dollars

  • A house
  • Furniture for your house (a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
  • A K-Car (a nice reliable automobile)
  • Your love
  • A tree fort
  • A little tiny fridge for the tree fort
  • Food like pre-wrapped sausages
  • A fur coat (but not a real fur coat)
  • An exotic pet (like a llama or an emu)
  • John Merrick’s remains
  • A limousine ride
  • Kraft dinner with really expensive ketchup
  • A green dress (but not a real green dress)
  • Art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel)
  • A monkey

DVDs on My Bookshelf (Although a few of them are not mine)

  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Argo
  • The Campaign
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • Deadpool
  • Failure to Launch
  • Fools Rush In
  • Happy Gilmore
  • Inception
  • Kate & Leopold
  • Last Flight Out
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Les Miserables
  • Miss Congeniality
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Diaries
  • Run Fatboy Run
  • Skyfall
  • Timeline
  • The Wedding Singer
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  • Zoolander

Good Things Happening In August in the QCA

  • 4th – English Channel Swim Challenge awards & speaker
  • 4th & 5th – Yard Sale for Haiti
  • 7th – Zapdos raids begin in Pokemon Go
  • 10th-12th – Tug Fest – Tug of War across the Mississippi River
  • 11th – Tug Fest parade & fireworks — Rumble Over the River
  • 12th – Family GaGa Ball Tournament
  • 19th – Dinner with my Trivia team
  • 20th – Updating Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor water skills meeting
  • 26th – HyVee Family Health Fair
  • 27th – Aquatic Staff Picnic & Meeting

 

Tugging for Iowa